This will be the first time Poje, from Waterloo, or Spooner have officiated at the Thanksgiving Day event. Natalie Spooner and Andrew Poje dance to "Higher Love" by KYGO and Whitney Houston on Sept. 26, Episode 2 of Battle of the Blades. 2014: Carl Zehr and Brenda Halloran The charities they are competing for are Fast and Female and Right to Play. The duo will co-marshal the Oktoberfest parade in Kitchener, Ont. Natalie Spooner and Andrew Poje dance to Higher Love by Whitney Houston/Kygo. Box 500 Station A Toronto, ON Canada, M5W 1E6. I can't believe I get to be the marshal.

Want to discuss? 1989: Dave Broadfoot "But I don't know if she knows the scale of what Waterloo Oktoberfest is.

It is a priority for CBC to create a website that is accessible to all Canadians including people with visual, hearing, motor and cognitive challenges. 2005: Ronnie Hawkins 2016: Steph LeClair and Kristen McKenzie 1975: Arte Johnson presentation-ready copies of Toronto Star content for distribution Spooner, 28, is from Scarborough. 2009: Walter Ostanek 2007: Edwin Outwater So Poje and Spooner, who trained in Toronto on Thursday to prepare for a Battle of the Blades show in Mississauga Thursday night, are the parade pair now. Andrew Poje, Natalie Spooner to lead Kitchener-Waterloo Oktoberfest Thanksgiving Day Parade. 2002: Lisa LaFlamme, Jeff Hutcheson

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to colleagues, clients or customers, or inquire about © 2019 Global News, a division of Corus Entertainment Inc. Uncle Otto takes a travel down Frederick Street during the 2018 Oktoberfest Thanksgiving Day Parade. "Just to get a brief glimpse of him in the hometown that's supported him all these decades.". Come Monday, his figure-skating son Andrew, 32, will join national women's team hockey player Natalie Spooner as grand marshals of the Bavarian festival's Thanksgiving Day parade through Kitchener-Waterloo. "And the Shriner cars coming down, honking their horns.". "We'd been trying to get Andrew for a number of years," Lowrick said, "but he [and figure skating partner Kaitlyn Weaver] were always on the road at this time.

Weaver, a Texas girl who became a Canadian citizen in a Kitchener courthouse a decade ago with Poje at her side whispering sweet maple syrup encouragement in her Lone Star ear, is now competing against Poje and Spooner on reality TV ice. "We've had the opportunity to partner with a food and beverage partner," Lowrick said, so this year for the first time people attending the ceremonial keg tapping will also be able to partake of the beer offering. 2006: Jeremy Ratchford

… Poje and Spooner who are also Olympians, are paired up on CBC's Battle of the Blades. 1999: Paul Henderson Closed Captioning and Described Video is available for many CBC shows offered on CBC Gem. KITCHENER — Bill Poje spent part of Thursday morning at the top of a ladder.

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The longtime president of the Alpine Club was hanging Oktoberfest decorations at the little German hall at the end of Maple Avenue in Kitchener. 2011: Brian McFarlane Not bad for a little Waterloo kid who used to chicken-dance around the Alpine Club as a member of the kids dance group. But, to be able to be there for a big event like that and be the marshal for the parade, is an amazing opportunity. 1998: Curt Harnett In a half-century of Oktoberfest parades, Spooner is the first female hockey player to lead the excursion, now up Weber Street. 2000: Gary Cowan Agosta, who grew up in Ruthven and now works as a police officer in Vancouver, will be paired with Andrew Poje, a three-time world ice dance medallist, competing on … "Even when Kaitlyn and him were in Detroit or even in New Jersey training, I'd always get a picture of them having their schnitzel Thanksgiving dinner.". on Monday Oct. 14. Like a very interesting Arte Johnson, sans German army helmet, grinning beside his wife Gisela. ", Oktoberfest Grand Marshals 1970: Pied Piper of Hamelin and Bobby Gimby

Two teammates in the Battle of the Blades television show. expressly prohibited without the prior written consent of Toronto Poje, who is a native of Waterloo, represented Canada in ice dancing in Sochi in 2014 and Pyeongchang in 2018. 1977: Raymond Burr

Environment Canada predicts the weather for the midday tapping ceremony Friday would be clear, sunny and about 17 degrees. Poje is a three-time World Ice Dance medalist. Star Newspapers Limited and/or its licensors.

The Toronto Raptors will also be a part of this year’s parade, which begins at 8:30 a.m. at Weber and Frederick streets. Ice dancing expert from Canada Andrew Poje was born in Kitchener, whereas his native town is Waterloo, Ontario. Republication or distribution of this content is "She knows Oktoberfest," Poje said of Spooner in a phone interview Thursday afternoon. 1980: Don Goss

1991: Michael Burgess Like orchid-enthusiast Raymond Burr shaking hands from the back of an open-top Excalibur, as if Perry Mason had just won his final case.

He's spent a lifetime preparing for this. His aunt Agnesa is now a retired pair skater. In previous times, the opening ceremonies included the on-stage tapping of a beer keg at city hall. 1976: John Diefenbaker 1990: Bobby Orr 1984: Catherine McKinnon

Of course, decades ago he and his sister were among those parade watchers. READ MORE: Kitchener-Waterloo Oktoberfest keg tapping to move to King Street. Audience Relations, CBC P.O. Poje is a name with Germanic roots, the elder Poje said.

All I'll have to give her a crash course, for sure.". Andrew Poje and longtime partner Kaitlyn Weaver represented Canada in ice dancing at the last two Olympics. Andrew Poje, Natalie Spooner to lead Kitchener-Waterloo Oktoberfest Thanksgiving Day Parade. Spooner was a member of the Canadian women’s Olympic hockey team in Sochi, which came home with a gold medal. Apart from this, there is no more information available about him. 2010: Fred Ewanuick

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Andrew Poje and Natalie Spooner, seen during the first episode of Battle of the Blades, Oct. 2019. The festival kickoff has moved locations this year. 1986: King Ludwig 2003: Lloyd Robertson 2019: Andrew Poje and Natalie Spooner The Battle of the Blades team of figure skater Andrew Poje and hockey player Natalie Spooner will be co-marshals of the 2019 Oktoberfest parade, Oktoberfest Executive Director Alfred Lowrick announced Friday. Toronto Star articles, please go to: www.TorontoStarReprints.com. 1997: Marnie McBean and Kathleen Heddle
The pair were slated to compete in the ongoing skate-off series Thursday night on CBC Television. 2001: U.S./Canada emergency response services "It's going to be a crazy, humbling experience," Andrew Poje said. 1979: Bonhomme

That honour will go to Waterloo native and figure skater Andrew Poje, as well as hockey player Natalie Spooner. READ MORE: Tickets for Kitchener-Waterloo Oktoberfest 2019 go on sale. Closed Captioning and Described Video is available for many CBC shows offered on CBC Gem. 2008: Owen Lackenbauer U.S. election: Biden, Trump lawyer up for potential court battle over the White House, 3.5 million people who arrived in Canada since March exempted from quarantine requirement, ‘More accountability’ needed from Nunavut government on services for youth, advocate says, Missing New Brunswick writer Richard Vaughan found dead, Ontario reports record number of new coronavirus cases, Mitch McConnell’s mysteriously bruised hands spark health questions, Cars can’t crush the diabolical ironclad beetle, 2020’s latest horror, Over 50 million Americans have voted early, suggesting huge U.S. election turnout, This beetle’s exterior is so strong it can get run over by a car and still survive, Man dead after suspected road rage incident in Toronto, International travel pilot project aimed at reducing COVID-19 quarantine time launched a Calgary airport, Video shows woman shoved off Vancouver bus after she spits on passenger, Coronavirus: New recommendations aimed at saving lives in Ontario long-term care homes, Climate enters conversation during U.S. presidential debate, Kitchener-Waterloo Oktoberfest keg tapping to move to King Street, Tickets for Kitchener-Waterloo Oktoberfest 2019 go on sale. "I spent most of my life surrounded by it.". 2018: Jack Bishop and Owen Lackenbauer The Toronto native also helped Canada earn a silver medal at the Pyeongchang Games. 1969: Bobby Gimby, Copyright owned or licensed by Toronto Star Newspapers Limited. 2019: Andrew Poje and Natalie Spooner 2018: Jack Bishop and Owen Lackenbauer 2017: David Chilton and Greta Podleski 2016: Steph LeClair and Kristen McKenzie 2015: Ron MacLean They're in pause mode right now but Beijing is "still on the table" as a possibility, Andrew says. Ironically, Agosta is skating with Waterloo native Andrew Poje, who was Spooner’s partner a year ago. 1978: Julius Rauchfuss 1996: Robert Esmie rights reserved. 1988: Vicki Keith 2012: Scott Cozens and Sheldon Smithens For years, Oktoberfest had tried to get the pair as parade marshals. Just like Diefenbaker in a top hat. The Battle of the Blades team of two Olympians, figure skater Andrew Poje and hockey player Natalie Spooner will be co-marshals of the 2019 Oktoberfest parade, Oktoberfest Executive Director Alfred Lowrick announced Thursday. Kitchener-Waterloo Oktoberfest organizers announced Thursday that two-time Olympic figure skater Andrew Poje and Olympic gold-medal hockey player Natalie Spooner have been selected as this year’s parade grand marshals. 1985: Lincoln Alexander Posted October 10, 2019 4:12 pm . Posted: Sep 09, 2019 12:00 PM ET | Last Updated: September 9, 2019. By Kevin Nielsen Global News. Two marshals. Former NHL player Sheldon Kennedy is Weaver's partner. "He still holds their traditions true," said Bill Poje, thinking back to when Andrew and sister Julia would join parents Bill and Tanja for schnitzel dinner at the club every Thanksgiving Day. A pair of former Olympians will lead the way on Monday morning as the Oktoberfest Thanksgiving Day Parade travels through downtown Kitchener. Raptors mascot - "Toronto Raptor" - will be at the parade as well.
But Andrew Poje is Kitchener-Waterloo, through and through. ", "But with Battle of the Blades ... he was able to change his training schedule and Natalie agreed.". Alongside teammate Kaitlyn Weaver, the 32-year-old was also a three-time world champion.