65 MARCOTTE RELATIVES WERE PRESENT AT OUR  MARCOTTE MEETING, ON SUNDAY, THE 22 OF AUGUST, AT THE OLDEN QUÉBECOIS VILLAGE AT DRUMMONDVILLE, QUÉBEC, CANADA (www.villagequebecois.com/default.aspx). WE PRESENTED EACH PERSON WITH A 'BADGE' THAT IDENTIFIED WHETHER OUR ANCESTOR WAS NICOLAS MARCOTTE OR JACQUES MARCOTTE.....THESE RESEARCHES WERE DONE BY OUR SEC. TRES. YVES MARCOTTE OF SAINT-BASILE-DE-PORTNEUF WHO DID A GREAT JOB. THERE WERE ALSO SEVERAL DOOR PRIZES AT THE REUNION.
 MARCOTTE GROCERY STORE OF TROIS-RIVIÈRES GAVE US 2 ROLEX WATCHES, ENGRAVED WITH MARCOTTE.  MARCOTTE GROCERY STORE WAS FOUNDED BY PHILIPPE MARCOTTE (THE BROTHER OF MY GRANDFATHER) SON OF TREFFLÉ MARCOTTE OF SAINTE-FLORE, HIS SON JEAN-PAUL WHO TOOK OVER FROM HIM, AND NOW IT IS JEAN-GUY LADRIÈRE (HIS MOTHER IS IRÈNE MARCOTTE,) WHO MANAGES THIS LARGE SUPERMARKET.... 

 ALSO, CAFÉ MORGANE OF TROIS-RIVIÈRES, WHOSE OWNERS ARE GUY MARCOTTE AND HIS SISTER SUZANNE MARCOTTE, PROVIDED US ALL WITH A WONDERFUL GIFT; THAT BEING A SACK À LUNCH, COFFEE WITH BROWN SUGAR, & CHOCOLATE-COATED COFFEE BEAN.

WE HAD SOME PRIZES GIVEN TO US BY CHIEF LOUIS-FRANÇOIS MARCOTTE WHO HAS A TELEVISION PROGRAM IN QUÉBEC.....

MANY CENTER PIECES WERE ALSO GIVEN, MADE FROM GARDEN AND FIELD FLOWERS.

OUR PRESIDENT LOUIS MARCOTTE (EDUCATIONAL SUPERVISOR AT LAVAL UNIVERSITY OF QUÉBEC) DID A MASTERLY JOB IN LEADING THE ANNUAL GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF OUR ASSOCIATION, FOLLOWING WHICH THE ATTENDEES VISITED THE 'OLD TOWN' QUÉBÉCOIS VILLAGE AT DRUMMNONDVILLE. EVERYONE RECEIVED A PACKET OF  INFORMATION ABOUT THE REGION OF DRUMMONDVILLE. FINALLY, AFTER NOON, I (Hélène) MADE A PHOTO AND POWERPOINT PRESENTATION ABOUT MY ANCESTORS, MY GREAT GRANDPARENTS TREFFLÉ MARCOTTE ET GEORGINE BÉLANGER.  THEY OWNED THE GENERAL STORE IN SAINTE-FLORE.  I ALSO HAD PHOTOS OF THE GENERAL STORE OF J.M.E. MARCOTTE (SON OF TREFFLÉ) BUILT IN GRAND-MÈRE.....HIS STORE WAS EXCEPTIONAL....WITH MARBLE AND OAK COUNTERS....AND THAT IN 1920. 
 
...FOLLOWING THAT,  I (HÉLÈNE) OFFERED A FEW OTHER DOOR PRIZES -, SOME COPIES OF MY ARTWORK (ICONS, FRESCOS, COLLAGES)  EVERYONE WAS PLEASED WITH THIS MEETING, WHICH WAS VERY NICE AND APPRECIATED BY ALL.