TOMORROW (JULY 1st) IS THE BIG DAY! JOIN US FOR CANADA DAY CELEBRATIONS AND THE PARADE

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Brantford Expositor write-up:
http://www.brantfordexpositor.ca/2014/06/29/fireworks-to-cap-st-George

MUSIC LINE-UP FOR CANADA DAY IN ST. GEORGE

July 1st, 2014
on the beautiful and historic Main Street....
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Here are the set times for the performers*:
David Lum 11:00 am - 11:30 am
John and Sheila Ludgate  11:45 am - 12:15 pm
Tim McDougal  12:30 pm - 1:00 pm
Gary Gray   1:15 pm - 1:45 pm
Dave Jensen with Cyndi Devereux, John Harris,Doug Welland, Don Sweeny & Jeremiah Budnark     2:00 pm - 2:45 pm
Michael McGuire 3:15 pm - 3:45 pm
CJ  Chandler Berardi  4:00 pm - 4:45 pm.
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* all still subject to change and adjustment, but we are pretty sure that`s the order....
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They will be on the Main Stage - with sound provided by Eric Bower of Bower Audio.
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Thanks to Larry and Sally Davis for helping us get the stage again this year!
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Chandler Berardi will also be helping us at the Cenotaph at 5 pm leading the singing of O Canada.
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CANADA DAY IN ST. GEORGE

CANADA DAY

On the beautiful, historic Main Street of

ST. GEORGE!

Tuesday July 1^st , 2014

Music from 11:00 am to 4:45 pm

GARY GRAY 1pm

C.J. BERARDI 4pm

DAVID LUM 11am

JOHN & SHEILA LUDGATE

MICHAEL MAGUIRE

 

DAVE JENSEN  with friends

CYNDI DEVEREUX,

JOHN HARRIS, JEREMIAH BUDNARK,

DOUG WELLAND AND DON SWEENEY

 

Bring your lawnchairs to enjoy the music.

Sound by Bower Audio (Eric Bower)

 

LOOK FOR

CHILDREN’S ENTERTAINER

“FREEWAY”

FROM NOON TO 3 PM.

with balloon creations

 

ALSO:  Museum Open House;

Displays & Sidewalk Sales.

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Many of the stores and restaurants

in St. George will be OPEN.

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FORMAL CEREMONY

AT THE CENOTAPH  CORNER:

Starting at 5 pm

Greetings & Speeches & refreshments

Birthday Cake

(Courtesy of Trevor and the staff of St. George Foodland)

Singing of “O Canada” to celebrate

Canada’s 147^th birthday

and St. George's 200th birthday!

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NEW THIS YEAR :

 

 BICENTENNIAL PARADE

AT 7:00 PM

From the Fire Hall down Main Street,

along by the Post Office to the Arena.

FEATURING THE WORLD-RENOWNED

PARIS-PORT DOVER PIPE BAND

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Main Street activities co-ordinated by

 the South Dumfries Historical Society

Schedule of events subject to change,

check the SDHS website for updates at www.southdumfrieshistoricalsociety.blogspot.com

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Supported by generous contributions

by the County of Brant,

the Paris-Port Dover Pipe Band

and the South Dumfries Historical Society

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Come back later for the

 “ FIRE & THUNDER ” FIREWORKS  SPECTACULAR 

approx. 10 pm –  at King William Park

  Bring a blanket or lawnchairs (and a donation) -

presented by the

St. George Volunteer Firefighters

(celebrating 102 years of service)

 

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CONCERT FOR CURTAINS SATURDAY MAY 24th

The South Dumfries Historical Society is hosting an exciting fund-raising concert on Saturday May 24th in the Upper Theatre at the Memorial Hall, 34 Main Street South, St. George.

Performing that night will be members of the Paris-Port Dover Pipe Band, under the direction of Gordon Black.  The Pipe Band are new tenants of the Memorial Hall and passersby will hear them practice upwards to four times a week in the upper and lower halls.

Also performing that night will be the St. George Pro Musica Choir - under the direction of Nora Fueten.  This Choir tackles a challenging repertoire and has been featured at Westfield Heritage Village and at the Cambridge Library.

Local hero Gary Gray will also be on the bill - performing rootsy rock and folk favourites, including some of his originals.  He has performed during our Canada Day celebrations for years and hosts a fundraiser of his own each year at the Legion on behalf of the Stedman Hospice.

Lasts but not least on the bill will be Danielle Beaudin's new group - the Little Mountain Band.  This group will be introducing some new music in advance of Danielle's trip to Nashville for a month.  Her debut CD, released last year, has received very good reviews and she performed at our Canada Day celebration last year and did a duet with our headliner, Terry Kelly.

The show starts at 7:00 pm.

Tickets for the event will be $10 each.

They will be available at the Museum, or call 519-448-1889.

Proceeds from the show will go towards new stage curtains and other upgrades to the Memorial Hall.

Please mark the event on your calendar and plan to join us!

(and tell all your friends, too)

CHRISTMAS 100 YEARS AGO

For the history fans out there - here is a look back to Christmas in 1913:

The last Christmas before the First World War

In December 1913, Toronto was a rapidly growing and modernizing city, and one full of promise. No one suspected it would be the last peaceful Christmas for five long years.

http://www.thestar.com/news/insight/2013/12/24/the_last_christmas_before_the_first_world_war.html

 

Wishing you a Merry Christmas in 2013!

 

 

 

 

 

WARTIME FARM CHRISTMAS - on TVO

BBC's turn-back-the-clock `Farm' series continue with this look at the efforts of historian Ruth Goodman and archaeologists Alex Langlands and Peter Ginn, who run Manor Farm as if it was during the Second World War.

The programme focuses on all aspects of domestic and farming life of the period, with the team managing livestock, attempting to cultivate unused land, tackling new tools and technologies, and learning the basics of civil defence, while all the time confronting shortages.

They face one of the biggest challenges ever seen in the history of the British countryside - what Winston Churchill called `the frontline of freedom'. 

Christmas Special

Ruth Goodman and archaeologist Peter Ginn return to Manor Farm in Hampshire to recreate the conditions of the Christmas of 1944.

Airtimes on TVO (Cable 2):

Monday, December 9th, 2013
7:00 PM - 8:00 PM

Tuesday, December 10th
9:00 PM - 10:00 PM

Sunday, December 12th
8:00 PM - 9:00 PM

BARN QUILT DESIGNS UNVEILED WEDS. NOV. 27th

Please join the South Dumfries Historical Society as we welcome the members and families of the Brant County 4-H this Wednesday, November 27^th.

We will have a joint meeting at 7:30pm at the Memorial Hall in St. George as the six young participants in a 4-H project unveil their designs for six “Barn Quilt” squares.

The project leaders Joan Crawford-Wehrstein and Edith Stone have worked over several sessions with the students to research and design Barn Quilts that will be installed in and around St. George to mark the Bicentennial year in 2014.

Barn Quilts are the large (painted wooden) squares you may have seen in and around Paris, Ontario and other locations in Ontario.

We will be tying into a trail that runs through Brant, Elgin, Middlesex, Norfolk and Oxford Counties.

Thanks to the leadership of this group, advised by Cliff Jones of our Historical Society, a series of bright, bold and relevant squares will be unveiled.

Each student will explain the background and research behind each design in brief talks.  They have painted ¼ - sized mock-ups of what the finished products will look like.

 Audience questions will be welcome.

 Refreshments will be served.

 Admission is free.

 The Memorial Hall is across from the Post Office (and next to the Museum) at 32 Main Street South, St. George, Ontario.

 There are already plans in place to expand the project beyond these initial six designs – and we should have news on those plans as well.

For more information on Barn Quilts, please visit:  http://www.barnquilttrails.ca/

 We hope you can join us!

 

(Sneak peek - the photo shows Abbie Simpson with her design commemorating the Artesian spring)