The South Dumfries Historical Society will have a table on the Main Street during Apple Festival with recent brochures and some of the Brant Heritage Committee,s Bridge posters. We will share the table with the Adelaide Hunter Hoodless Homestead. The Museum will also be open for extended hours, so pop in and look around.
For more details on all the food, music, crafts, and fun of Apple Festival, visit their website at www.stgeorgeapplefest.com
Friday, September 17, 2010
1850 SPIRIT WALK OF PARIS - SEPT 18th
1850 Spirit Walk
Sponsored by the Paris Museum & Historical Society
Walk through time with knowledgeable guides and relive the history of the founding families.
Experience life as it was in 1850 through the tales and monuments of Paris past.
This is a Free event
The one hour tour begins at the memorial chapel in the Paris Cemetery at the junction of King Edward Street and Rest Acres Road
Date: September 18, 2010
Time: 2-4 pm
Donations gratefully accepted - proceeds for the preservation of Paris’ History
For information contact -Paris Museum 519-442-9295
parismuseum@rogers.com
www.parishistoricalsociety.com
Sponsored by the Paris Museum & Historical Society
Walk through time with knowledgeable guides and relive the history of the founding families.
Experience life as it was in 1850 through the tales and monuments of Paris past.
This is a Free event
The one hour tour begins at the memorial chapel in the Paris Cemetery at the junction of King Edward Street and Rest Acres Road
Date: September 18, 2010
Time: 2-4 pm
Donations gratefully accepted - proceeds for the preservation of Paris’ History
For information contact -Paris Museum 519-442-9295
parismuseum@rogers.com
www.parishistoricalsociety.com
BOOK LAUNCH PARTY - AT THE FORKS OF THE GRAND
BOOK LAUNCH PARTY
Celebrate Ontario Public Library Week October 17- 24, 2010...
Join other history-minded folk at the Paris Branch Library on Sunday, October 24, 2010 to celebrate the re-release of At the Forks of the Grand Volume II by D. A. Smith. This seminal history of the town of Paris has long been out of print, but now is your chance to own a copy through this very special reprinting.
Order now and save! Pre-orders for At the Forks of the Grand Volume II are now being taken. Order both volumes I and II for $40, or pre-order a single volume for $22. After publication in October, each volume will cost $25. Then, pick up your books at the launch party, or at the Paris Branch after October 24th.
Sponsored by the Paris Friends of the Library.
County of Brant Public Library,
12 William Street,
Paris, ON N3L 1K7
Phone: 519-442-2433
Celebrate Ontario Public Library Week October 17- 24, 2010...
Join other history-minded folk at the Paris Branch Library on Sunday, October 24, 2010 to celebrate the re-release of At the Forks of the Grand Volume II by D. A. Smith. This seminal history of the town of Paris has long been out of print, but now is your chance to own a copy through this very special reprinting.
Order now and save! Pre-orders for At the Forks of the Grand Volume II are now being taken. Order both volumes I and II for $40, or pre-order a single volume for $22. After publication in October, each volume will cost $25. Then, pick up your books at the launch party, or at the Paris Branch after October 24th.
Sponsored by the Paris Friends of the Library.
County of Brant Public Library,
12 William Street,
Paris, ON N3L 1K7
Phone: 519-442-2433
ANCESTRY DATABASE WORKSHOP
ANCESTRY DATABASE WORKSHOP
Join experts at the Paris Branch Library for this two-part workshop designed to introduce novices to the Ancestry Library Edition Database. Use this library database to access census lists, birth / marriage / death records, passenger ship lists and more.
PART ONE: participants will learn the basics like how to organize information, how to do a basic search, how to interpret the search results, and the types of records in Ancestry like census lists, military records, and more.
PART TWO: participants will have a chance to learn advanced search techniques like rooting out hard to find information, using wildcards and quotations, truncation, and more.
Participants are encouraged to bring their existing family research with them to this workshop.
Space is limited; advance registration required.
What: Ancestry Library Edition Workshop
When: Part One: Wednesday, October 13 from 6:00pm to 8:00pm
Part Two: Wednesday, October 20 from 6:00pm to 8:00pm
Where: Paris Branch
Cost: $5.00
County of Brant Public Library,
12 William Street, Paris,
ON N3L 1K7,
Ph: 519-442-2433
Join experts at the Paris Branch Library for this two-part workshop designed to introduce novices to the Ancestry Library Edition Database. Use this library database to access census lists, birth / marriage / death records, passenger ship lists and more.
PART ONE: participants will learn the basics like how to organize information, how to do a basic search, how to interpret the search results, and the types of records in Ancestry like census lists, military records, and more.
PART TWO: participants will have a chance to learn advanced search techniques like rooting out hard to find information, using wildcards and quotations, truncation, and more.
Participants are encouraged to bring their existing family research with them to this workshop.
Space is limited; advance registration required.
What: Ancestry Library Edition Workshop
When: Part One: Wednesday, October 13 from 6:00pm to 8:00pm
Part Two: Wednesday, October 20 from 6:00pm to 8:00pm
Where: Paris Branch
Cost: $5.00
County of Brant Public Library,
12 William Street, Paris,
ON N3L 1K7,
Ph: 519-442-2433
Friday, July 2, 2010
CANADA DAY IN ST. GEORGE
July 1st was marked with great music and lots of fun in St. George. The Firefighters and Lions Club started the day off on a great note with a pancake breakfast that served 1,000 or more people. They also sold out in many sizes of their Canada Day t-shirts.
On the Main Street, the music was great - from Cindy Alexander and Offsuit, Gary Gray & John Ludgate (who brought along two of his talented sons from the band Beautiful Nothing) and Barry Hussey and the Frisky Business Band.
Dave Thomson was up early to make sure the the road was closed to accomodate setting up for the event - and he helped trouble-shoot throughout the day.
Eric Bower and Dave Jensen worked hard to make sure the music all sounded great with the sound system they brought and assembled.
Howard Snodgrass and his crew assembled the stage early in the morning and came back promptly to take it down so that the Main Street could be reopened.
Paul and Jackie Long let people have a sneak peek at the Rustic Mug Cafe, while at the same time helping run the Charity Barbecue along with many other great volunteers on the day.
Cliff Jones had extended hours at the St. George Museum and Archives, which saw a lot of visitors, some book and map sales, and lots of comments in the line of "I have never been in before!"
Cindy Alexander's daughters and their friends organized the great children's games and contests on the street - from sidewalk chalk art, to sponge relay races, to dinosaur races!
Thanks to Shirley and Roy for donating a big bag of Canadian Flag fridge magnets as prizes - and to Entertainment Quest and the Ice Cream Shop for providing gift certificate prizes as well.
When the music wrapped up, and that was hard because Frisky Business didn't want to stop playing, the focus moved up to the Cenotaph. We were pleased to have members of the Royal Canadian Legion Colour Party participate, as well as MP Phil McColeman, MPP Dave Levac, Mayor Ron Eddy, Councillors John Wheat, Steve Schmitt and Roy Haggart.
Nora Fueten lead a stirring rendition of O Canada, and then everyone lined up to enjoy the beautiful Canada Day cake donated by Trevor McLean and the staff of the St. George Foodland.
Thanks to John & Fiona Clarke, Betty Ames and Nora Fueten for helping serve the cake and refreshments.
The weather was perfect for the day and remained so into the night for a magnificent "Fire and Thunder" fireworks display courtesy of the St. George Firefighter enjoyed by thousands of people in King William Park.
I will have forgotten some people in this first attempt at summing up the day, and I apologize for that, but there was a lot going on and a lot of people helping to make it happen.
If you took part in St. George Canada Day and had any complaints, concerns, recommendations or compliments (!) please send an email to the Historical Society at dsimpson@bfree.on.ca so that we can continue to improve the event.
Happy 143rd birthday Canada!
**
On the Main Street, the music was great - from Cindy Alexander and Offsuit, Gary Gray & John Ludgate (who brought along two of his talented sons from the band Beautiful Nothing) and Barry Hussey and the Frisky Business Band.
Dave Thomson was up early to make sure the the road was closed to accomodate setting up for the event - and he helped trouble-shoot throughout the day.
Eric Bower and Dave Jensen worked hard to make sure the music all sounded great with the sound system they brought and assembled.
Howard Snodgrass and his crew assembled the stage early in the morning and came back promptly to take it down so that the Main Street could be reopened.
Paul and Jackie Long let people have a sneak peek at the Rustic Mug Cafe, while at the same time helping run the Charity Barbecue along with many other great volunteers on the day.
Cliff Jones had extended hours at the St. George Museum and Archives, which saw a lot of visitors, some book and map sales, and lots of comments in the line of "I have never been in before!"
Cindy Alexander's daughters and their friends organized the great children's games and contests on the street - from sidewalk chalk art, to sponge relay races, to dinosaur races!
Thanks to Shirley and Roy for donating a big bag of Canadian Flag fridge magnets as prizes - and to Entertainment Quest and the Ice Cream Shop for providing gift certificate prizes as well.
When the music wrapped up, and that was hard because Frisky Business didn't want to stop playing, the focus moved up to the Cenotaph. We were pleased to have members of the Royal Canadian Legion Colour Party participate, as well as MP Phil McColeman, MPP Dave Levac, Mayor Ron Eddy, Councillors John Wheat, Steve Schmitt and Roy Haggart.
Nora Fueten lead a stirring rendition of O Canada, and then everyone lined up to enjoy the beautiful Canada Day cake donated by Trevor McLean and the staff of the St. George Foodland.
Thanks to John & Fiona Clarke, Betty Ames and Nora Fueten for helping serve the cake and refreshments.
The weather was perfect for the day and remained so into the night for a magnificent "Fire and Thunder" fireworks display courtesy of the St. George Firefighter enjoyed by thousands of people in King William Park.
I will have forgotten some people in this first attempt at summing up the day, and I apologize for that, but there was a lot going on and a lot of people helping to make it happen.
If you took part in St. George Canada Day and had any complaints, concerns, recommendations or compliments (!) please send an email to the Historical Society at dsimpson@bfree.on.ca so that we can continue to improve the event.
Happy 143rd birthday Canada!
**
ROBERT HALL PARRY CREATES HOODLESS KEEPSAKE
Robert Hall Parry is one of only a few Master Pewtersmiths in Ontario, Canada.
Robert Hall Originals, his showroom, has over 3,000 hand-crafted lead free pewter designs created in his studio in St. George at 138 Sugar Maple Road.
To help commemorate the 100th anniversary of the death of Adelaide Hoodless, Mr. Parry has designed a pewter collectable keychain based on the sculpture of Mrs. Hoodless located on the grounds of the University of Guelph, in the Hoodless Garden between the Macdonald Institute and Macdonald Stewart Hall.
The sculpture of Adelaide is by artist Jan Noestheden, which he designed to be ‘larger than life’ and to ‘cast a shadow’, because those are ways that Adelaide could be described according to Catherine Stevenson, the recent interim curator of the Hoodless Homestead.
For more information:
On Adelaide Hoodles and the Hoodless Homestead: www.hoodlesshomestead.com
On Robert Hall Originals: www.roberthalloriginals.com
On the Hoodless Garden: www.uoguelph.ca/historicaltour/hoodless.php
(at this site you will find a photograph of the sculpture)
Robert Hall Originals, his showroom, has over 3,000 hand-crafted lead free pewter designs created in his studio in St. George at 138 Sugar Maple Road.
To help commemorate the 100th anniversary of the death of Adelaide Hoodless, Mr. Parry has designed a pewter collectable keychain based on the sculpture of Mrs. Hoodless located on the grounds of the University of Guelph, in the Hoodless Garden between the Macdonald Institute and Macdonald Stewart Hall.
The sculpture of Adelaide is by artist Jan Noestheden, which he designed to be ‘larger than life’ and to ‘cast a shadow’, because those are ways that Adelaide could be described according to Catherine Stevenson, the recent interim curator of the Hoodless Homestead.
For more information:
On Adelaide Hoodles and the Hoodless Homestead: www.hoodlesshomestead.com
On Robert Hall Originals: www.roberthalloriginals.com
On the Hoodless Garden: www.uoguelph.ca/historicaltour/hoodless.php
(at this site you will find a photograph of the sculpture)
Monday, June 28, 2010
MORE ABOUT CINDY ALEXANDER & OFFSUIT
Offsuit is a Kitchener/St. George based rock n' roll band specializing in music that is recognizable across generations. They play songs from legendary artists spanning four decades with which everyone is familiar, but avoid the songs that most cover bands have overdone.
From Guns n' Roses and Pink Floyd to The Monkees, The Eagles, even Huey Lewis and the News. The set is an eclectic blend of favourites suitable for all ages.
Cindy Alexander - Vocals
Steve Goodwin - Vocals, Guitar
Kevin Randall - Lead Guitar
Mike Koch - Bass
Barry Briere - Drums
St. George's Cindy Alexander is also the CC in "CC & the Boys." She is a star on the rise in the jazz groove. She is an accomplished artist with credits singing lead for popular bands including The River Bandits, Offsuit and Nite Out. Her smooth styling's are hauntingly reminiscent of Billy Holiday, Sarah Vaughn, Peggy Lee with a little Mae West. CC recaptures music and feelings from a bygone era in a time when life was simple and pure. She crystallizes nostalgia into a heartfelt performance that delights both the young and the young at heart.
For more information about CC & The Boys and their new CD, visit: http://www.ccandtheboys.com/
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