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The Citizen, 2015-07-23, Page 20PAGE 20. THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, JULY 23, 2015. 541 Turnberry St., Brussels 519-887-9114 413 Queen St., Blyth 519-523-4792 Enjoy a good book this summer from... The Citizen Summertime Reading THE BEAUTY AND BOUNTY OF HURON COUNTY Stunning photographs by 3 Huron County photographers, including Brussels’ David Bishop, show Huron County as you’ve never seen it with aerial shots, wildlife, landscapes, nature. $40.00 THE BARNYARD READ- AND-PLAY STICKER BOOK Stories of farm animals and activities, plus the chance for kids to create their own stories with 80 reuseable vinyl stickers. $9.95 THE GIFT OF COUNTRY LIFE Saskatchewan writer Victor Carl Friesen turns his memories of growing up on a small farm in the 1940s into poems. Illustrated by his own photos, he tells of a simpler time when less was more. $18.95 GREAT SCOTS! How the Scots Created Canada Immigrants from Scotland played a huge role in shaping the Canada we know now, from exploring the country to establishing early government to the biggest businesses. $26.95 HERBAL REMEDY GARDENS Enhance your health naturally with herbs from your own garden. Care for your-self and your family using time-tested herbal remedies. Learn about over 20 medicinal herbs and more than 35 plans for gardens for specific health needs.$25.95 FIX, FREEZE, FEAST You don’t have to sacrifice nutritious, home-made meals because of a busy schedule. This book features 125 recipes for buying food in bulk, preparing meals ahead of time and storing them in your freezer so you’ll have a quick supper solution. $18.95 THE HOMEBUILT WINERY Complete building plans for 43 wine-making projects that facilitate the entire project of turning grapes into wine – from crushing and detesting to bottling, labeling and racking. Includes tips on building a home vineyard. $23.95 CANE, RUSH AND WILLOW Learn how to use natural materials to make baskets, furniture and decorations. $24.95 Continued from page 19 artist in this year’s Blyth Festival Art Gallery season. She studied Fine Arts at the University of Guelph and has taught art classes in Goderich, Wingham, Oakville and Guelph. An accomplished watercolour and oil painter, she has been showing her paintings across southern Ontario for over 10 years. Light and mood strongly influence her paintings. Her body of work consists of a diverse range of subjects including landscapes, still life, portraits as well as buildings and cows. MUSIC Two courses will focus on harmony singing. The first is on Monday, Sept. 14 from 7-9 p.m. at The Livery in Goderich and the second is Tuesday, Sept. 22 from 6- 8 p.m. at the Seaforth Library. Instructors for the course will be Kate Johnston and Suzanne MacVicar. Johnston is a musician and arts administrator from Goderich. She has a BA in Music from the University of Toronto where she was a Choral Scholar with the Trinity College Chapel under the direction of Dr. John Tuttle for four years. She is involved with a variety of theatre and choral ensembles in Huron County, including the Goderich Little Theatre and thatotherchoir. Her passion is learning music by ear, and making music as a group. MacVicar is music educator from Auburn. She has a piano, voice, and music theory studio, and has led a variety of musical and choral ensembles in this area and abroad. Sharon Johnston will be teaching an introductory course to the harp at two locations in September. Johnston is an established piano, music theory, and harp teacher based in Goderich. From a background of classical piano, with a specialty in accompanying, she picked up a lever harp at the Celtic Roots Festival in 1995 and hasn’t put it down since. Her passion is making music in a group or ensemble, and she makes the harp instantly accessible. The course takes place on Wednesday, Sept. 9 from 6-8 p.m. at the Alice Munro Public Library in Wingham, and Thursday, Sept. 10 from 6-8 p.m. at the Exeter Library. The basics of setting up and running a PA system will be explored by Auburn’s Travis Teed, who is a renowned recording engineer. That course will take place at The Livery in Goderich on Sunday, Sept. 27 from 1-5 p.m. THEATRE The Blyth Festival will be home to two of the program’s courses, focusing on the world of theatre. The first focuses on the backstage and on-stage worlds of theatre. This is a full-day long immersive theatre experience at the Blyth Festival that culminates in attending one of the 2015 season’s professional summer shows: Mary’s Wedding by Stephen Massicotte. Over the course of the day students will have the opportunity to speak at length with the Blyth Festival’s Artistic Director, Gil Garratt, who personally directed Mary’s Wedding. They will have the chance to tour Blyth’s shops, backstage, to speak with technicians and artists involved, as well as learn about the research, background, and process that resulted in the production. That evening, those enroled will then see the show, having been given a unique perspective rarely afforded to any audience member. Garratt is a director, playwright, dramaturge, Dora award-winning actor, and theatre administrator who has worked across Canada and internationally. With a career that has been dedicated primarily to the development of new Canadian plays, Gil has been with the Blyth Festival since 1999 in various capacities and is currently the Artistic Director. Gil is also member of the Playwrights’ Guild of Canada. Several of Gil’s plays have received multiple productions, toured internationally, and been translated into French. This course runs on Thursday, Sept. 3 from 2-10 p.m. at Memorial Hall in Blyth. Garratt will also be at the head of the Festival’s second workshop, which is about playwriting. This is an introduction to playwriting that is deeply steeped in practical exercises and text generation. The bulk of the day will literally be spent writing, reading and developing scenes and monologues with the goal of creating short, rich fragments of original theatre by day’s end. This course takes place at Memorial Hall in Blyth on Sept. 2 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Former Festival employee Lisa Hood will take on the voice for stage course, which will be held on Sept. 30 and Oct. 7 from 7-9 p.m. both days. Both sessions will take place at The Livery in Goderich. Students will learn the basics of projection and vocal technique – for the actor on stage, the public speaker, the group facilitator, or anyone who wants to gain confidence and skill in speaking. Hood is an actor, educator, and arts administrator from Goderich. She studied Theatre and Drama at the University of Toronto Mississauga and Sheridan College; she has recently been seen on stage in productions presented by Blyth Festival and Goderich Little Theatre, and also teaches for Virtual High School and Fanshawe College. DANCE Les Cook of Blyth East Side Dance will serve as the instructor for the ballroom and Latin dance courses, which will take place in Blyth at the Dance Studio, on Sept. 26 and Oct. 3 from 4:30-6:30 p.m. There are a number of other courses being offered throughout the county. They can be found at www.creativehuron.ca. Registration for all classes can be done through the Blyth Festival box office by calling 519-523-9300, toll- free at 1-877-862-5984, in person at the box office or online at the Festival’s website at www.blythfestival.com. Many local artists featured in Creative Huron arts classes Got Married... Call for pricing & details 519-523-4792 or 519-887-9114 Share your news by placing your announcement in The Citizen Fire! The Fire Department of North Huron was on site for two fires last week, one in Wingham at a retirement home and another, shown above, at a pig farm in Ashfield-Colborne-Wawanosh. Chief David Sparling explained that the fire was contained and could have caused much more significant damage to the structure if it hadn’t been. The fire was far from harmless, however, as 100 pigs were lost and $100,000 in damages occurred. (Denny Scott photo)