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Home My WebLink AboutThe Citizen, 2013-03-07, Page 19THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, MARCH 7, 2013. PAGE 19. Director hired Film festival coming to Blyth at end of March On March 30, Blyth Memorial Hall will be hosting a unique film fest featuring “any and every outdoor adventure” according to organizer Douglas Barill. “Really anything is involved, any paddlings, sport, anything from mountain biking to paddling or board,” he said. “We’re going to have over 60 films to choose from to select what’s shown.” The event, called the World Tour 2013 Reel Paddling Film Festival, is being hosted by Composite Creations, Painted Black Studio, the Blyth Business Improvement Area (BIA) and the Blyth Festival Theatre. Proceeds from the event will go towards the BIA. “This is going to be part of a much larger happening,” Barill explained, saying this was the first annual festival. The event will feature a matinee showing for a select audience and then at 6 p.m. a trade show focusing on outdoor equipment will be held followed by the films at 7 p.m., an intermission and food at 8:30 p.m. and the films resuming at 9 p.m. The event will be catered by the Queens Bakery and Part II Bistro. “It’s going to be a heck of a good film fest,” Barill said. “We’re having a matinee for local soccer, hockey and scouting and guiding associations to help get them interested.” Holding the event in Blyth was both due to the facilities being here and because it gave organizers the opportunity to advertise the village on a larger stage according to Barill. “We have the facilities in Blyth and it’s something that other people aren’t doing,” he said. “There is national sponsorship for the event and there are advertisements already in paddling magazines that advertise Blyth on that level.” Between the two shows, Barill says that there will be 880 people coming into Blyth for the event if they sell out. While North Huron Township Economic Development Co- ordinator Connie Goodall is involved, the show is being completely funded by the aforementioned hosts. “We’re renting the hall as entrepreneurs,” Barill said. “We’re seeding the event but we did invite people like Connie and [Peter Smith, Artistic Director of the Blyth Festival] to give them input.” Barill said that having Smith involved was a boon for the event as he has 30 years experience in putting on shows. He also said that the film fest is a great example of an event that can be held in Blyth to help expand on the shoulder seasons around the Blyth Festival’s playbill at Memorial Hall. The films are more made for the “YouTube generation” according to Barill who said that they run from 15 to 25 minutes long. “It’s kind of like the BBC Planet Series meets the Red Bull Series,” he explained. “It’s not necessarily like a film fest they would hold in Goderich or a fiction film fest. It’s about people enjoying the outdoors. I’m really getting stoked for the event.” Tickets for the March 30 show are available at the Blyth Festival, the Queens Bakery, Part II Bistro and Painted Black Studio and cost $10. For information about the event, visit the film festival’s website at www.reelpaddlingfilmfestival.com Continued from page 18 as possible with technology.” He said, “We will keep our important focus on faith formation for all of our children. We are a Catholic school board and we work on the growth of the whole person. We celebrate Catholic faith, Catholic learning and the journey of faith formation.” MacDonald lives in London with his wife, a speech and language pathologist, and three children. Superintendent Gerry Thuss was appointed as Acting Director until MacDonald assumes the position on April 1. The Huron-Perth Catholic DSB is responsible for the provision of quality Catholic education to approximately 4,200 students in sixteen elementary and two secondary schools located throughout the counties of Huron and Perth. ALL SYSTEMS ARE GO... READY FOR LAUNCH... TOAMARCH BREAK PARTY THAT IS... OUT OF THIS WORLD! WHO CAN REPORT?KIDS JK - GR 6 LAUNCH LOCATION:HURON CHAPEL IN AUBURN LAUNCH DATE :WEDNESDAY, MARCH 13 FROM 1:00-4:30 PM YOUR TRAINING WILL CONSIST OF AGILITY AND LUNG TESTS IN THE GYM, FINE MOTOR SKILLS AT THE CRAFT TABLE AND A BIBLE LESSON THAT WILL BLOW YOUR MIND OUT OF THIS WORLD. COST FOR TRAINING?NONE! 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