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Blyth Festival Singers go exploring for next show
Me-to-We day back in Blyth
RCMP are coming to REACH
Legion
disappointed
One of Canada’s most recognized
icons, the Royal Canadian Mounted
Police (RCMP) Musical Ride, will
be performing in the arena complex
at the Regional Equine &
Agricultural Centre of Huron
(REACH) on June 21. This
community event is being presented
in partnership by REACH Huron
and the Bayfield Agricultural
Society.
The RCMP Musical Ride
represents a colourful Canadian
tradition. The troop of 32 horses and
riders will perform a variety of
cavalry drills choreographed to
music. Working through a unique
medium, they support the RCMP
community policing efforts
throughout Canada.
The Musical Ride was developed
in 1876 by early members of the
North-West Mounted Police to
display their riding ability and
entertain the local community. It has
evolved over the decades into a
uniquely Canadian performance
enjoyed by tens of thousands of
spectators every year.
Members of the Musical Ride are
first and foremost police officers.
They all have at least two years
experience in active police work
before volunteering for duty with
the Musical Ride. Surprisingly,
most have no prior riding
experience.
For ticket information call
REACH Huron at 519-482-3998.
Proceeds from ticket sales will be
directed towards supporting
REACH Huron and the Bayfield
Agricultural Society.
Spring is the time for adventuring
and exploring. So get out your
compass and point yourselves in the
direction of Goderich. Then sail on
into Knox Presbyterian Church
where you will discover a veritable
treasure trove of music – songs
hitherto unexplored by those
minstrels known as the Blyth
Festival Singers.
On Sunday, April 1 at 2:30 p.m.
music of the Medieval Period and
the Early Renaissance will be
performed to the accompaniment of
the recorder and percussion – just as
it was hundreds of years ago. The
selection includes merry madrigals,
motets, chansons and the earliest
ever recorded round which dates
back to the Middle Ages – and has
some surprisingly earthy content.
There will be complex pieces of
music, combined with early
drinking songs, 14th-century love
songs and even a piece penned by
Shakespeare – but arranged as a jazz
number. All under the capable
direction of conductor and captain
Robert Blackwell.
A special treat will be a guest
performance by Laura Brown, Mady
Hymowitz, Agnes Chneeberg and
Linda F. Adams of the London
Recorder Society, playing their
evocative melodies.
The London Recorder Society,
founded in 1963, has a history of
facilitating community music-
making in the London area as well
as promoting awareness of the
recorder and its repertoire, which
includes medieval, Renaissance,
baroque and contemporary music.
For 48 years, members of the
Recorder Society have given school
demonstrations, provided music for
church services and presented short
concert programs. Recorder players
have also accompanied Renaissance
dance classes and formed part of the
orchestra for children’s operas. The
group has also added to the
repertoire of the ancient instrument
by commissioning three original
works for recorder. At present, the
organization has 11 members, four
of whom are very pleased to be
performing with the Blyth Festival
Singers.
All in all, the day will prove to be
a grand adventure. So make haste to
purchase your tickets now.
Adults pay $15 and children under
12 only $6. Tickets are available at
the Blyth Festival Box Office at 519-
523-9300, The Dutch Store, Clinton,
The Village Bookshop, Bayfield,
The Livery, Goderich, the The
Citizen office in Brussels or from
any members of the Blyth Festival
singers. Some tickets may even be
available at the door.
The Blyth Festival singers are
proudly sponsored by those other
adventurers at 104.9 The
Beach.
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join the CF for a rewarding career.
To have it cut short by a debilitating
injury is hard enough, however, the
loss of a suitable income should they
be unable to work again is a two-
fold burden that they should not
have to bear.
Patricia Varga
Dominion President of the
Royal Canadian Legion.
Not only are the young people of
Huron County talented but they
really care about the world they live
in locally and globally. Awareness
of poverty in Canada and abroad is
important to them. Speaking up and
out about injustice matters to youth,
when it comes to offering every
child a meaningful life of love and
community.
Either on their own or as groups in
schools, churches or clubs, teens are
finding ways of raising awareness
and funds for projects that build
wells and schools in far off places,
programs that help people
struggling with mental illness, and
initiatives that improve our world.
At the upcoming Mini MEtoWE
Event on Thursday, April 5 at Blyth
Memorial Hall, many youth will
take to the stage presenting through
video, power point, word, song, art
and rap the work they are doing.
Celebrating gifts is what is all
about.
Modelled on the Free the
Children’s WE DAY, an event in
Toronto that many of our schools
have been a part of, The Mini
MEtoWE Event in Blyth, is about
embracing our shared humanity and
thinking beyond ourselves and our
personal needs. Kathy Douglas and
Vicky Bremner, along with a group
of youth help to put the entertaining
evening together and they hope,
“that youth right here in our
communities can share and celebrate
the fantastic work they themselves
are doing...there is no need to travel
far to find a great show full of
energy and encouragement.”
This year, organizers are gearing
up for yet another spectacular night
of entertainment and education,
featuring Huron and Perth County
youth. As well, community youth
groups and schools are invited to set
up displays, featuring their efforts
for social change. Well known
singer song-writer, David Archibald
will emcee this event and entertain
the crowd. The event will be held on
Thursday, April 5 at the Blyth
Memorial Hall. The show starts at 8
p.m. and doors will open at 7:30
p.m. Tickets for the event are $7
each and are available from the
Blyth Festival Box Office at 519-
523-9300. All proceeds will be
going towards various charities,
both local and global.
Anyone interested in being
involved can contact Kathy Douglas
at kathymdouglas@hotmail.com
50th Wedding
Anniversary
Please join us as we celebrate the
50th Wedding Anniversary
of our parents
John & Pat Engel
Saturday, March 24, 2012
from 4:00 - 6:00 pm
(Come and go)
Cranbrook Community Hall
In lieu of gifts we will be collecting
for the Huron County Food Bank.
Happy 10th
Birthday
John Nesbit
March 20
Love your family
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