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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 2012-05-03, Page 31THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, MAY 3, 2012. PAGE 31.Seaforth all-girls band travels to Georgia Student Show opens tonight Artistic students Rachel Dunn, a student from Stratford Central Secondary School, will have her piece Self-Portrait on display Thursday night at the 2012 Student Show in Blyth. The show runs until May 17. (Photo submitted) The Student Show 2012 will open the new season of exhibitions at the Blyth Festival Art Gallery. Dozens of works by Huron and Perth County high school art students will fill the Bainton Gallery for this show, which begins with the opening reception at 6 p.m., Thursday, May 3 and runs until May 17. This annual show is an exciting venue for celebrating student creativity and features the best works of students in Grades 9 – 12. The Avon Maitland District School Board includes schools from Wingham, Clinton, Goderich, Exeter, Mitchell, St. Mary's, Stratford and Listowel. The Huron- Perth Catholic School Board is represented by works from Clinton and Stratford. Many different artistic techniques will be featured including mixed media, sculpture, photography, drawing, painting, printmaking and digital illustration. The public can expect to see exciting art, full of youthful energy and off-the-wall ideas. The Student Show 2012 is presented by the Blyth Festival Art Gallery and sponsored by Goderich Print Shop. It officially opens in the Bainton Gallery (next to the Blyth Festival Box Office) on Thursday, May 3 at 6 p.m. Three Awards of Excellence will be presented to outstanding students. The winners will receive a cash prize of $100 and their art works will be displayed at the Blyth Festival for the duration of the 2012 theatre season. This year, the Huron Arts and Heritage Network (HAHN) individual artist award was won by Greg Sherwood, the Student Show’s curator. HAHN’s chair, Deb Sholdice, will present the award to Sherwood at the opening. All teachers, students, parents and members of the public are invited to the reception to join in the festivities and help us open this exhibition. Refreshments will be served. The show will be available for viewing during the Blyth Festival box office hours and continues until May 17. By Aislinn Bremner Having been in the Seaforth and District All Girls Marching Band for going on eight years and having been on seven trips with the band, spending hours on a coach bus to get to our destination is nothing new to me. After 23 hours on a bus, however, it was nice to finally arrive to sunny Tybee Island, Georgia; especially coming from the Great White North. When we arrived we had a free night to relax and get settled, which we took advantage of, as most of us did not get much sleep the night before on the bus. The next day, Sunday, we had an opportunity to go a mall in Savannah and as soon as we arrived Amanda (my roommate for the week) and I and a group of girls booked it over to the Checkers we saw as we drove up to the mall. Before I continue, if you are someone who does not know what Checkers is, you are missing out. It is a delicious place to eat. Personally, I enjoy their loaded French fries with ranch dressing, cheese and bacon heaped onto a serving of fries. We did not spend the entire shopping trip at Checkers though. We did make it to a few stores inside the mall to browse and make some purchases. Returning to the hotel after our trip meant exploring the beach area around our hotel. We went out to the pier where part of the film The Last Song was filmed. On Monday morning the band had a practice, which went fairly well. A short while after the practice the bus took us all back in to Savannah to explore famous River Street. We all got so excited about the downtown that a lot of us didn’t realize we had missed much of historic Savannah by staying on River Street. Regardless, we all had a good time and those of us who forgot to apply sunscreen might have got a bit too much sun. However overcast it was, the sun still managed to get to us. Dinner at Spanky’s was quite entertaining and a lot of fun. With the whole band in one small area of the restaurant, it would be difficult for all of us to get a little bit silly together. Following dinner we had a “Ghosts and Gravestones” tour of Savannah in a trolley. Our tour guide had quite a few stories to tell, so it was no surprise I had trouble sleeping that night, not to mention every other night we spent in Savannah. I was grateful we weren’t staying in Savannah for the rest of the trip or I really would not have slept the rest of our time in Georgia thanks to those stories. On Tuesday we had another practice, this time on the beach. We played for some people just out on a walk, as well as a few seagulls. For the rest of the day we had nothing planned so Amanda and I spent some time on the beach with Ava and Conner, while their parents went to do some shopping. It was a gorgeous day to enjoy the ocean. We got an early start to the day on Wednesday for an ecology tour along the beach. Soon after we got there, we saw a whole bunch of dolphins swimming around close to shore. We learned quite a bit of interesting information about the different creatures in the ocean. The tide was low early in the day so we saw dead jellyfish washed up onto the shore and a few sand dollars. There were hermit crabs and spider crabs sneaking around under the sand and along the rocks while we were out there. The beach was absolutely beautiful in the morning with the sun reflecting off the water. Two days before we left Georgia, Amanda and I finally made it to the free breakfast at the hotel restaurant. We enjoyed a delicious breakfast before the band’s morning practice. We had our performances coming Buck & Doe for Carrie Cawndums and D. Zeezfree Come and share a good time with us! We love our friends so take care of yourselves. Hey, you may not even know you have an STI.       treatment at the Huron County Health Unit. Call 1-877-837-6143 (press 4) Text 519-440-1439 www.huroncounty.ca/health Happy 80th Mom! (Kay Buchanan) May 4 With lots of love from your family! Tickets at The Centennial Hall Box Office. Call: 519-672-1967 or online: www.centennialhall.london.ca TUESDAY, MAY 22, 2012 – 7:30PM CENTENNIAL HALL - LONDON Makes A Great Christmas Gift Makes A Great Christmas Gift Makes a Great Mother's Day Gift! Buck & Doe forAndy Toll & Mia Bieman Friday, May 11 Belgrave Arena 9 pm - 1 am Bus leaving Wingham (Valumart) at 9:30 pm Bus leaving Blyth (Scrimgeour’s) at 10:00 pm Tickets $5 ~ Age of majority Lunch provided ~ Music by DJ Family & Friends are invited to aBuck & Doe for Anita Little & Rick MacLeod Saturday, May 5 9:00 pm - 1:00 am Blyth Community Centre Door Prizes ~ Games Lunch provided Age of majority Tickets $5.00 Call 519-523-9542 Entertainment Leisure& Continued on page 32