HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe 25th Huron Pioneer Thresher Reunion, 1986-09-03, Page 23THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1986. PAGE A-23.
Fiddlers and step dancers
to have professional judges
For the first time in history,
professional judges have been
engaged to judge the Old Tyme
Fiddlers and Step-dancing
competitions at the thresher
men’s reunion, a measure of
how keen competition has
become at the show.
Entertainment convener
Gladys Van Egmond said that
Cathy Ferguson of London and
Jim Flannigan of Kitchener
both professional judges from
the Shelburne Canadian Fiddle
Championships, will judge the
fiddler’s contest Saturday
afternoon, while Lila Storey of
Seaforth and Nancy Chissel of
Staffa will pick the winners at
Sunday’s step-dancing classes.
M rs. Van Egmond, who is
head of the entertainment
committee for the first time this
year, has an impressive array of
talent in a packed program to
entertain visitors right through
from Friday afternoon to the
grand finale Sunday afternoon,
with something to set toes
tapping everywhere.
The show gets underway at 1
p.m. Friday with three hours of
local music and dancing, then
goes on to Friday evening’s
Fiddle Jamboree, which will
include a large number of
performers on the fiddle, ban
jo, guitar and mouth ogan, with
space on the platform for
dancing for anyone who wants
to join in.
Saturday afternoon will see
Hanover’s talented duo, Dave
Shaddick and Glen Eden, per
forming a program of country
and western music before the
Old Tyme Fiddlers Contest gets
underway at 1:30. Some of the
best fiddlers in Ontario are
expected to compete here, with
each playing a waltz, jig and
hoedown, as they compete for
trophies and cash prizes.
Saturday evening will begin
with a get-together jam ses
sion, a fully impromptu musical
session to which any and all
players and instruments are
invited, before the dance gets
underway in the arena at 9
p.m., with music by Heritage
Fiddlers of Komoka.
Events will wind up Sunday
afternoon, when visitors can
choose between the Heritage
Fiddlers again performing
from an outdoor stage, or hear
Shaddick, Eden and local taleni
performing country and wes
tern music in the arena, before
the Step-dancing contest gets
underway at 2 p.m. for trophies
and cash prizes.
For entries and information
onallofthese events, please
call Gladys Van Egmond at
482-7249.
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IVe wish continued success
to the annual
Huron Pioneer Thresher
& Hobby Association
25th Reunion
Lyle & Yvonne.
Darryl & Karen
Youngblut & Son
Plumbing and Heating
X BLYTH 523-9585
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Welcome
to everyone
who is in Blyth this
weekend for the
25th Threshermen's
Reunion.
We are glad to have
you here.
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Going by the book Happy 25th to the Pioneer Threshers
Continued from page A-22
manuals would be invaluable to
anyone restoring an old tractor
or engine - and if Haugholm
doesn’t have the particular
item you need in stock, they can
likely get it for you.
The Haughs try to keep the
prices of all their books at an
affordable level, shying away
from the more lavish “coffee
table’’ editions that often exist
only as objets d‘art. Instead,
they seek out suppliers that can
provide high-quality volumes
at reasonable prices, books that
invite any amount of loving
handling, or even the odd oily
fingerprint.
N one of the current collection
sells for more than $40, with the
vast majority of titles in the $12-
$20 range. The costliest of
them, at $39.95, is a large
encyclopaedia called “Ameri
can Gasoline Engines since
1872”, a personal favourite of
Allan Haugh’s, because of his
own hobby of collecting and
restoring gasoline engines.
Another highly popular volume
is the recently published ‘ ‘John
Deere’s Company”, the detail
ed story of the growth of
America’s number one farm
machinery manufacturing
company from the early 1800’s
to the present day.
New this year is a wide array
of decals, reproduced from the
original names, numbers and
insignia that appeared on early
machinery, exact replicas in a
tough, modern material which
can be used as the final touch on
a lovingly restored old tractor or
engine.
Both Janice and Allah Haugh
discuss the items they sell with
first-hand knowledge, since
they are both deeply engrossed
in much of itthemselves. Janice
says she collects “everything
old”, with a special interest in
such primitives as early pine
furniture, tools, trivets, collect
ibles, china, glassware and
dolls; while Allan has a special
passion for gasoline engines,
and admits to “thirty or forty”
old tractors in various states of
restoration.
Janice will again be offering
some of her finest collectibles
and antiques for sale at the
Blyth show, while Allan will
display his restored Model A
Ford, a gleaming 1936 Interna
tional W-12 tractor, and his
pride and joy, a 1915 Interna
tional Mogul Booster Hopper
Cooled gasoline engine, one of
only three known to exist in
North America at this time.
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MANNINGS
Building Supplies lid.
Corner of Hamilton St, & Hwy 4
BLYTH 523 9305
Welcome to Blyth
We look forward to the arrival o f the Huron Pioneer Thresher
and Hobby Association who come to Blyth each year
to celebrate their annual Reunion,
Congratulations on your 25th Reunion!
The Village of Blyth
and
The Public Utilities Commission