The Citizen, 2005-05-05, Page 35Shakespeare to Shoreline launch May 12
The 2005 season launch and
celebration for From Shakespeare to
the Shoreline is on Thursday, May
12.
The launch introduces the latest
travel brochure - hot off the presses
- as well as welcoming the unique
character of Good Will, live and in
person. Will will tour along the
historic travel corridor, which
stretches from the Hamlet of
Shakespeare to the shoreline of Lake
Huron, beginning in Stratford at
Gallery Stratford at 10:30 a.m.
Good Will will then travel the
route to Seaforth stopping for a gala
welcome at the Van Egmond House
Museum at noon. After a tour and
chat with visitors, he’ll travel to
Goderich and The Livery Theatre
for another warm welcome 2:30
p.m. in this historic building, just off
Church, Lodge celebrate history
On May 15 at 3:30 p.m., Trinity
Anglican Church and Blyth Masonic
Lodge are celebrating an important
part of Blyth’s heritage.
On Feb. 1, 1878, only a few short
years after the Town of Blyth was
formally incorporated, a group of
local residents held a Vestry meeting
in the Blyth Temperance Hall. While
this was not uncommon for the
fledgling congregation of the Trinity
Anglican Church, the subject at this
Dinsley Street meeting was to result
in something that would stand for
well over a century.
Up until that time, the Rev. Mr.
Carmichael and Mr. Duberdue,
Reverend J. W. Murphy, Rev.
Gallager, Rev. Davies and Rev.'Win.
Henderson, the successive
clergymen, held service for the
Trinity worshippers in a patchwork
of locations including; in a sitting
room in Mr. Shane’s log hotel;
Nethery’s Orange Hall; the old brick
school house at the north end of the
village and at Temperance Hall on
Dinsley Street.
Despite the tribulations and
difficulties encountered in the 18
years since the Church of England
(today the Anglican Church of
Canada) first asked the Rev. Mr.
Carmichael to walk from Clinton to
Blyth to conduct services, Trinity
Church was growing. In response to
that fact, Feb. 1, 1878 was to be a
Exhibition opens, Thursday
The travelling exhibition of
artwork by Avon Maitland District
School Board students opens on
Thursday for a one-month stay at the
Blyth Festival’s Bainton Gallery.
Prints from the exhibition will be
on sale during the Blyth run
or ordered through the
Foundation’s website
www.foundationforeducation.on.ca
or www.artistsandkidsforaids.com
the organization which forwards all
Belgrave Optimists
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Saturday, May 7
5:00 to 7:00
Belgrave Arena
Tickets
at the door
the square.
The brochure: Shakespeare to the
Shoreline - introduces a familiar
route to southwestern Ontario
travellers. This highway route
carried settlers from inland to the
shores of Lake Huron and now, with
this fresh, new perspective, visitors
and residents alike are invited to
explore the travel corridor using
seven specially-themed self-guided
driving routes.
New for 2005 is a sampling of the
dining and accommodation
locations along the route,
encouraging travellers to tour, linger
and savour the bounties of Huron
and Perth Counties all year ‘round.
The Shakespeare to the Shoreline
travel brochure offers travellers
information about the region around
Hwy. 8, using maps and the themed
Friday unlike any other in the short
history of the Trinity Anglican
Church of Blyth.
This Synod (a special council of
church members that holds regular
meetings to discuss important
issues), which consisted of Chas
Hamilton, James Potter, J. H.
Thompson, Thomas Nicholson and
John Blackbruff to name just a few,
determined that the Church needed a
permanent home. It was later
determined that the building lot
would cost $50; the architect would
be Mr. Fitch of Wingham; the style
would be Gothic; the tower would be
75 feet tall and the main body of the
church would be 34 feet by 50 feet.
The building contract was awarded
to Mr. Young of Auburn for $3,200,
not including the brickwork which
was to be provided by Mr. R.
Howard, a parishioner, in an effort to
reduce building costs. By any
standard, the project was ambitious.
Despite obvious challenges, in the
early afternoon on Monday, June 24,
1878, a very special and unique
ceremony began to unfold to mark
the laying of the cornerstone. The
formal procedure included a
substantial Masonic observance. In
fact, local Masons hailing from Blyth
Lodge No. 303, Morning Star Lodge
No. 309 (Carlow), Old Light Lodge
No. 184 (Lucknow), Clinton No. 84,
Exeter No. 133, Wingham No. 286,
funds to specific projects in Africa.
The exhibition is a joint project of
the Avon Maitland District School
Board and the Foundation For
Enriching Education. Contact the
Foundation to arrange an exhibition
in your school or in other community
galleries.
The opening of the Bainton
exhibition is Thursday, May 5 at 7
self-guided driving routes, seven in
all with more than 110 experiences,
sites and locations.
As the seasons unfold in the
region, the seven special themes of
the program will be key to:
• extending the length of stays for
visitors and welcoming residents to
explore the routes
• expanding the number of sites
available for discovery and
extending the season and
• inviting guests to return often to
experience another theme
Visit the website
www.shakespearetotheshoreline.ca
to download maps and themed
brochures.
Shakespeare to the Shoreline
travel experience was developed by
the regional partners including
Tourism Stratford, Tourism
St. John’s No. 284 (Brussels),
Britannia No. 170 (Seaforth) and
many others turned out to help lay
the cornerstone for a future local
landmark and spiritual institution.
After the formalities of opening
the Lodge, R.W. Bro. J.H. Benson
informed the assembled Masons that
he had been empowered by the
Grand Lodge to perform the
ceremony of laying the cornerstone
of Trinity Church about to be erected
at Blyth. The Director of Ceremonies
then formed a procession, preceded
by the Wingham Brass Band, and
marched to the site.
At that point, with full Masonic
honours, witnessed by more than
2,000 Masons and the Governor
General of Canada, the Lt. Governor
of Ontario and the Premier, the
Trinity Anglican Church consecrated
the site of what became their new
spiritual home. Today, as
preparations are made to rededicate
that site, the Trinity Anglican Church
and Blyth Masonic Lodge would
invite you to join them on May 15 for
this event.
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May 12th to
June 30th
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Goderich, Huron Tourism
Association, Municipality of Huron
East, Perth County Tourism as well
as the Huron County Planning and
Economic Development
department. With more than one
million visitors to the region during
the year, lengthening the stay of
these guests will have a significant
economic impact for this tourism
industry alliance.
For further information on
contact: Tourism Goderich: 1-800-
280-7637, Tourism Stratford at 1-
800-561-7926 or Laurel Armstrong,
media information 1-519-395-
5181.
BUCK & DOE
for
Jenny Ritchie
&
Benjamin Schenk
on
Saturday, May 7
at the
Blyth Community Centre
from 9:00 pm to 1 am
Age of majority reqdired
For more info call
Julie at 523-4307
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