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■ The Sept. 4 Labour Day
Parade and ceremony
celebrated workers and
unions on The Square ands
at Harbour Park p9. I
Fastball Fury
■ The annual Labour Day
Fastball Tournament at Ag
Park enjoyed the good
weather over the weekend
pg. 29
■ Sports pg 29
■ Editorial pg 6
p9 34
■Entertainment .
"Classifieds .... pg 22
Photo by Dominique Milburn
Steve Strongman capped off the fourth annual West Coast Bluesfest on Saturday, Sept. 5 during the Big Event at The Livery. His power-
ful range and impressive riffs got people up and out of their seats during both his lively numbers and slow ballads. For more Bluesfest
photos, see page 4.
Bluesfest a treat for area music lovers
_.._ _D.ominique-MHbum
signal -star staff
"This thing is rockin'," said
Chad White, of a Michigan suburb
outside of Detroit on Saturday.
The US tourist was just one of
many who flocked to Goderich
this past weekend to take in the
sights and sounds of the fourth an-
nual West Coast Bluesfest.
This year, the annual soulful of-
fering tried on another outfit in an
attempt to recapture the wild suc-
cesses of previous installments,
including the first event in 2006,
which welcomed nearly 1,000
people.
With a six -stop walkabout on
Friday and an intimate tent con-
cert on Saturday, this WCB was
unlike any before.
"I'd say this was the best yet,"
said WCB committee president
John Harrison, though he added
each one was a great success.
Figures had yet to be tallied
on holiday Monday, but Harrison
conservatively figured more than
400 people got into the groove of
the Walkabout blues on Friday,
and about 350 packed into the Big
Event Saturday.
"All in all, it was a huge suc-
cess," he said. "It was everything
we hoped it would be and more,
with beautiful weather and a full
moon."
Goderich was jam packed this
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