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Huron Expositor, 2007-06-27, Page 32Page 32 June 27, 2007 • The Huron Expositor News Aaron Jacklin photo John Zettel, Tom Melady and Morley Snyder were some of the musicians on hand at the first Twilight Tunes last Thursday in Victoria Park in Seaforth. Twilight Tunes will be a weekly event held from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. on Thursdays with vendors and live music. Thursday njghts in Seaforth get a little more interesting with Twilight Tunes Aaron Jacklin Chilly temperatures didn't keep nearly 100 people from converging on the band shell behind the Seaforth cenotaph last Thursday for a night of music, hot dogs and community. "We're trying to get some more community activity," said Bob Fisher, Seaforth councillor. Called Twilight Tunes, it will repeat Thursdays through the summer. Fisher said the idea came from Tuesday Tunes, a weekly event held in the afternoon at the Seaforth and District Community Centres through the winter. He said he went to one and was surprised to find nearly 400 people there, some from as far as New Hamburg and Thedford. At the first Twilight Tunes last Thursday, about 10 people with fiddles, guitars, a harmon- ica and keyboard played music for two hours. Many people brought lawn chairs to sit under the maple trees while some parked their cars along the edges of the grassy area, watching and lis- tening with their windows down. Fisher said the tentative plan they're working toward is to get a farmer's market going on Thursday afternoons that would flow into the Wilight Tunes. Christine Behnke, member of the BIA and owner of the Seaforth Bakery and Cafe, was there selling food. "I brought hot dogs and a sampling of different wares that I carry in the store," she said, noting that she's not look- ing to turn a profit. "There'll be coffee next week," she said. Behnke said they hope to have more vendors in upcoming weeks. Yvette Wilbur, owner of Platinum Oak, was collecting donations to cover the cost of advertising for the weekly event. Any remaining funds were going to go to the Seaforth Food Bank. She said her partner Pete Klaver, who sits on the BIA, was involved in organizing the event with Bob Fisher. Wilbur said Twilight Mines is about cog the kind of commu- nity she remembers growing up in. "You knew you could go to town every week, hear some music and maybe come home with some jam," she said. She thought they did all right for the first night, getting near- ly 100 people. Zbm Melady, of R.R. 2 Dublin, emceed and played guitar. "I'm working on getting an array of emcees," he said. He said most of the perform- ers have been at the Tuesday Tunes, though not everybody had played together before. "Young people are welcome to come out and play," he said. "We want to create something different," he said. Morley Snyder was there playing the fiddle, which he's played since he was a kid. "And that's quite a few years," he said. Brian Denys played guitar and sang a few Johnny Cash songs. "I'm just out having some fun," he said. "I enjoy and love doing this." Twilight Tunes will be from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. on Thursdays throughout the summer. Brian Denys Aaron Jacklin photo Spectators enjoy live music at the first Twilight Tunes last week.