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HomeMy WebLinkAboutLakeshore Advance, 2013-11-27, Page 25Wednesday, November 27, 2013 • Lakeshore Advance 25 Blyth singers count the days to Christmas Lakeshore Advance Are you guilty of pulling out the Christmas decorations as soon as I lal- loween is over? 1)o you check each day off on the calendar until the 25th? Is your holiday shopping already done? And your gifts almost wrapped? Or are you a humbug who remains in complete denial until the very last minute? Either way, the Blyth Festival Singers are ready to kick-start your December countdown to the big day. Together with the Central Huron Secondary School Wind Ensemble, the Blyth Festi- val Singers are putting up the holly, feeling pretty jolly, and presenting "Counting Down to Christmas." A fun -filled mixture of classic Christ- mas music, and contemporary songs of winter performed in the wonderful acoustic space at Clinton United Church, this concert is sure to get you into the holiday mood. And you won't want to miss Director Sharon I'oelstra's debut performance with the Singers. Sharon began con- ducting as early as grade 1 1. Holding her Bachelors of Music and of Educa- tion she taught high school music for five years before focusing on a solo singing career in Opera and concert. In 1998, she returned to conducting • Which way to the beach CONTINUED FROM > PAGE 24 You can't take these things for granted. And that's what the Chamber of Com- merce in Grand Bend is finding. lust because Grand Bend is located on lake limn, the community can't assume that every visitor will find his or her way to the beach without some help. Grand Bend's experience is instructive for other communities in Sarnia -Lamb - ton. While its situation is perhaps a bit different because it caters to a vacation crowd during the summer months, those who live in (rand {lend likely assume that everyone (even those who have never visited the community) must know where the beach is. And they couldn't he more wrong. The lesson from Niagara Falls is that you have to do everything to ensure that visitors to your community know where to go - even if you think it's staring them in the face. Peter Iipp p eter.eppoesumniYJiu.en ZURICH LIONS CLUB *OLD FASHIONED" lleff9 ONO@ $500.00 Jackpot Game @BrtlaAffl ffu X309 �3 Bluewater Community Complex, Zurich Doors open at 6:00 p.m. Bingo Starts at 7:00 p.m. 15 regular games Share the Wealth IOQ DABBERS Light refreshments available Proceeds to be usod for Zurich Lions Club community work. at the Manitoba Conservatory of Music and Art, founded the "Internu'dlate Vocal Ensemble" and was a much sought after adjudicator at Music Festivals. From 2000 to 201:1 Sharon has been the Artistic Director for -111t. New'1k'cuutseth Singers" She has 41181) conducted 1 landei's Messiah with the 1 leadwaters Concert Choir, and the Stratford Concert (111)11.. She is currently conducting the Brahms Requiem with the latter. In 2010 Sharon extended the adventure to conducting children when she joined the St. Marys Children's (111)1' in Stratford. Also featured in the concert is the (ventral 1lurun Second- ary School Wind Ensemble, a group comprised of approxi- mately 30 senior music students under the capable direction of Denise 1 tallies. In 1atld111011 to adding some youthful exu- berance to 1111' affair, several students will 111' featured instrumentalists in a few of the Singers' numbers- adding instruments to voices. "Counting Down to Christmas" commences at :3(1 on the afternoon of'December 1st at Clinton united Church, Ontario Street, (11111011. 'Pickets for adults tae only $15.00 and just $11.00 for children ages six to twelve.'Ihey are available from the Illyth Festival Box Office at 523-9300 or from any Illyth Festival Singer. 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