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Times-Advocate, 1987-12-02, Page 26Page 8A Times -Advocate, December 2, 1987 Craft Show a huge success The annual Oakwood Craft Show was a huge success, with over 800 people crowding into tli'e Oakwood Dining Room to do some early Christmas shopping. Most camc early in the day for the best selec- tion of crafts produced by 26 talent - cd exhibitors. Business was so good that most exhibitors booked for next year already! There were lots of familiar faces behind the tables, with gingerbread houses on order, lovely handknit sweaters and a bewildering array of beautiful crafts all ready to trans- form your home into a designer's Christmas dream. Some new faces were on the scene as well, with Yvonne Falsetti of Zurich,"Unique Trends" showing beautiful sweaters and natural wreaths. Joan Baxter of Grand Cove had a table of doll clothes, finger puppets, and assorted Christmas decorations, Joan King, another to - cal artisan, .did so well on her stained glass collection that she booked two tables for next year. Pat Green, from the Grand Bend arca, displayed wooden articles like ducks and tulips. Cindy Taylor of Brucef-ield had an interesting selec- tion of computerized children's books, where you fill in your child's name in all the blank spaces fora real personalized touch. Two exhibitors came from as far as Toronto: Philmorc Enterprizes presented wooden doll cradles, beds, bird feeders, etc. Sue Woods showed an array of wooden toys, Christmas items, wreaths and wall hangings. There was brisk business through- out the day, in the friendly atmos- phere of buyer an'd craftsman meet- ing face to face, for the best exchange of feedback and new ideas. News from G.B. churches This was the First Sunday of Ad- vent, as Father Beck led the congre- gation in a special ceremony of lighting the first candle of the Ad- vent Wreath, at Immaculate Heart of Mary Church. The reader at the Sat urday night Mass was Andy Vrol- lyk, and the organist was Paul Die- trich. In his sermon, Father Beck ex- plained that in the early Church, Easter was thc main feast day, with Christmas celebrations beginning during the second and third centu- ries. The gospel tells us to stay awake and watch for the coming of the Lord. Do we wait for Ghrist dur- ing this Advent season, to arrive at Christmas, or arc we only marking off the shopping days until Santa comes? The season of Advent "Come, oh Come, Emmanuel, God With Us." Prepare your hearts as his home. Congratulations to' Karlce Dawn Leny Flcar, infant daughter of Ste- ven and Mathilda (Martens) Flcar, who was received into the Catholic community through the sacrament of Baptism. - Religious articles and pro-life Christmas articles will be available after each Mass until Christmas. Father Beck is encouraging the par- ish to receive the Sacrament of Re- conciliation during Advent, so con- fessions will be heard before all Masses, and a communal service is scheduled for Tuesday, December 22 at 7:15 p.m. Mass. There is a Christmas concert Wed- nesday December 2, at 8 p.m. in 'the St. Boniface School Gym, Zurich, by the St. Boniface choir. Admis- sion is $1.00 per person and 53.00 per family. On Sunday, December 13, will be the collection of toys and canned goods for the poor. Toys or gifts should be marked boy or girl, and by age. United Church Cu. ..n Elders Bob Southcott, I-,.., Wil- lert, Brian Pcaren, Bcrtic Keyes, Dianne Rice, Elizabeth Norris, Marg Desjardinc, and Liz Adams served the elements as the GBUC congregation celebrated the Sacra- ment of Holy Communion last week. Rcv. R. Peebles spoke on "Witnessing - Results". Ann Rus- sell read the lesson from 1 Peter 2:9-17 and Acts 2:1-4, 12-16, 40- 47, wherein Rcv. Peebles said that every early Christian was on fire with God's message. People must be prepared to fulfill a commission to helpthe church grow. Only love, compassion and understanding will bring results. The Youth Group will be holding a hay ride on Saturday December 12 at 6:30 p.m. Please meet at the church if you're 12-20 vcars old. Some Christmas carolling will be done at this time. This Sunday will • be White Gift Sunday. The stewards will be meeting on Grand Bend aiid district news Lynne Desjardine - 128-8769 Roberta Walker - 238-2471 CUBS AT WORK - The 1st Grand Bend Cub pack made these bird feed- ers with material from ARC Industries. Showing their own finished products are Matthew Hayter, Dashwood and Brian Lovie, Grand Bend, front. Stand- ing are Bradley Stokkermans, Jason Sheppard, Cameron Sweiger and Da- vid Moran -Lemon just joining the group at J.T. Kerry's Lumber shop. 1; .r MAKE WINTER FEEDERS - Cubs from the 1st Grand Bend pack line up with cedar logs at J.T. Karry Lumber shop at their meeting last Thursday night. Leader Larry Taylor helps each boy operate the drill press to make holes in their feeders. Leader Bob Lovie helps a cub straighten his nails. Alhambra Christmas party The members of the Algarva #168 staged their annual Christmas Party for the children of all the Sirnobles and Sultanas, on Sunday afternoon. Nearly 40 children, their parents and friends gathered at the Alhambra Hall for a great party. • Entertainment was provided by Sultana Roberta Walker, who_prc- sentcd a program titled "Adventures in Music," with violin, piano, vo- cals, puppets and pictures. This multi -media approach to music ap- preciation is part of a program she will be presenting in arca schools in the near future, aimed at kindergart- en to Grade 3. After the show, Paul Dietrich played some well -loved Christmas carols, until a familiar "Ho -Ho -Ho -Merry Christmas!" rang out. That jolly old gentleman, San- ta Claus made an early appearance to -hand out gifts to each child (Thanks to Casey Bax). The air was full of laughter and noise, the floor littered with paper and toys, but they enjoyed the re- freshments, took their candy bags and went home happy. Special thanks to this years' party chairmen, Sirnoble Phil and his Sultana Ro- berta Walker. Thursday, December 3 at 8:00 p.m. Support the Sunday School Con- cert on Sunday December 13 at 6:45 p.m. Church of God Worshippers were greeted at the door by Hubert and Norma Vincent, in the Church of God on Sunday morning. George Wincgarden led the opening chorus "My Wonderful Lord", Pat Desjardinc presented the theme "Christ to the World" for their "Christ's Birthday" missions offering. Lucille Vincent sang a solo "No One Understands Like Jesus". Pastor Desjardine's message was taken from Luke 1:26-35, Jesus came to Earth to be the Saviour of the World. • For the regular evening service, several people attended the Barry Moore Pre -Campaign Rally at Tri - vitt Memorial- Church in Exeter. Barry Moore is a Canadian evangel- ist from London, Ontario. This was the "Kick-off' organizational meet- ing for all the local churches that will be involved in the rally, to take place form February 28 to March 6. The ladies of the Church of God arc looking forward to enjoying a night out on Thursday, when they meet at Macy's Restaurant for sup- per at 6:30 p.m. The Tuesday morning Bible Study group met at Saublc .Court Lounge with 18 ladies present. Pat Desjardinc opened with prayer and • Millie Desjardinc led the hymn - sing. In starting a new chapter "Should I Fcar God?" from thc book "David and HIs Psalms" they learned that Our Loving God can also be a God of Wrath. They read in II Samuel 6 that God can punish scrverly when His laws are not obeyed to the let- ter. Twentieth Century Christians do not feel too comfortable with this aspect of God. Answering the ques- tion "Should I Fear God?" requires an understanding of the awesomi- ness of God's nature, as well as of the meaning of the ciliation fcar. Further study will continue on this lesson next week, with Puc Mcrkics as discussion leader. The closing prayer was given by Doris Peebles. Women Today- meet oday-meet Dec. 5 The Christmas Quarterly Meeting of Women Today of Huron County will be held on Saturday, December 5 in Clinton, at the Women Today House. The business meeting starts at 1 p.m. followed by a Christmas Party: The annual Silent Auction. fund raiser will be held from Dc cembcr 1-16, also at the Women Today House in Clinton. ENTERTAIN ROYALLY -. The Cathedral Brass musicians performed a variety of musical styles last Wednes- day in Grand Bend to a large crowd. Seated in the front is Jodi Becker, usher, GB President Carol Anne Bonen- berg, and Liz Gaudio, usher, all of Grand Bend. In the back members include Margaret Wolf, trumpet; Janet Sar- gent, French horn; Greg Parry, tuba; John Loretan, trombone; and Rob Dutton, trumpet. Music• ians .captivate A talented group of young musi- cians, The Cathedral Brass, captivat- ed the crowd in the United Church Wednesday evening with one of the best concerts they've ever seen. The performers quickly established a good rapport with the audience and cemented that bondthroughout the evening with their easy wit, and panache. Grand Bend Concert Asso- ciation President Carol -Anne Bo- nenberg introduced the musicians to a large crowd, which included quite a few younger children. Rob Dutton and Margaret Wolf played the trumpets, with Greg Par- ry on tuba, Janet Sargent on french horn and John Lorctan on trombone and alpine horn. What is an alpine horn? Well, it's a long, (three meters or 13 feet) curved wooden horn, cut from a young tree, hollowed out and wrapped in wicker. In the Alpo mountains, the sound of one horn can carry over six km., so needless to say, its warm, mellow baritone filled the church easily. John Lore - tan, of Swiss background, com- posed a beautiful piece for this diffi- cult instrument (controlled only by the lips with no keys or pedals). He can get nearly a Ebur octave range on the horn, which spanned the en- tire stage. (It comes apart for pack- ing.) From their first number, a jazzy rendition - New Orleans style - of "Just A Closer Walk With Thee," he quintet captured everyone's heart. Little Master Andrew Smith stole a few hearts of his own when he re- quested "The Lone Ranger Song". When they played the fainiliar "William Tell Overture" every child was jumping up and down in his or her scat with excitement! The music varied widely, from Handel's beautiful "Water Music Suite" with its classical, stately overtones of royalty to a Scott Jo- plin ragtime piece "Sunflower Slow Drag" that has a nice, easy swing to set your toes a-tappin'. - The musicians easily mastered the complexity of a Bach fugue, which presents a musical tapestry of coun- terpoint, then delighted the children with that charming old favorite, "Frere Jacques" (Brother John), complete with odd solos and lots of general clowning around. Certain pieces featured each of the instruments. "Chanson De Matin" by Edward Elgar showcases the k ;,,. ... . . SS? C° E o- Metm`;.xsbx< s ,rs.ii: ;, m. i.: 2a','.7??.:g . About people you What can you say about this time of year? Cold ,wct, bleak and dreary. One of the few comforting thoughts is that you don't have to shovel it. The days grow shorter and Christ- mas shopping fever is starting to af- fect most of us, resulting in in- creased gas mileage, an increase in our credit card balance and an in- crease of anxiety that we'll never get it all done in time for that Big Day. Time to start on Christmas cards too - I'd better get working on mine. Marg Hedley spent 30 days in Cal- gary, leaving in September and ar- riving home .on October 26. Ten hours after she arrived in Calgary, her first grandchild was born, Tara - Lynn Amanda Winhold, daughter of Brenda (Hedley) and Bob Winhold madc her grand entrance. Grandma enjoyed her company for that whole month, and helped the new mother, then returned home to Grandpa, who was holding the fort. He'll get his chance to meet his granddaughter when the family comes for a Christ - mas visit, arriving here on Decem- ber 13. That'll be a holiday to re- member! In news from Sauble Court, 18 seniors recently joined thc McNaughton Bus Tours of Ildcrton, for a trip to the Royal Wintcr Fair in Toronto. They left on that awful snowy Saturday at 7 a.m. but once the bus passed Woodstock, the day • turned sunny and bright. They enjoyed the lovely flower show, the beautiful horses, the veg- etable display, and the rather comi- cal steeplechase set-up for,the dogs. Various breeds of dogs were clocked as they ran a challenging course, • audience beautiful tones of the French horn, a very difficultinstrumentplayed to perfection by Janet Sargent. "Teddy Trombone" is an outrageous, funny, parody of the trombone, a jazzy number the kids just loved, played by John Loretan. The "Golyardes Grounds" bases everything on four notes played by the tuba, and builds the rest of the quintet around it. The trumpets really shine in Han- del's "Water Music" and in• the "Suitt from the Monteregian Hills." The first movement is a lively march, the second a quieter, pensive number - ode to a rainy day, per- haps? The third, "Valsc Ridicule" is a humorous piece which sounds like a drunken dancer weaving around the floor as the horns guffaw and blat, and the music reels crazily around. The suite ends with a piece like a modem dance from "Rodeo", with a certain Western swagger and flair. After thunderous applause and a heart -felt standing ovation, the per- formers re-entered in Santa Claus caps for "We Wish You a Merry Christmas". Afterwards, members of thc audience stayed to meet the artists and enjoy refreshments. MgrinikVMMItalel know... quite similar to that of a hors% show. - They stopped in Cambridge for supper and finally reached home af- ter 10 p.m. - a very long, but excit- ing day. I5id you know that the last Mon- day of thc month is always a pot- luck birthday supper for 11 Saublc Court residents? The busy -bee quil- ters of Sauble Court, have finished their third beautiful quilt since the first of November, and arc putting away the quilting frame now until after Christmas. Enjoy a well- deserved rest; ladies. HITACHI The Gift that goes on Giving all year long VCR V'I'2130A 4 head, high performance $559 • 0 B/ L COR 44 Colour Television /0 e 14' Only X275 ee se 4 only °° • .° ZIMMER'S TM DASHWOOD 737-3478 e• • 1. - Clearance The Floor Great Vt. '' tile -' sale Armstrong Glazecraft TILES 1.99 ea Parquet Wood TILES 1 ea Armstrong Excelon TILES • 39 ea While supplies last! TERMS Grand Hwy. 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The "Golyardes Grounds" bases everything on four notes played by the tuba, and builds the rest of the quintet around it. The trumpets really shine in Han- del's "Water Music" and in• the "Suitt from the Monteregian Hills." The first movement is a lively march, the second a quieter, pensive number - ode to a rainy day, per- haps? The third, "Valsc Ridicule" is a humorous piece which sounds like a drunken dancer weaving around the floor as the horns guffaw and blat, and the music reels crazily around. The suite ends with a piece like a modem dance from "Rodeo", with a certain Western swagger and flair. After thunderous applause and a heart -felt standing ovation, the per- formers re-entered in Santa Claus caps for "We Wish You a Merry Christmas". Afterwards, members of thc audience stayed to meet the artists and enjoy refreshments. MgrinikVMMItalel know... quite similar to that of a hors% show. - They stopped in Cambridge for supper and finally reached home af- ter 10 p.m. - a very long, but excit- ing day. I5id you know that the last Mon- day of thc month is always a pot- luck birthday supper for 11 Saublc Court residents? The busy -bee quil- ters of Sauble Court, have finished their third beautiful quilt since the first of November, and arc putting away the quilting frame now until after Christmas. Enjoy a well- deserved rest; ladies. HITACHI The Gift that goes on Giving all year long VCR V'I'2130A 4 head, high performance $559 • 0 B/ L COR 44 Colour Television /0 e 14' Only X275 ee se 4 only °° • .° ZIMMER'S TM DASHWOOD 737-3478 e• •