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Oneida
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In 1840, members of the Oneida tribe moved from New
York state to a reserve 20 miles south west of London. A
number of musicians in the group started a band and the
Oneida Marching Band, featured at this year's Ciderfest, is
carrying on the tradition.
"The exact details are lost to history but there's been a
band in Oneida for so long, it just wouldn't seem right
without one," says Neil Cornelius, of the Dept. of Indian
and Northern Affairs in London.
The marching band, which includes 35 playing members
and a color party of 10 from age six to 65, appear in local
parades, mostly in Ontario. For the first time, the band
marched in four parades in the Washington D.C. area this
year.
Though the band includes a lot of young members, one
musician is 94 -years -old and plays only when the band has a
concert. When he started, he was 8.
Since the 1900s there have been two bands on the Oneida
reserve. In the 1950s one of those bands was a reserve
school band and the brass band appearing at Ciderfest is a
result of that band.
All of the members of the band are from the Oneida
reserve except the instructor, John Newell, his wife and two
others, all from Springfield, Ont.
To keep the band alive, younger members are actively
recruited and taught to play an instrument in a winter
training program.
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Ciderfest '83 is a
combined success
Ciderfest still has potential for growth and organizers are
hoping for a crowd of 3,000 or more at this years festivities
Oct. 1 and 2, says Lynda Jones, one of the organizers.
For the second year, Ciderfest is being organized through
the co-operation of the Van Egmond Foundation and the
Business Improvement Association (B1A).
"Events on "lain St. are emphasized on Saturday. It was
a real success last year," says Mrs. Jones. Last year's
attendanlce was close to 2,500.
Ciderfest saw light on Sunday. October 17. 1976, a
creation of the Van Egmond Foundation and has continued
to help the foundation in its endeavour to retain the
historical landmark built by Constant Van Egmond, son of
Anthony Van Egmond, one of the leaders of the 1837
Rebellion.
Paul Carroll, foundation chairman, explained that the
foundation was formed after the Ontario Heritage
Foundation urged local residents to get together in an
attempt to restore the old building. A group was formed in
1972 and began looking for ways to raise money for
restoration and maintenance. As a result Ciderfest was
born and has become the major fund raiser for the
foundation. •
Despite snow and poor weather conditions during the
first Ciderfest, organizers managed to raise approximately
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$1000 and since then they have never looked back. With a
combination of traditional apple cider. old fashioned craft
demonstrations. cultural exhibits and displays. Cider*st
proved to be an outstanding success.
In following years. Ciderfest has been expanded to help
cope with growing attendance. Exhibits and displays grew
and the foundation was forced to use other facilities. Tents
were set-up on the Van Egmond house grounds and the
Seaforth Public School was us' d over the years to house the
expanding activities Ciderfest has attracted.
In 1979 the foundation expanded its publicity campaign
through advertisements in weekly newspapers and radio.
The move proved to be successful with the organizers
registering a 33 to 40 per cent increase in attendance over
the previous year.
Ciderfest '83 should benefit from last year's increased
publicity campaign with higher attendance. A shunpikes
tour from London brought about 3,000 people to the Van
Egmond House in the spring and many of those' people
expressed an interest in attending Ciderfest, she said.
"We had a lot more traffic through the Van Egmond
house this year; the numbers through the house tripled
from last year."
Funds raised at Ciderfest go towards the operating funds
of the house for the following year, One of the goals of the
foundation is to finish the inside of the newly constructed
Carriage House.
The Van Egmond House is used throughout the year for
heritage digs and tours, theatre and concert productions,
recreation, special events, art displays, educational classes
and a general meeting place for community groups.
Expanded last year to offer the most displays, exhibits,
demonstrations and concerts in its history, Ciderfest '83
will continue with the same number of exhibits as last year.
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