Zurich Citizens News, 1971-04-22, Page 5PAGE FIVE
ZURICH CITIZENS NEWS
THURSDAY, AWFUL 22, (km
Many Interesting Events Set for Ontario
A bathtub derby, a miners'
festival, an Indian powwow,
Shakespeare and even a bean
festival are just some of the
special attractions featuring an
interesting line-up of events in
Ontario this summer.
While there's a full roster of
activities slated year-round in
this bustling Canadian province,
following is only a representative'
selection of major --and some
off -beat.. festivities taking place
during June, July and August.
Here's where and when it's
happening in Ontario:
The canal at Cornwall, just
across the Ste. Lawrence River
from upper New York State, will
once again be gaily awash when
contestants plunge into the third
annual International Seaway
Bathtub Derby, July 3 and 4.
The races are held over a
1 1/2 -mile course and feature
genuine bathtubs and fiberglass
hulls molded from the real
thing. Each is fitted with an
outboard motor not exceeding
six horsepower and may be equip
ped with floats for stability.
Previous derbies attracted tens
of thousands of spectators. Offic-
ials expect over 50 entries this
year, not only from the Cornwall
district but from other Ontario
centers and the tJ, S. as well.
Beans cooked in hug kettles on
tripods in the village streets and
served with delicious ham, cole-
slaw and buns feature the annual
bean festival August 28 at Zurich
near Lake Huron's southeastern
tip. Farm products, such as hon-
ey, summer sausage and Dutch
apple pie will be available and
there will be bus tours of the area
and country -style amusements
for kids and grown-ups.
In more cultural vein, Shaw
Festival Court House Theatre at
Niagara -on -the -Lake will cel-
ebrate its 10th anniversary start-
ing June 14 with a program of
George Bernard Shaw, Romain
Weingarten, Max Beerhohm and
Noel Coward works.
Shaw's The Philanderer will
open June 14 and play in repert-
ory through July 18 with Wein-
garten's Happy Days of Summer,
opening June 22. Noel. Coward's
Tonight at 8:30 will open July
26, followed July 27 by War,
Women and Other Trivia, feat-
uring works of Shaw and Beer-
bohm, these two presentations
to run in repertory until the end
of the season, Sept. 5.
The modified repertory system
now gives visitors to Niagara- on -
the -Lake the opportunity to stay
overnight and see both product-
ions.
At Stratford-- a pleasant 160 -
mile drive from Detroit and just
140 miles from Buffalo.. Can-
ada's internationally acclaimed
Stratford Festival theatre comp-
any opens its 19th season June 7
and runs until October 16.
Overlooking the scenic Avon
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River, the circular theatre with
its famous thrust stage sits on a
hill surrounded by 175 acres of
parkland. A unique vacation
opportunity, more than 200, 000
patrons annually spend the day
picnicking and boating in the
parks, swimming, antique huntin
or camping in the vicinity. In
the evening, they enjoy fine
dining, the theatre and first class
accommodation.
This season consists of Shakes-
peare's Much Ado About Nothing
and Macbeth; Ben Jonson's com-
edy, Volpone; John Webster's
revenge tragedy, The Duchess
of Malfi, and two French farces,
The Italian Straw Hat and there's
One in Every Marriage.
More than 100 performers will
be on hand to entertain folk buffs
during the annual Mariposa Folk
Festival to be held on Toronto
Island July 9, 10 and 11, morning
to evening. Besides big names,
the array of talent will include
newcomers in the folk world,
offering a family-oriented prog-
ram embracing ethnic folk danc-
ing, contemporary music and
presentations in North America,
European and various other folk
traditions.
A rock festival with a different
twist, Cobalt's second annual
miners' festival is slated in
this storied northern Ontario
town July 31- August 8 and em-
braces a colorful assortment of
events such as step -dancing,
mineral treasure hunts, and can-
oeing, drilling and spike- drivin€
contests. The town will be dec-
orated as it was in its heyday in
the early 1900s and sidewalk
cafes will feature sit-down meals
every day prepared by various
ethnic groups, including Finnish,
Italian and French Canadian fare,
Among other highlights are a
queen talent contest for girls
from mining communities in
northern Ontario and Quebec,
elaborate rockhound and puppet-
ry programs and area olay model
souvenirs.
Family fun is the keynote
of northwestern Ontario's an-
nual Lake of the Woods Internat-
ional Sailing Regatta, scheduled
for its sixth running August 1
through 7. Beginning and ending
in Kenora, the 88 -mile course
on these scenic inland waters
features five glorious days of
sailing with overnight stops and
daily social events.
Motorists, too, will find much
of interest in connection with
this novel affair. While the race
itself is for participating sailors,
travellers over the Trans -Canada
highway route might find it an
occasion for a stopover in Kenora
to share in the merrymaking.
Rockhound devotees from both
sides of the border will converge
on Bancroft August 3 through
7 for its annual Gemboree, east-
ern Canada's biggest rock and
mineral get-together. In the
Madawaska Valley 145 miles
northeast of Toronto, the Ban-
croft area is considered the best
mineral -collecting locality in all
Ontario.
Set in a 20 -acre tent city, this
fun -on -the -rocks festival include;
field trips, visits to abandoned
mines, swapping sessions, dem-
onstrations of gemstone cutting,
hobbies in general and entertain-
ment.
From carnival fun to technol-
ogical displays and grandstand
spectaculars, there is something
for all late summer vacationers
to do and see at Toronto's Can-
adian National Exhibition, which
runs this year from August 19 to
September 6, including Sundays.
Each year more than three mil-
lion people have the time of
their lives at this largest and
oldest annual exposition in the
world, with more than 50 perm-
anent buildings dotting its 350
acres of parkland on the shore
of Lake Ontario. •
And, rising out of Lake Ontaric
to the south of Exhibition Park
is an added feature this year --
Ontario Place, the new, giant
provincial showcase and entert-
ainment complex.
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