Village Squire, 1980-10, Page 33UPDATE
Individual tickets
on sale at Blyth
Ticket sales for the winter series at the
Blyth Centre for the Arts are moving
along well according to the theatre's
administrator, Keith Roulston.
The program this season should offer
attractions for every member of the
family. Currently only complete packages
for the entire series are being sold, but
after October 1 the tickets for individual
events go on sale.
The music series begins November 12
with a performance by the Brass
Company. Christmas music from the
Renaissance, supplied by the Huggett
Family, is scheduled for December 11.
On April 29 Maureen Forrester will
perform followed, on May 20, by the
Tapestry Singers, and their collection of
show tunes.
Another attraction will be a children's
series featuring folk ,,inger Eric Nagler on
November 22 and the Lampoon Puppet
Theatre on March 14. A series of
Saturday morning children's movies is
also being planned.
Two other special events at Blyth are
the Family Brown, country singers and
recording artists who will appear October
18, and the RCMP Show Band, set for
November 30.
A look into the past at
Walkerton's Heritage Fair
A fascinating look into the past in
Bruce County is well worth considering
for a late fall outing, before the chill
winds of winter arrive.
Three miles south of Walkerton is the
landmark of Otter Creek, the site of one
of the original mills of the area. It is in
this historic setting that the 1980
Walkerton Heritage Fair will take place.
The Heritage Fair was developed to
emphasize and promote the work and
talents of local artisans and craftsmen in
a historical atmosphere.
The sketch of the County School is by
artist John Geerts, who will be having a
prominent display of his pen and ink
sketches in the Heritage Fair. Mr. Geerts
captures the history of the Bruce area in
his work, which includes historic
landmarks, old barn and historic
buildings. Also included in the art section
will be a display of work by fine arts
students of three area high schools.
The Queen's Bush Guild of spinners
and weavers will be demonstrating the
process of spinning flax, from the plant to
final spinning and weaving of fine linens.
There will be other demonstrations of
old-time skills that have either been
carried on, or revived from the past.
Included are woodcarving, quilting, hand
smocking, intricate embroidery, chair
caning, rug hooking, a potter at the
wheel, and more.
A variety of historical books on the area
and by area authors will be offered for
sale, as well as a large selection of
antiques from Bruce county pioneers'
days. In the homespun and calico
atmosphere of the Heritage Fair, a tea
room will specialize in old fashioned
lunches. Home-made baking, preserves,
sauerkraut and candy, many from heritage
recipes, will be features of the bake
tables.
The fair takes place on October 25th
and 26th in the Knights of Columbus hall
on highway 9 between Walkerton and
Mildmay. It will be held from 10 a.m. to 6
on Saturday and from 1:00 to 6:00 p.m. on
Sunday.
Film crew haunts Lucan churchyard
Anyone wandering about St. Patrick's
Churchyard, Lucan recently might have
thought they'd seen a ghost - the ghost of
the notorious %% ill Donnelly.
Recently playwright author Ray
Fazakas, a CBC film crew and actors were
in the churchyard to film the con-
frontation between Will Donnelly and
Father Connolly, who some believe
directly encouraged the massacre of the
Donnelly family.
Ray Fazakas, a Hamilton -area lawyer
who has spent years researching the
history of the Donnelly family, has
written "The Donnellys of Biddulph" to
be broadcast in February , to coincide
with the 101st anniversary of the
vigilantes' raid. The documentary -
drama will be as accurate as the lawyer's
research allows in the portrayal of events
leading up to the family's destruction.
The churchyard is the only location in
the Lucan arca being used in the film,
since "the church and the graveyard are
t' e only things here which were present
at the time of the massacre" according to
Mr. Fazakas.
Since the original Donnelly tombstone
was moved after it was partially
destroyed by vandals, the CBC brought
several tombstone replicas to use in the
churchyard during the filming.
Treasures in Sarnia?
The Sarnia Public Library has
organized a Discovery Day for October 25
to discuss and investigate the problems
involved in tracing the history of antique
items such as furniture, jewellery and
works of art.
A team of professionals from Sotheby's
Auction House in Toronto will be on hand
to discuss various evaluation techniques
and offer consultation for interested
visitors. They will also give verbal
appraisals for a fee of $5 per item.
The visiting specialists have
backgrounds varying from the fields of
painting to jewellery. porcelain, silver-
ware and furniture.
Those interested are asked to register
at the Gallery in advance.
VILLAGE SQUIRE/OCTOBER 1980 PG. 31
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