The Rural Voice, 1993-09, Page 33Wild Boar Association, "Beef on the
Run" by the Beef Information Centre
in Mississauga and "Grannie Nolan's
Irish Stew and Irish Soda Bread" by
Kathleen Eggleston of Kincardine –
but the array of presentations can pro-
vide some quick tips for the family
cook during the half-hour time slots.
Later, the culinary creations will
highlight a dinner table, set to edu-
cate the less -cultured about proper
table settings.
Chair Barb Klages of R.R. 1, Elm-
wood, says the demonstrations have
been kept brief to appeal to the mass
public, though the short time span
doesn't thrill her. "I often get frustra-
ted at events like this because I want
to know more," revealed this former
home economist. To accom-modate
inquiring people like herself, she's
organized a Consultation Corner
where inquisitive minds will be given
an opportunity to pursue the topic
further. "I'm really excited about
this," she enthused. "I hope it will be
used." No doubt, Mary herself will
be sitting in the corner periodically.
interspersed with the food
demonstrations are educational and
entertainment speakers who will be
dividing their time between the Food
tent and the Fashion tent. Christine
Johnston of Teeswater is chair of the
Education and Entertainment
Committee and says she has rounded
up over 400 people to participate.
The entertainers, dancers, singers,
bands, fitness teachers and skippers
will perform in 15 -minute slots a
dozen times a day. In keeping with
the upbeat nature of the entertainers,
many of the education speakers will
be adopting what Christine terms an
"Oprah style" discussion.
"We've found at other matches
that the audience tends to get mobile
during the discussions in that they
choose that time to leave," she says.
"We are hoping that by having seve-
ral speakers on stage at a time and
allowing the audience to participate,
we will keep their attention." Some
of the topics to be pursued during the
"Oprah" sessions include "Visions of
the Future Family Farm" incorpora-
ting the opinions of such farm organi-
zations as the Christian Farmers Fed-
eration, the Bruce County Federation
of Agriculture, Line in the Dirt and
the National Farmers Union; "Com-
pare the Share" will be another fast -
paced, multi -person discussion with a
local farmer and a university
professor.
For people more interested in
gazing than gabbing, the Arts and
Craft tent has 41 exhibitors display-
ing and selling anything from wood-
en farm signs to ceramics, smocking
to leather goods. Framing the artists
will be winning quilts from the IPM's
quilting competition.
The Fashion tent, too, is a show-
case for the eyes. Every day of the
match, a certain area of Bruce will be
highlighted. For instance, Day 1 is
Tobermory, Lions Head, Wiarton and
Hepworth, while Day 4 is Kincar-
dine, Ripley and Lucknow. During
"their" day, store owners from the
area can exhibit their merchandise in
fashion shows (four 35 -minute shows
per day) featuring everything from
casual wear to bridal regalia.
One exciting and potentially
valuable event in the Fashion tent is
the "New You". Liz Walmsley of
Southampton, the fashion chair, said
every day at 10:00 a.m. a woman will
be picked from the audience. Once
chosen, she will be whisked away to
a nearby beautician's shop for a free,
complete makeover from hair cut, to
perm or colour and makeup to a
brand new outfit which will be hers
to keep. The "new" woman will
emerge later that afternoon.
This year's Family Lifestyles
Program can be compared to the New
You for it, too, has been given a
complete makeover. This program,
formerly known as the Ladies Divi-
sion, has been re -styled to reflect the
modern woman and her family. Like
publisher Carol Helfenstein, a former
farmer, says "When we were farmers,
my husband and I would go to the
match, but I wouldn't go to the
Ladies Division because I was there
for farm things. To me, the ladies
tents seemed to be something to
amuse the women while the men did
their farm business. Now it's for the
men, too." She says this year's
Family Lifestyles committee have
"embraced" the revamped program
with "great humour and conviction".
No doubt this year's program,
which has traditionally been estima-
ted to generate 50 per cent of the
interest at the International Plowing
Match, will be embraced by visitors
as wel1.0
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