Lakeshore Advance, 2012-07-18, Page 322 Lakeshore Advance • Wednesday, July 20, 2011
Make the gaol the goal this season
For the Lakeshore Advance
Go 'Behind the Bars" and meet some
of the "Faces of Gaol" on 'Tuesday and
Thursday evenings at the l luron 1 Iistoric
Gaol in Goderich.
Visitors are invited to experience the
history as they explore and learn about
life at the Gaol between 1841 and 1911,
'This interactive event provides visitors
with the opportunity to explore this
National Historic Site while meeting
historical figures from the Gaol's past.
Meet the Gaol Matron as she explains
her duties and various responsibilities
during her time at the Gaol between
1901 and 1911. The construction of the
Governor's '-louse, the last public hang-
ing, and caring for vagrant prisoners
were all part of her experience at the
Gaol. Continue through the main floor
of the Gaol and visit with James, a
prisoner committed for theft although
he still claitus his innocence.
Venture to the second floor cell block
and talk to Hannah, an insane prisoner
unsure about the length of her visit and
when she will be sent to an Asylum.
Continue your tour as you meet other
historical figures who worked and lived
at the Gaol as you explore.
Join gaol staff and volunteers on 'Nes-
day and Thursday evenings, between 7
p.tn, and 9 p.nt., now through Aug. 30.
Regular admission rates apply. (Adults
$5, Children $3.50.)
the l luron F Iistoric Gaol is located at
the corner of Victoria Street North (1 Iwy.
21) anti Gloucester Terrace in
Goderich. For more information about
our summer events please call the
Huron Historic Gaol at (519) 524-6971
or visit the website, www.huroncounty.
ca/museum.
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(So are the kids.)
At Timbits Soccer, everyone gets into the game.
Kids make new friends, and parents have fun
cheering them on. Your local Tim Hortons is
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Huron Harp Ensemble presents
jazz harpist Patrice Fisher
Lynda HIllman-Rapley
Lakeshore Advance
'1 he limn limp Ensemble would like
to invite you to attend a performance by
New Orleans jazz harpist Patrice Fisher
on July 23 in Goderich.
Fisher has a bachelor's degree in
music and composition from '1'ulane
University, but has have always focused
her work on Jazz. She learned to play
jazz from my experience working as a
professional musician in Louisiana
since 1975. In 1980, Fisher says she saw
a public television special on the music
of Brazil. "I was so impressed, that I
traveled to Brazil and began collecting
recordings and transcribing music from
those recordings. I went to as many live
performances in Brazil as I could. I
began to play in a group called the
Sounds of Brazil, as well as continuing
with my own group, Jasmine, which
played original music and Jazz. Some of
the musicians who played with Sounds
of Brazil were from Cuba and through
their influence, I began to study Cuban
music as well," she says in her artist
statement.
'Ihe harp is recognized as one of the
most difficult instruments to play. 'lie
strings are set up in a diatonic scale,
which is like the white keys of the piano.
In order to get the sharps and flats (the
black keys on a piano ), the harpist
needs to move a foot pedal on the harp.
There are seven pedals, one for each
letter name from A through G, which
turn levers in the neck of the harp,
changing the length of the string. Jazz is
a very harmonicly complex music and
sometimes my feet move as much as
my hands. I found that most Latin
music, although rhythmically complex,
is relatively simple harmonically. "My
musical studies of Cuban and Brazilian
music began to have a profound effect
Birch Bark 'Mailer Park
3 1/2 miles north of Grand Bent' on Hwy 53
Offering Morning
Swimming Lessons
for the month of August
for more
information
Contact
Erin: 519-661-9344
or email:
grandhcndswin (a gmail.com
or stop in.
Patrice Fisher
on my own compositions;' says Fisher.
Local Guests for the July 23rd concert include Wendy
()'Connor (Grand Bend), Sharon Johnston, Emily & Katy
Johnston (all of Goderich) and numerous harpists participat-
ing in the days' workshop.
If you go:
Saturday July 23
7 p.m.
St. George's Anglican Church, Goderich
Tickets available at the door only
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