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Some Kind of Choir Concert at Westport United Church.
Special guests The Rideau District High School Jazz Band. Donation at the Door with all proceeds going to RDHS Instrument Repair Fund. Light Refreshments.
Sponsored by The Centre for Creative Learning.
Event Date:
Saturday April 30th, 2016 at 7 p.m
Where :
At Westport United Church
Contact :
Westport Arts Council
Celebrate May Day with the Altruistic Band performing soul, jazz, gospel, R&B and pop.
Altruistic is a band comprised of musicians from many different walks of life. Their sound can be described as “Gumbo” combining the musical styles of Latin, Contemporary, Fusion, and Straight-ahead Jazz with Funk, R&B and Gospel rhythms.
Led by Al Thomas, the group consists of the following members: Alfred Thomas Jr., flute/vocals; Pat Williams, guitar/vocals; David Ramsey, drums; Donnell Roberts, bass; and John Davis, keyboards. The band collectively has numerous years of experience and has played venues all over the Eastern Seaboard.
Members of the band have played with and/or opened for artists such as: Najee, Marion Meadows, Branford Marsalis, Alex Bugnon, Pieces of a Dream, the late Dizzy Gillespie, Mary Mary, Donny McClurkin, The Winans, Be Be & CeCe, and Tonex.
Date :
Sunday, May 1, 2016 from 2 to 3 p.m
Location event :
The Westport Library 20 Jesup Road Westport, CT 06880.(McManus Room)
Contact :
For more info visit westportlibrary.org.
A popular day for gifts of flowers and greeting cards.
Many Canadians celebrate Mother’s Day by showing their appreciation for mothers or mother figures. The Mother’s Day date in Canada is on the second Sunday of May each year.
What Do People Do?
Many people in Canada express their gratitude towards mothers and mother figures on Mother’s Day. It is the time for people to thank mothers and mother figures who took the time care for them and help them through life’s challenges.
Carnations are a popular Mother’s Day symbol in both Canada and the United States. Some people may choose to wear a carnation as a brooch on Mother’s Day. However, other flowers are also given to mothers or mother figures to symbolize one’s love and appreciation for them.
Date :
May 8, 2016 | all day
Location event :
Westport, ON Canada
RIDEAU LAKES HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY presents speaker Judy Wall – Alpines, Succulents & Rocky Plants starting at 7:15pm at the Portland Community Hall. All Welcome! ($5.00 admission for non-members).
The Society provides free refreshments and door prizes, as well as information and advice on all your gardening needs.
Opening in 2000, with only one section of the debris-filled foundation of a collapsed dairy barn cleared and a few newly planted gardens, the Walls have gone on to create a destination that provides a unique gardening experience.
Finding the weather in our area to include fairly significant droughts and hot spells, the Walls decided to focus on long-blooming, drought tolerant, lower maintenance succulents and alpines. They seek rare and unusual seeds from around the world and not normally found in the retail trade, which they germinate, grow in their gardens and observe for a year before offering to their customers. They also offer workshops in hypertufa containers and decorative leaf art, which you can use as water features, birdbaths, planting containers and stepping stones.
Judy Wall trained in Horticulture at University of Guelph and is a Lanark County Master Gardener. She is the Past President of the Ottawa Valley Rock Garden and Horticultural Society, and a member of the North American and Ontario Rock Garden Societies.
Date :
April 6, 2016 from 7 :15 pm to 9 pm
Location event:
24 Water St, Portland, On. (Portland Community Hall)
Contact name :
Marsha Ferguson at 613-273-8557 or via mail : marferg@aol.com
The Old Stone Mill NHS will be open for tours from 9 am to 3 pm during Delta’s Maple Syrup Festival. A used Book Sale will take place in the Old Town Hall on Saturday and Sunday, light refreshments will be available. Milling and blacksmithing demonstrations will take place on Saturday, starting at 1 pm. Many other activities taking place in Delta.
Established in 1967, the Delta Maple Syrup Festival was the first maple celebration to be established in the area. In planning for Canada’s Centennial, a small group of dedicated volunteers met regularly in the Council Chambers at the Old Town Hall. As President of the group, Harold Russell worked tirelessly as he contacted every farmer, arranged for sugar shack visits and tours, promoted sugaring off demonstrations and jack wax parties.
In the beginning, the Festival was a three day event held in March which included feeding pancakes and syrup to busloads of students on school trips. In order to keep up with the crowds, meals were served on both floors of the Old Town Hall.
Visitors were able to tour local sugar bushes along with watching maple syrup being bottled and maple candy being made in the Confederated Foods Syrup Plant building.
Over the years, the Festival continued through the efforts of many local residents and Service Clubs
before becoming a project for the Directors of the Delta Agricultural Society. And now, the tradition continues 49 years later!
Date :
April 16th and 17th, 2016 | 9 a.m to 3 p.m
Please contact Heather Halladay
Phone: 613-928-2949
Or The Delta Fair Office at 613-928-2800
E-mail : deltafair@ripnet.com
Or visit the www.deltafair.com
Good Day Sunshine!
So much to be excited about and thankful for as April comes to us…
The weather is looking clear and bright and people are already asking about
boating and the patio. Well, none of this can be guaranteed yet but the
great thing is that there are many great events coming up to keep people
coming together to enjoy the best in music and food and affordable
accommodation!
Westport is buzzing!
Look forward to seeing you soon,
Seamus and all of us at The Cove
APRIL EVENTS @ The Cove
Enjoy Daily, Delicious Food Specials…
APRIL ROOMS SPECIAL!
Sun-Thurs, Standard Room $75, Jacuzzi Suite $100 (plus HST and includes
breakfast)
Every Wednesday WINGS ‘n TUNES with SHAWN McCULLOUGH (Country/Rock,
Westport) 6-9pm www.reverbnation.com/shawnmccullough
Fri.Apr.1 ROB LUTES (Blues, Montreal) 7-10pm $10 www.roblutes.com
Sat.Apr.2, 9 & 16 HEAD OVER HEELS (Guitar/Vocal Duo, Gananoque) 6-9pm
www.kevinheadmusic.com
Sun.Apr.3 HENRY NORWOOD & SHAWN McCULLOUGH (Country, Perth/Westport) 1-4pm
www.music.cbc.ca/artists/henry-norwood www.reverbnation.com/shawnmccullough
Sun.Apr.10 LIONS CLUB MOBILITY VAN BRUNCH 9am-12:30pm Free Will Donations
Thu.Apr.14 PERTH BREWERY BEER DINNER (4Course Meal with 5 Beer Pairings)
6-9pm $60
Fri.Apr.15 PERTH STINGRAYS JAZZ NIGHT FUNDRAISER (Spencer Evans Trio)
6-11pm $40 Buffet & Show www.perthstingrays.blogspot.ca
Fri.Apr.22 Choose the Blues Presents: Blues on the Rideau with RIA REECE
BAND(Montreal) 7-11pm $65 Buffet & Show www.riareeceband.com
www.bluesontherideau.ca
Sat.Apr.23 FIDDLE FEST with Turpin’s Trail (WAC Fundraiser) 1-4pm $10
Sat.Apr.23 JOHN WILBERFORCE (Rock, Kemptville) 7-10pm
Fri.Apr.29 SONGWRITERS CIRCLE with Seamus Cowan, Miss Emily, Ali McCormick
& Tom Savage (Folk/Soul/Rock) 7-10pm $10 www.spoonriverband.com
www.themissemily.com www.alimccormick.com www.tomsavage.ca
Sat.Apr.30 PAT TEMPLE (Western Swing/Rockabilly/Soul, Peterborough)
with SPENCER EVANS (Piano/Clarinet) 7-10pm $10 www.pattemple.com
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Review-Mirror Westport newspaper!
Hello! helloo, oo, o, o. Anyone out there?
So we are coming into that big month where things get warmer…Come and join us to celebrate! On the third month of the year, here are three great reasons to come!
1. LIVE MUSIC…at least three nights per week!
2. ROOMS SPECIALS, super inexpensive…Stay overnight and relax!
3. DAILY FOOD SPECIALS…always creative, always tasty!
MARCH EVENTS @ The Cove
Enjoy Weekly Specials…
Seniors Tuesdays. 25% Off Food All Day for Age 55+! – 11.30am – 8pm
Soup ‘n Sandwich Thursdays (Sandwich and Cup of Soup) $6 – 11.30pm – 3pm
MARCH ROOMS SPECIAL!
Sun-Thurs, Standard Room $75, Jacuzzi Suite $100 (plus HST and includes
breakfast)
Every Wednesday WINGS ‘n TUNES with SHAWN McCULLOUGH (Country/Rock,
Westport) 6-9pm www.reverbnation.com/shawnmccullough
Tue.Mar.1 AUSTRALIAN WINE DINNER (5 Course Meal with Wine Pairings) 6-9pm, $75
Fri.Mar.4 ICE-NO SLICE (Vocal/Sax/Piano Jazz Trio, Kingston) 6-9pm www.timsax.com
Sat.Mar.5 HEAD OVER HEELS (Guitar/Vocal Duo, Gananoque) 6-9pm www.kevinheadmusic.com
Fri.Mar.11 HEAD OVER HEELS (Guitar/Vocal Duo, Gananoque) 6-9pm www.kevinheadmusic.com
Sat.Mar.12 SPENCER EVANS (Piano/Vocal, Kingston) 7-10pm
Thu.Mar.17 ST. PATRICK’S DAY with Turpin’s Trial (Kingston) 6-10pm www.turpinstrail.com (Almost Sold Out!)
Fri.Mar.18 JOHN WILBERFORCE (Country/Rock, Kemptville) 6-9pm www.reverbnation.com/johnwilberforce Let’s call this one the St. Patrick’s Day Hangover Party!!!
Sat.Mar.19 SHAWN McCullough (Country Guitar, Westport) 7-11pm www.reverbnation.com/shawnmccullough
Fri.Mar.25 Choose the Blues Presents: Blues on the Rideau with ANGEL
FORREST BAND (Montréal) 7-11pm $65 Buffet & Show www.angelforrest.ca
www.bluesontherideau.ca
Sat.Mar.26 JEF LEESON with SHAWN McCULLOUGH & JEFF CALLERY (Live and
Unplugged Recording, Country/Rock) 8-11pm $10 www.jefleeson.com
Sun.Mar.27 EASTER BUFFET All the trimmings, Bring the family! 5-8pm
$25/person
Contact :
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Join us for FREE movie night presented by the Westport Arts Council’s Film Society. Light refreshments served! Discussion led by Paul Millar. All are welcome!
When a gigantic great white sharks begins to menace the small island community of Amity, a police chief, a marine scientist and a grizzled fisherman set out to stop it. Directory by Steven Spielberg.
Date :
Friday March 18, 2016 at 6:30 p.m
Location event :
Westport Ontario
Contact :
Web : http://westportartscouncil.com/
Saving Rideau Lakes Heritage…The Delta Mill Society, in collaboration with the Chaffey’s Lock and Area Heritage Society and the Rideau Lakes Libraries, is working to create a lasting digital record of the valuable documents and photographs important to our area’s history.
The Delta Mill Society got its start in 1963, when the last individual owner of the Old Stone Mill (built in 1810), Hastings Steele, deeded the mill, for the sum of $1.00, to four trustees; Albert Frye, Elizabeth Robinson, Mildred Sweet and Robert Tuck. These trustees in turn became the original founders of The Delta Mill Society. In 1972 the Society was incorporated as a Non-profit Corporation in the Province of Ontario.
The focus of the society has been the preservation of the main building and the creation and operation of the mill as a museum. The mandate of the museum is to “show through exhibits and artifacts, how the grist mill was one of the most important elements when Delta was first settled, and to research the evolution of the communities served by the mill. There will be emphasis on the establishment of the industries of the area, and the changing patterns of economic activity in response to various influences, especially technology, up to 1900.”
Search your attics, filing cabinets and dresser drawers and bring your papers and photographs to these events for scanning and recording.
Date :
Sunday, March 20 | noon to 3:00 pm
Location event :
Old Town Hall, Delta, 8 Lower Beverley Lk. Park Rd., Delta
Contact :
The Delta Mill Society
Box 172, Delta, Ontario K0E 1G0
Tel: 613-928-2584 (office)
Email: info@deltamill.org
Hello!
The Cove Inn has invited you to the following event:
Australian Wine Dinner @ The Cove in Westport, ON
March 1, 2016
6:00 PM – 9:00 PM
LOCATION
The Cove Country Inn
2 Bedford St.
Westport, ON K0G 1X0
EVENT DETAILS AUSTRALIAN WINE DINNER @ The Cove Mar.1.2016
Enjoy a 5 course meal with wine pairings featuring some viticultural history and inside information on the Aussie wine making machine! Sommelier and co-Manager of The Cove, Seamus Cowan tells stories of his experience in the great Hunter Valley of New South Wales (home of his twin brother Jeff!).Bring your friends and/or meet new ones at this most enjoyable night of authentic Australian cuisine from Chef Joanne Edwa…
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