Silent Film Contest
January 4, 2010
Calling all film-makers in grade 7-12. The Silent Film ensemble is having a contest. If you are the winner, your film will be shown at the Roxy Theatre in Owen Sound with a Live Original Soundtrack provided by the Silent Film Ensemble on April 30th, 2010.
What a great opportunity for young moviemakers!
All you have to do is:
1. Make a silent film.
2. burn your silent film to DVD.
3. Mail your film to: Silent Film Contest c/o 329 7th Street East, Owen Sound, ON N4K 1J1
(Don’t forget your name, grade and contact information.)
Contest Rules:
1. You must be in grade 7-12.
2. Your film must be 5-15 minutes in length.
3. Your film must be silent.
Contest Deadline: March 30, 2010.
Good luck to all you folks who enter.
Liam Sanagan in Concert
January 4, 2010
Georgian Bay Folk Society proudly presents Liam Sanagan. Winner of the 2009 Georgian Bay Folk Society “Young and Hungry Showcase”.
Liam gained many new fans with his outstanding performances at Summerfolk. We are eager to hear songs from his excellent debut recording, and new material by this innovative and exciting young songwriter and performer!
Liam has been hard- and soft-rocking in small Canadian bands for years, and has finally begun to release some of his own addictive pop songs under his own moniker, ‘LUM’. The songs incorporate a wide variety of influences, from Bob Dylan to Kanye West. What results is an intelligent mix of bedroom pop and club-banger; where brain meets booty.
You can catch Liam at the Downtown Bookstore (945 2nd Ave. E.) in Owen Sound. Monday, January 4th, 2010. Show is 7:30 – 10:30 pm. Suggested donation is $10. Tickets can be purchased throught the Georgian Bay Folk Society or at the door.
Check out Liam’s myspace.
Olympic Torch Celebrations
December 23, 2009
Owen Sound is a Celebration Community and they are going to show Canada how to Celebrate!
The festivities start out the day before the torch arrives in Owen Sound. Festivities kick off at 1:00 at Harrison Park with Winter in the Park.
There will be an afternoon of fun-filled winter activities in Harrison Park, including skating, skiing, and tobogganing on one of the best-loved hills in the city. Also enjoy curling lessons, a scavenger hunt and wagon rides. Winter in the Park is organized by the Festival of Northern Lights, and is a family-friendly event. Harrison Park, 2nd Ave. East Owen Sound
Monday December 28th will be a fun-filled day starting with Family Activities Torch Arrival Day.
Gear up for an afternoon of fun along 1st Ave. West between 8th and 9th Streets. There will be family activities in Owen Sound’s public library and the Tom Thomson Art Gallery. St. Andrew’s church will host a “warm-up station,” with hot drinks and snacks for all. This will run from about 1-4 p.m. 1st Ave. West Owen Sound.
Olympic Torch Relay Celebrations
Monday will be filled with things to do in downtown Owen Sound in anticipation of the Olympic Torch Relay Celebrations at City Hall Square starting at 6:00 PM. There will be a huge stage with local entertainment as well as special guests, climaxing with the Olympic Torch being led through our beautiful Festival of Northern Lights and lighting the cauldron on stage! It will be an evening of free entertainment, featuring dancers, choristers, musicians, and some of the best talent in the area. The Market building will also be open, showcasing local crafters demonstrating their art. City Hall, 808 2nd Ave. East Owen Sound.
But the fun doesn’t end there… the flame is staying over night in our fair city.
Tuesday, December 29 we’ll be having a Torch Send Off Ceremony.
There will be a special send-off for the torchbearer on the waterfront near the Chi-Cheemaun ferry. An aboriginal elder will hold a sun-rise ceremony and bless the Olympic Flame and its bearer before they head east to their next destination. Visitor Information Centre & MS Chi-Cheemaun.
The official Vancouver 2010 Olympics website.
Check here for Keeping Pace with the Torch
Check out the story in the Owen Sound Sun Times.
Need more info? Contact Owen Sound Tourism 519-371-9833
From Owen Sound to Ottawa to Copenhagen
December 14, 2009
On December 8, 2009, a handful of area residents delivered a message (including oversized card carrying a greater number of letters and thoughts and wishes) to Bruce Grey Owen Sound MP Larry Miller at his office in Owen Sound.
With video camer in hand, Ryan went along to see what they had to say.
Candlelight Vigil in Owen Sound
December 10, 2009
This Saturday, December 12, 2009, there will be a Candlelight Vigil at City Hall in Owen Sound. The vigil is to promote the importance of the Climate Change Talks in Copenhagen.
This event has been organized by the Grey Bruce Coalition for Peace and Justice and as Greens we are pleased to support the action.
Please come out to join the world wide movement to show our leaders that we need a climate agreement that is fair, ambitious and binding.
The vigil starts at 5:30 at City Hall and goes until 7:00. Hope to see you there!
This event is open to everyone and we encourage that you bring a friend.
Vigils for a Real Deal information here.
2010 Olympic Torch Relay comes to Owen Sound
November 25, 2009
Owen Sound is honored to be named a, “Celebration Community,” one of only 106 communities across Canada to host the Olympic Torch and Relay Team overnight.
The excitement of Christmas this year will be extended by several days due to the Olympic Torch Relay coming to Owen Sound on December 28th, 2009.
Activities commence on Sunday December 27th with Family Day at Harrison Park. Skating, skiing, tobogganing and lots more will happen on that day.
Monday December 28th will be filled with things to do in downtown Owen Sound in anticipation of the Olympic Torch Relay Celebrations at City Hall Square starting at 6:00 PM. There will be a huge stage with local entertainment as well as special guests, climaxing with the Olympic Torch being led through our beautiful Festival of Northern Lights and lighting the cauldron on stage!
There will also be a Torch Relay send off early Tuesday morning leaving from the Chi-Cheemaun.
This celebration will certainly put Owen Sound on the map. Let’s all get out and participate in this historical event!
John Prettie – Media Chairman
More informationand events schedule can be found here.
Festival Lights and Santa Claus…
November 19, 2009
Wow. It’s that time of the year again. The Festival of Northern Lights kicks off this Friday evening with Opening Ceremonies at 6:00 pm at the Queen’s Park Bandshell with countdown for the lights, Fireworks and more… The lights are on daily from 5:00 to 11:00 pm.
Saturday, Santa makes his first visit to our area during the Owen Sound Kiwanis Santa Claus Parade at 10:00 am Downtown Owen Sound. For Info: Cheryl Govier (519)371-4717.
The fun doesn’t stop there…
Nov. 24 to Dec. 23 – A Victorian Christmas at the Billy Bishop Heritage Museum, open daily at 948 3rd Ave. West gives you a taste of Christmas past.
November 28 – Christmas Around the Sound
A popular event returning this season with presentations of music and dance in several venues in downtown Owen Sound.
Festival in the Park
Santa’s Village returns with lots of activities for children of all ages at Harrison Park. Come out and join in on some fun.
The excitement continue all month long and into December. Wherever you are in Grey and Bruce, take some time to enjoy all the wonderful Christmas festivities… Happy Holidays!
Which one are you?
November 5, 2009
Mac or PC? That’s the question…
I’ve been know to go either way… meaning, I can use either. I’m comfortable on either.
We all seem to have our preferences. There are blogs and websites out there attesting to which one is best…
Here’s a link that has a story about the great debate.
Some people feel that it depends which line of work you’re in that decides which you should be using.
Here’s a story that compares the two and lets you decide…
What do you prefer? I’d like to know. Tell me if you’re a Mac or a PC and why… little hint here… I enoy a story that can make me laugh… All joking aside, we’d love to hear from you. Please take a moment to let us know which you prefer.
The Dark Master is at it again
November 3, 2009
World’s Most Extreme Escape Artist goes to the gallows at historic Canadian jail.
On Friday, November the 13th at the historic jail in Cornwall, Ontario, escape artist Steve Santini, (officially named, “The World’s Most Extreme Escape Artist” by the legendary Ripley’s Believe it or Not!), will attempt to make history and beat the hangman’s noose.
Santini, famous for his extreme escapes that are performed without trickery, illusions, or gimmicked apparatus will attempt a record double escape at the Cornwall jail. The historic Cornwall jail, believed by many to be haunted, was built in 1833, opened in 1834 and operated as a correctional institution until 2002. At 1:00 PM Santini will first be searched by staff and the media to ensure he has no lock picks or devices on his person to aide in his escape and he will then be heavily restrained with manacles, shackles, a straitjacket and triple locked into a cell built in 1983 and used up until the jail’s closure in 2002. Santini will be given a time limit of 20 minutes to free himself from the restraints and the cell using only his wits, technical knowledge, physics, pain control techniques, and the restraints themselves as makeshift tools. To prove there is no trickery or gimmicked devices, Santini will attempt this escape in full view of the media.
If he is successful in the cell escape, Santini will then be marched outside the jail to where a replica of the gallows used to execute a total of 5 inmates at the jail from 1892 to 1954 stands in the courtyard. On the gallows Santini will be restrained the exact same types of belts, chains, and leg irons worn by the condemned in times past. He will be hooded and the noose will be fitted around his neck. In this helpless condition he will be given a time limit of 6 minutes in which to try and free himself, (the approx time it would have taken in times past to read the Death Warrant and recite prayers for the condemned before the trap was sprung). This escape, like the cell escape, will be performed in full view of the media. If he is successful, Santini will be the first person to cheat the gallows in Canadian history and the first escape artist worldwide to conquer such a unique, two tiered escape test.
Mike Lalonde, executive manager for Cornwall and Seaway Valley Tourism had this to say about Santini’s impending double escape attempt at the jail, “We are very excited to have Steve Santini attempt such a unique double escape at the historic Cornwall Jail.” “Indeed, such a thing has never been previously attempted here or elsewhere and we are very eager to see if he can actually accomplish it.”
In 2003, Santini made national headlines when he freed himself in 13 minutes from the “Death Row” cell at the old Carleton County Gaol in Ottawa that once housed James Patrick Whellan who was executed at the Gaol for the assassination of Thomas D’arcy McGee, one of the founding fathers of Canadian Confederation. Likewise, Santini again made national media in July of 2009 with an escape from a Death Row “Condemned Cell” at the historic “En Prison” in Trois Rivieres, Quebec. Most recently, on Sept 24th, 2009, Santini escaped in just 5 minutes from 65 lbs of shackles, chains, and a Garrsion Cell at the Canadian National Heritage UNESCO site of Fort Henry in Kingston, Ontario.
External links:
www.cornwalljail.com
www.thedarkmaster.com
www.bairdartists.com
Steve Santini can be reached for pre escape interviews by contacting his manager Robert Baird at
416-887-2151 or 1-800-867-3281.
Check out the story of a previous escape and audio link from The Magic Newswire.
Summerfolk Reprise Concert – Coco Love Alcorn
October 26, 2009
Proudly Presented by The Georgian Bay Folk Society
She was a hit at Summerfolk! Here’s your chance to see what all the buzz is about – Coco Love Alcorn plays Knox United Church at 890 4th Avenue East in Owen Sound this Friday, October 30th at 8:00 pm.
Born in Nova Scotia, this eclectic performer has toured with 54-40, Ani Difranco and Lilith Fair; and guested on nearly 50 albums including recordings by Burton Cummings, Chantal Kreviazuk, Jesse Cook, Kinnie Starr and Loudon Wainwright III.
We loved her at Summerfolk. Simply put – we want more!
Make it a night out enjoying a meal at Jazzmyn’s or Rocky Raccoon’s prior to the show. Check out the ‘Coco Love Specials’. After the show, join in the ‘Meet & Greet with Coco Love’ at Rocky Raccoon’s or catch the sounds of Will Ross at Jazzmyn’s.
To purchase or reserve tickets ($15), contact the Georgian Bay Folk Society office at 519-371-2995 or email gbfs@bmts.com.
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