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The Taste of Huron culinary festival was awarded the top honour in the "Best New Event of 2009" category at the Ontario Economic Development Awards.
Huron Awarded AGAIN for Provincial Economic Development
The Taste of Huron culinary festival was awarded the top honour in the "Best New Event of 2009" category at the Ontario Economic Development Awards. The Taste of Huron event took place across Huron County, from August 24-30, 2009, and was jointly produced by the County of Huron, Heritage Culture Partnership and the Huron Tourism Association. The Ontario Economic Development Awards took place Thursday, February 4 at the Toronto Marriott Eaton Centre Hotel. "Huron is one of Ontarioís top agricultural producers" stated Rick Sickinger, Taste of Huron event co-ordinator. "We wanted to create an event to highlight the great food and experiences that Huron has to offer both locals and tourists alike."
"This year, over 130 entries were judged," stated 2009 EDCO President Lauren Millier. "The competition allows local communities to see just how they stack up against other municipalities when it comes to promoting location, investment & tourism opportunities." Many food-related festivals and events take place around the province and competition is very high when is come to the best one.ìIt is always an honour to accept these awards as the competition is very stiff," stated Jenna Ujiye, Tourism Marketer for the County of Huron "This competition result demonstrates our effectiveness in our economic development efforts." Expert judges reviewed all of the entries that covered everything from promotional brochures to infrastructure development projects. There are judges from specialized areas of expertise assigned to judge specific categories. The Taste of Huron event has also been nominated for the Premiers Award for Agri-Food Innovation Excellence which has a grand prize of $50 000.00 and 55 regional prizes of $5000.00, these awards will be announced in the next few months.
Taste of Huron took place at different locations around Huron and allowed for people from every corner to take part in the event. The 2009 event highlighted local chefs, producers and food, along with dinners, workshops and festivities. "We set this event up so that it could continue on each year"said Brittany Fry, Taste of Huron assistant co-ordinator. "Agricultural events show one of the major cultures of our community." The 2010 Taste of Huron Culinary Festival is set for August 20 - 29. Details of the 2010 Taste of Huron event will be coming soon. Information, videos and photos about last yearís events can be found at www.tasteofhuron.ca
This is second time for a Huron event to win the prestigious award. In 2008 Huron won the same award for the Doors Open Haunted Huron event, which is slated to take place October 22-24, 2010.
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If you would like more information about this topic, or to schedule an interview with Jenna Ujiye, please call 519-524-8394 ext.3 or e-mail: jujiye@huroncounty.ca, Rick Sickinger call 519-482-5457 ext.8 or rsickinger@huroncounty.ca
* Photo -Jenna Ujiye, Tourism Marketer for the County of Huron and Huron Tourism Association Board member, Brittany Fry, Assistant co-ordinator of Taste of Huron, Rick Sickinger, Taste of Huron co-ordinator and Heritage and Culture Partnership co-ordinator. The Taste of Huron committee is made up of chefs, local producers, restaurateurs and community partners.
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Huron East Residents Ken Cardno and Robert Tetu recongnized for their contribution to Heritage & Culture in Huron County
Congratulations to Ken Cardno and Robert Tetu for their contribution to
Heritage & Culture in Huron County
Last Friday evening, both men were honoured at a gala affair in Blyth hosted by the Huron Heritage Culture Partnership.
In total, three individuals and one organization from Huron County were presented with awards for their contribution to the cultural movement throughout the county and its surrounding area.
For more information on their involvement in the field of heritage, visit links below:
Beechwood Pottery http://heritageandculture.on.ca/member_pages/beechwood_pottery.html
Cardno Opera Hall http://www.heritagehuroneast.com/main_street_seaforth/31_cardno.html
Below: Ken Cardno, pictured with staff from the University of Waterloo Heritage Resource Centre in front of the Cardno Opera Hall stage. The HRC coordinated a Heritage Conservation District study during the summer of 2008, of which Seaforth, was one of 4 districts from Huron County, who participated. Cardno Hall, is located within the Heritage Conservation District in Historic Downtown Seaforth, one of the oldest in the province.
Be certain to mark your calendar......Cardno Hall will be open to the pubic, along with many other historic sites, during the Doors Open Seaforth & District event on September 25 - 26, 2010 from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm . For more information on this event and others hosted throughout Huron East, please do not hesitate to contact tourism@huroneast.com or call 888.868.7513 or 519.527.0160
Again, congratulations to all of the successful recipients. Furthermore, a special nod to the event's organizers, for recognizing the need to celebrate the efforts of those working in the field of
arts and culture in Huron County. Well done!
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You're Invited: EPIC SHIFT Youth Festival & Huron Culture Awards Gala on Friday, February 5, 2009 at 7:00 PM at the Blyth Festival (see attached) featuring the screening of "The Comic Side of Things,"
Hello!
On behalf of Heritage and Culture Partnership and the Engaging Huron's Youth in Arts and Culture program, I'd like to invite you to the EPIC SHIFT Youth Festival Gala on Friday, February 5, 2009 at 7:00 PM at the Blyth Festival (see attached). The gala event will feature the premier screening of "The Comic Side of Things," an original film written, directed and starring local youth with help of local filmmaking professionals during the Engaging Huron's Youth in Arts and Culture workshop series.
To celebrate arts and culture in Huron County and to recognize deserving local individuals and organizations that contribute to our dynamic cultural community, Heritage and Culture Partnership will also be presenting the first ever Huron Cultural Awards at the EPIC SHIFT Youth Festival Gala. Winners will be recognized for their 2009 contributions to one of four categories: Cultural Event/Organization, Individual Artist, Cultural Patron/Volunteer or Heritage Individual/Organization.
The EPIC SHIFT Youth Festival will continue throughout the weekend:
Saturday, February 6, 2010 1:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Sunday, February 7, 2010 1:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Please tell youth about this FREE festival and encourage them to come and hang out all weekend long! A full event schedule can be found on the "EPIC SHIFT Youth Festival" Facebook eevnt page.
We look forward to seeing you there!
Sincerely,
Brittany
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Brittany Fry
Project Coordinator, Engaging Huron’s Youth in Arts and Culture
Heritage and Culture Partnership
Health & Library Complex
77722B London Rd., RR#5 Clinton, ON N0M 1L0
T: 519-482-5457 ext 8
C: 519-955-1125
F: 519-482-7820
Facebook Group: “Engaging Huron’s Youth in Arts and Culture”
EPIC SHIFT Youth Festival being held February 5, 6, & 7, 2010 - for more details: http://www.facebook.com/?ref=home#/event.php?eid=408714100716&ref=ts
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Residents north of Bayfield invited to name their local creeks. Bayfield North Watersheds Plan creek rediscovery program holds creek naming contest
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William Shakespeare’s Juliet said: “What's in a name? That which we call a rose, by any other name would smell as sweet.” Is there something in a name? The Bayfield North Watersheds Management Plan committee thinks so! They’re inviting residents north of Bayfield to ‘Name Your Creek.’
Residents north of Bayfield invited to ‘Name Your Creek’Bayfield North Watersheds Plan creek rediscovery program holds creek naming contest What do you call a creek with no name? The Bayfield North Watersheds is a 40-square-kilometre area, just north of Bayfield, which is home to 20 small creeks that flow directly into Lake Huron. These creeks have been given such bland scientific names as ‘Creek GO39,’ as part of the Bayfield North Watersheds Management Plan, but these alphanumeric names may not mean much to local people. “The Bayfield North Watersheds Advisory Committee believes people in the community can give these creeks names that have more meaning to them,” said Hope Brock, Healthy Watersheds Technician with the Ausable Bayfield Conservation Authority (ABCA). “We’re hoping that people north of Bayfield will enjoy the chance to name their creeks, become more aware of them and feel even more connected to them than they do already.” A form for the creek rediscovery program contest is available online at abca.on.ca. Submissions must be received no later than February 5, 2010. If you would like to help your community rediscover a local creek, please submit the details to Hope Brock at the ABCA by phone at 519-235-2610 or toll-free 1-888-286-2610, by e-mail to hbrock@abca.on.ca, or by mail to ABCA, 71108 Morrison Line, RR 3, Exeter, N0M 1S5. The form may also be faxed to 519-235-1963. The Bayfield North Watersheds Management Plan draft document is available at the Bayfield and Clinton public libraries, or at the ABCA administration centre near Exeter, or online, to see which creeks need a name. The Bayfield North Watersheds Advisory Committee will select a name after considering all submissions. There will be prizes for creativity, Brock said, “… so submit your name today.”A watershed management plan is created co-operatively by the community and government agencies to manage the water, land and water interactions, and aquatic resources within a particular watershed to protect and enhance the health of the ecosystem as land uses change. The process of developing a community-based watershed plan has created an opportunity to ensure that as many local interests as possible are addressed, according to Brock. “Members of the community have volunteered their time to develop this plan and they are improving the natural environment through their efforts,” she said. The watershed management plan document will provide information about the natural environment and community interests and issues to landowners north of Bayfield and to other local decision makers, as well as local and government agencies. The land management, aquatics, and erosion sections of the plan provide background information, community interests and issues, a management goal and recommended actions. Bayfield North Residents interested in ‘naming their creek’ are invited to provide the following information:Current creek name (e.g., GO31) or creek location (see map at abca.on.ca)Proposed creek name
Individual’s name, phone number and e-mail (optional) – 30 – CONTACT: Hope Brock, Healthy Watersheds Technician, at Ausable Bayfield Conservation Authority (ABCA), 519-235-2610 or 1-888-286-2610 or e-mail hbrock@abca.on.ca
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Relief horse back ride for Haiti. 20 horses are interested to ride for Haiti . 50% goes to Haiti.
So come out to help out. Home on the range 1 519 523 9478 Home on the range - FrontierTown, R.R. #1 Londesborough, (Located 3.25 miles/5 km east of Londesborough on Cty Rd. !5 at #41073) is donating 50% of their intake from horsebacking riding this month to Haiti. Horseback riding can be a fun winter outing. Call Call Hugo at 519-523-9478 for details or to make arrangements. Groups welcome (poker rally). |
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UPCOMING SHOWS AT CINNAMON JIM'S CAFE UPPER DECK in Brussels
We have a real great line up coming to the Upper Deck. Feb.13th Valentine’s Dinner and Open Mike Show with Ronny Kellerman & Johnny Bryndza ( Bad & Blue)
They did a great job last year and we are looking forward to the same this year. $35.00 ea Show only $10.00 after 8:30 pm all open Miker’s no admission.
In March we are doing a show with The Bear Cats from Owen Sound they were a real hit at the West Coast Blues festival (date to be determined)
May 21 we have Morgan Davis 2004 Juno Blues album of the year and 4 Maple awards $40.00 ea Show only $15.00 after 8:30 pm
Shawn Kellerman and The Soul Provider Horns at the StarLight in Waterloo Saturday Jan 9th it will be on live webcast go www.shawnkellerman.com
Dinner Choices:
Stuffed Baked Salmon
Rolled Ribs & Dressing
Chicken Cordon Bleu
Prime Rib
Jim Lee
CINNAMON JIM’S CAFÉ UPPER DECK
Café 519-887-8011
Office: (519)887-8013
Fax: (519)887-8014
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Robbie Burns' Night at The Little Inn of Bayfield January 23, 2010, 7:00 pm a tribute to the life, works and spirit of the great Scottish poet,
Robbie Burns’ Night at The Little Inn of Bayfield
January 23, 2010, 7:00 pm
The annual celebratory tribute to the life, works and spirit of the great Scottish poet, Robert Burns (1759-1796). Celebrated on, or about, the Bard’s birthday, January 25th, Burns’ Suppers range from stentoriously formal gatherings of aesthetes and scholars to uproariously informal rave-ups of drunkards and louts. Fitting for a man sometimes labeled a drunken philanderer and sometimes called Scotland’s Shakespeare! Robbie Burns remains Scotland’s most celebrated, best-loved national figure, and the best known of the poets who have written in the Scots language (or Lowland Scots, to distinguish it from Scottish Gaelic).
More widely celebrated than Scotland’s official national day, St. Andrew’s Day, most Burns’ Suppers fall somewhere in the middle of the range. They typically conform, more or less, to a time honoured custom that includes the eating of a traditional Scottish meal, the drinking of Single Malt Scotch whiskies, and the recitation of works in the spirit of the Bard.
The Little Inn of Bayfield has faithfully celebrated this tradition for the past 21 years, and 2010 will be no different. This year marks the 251st birthday of Scotland’s favourite son, and Innkeeper Darren Erb can’t wait. Yes, the meal does include haggis (how could it not?!) but according to Darren, “It’s so good that all the local Scots rave about it!” He goes on to say, “Metzger makes it, you know,” referring to Metzger Meat Products of Hensall, winner of the 2008 Huron Manufacturing Excellence Award, and The Little Inn’s trusted supplier of locally grown, hormone-free meats.
While haggis may not be universally appealing, Burns’ poetry is timeless. Considered one of the world’s greatest love poets, he is also regarded as a pioneer of the Romantic Movement and has been a compelling influence on Scottish literature. Rebuking one historian’s disparaging remarks about the Bard’s questionable lifestyle, a spokesperson from the Scottish government declared that “[Burns] was both a man of his time and of all time. He wouldn't have been human without flaws, and his egalitarian ideals have helped cement his universal and timeless appeal.” Charismatic and sometimes manipulative, he led a controversial life and often put things into words that not everyone wanted to hear. His political and civil commentaries, written mainly in English, were particularly biting.
Whatever you think of Burns the republican or Burns the adulterer, his sense of fun and lyricism have made him an international cultural icon, and the 2009 celebration of his life and work will certainly be an interesting and fun dining experience at the Little Inn of Bayfield. The five course meal, prepared by Chef Joseph Petrinac, is sourced locally, at least as much as it can be. The Little Inn’s award winning kitchen has been practicing the “Farm to Table” philosophy for more than 20 years now, but salmon and oyster are hard to come by in Huron County.
Creatively presented and paired with five Single Malt Scotch whiskies, the Little Inn’s Burns’ Dinner will be held Saturday January 23rd at 7:00 pm. Actor Rob Bundy of the Blyth Festival and Gairbraid Theatre will be on hand as the Bard himself. From the Selkirk Grace and the Address To a Haggis to A Red, Red Rose and Auld Lang Syne, the evening is sure to be full of music and laughter. Advance reservations are required. Please call toll free: 1-800-565-1832. Dinner is $120 per person, plus tax and gratuity, and the menu can be viewed online at www.littleinn.com/dining_robbieburns.htm
Looking to make it a weekend away? Located in the picturesque village of Bayfield on the shores of Lake Huron, the Little Inn boasts 28 historic rooms and suites luxuriously appointed for your every comfort. With great off-season rates and a full calendar of Wine and Dine Events to be kicked off with Robbie Burns’ Night, the Inn is a welcome respite from the pressures of everyday life. A founding member of Ontario’s Finest Inns, the Little Inn of Bayfield has received the coveted CAA 4 Diamond Award for both Lodging and Dining for 11 consecutive years. Offering suites with double whirlpool tubs and gas fireplaces, the Inn is the perfect destination for a romantic winter getaway on Ontario’s West Coast. Overnight packages including the Burns’ Dinner start at $435 per couple, with two-night packages starting at $627 for this iconic celebration.
For more information:
Lori Carter
Marketing
The Little Inn of Bayfield
26 Main Street North, Box 100
Bayfield, Ontario N0M 1G0
1.800.565.1832 or 519.565.2611
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The Goderich Livery Film Group is pleased to announce a great line-up for its Winter Film Series
GODERICH LIVERY WINTER FILM SERIES
The Goderich Livery Film Group is pleased to announce a great line-up for its Winter Film Series
14-Jan-2010 COCO BEFORE CHANEL
18-Feb-2010 THE YOUNG VICTORIA
25-Mar-2010 BROKEN EMBRACES
All screenings take place at the Park Theatre, on The Square, Goderich at 7pm
SERIES tickets are $25 for all 3 films.
Individual RUSH tickets are $10, are available at the door, 1/2 hour before each screening.
Series tickets are available NOW at The Livery Box Office (529-6262)
Ernie King's Music &
Wuerth's Shoes, both on the Square.
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Series tickets would make a wonderful gift for the movie lover on your Christmas list.
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Want more information on the films?
Check out The Livery website www.thelivery.ca/Film.html
The site has links to descriptions of the films, as well as movie trailers.
While our line-up remains to be finalized, we have set a date for our SPRING FILM FESTIVAL.
Movie lovers may want to mark APRIL 9 & 10, 2010 on their calendars.
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