Cramahe Township’s annual rite of spring is only two months away. Apple Blossom Tyme Festival organizers are looking after the many details which go behind the smooth festival days on May 29-31.
Festival Chair, Pat Johnston, has met with Community Services Director, Dan O’Brien to bring the new township director up-to-date on what is happening and what is needed from the township.
The food vendors have their contracts in hand and the forms for the merchandise vendors are going to the website.
Sponsors have been contacted, and if their commitments arrive in time the Chair promises to have them in the promotional info being sent out after they are printed at the end of this month
Thirty-eight letters have been sent out to local clubs, associations, schools, and churches to ask for participation at ABTF and to ask for volunteers. Volunteer Application forms and Art Show applications are available from Carolyn at Town & Country on King St. E. in Colborne.
Some participants have already signed up.
The Colborne Cramahe Figure Skating is launching the three-day festival with a Country 105 Video Dance at the Keeler Centre on Friday, May 29 at 8:00 pm. Admission is $20.00 per person. Marcie Corbeil is the contact.
The Optimist soap box derby, a perennial favourite on Elgin Street South, is a go, with all wheels rolling.
The Colborne Masons are continuing their efforts to take a bigger role in the coomunity and are hosting breakfasts on both Saturday, May 30 and Sunday, May 31.
It's time to start planning your strategies for the spelling bee, headed for many years now by the indomitable Orletta Kernaghan and sponsored once more by Downey Pharmacy. The pharmacy will be providing the prizes for the top spellers and runners-up. A sponsor is still be sought to provide prizes for the spelling team with the best costume in the charity contest.
Word is out that the judges may be revising the rules this year to allow contestants more mistakes before elimination.
Community favourite, Ernie Stoneman will bring his sound equipment and his stage skills to handle the time-consuming MC job.
On stage with him will be the Malachor 5 Band, Maple Sugar, the all girl dance group and 15-year-old country singer, Kiaha Clegg.
Festival Chair, Pat Johnston, has met with Community Services Director, Dan O’Brien to bring the new township director up-to-date on what is happening and what is needed from the township.
The food vendors have their contracts in hand and the forms for the merchandise vendors are going to the website.
Sponsors have been contacted, and if their commitments arrive in time the Chair promises to have them in the promotional info being sent out after they are printed at the end of this month
Thirty-eight letters have been sent out to local clubs, associations, schools, and churches to ask for participation at ABTF and to ask for volunteers. Volunteer Application forms and Art Show applications are available from Carolyn at Town & Country on King St. E. in Colborne.
Some participants have already signed up.
The Colborne Cramahe Figure Skating is launching the three-day festival with a Country 105 Video Dance at the Keeler Centre on Friday, May 29 at 8:00 pm. Admission is $20.00 per person. Marcie Corbeil is the contact.
The Optimist soap box derby, a perennial favourite on Elgin Street South, is a go, with all wheels rolling.
The Colborne Masons are continuing their efforts to take a bigger role in the coomunity and are hosting breakfasts on both Saturday, May 30 and Sunday, May 31.
It's time to start planning your strategies for the spelling bee, headed for many years now by the indomitable Orletta Kernaghan and sponsored once more by Downey Pharmacy. The pharmacy will be providing the prizes for the top spellers and runners-up. A sponsor is still be sought to provide prizes for the spelling team with the best costume in the charity contest.
Word is out that the judges may be revising the rules this year to allow contestants more mistakes before elimination.
Community favourite, Ernie Stoneman will bring his sound equipment and his stage skills to handle the time-consuming MC job.
On stage with him will be the Malachor 5 Band, Maple Sugar, the all girl dance group and 15-year-old country singer, Kiaha Clegg.
The Colborne Legion will be serving dinner on Saturday from 5 - 6:30 p.m.
The Memorial Park Revitalization Committee is holding its 3rd annual Irish Road Bowling Contest on Saturday, May 30. Registration is at 11:30 am at the Queen's Hotel. Anyone can compete. Teams consist of two players, and costumes are encouraged. Entry fee is $15.00 per person /$30 per team. Teams bowl underhand through a designated obstacle course on the roadway. The first team to cross the finish line with the least number of "bowls" wins. Inquiries have been received from as far away as West Virginia for this zany event.
The deadline for Irish Bowling entries is the Saturday before the event, May 23.
The Cramahe Horticultural Club will be coordinating the Garden Shed Marketplace featuring Spring items, horticultural products, plant supplies, flowers and garden accessories, etc. There will also be unique gifts, handcrafted jewellery, fashions and home decor, bulk candies and nuts, sunglasses and watches, belts, buckles and books. Vendor inquiries are welcome for this very popular festival feature. Call Pat Johnston at 905 344-7845.
New for 2009 is a "Show 'N' Tell" exhibition of historical and/or pioneering farm implements, tools, gas-engine powered equipment, etc. to celebrate Colborne's 150 years and the importance of agriculture to our community. Bring along the unusual "thing-a-ma-jig" and the "couldn't do without" items to educate, entertain and win prizes, too. Special People's Choice Awards for the most interesting exhibits.
Here for this year are the OPP who are celebrating their 100th anniversary this year and are doing an ATV safety display. The Haliburton Kawartha Pine Ridge Health Unit is bringing its special 100th Anniversary Cruiser.
The coalition of Colborne Church Ministers is planning the outdoor Ecumenical Worship service for Sunday. Proceeds of this event will help finance children's programming at Vacation Bible School in Colborne this summer.
The Northumberland Humane Society, Salvation Army, Ruth Clarke Centre have confirmed attendance as well.
Even with all this happening the organizers of the Apple Blossom Tyme Festival need more help, and are looking for participation from more community groups.
As the festival approaches the organizers will be posting more information and forms on their website http://www.appleblossomtyme.com/.
Join in the fun and make this year’s festival another rousing success.
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