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around our town Family funis seme for Caretiwinighity Fall Fairy There will be fun for the whole family at the 8th annual Cartwright Fall Festival being held at the It's ‘high fives’ for Scugog. Five blooms that is! For the second consecutive year, Scugog has received the maxi- Nestleton Diamonds on Saturday, Oct. 13. mum “five bloom” honours in the annual Communities In Bloom com- The community is invited out to enjoy the farm- petition, for communities across the province. er’s market, baseball games, contests, chili cook- Scugog placed first in it's division (20,001-50,000 population), off and live entertainment. receiving the highest “five bloom’ rating. The town of Essex, in south- For the kids there’s a jumping castle, face paint- west Ontario came second with four blooms. ing, wagon rides and much, much more. The township was also the recipient of a special award for the The fun starts at 1 p.m. Admission $8, 2-5 years condition of it's turf and ground cover. Councillor Bobbie Drew, in $2 and under 2 free. For more information check announcing the awards, praised parks staff for their efforts, especially out www.cartwrightfields.ca. since they had to battle dry conditions for most of the summer. This was the third year Scugog Township has competed in the competition. They earned ‘four blooms’ the first year and the prestig- ious ‘five blooms’ for the past two years. Talented guitarist Fraser Lee returns home for concert One of Port Perry’s home-grown talents, guitarist Fraser Lee, will be the featured [| artist at a concert later this month at the Seagrave United Church. Born in Oshawa, Fraser’s family moved to Port Perry when he was a young boy, where he attended both R.H. Cornish Public School and Port Perry High School. He started lessons on the guitar at the age of nine at the Canadian Conservatory of Music in Oshawa, and later at the Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto. Fraser is now a full-time teacher at the Canadian Conservatory of Music in Oshawa. He has been teaching all styles of music on both acoustic and electric guitar for the past 34 years. The concert takes place Saturday, Oct. 20 at the Seagrave United Church beginning at 7:30 p.m. Also performing are soprano Gretel Cameron, tenor Len Somerville and the Happy Harmonica of Bill Barr. Tickets are $10 each and are available by calling 905-985-7239 or 905-985-7272. Don’t miss out on this exciting concert. 4 FOCUS - OCTOBER 2007 focus @observerpub.ca