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"A Family Tradition for 125 Years" PORT PERRY STAR - Wednesday, August 7, 1991 - 15 olunteers are secret ingredient to success of the Greenbank BBQ by J. Peter Hvidsten If community spirit is alive and well in Scugog, then its heart must be located in the village of Greenbank. A crowd estimated at close to 1000 gathered on the lawn of the Greenbank United Church Friday night to sample some of the best barbecued beef, roast potatoes and home-made pies anywhere in the area. The continued success of this popular outdoor barbecue does not just happen. It takes months of careful planning and many volunteers to ensure the event comes-off without a hitch. Larry Postill told the Star, the day before the barbecue, volunteers converge on the home of Raymond Kerry to carefully wrap over 1000 potatoes and ready them for baking the next day. By this time, every woman belonging to the the United Church Women's group is at home preparing and baking fresh pies to feed the throngs who line up for up to half and hour for the delicious meal. Elsewhere, on Thursday evening a group of area men are hard at work wrap ing huge 65 pound roasts of beef with chicken wire and foil, and attaching them on two of the large spits which will hold up to 12 roasts. When completed they are placed in coolers until the following day. Friday starts before the sun peeks over the horizon. At 4:30 a.m. village men arrive with the beef, this year 755 lbs., and place them over the hot barbe- cue pit. The double-pronged rotisser- LOOSE RUGS aning BROADLOOM UPHOLSTERY 3M Scotchguard ie is capable of turning all twelve 65 lb. roasts at once and was built specifically for the Greenbank barbecue by volunteers. By the time the first juicy roast is removed from the spit 12 hours later, the hungry fire will have consumed almost an entire haywagon filled with dry hardwood. As the beef cooks on the open fire, men in trucks set out around a five mile radius to the village to begin picking up picnic benches from the homes of area residents. It's a ritual that takes place every year, and before the day is out, at least 65 tables will have found a new resting place on the lawn of the United Church. The tables are returned the next morning to their rightful owners. Entertainment this year was provided by local "singing sen- sation" George Timms, who this year doubled as an auc- tioneer for the quilt auction. Also providing entertain- ment, on the plywood covered bottom of a haywagon, were Mr. Timms daughter Anna Marie, the Step In Time Cloggers and the Greenbank United Church Intermediate Choir. There's a lot of smiling faces at the Greenbank Barbecue. It's a time to enjoy the compa- ny of neighbors and friends and also to meet new residents of the village. Greenbank's magic forumla of good food, good fun and good company, continues to make it one of the largest and most successful outdoor barbecues 85-8552 Vision Control Solariums & Sunrooms Retractable Fabric Awnings Windows & Doors Event-filled day of fun Annual Blackstock Fair August 24 Blackstock is the place to be on August 24, "where all the ac- tion will happenin one day." The 126th edition of the Blackstock Fair will be official- ly opened by Guy Scott, presi- dent of Ontario Association Ag- ricultural Society. The parade through the vil- lage this year will be led by the DS Park Ethnic Omp-pa-pa band. The parade will get un- --e Forsyth - Mahar Ralph & Bev Forsyth and grandson Cody would like to announce the marriage of their son Dale Robert Forsyth to Lesley Kim Mahar at Scugog Shores Museum Church on Saturday, September 21, 1991 at 6 pm. Tracker derwayat1l a.m. Following the parade the buildings will be open including the 4-H building, and horse- shoe pitching will get under- way. Other events during the day will include the horse and cat- tle show including a display of Pinzgauer Cattle from Alberta, a coloring contest for the chil- dren, and a balloon-a-thon. Last year's winning balloon landed in Pennsylvania. The ever popular horse pull will also take part in the after- noon. There will be many types of entertainment for all to enjoy throughout the day including: magic shows by Stu Garland, Fur Fashion Show by Paula Lishman, cooking demonstra- tions, Step-In-Tyme Cloggers, clowns by the Borelians, ani- mal displays, champion cake auction and media milking con- test. The Fair dance will be held the same evening in the Recrea- tion Centre. Tickets are $5 and the disc jockey for the evening is Brian Stevenson. Prices for the Fair are $4 for adults, $1 for public school age. 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