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the HERALD Wednesday December 18 1991 Arts and Ideas Page SB Tour of local homes reveals holiday decorating tips ByJOHNSOMMBR Herald Special Often when I bicycle around Georgetown and Glen Williams passing new and old houses I wonder what they might look like inside Therefore when the St Johns United Church Tour of six houses was announced several weeks ago I bought a ticket and on Dec 1 was ready at 10 am for what turned out to be a most delightful day The goal of the tour organizers was to raise money for the restoration of St Johns United Church here in Georgetown Ms Cruise a professional decorator with her own business called Interiors in town donated her designs and ideas and Ms Jane Hoddinott helped her decorate the six homes for the Christmas season and for the lucky tour participants who had quickly purchased the limited amount of tickets I started at the home of Mr and Mrs Goodfellow in Glen Williams a fine proportioned house built in 1850 with a modern addition in the back The Goodfellows have a superb col lection of Canadian pioneer fur niture as well as old carpenter tools old household tools for spin ning cooking and ironing and old agricultural tools displayed throughout the house Even one Christmas tree in a bright modern garden room was decorated with wellmade and wellused old toolB A wonderful idea Another Christmas tree in the parlour was a grand and opulent affair in tune with the rich colourful decorations all through the groundfloor rooms even the kitchen The home of Mr and Mrs Puller on Harold Street in Georgetown was built in but is traditional m style Inside large pots of pink and garlands of evergreens festoon ed with pink ribbons turned the cosy small rooms into bowers of bliss In the hall a truly beautiful ceramic nativity consisting of many figures and glowing in pale glazes was created by the lady of the bouse The den had a more masculine colour scheme with a large Christmas tree decorated in the colours of red and green The third home visited was Pine Grove Cottage on Charles Street the elegant 1887 house owned by Dr and Ms Hoddinott This is a historic building of great distinction The entrance hall is dramatic and so is a huge ceilinged drawing room with a gleaming white marble fireplace as its focus Ms like the painters of the baroque era creates throughout her home arrangements of a multitude of objects that dart at you and dazzle the eye The special decorations in this house consisted of evergreens glided hydrangea blooms and dark red ribbons In the drawing room a very large tree decorated in white was surrounded by a collec tion of antique dolls Its impossible to describe the profusion of decorative touches In this large house Only the steady stare of the camera could catch all these deluxe items and freeze them for quiet contemplation Further south on Charles Street the home of Mr and Ms Johnson came next on my list One of the nicest and best preserved tin ceilings in town is in the dining room of this lovely bid house built- in Ms Johnson collects family photographs antique mirrors and evening bags as well as anti que All these treasures were displayed imaginatively Each piece of for in stance was fastened to a white doily decorated the Christmas tree in the parlour At the home of Mr and Mrs Scudder next to the Johnson home hot cider greeted the visitors and from the kitchen the delicious scents of Christmas baking wafted through the festive house It was built in 1918 and has large rooms and wide window sills Pots of red poinsettias mingled with baskets of shiny ap ples and a tollhouse of ample proportions was the centre of the dinner table Also on Charles Street the last house on the tour was the home of Mr and Ms built in 1913 This roomy edifice bad been decorated for children with wonderful toys everywhere let ters to Santa on the coffee table and paper chains of Santas Singer popularizes Celtic music ByBOBSPENCE Thomson News Service Warner Music because of the runaway success of Loreena latest album The Visit is rereleasing three earlier albums by the Stratfordbased singersongwriter The Visit achieved gold record status just six weeks after it was released The albums being reissued Call originally released on her own Road label are Elemental To Drive The Cold Winter Away and Parallel Dreams Elemental her debut album in 1985 and Parallel Dreams released in both like The Visit blend traditional Celtic music with a variety of in struments and sounds To Drive The Cold Winter Away first released in 1987 of fers a different look at Christmas and winter featuring little- known carols and seasonal songs Album is a word that is used very loosely these days as I have done above The McKennitt recordings are being released on cassette and compact disc In a number of music publica tions and within the music in dustry the word album is used over and over even though gramophone record albums are a thing of the past WE HAVE BEEN INSTRUCTED BY A SECURED CREDITOR TO CONDUCTS RECEIVERSHIP LIQUIDATION OF JOHN BOUGHTON JEWELLERS INC 73 MAIN ST S GEORGETOWN EVERYTHING IN THE STORE PRICE OPEN DAILY AT AM UNTIL ALL MERCHANDISE IS SOLD CASH VISA MASTERCARD ONLY SALE CONDUCTED BY Bloch and Company APPRAISERS LIQUIDATORS ALL SALES FINAL meandering along banisters mantels and the branches of the tree In the living room All these homes had their din ing room tables set with the choicest china and crystal for a grand Christmas dinner and in all of them the fireplaces were going full blast Bright decora tions graced the lawns porches and front doors I had a great time and I am sure that everybody else had I thank the homeowners the decorators and the ladies from St Johns United Church for this treat and 1 hope that we will have the to see other fine homes in Christmas Seasons to come ELECTR SER ONIC ICE ESTIMATES ALL SERVICE PERFORMED OH BY TECHMQANS FOR THE BEST SERVICE AT PRICE GEORGETOWN CUSTOM CAR SOUND j 1AI1A GIVE THE GIFT THAT KEEPS ON GIVING Give a subscription 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