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•Th e IFP• H alton H ills • Thursday, June 5, 2014 13 Tim Hudak's Conservatives say they will cut 19,000 teachers, education assistants, custodians, and other school staff. It's really kids who will pay the price. • less individual attention for every child • less support for students with special needs • cuts to vital programs kids count on We can't afford to relive the Mike Harris years of cuts, overcrowded classrooms, and chaos. The cost to Ontario's future is too high. On June 12th don't let Tim Hudak's Conservative cuts hurt your child's chances. Tim Hudak's education agenda: Cuts first. Kids last. Authorized by the Elementary Teachers' Federation of Ontario Jeff Edwards & Maggie Brown, Stag & Doe June 7, 2014 8pm - 1am Masonic Hall, 12 Lindsay Court, Georgetown Ontario Janine Witton to Justin Fidlin Janine Witton to Justin Fidlin Kim and LisaWitton are very pleased to announce the engagement of their daughter Son of Sue Fidlin and Shawn Campbell Halton Hills's first large-scale music festival is getting ready to hit the stage at the Georgetown Fair- grounds next month. Plans are well underway for the event-- aptly named Rock the Hills-- which is being orga- nized by teens from all three local high schools and presented by the Optimist Club of Halton Hills, in partnership with the Halton Hills Cultural Roundtable (HHCR) and Town of Halton Hills. The rain-or-shine festival will kick off at 3 p.m. on Saturday, July 12 with a musical line-up of talent- ed local youths and headliner Hol- lerado, a Juno-nominated band. "It will be like nothing Halton Hills has ever seen before," said event co-lead John Muirhead, who's also a student at Christ the King and member of local band Casual Disaster. The event team put out a call for auditions earlier this year to seek local musicians for the festival. Gone are the days of bands coming in person to audition for a panel of judges; instead, organizers received almost two dozen submissions on- line. "It was not an easy decision to make with the quality of the sub- missions," said Don Ablett of the HHCR. The team managed to narrow the talent down to three solo artists and three bands: Hannah Ward, Ryan Bourgeois and Erica Knox, along with rock bands Mill Pond, Standby and Casual Disaster. In addition to the musical line- up, a variety of activities have been planned for throughout the day, including hot air balloon rides, henna tattoos, an inflatable 'mega- slide,' vendor shopping opportu- nities and a mini Colour Me Rad- style race, where participants are sprayed with colours as they run. Food will be available to pur- chase on-site from a variety of food trucks. A guitar signed by the mem- bers of Hollerado will also be up for grabs in a raffle. "We're hoping this will be a whole come-to-hang-with-your- friends, Coachella (music and arts festival) experience," said HHCR executive director Beatrice Shar- key. "It'll be a cool spot to go." Muirhead noted that the festival won't be like your average small- town musical event. "We're really trying to erase that stigma. This will be a professional show with staging, lighting and sound," he said. Ablett said he's been nothing but impressed by the hard work put in so far by the dedicated group of about 20 local youths planning the festival. "The skill set they bring is fan- tastic," he said. "The youth in this area is in good hands if they're representative of what we've got lo- cally." The festival will cost an estimat- ed $60,000 to $70,000, which will be recouped through ticket sales, grants and sponsorships. To keep the event running smoothly, 150 volunteers will be needed for the day on July 12th. Those who volunteer will receive a free ticket for the festival. Tickets cost $25 and are on sale now at www.rockthehills.ca. Any- one interested in signing up as an event day volunteer, sponsor or vendor can also contact the festival through the website. Local rock band Casual Disaster is among the talented line-up slated for the Rock the Hills Music Festival on Saturday, July 12th. From left to right are band members Dulwin Jayalath, Ryan Keane, Jesse Bydevaate, Jeff Hutchi- son and John Muirhead. Photo by Melanie Hennessey By MELANIE HENNESSEY Special to the IFP Teens, groups organizing summer music festival that will 'Rock the Hills'