Halton Hills Newspapers

Georgetown Herald (Georgetown, ON), June 16, 1982, p. 26

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Page PIONEER DAYS Jane is Downtown Georgetowns annual salute to summer By CHRIS AAbAARD Staff Writer Sometime during the night of June or in the early morning hours the following day town pub lic works staffer will close oft Main Street and part Church Street to traffic For downtown Georgetown merchants local artists and tag residents It will be the lull before raucous storm of activity as the community celebrates and Pioneer The two events- sponsored by the Helton Hills Arts Council and Pioneer Days a collective down town merchants smile at summerhave been celebrated together for the last three years combination works well for each group and res dents get to enjoy a wealth of activities in the downtown core as well as some great bargains on arts and crafts and three days of sales and enter tainment TASTES There fun tor the whole family People can browse leisurely around downtown Main Street pausing to marvel at the 19th Century costumes the will be wearing tapping feet at some of the live entertain nibbling on a ary delight whipped up from a sidewalk barbecue and generally settle into the electric atmosphere which surrounds this annual celebration organizers will be returning with an Olde Music Hall June 19 This production features some central business district has some fun with our pioneer past tomorrow through Saturday Store FIXTURES and FURNISHINGS and Miscellaneous Items at Pioneer Days Prices Cmsh Carry Only Thursday 600 pm 900 pm Friday 600 pm 900 pm Saturday 1000 am 600 pm For Mora Information Call Downtown Georgetown and for the price of a single io ticket one can enjoy a fine tre show Things get un at in Sucre Coeur Church Hall For ticket Information call 877 or Funds raised from the music hall will be put toward the purchase of a piano for the library cul tural centre Main Street events open Juno 17 With the street shut off from traffic merchants will move their wares to the side walk at 10 am The perennially popular steam engines ant ant care will begin to arrive hissing and puff ing and drawing a large crowd of curious young stem with them At the McGibbon Hotel up the street a barbecue lunch will get underway at noon Organist Paul Barber is returning this to provide a lively musical back drop The side walk bistro seems to serve an endless flow of people If browsing among the neighboring sales takes up the rest of he afternoon stay around for the outdoor supper at fl m The entire evening Is ruled with music for all tastes A country music band will get the night time festivities underway at 7 30 and the George town Girls Pipe Band will also march down Main Street adding its accustomed Scottish Contuuied on page

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