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www.insideHALTON.com | OAKVILLE BEAVER | Thursday, August 8, 2013 | 22 Heritage event was a boost for local Alzheimer Society by John Bkila Oakville Beaver Staff Health "Connected to your Community" A local financial firm invited the community to celebrate Old Oakville recently while benefitting the Alzheimer Society of Hamilton and Halton. Hosted by TriDelta Financial, in partnership with the local Alzheimer society, the Oakville Historical Society and the Oakville Museum at Erchless Estate, the inaugural TriDelta Alzheimer's Gathering was open to all. "We have always given back to the community and made a decision to focus on something really prevalent and under supported and that's Alzheimer's," said Anton Tucker, vice-president of TriDelta Financial. "It's a devastating disease that affects so many people in our community and the devastation is not only to the individual who contracts the disease but the many support workers that work tirelessly that assist and make life reasonable for these people and their families." The event included an old-fashioned day of music, Irish dance, entertainment, refreshments, raffles and lazily sitting by the lake under the giant oak trees at Erchless Estate and the neighbouring Lakeside Park on Navy Street. Heritage sites of downtown Oakville also opened their doors for the event, including: · Anitra Schooner -- designed by Montye Macrae and built in Hamilton in 1926, this The Alzheimer Society of Hamilton and Halton hosted an event to celebrate Old Oakville at Erchless Estate. Here, Irish dancers perform in Lakeside Park. | photo by Eric Riehl ­ Oakville Beaver (Follow on Twitter @halton_photog) wooden schooner is known as the Queen of Ontario. Visitors could go onboard and learned about sailing, racing and the Anitra's construction. · Erchless Estate -- the four-acre property includes the 1858 home of Oakville's founding family, the Chisholms, which has been restored to its 1925 appearance. · Post office -- the building served as Oakville's first post office from 1835-56. · St. Jude's Garden, Thomas House, and the Oakville Armory, among other sites also had their doors open to the public. Organizers expected between 500-1,000 people to attend the Alzheimer's Gathering, which is something Tucker says he hopes will become an annual event in Oakville. "To have something in downtown Oakville that becomes a meaningful annual event that we can build on... and people can enjoy, all the while building a subtle awareness about Alzheimer's," Tucker said. "We felt it was a very worthy cause, underfunded, and we wanted to do something meaningful, but rather than focus on some of the negatives we wanted to make a fun day, bring our grandparents, parents and their kids in beautiful Oakville where we can generate revenue to assist the Alzheimer Society with all of their efforts. We think we've come up with a pretty unique event." All proceeds from the event supported the Alzheimer Society of Hamilton and Halton. To make a donation directly to the local Alzheimer Society, visit www.tridelta.ca. "If over the next 10 years we have 10 events... we believe we'll make a meaningful difference in raising funds, but also very importantly keep up that ongoing awareness," Tucker said. "This is one cause we single-mindedly wanted to support and make an ongoing difference... and if we can do it in a fun involving way where we get people out for a good time but still walk away with the message, we've accomplished our goal." Calendar Girls calendar will help support Ian Anderson House hospice It seems life really does imitate art, if you put out a calendar to sell for charity. Of course you also have to be putting on the play Calendar Girls at the same time. That's the experience of Calliope Muses, the group that's staging Calendar Girls as its inaugural play Aug. 9-17 at Theatre Erindale, on the University of Toronto Mississauga. The play , based on the 2003 Miramax movie of the same name, follows a group of middle-aged Yorkshire women who strip for a calendar to raise money for the hospital where one of their husbands is being treated for cancer. Lynn Jones is on the board of Calliope Muses and works backstage on the production. She says they printed ONE PERSON, ONE FACE, ONE SMILE Specializing in classic braces, invisalign and other invisible orthodontic solutions. 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"The whole thing has been an amazing experience," said Jones. "There are 13 to 14 in the cast and we've all come together in such a great way. It's hard work, but so much fun." Most of the cast members come from Mississauga's musical theatre community and for some it's their first time in a non-musical play. They've been rehearsing since May. The curtain rises at 8 p.m. on Aug. 9, 10, 15, 16 and 17 with one 2 p.m. matinée scheduled for Saturday (Aug. 10). Tickets are available online at www. calendargirlsmuses.eventbrite.com or on automated box office at 905-569-4369. Cost is $20 for adults, $18 for students and seniors, $15 for children 12 and under.