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4 The Canadian Statesman, Bowmanville, Wednesday, June 15,1994 > Children's Entertainer Performs at Wimrs MayZo ° Days am ^ Sh0 ** mney World's Biggest Sidewalk Sale II by Laura J. Richards A local admirer of children's entertainer, entertainer, Raffi, is "Doing Donuts" in anticipation of performing at the World's Biggest Sidewalk Sale on June 16,17 and 18. Bowmanville resident Maurice Charland is Uncle Moe, a children's entertainer. nephews and nieces call me." While he had already been part of the music scene through bands he has played in before, the switch to becoming a children's entertainer is something he is enthusiastic about. "It would be a dream come true if I could do this full time." Right now Charland is a part- time Educational Assistant with the Durham Board of Education. He's been working with developmental^ challenged children since 1984 through various agencies within Durham Region. He says he enjoys entertaining children so much that "even if I was working full time, I would find time to do this." Now that's dedication! Uncle Moe selects his songs with care, and focuses on the four-to-10 age group. "After that, they lose interest and begin listening to other types of music," music," Charland explained. , •£ * '1T <W r ' His songs range from quiet lullabies lullabies to rousing action numbers. He believes in getting children actively involved in the songs. Some of the selections include "Alouette," "Greasy Grimy Gopher Guts," "Shake My Sillies Out," and "Kumbaya." Charland says he takes Uncle Moe to a number of different locations, locations, including school classrooms and private birthday parties. When he visits schools, educators educators have the chance to select songs from his repertoire to combine the performance with classroom programs. programs. He supports the idea of education education through music. To check out Uncle Moe, drop into the World's Biggest Sidewalk Sale II in Bowmanville on Saturday, JUn, nierc will be a number of differ- Winners of the May Zoo Days Draw, celebrating the 75th anniversary of the Bowmanville Zoo, were pn f , unp , n f entertainment fun and announced recently. Five lucky draw winners collected $100 each in downtown shopping money on UncleMoe will be in the middle of Ma y 30th at Home Hardware on Church Street. From left are winners Ian Ball, Tanya Hodgson, Heather it Martin, Rick Gendron, and Tina Bain with store owner Joe Chin. Close to 3,000 entries were received. : Maurice Charland "Uncle Moe" Charland will be performing for a local crowd this coming Saturday morning at the World's Biggest Sidewalk Sale II. He will be ready to "wow" your children from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. With more than 50 songs at his fingertips and with his guitar, Uncle Moe is ready to serve up some fun for the wee folks in the audience. Recently, Uncle Moe was in the recording studio working on his first cassette. Some of the songs from the recording will be done on Saturday, including "The Donut Strut" and "Hugs." Charland says he calls himself Uncle Moe because "that's what my Annual Sidewalk Sale to be Held From June 16-18 From Page 1 ; night with a "Hoe-down" starting at 8 and going until ;11 p.m. -• The location will be: Temperance Street between King Street and Church Street. There will be plenty of food supplied supplied by local restaurateurs and music music supplied by the country band "Chaser." People can come on down for some dancing, good food, and a little little socializing to kick off their weekend. On Saturday, there will be lots of different activities at the Temperance Temperance Street location from 8 a.m. until until 2:30 p.m. First off the mark at 8 a.m. will " be,, the firefighters from the Alert Fire Department serving up a fresh breakfast treat of steaming hot pancakes pancakes and all the fixings! The pancakes pancakes will be made until 10:30. At 9:30 the Clarington Band will be playing its first set. From 10:30 until, 11:30, the Youth Alive theatre group from Liberty Liberty Pentecostal Church will be performing. performing. Next, from 11:30 until 12:30 "Uncle Moe" (also known as Maurice Maurice Charland) (see article on this page) will be performing for the kids. From 12:30 to 1:30 the Youth Alive theatre group will once again make an appearance. Then, to wind up the day's entertainment, entertainment, members of the Clarington Clarington Concert Band will perform from 1:30 to 2:30. Gilpin and all the members of the BIA have been working on this weekend's events for some time now, wanting to ensure that those who stop to shop during this weekend weekend enjoys themselves. Last year's event was deemed a success over the previous year's sidewalk shopping days. Gilpin says he chalks it up to having the businesses move the weekend dates to June rallier than July, plus the fact that the theme was different, He hopes all the businesses and shoppers get into this year's theme so it will be a successful "World's Biggest Sidewalk Sale II." The Statesman Proofreader's Words of the Week...A caret - a sign (a) placed bolow a line to Indicate where something should be Inserted. cruet - Small stoppered glass bottle etc. lor condiments at table; small vessol lor wlno or water In celebration of Eucharist. World's Sidewalk Thursday, Friday, Saturday 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. June 16 -17 -18 "Discover a World of Great Savings!" in Downtown Bowmanville ^ 1111 "" ' Friday, June 17th World's Biggest HoeDown with music by "Chaser" 8 p.m. to 11 p.m. on Temperance Street Saturday, June 18th 8:00 to 10:00 a.m. Pancake Breakfast Alert Fire Company 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. Clarington Band 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. Youth Alive Group (Theatre Presentations) 11:30 to 12:30 p.m. Uncle Moe (Children's Entertainment) 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. Youth Alive Group 1:30 to 2:30 p.m. Clarington Band BOWMANVILLE BUSINESS CENTRE ■ Il I IHII Mil