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Canadian Statesman (Bowmanville, ON), 19 Jul 2000, p. 11

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THE CANADIAN STATESMAN, JULY 19,2000 PAGE 13 Entertainment CANADIAN STATESMAN JULY 19, 20 00 Rik\ Emmett, formerly of Triumph, will be among the performers during an August concert series at Mickey Finn's Sports Cafe in Oshawa. Concert series to benefit kids Mickey Finn's Sports Cafe is once again presenting presenting the 'Hot August Nights' unplugged concert series in aid of the children's ward of Lakeridge Health. The series gets under way Tuesday, Aug. 8, with Rik ' Emmett and continues every Tuesday in August. Other artists in the series in clude Ian Thomas, Alfie Zappacosta and Alan Frew, of Glass Tiger. Tickets cost $30 per show or $100 for the series. Tickets are available at Mickey Finn's Sports Cafe, 1050 Simcoe St. N. in Oshawa. Oshawa. For more information, call 721-1728. Missing bell tolls for theatre CLARINGTON - A 115-year-old saga is the inspiration inspiration for an outdoor theatre theatre event just north of Orono this summer. In 1885, during the Riel Resistance, soldiers from Millbrook, Ontario stole an 80-pound silver bell from a Catholic church in Batoche, Saskatchewan. The soldiers' war booty stayed in Mill- brook for 105 years. But in 1991, the bell went missing and has never been found. The saga behind the bell is the inspiration for Crossings Crossings (The Bell of Batoche), playing this summer at the 4th Line Theatre. "This has been a journey for the theatre company, trying trying Ito step outside its culture!-- culture!-- European culture -- andllook at Canadian history history in a multi-voiced way," sayj artistic director Robert Winslow. Çuring research for the production, Mr. Winslow says he found the story taking taking 'on greater proportions so the bell, a symbol of the Metis struggle, became just one'aspect of the play which grew to encompass the larger larger themes and stories of the Metis and First Nations people.! people.! Crossings will be performed performed on the outdoor stages of the Winslow 100- acre farm, surrounded by fields which serve as a backdrop backdrop for the dramas the company presents. Audience Audience members can expect to see horses, battle scenes and performers from three cultural cultural groups as the stories of the 1885 Resistance, unfold. The outdoor-theatre company will present the play during preview performances performances on Aug. 2 - 4, with the opening on Aug. 5. It will run Wednesday through Sunday evenings beginning at 5:30 p.m. Through July, the theatre will continue to show The Devil & Joseph Scriven, a true tale stranger than fiction fiction based on the life of Joseph Scriven, a preacher and celestially-inspired poet credited with writing the words of the world-famous hymn 'What a Friend We Have In Jesus.' That production production begins each Wednesday through Sunday, through July, at 6 p.m. For ticket information, go to the theatre's web site ■ at www.4thlinetheatre.on.ca or call the box office at 1- 800-814-0055. The theatre is located at the Winslow Farm, R.R. #2, Millbrook in the township of Cavan. Ticket are $20 for adults, $18.50 for seniors, $10 for children or $50 for a family of four. ; Exhibits rich with Bowmanville heritage Museum provides a look back BOWMANVILLE -- Two new exhibits which commemorate important milestones in Bowmanville history can be seen at the Bowmanville Museum's Marion Wiseman Gallery this summer. The efforts of a 100- year-old community group is highlighted in the exhibit exhibit of the Bowmanville Women's Institute. The exhibit exhibit on the group demonstrates demonstrates how one of Bow- mnnville's okle.st service groups evolved in the way it served the community over the.past century. Another exhibit features large amounts of memora bilia in celebration of the 70th anniversary of the Bowmanville Branch of the Royal Canadian Legion. One section of the display features the Legion Pipe Band witli photos dating back to the 1950s, For the summer months, the museum will have the German prisoner of war log cabin open' daily. The cabin, from Bowmanville's Camp 30, is located on the museum grounds, The museum is located at 37 Silver Street. For hours of operation and other information, contact contact the museum at 623- 2734. BOWMANVILLE PAY NO INTEREST 'TIL JANUARY 2002 ok all major aprjancr ■ '• > ' v i .1-, <>' JLC'tr.eO OtKi * .%i',h , ■ jv.io- >. M »• ' - ' $ *«•"•* •' ; '• ' - : ' • • ■ ' I':. 'vhtl.it> Vvhtin It Il'Uj til's t.'H-i-l'U I i;t. I_t ,0.1' !>• .IK. .11 • ; vl ' 1 ' !*.U l • •' V \ " 1 • 1 f• .i| piics to ii'tMrRrthciifvi* ri Sono - , stries E »s t-dto- ' ,it.«K -jur i i'> t .1 •« • Panasonic JVC SONY SA\YO CRAFTSMAN HITACHI

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