DELTA COUNTRY CHRISTMAS
November 28, 2015, 7 pm

The Christmas Story in Music & Drama with total audience participation.

Starts at 7 pm at Delta Baptist Church with the Angel’s announcements to Mary & Joseph, moves to the Delta Mill Shed for the birth of Jesus and the Shepherds, and concludes at Delta United Church with the Magi.

Saturday, November 28, 2015

Christmas Experience Arts & Crafts Show

Carolers – Singing throughout the day.

Lion’s Club Westport Santa Claus Parade 2:00 p.m.

Lighting of the Christmas Tree – In front of the Museum at 5:00 p.m. with hot cider served.

You are invited to enjoy the sights and sounds of Delta’s “Celebrating the Season”

Saturdays:

November 21 & 28, December 5, 12, and 19

Celebrating the Season 2015

Bundle up for an evening stroll, or wagon ride around the Park to see the trees and buildings all magically lit with over 80,000 lights!

Christmas carols will be playing throughout the park with various festive displays being lit for your pleasure.

Free wagon rides will be available throughout the park on half hour intervals between the hours of 5:00 p.m. and 8:30 p.m. Wagon rides will ONLY be available from the Fair Grounds at 110 Mill Creek Drive, Delta

People are encouraged to walk throughout the park to view the sites. Pedestrian parking is available from the Village Boat Launch which is located on the park entrance road.

Stop by Santa’s workshop (Cottage #1) for a visit and leave your letter for Santa. Please bring your own camera for a photo opportunity with Mr. & Mrs. Claus.

Hot Chocolate and Willard’s Donuts will be provided at Cottage #2.

Meals will be available each evening at the United Church starting at 4:00 p.m. Handicapped accessible parking will be available on Church Street.

2015 Celebrations:

Date Meals at the United Church Time Price per person
Saturday, November 21 Chilli and Biscuits 4 to 7 pm $11
Saturday, November 28 Spaghetti Dinner 4 to 7 pm $11
Saturday, December 5 Shepherd’s Pie 4 to 7 pm $11
Saturday, December 12* Chicken Stew and Biscuits 4 to 7 pm $11
Saturday, December 19* Turkey Dinner 4, 5, 6 and 7 pm $17

* Reservations are required for the 12th and 19th
by calling Pat at 613-928-2712 or emailing harymary@ripnet.com

Guided tours of the Old Stone Mill will be available at 5:00 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.

Public Washrooms at the Old Town Hall Building will be open between 5:00 p.m. and 8:30 p.m.

For more information, click here: lblp-christmas-2015

Come out and enjoy two great black and white ole’ movies. B movies with surprises and fun for the whole family.

Free!

Light Refreshments!

When: 10-29-2015 6:20 PM

Where: Lions Beach House

Another solid lineup of musical entertainment and a NEW Fall/Winter
Menu for the month of October at The Cove! So excited to have some of these
artists back whom we haven’t seen in a while! Call us anytime for
reservations and see you soon!

Chek out the Octover events’ poster here: October2015Calendar TheCove

Every Wednesday The Return of WINGS ‘N TUNES with Shawn McCullough
(Westport, Country/Rock Guitar) Enjoy a Pound of Wings and Fries for $10!
Acoustic Guitar Giveaway Contest when you perform on stage! Guitar Donated
by Renaissance Music of Kingston! Draw on Wed.Dec.16, the last Wings ‘n
Tunes of 2015. www.reverbnation.com/shawnmccullough 6-9pm
<http://www.reverbnation.com/shawnmccullough6-9pm> (…note the time change)

Thu.Oct.1 JAZZ NIGHT with Spencer Evans Trio feat. Seamus Cowan and Rob
Radford (Westport/Kingston) 9-11pm $5

Fri.Oct.2 MORGAN DAVIS (Country Blues, Nova Scotia) Master of Traditional
Country Blues with a Humorous Angle! Former David Wilcox band member, JUNO
and Maple Blues Award Winner. Reservations Suggested www.morgandavis.com
7-10pm $10

Sat.Oct.3 HEAD OVER HEELS (The Cove’ Favourite Vocal/Guitar Duo, Gananoque)
www.kevinheadmusic.com 6-9pm

Sun.Oct.4 BOB BURTCH BLUEGRASS BAND (Cornwall/Seeley’s Bay) Featuring
members of The Abrams Brothers, Blue Mule and Top Shelf. The best in High
and Lonesome Bluegrass! 1-4pm $10

Thu.Oct.8 LAST JAZZ NIGHT (Friends of the Arena Fundraiser) with Spencer
Evans Trio feat. Seamus Cowan and Rob Radford (Westport/Kingston) 9-11pm $5

Fri.Oct.9 JEFF CALLERY (Brockville, Country/Folk)
www.reverbnation.com/jeffcallery 7-11pm

Sat.Oct. 10 THE ROCKABILLY RIOT (Westport/Kingston) An extremely Rockin’
party with all of the Rockabilly hits of the 50’s! Featuring Westport’s
Marty Crapper. www.buddyholly.ca 7-11pm Buffet & Show $35

Sun.Oct.11 THANKSGIVING BUFFET including Maple Glazed Ham, Turkey, all of
the trimmings and Pumpkin Pie! $25 5-8pm

Fri.Oct.16 OKTOBERFEST with TURPIN’S TRAIL (East Coast Folk/Celtic,
Kingston) The best in East Coast music! Formerly known as the Extremely
Popular Crooked Wood! Reservations Required! 6:30-10:30pm $10

Sat.Oct.17 JOHN WILBERFORCE (Folk/Rock, Kemptville) 6-9pm

Fri.Oct.23 Blues on the Rideau Presents: DAVID VEST & THE WILLING VICTIMS
(Blues, Alabama/Victoria) Boogie-woogie piano as good as it gets! 2X Maple
Blues Award Winner. Members of Downchild. 7-11pm Buffet, Show + Donation to
Local Charity (Rideau District Museum)

Fri.Oct.30 LONG SAULT TRIO (Folk/Jazz, Lanark) Local Blue Skies trio
featuring Sax, Accordion and other gems of instruments…7-10pm

Sat.Oct.31 HEAD OVER HEELS (The Cove’ Favourite Vocal/Guitar Duo,
Gananoque) www.kevinheadmusic.com 6-9pm

For all of you wine lovers on this list, we have a Wine Dinner planned for
Tue.Nov.10!

PHOTOS & COMMENTS from attendees at first BOTR Show of the season

last night at THE COVE INN, Westport ON with

ROBIN BANK$ & THE MEMPHIS BROTHERS

Robin Banks – vocals
Papa John King – guitar
Dennis Pinhorn – bass
Bucky Berger – drums

“Beautiful venue to listen and enjoy. Robin Banks is a superb performer!
Loretta Fleming

“The Memphis Brothers are fabulous and Robin Banks was awesome but I do miss Danny Brooks 🙁 10 out of 10 for everything”
Connie Garvey, Peterborough
<We’ll try and get Danny Brooks back next year Connie once he gets his U.S. Immigration papers sorted out>

“Our Staycation venue once a month. We’ve been coming to BOTR now for 10 years. 10 out of 10 for everything – as usual”
Heather Britton, Nepean

“We were booked for the show but had a medical emergency at the last minute. Called to cancel then found that we would be able to come. We were too late for the buffet when we arrived but the kind staff at The Cove put a wonderful plate together for us. Thank you to everyone at The Cove. 10 out of 10 for everything!”
Elaine Bill, Kanata

$440 was raised for Westport In Bloom from this show

We hope to see you all at the NEXT BOTR SHOW October 23 with 2X Maple Blues Award winner for Best Keyboardist – Alabama born boogie-woogie piano man
DAVID VEST www.davidvest.ca
coming in from Victoria BC along with his band THE WILLING VICTIMS (includes 2 members from the legendary Downchild Blues Band). They blew the doors off the place on his last visit. I’m sure they will again!

Dinner & Show only $65. Advance reservations required.
Call 1-888-COVEINN or 613-273-3636
Proceeds to the Rideau District Museum.

2015/16 SEASON LINE-UP

* Visit www.BluesOnTheRideau.ca for more details on the bands including photos, LINKS to their websites, Facebook pages and You Tube videos

BLUES ON THE RIDEAU is produced by Choose The Blues Productions www.choosetheblues.ca in cooperation with
The Cove Inn, Westport www.coveinn.com

Sponsored by
Dan Aykroyd Wines www.danaykroydwines.com
Perth Brewery www.perthbrewery.ca
101.9 DAWG FM Ottawa www.dawgfm.com and
LAKE 88.1 Perth/Rideau Lakes www.lake88.ca

Thanksgiving Day in Canada is on 12th October 2015.

Thanksgiving Day in Canada has been a holiday on the second Monday of October since 1957. It is a chance for people to give thanks for a good harvest and other fortunes in the past year.

Many people have a day off work on the second Monday of October. They often use the three-day Thanksgiving weekend to visit family or friends who live far away, or to receive them in their own homes. Many people also prepare a special meal to eat at some point during the long weekend. Traditionally, this included roast turkey and seasonal produce, such as pumpkin, corn ears and pecan nuts. Now, the meal may consist of other foods, particularly if the family is of non-European descent.

The Thanksgiving weekend is also a popular time to take a short autumn vacation. This may be the last chance in a while for some people to use cottages or holiday homes before winter sets in. Other popular activities include: outdoor breaks to admire the spectacular colors of the Canadian autumn; hiking; and fishing. Fans of the teams in the Canadian Football League may spend part of the weekend watching the Thanksgiving Day Classic matches.

The native peoples of the Americas held ceremonies and festivals to celebrate the completion and bounty of the harvest long before European explorers and settlers arrived in what is now Canada. Early European thanksgivings were held to give thanks for some special fortune. An early example is the ceremony the explorer Martin Frobisher held in 1578 after he had survived the long journey in his quest to find a northern passage from Europe to Asia.

From the end of the First World War until 1930, both Armistice Day and Thanksgiving Day were celebrated on the Monday closest to November 11, the anniversary of the official end of hostilities in World War I. In 1931, Armistice Day was renamed Remembrance Day and Thanksgiving Day was moved to a Monday in October. Since 1957, Thanksgiving Day has always been held on the second Monday in October.

Thanksgiving Day in Canada is linked to the European tradition of harvest festivals. A common image seen at this time of year is a cornucopia, or horn, filled with seasonal fruit and vegetables. The cornucopia, which means “Horn of Plenty” in Latin, was a symbol of bounty and plenty in ancient Greece. Turkeys, pumpkins, ears of corn and large displays of food are also used to symbolize Thanksgiving Day.

Halloween in 2015 is Saturday, October 31

It is a day to mark the single night in the year when, according to old Celtic beliefs, spirits and the dead can cross over into the world of the living. Some people hold parties and children may trick-or-treat in their neighborhood.

Some people put a lot of effort into decorating their homes, yards and drives. They may even construct life-size replica graveyards or dungeons and invite people from the neighborhood to view their creations or hold a themed party. Other people may organize fancy dress parties for adults or children. Popular activities at parties include watching horror films and trying to make fellow guests jump in fright.

Many children go out to play trick-or-treat. They dress up as ghosts, witches, skeletons or other characters and visit homes in their neighborhood. They ring doorbells and, when someone answers, they call out “trick-or-treat”. This means that they hope to receive a gift of candy or other snacks and that they are threatening to play a trick if they do not get anything. Usually, they receive a treat and tricks are rarely carried out.

There are special types of food associated with Halloween. These include candies in packets decorated with symbols of Halloween, toffee apples made by coating real apples with a boiled sugar solution, roasted corn, popcorn and pumpkin pie or bread. Halloween beer, which is made by adding pumpkin and spices to the mash before fermenting it, is also available in specialist stores.

Children also take part in a long-standing Canadian tradition of “Trick-or-Treat for Unicef”. Pumpkin-carving contests, pumpkin art tours, a reading marathon, and symbolic Walks for Water are just a few examples of the educational and fundraising activities schools and children develop to help provide thousands of children developing countries with basic quality education.

October 31 is not a public holiday. Schools, organizations, businesses, stores and post offices are open as usual. Some organizations may arrange Halloween parties, but these do not usually disrupt normal affairs. Public transport services run on their regular timetables. If people are driving around the neighborhood in the late afternoon or evening, it is important to be particularly aware of children, especially those wearing dark costumes, who may be unfamiliar with traffic conditions.

Halloween has Celtic origins. In pre-Christian times, many people believed that spirits from the underworld and ghosts of dead people could visit the world of the living on the night of October 31. These spirits could harm the living or take them back to the underworld. To avoid this, people started dressing up as ghosts and spirits if they left their homes on October 31. They hoped that this would confuse the ghosts and spirits.

The Delta Mill Society
2015 BREAD BAKING CONTEST
Saturday, October 3, 2015

Mark October 3 on your calendar and come to Delta and enjoy the first annual Delta Harvest Festival. There will be lots of things going on – fun for the whole family starting with a Harvest Breakfast at 8:00 am.

A contest using Old Stone Mill Red Fife or Rye flour to see who can produce the best loaf of bread in several categories. Entries will be judged at our First Annual Delta Harvest Festival on October 3 – the winner’s names will go down in Delta history!!

Bread Baking Contest:

10 Categories: B1 to B5 are adult categories and J1 to J5 are junior categories for youth 15 years of age or under.

All loaves must use some portion of Old Stone Mill (OSM) Flour (see categories)

Prizes: 1st, 2nd, 3rd place for each category. Loaves will be judged on appearance, texture and taste.

Category B1/J1 – Whole Wheat (using 100% OSM Whole Wheat flour) – any method, free form or pan.

Category B2/J2 – Whole Wheat (minimum 60% OSM Whole Wheat flour) – hand made*, baked in a pan.

Category B3/J3 – Whole Wheat (minimum 60% OSM Whole Wheat flour) – bread machine.

Category B4/J4 – Rye (minimum 40% OSM Rye flour) – hand made*, free form or pan.

Category B5/J5 – Artisan, any kind (minimum 50% OSM flour) – hand made*, free form loaf.

* A stand mixer with a dough hook may be used to mix and knead the dough.

Rules:

Old Stone Mill Flour must be used (as specified for each category) – cost is $5 per bag if the flour is to be used for the contest. The flour can be purchased at the Mill or contact 613-928-2584 to arrange for a pick-up.

The empty Old Stone Mill Flour bag must accompany the bread.

Entry must be a full loaf wrapped in plastic.

The full recipe used must accompany the bread. Winners agree that The Delta Mill Society may publish their recipe (website, newsletter, etc.). Recipe credit will of course be given to the baker.

Please bring your bread to the Old Town Hall before 10 a.m. on Sat. Oct. 3rd. Judging will start at 10:00 am.

Contest is open to everyone other than those tasting and judging.

Enter any or all of the Categories – please fill out a separate entry form for each loaf.

For more info please contact cathy.livingston@sympatico.ca or call 613-928-2796.

Thanksgiving Weekend Annual Westport Area Fall Colours Studio Tour

October 10th to 12th, 2015 (Sat, Sun & Mon)

from 10 am – 5 pm

8 Distinctive Studios and 33 Outstanding Artists!

Our local artists welcome you to their studios, where you will discover an exciting and eclectic range of juried, quality original work. Indulge in fall’s brilliant colours as you tour from studio to studio. Use our map to choose your own starting point and watch for the signs.

For more information contact Loretta Moore 613 273 8347 hookedonthelake@kingston.net or visit our new website www.westportstudiotours.ca