Sally’s View of the River

Get into Gear for the 2nd Annual Cycling Festival for Haliburton County!

We would like to invite you to participate in Shifting Gears: Haliburton’s Celebration of Cycling (week of June 18th- 23rd) and Festival, Saturday, June 23rd, 2007 - Head Lake Park, Haliburton.

The Haliburton Highlands Cycling Coalition (HHCC) has been working hard to increase the profile of cycling through out the County and to promote cycling as an activity that is fun, accessible and safe for people of all abilities and ages.

Some of the planned activities for the Celebration of Cycling include:
-Record Setting Mass Ride of Cyclists (Haliburton Village, Saturday morning, June 23rd)
-Saturday morning self guided rides leaving from Head Lake Park, returning for music and lunch in the park.
-Film night
-Bike to Work and School Day
-Summer Solstice Ride

We encourage you to take advantage of this opportunity to show how significant an activity cycling is in our community. The more cyclists that are visible through out the festivities, the more strength we have to demonstrate the demand for improvements to make our County more cycle-friendly.

Stay tuned…and look for more information about the Festival in the coming months.

Haliburton Highlands Cycling Coalition
For more information, contact the Health Unit at 457-1391

Will you be travelling to Haliburton Highlands Ontario to participate in this event? Come stay with us at the Sunny Rock Bed & Breakfast, 1-888-786-6976

Rails End Gallery and Arts Centre, in the Haliburton Ontario presents: Jane Selbie: March 31 – April 28 , 2007

at the Rails End Gallery and Arts Centre, York Street, Haliburton, Ontario

Ticket Room Gallery: A showcase for members of Rails End Gallery & Arts Centre.

Jane Selbie March 31 – April 28, 2007

Contact: Laurie Jones and Daniela Pagliaro Tel: 705-457-2330
Email: hhgfa.railsend@on.aibn.com, www.railsendgallery.com

Travelling to the Haliburton Highlands Ontario to take in this experience? Please contact Sally at the Sunny Rock Bed and Breakfast for your accommodation needs. 1-888-786-6976

Haliburton Highland’s Ontario Community Drumming and Rhythm Circle: Wednesday evenings, 7:30—9:00 pm

Location: Rails End Gallery York Street, Haliburton, Ontario
Community Drumming and Rhythm Circle with Barry ‘BAZZA’ Hayward

No Hand Drumming Experience Necessary! (a limited number of instruments available)

Bring any hand-drums or percussion instruments you have

Experience RHYTHMANIA—Create community, shed inhibitions, release your passion, and celebrate life through rhythm. An all ages, accessible, family-friendly event.

Admission by $5 donation (Pay What You Can/PWYC policy in place)

For information contact Bazza at 705-754-4910 or hayward6@sympatico.ca

Travelling to the Haliburton Highlands Ontario to take in this experience? Please contact Sally at the Sunny Rock Bed and Breakfast for your accommodation needs. 1-888-786-6976

Wintergreen Maple Syrup and Pancake Barn (located on Gelert Road in the Haliburton Highlands Ontario) sells beautiful hand-turned bowls, vases and urns made from a variety of woods selected from their own forest. Tom Dawson, a retired school teacher, personally hand crafts the wood bowls. Each bowl is turned green and air dried to produce family heirlooms, made to last for generations. Custom order accepted. For more information call Tom or Diane Dawson 705-286-3202 or plan on visiting their show room.

The show room is located at the Wintergreen Maple Syrup and Pancake Barn open on sporadic weekends through out the year starting at the School March Break right to Labour Day.

To check their weekend hours of operation call Tom or Diane Dawson.(telephone 705-286-3202) or call us at the Sunny Rock Bed & Breakfast. Wintergreen is an easy 2.5 km walk from our door down the Gelert Road. We, from time to time offer our guests a breakfast meal at Wintergreen and while there, or on your own, you can check out Tom’s Wood Bowls and tell them Sunny Rock Sally sent you. Sally

Open Stage in Carnarvon in the Haliburton Highlands at the Hair Lounge: 2nd Saturday of every Month

The Hair Lounge, Carnarvon, HWY 118 just east of HWY 35

Come and just listen or perform. All ages are welcome. The music starts at 8:00pm.

markchristiano@rogers.com

Travelling to the Haliburton Highlands Ontario to take in this experience? Please contact Sally at the Sunny Rock Bed and Breakfast for your accommodation needs. 1-888-786-6976

Open Mike in Minden in the Haliburton Highlands at the Dominion Hotel

The Dominion Hotel, Minden, Main Street, last Saturday of each month starting at 8PM;

Travelling to the Haliburton Highlands Ontario to take in this experience? Please contact Sally at the Sunny Rock Bed and Breakfast for your accommodation needs. 1-888-786-6976

Ticket Room Gallery: A showcase of the art of the members of Rails End Gallery & Arts Centre.

Lois Raw: Pastels February 17 – March 24

Contact: Laurie Jones and Daniela Pagliaro Tel: 705-457-2330
Email: hhgfa.railsend@on.aibn.com, www.railsendgallery.com

Travelling to the Haliburton Highlands Ontario to take in this experience? Please contact Sally at the Sunny Rock Bed and Breakfast for your accommodation needs. 1888-786-6976

Agnes Jamieson Gallery presents: Expressive Arts: Inside Out and Outside In

Agnes Jamieson Gallery, 176 Bobcaygeon Road Minden ON, March 7 – March 31

Opening Reception Saturday March 10 at 1pm

The reception will be an interactive expressive arts exercise which will encourage the audience to participate

Featuring the work of Fay Wilkinson, Dr. Brian Nichols and Marilyn Smith

Curated by Laurie Carmount

Expressive Arts is more the process of creating art and less the end result as a form of complete expression of feeling. It is more and more being incorporated into the medical field as a source of therapy. A film documentation showing the artists from this exhibition doing their expressive arts work will show continuously during the exhibition. As the process is the key to Expressive Arts, visitors are encouraged to participate in art activities and workshops offered in the gallery space. School tours will also be available with simple activities given by docents.

Thursday March 15: Expressive Arts at Work

Inside look at artists working in expressive arts documentary Produced by the A.J.G. and HMA Agnes Jamieson Gallery, Minden 6:30pm

Travelling to the Haliburton Highlands Ontario to take in this experience? Please contact Sally at the Sunny Rock Bed and Breakfast for your accommodation needs. 1-888-786-6976

Open Stage in Haliburton Village in the Haliburton Highlands Ontario

York Street Internet Café, 28 York Street, Haliburton, Saturday, February 17th, 8:00 pm

The Folk Society hosts an Open Stage, the third Saturday of every month.

The friendliest audience in the world!

York Street Internet Café at 28 York Street (just across from the Rail’s End Gallery). We encourage musicians and spoken word artists of all types and levels to play and participate! If you would like to play, please come prepared with three songs or a spoken word performance, a smile and a brave face! This is an all ages, smoke-free and alcohol-free event for musicians and music-lovers alike.

Call (705) 457-1174 or email hcfsociety@gmail.com for more details. www.haliburtonfolk.com

Be part of the audience or perform on stage. Performers sign-up upon arrival.

$2.00/person admission.

Travelling to the Haliburton Highlands Ontario to take in this experience? Please contact Sally at the Sunny Rock Bed and Breakfast for your accommodation needs. 1-888-786-6976

Legal Issues, Copyright And Contracts For Artists: March 31, 2007 will be held at Fleming College in the Haliburton Highlands, Ontario

Fleming College, Haliburton Campus, 297 College Drive, Saturday, March 31, 10:00 am to 4:30 pm

The Fleming College Workshop Leader is Susan Kushneryk (BA, LL.B.) of Torys LLP

Many artists find the legal aspects of managing their art careers to be complicated and confusing. This workshop will educate you on the benefits of using contracts in your professional dealings; an overview of artistic copyright; definitions of common legal words; legal words to avoid and tips for negotiating agreements that protect your interests. You will also learn about ways to enforce and protect your legal rights should you encounter problems, such as small claims court.

Susan Kushneryk is an associate in the Litigation Department at Torys LLP (www.torys.com). In addition to her commercial work, Susan provides general litigation and other summary legal advice to CARFAC Ontario member artists through the Visual Artists’ Legal Clinic of Ontario

Fee: $20 members of Arts Council~Haliburton Highlands and CARFAC Ontario, non-members $35.00
For more information or to register call Fleming College 705-457-3555

If you are travelling a distance and wish to participate in the event please consider staying at the Sunny Rock Bed & Breakfast 1-888-786-6976