I was just in the Flower Memorial Library on Tuesday(one of my favorite places on EARTH!) and I noticed that they still had quite few books left for sale. Their Bag Sale continues through this weekend.
Great Matinee Concert:
November 21 at 2:00PM: Area All-State Concert
Area All State is a NYSSMA sponsored music festival which included students from Jefferson, Lewis, St. Lawrence, Clinton, and Oswego counties. The students are selected based on their solo festival scores from last spring. This regional festival brings in noted conductors who work with the students all day on Friday with a concert on Saturday.
At Indian River Theatre of the Performing Arts
32925 US RT 11
Philadelphia, NY 13673
2:00 pm Saturday, November 21
It features High School students from Orchestras, Choruses and Bands. Tickets are $3.00 each and can be purchased at the door. For more information, contact the festival's general chairman, Charles R. Heck by emailing check@mail.ircsd.org, or by calling the high school @ 642-5127.
Check this out:
Scrapbook and Stamping Crafting Event
“Crop for a Cause”
Dates: Friday, November 20th 6pm-9pm
ALL DAY Saturday, November 21st 8am-9pm
Location: Canton First Presbyterian Church
“Church on the Park”
17 Park Street
Canton, 13617
Now is your chance to spend a day doing what you love, CRAFTING!!
Join us in making a difference in the lives of women and children in Malawi, Africa. 100% of the funds raised at this event will support the Women of Grace Widows Fund. Money raised directly assists widows in Northern Malawi with school fees, medical expenses, roofing materials, child care, fertilizers, shallow wells, legal help, and micro-loans for start up businesses. Not a scrapbooker or stamper? Come anyway and bring your special talents and crafts to work on. You deserve a day to create! To reserve a table today, contact Tiffany Zook at 714-2152 or jesbergert@rocketmail.com.
What your $15 donation includes:
8 foot table and chair for crafting.
(Bring your own craft supplies.)
Set up your supplies and get crafting Friday night from 6pm-9pm
All Day Crafting Saturday from 8am-9pm, come and go as you please.
Raffle and door prizes announced throughout the day.
Coffee and doughnuts Saturday morning.
Pack your own lunch or enjoy some dining out in downtown Canton.
Meet other crafters in the area, share ideas, memories, & laughs!
To reserve a table today, contact Tiffany Zook
714-2152 or jesbergert@rocketmail.com
Yuletide Family Weekends at Santa’s Workshop, North Pole, NY
North Pole, NY, November 11, 2009 – Santa’s Workshop Yuletide Family Weekends will take place Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays November 20th through December 20th 2009.
Yuletide Family Weekend Packages include two days of admission to Santa’s Workshop, two nights of lodging, two breakfasts and dinners, and two evenings of special entertainment and a surprise visit from St. Nick with unique gifts for the children. Special activities include caroling, magic shows, and audience participation events such as The Twelve Days of Christmas and the Great Christmas Tree Heist. Each family gets a welcome package and each child gets a special gift picked out by Santa himself. A full color photograph with Santa is also included.
Admission to Santa’s Workshop includes kid-friendly rides and activities, unique and handmade specialty shops, and a wide-range of live family entertainment. Kids can even feed live reindeer at the reindeer barn, and learn about the origins of the Christmas tradition at the Nativity Pageant.
For more information, including special event details, seasonal hours, driving directions, and information regarding lodging, weekend packages and discounts, visit our website at NorthPoleNY.com or call 1.800.806.0215.
QUIRKY AND FUN PICK OF THE WEEKEND:
Get a Head Start on Those Thanksgiving Calories!
The Philadelphia Volunteer Firemen's Auxiliary is sponsoring a one-hour Zumba® class on Saturday, November 21, beginning at 11:00AM at the Philadelphia Fire Hall located on Route 11 in Philadelphia.
Zumba® fuses high energy Latin music and easy-to-follow dance steps like salsa, hip hop, and belly dance.
Participants may register to win a spa gift basket. The cost is $5.00 per person with the proceeds benefiting the Philadelphia Volunteer Firemen's Auxiliary.
For more information, email the Philadelphia Volunteer Firemen's Auxiliary at phillyvfa@gmail.com.
Benefit Pick up the weekend:
Friends of Tonya Benefit Fund
'The List' will headline the Friends of Tonya Benefit Fundraiser at O'Brien's Restaurant and Bar on Saturday, November 21 at 2 pm.
Tonya Barnes is a 1988 graduate of the Thousand Islands Central School District and a lifelong Clayton resident. In September 2009, Tonya suffered a serious fall. Since September, Tonya has undergone several surgeries to her neck, back and hip at University Hospital in Syracuse.
The Friends of Tonya Benefit Fund is being established to raise funds to purchase a special accommodation mattress, and to defray expenses her loved ones encounter as they travel to Syracuse to provide support and assistance to Tonya. Donations will be accepted to build a ramp at her residence, as well as donations for the auction. Those willing to volunteer for the event are encouraged to contact the organizers.
The Friends of Tonya Benefit Fundraiser is scheduled to run from 2 PM to 8 PM November 21. A cover charge will include a door prize raffle. Scheduled bands include 'The List', with other musical entertainment TBA. Other events of the day include a live auction conducted by Terry Fox, a 50/50 drawing and door prizes. Also offered will be a bake sale and a Lasagna Dinner ($8.00) for eat-in or take-out.
Further Details, Donations, Volunteers / Contact:
Heather Gill - 405.3868 or ticlassof1988@yahoo.com or
Debbie Hoover 482.4274
Please help us get the word out about the following fundraiser.
The Beaver River Central School Relay for Life Team is sponsoring a Bunco Tournament on Friday, November 20, 2009 from 7:00 pm - 10:00 pm at the American Legion in Croghan. Entry fee is $15.00 per person. Prizes will be awarded for most wins (1st, 2nd, and 3rd places); most Buncos, and a booby prize! Coffee, punch, and finger foods will be provided. To register, please contact Janine Mattimore at 346-1211, Ext 505 or email Doris Boliver at dboliver@twcny.rr.com. No skill required.
Please join us for an evening of fun and fight cancer.
The Way Inn Christian Music Center located at Pleasant Meadows Baptist Church will have two concerts for Nov on the 21 we will have back Lea Teachout and the Misfits from Sandy Creek area Bluegrass Gospel piano ,violin, upright bass, guitar. All concerts are on freewill offering basis so come and enjoy this evening with folks in Northern N.Y. on the 28th of Nov we will once again have a musician night bring a instrument and join us with some of the best music this side of heaven starting at 7:00pm. we usually play gospel favorites that many have heard as they have grown up in this area usually listening to the radio .
Military Appreciation Weekend at The Lake Ontario Playhouse
Come Laugh for Your Country
This Friday and Saturday, Nov. 20 & 21 is military appreciation weekend at the Lake Ontario Playhouse!
ALL MILITARY GET IN FOR $6 (half the regular price)!
Just show Military ID.
This weekend's comedian are:
Don Rease - Back by popular demand and hilarious!
Looking like the illegitimate son of Uncle Fester and G.Gordon Liddy, Don's been featured on all sorts of national TV including A&E and COMEDY CENTRAL! He headlines at comedy clubs and colleges all across the country. Don't miss this act!
with Mike Stankiewicz
Dry, sarcastic wit.
Featured on Comedy Central! A regular headliner at comedy clubs and colleges across the Country!
TWO HEADLINERS THIS WEEKEND AT THE PLAYHOUSE for MILITARY APPRECIATION WEEKEND. SHOW YOUR ACTIVE MILITARY ID and get in for $6 PP.
MORE COMEDY ALL YEARL LONG!
Lake Ontario Playhouse, 103 W. Main St., Sackets Harbor, NY 13685
(315) 646-2305
www.playhousecomedy.com
