Down the garden path
So much to see,
to touch, to
Be the earth below

Until December 10.  “Down the Garden Path”, exhibition by Dale Shutt, Calumet Island artist.  At Café 349, 349 Main Street, Shawville.  The works are either inspired by or actually made from the gardens, cultivated and natural, that surround the artist’s home.
Dale Shutt can be contacted at:
(819)648-2441, or e-mail her at dale.shutt@canada.com. For information about events at Café 349 call:
(819) 647-6424, or visit the website at www.cafe349.com

December 10.  Christmas Program, with the “New Covenant Players”, presented by Bristol Ridge Pentecostal Church, in Shawville.  At 7 pm. Everyone welcome.

December 11.  Rupert Annual Christmas Concert.  At 24 Shouldice Road, Rupert, 7.00 pm.   Participation invited (plays, skits, songs, dances).  Everyone is welcome. 
Non-perishable food donations accepted for needy families.  Santa will arrive later in the evening, so please bring a $10.00 (maximum) gift for your child. For information call Debbie at (819) 456-4461.

December 12.  The Ecumenical Choir of Aylmer presents a “Christmas Benefit Concert 2004” at Christ Church, 101, Symmes Street, Aylmer, at 3 pm.
Admission: Adults $10.00; Students $5.00; Children 12 and under, free.
For tickets call Valerie at (819) 684-8746, or pay at the door.
Proceeds to the St. Vincent de Paul Society.

December 12. 
Lynn Miles, singer from Aylmer.  At the Black Sheep Inn, Wakefield.  Sunday afternoon show, at 4pm.  Tuneful stories about heartache, longing and fulfillment.  Kids welcome.   Under-12s and over-75s get in free. Smoke-free atmosphere. Advance tickets $20.00, from Compact Music, 134 Bank Street, Ottawa.
Tel: (613) 233-7626 or 785 ½  Bank Street, Ottawa - Tel: (613) 233-8922, or from Ottawa Folklore Centre 1111 Bank Street, Ottawa – Tel: (613) 730-2887.
Tickets also available from the Black Sheep Inn, 753 Riverside Drive, Wakefield. 
Tel:819-459-3228.  Tickets can be reserved with a MasterCard payment by telephone
your name will then be added to our "guest list" and you should present yourself before show-time to help prevent delays at the cash.

December 12.  This Sunday the Aylmer Baptist Chorale will be sharing Christmas music with both shut-ins and convalescents at the Centre Renaissance, 445, boulevard Wilfrid Lavigne, Aylmer.  Everyone is invited to come and share Christmas blessing with the folk at the Centre and their guests.
The telephone number of Centre Renaissance is 684-1101.

December 16.  Fund-raising concert at Dr. Wilbert Keon School, Chapeau,  featuring local talent.  Further details to be announced.