October 17.  Frederic Kwasi Dunyo and Kathy Armstrong’s Baobab Tree Drum and Dance Community.  At the Black Sheep Inn, Wakefield.  4 pm.

A master drummer who originates from Ghana, playing with an organization he helped to found, and whose mission is to promote knowledge and experience of the African tradition of drumming as an activity involving the whole community, and to strengthen links with the village of Dagbamete in Ghano, where Frederic Kwasi Dunyo was raised.  Baobab Tree has roots in Wakefield, Chelsea and Ottawa.   Its adult group Akpokli was founded by Kathy Armstrong and Rory Magill, under the direction of Frederic Kwasi Dunyo, in 1995, and made its debut at the Black Sheep Inn in that year.  Both Akpokli and the Baobab Tree Youth Performers will be on stage on October 17, and their performance will be taped for CBC-TV.  A show for all ages. 

Advanced sale of tickets at Compact Music, Bank and Third or Bank and Slater, Ottawa.  Telephone: (613) 233-8922.  Or contact the Ottawa Folklore Centre, 1111 Bank Street, Ottawa.  Telephone: (613) 730-2887.  Drop by at the Black Sheep Inn, or call us at:
(819) 459-3228, and reserve tickets at $10.00 (Master Card only). Students and teens: half-price.  Kids under 12 and 75 or over come in free. 

October 18. History.  “Recollections of growing up in Ottawa’s LeBreton Flats. “  The Gatineau Valley Historical Society continues its 2004-05 monthly speakers series with a talk by Pierre Charlebois. 
Mr. Charlebois will speak of his own personal memories and of the transformation of the Flats over the past forty years.  At the Chelsea Community Centre.  7.30 pm.  Refreshments will be served.  Everybody welcome!