May
26.
Ron Moores's
Back 40 Band hosts the Back 40 Stage at Rasputin's.
Guest
Ottawa area band “Gospel Grass”. At Rasputin's,
696 Bronson Avenue, Ottawa. 7:30
p.m.
Admission: $5.00 The cover charge proceeds are split between
the featured band/artist and the CKCU-FM 93.1 Funding
Drive).
Every last Thursday of the month (except in July, August and
December) Ron Moores and the Back 40 Band host the Back 40
Stage at Rasputins. The musicians of Back 40 come from both
Quebec and Ontario. Ron Moores resides in Cantley. He
regularly introduces at the Black Sheep Inn in Wakefield.
The Band broadcasts on CKCU-FM Community Radio (93.1) at
noon on Saturdays. For information call Rasputins at (613)
230-5102 or email dean.verger@rasputins.ca, or call
Ron Moores at (819) 827-0068, or email ron.moores@back40.ca
May
27-29.
Anniversary Weekend of
Shawville
Wesleyan
Standard
Church.
Celebrating the 87th year of the congregation and
the 40th year of the church building. Services
conducted by former pastors, and local people participating
in the music ministry.
Friday, May 27. Opening service
7:30 pm.
Special Guest- Rev Earl Conley.
Music Ministry - Rev Janyce Horner.
Saturday, May 28. Banquet
6:30 pm
Chicken & Beef Buffet- $15.00 (taxes incl) Bristol
Township hall. Music Ministry - “The Old Hims” from
Kingston.
Sunday, May 29.
Worship & Celebration. 10:30 am
Special Guest- Rev. Eldon Craig.
Music Ministry - Merri-Lynn Raddatz (Craig). (Lunch
following).
Sunday Afternoon service- 3 pm
Special Guest - Rev. Daryl MacPherson
Music Ministry - Mandy Armstrong (Newton).
May 27.
Lil' Andy with Andy McLelland of Cantley and Josh McConnell
of Kazabazua at the Black Sheep Inn. 9
p.m.
Montreal country roots rock.
Advanced tickets: $7.00.
All Black Sheep shows are smoke-free.
Advance tickets for all Black Sheep Inn shows at 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 be added to our "guest list" Present yourself
before show-time to help prevent delays at the cash.
May
28. The Hugh Scott Show.
At the River Club Rivière, Portage du Fort.
3
-7 pm.
Hugh Scott is a country singer from Luskville.
For information call
(819) 647-5399.
May
28. Book reading at the Wakefield Library.
Former Aylmer resident Mary Jane Maffini will read from her
murder mystery Lament for a Lounge Lizard, a story
set in a tiny riverside Quebec tourist town (she insists it
is not Wakefield). At 2 pm.
Admission
is
free.
May 30. Annual Dinner of the Gatineau Valley Historical
Society.
At 6:30 pm at the Club de golf Dunnderosa, 11, Notch Road,
Chelsea. The guest speaker will be Daniel Drolet,
long-time journalist at the Ottawa Citizen, who has been
uncovering and writing many of the untold stories in
Ottawa's 150 years.
The evening will also feature entertainment by Bobby Watt,
local traditional musician, stonemason and member of the
police pipe band.
Tickets: $25.00 per person. To purchase a ticket, call René
Nielsen at (819) 827-1845.
