Pontiac Community Events

Heritage College, in conjunction with the Pontiac School of the Arts (PSOTA) is offering art courses in Portage du Fort, on PSOTA's premises (Old St. James' School).October 14 and 15.
1. Cartooning and Caricature with Kate Aley (register with Heritage College).
2. Drawing for Beginners with Ruby Ewen (register with PSOTA).
3. Expressing Your Environment with Raymond Sander-Regier and Robin Stone (register with PSOTA)
November 4 and 5
1. Becoming a Freelance Writer with Katharine Fletcher (register with Heritage College).
2. Introduction to Nature Writing with Robin Stone (register with PSOTA).
For more information visit PSOTA's website:  www.pontiacschoolofthearts.com
Lowell Montague, musician from Venosta in the Gatineau Hills, is hoping to find a museum that will accept, restore and display the Pratt Transpositor Organ, originally from in St. Alphonsus Roman Catholic Church in Chapeau.  He acquired the organ in 2004 and it is currently stored in a garage behind the Ottawa Folklore Centre on Bank Street.  Montague points out that only four or five such organs were ever made.  This one was the first one to be placed in St. Alphonsus Church.

September 30 and October 1.  The Pontiac Artists' Association presents DAM ART I, a weekend of art events in Portage du Fort.
1. Dam Art du Barrage.  Pontiac Artists' Association exhibition and sale of new works.  Vernissage: Friday, September 29, 7.00-9.00 pm.
Exhibition: Saturday, September 30 and Sunday, October 1, 10.00 am. - 5.00 pm., at the Stone School, Mill Street, Portage du Fort
2. History Talks with Anna Babinska.  A presentation of Pontiac's architectural heritage: Saturday, September 30, at 2.00 pm., at the Stone School, Portage du Fort.
3. Art in the Park.  Free art fun for all ages - demonstrations and 'hands on' activities: Sunday, October 1, 1.00-5.00 pm., at Parc Brosseau, Portage du Fort.
For information call 819-648-2441, or visit the website at www.pontiacartistsassociation.com

September 23. Fundraiser concert featuring “Bill White and White Pine”.  At St. James’s Anglican Church, at Otter Lake, at 7.30 pm.Tickets: $15.00. For tickets call Joan Zimmerling at 819-453-7898, or Rev. John Stopa, at 819-648-2949.Everybody is welcome.

September 25.  Hymn Sing sponsored by the Radford Hospital Auxiliary. At Pontiac High School in Shawville,at 7.30 pm.Admission: $5.00. Light refreshments.Everybody welcome

News of the Mick Armitage Band's visit to Ireland.  On October 12 the Band will be at the West Wicklow Pub in Blessington, and on October 13 at the Gardenia Pub in Brittas.For information call 613-226-9178, and visit the website www.mickarmitageband.com and join the Band on this adventure.

September 29 and 30 and October 1.  Oktoberfest Ladysmith 2006.
Gates open at 5.00 pm on Friday, September 29.  Opening Ceremonies at 8.00 pm, including Welcome by the President, Lorraine Bretzlaff Cluff.
Entertainment:
September 29.  From the Country, Bonnie, Jim & The Plager Family. The Posse, 9.00 pm. - 1.00 am.
September 30.  A Touch of Class, in the dining hall, from Noon to 5.00 pm. Louis Schryer and Friends, Noon to 4.00 pm. Howard Hayes & Gail Gavan, 5.00-8.00 pm. Desert Heat, 9.00 pm. - 1.00 am.
October Parade with Renfrew Pipes and Drums, at Noon. A Touch of Class, in the dining hall, 1.00-4.00 pm. Euro Connection, 1.00-5.00 pm. In the intermission: The Maple Leaf-Almrausch Dancers.
Note that the Oktoberfest Dancers will perform on Saturday and Sunday.
Other events include the Four-Wheel Bike Pull, the 4x4 Truck and Modified Tractor Pull, the Outhouse Race, the Horse Draw, the Giant Pumpkin and Vegetables competition and the Pumpkin Show for children 12 and under.
Admission:Daily pass - $8.00. Weekend pass - $20.00 (available up to and including Friday evening).For information call 819-647-5306 or e-mail to info@ladysmithoktoberfest.ca.
Visit the website at www.ladysmithoktoberfest.ca/events.htm

September 15.  CD release party for the group Harmonic Distortion, with Cameron Morrison, Pat Latreille, Mitchell Chevrier and Adrienne Plouffe.  The show will also feature Nefarious Souls, In Safe Hands and special guests.At the R.A. Hall in Shawville, at 6.30 pm.Admission: $3.00.Harmonic Distortion’s CD will be on sale at $10.

David Yeatman, an Aylmer-based artist who specializes in large murals, has painted a 12 x 24 foot mural depicting the history of the Municipality of Mansfield.  Formally unveiled by the municipal council, the mural carries the words "Bienvenue ŕ Mansfield-Pontefract", beneath which appear theme elements such as the former water tower, the Chutes Coulonge, white water rafting, hunting, log-driving, numerous churches, the Bryson House, the covered Marchand Bridge and the Fort Coulonge Comets hockey team of the sixties.  The mural will serve as a welcoming and farewell sign to visitors entering and leaving Mansfield.  Mayor Richard Romain hopes that it will be the starting point for a community park to be built at the site, located at the point where Highway 148 meets Herault Street.