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Heritage Music Festival delights crowds all weekend By Michelle Janzen From Thursday evening when the Leahys stepped on stage until the Church Service on Sunday, there was not a dull moment this past weekend at the new Heritage Music Festival. This year the weather was fantastic, which always helps to bring out the crowds, and there sure were crowds at the Jim Cuddy Band performance on Friday evening. Jim Cuddy took to the stage at 8 p.m. and played for just over an hour. Then he came back on for several encore songs. Early in the evening Cuddy's violinist had the crowd jumping up to cheers after an outstanding solo performance and from that point on there were crowds at the front dancing to Cuddy's smooth voice, which was fantastically on point for the entire evening. One of the crowd favorites, which was played during his encore was the ever popular Blue Rodeo song Try to which you could hear then entire crowd singing along with him. Saturday's parade saw smaller-than-usual crowds, as well as participants. However, it still had plenty of candy being handed out for the small children that lined the streets to watch. The parade stated with a minute of silence at the park before they precession began, then again a minute of silence was observed when the parade got to Main Street to honour Natasha Paterson who tragically lost her life while getting ready to ride her horse in last year's parade. The Open Air Market put on by the Shelburne BIA stretched north along William Street and west along First Street. There were plenty of vendors set up selling their various handmade arts, crafts, jewellery, sunglasses as well as some home-based business such as Thirty One, and Avon. As usual, there were some really great food vendors serving up their specialties to the crowds. The Legion was a hub of activity all weekend long with their BBQs, breakfasts and entertainment. Saturday night's performance by the Campfire Poets was stellar, as usual, and had the crowds on the dance floor until 1.30 a.m. The actual Canadian Open Old Time Fiddle Championship saw contestants in attendance from all over Ontario, as well as those who travelled from Quebec, Ohio, New Brunswick, Illinois and Alaska with the youngest contestant, Meadhbh Leacy traveling all the way from Naas, Ireland. The results for the 2016 Canadian Open Fiddle Championship, presented by the Rotary Club of Shelburne are as follows: Championship (Open) 1 Dufferin Mutual Insurance Company Award & Town of Shelburne Portrait $1,500 Greg Henry, Corunna, ON 2 The Bob Scott Memorial Trophy & Award $1,000 Celine Murray, Dorchester, ON 3 Rotary Club of Shelburne Trophy & The Dufferin Windows Award $750 Andrew Dawydchak, Etobicoke, ON 4 Dave Besley Royal LePage Realty Award $500 Terri Croft, Sault Ste. Marie, ON 5 Gladys and Harold McGhee Memorial Award $300 Paul Lemlin, Van Therese, ON 6 Rotary Club of Shelburne Award $200 Ashley Giles, Kitchener, ON Canadian Tune of Choice Rotary Club of Shelburne Trophy & Dave Besley Royal LePage Realty Award $500 Greg Henry, Corunna, ON Duet 1 Rotary Club of Shelburne Trophy & Tupling Farms Award $300 Andrew and Diana Dawydchak, Etobicoke, ON 2 Rotary Club of Shelburne Trophy & Tupling Farms Award $200 Emma and Will March, Pembroke, ON 3 Rotary Club of Shelburne Trophy & D & C Rutledge Award $100 Charlotte Clare and Maria Peppler Gospel 1 Rev. Bruce Besley Memorial Trophy & Shelburne Kinsmen Award $300 Andrew and Diana Dawydchak, Etobicoke, ON Canadian Open Junior Championship 18 Years and Under 1 Canadian Open Old Time Junior Championship Ray Hardick Memorial Trophy & Rotary Club of Shelburne Award $500 Diana Dawydchak, Etobicoke, ON 2 Ray Hardick Memorial Trophy & The Ostic Group Award $400 Emma March, Pembroke, ON 3 Ray Hardick Memorial Trophy & Foodland Award $300 Amanda MacInnis, Dundalk, ON 4 Rotary Club of Shelburne Award $200 Joelle Crigger, Toronto, ON 5 Shelburne Primary Eye Care Award $100 Maggie Whitaker, Fairbanks, Alaska 6 Rotary Club of Shelburne Award $50 Will March, Pembroke, ON 19-55 1 Rotary Club of Shelburne Trophy & Rotary Club of Shelburne Award $300 Kendra Norris, Kitchener, ON 2 Holmes Agro Award $200 Kyle Waymouth, Stratford, ON 3 Rotary Club of Shelburne Award $100 Sabrina Rankin, Sarnia, ON 10 - 12 1 Bill & Marg Dougherty Trophy & Lions Club Award $300 Lucas Candelino, Barrie, ON 2 Rotary Club of Shelburne Trophy & Dr. Glen Asaph Award $200 Sara Nelson, Lower Coverdale, NB 3 Rotary Club of Shelburne Trophy & Murray and Dorothy Morrison Memorial Award $100 Kelly Guy, Stratford, ON 4 Bill and Marg Dougherty Award $50 Noah Schieck, Moorefield, ON 5 Dr. Glen Asaph Award $50 Mary Sabourin, Wingham, ON All Contestants Marion Waite Memorial Award $25 9 Years & Under 1 Royal Canadian Legion Trophy (Branch 220) & Award $150 Bennett Van Barr, Kinburn, ON 2 Royal Canadian Legion Trophy (Branch 220) & Award $100 James Nelson, Lower Coverdale, NB 3 Royal Canadian Legion Trophy (Branch 220) & Award $75 Maedhbh Leacy, Naas, Ireland All Contestants Marion Waite Memorial Award $25 Youngest Competitor Fred McDougall Memorial Plaque Maedhbh Leacy, Naas, Ireland and James Nelson, Lower Coverdale, NB 56 Years & Over 1 McDowell Memorial Trophy & Crewson Insurance Award $300 Webb Acheson, Innisfil, ON 2 Rotary Club of Shelburne Trophy & Maple Lodge Farm Award $200 Real Levesque, Burlington, ON 3 Bristol & Ivy Barber Memorial Trophy & Rotary Club of Shelburne Award $100 Bruce Armitage, Quyon, Quebec Oldest Contestant Albert Mews Memorial Trophy Webb Acheson, Innisfil, ON Best Fiddler from Dufferin County Shelburne Primary Eye Care $100 Maria Peppler, Orangeville, ON Congratulations to all of those involved in making the New Heritage Festival such a successful weekend, and we can't wait to see what you have in store for next year! |
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