Grand Bend, Ontario community newspaper and entertainment events guide. Also serves Zurich, Dashwood, Port Franks, Exeter, Parkhill. Casey Lessard photos.
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I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change Book & Lyrics by Joe DiPietro, Music by Jimmy Roberts Performed by Mairi Babb, Kristin Galer, Michael Lomenda, Mark Weatherley Directed by Marc Richard Drayton Entertainment Production Playhouse II, Grand Bend July 16 to August 30, 2008 Live! On Stage! By Mary Alderson Like Separate Beds, (now playing [...]
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels Book by Jeffrey Lane Music and Lyrics by David Yazbek Performed by Brian McKay, Stephen Patterson & Company Directed by Alex Mustakas Drayton Entertainment Production Huron Country Playhouse, Grand Bend July 16 to August 9, 2008 Live! On Stage! Review by Mary Alderson I used to wonder what the “B” stood for [...]
All’s Well That Ends Well By William Shakespeare Performed by Juan Chioran, Brian Dennehy, Martha Henry, Jeff Lillico, Stephen Ouimette, Tom Rooney, Daniela Vlaskalic and company Directed by Marti Maraden Stratford Shakespeare Festival Production Festival Theatre, Stratford June 19 to August 23, 2008 Live! On Stage! Review By Mary Alderson The title of All’s Well [...]
View from the Strip By Casey Lessard Today, we remember the deaths of Bill and Helene Regier in their home one year ago. Our thoughts are with the family and friends of these community leaders, who are dearly missed. When we asked one of the Regiers’ sons what we should do for the one-year anniversary, [...]
View from the Strip By Casey Lessard No one can deny the fact that the arts are an important part of our community. All you have to do is look at this issue of the Grand Bend Strip to see the creativity of the people who live in our community. From musicians to actors, dancers [...]
By Casey Lessard Bob Putherbough of the Grand Bend and Area Horticultural Society wrote us to tell us of the Home & Garden Tour’s outstanding success, which far exceeded anyone’s expectations. “We had about 950 people,” he told the Strip. “We thought if we got up to 300, it would be fantastic. “We had to [...]
Local musician and music teacher Pedro Quintana was raised in Cuba and moved to Grand Bend after meeting his wife, Marcy Walker, at the resort where he played piano. “I came down the elevator and heard this fantastic music in the lobby of the hotel,” Walker says, recalling their first meeting. “My friend and I [...]
Story and photos by Casey Lessard “We’ve been talking about it for ten years,” Grand Bend artist Teresa Marie says of the newly launched Grand Bend Art Centre. “I just got tired of listening to my own voice.” The centre, housed in the same building as the River Road Gallery and the new Sunset Arts [...]
Every Friday at noon, Jimmy Henry and Craig Coltman meet for lunch at the Pine View Trailer Park clubhouse to have lunch and watch a movie. This is not your typical movie afternoon; Henry is an old-time radio and theatre actor whose memory for movie lines is as impressive for a 78-year-old as it would [...]
Advice from Mom By Rita Lessard You really have to pay attention to labels and commercials. Sometimes they don’t make a heck of a lot of sense. I’ve been told, if you can’t pronounce the ingredients, the product more than likely isn’t good for you. I get a kick out of some of the drug [...]
Keeping the Peace By Tom Lessard During the years I worked (mostly part-time) as a waiter and bartender at the Club Albatross in Huron Park, there always seemed be someone ready to cause some kind of annoyance. I recall one night I was working along when two men and a woman came in, sat down [...]
Ask your kids if they would like to spend time this summer with other area kids, taking day trips and playing outside, and they’ll likely agree that the Grand Bend Youth Centre is a good place to spend the summer. Here’s what’s coming up this summer at the centre. Tuesday, July 15 to 17 Animal [...]
Story by Casey Lessard Photo by Gary Moon If ticket sales in St. Jacobs are any indication, you should likely get your tickets for Dirty Rotten Scoundrels once you’ve read this. “It’s been a sellout in St. Jacobs,” says director Alex Mustakas, who is also Drayton Entertainment’s artistic director. Mustakas knew it was a sure [...]
By Casey Lessard If you’ve ever been single or married, you’ll be able to relate to I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change, playing until August 31 at the Huron Country Playhouse. The musical comedy revue deals with the comic aspects of dating, marriage, having kids, and getting older and still dating. “A lot of [...]
Living in Balance By Jenipher Appleton Each day as I head to the back of our property, I hear the piercing ‘meow’ call of the gray catbird. If I meow at him, I always get an answer of some sort back. This handsome member of the thrasher family bears the scientific name Dumetella carolinensis. It [...]
Technically Speaking By Tamara Nicola VisitGrandBend.com There is a new low cost video camera now available in Canada that makes sharing video a whole lot easier. It is called “The Flip” and it is manufactured by Pure Digital. It is a small, compact device that runs on two AA batteries and records up to 60 [...]
Community/Charity Every Tuesday 7 p.m. – Grand Bend Legion Bingo Every Friday 5 to 7 p.m. – Grand Bend Legion Meat Draw Tuesday, July 15 to 17 Grand Bend Youth Centre Animal Adventures. Includes trip to Toronto Zoo! Call 519-238-1155 to register or for more details. Wednesday, July 16 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. – [...]
Children’s Festival Saturday July 26 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. – Main Street Exeter Presented by Big Brothers Big Sisters of South Huron 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. – Yard Sale 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. – Pie Sale – Community Living South Huron 10 a.m. Come visit the White Squirrel 10 a.m. to 3 [...]
Discovering Elvis By Marcia Kash Performed by Terry Barna, Phi Bulani, Cyndi Carleton, Jenny Hall, Dylan Juckes, Daphne Moens, Directed & Choreographed by Robert More Musical Direction by Peter De Sousa Victoria Playhouse Petrolia July 1 to July 19, 2008 Live! On Stage! Review by Mary Alderson All those people who think they’ve seen Elvis [...]
The inevitable day has arrived. I had hoped I would be able to continue to provide the Grand Bend Strip newspaper for free indefinitely, but after thinking long and hard this spring, I realize that the only way for the paper to publish this winter is to ask for your support. Like you, I value [...]
Looking for something fun to do with the family? There are several great events happening the weekend of July 12, including the Kettle Point Pow-Wow, which takes place on the reserve Saturday and Sunday. The event features native dance, music, food and crafts in a beautiful park setting. Meanwhile, Saturday July 12, Parkhill hosts its [...]
The RONA MS Bike Tour is a pledge-based fundraising event that provides Canadians with the opportunity to ride through scenic countryside from Grand Bend to London and back. Over 1200 cyclists have already registered for the two-day event. Event organizers are seeking volunteers for various roles for the Tour on Saturday and/or Sunday, July 26-27. [...]
To the Editor, I read with interest your article on the Sexsmith pilots. I was glad to hear that Sexsmith Airfield is, according to Ron Helm, “… nice here; it’s quiet.” Unfortunately, that is something I can’t say for Grand Bend, with planes constantly buzzing overhead all day long. One in particular – perhaps the [...]
Denis Shackel’s journey of friendship, loss, and salvation on Mount Ruapehu Grand Bend resident Denis Shackel lives in Oakwood Park with his wife, photographer Mary Lynn Fluter, and their home is among eight locations on the Grand Bend and Area Horticultural Society’s Home and Garden Tour, which takes place Saturday. A New Zealander by birth, [...]
