Introducing... The Olde Stone Symphony
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Flashback! Peterborough Square During Xmas 1987
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Peterborough Family Converts Their Living Room Into A Christmas Village
/And they have great Xmas lights outside. (The Christmas-village-inside-the-home footage starts a little after the halfway mark of the video.)
[Related: PtboPic: One Of The Awesomest Snow Sculptures We've Seen In The Patch; Places To Cut Your Own Christmas Tree (But Don't Pull A Griswold)]
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Spotlight: Needles in the Hay Yarn Shop Is The Place To Be For Knitters
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With a strong passion for "all things wool," Bridget Allin moved to Peterborough with the impression that we had an existing yarn store. When she found out that the one here had recently closed, she killed two birds with one stone by creating a job for herself and opening a store of her own: Needles in the Hay.
Bridget found herself busy right from the get-go, as Peterborough is home to lots of organized knitting groups. "The reception to the store has been amazing as knitting is a hobby embraced by all ages," she says.
Bridget feels that knitting has been making a resurgence in recent years. With websites such as Ravelry (a site that lets you network with others and share knitting patterns) and KnittingHelp.com (for knitting explanations and techniques), knitting has become more accessible, she believes. More knitting conferences are starting to spring up as the culture starts to grow and people pay more attention to the materials of products and where they are sourced.
Although yarn is available from box stores, if you are looking for a natural fibre yarn or one with a luxury fibre in it (such as cashmere), Needles in the Hay is the place to be. Bridget's passion shows and she is very knowledgable. Classes will be added in 2011 to help people of any knitting or crocheting level. One of the classes will be a knitting refresher course as many people have tried knitting at some point in their life and just need a helping hand to get started again.
Needles in the Hay (705-740-0667) is located at 385 Water Street. It's open Tuesday from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m., Wednesday through Saturday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., Sunday from 12 p.m. to 5 p.m., and is closed on Mondays. For more info, email Bridget here.
[Words & Pictures by PtboCanada's Evan Holt]
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The Wolf Broadcasting Live For Kawartha Food Share December 23 At The Red Dog
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Enter here to win tickets to this great event for Kawartha Food Share.
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PtboPic: One Of The Awesomest Snow Sculptures We've Seen In The Patch
/It's just off of Wallis, on Merino.
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PtboPics: Focus Fair At The Spill
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Jamie Campbell (@uniformgrey on Twitter) showing off her handmade Bloop
A wide variety of arts and crafts from Lucky Jackson (luckyjackson.etsy.com)
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The Spill Hosting 5th Annual Focus Fair Holiday Sale
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The 5th Annual Focus Fair Holiday Craft Sale takes place Saturday, December 11th from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday, December 12th from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at The Spill Cafe (414 George St. N.)
This is a good opportunity to shop for a holiday gift, as this craft sale has a great selection of unique gifts handmade by local artists.
And supporting local artists/shops in the downtown core is always a good thing.
For more info on the fair, contact focusfair@gmail.com.
[Related: Great Reasons To Shop Downtown This Christmas]
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Peterborough High Schools Can Enter Contest To Have Down With Webster Play Your Prom
/High school students in the Patch have the chance to compete in a provincewide contest to have Down With Webster perform at their spring prom. The band will perform a concert in June for the Ontario high school that wins the new online contest College Sounds Great.
The contest encourages students to describe why college education is an excellent postsecondary option, and the Top 10 high schools with the largest share of entries will be finalists for the winning concert. "This is an exciting way to get high school students in our community thinking about postsecondary education," says Fleming College President Tony Tilly.
Students can enter the contest by submitting a photo and a 50 to 250 word paragraph, or by making a video, explaining why “college sounds great" to them.
In the meantime, rock out to Down With Webster's "Your Man" here:
[College Sounds Great contest; Fleming College; Down With Webster]
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Could You Be The Next Snofest Idol In The Patch?
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2010 Snofest Idol winner Shannon StoobachIf you’re 14 to 22 years of age and think you’ve got what it takes to be the next Snofest Idol, fill out an entry form (you can download the 2011 Snofest Idol Entry Form from the homepage of the Peterborough Snofest website) and return it (along with a demo CD) to Showplace Performance Centre by Friday, December 17th. Completed entry forms and demo MP3s can also be emailed to Kruz FM's Catherine Hanrahan, who is media liaison for Snofest: Peterborough's Winter Carnival, which takes place January 8th to the 16th.
Selected contestants will be contacted by December 22nd, 2010, and should come prepared to sing two songs at the Snofest Idol Contest at Showplace (290 George Street North) on Sunday, January 9th at 2 p.m.
The winner gets a three-hour recording session, a photo shoot and $200. Second place takes home $100, and third place $50.
For more information, contact Catherine Hanrahan or Showplace at 705.742.7469.
[Snofest: Peterborough's Winter Carnival]
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