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Morrisburg & District Figure Skating Club . . .
Annual Banquet and Skating Awards . . .
Hailey Sullivan, Jessica Bouwman smile and pose with one of the many presentations
at the annual club banquet on Sunday at Allen Hall in Morrisburg . . .
Sunday, June 7th - Skaters, coaches, executive members and supporters gathered at Lakeshore United Church's Allen Hall on Sunday for the organizations annual closing banquet. Numerous awards and recognition presented to participants of the club were a highlight followed by a banquet and the organizations Annual General Meeting.
Award recipients went as follows:
Star Skills Tests Passed:
Star 1: Azelie Rijke, Clara Neddow-Eyre, Dahlia Neddow-Eyre, Emma McMillan, Lennox Locke-McIntosh, Rosalind Crombie (absent).
Star 2: Evelyn Lavallee. Kelsie Perrault, Ruth Mossman.
Star 3:,Alyvia Thompson, Chase Thompson. Eva Merkley, Evelyn Lavallee, Kassidy Chertien, Katherine Scott, Marley Murphy.
Star 4: Alexandrea Asselin, Molly Henderson, Olivia Evans, Tessa Laurin.
Star 5: Alexandrea Asselin, Tessa Laurin.
Star 6: Emelia Westfall, Tenley Hamilton.
Star 7: Hailey Sullivan, Jessica Bouwman.
Star 8: Faith Roberts, Hailey Sullivan, Jessica Bouwman, Lauren Scott.
Star 9: Faith Roberts, Lauren Scott.
Star 10: Faith Roberts, Grace Smail, Kerrington Kelly, Lauren Scott. Gold Kerrington Kelly
Star Dance Tests Passed:
Star 1 Dance: Azelie Rijke, Clara Neddow=Eyre, Dahlia Neddow-Eyre, Emma McMillan, Lennox Locke-McIntosh, Rosalind Crombie (absent). Star 2 Dance: Alyvia Thompson, Evelyn Lavallee, Kassidy Chretien, Kelsie Perrault, Ruth Mossman.
Star 3 Dance: Chase Thompson. Ellery Casselman, Eva Merkley, Evelyn Lavallee, Kassidy Chretien, Marley Murphy, Olivia Evans, Ruth Mossman.
Star Dance 4: Alexandrea Asselin, Ellery Casselmsn, Eva Merkley, Olivia Evans, Tessa Laurin.
Star 5 Dance: Tessa Laurin.
Star 6 Dance: Emelia Westfall.
Star 7 Dance Faith Roberts, Grace Smail, Hailey Sullivan, Jessica Bouwman.
Star 8 Dance: Kerrington Kelly.
Star 9 Dance: Lauren Scott
Star Freeskate Tests Passed:
Star 1: Azelie Rijke, Dahlia Neddow-Eyre, Emma McMillan, Lennox Locke-McIntosh.
Star 2: Alyvia Thompson, Eva Merkley, Marley Murphy. Star 3: Alexandrea Asselin, Olivia Evans, Tessa Laurin.
Star 6: Faith Roberts, Lauren Scott.
Star 7: Faith Roberts
Star Artistic Tests Passed:
Star 5; Hailey Sullivan, Kerrington Kelly, Lauren Scott.
Star 7: Grace Smail, Hailey Sullivan, Jessica Bouwman, Kerrington Kelly, Lauren Scott.
Star 9: Faith Roberts. Gold: Faith Roberts
PA of the Year:
This PA is dedicated and passionate, and excellent role model, and has made a significant contribution to her club, showing her commitment on the ice by providing support and assistance to the skaters and coaches. This year's recipient is Jessica Bouwman.
Spirit of Skating:
These 2 Star Skaters demonstrate the qualities that embody the Spieit of Skating. These include commitment, perseverance, dedication, passion, triumph and talent. This year's recipients are Alyvia Thompson and Emelia Westfall
Starskater of the Year:
This award recognizes a skater with emphasis on talent and skill, coupled with enthusiasm, dedication and passion for the sport. This skater has a desire to continue and succeed in skating. This year's recipient is Lauren Scott.
Danny & Delilah opens 24-day run . . .
Monday, June 8th - What better way for Morrisburg’s Upper Canada Playhouse to kick off its popular summer season than a new comedy by the country’s most popular playwright-Norm Foster.
"He’s deserved that title for good reason," remarks Artistic Director Donnie Bowes. "Actors, directors and audiences have flocked to Foster’s shows more often than any playwright. And for good reason. His plays speak their language, reflect their joys, stories and challenges and introduce them to new characters that remind them of people they know. That remind them of themselves."
The season opener, Danny & Delilah, is another of Foster’s funny and insightful slices of life, this time about how friendships can be found in the unlikeliest of places.
Daniel Becker, a retired widower and grumpy Maple Leafs fan, is quite comfortable in his man-cave watching the hockey game with his pal Mike in the home he shares with his school-teacher daughter Sherry. His docile life is thrown a curve when Sherry invites Delilah, a Pakistani student, to stay at their home for a couple of weeks til the school year is over while her father returns to Pakistan to assist with a family crisis. Having little in common at first, Danny and Delilah gradually start to connect as they get to know each other.
Added to this new-found relationship is next door neighbour Muriel Greene who has cast a romantic eye on Danny. Their spirited interactions are a source of hilarious comic relief as Muriel makes every effort to win over Danny’s attentions.
Danny & Deliah is directed and designed by Jesse Collins who has delivered such hit productions as last season’s A Woman’s Love List and the curling comedy Hurry Hard, as well as previous productions of The Affections of May, The Ladies Foursome and Doris and Ivy in the Home to name a few. Collins has also enjoyed a highly successful career in both the professional theatre and television scenes. Nominated for an Emmy Award for his direction of the TV series Zoboomafoo, Collins also starred as the lead in five seasons of CTV’s series Katts and Dog and appeared in such classic movies as Iron Eagle II and The Santa Claus.
Danny is played by Garfield Andrews, a veteran actor who has become a fixture at The Playhouse and a favourite with its audiences. He has been seen in such shows as The Odd Couple, Chapter Two, One Slight Hitch and in last season’s Maggie’s Getting Married.
Returning to The Playhouse is popular actress Viviana Zarrillo who has starred in such productions as The Sweet Delilah Swim Club, Same Time Next Year, Moving In and Halfway There to name a few. She first appeared on the Playhouse stage in the musical I Do, I Do in 1990 when the theatre first moved into its present location in the former Odonto toothbrush factory. She has recently performed in Casey and Diana at YES/Sudbury Theatre Centre and has played leading roles in theatres across the country including the National Arts Centre and Shaw Festival. She has also had extensive TV and Film credits in addition to her stage work.
Appearing as Danny’s daughter Sherry is Jane Spence who has had a busy career appearing at such theatres as Theatre Orangeville, the Mirvish Theatre, Stratford Festival, Theatre New Brunswick and Vancouver Playhouse to name a few. She returns to The Playhouse after performing in The Ladies Foursome and Halfway There.
The Playhouse is also happy to welcome Kritika Khanna as Delilah in her first professional performance after recently graduating from the National Theatre School in Montreal. This marks her debut in what will be an exciting career for the actress.
Up next in the Playhouse’s summer season and playing Thursday, July 2nd - Sunday, 26th is The Beaver Club, an hilarious comedy taking theatres by storm across the country. Following that Tuesday, July 30th - August 23rd is the knock down riotous farce Whose Wives Are They Anyway? with the theatre’s largest cast in years. The summer season actually wraps up into the fall with Norm Foster’s classic comedy The Long Weekend running Thursday, September 10th to Sunday, October 4th. The season concludes with Leisa Way’s new concert Get Down Tonight, Tuesday, October, 20th - Sunday, October 25th, a return visit by theatre for young audiences company Dufflebag Theatre with Peter Pan, Friday, November 6th and Saturday, November 7th and The Playhouse’s family holiday production of Everything I Love About Christmas with public and school performances Thursday, December 3rd to Sunday, December 20th.
Info and tickets available at the theatre’s Box Office:
613-543-3713, 877-550-3650
Early morning with great light in a garden of color . . .
Great weather translates into great photos,
especially with the variety of South Dundas backdrops available
almost everywhere one glances in our community. This shot, captured at
Mariatown Park early this week, was only lacking a few viewers taking up the chairs,
although it was quite early and quite crisp on this morning . . .
The Hub opens in Iroquois . . .
Mayor Broad cuts opening day ribbon . . .
Monday, May 25th - South Dundas Mayor Jason Broad explained that one of South Dundas' newest projects has come full circle, idea to completion, and now serves our youngest residents and their families, supports youth in need of a variety of services, and provides historic information concerning the community to all. Mayor Broad snipped the ceremonial ribbon in opening 'The Hub' to the supportive hand-clapping of a near full house attendance, a gathering place intended for the youth crowd, ages 12 - 25 years an onward. The Hub will offer the services of both Beyond 21 and Youth Wellness Ontario with resources, supportive guidance and direction services to South Dundas yout.
The Hub is located in Iroquois in the one-time St. Cecilia's Separate School, sharing that foot-print with the Dundas County Archives and a day-care centre planned to offer 49 new day-care spaces over the coming years.
The Glengarry Inter-Agency Group, currently operating care at Iroquois Public School, and the Early Years programs at South Dundas's Municipal Centre, proposed the partnership to council recently.
In a social media post by the municipality today Mayor Broad said, “The opening of the Iroquois Hub is an important investment in the future of our community. By bringing health, wellness, employment, and social supports together in one welcoming location, we are making it easier for young people and those beyond 21 to access the services they need, when they need them. This Hub will help ensure that youth across South Dundas have the resources, guidance, and opportunities to thrive and reach their full potential.”
Witnessing the big toys at our parks . . .
One of the greatest experiences in visiting our parks is watching the young people,
stopping what they are doing and staring as the ships quietly pass on the St. Lawrence River.
They remain mesmerized, by the thought someone brought along some of the big toys . . .
Marketing our community . . .
An overcast day on the river . . .
When the sun sneaks into the mist on a very cold St. Lawrence River morning,
Boxing Day2025 at Morrisburg
Relax (meaning): See above . . .
It is indeed a spectacular stroke of good fortune that our community can so shout out such
natural appeal. Last evening at 6:59pm the Captain Henry Jackman moved into the spotlight
that was the setting sun, around the point at Mariatown. I had just set our dinner plates
on the table when she passed our frontage, excused myself, grabbed the camera
and raced to the waterfront a bit west of our place. We've seen this set-up
every fall since we moved to our current home. These sunsets and these
ships will recreate this scene time and again before the St. Lawrence
Seaway closes for the season. And you're welcome to visit anytime!
Bring your camera, take in our updated restaurant scene, and
chase the big gals climbing the waterway to inland ports . . .
There are few locations in Eastern Ontario that can provide exposure to the natural beauty
and diversity as well as does the Upper Canada Migratory Bird Sanctuary . . .
The Algotitan running into an afternoon Fall storm east of the Iroquois Lock, South Dundas . . .
The last of the fall colors captured while on a road trip thru
Williamstown and the Long Sault Parkway . . . . . .
Every once in a while we find captures that we've set aside for editing 'later'!
According to the camera data we set this one aside years ago. The camera used in the shoot is gone!
The data provides model info, dates, gps locations and more, like July 25th, 2019 at 7:21:10 a.m.
And we were using a Canon camera with a Canon 24-105mm lens.
Our parks along the river are something so special . . .
The Trillium Class CSL Baie Comeau slips past our front yard, highlighting the last
of the fall colors and dragging the cold temperatures of the Great Lakes
into the eastern ends of the St. Lawrence Seaway . . .
The sun had just dipped below a building cloud bank on the western horizon
when the Algoma Innovator slipped quietly by Mariatown's Duncan Park,
making her way to the Iroquois lock and then on to Cleveland, Ohio.
