News — 29 July 2010

The following is a detailed listing of live music events over the July 30-Aug. 8 Centennial Homecoming Week in Dryden. Acts may be subject to change

Friday July 30

Dryden Youth Centre Dance

7:00 – 10:00 at Dryden High School

Friday July 30

Dance to Sensational Hot Rods

Dryden Arena 9:00 PM to 1:00 AM

Cost $10.

Saturday July 31

Centennial Parade

1:00 PM Start Moose Hall – Finish Rec Centre

3:30 PM Fort Frances Highlands Pipe Band and Scots Dancers

Cooper Park Admission free

Bring a Lawn Chair

Saturday July 31

Dance to Shades of Blue

Dryden Arena 9:00 PM to 1:00 AM

Cost $20.

Sunday Aug 1

Air Command Band

The Centre 3:00 PM

Tickets $10 Lotto One, Walter’s Auto Body & at the Door

Monday Aug. 2

Rockin’ the River Live at the Lodge

Riverview Lodge.

11:00 AM start

Tent on the riverside lawn.

11:00 AM to 4:00 PM Live Local Musicians Performing

Free Admission

Musicians / Bands:

Never Legends

Laura Cortens

Shannyn Peters

Alex Lugli

Loud as Rock

Dave Darling and Chris Marchand

Erik Bleich

Paul Hampton

Bootleg Vinyl

Monday Aug. 2

Stompin’ Tom with Tim Hus

8:00 PM at The Centre

Tuesday Aug. 3rd

Civic Pride Day

Live Entertainment

Van Horne Ave between King & Princess

4:00 PM – 7:00 PM

4:30 – 5:00 Hand Drummers from

Dryden Native Friendship Centre

5:30 – 6:00  Women’s Centennial Choir

6:00 – 6:30 Paul Hampton

6:30 – 7:00 TBA

Throughout Day: Buskers around downtown

Other Events starting 11:00 AM  see:                                                                                                        www.dryden2010.com <http://www.dryden2010.com/>

Information: Allyson Euler 223-1432

Tuesday Aug 3rd

MINI COME TOGETHER

Cooper Park 7:00 to 9:00 PM

7:00           Teflons (Bruce Siciliano, Vince Kastrukoff and Doug Jordens)

8:00           Shannyn Peters

8:30 – 9:00  Kori Kameda

Wednesday Aug. 4

Downtown Street Fair – Buskers

Wednesday Aug. 4

MINI KICKIN’ COUNTRY

Cooper Park 7:00 to 9:00 PM

7:00           Kitch’n Pickers (Lorne Nelson, Kara & Mike Bange)

7:30           Louie Haukeness

8:00 – 9:00  Borderline (Ken & Jeannette Denby, Charles Terris, Tom Stratton.

Paul Hampton and Lorraine Malyk)

Thursday Aug. 5

ERIK BLEICH CD RELEASE CONCERT

at The Centre 8:00 PM

Opening Act Laura Cortens

Cover $5.00 – CD “invisible vehicles” available $10:00

Friday Aug 6th

Family Fish Dinner & Dance

Dryden Fairgrounds

Music: Alex Parenteau & Borderline. Hosts:

Dryden Trapper’s Council and D.D. Ag. Society

Dinner & Dance $25. (Children 10 & under free)

Bar opens @ 4:30 pm; Dinner 5:00 p.m. – 7:00p.m

Dance 8:00 – 12 midnight

Information:  Dwaine @ 227-2823 or Ruth @ 223-5866

Friday Aug 6th

Music in the Park… and it might get loud

Cooper Park 7:00 – 10:00 PM

Saturday Aug 7th

Children’s Street Party

Local musicians starts at 11:00 AM

Children’s Resource Centre & The Centre lawn on Albert Street

Saturday Aug 7

Canadian Masters Windsurfing Championship

Local Musicians

starting 12:00 PM Sandy Beach

This is the order they are playing from 12 – 8 PM

Nicki Gigolyk

Preston Robinson

Becki Robb

In Progress

Bootleg Vinyl

Amanda Misula

Ricci Band

Bootleg Vinyl- 3 to 4 PM

Ricci Band - 6 to 8 PM

Dance to Pass the Pineapple

9:00 PM in Curling Club

Huge Surfer Dance

Theme: ”no shirt, no shoes, no problem”

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Chris Marchand is a native of Dryden, Ontario. He served his first newspaper internship at The Dryden Observer in 1998 while attending journalism studies at Thompson Rivers University in Kamloops B.C. He's worked desks as both reporter and editor at the Fernie Free Press as well as filled the role of sports editor at the Cranbrook Daily Townsman. Marchand was named editor of the Dryden Observer in Aug. 2009.

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