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Family Day Weekend in Uxbridge 2012
Family Day Long Weekend Events in Uxbridge
For a full listing of events, visit our online calendar, which we update daily!
Friday, February 17
Public Skate
Time: 1:15p.m.to 2:45p.m.
Where: 291 Brock Street West
Contact: 905-852-7831
Uxbridge Bruins Hockey Game
Bruins Playoffs Are Here! Go Bruins!
Time:7:45pm @ Uxbridge, Uxbridge Arena, 291 Brock St. W.
Sound of Music
Where: Uxbridge Music Hall, 16 Main St. S. (map)
$1 from every ticket goes to the Music Hall Improvement Fund. until Feb. 25. Contact for show times.Also on Saturday and Sunday.
Contact: 905 852 1810
Saturday, February 18
Pancake Breakfast hosted by the Lions club of Uxbridge
Pancakes and more as well as free face painting and kids area.
Kids$4, Adults $6
Time: 7:30am- 11am
Where: 291 Brock Street West
Free Skate sponsored by Laurie Cruise Dental
Lace up your skates at the arena and come and skate with your family.
Time: 12:00 Noon to 3:00p.m.
Where: 291 Brock Street West
Contact: 905-852-7831
Uxbridge Skatepark Fundraiser Concert Featuring Whosarmy, winner of CBC’s Cover Me Canada, Lauren Malyon and Air Marshal Landing. Raffle, photobooth and great bands! All ages. $14. Advance tickets at Uxbridge Youth Centre.
Time: 6:30 – 11:30 p.m.
Where: Uxbridge Baptist Church, 231 Brock St. W.
Contact: 647 295 0422
Sunday, February 19
Public Skate
Lace up your skates at the arena and come and skate with your family.
Time: 1p.m. to 2:00p.m.
Where: 291 Brock Street West
Contact: 905-852-7831
Monday, February 20
Uxpool Free Swim
Time: 1030a.m. to 12:00 Noon.
Where: Uxpool 1 Parkside Drive, Uxbridge
Free Public Skate sponsored by RBC Royal Bank
Lace up your skates at the arena and come and skate with your family.
Time: 12:00 Noon to 3:30p.m.
Where: 291 Brock Street West
Contact: 905-852-7831
Letter to the Editor from Uxbridge Chamber Choir
Uxbridge Chamber Choir certainly no Scrooge…..says Paula Donahoe of the Uxbridge Cottage Hospital Auxiliary.
Many thanks to all who attended the Chamber Choir’s presentation of “A Christmas Carol” on December 18, 2011. An enthusiastic audience was treated to a very entertaining reading of the Dickens’ story (with CBC guests Ted Barris and Judy Maddren) interspersed with a variety of wonderful seasonal music from the Chamber Choir and their special guests, the Uxbridge Youth Choir. Congratulations to Tom Baker (and special mention to David Geene who carried the baton) and Jennifer Neveu-Cook for directing such an enjoyable program. And, true to the spirit of the story, the Chamber Choir as able to present a cheque for $1,200 for the Uxbridge Cottage Hospital Auxiliary – funds that will go towards the Auxiliary’s goal of over $200,000 this year to purchase a new ultrasound machine with echocardiogram capabilities. The Cottage Hospital Auxiliary recognizes that this gift from the Choir is yet another example of how this community continues to support the work of the Auxiliary and its ongoing fundraising efforts.
John Jackson
Snow F.A.Q
Winter north of Hwy 7 and the Ridges (usually) means lots of white stuff, those sometimes fluffy, sometimes sleety, sometimes blizzardy flakes of snow. We gathered some neat snow facts to celebrate, share and perhaps bemoan over a hot cup of hot chocolate:
- In an average year, one septillion snowflakes fall in Canada. That is the number one, followed by 24 zeros
- The biggest snowflake recorded in Canada fell in Halifax on Feb. 22, 1986. The six-sided crystal measured 5 cm in diameter. But it was dwarfed by snowflakes the size of small pizzas that fell near Fort Keogh, Montana, in 1887, according to the Guinness Book of World Records
- Snow is white because visible sunlight is white. The crystals in a snowflake reflect white light off each other and what little light that is absorbed gives snow its white appearance
- We have our very own snow sculpture team! See them at www.snowsculpture.com
- Thought that blowing snow and drifting snow were the same thing? Nope. Blowing snow is lifted by the wind from the earth’s surface to a height of two metres or more. Drifting snow is blown to a height of less than two metres
- Winter storms and excessive cold claim more than 100 lives every year in Canada, more than the combined toll from hurricanes, tornadoes, flood, extreme heat and lightning. Many of those who die are killed trying to get rid of the stuff – stricken by heart attacks while shovelling snow off their driveways
- The word for snow blindness is niphablepsia
- The largest snowball fight on record had 5,768 participants in Leuven, Belgium on October 14, 2009
- The louder the crunch of snow, the colder the temperature. At -15C, snow underfoot squeaks; below -18C it makes a hollow sound
- Icicles are more common on the south side of buildings because that exposure tends to receive more daytime sun. Snow is more likely to melt on the south side of a building. It then re-freezes during the night to form icicles
- Care to know the difference between snow flurries, blizzards, snow squalls and more? Check out cbc.ca/news/background/forcesofnature/snow.html
SOURCES: cbc.ca, torontostar.ca, suburbantourist.ca, www.themagazine.ca
Santa Is Coming To Town
Santa Claus is coming to Sweet World Media and Uxbridge Town Talk! We have him booked for an exclusive 9a.m.-1p.m. sitting at our office on Saturday, December 3, with all proceeds going to the Bonner Boys splash pad for our littlest residents of Uxbridge. $5/family gets you a digital image from the lovely Deborah de Ville Photography! Spots will book fast, only 15 spots available, so call us (Monday-Thursday 9am-3pm) to reserve your time: 905 862 3747.
Sponsored by Glen Buchanan, Sales Representative for ReMAX All Stars, Debbie DeVille Photography & Uxbridge Town Talk
So much to do in Uxbridge today!
Today is one of those days in Uxbridge! From a plant sale, to a culinary festival, a Gala Night for the Celebration of the Arts and so much more!!
Fundraising Plant Sale Uxbridge Horticultural Society’s fall sale of locally grown plants. Time: 8:30 – 11 a.m.
Arriba Linea Open House Join us for our Annual Open House: meet the alpacas, spinning and felting demos, beautiful alpaca products, and children’s activities. Also on Sept. 25.
Dishlicious Join Uxbridge’s culinary community in a celebration of food! Fixed price menus at local eateries, plus samples and cooking demonstrations at The Passionate Cook’s Essentials. Part of the 26th annual Uxbridge Celebration of the Arts.Lunch Time Concerts Drop-in concert featuring Anthony (Tony) Holt and his eclectic piano skills. Part of the 26th annual Uxbridge Celebration of the Arts.
Open House We welcome all past, present and future patients to celebrate Dr. Dennis Milenov’s 10th anniversary
t Begg Chiropractic & Wellness Centre.
Gala Night Featuring two fascinating performances: folk musician Tannis Slimmon and Stouffville dance troupe MotusO. $25. Part of the 26th annual Uxbridge Celebration of the Arts.
