We would like to thank the sponsors of the FiddleFest event:

Charlie Argall for a beautiful collector’s tin of Ernie Ball strings that will be raffled off at $2/ticket.

Counterpoint Music for a donation of scholarship money.

Old Time Fiddle Club for scholarships as well.

To make a donation to go towards a child’s musical education come on in and see us at Ryson’s Music before the FiddleFest.

You won’t want to miss them at Fiddlefest;

The 3rd Annual Car Show, Fiddlefest and Step Dancing competition will be held July 10th in Downtown St. Catharines.  Come out to a fun day with many activities.  People are coming from all over Ontario to compete.  One participant is in town from Brussels to visit family and wants to be a part of the fun.  There will be a barbeque put on by the Silver Spire Church.

Mostly Comics will be featuring a SuperHero day with costumes and great deals.  Come and get your picture taken with the largest Incredible Hulk I’ve ever seen.

Over 300 antique cars and trucks will be parked throughout St. Paul street.  There are bouncy castles for the kids, entertainment by Marty Allan and the Good Rockin’ Tonight band, a street dance from 4-6 pm, square dancing with a real caller, and performances from the Golden Hammers as well as the Rock’n Daisies.

Applications for the fiddle and step dancing contests are available at Ryson’s Studios.  Come out and have a Fiddlin’ Good Time!

Here is a list of our winners:

Class 401– Telstar
•    Edynn Murphy         90%
•    Josh Crysler            87%

Class 405- Kokomo
•    Nathan Hoang            92%
•    Dexter Sonier            88%
•    Noah Wright            88%
•    Maeghan Bunting        86%

Class 411- Pretty Woman
•    Jessica Campbell        90%

Class 417- Layla (duet)
•    Jessica Campbell        90%
•    Jessica Zugic            90%
•    Cameron Stewart        90%
•    Maxwell Stewart        90%

Class 407- Sunshine on Your Shoulder
•    Evan Dim            88%
•    Lindsay Fulcher        85%

Class 408- Guitar Boogie
•    Natasha Kowalenko        85%

Class 730- Stand by Me (duet)
•    Lucas Wainwright        85%
•    Noah Wainwright        85%

Class 414A- I Love Rock&Roll
•    Sarah Marshall        84%

Class 406- Free Bird
•    Evan Dim            90%
•    Dexter Sonier            90%
•    Nicholas Grude        88%
•    Trent Gilmour            88%
•    Jake Stevenson        80%

Class 412- Summer of ‘69
•    Alex Bragg            84%

Class 409B- Malaguena
•    Jared Gilmour            87%
•    Lauren Lidstone        86%

Class 745- Bands
•    The Golden Hammers    94%

Class 803- Bands- Taylor Swift
•    Lucas Venneri
•    Evan Dim
•    Dexter Sonier
•    Cailen Rotz
•    Edynn Murphy
•    Josh Crysler
•    Basil Sonier
All Participants in 803 received 90%

Class 414B- I Love Rock&Roll
•    Jessica Campbell        87%

Class 410- I Shot the Sheriff
•    Emma Crawley        86%

Class 835- Bands- My Generation
•    Laura Lidstone
•    Olivia Dim
•    Graham Crawley
•    Matthew Bradley
•    Joey Bourassa
•    Mike Rogers
•    Jessie Gold
This band received 87%

Class 491-Bands- Day Tripper
•    Katie Green
•    Jared Gilmour
•    Lucas Venneri
•    Trent Gilmour
•    Gabriel Baloga
•    Noah Wright
•    Emma Stevenson
•    Jake Stevenson
This band received a mark of 91%

Class 492-Bands- Flight of Icarus
•    Alex Macpherson
•    Cameron Ethier
•    Jessica Campbell
•    Mike Merny
•    Mike Deschamps
•    Natasha Kowalenko
•    Jordan Phelan (instructor)
This band received a mark of 92%

Congratulations to all of our participants in the Kiwanis festival; well done!  A big thank-you to our judge, Guy Cayen who is an accomplished musician and school teacher.

will be held on December 21st at the Silver Spire Church, formerly St.Paul United Church.

We hope you’ll join us as musicians of all ages showcase their talents through the seaonal sounds of Christmas Music.

Santa Claus himself is expected to arrive for the young ones around 12:30pm, and the Christmas Show will begin at 1:00pm.

This year our Christmas Concert will feature Christmas Carol Choirs, our own Christmas Band, The Golden Hammers with Natalie Vurro and Nikki Kent, and lots more soloists and instrumentalists.

Tickets are $10.00 per family and are available at Ryson’s Studio during the week. There will also be tickets at the door the day of the performance.

All proceeds go to “Out of the Cold”, a charity for the needy.

To get into the Christmas Season, the Downtown St.Catharines Association has provided Rysons’ with a supply of their Christmas pewter ornaments.  These will be available at the Silver Spire as well on the day of the Christmas Concert.

For Christmas Carols, traditional Christmas music, and Cool Santa, come and be part of our 71st annual Christmas Concert. Meet and greet our professional music teachers and inquire about our music lessons. Who knows, you too could be performing at next year’s Christmas Concert.

Niagara Music events for October and beginning of November:

October 5: Niagara Symphony Association-Elgar’s Celebrated Cello Concerto-Denise Djokec Master 1
October 25th and 26th: Niagara Symphony Tribute to Arthur Fiedler-Zoltan Kalman Pop 1
November 30th: Mozarts Basson Concert- Eric Hall Masters 2 Information: www.niagarasymphony.org
October 18th: Niagara Music Forum- Four Points Sheraton -Saturday 10:00am www.niagaramusicforum.com
October 19th: Heidehof-The Sun Record Story with Dave Tufford at Rysons Studios- show 7:00pm. www.rysonsmusic.com

October 2nd-4th: Styx – Fallsview Casino www.casinoniagara.com
October 9th-10th: Tony Bennet – Fallsview Casino
October 17th: Herman’s Hermits starring Peter Noone – Fallsview Casino
October 20th-November 2nd: Spirit of Broadway – Fallsview Casino
November 15th-November 30th: Spirit of Christmas – Fallsview Casino

Downtown Association Movies: www.stcathdowntown.com Movies are free, bring a chair. You can bring your own refreshments, or purchase refreshments to help support the Aid Foundation.
October 16th – 7:00pm Ghostbusters 9:00pm Amityville Horror
October 23rd – 7:00pm Young Frankenstien 9:00pm The Excorcist
October 30th-7:00pm Beetlejuice 9:00pm Rocky Horror Picture Show (Props are being sold)

November 15th: Scott Woods Old Time Christmas – 7:00pm Rockway Community Centre – Seasonal Songs, sensational step dancing, smwoods@sympatico.ca

Walking Ghost Tour: Every full moon, walking tour to exlore a history and haunted tails of downtown. 7:00pm through the winter. First One is October 14th. This time it’s at 8:00pm. www.stcathdowntown.com

November 7th: Rysons Goldan Hammers - Grimsby Legion concert for Red Hats Society 7:30pm. www.rysonsmusic.com

Thanksgiving Festival at Balls Falls: October 10th-13th. 10:00am-5:00pm. Many Artisans (140 +) Crafters live entertainment, Heritage tours, festive treats, face painting, many activities for kids. Crafters come from all over. http://www.mestern.net/festivals/ballsfalls/index.php
October 26th: Monster Mash Party at Balls Falls 12:30-3:30 $10.00 per child (age 6-10) Woodcrafts, party, lots of fun!

Have a Great Thanksgiving! Thanks for visiting our event page. Anne