Sunday, September 19, 2010 Westfield Heritage Village - Rockton, Ontario Telling Tales: A Family Festival of Stories
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Schedule at a Glance 2009

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TIME
EVENT
FEATURING
LOCATION
AGE
10:00 A.M.
Musical Performance

TURKEY Rhubarb

Bandstand
All ages, especially preschool
10:15 A.M.
Interactive demonstrations by well-known Canadian Illustrators

Werner Zimmermann,
Author and Illustrator, Henny Penny

One Room School House
4 to 10+
Strong Boy Appeal Authors

Michael Wade,
Author, And Then It Happened Series

Jerseyville Railway Station

8+
Storytellers

Pauline Grondin

Native Village
8+
10:30 A.M.
Musical Performance

Robert Blunsdon

Large Meadow
8+
10:45 A.M.
Musical Performance

Dan Medakovic

Large Meadow
10+
Summer Stage Performers

Cary Fagan

D'Aubigny Inn
7+
11:00 A.M.
Poetry Readings for the Young at Heart
Loris Lesynski,
Author and Illustrator, Dirty Dog Boogie
Bandstand
Preschool
Interactive demonstrations by well-known Canadian Illustrators
Ruth Ohi,
Author and Illustrator, Chicken, Pig, Cow on the Move
One Room School House
3 to 10+
Storytellers

Celia Lottridge

Native Village
5+
Inspiring Talks about Youth Activists, Literacy and Publishing

Janet Wilson,
Author & Illustrator, One Peace: True Stories of Young Activists

Mountsberg Church
9+
11:15 A.M.
Strong Boy Appeal Authors
Richard Scrimger,
Author, The Nose from Jupiter
Jerseyville Railway Station
8+
11:45 A.M.
Interactive demonstrations by well-known Canadian Illustrators
Jeremy Tankard,
Author and Illustrator, Boo Hoo Bird
One Room School House
4 to 10+
Storytellers

Caroleigh Wehking

Native Village
8+
12:00 P.M.
Musical Performance
Eddie Douglas,
Fat Flea Music
Bandstand
All ages, especially preschool
Summer Stage Performers

Ken Roberts,
Author and Storyteller, The Thumb in a Box

D'Aubigny Inn
7+
12:15 P.M.
Strong Boy Appeal Authors
Eric Walters,
Author, The Bully Boys
Jerseyville RailwayStation
9+
12:30 P.M.
Storytellers

Ken Setterington

Native Village
8+
Inspiring Talks about Youth Activists, Literacy and Publishing

Two authors from Scholastic Canada’s Dear Canada series will offer workshop-style presentations on the art of writing historical novels in a diary style.

  • Barbara Haworth-Attard,
    Author, A Trail of Broken Dreams
  • Gillian Chan,
    Author, An Ocean Apart
One Room School House
9+
Inspiring Talks about Youth Activists, Literacy and Publishing

Gillian O'Reilly

Mountsberg Church
12+
Storytellers

Hamilton Public Library Storytellers

Large Meadow
12+
1:00 P.M.
Reading Centre for Preschoolers
Parent-Child Mother Goose Program Demonstrator
Lockhart Meadow
Birth to 6
1:15 P.M.

 

Summer Stage Performers

Sylvia McNicoll,
Author, Bringing up Beauty Series, Last Chance for Paris

D'Aubigny lnn
10+
Poetry Readings for the Young at Heart

Dennis Lee
Poet, Alligator Pie

Bandstand
All ages
Strong Boy Appeal Authors

Shane Peacock
Author, The Boy Sherlock Holmes Series

Jerseyville Railyway Station
8+
Musical Performance

Rod Nettagog,
Ojibway Drummer

Large Meadow
All ages
Storytellers
Hamiton Public Library Storytellers
Native Village
8+
2:15 P.M.
Writing Workshop with Dear Canada Authors

Two authors from Scholastic Canada’s Dear Canada series will offer workshop-style presentations on the art of writing historical novels in a diary style.

  • Barbara Haworth-Attard,
    Author, A Trail of Broken Dreams
  • Gillian Chan,
    Author, An Ocean Apart
One Room School House
8+
Inspiring Talks about Youth Activists, Literacy and Publishing

Dr. Jean Clinton,
Literacy Expert, On the Subject of Literacy

Mountsberg Church
14+
Musical Performance

Paul Fralick ,
Local Musician

Large Meadow
All ages
Strong Boy Appeal Authors
Gary Barwin,
Local author and Musician, Seeing Stars
Jerseyville Railway Station
6+
Summer Stage Performers

Chantale Groulx,
Storytelling in French

D'Aubigny Inn
5+
Storytellers

Elize Hartley,
Metis Elder, Storyteller and Author

Native Village
All Ages
2:30 P.M.
Strong Boy Appeal Authors
Richard Scrimger,
Author, The Nose from Jupiter
Banstand
8+
3:00 P.M.
Summer Stage Performers
Kelley Armstrong,
Author, The Darkest Powers Trilogy, The Reckoning
D'Aubigny lnn
13+
3:15 P.M.
Strong Boy Appeal Authors
Michael Ulmer,
Local Author, M is for Maple
Jerseyville Railway Station
8+
Inspiring Talks about Youth Activists, Literacy and Publishing

Ken Setterington,
Author, The Best of Canadian Children’s Books

Mountsberg Church
14+
ALL DAY
Meet your Favourite Authors, Illustrators, Musicians and Storytellers
Throughout the day, all of the presenters will go to the presenters’ tent immediately following their performance to meet with their fans and they will autograph books if applicable.
Presenters' Tent
All ages
ALL DAY
Puppetry
Hamilton Public Library Puppeteers, will be performing old and new classics throughout the day.
Lockhart Meadow
All ages
ALL DAY
Historical & Literary Figures
Charles Dickens, Lucy Maud Montgomery, Stephen Leacock, Beatrix Potter and more.
Throughout the Village
All ages
ALL DAY
Storytellers

Jeffery Canton,
Representing Charles Dickens

Garden of the Gillen House
Teen & Adult Appeal
ALL DAY
Activity Centre

Colouring Area, Fun with Stickers & Face Painting

Lockhart Meadow
Preschoolers +
ALL DAY
Graffiti Wall

Our talented guests

Lockhart Meadow
All ages
ALL DAY
Author Signing Tent

Guest authors

Field behind Village Gift Shop
All ages
ALL DAY
"Swap and Shop" Children’s Book Sale Tent

 

Field behind Village Gift Shop
All ages
ALL DAY
Information Tent For our Family of Community Partners

Rotary, Westfield, Hamilton Conservation Authority, YMCA, Literacy Groups and Hamilton Public Library

Entrance
All ages
ALL DAY
Village Gift Shop

 

Entrance
All ages
ALL DAY
Ironwood Restaurant

 

Entrance
All ages
ALL DAY
Bryan Prince Bookseller Table

 

Entrance
All ages
ALL DAY
Exhibitors Booths (Literacy related businesses, publishers, magazines)

 

Field behind Village Gift Shop
All ages

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