St. Francis Ladies Guild 9th Annual Benefit Golf Scramble

St. Francis is having their ninth annual ladies golf benefit scramble Monday,   June 9, 2008.

It will be held again this year at Sycamore Hills Golf Club with a shotgun start at 8:30 a.m.  A Continental breakfast will be served at 7:45 a.m.

Many prizes will be awarded including $5,000 cash for a Hole in One sponsored by Advantage Ford.  Lunch, golf, cart and breakfast is included in the price of $50.00 per person and $35.00 for members of Sycamore Hills.

This is one of two major fundraisers that the Guild Ladies sponsor during the year, the Christmas Bazaar, Cookie Walk, and Auction, being the others.

All money raised from these two events benefit patients and residents of St. Francis Rehabilitation Centre in Green Springs, Ohio.  We provide landscaping, holiday decorations, beauty shop updates, as well as numerous other projects throughout the year.

Any questions about the golf outing or to register your foursome, call Marge McGue at 419-332-2333 by June 2.

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Spring Concert

The North Coast Concert Band and North Coast Big Band will present a spring concert Sunday, May 4, 2008 at 3:00 p.m.  The free concert will be given in the Ernsthausen Performing Arts Center of the Norwalk Senior High School, 360 Shady Lane, Norwalk.  The Arts Center is handicapped accessible, and there is parking at the door.  The concert is sponsored by the United Fund of Monroeville, Norwalk, and Wakeman.  The Executive Director of the organization is Linda F. Bersche.

Concert Band Director Nick Ezzone and his assistant Marlene Turner will lead the Band in a variety of selections, many of which are "encore performances" of selections from concerts during the Band's 25 years of performances.  Marches included are Karl King's "Barnum and Bailey's Favorite", a circus march, Johann Straus's "Radetzky March," and John Philip Sousa's "Stars and Stripes Forever."  Gustav Holst's "Second Suite in F for Military Band" and medleys of Hoagy Carmichael and Walt Disney movie favorites will also be presented.

The Big Band, led by Gary Keller, will add traditional big-band vocals and instrumentals to the afternoon's performance.

Summer performances of the Concert Band are scheduled in Tiffin, Sandusky, Fremont, Marblehead, and Kelleys Island.  This is the final series of concerts for Nick Ezzone, who announced that he will resign.  His last concert will be in August at Kelleys Island.  He has led the North Coast Concert Band since early 1990.

For further information, contact 419-332-4470.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact: 

Angie Morelock

Executive Director

Downtown Fremont, Inc.

419-332-8696

Fax:  419-332-8666

mainstreet@fremontohio.org

DOWNTOWN FREMONT ANNOUNCES FARMER’S MARKETS

Fremont, Ohio, April 17, 2008- Downtown Fremont, Inc. is planning the 3^rd annual Fremont Farmer’s Markets on the third Saturday of each month beginning in June and running through October, 2008.  Downtown invites all area farmers/growers, greenhouses, orchards and niche market vendors to come downtown to take advantage of this wonderful sales and advertising opportunity to sell their goods.  The market will be open air sales on the streets of Downtown Fremont beginning at 9:00 a.m.  All types of businesses and vendors are encouraged to join us at this rain or shine event.  The fee to participate in this event is $20.00 per week.  If you commit to all 5 markets, the fee is reduced to $15.00 per week, for a total of $75.00.  Electricity is available for an additional fee. 

In addition to the market, Downtown will also be hosting special events to coincide with the hours of the market.

June 21, 2008  

Farmer’s Market and The Fremont Federal Credit Union Car Show

July 19, 2008              

Farmer’s Market featuring an Art and Music Fest

August 16, 2008         

Farmer’s Market and the Croghan Colonial Bank Creative Construction Contest

September 20, 2008  

Farmer’s Market and Service Club Olympics

October 18, 2008       

Farmer’s Market and the Memorial Hospital Scarecrow Decorating Contest

For more information and complete rules and regulations for the market, contact Angie Morelock at 419-332-8696, or visit www.fremontohio.org.

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2nd Annual Victorian Mother's Day Tea

(Presented by The Victorian Guild of Historic Lyme Village, Bellevue, Ohio)

The Victorian Guild invites you to welcome Springtime at the 1882 Wright Mansion at Historic Lyme Village on Sunday, May 18, 2008, from 1:00 until 3:30 o'clock in the afternoon.

$20 adult, $8 children age 12 and under.  Parties of four adults or more, $15 per adult.

Your paid reservations required in advance please.

Hats or Victorian costume encouraged but not required.  Bring a favorite teacup and saucer to use.

Info by e-mail:  mailto:victorianguild@mac.com or by phone:  419-862-3828 or 419-202-4488.

Make checks payable to The Victorian Guild.  Mail payment along with number in party to:  Victorian Guild of HLV, c/o Miss Victoria Oney, Asst. VG Coordinator, 216 Smith Ave., Bellevue, OH  44811. 

Toledo Symphony Presents Music from The Silver Screen

Communities for the Arts presents The Toledo Symphony performing music from the silver screen at 7:30 pm on Saturday, April 19 at the Clyde High School auditorium.

Some of the highlights of the concert, conducted by Chelsea Tipton II, include:  A Tribute to Henry Mancini, Highlights from Rocky, The Producers, Greatest Hits, Pirates Medley, Adventures on Earth from E.T., and Tara’s Theme.

During the evening, there will be three soloists featured.  Those will include Violinist Kirk Toth, who earned his Bachelor’s Degree and Master’s Degree at the University of Michigan and was the recipient of the school’s highest award, the Stanley Medal.

Another soloist is Kimberly Bryden, who has been Principal Oboist and featured chamber musician of the Toledo Symphony since 1985.  She is an active teacher on the faculty of the University of Toledo.

The third soloist is Jocelyn Langworthy, the second clarinetist of the Toledo Orchestra.  She has performed at many summer music festivals including Tanglewood, Aspen, the Pacific Music Festival in Sapporo, Japan and the Festival dei due Mondi in Spoleto, Italy.  She has also performed with the New World Symphony, most notably on their tour of South America.

Tickets are available at the Clyde-Green Springs Board of Education

from 8 am until 4 pm Monday through Friday.

All seats are reserved and tickets are $15.00.  The board office is

located at 106 South Main St.  Call 419-547-0588 for more information.