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The Picton Gazette Express No. 17
Karen Valihora
August 01, 2024
The Art of Time Ensemble played at Base31’s Drill Hall in a concert collaboration with BIGLAKE last week. The Ensemble reset the Beatles’ Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band to chamber music with vocals by Steven Page, Chris Murphy, Andy Maize and Jeremy Fisher in a splendid remix.
It was as though a bomb had gone off. In an extraordinary statement, Mayor Ferguson advised the public last week that the County had entered into a legally binding agreement with Picton Terminals, precluding any public consultation or comment, even a normal vote to approve the deal. The terms of the settlement still have not been disclosed, and won’t be until just before they are to be approved — in a “pro forma” ratification vote.
In mid-August, from morning to midnight, singers, saxophones, pianos, trumpets and tubas, drums, guitars and even a steel pan will resound around the County, in restaurants, wineries, churches, and chapels, and on the Regent Theatre stage.
Karen Valihora considers the meaning of a pro forma Council vote.
There is only one way to say it. Forcing an international container shipping port and industrial zone on a small, scenic harbour at the centre of a County trying mightily to establish itself as a world-class destination of outstanding natural and cultural beauty is just plain wrong.
County FM’s eight-part documentary series, “Voices from the Shadows — Homeless in a Rural Community,” won Best Documentary at the National Community Radio Association annual conference.
A visual cornucopia, and yes, totally corny. But worth it for the Flower Power.
The Weekend Ticket
It’s Princess Amelia’s 241st birthday celebration. Ameliasburgh Heritage Hub, Saturday 3 August at noon. Music at Port Milford puts on Romanceros, featuring Vancouver Symphony Orchestra principal violist Emilie Grimes and New York-based pianist Charlotte Hill playing Schubert and Schumann. Saturday 3 April at St. Mary Magdalene. Jackie and Kim Richardson are at the Sergeants Mess Hall Friday 2 August. Tom Cochrane plays the Drill Hall on Saturday night. Adega Wine Bar in Consecon is putting on a delectable family-friendly dinner, Taste the County, featuring a full range of County offerings, for $65 per person. Saturday 3 August 6-9pm.