2011 Alberta Sweet 16 - Summer Grand Prize Winner

City of Red Deer: Tuesday, 18 October 2011 12:58

CONGRATULATIONS to all the 2011 Alberta Sweet 16 prize package winners! Debra Murphy of Red Deer, AB was the Grand Prize Winner this year and she got to take home a weekend for 2 in Rimbey including: 2 passes to the featured weekend festivities (ie. Rimbey Rodeo, Shootout, etc.), Dinner on Friday and Saturday night (Courtesy of Monteray Jacks & James’ Grill and Bar), 2 night stay at the Super 8 Rimbey, 2 Golf passes to the Rimbey Golf Course, 2 tickets to the Pas Ka Poo Park / Rimbey Historical Site Goodie Bag and an Alberta Sweet 16 travel bag crammed full of goodies from our partnering communities. Share the Alberta Sweet 16 facebook page with your friends. It’s a great way to stay in the know of what is happening in and around your community and you or your friends could just win some great prizes too!

Explore Your Downtown Core!

Lacombe: Saturday, 15 October 2011 14:20

Take in this season's beauty on a fun, free, guided tour of Downtown Lacombe.

Join us every Saturday at the Flatiron Museum and Interpretive Centre
for a morning or afternoon tour which will explore our downtown historic sites,
fascinating murals, and more!

Morning tour: 11:00-11:30am
Afternoon tour: 2:00-2:30pm

These tours will take place exclusively on Saturdays, from October 22 until November 12 in celebration of our warm and colourful fall season.

For more information, please call us at (403) 755-6935. Tours may be cancelled in the event of extreme weather.

Sip 'n Savour by FCSS Lacombe

Lacombe: Saturday, 24 September 2011 10:18

Home Routes hits Lacombe!

Lacombe: Tuesday, 30 August 2011 10:47

Home ROUTES
Redefining folk and roots music in Lacombe
7pm Flatiron Building 5005 – 50Ave. $20/person, $35/couple or $45/family
2011/2012 Schedule at a glance
Thurs Sept 29
 Alan Rhody
Fri Oct 28
Jenny Berkel with
Michelle Elrick
Sat Nov 26
Dakota Dave Hull
Sun Feb 5
Eileen McGann with David K
Tues March 6
Tim Harrison
Wed April 18
Michael Jerome Browne
Alan Rhody is one of today's most respected solo acoustic
singer-songwriters. In the Kentucky native's thirty-year career, he has
established a reputation writing songs for such artists as Kevin Welch,
Oak Ridge Boys, Del McCoury, Lorrie Morgan, George Jones, etc. Recently he
has returned to his roots, touring and writing songs on a more personal
level.
www.alanrhody.com
Jenny Berkel’s deep, resonant smoky voice and truly poetic lyrics have
been garnering fans ever since she started performing. In that time, she
has played with bands The Wandering Goose and Lady o’Lakes, toured across
Canada, busked on the streets of Paris and Belfast, and been nominated for
two music awards. Accompanying Jenny is the talented Michelle Elrick, who
will be adding her delicate banjo and soaring harmonies.
www.myspace.com/jennyberkel
 
 
Hailed by everyone from Dave Van Ronk to Doc Watson, from the Washington
Post to Downbeat, Dakota Dave Hull’s guitar style spans a wide musical
geography to create an infectious, uniquely personal blend of jazz,
ragtime, folk, blues, Western swing, and vintage pop. A gifted composer as
well as a strikingly original interpreter of older tunes, Dakota Dave
calls what he does "classic American guitar." Folk legend Van Ronk called
Dave "one of the best guitarists in the world."
www.dakotadavehull.com
Eileen McGann is widely acclaimed as one of the best contemporary Canadian
songwriters, as well as one of the finest Celtic traditional singers
anywhere.  Add to this a singing voice described as "magnificent",
"stunning" and "hauntingly beautiful", and you have an artist not to be
missed.  Eileen tours with acclaimed multi-instrumentalist sideman David
K., on Irish bouzouki, bass, national        tri-cone and harmony vocals. 
                                         www.myspace.com/eileenmcgann
 Tim Harrison is one of Canada's finest singers and   songwriters on the
folk music landscape today. His poignant themes and vivid images reveal
him as a storyteller of our time, and his delightful wit and      uncanny
knack for storytelling make him an audience favorite. Enthusiastic
response to his recordings and performances has led to tours across
Canada, the United States, and the UK.
www.timharrison.ca
 The blues is a common thread that runs through virtually all of the music
derived in the early American South and no one gets this connection
better than internationally acclaimed singer and multi-instrumentalist
Michael Jerome Browne. Browne performs everything from old Appalachian
music to Chicago Blues with such captivating authenticity, that he has
earned three Juno nominations in two distinct categories. He has
performed at Carnegie Hall with Kate and Anna McGarrigle, in the studio
with Taj Mahal and Eric Bib, and on tour with Guy Davis. Song Out
magazine calls him “one of today's most accomplished interpreters of
traditional music styles”.
www.michaeljeromebrowne.com

Lacombe Blacksmith Shop Provincial Designation!

Lacombe: Tuesday, 30 August 2011 10:42

THE LACOMBE & DISTRICT HISTORICAL SOCIETY is very excited to host two special events on Saturday September 24th, 2011.

We would like to extend this notice about our HERITAGE TOUR at 1:00pm and invite everyone to attend the very special designation ceremony that is being held at the Blacksmith Shop Museum in Lacombe at 3:30pm.

Itinerary of events for Saturday, September 24th:

1) Lacombe Heritage Tour
1:00pm to 3:30pm

A very special guided tour of local historical sites in Lacombe. The tour begins at the Flatiron Museum and Interpretive Centre at 1:00pm on Sept. 24^th. Transportation between the historical sites is provided.Participants will receive an original publication that has been specially produced for this tour.

Sites visited on tour: 1 –Flatiron Building

2 – St Cyprian’s Anglican Church

3 – Federal Research Centre & Ag. Pavilion

4 –Blacksmith Shop

$15/ per person

The tour is a fundraising event. All proceeds go to the Lacombe & District Historical Society

Call (403) 782-3933 or (403) 755-6935

To RSVP and reserve your spot on the bus by Friday September 16^th!

Or register in person at the Flatiron Museum or Michener House Museum

2) 2011 Lacombe Blacksmith Shop Designation Ceremony

At the Blacksmith Shop Museum

This special public event is being hosted to celebrate the Blacksmith Shop Museum’s designation as a provincial historic resource by the Government of Alberta. The celebration will include blacksmithing demonstrations, live music, refreshments and more. Attendance is free.

We look forward to celebrating this historic event together with you!

3rd Annual Stettler Steel Wheel Stampede

Stettler: Tuesday, 09 August 2011 10:09

The 3rd Annual Stettler Steel Wheel Stampede is this weekend! Beginning on Friday August 12th we are kicking off this year's rodeo with a parade taking place at 3:00PM. This parade is already larger than the last two years so we hope to see many people lining the streets of the parade route. To see where the parade will go please check our website at www.stettlerboardoftrade.com and look under the "On going projects" tab or click here.

This weekend will also see many BBQs and pancake breakfasts in town so be sure to bring your appetite! The rodeo performances will start at 6:00PM on Friday and Saturday and 1:30PM on Sunday. There is also a rodeo slack at 9:00AM on Saturday that is well worth going to see! The complete list of events and times can be found here. However the must see event of the weekend is the Jason Blaine Concert on Saturday night beginning at 9:00PM!

The Stettler Steel Wheel Stampede will bring the "Wild Wild West" to town this coming weekend so dress in your best wranglers and ten gallons for this must see CCA rodeo.

Justin Bickford Memorial Mini Golf Tournament

Lacombe: Saturday, 06 August 2011 10:25

On Saturday August 20, 2011, the Bentley Firefighter’s Foundation will be hosting the Justin Bickford Memorial Mini Golf Tournament.  The event will run from noon to 4:00 pm at the Summerland Leisure RV Park Mini Golf and Driving Range (RR 28-2 & Hwy 12- 11km west of Lacombe). The cost is $5/person for a game of mini golf. There will be variety of activities for children and food will be served. Proceeds from the tournament will support the Justin Bickford Memorial Scholarship.  This scholarship will be presented each year to a deserving Bentley School student.

The foundation is currently raising money for the Justin Bickford Bursary, an annual scholarship awarded to a deserving Bentley student.  Justin Bickford, the son of two Bentley firefighters, died of cancer at the age of 13 in April 2011.  A courageous young man who exhibited a sense of humour and who made a tremendous difference in the lives, Justin loved reaching out to others in need. The Bentley Firefighter’s Foundation decided that a $1,000.00 bursary would be an appropriate way to honour Justin’s memory and to help a student who is fits the following criteria:  “Kind, sympathetic, loving, considerate, responsive, and shows compassion and exhibits concern and empathy for others.”

For more information, call Carolyn McLaren, President at 403-748-3144 or 403-704-3315.

Stettler Steel Wheel Stampede is fast approaching!

Stettler: Friday, 05 August 2011 09:32

Next weekend from Friday August 12th until Sunday August 14th the 3rd Annual Stettler Steel Wheel Stampede will be in town! With plenty of events taking place you'll be sure to have a great time at this years "Wild Wild West" Themed Stampede. Check out the businesses in town this next week as they compete in our Stampede Spirit Contest by dressing up and decorating according to our theme.

The events taking place next weekend are as follows:

~Friday August 12th, 2011~

Join the Stettler Mall for a Beef on a Bun from 11:00AM - 1:00PM

Stettler Steel Wheel Stampede Parade -3:00PM (Parade Entries begin marshaling at 2:00PM)

Tailgate Party / Beer Gardens 4:00PM - 10:00PM

Rodeo Performance 6:00PM

~Saturday August 13th, 2011~

The Downtown Merchants will be holding a Pancake Breakfast on Main Street from 8:00AM - 10:00AM

Rodeo Slack 9:00AM

Rodeo Performance 6:00PM

You won't want to miss JASON BLAINE at 9:00PM

~Sunday August 14th, 2011~

Agriplex Pancake Breakfast 9:00AM - 11:00AM

Cowboy Church 11:00AM

Beer Gardens 1:00PM

Rodeo Performance 1:30PM

~Admission~

Adults $15

Students $5

Under 6 - Free

Weekend Pass (including concert) $50

Concert Only - $30

Come check out all that the Stettler Steel Wheel Stampede has to offer with weekend passes and concert tickets available at the Stettler Regional Board of Trade and at Q14.