One Bad @%$ September 25th day

I cannot believe what I am going to tell you about the Uxbridge Celebration of the Arts 25th Anniversary - Saturday the 25th is going to be so busy and filled with so many exciting things to do, that right now you will have to take a deep breath, calm down and look at the next paragraph.

There are 4 separate events that you can get yourself busy with on Saturday, September 25th and the best thing is that you can in fact do ALL OF THEM!!! As you would suspect, since this is the 25th and this is our 25th anniversary, it just seems to make so much sense.

Event #1 - Shorts for the Shorties - is the best in new and classic cartoons and aimed for the kids to see at Roxy Theater on Brock Street. Bring your kids to see some great cartoons being played on the fabulous screens of the theater - and it starts at 9:30 am but the doors open at 9am for the best seats.

Event #2 - from 9:30am - 5pm, the downtown part of Uxbridge will be closed off so that the families in the area can truly enjoy art with all of their senses. The theme is The Senses: see, hear, smell, touch, taste and ??? the sixth sense. This is called 25 on 25 Street Party. All of the local merchants have worked together to open up the streets for over 25 different opportunities to experince art first hand. Of course there is no admission fee and goes all day.

Event #3 - Second Lunch Hour Concert at St. Andrew's Chalmers Presbyterian Church and featuring Welcome Back Students. This time we are welcoming back local youth who have moved onto university to study music/voice. We will hear the amazing voices of Meghan McKibbon, Travis Smalley and Christina Campsall. Accompanying all is the ever talented Jackie Crawford. This will be an exciting hour, where you can sit and relax and listen. Free Will offering is the cost.

Event #4 - Silver Gala - oh what a night this will be. The evening will be a reflection on the past and honouring those who have truly been pivotal for the Celebration - and then welcoming in something new in the way of the 25 Hour Masterpiece. The evening will start at 7:30pm at the Uxbridge Music Hall and tickets can be purchased for $25 at the door (if available) or at Presents, Presents and Blue Heron Books.

Performing for us again this year is the wonderfully talented Carol Gibson and electric Tom Baker and Friends. To start the program though is the world premiers of performance art in play, poetry, short story, video, comedy and music - all created just 25 hours before.

Okay everyone - let me hear an audible WOW!!!!!