The Night Before Christmas

In an effort to help our community celebrate local flavors and to encourage local sustainability, the Perth Farmers Market vendors have come forward and offered to cater this year’s event at cost.  All local produce will be used in this year’s party buffet.

Here are just some of the products that you can find at Perth’s Farmers Market on any given weekend:

• locally organically grown produce
• home baked pies, pastries and bread
• pickles, jams and preserves of all kinds
• confections
• flowers, herbs and plants
• garlic, honey and maple syrup
• meat and eggs
• weaving, juried crafts and jewellery
• BBQ pork
• Market Cafe

For the third year in a row, Strategic Media Solutions is sponsoring the Night Before Christmas Foodbank Fundraiser. Each year Strategic Media Solutions Principal, Shelley Montreuil, takes the reigns and organizes the event along with bringing her band, Tell Mama, out to play.  This year Strategic Media Solutions is pleased to share the organizing spotlight with Dorothy Linden of Linden Financial Services. Dorothy will be taking responsibility for coordinating all financial contributions and sponsorships this year. And Julia Dashcevich of Images InterAlia is welcomed back as our printing and signage sponsor.

Tickets for the event are $20 a person plus a donation of food or $5 in lieu at the door. However, this year we are adding a new twist – in the hopes of encouraging more people to donate to the food bank on a regular, monthly basis, we are offering free tickets to anyone who commits to give $10 a month to the foodbank. This can be done either automatically by credit card or with post-dated cheques. For a committment of $15 a month, generous donors can get their ticket for free and will also not have to make a donation of food or money at the door of the event.

Guthrie House

Guthrie House…a beautiful old building in Elgin, Ontario. A welcoming community space where friends and seasoned musicians would meet regularly to create music, share stories and ‘jam’ for hours. When asked to perform live the obvious choice for a name for the band and in homage to the building…Guthrie House.

For the past 8 years Marty Crapper (upright and electric bass) Dave Balfour (guitar/vocals) and Steve Hanna (guitar/vocals) have been writing music filled with interesting stories, hook laden melodies, and serious musicianship. Guthrie House is a professional original folk-rock band to the ear and to the eye. Together and separately, they have played in over 20 bands and draw on their jazz, rock, pop, folk and blues backgrounds. With the recent addition of Melanie Morris on vocals and Justin Purvis on percussion the band has added another dimension to their sound.

Guthrie House can put a smile on your face, get your toes tapping and keep you humming long after a show. Whether playing their own material or tearing through their spin on others’ compositions don’t miss catching Guthrie House live!

Push

“Rising from the ashes of the Suicide Kings, PUSH formed in 1999 at memorable jam where a vintage Fender Super Reverb was laid to rest. This keyboardless quartet has been pumping out blues and rock standards and lesser known hits for appreciative audiences thoughout Ottawa and the Valley”.

PUSH is Ed Ashton (bass, vocals), Dave Bissonnette (drums, vocals), Chris Karson (guitar, lead vocals) and Fraser Moffatt (guitar, vocals).

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