May 2012 Newsletter

After months of hard work by a committee of dedicated people www.MadeInHaliburton.ca officially launched on April 5, 2012. A viewing of the work of the artists contributing to the website was held at the Art Hive, with the official ribbon cutting on April 7th. It was well attended by community members interested in wishing us well in this new endeavour. Thank you to all who attended and a heart felt thank you to the Art Hive for creating such an amazing display of the work of our contributing artists.

To win a set of two of these incredible dragonfly mugs by Susanne James simply sign up for our newsletter or like us on facebook. Note that if you have already done so your name will automatically be put into the May 31st draw .. no need to do anything. Please share the link with all your friends and family so that they can enter as well.

The winner of the sculpture “The Haunting” by Terry Adair is Simon Payn. Congratulations! We hope to have a picture of the winner with the sculpture for our next newsletter. 

We are now selling tickets to various events that are occurring in the Haliburton Highlands. At this time we carry tickets for the ForestFestival, a once a year event that happens in August (Aug 15 to 19 this year). The theatre is in the midst of a forest and the entertainment is of the highest quality … a magical combination of music and nature.
 
We also carry tickets for events of the Haliburton County FolkSociety. The next one occurs on Mother’s Day and brings well-known performer Ron Hynes to the Moose Bar and Grill on Wigamog Road.