Huntsville Festival of the Arts - Free Concerts

Huntsville Festival of the Arts offers free concerts each day at Trinity Church in Huntsville.

hunMusic at Noon Refresh your body and spirit with these 15 free concerts presented at Trinity Church weekdays commencing at 12:15 pm. July 6 - 24th.

Gord @ Beauview, Julia @ Foxwood and Andrew @ Tally Ho , play in the Huntsville Community band who will be performing this Friday.

The Larks Acapella Choir
Handbell Duet
Gospell Bluegrass band
Organ/PianoCommunity Band
Trillium Jazz Guys
Broadway show tunes
Piano Flute Duet
Oboe, Piano
Classical and contemporary piano

http://www.huntsvillefestival.on.ca/

Saturday Star article about Huntsville

See the Toronto Star article and video about Huntsville, Ontario

http://www.thestar.com/travel/article/658861

Plan a Summer Staycation in Muskoka

There's no need to travel far from home to enjoy your vacation. Plan a "staycation". North Muskoka is just over 2 hours away from the Greater Toronto area.

Here's a list of some of the Attractions in the area:

Santa's Village and Sportsland www.santasvillage.ca
Muskoka Wildlife Centre www.muskokawildlifecentre.com
Muskoka Heritage Place www.muskokaheritageplace.org
Eaglecrest Aerial park - Treetop adventure www.aerialparks.ca
Algonquin Park www.algonquinpark.on.ca
Echo Valley Observatory http://www.deltahotels.com/grandview/observatory/
Real Muskoka - Steam boat cruises, Muskoka Boat and Heritage Centre www.realmuskoka.com

Plus the Huntsville Festival of the Arts www.huntsvillefestival.on.ca

For places to stay, visit www.north-muskoka.com

Disc Golf, what a great walk, unruined!

There is a classic tag line that "Golf is a Great Walk, Ruined."

Not so for Disc Golf (Frisbee Golf) (Frolf) This is just plain good fun, for which you need absolutely no special gear, just a set of frisbees. And those you can rent.

The 9 hole Disc Golf course at BONDI VILLAGE is open for play.

The lake temperature is now over 80 degrees F., the beach is beckoning. The hiking trails are good to go, and we are right next door to Algonquin Provincial Park, so trails are pretty much unlimited here for hikers.

We've got wildlife on the lawn, from new fawns to bluebirds.

And we've still got some vacancies for the summer. Isn't it time you got out of town?

Loons on Lake of Bays

Here's photos of two loons that came to visit this morning.

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=131387&id=622132596&l=1aa74ada82

2010 G8 - One year to Go!

One year from today Huntsville will host the 2010 G8.

Preparations are already underway and there is a buzz in the area as we hit the one year away point.

See the following Huntsville Forester article for more information on the upcoming G8:

Click here for article


One of the major issues for the 2010 G8 is accommodation and North Muskoka has myriad accommodation choices for before, during and after the G8. visit www.northmuskoka.com to view 15 establishments that are all very close to all the action.

DOORS OPEN Lake of Bays

JUNE 13th, Lake of Bays is hosting a DOORS OPEN event.
Details on the fabulous houses being opened up for public viewing can be found on the Doors Open site. It's an exciting line-up, including (but certainly not limited to!) historic Limberlost Lodge, now a Forest and Nature Reserve; Vesle Skaugum, a replica of the Norwegian summer palace built during WWII at the R&R site for the Norwegian airmen (seen in the top photo!); Broomhill Farm, once the Moffat's Wonderview, and still an icon on Peninsula Lake; and Sunset Cottage, the first building in Lake of Bays to come under Heritage Designation and qualify for Heritage Tax Relief.
The Tour runs from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., and there is no charge for participants.

To help support this project, the Heritage Committee is holding a Silent Auction at the Dwight Public Library
Items on offer include a framed Folkins print of the Portage Flyer train, with steamships at the South Portage dock, various original artwork items, some pottery, garden baskets and other interesting items.



Of special note for history buffs, a piece of the Lake of Bays' iconic past is on offer -- there are three windows, all different sizes, from historic Bigwin Inn, a landmark destination since it's opening in 1920, and also a nine foot long section of the curved ballustrade railing from the Bigwin Rotunda. Carey Grant, Carole Lombard, Princess Juliana and a host of other luminaries once leaned over this bannister rail to chat with their companions in the Rotunda foyer. These would be excellent accent pieces in a cottage, and a rare chance to own a tiny part of Bigwin's glory days.

The auction will be open until 4 p.m on JUNE 13th.