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- Lots of fiddling around in
Shelburne Aug. 6 through 10
- Shelburne, Ontario - The 58th Canadian
Open Old Time Fiddle Championship will be held here Aug.
6 to 10. Canada's top fiddlers will be competing for more
than $20,000 in prizes. Sponsored by the Shelburne Rotary Club,
the five-day competition also includes camping, fiddle workshops,
open air market etc.
- Boyd Heritage Museum staging
summer family entertainment
- Bobcaygeon, Ontario - The Boyd Heritage Museum in Bobcaygeon
will present Living History, an interactive family theatrical
production this summer. Shows will be staged twice daily, Wednesdays
to Sundays, from July 2 to August 31. Visit www.theboydmuseum.com
or call 705-738-9482.
- Ottawa's "Everybody
loves buttons" convention is Sept. 13 & 14
- Ottawa, Ontario - It will be "buttonmania"
here during the Canadian Button Convention, Sept. 13 and 14
at the Downtown Sheraton Hotel. The convention will be hosted
by the Ottawa Valley Button Club, a small but passionate group
of clothing button collectors. Info: e-mail
or web
site
- Michigan's largest antique
& collectible fest turns 40 this year
- Midland, Michigan - The 40th anniversary of the Michigan
Antique and Collectible Festivals will be celebrated at huge
weekend festivals at the Midland County Fairgrounds - July
26-27 and Sept. 27-28. Antiques, classic car shows,
auto swap meets, live music on 80 acres of indoor and outdoor
spaces.
- Sofa search can produce more
than loose change, Kovel reports
- The folks who publish the popular
Kovels
antiques and collectibles guides say when a student in Berlin,
Garmany, searched a lumpy $215 sofabed purchased at a flea market,
she found a tiny oil painting. It turned out to be an early 17th
century unsigned work of art and sold at auction this month for
$27,660.
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