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Friday, December 7th, 2012
Ring in the New Year Scottish style by attending one of the various Hogmanay events happening around the province.
Our first stop is at Gibson House in North York for a Hogmanay Dinner.
“Gather at the historic Gibson House for a special evening inspired by the traditions of Hogmanay. Share a scrumptious dinner with familiar and new friends. Be lulled by the fire, and moved by the music. Take an imagined journey through story and drama to a New Year of another time. As the evening closes, come together with us to welcome our First Footer, celebrate our 2012 season and bring luck and best wishes to Gibson House Museum for 2013.”
Pre-registration and pre-payment required. $44.25 plus tax per person.
Date: Saturday, December 29, & Sunday, December 30, 2012
Time: 7:00 pm
Location: Gibson House, 5172 Yonge Street, just north of the North York Centre Subway Stop, North York
Click here for directions around the construction
Paid parking in the area
Contact Info:
Phone: 416-395-7432
email: gibsonhouse@toronto.ca
Our next stop is at Mackenzie House in Toronto.
“Enjoy an evening of Scottish music and foods at this traditional celebration of the New Year. The decorated house will be illuminated by gas and candlelight. Musicians Gin Lane will perform.”
Pre-registration and pre-payment are required. Admission: $22.50 plus tax. Please call 416-392-6915 for further details.
Date: Friday, December 28, 2012
Time: 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Location: Mackenzie House, 82 Bond Street, Toronto
Contact Info:
Phone: 416-392-6915
email: machouse@toronto.ca
Scottish Society of Ottawa Inaugural Event and Hogmanay Celebration
Our final stop for this round is the nation’s capital for the biggest Hogmanay celebration and the official kick off of the Scottish Society of Ottawa. This inaugural event captures the spirit of the famous Edinburgh Hogmanay Celebrations, complete with fireworks, bagpipes, highland dancers, and of course, a wee bit of Scotch-tasting to ward off the evening chill. Being in Ottawa, this Hognamany celebration will also include a distinct Canadian flavour:
“Music will come from local folkies Ecosse, Celtic fusion Cape Breton-style from Sprag Session and surprise special guest headline act, whose identity we’ll release closer to the big night. We’ll also have the Sons of Scotland and Glengarry pipe bands, the McCulloch step dancers and the Katharine Robinson Dancers.”
Date: Monday, December 31, 2012
Time: 5:00 pm – 1:00 am
Location: Ottawa City Hall (Outside at Marion Dewar Park)
Contact Info: http://www.thescottishsocietyofottawa.com/
Free Admission
Lang may your lum reek!
Tags: celebrations, city hall, gibson house, hogmanay, hogmanay celebrations, inaugural event, mackenzie house, new year, north york, ottawa, scottish society of ottawa, Toronto
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Wednesday, December 5th, 2012
Mackenzie House marks the 175th anniversary of the Upper Canada Rebellion with the presentation of Fight and Flight! – A Rebel Evening of Music, Storytelling and a new Exhibit.
“December marks the 175th anniversary of the Upper Canadian Rebellion. This date saw the defeat of the rebels at Montgomery’s Tavern. Join us and listen to the rousing music of Canadian singer-songwriter Mike Ford and the suspenseful tale of Mackenzie’s escape from Toronto. Enjoy warm cider and baked treats.”
Pre-registration is required $22.50 plus tax.
Date: Friday, December 7, 2012
Time: 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Location: Mackenzie House, 82 Bond Street, Toronto. (map)
Contact Info:
Phone: 416-392-6915
email: machouse@toronto.ca
Exhibit
While you are enjoying the evening of Rebel Music and Storytelling, don’t forget to check Mackenzie House’s new exhibit, Road to Rebellion:
“This new exhibit examines the personalities on both sides of the conflict: Sir Francis Bond Head’s government, determined to preserve the status quo; William Lyon Mackenzie and the Reformers, equally determined to force change. Over twenty years after the War of 1812 had ended, what defined a Canadian patriot? Was it unswerving loyalty to England – or striving for a more independent Canada?”
Included with admission.
Exhibit opens on December 7th.
Tags: fight or flight - a rebel evening of music and storytelling, heritage event, mackenzie house, new exhibit, road to rebellion, upper canada rebellion
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Tuesday, December 4th, 2012
To mark the 175th Anniversary of the 1837 rebellion of Upper Canada, Gibson House is presenting two lectures:
A Rebel Evening with Storyteller Bruce Carmody
“Currents of discontent and rebellion are sweeping through the concession roads, farms and inns of Upper Canada. Join rebel leader David Gibson, recreated by master storyteller Bruce Carmody, as he expounds on the ideas and issues fueling the reformers. A farmhouse supper will be served.”
Pre-registration and pre-payment required. $40 plus tax.
Date: Saturday, December 8, 2012
Time: 7:00 pm – 9:30 pm
Location: Gibson House, 5172 Yonge Street just north of the North York Centre Subway Stop. (map)
Click here for directions for getting around the construction.
Contact Info:
Phone: 416-395-7432
email: gibsonhouse@toronto.ca
Rebellious Women: Teaspoons Raised
“Discover history through the perspective of three women whose lives were touched by the events of the 1837 Rebellion. Join Adrianna Prosser as she portrays Mrs. Gibson, and her guests Mrs. Cummer and Mrs. Sheppard, as they gather for tea in 1851. Includes a Scottish tea in the historic rooms of the Gibson farmhouse.”
Pre-registration and pre-payment required. Call 416-395-7432 to register. $27.50 plus tax.
Date: Sunday, December 9, 2012
Time: 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Location:
Location: Gibson House, 5172 Yonge Street just north of the North York Centre Subway Stop. (map)
Click here for directions for getting around the construction.
Contact Info:
Phone: 416-395-7432
email: gibsonhouse@toronto.ca
Tags: a rebel evening with storyteller bruce carmody, adrianna prosser, gibson house, heritage events, rebellious women: teaspoons raised
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Monday, December 3rd, 2012
Here are a few festive heritage events taking place in some of Toronto’s historic museums throughout the Christmas season:
Colborne Lodge
If you are going to be in the High Park area, why not pay a visit to historic Colborne Lodge and see its halls all decked out for a Victorian Christmas. Raise of glass of good cheer, mulled cider, and sample some authentic Victorian era holiday treats.
Holiday admission prices apply: Adults $7.08, Seniors $4.42 Youths $3.81, Children $4.42 (plus tax)
Dates: This event is on now, and runs through to January 6, 2013
Times: Tuesdays to Sundays, 12:00 pm – 4:00 pm; Closed Mondays, December 25, 26 and January 1st.
Location: Colborne Lodge, South end of High Park on Colborne Lodge Drive, Toronto. (map)
Limited free parking.
Contact Info:
email: clodge@toronto.ca
Phone: 416-392-6916
Colborne Lodge is also offering Christmas Cookie Creation for Children, 8 to 10 years of age. These are not just any old Christmas cookies. Kids will participate in a historic baking workshop, using a Canadian Gingerbread recipe from the 1830s. While the cookies bake, the kids can tour the house, learn about Victorian Christmas traditions, and take in all the festive decorations. They can also take their cookie creations home with them!
Pre-registration and pre-payment required. $22.50 plus tax (includes supplies and a dozen cookies to bring home).
Date: Sunday, December 23, 2012
Time: 9:30 am – 11:30 am
Location: Colborne Lodge, South end of High Park on Colborne Lodge Drive, Toronto. (map)
Limited free parking.
Contact Info:
email: clodge@toronto.ca
Phone: 416-392-6916
MacKenzie House
Take a step back in time and experience Christmas in a 1859 Victorian row house. MacKenzie house is festooned in festive greenery and offering samples of mulled cider and biscuits to celebrate the season.
Holiday admission prices: Adults: $7.08; Seniors: $4.52; Youth and Children: $4.42 (plus tax).
Date: This event is on now and runs through until Sunday, January 6, 2013. (closed December 25,26 and January 1st)
Time: Tuesday to Friday, 12:00 pm – 4:00 pm, Saturday & Sunday, 12:00 pm – 5:00 pm.
Location: Mackenzie House, 82 Bond Street, Toronto (map)
Contact Info:
Phone: 416-392-6915
email: machouse@toronto.ca
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Saturday, December 1st, 2012
We travel to Aurora for the first of today’s festive heritage events. This special event is not only a Christmas celebration, it is also the 150th anniversary of Hillary House, the Aurora Historical Society’s premier heritage property. On Saturday, December 8th, the Hillary House players are presenting ” A Canadian Christmas.” Join the players for an evening of stories, music and memories that stretch back over 150 years.
Performances are on Saturday, December 8th, at 2:00 and 7:00 pm at Hillary House, 15372 Yonge Street (map)
Tickets, which include refreshments, are $10 and are available from the Aurora Historical Society at 905-727-8991.
Due to capacity restrictions, please purchase tickets in advance.
Aurora Historical Society website: http://www.aurorahistoricalsociety.ca/
Our next festive heritage event is in the Hamilton area. Drop by Westfield Heritage Village in Rockton and enjoy an afternoon of Christmas in the Country, complete with wagon rides, caroling, and of course, Father Christmas.
Admission: Special event pricing applies. Adults: $11, Seniors/Disabled: $10, Children: $6.50. Children 5 and under are free.
Parking is free.
Date: Sunday,December 16, 2012
Time: 12:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Location: Westfield Heritage Village, 1049 Kirkwall Rd, Rockton, ON. (map)
Contact Info: 1-800-883-0104.
website: http://www.conservationhamilton.ca/westfield-2/special-events-at-westfield/christmas-in-the-country
Tags: a canadian christmas, aurora, christmas in the country, festive heritage events, hillary house, rockton, the hillary house players, westfield heritage village
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Friday, November 30th, 2012
95% of OGS activities around the province are managed by volunteers and we are grateful to all volunteers for sharing their time and talents with the Society and researchers everywhere.
Over the years, we have developed different ways of honouring volunteers and branches and SIGs for their achievements, but, in order to ensure this recognition continues, we need assistance on the OGS Awards Committee.
Members of the Awards Committee do not have to judge who will receive an award, but we need a few OGS members to help in ensuring that the awards are given out when they need to be, so that all the hard work of our dedicated volunteers and the achievements of our branches and SIGs do not get forgotten.
If you’re interested in helping with this committee, please contact the Provincial Office.
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Friday, November 30th, 2012
There have been some questions as to what happened to the Cemeteries Act Petitions in May 2011 when the Ontario Legislature was prorogued. The answer is: they died!
But – OGS and The Ontario Historical Society (OHS) received a life line from Jim Brownell, then retiring Member of Provincial Parliament for Stormont, Dundas and South Glengarry. He arranged for us to meet John Gerretsen, then Minister of Business Services – the Ministry in charge of cemeteries registration.
We presented Minister Gerretsen with a list of more than 1500 unregistered cemeteries across the province and had a first hand opportunity to tell the Minister about the lack of protection and high risk of removal for unregistered cemeteries. As a result, we received a letter of undertaking from the Registrar of Cemeteries, Michael D’Mello. The Ministry plans to register unregistered cemeteries! To this end, we have been asked to submit the data county-by-county and to include modern identifying information such as GPS, street addresses, directions, etc.
It isn’t too late.
The joint OGS and OHS Cemetery Registration Committee has been resuscitated and, with assistance from many hardworking branch cemeteries committees, is working to compile the necessary information and send it to the Registrar. To date the data for four counties – Algoma, Brant, Bruce and Carleton – have been forwarded to the Registrar of Cemeteries. Any new information for these counties will be also forwarded as it is discovered.
The OGS Cemetery Locator is being updated as we move along by county, with the goal of making it as complete a record of cemeteries in Ontario as possible.
None of this can happen without the co-operation of our branches and our genealogical and historical friends who have first hand knowledge of their areas. We ask that people check out the Cemetery Locator to see what is on record for your county or region.
We invite anyone with cemetery information, particularly little known or abandoned cemeteries to contact us. This week we learned about three unregistered small family burial grounds from surprising sources.
Please help the OGS/OHS Cemetery Registration Committee remain alive! We look forward to hearing from the friends of cemeteries. We plan to keep you posted as we send the government further information.
Tags: cemeteries act petitions, FYI, update
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Tuesday, November 27th, 2012
The Archives Association of Ontario, Eastern Ontario Chapter, Presents:
Christmas Past Comes Alive
Date: Wednesday December 5th, 2012,
Time: 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm
Location: City of Ottawa Archives, 100 Tallwood Drive (corner of Woodroffe Ave. and Tallwood Dr.) map
Brief Overview:
“The AAO Eastern Ontario Chapter is pleased to partner for a second year with the Ottawa Storytellers, and this year, it’s for an evening of Christmas stories. Storytellers Leah Sander and Kim Kilpatrick will tell Christmas stories, based on personal memories or historical events, and share the process of constructing and telling a story.
Join us in exploring common interests between archives and storytelling.
Refreshments will be served. Hope to see you there!
Please see our website for further details, and upcoming events.”
Tags: archives association of ontario, christmas past comes alive, city of ottawa archives, eastern ontario chapter, festive heritage event, Kim Kilpatrick, Leah Sander, ottawa storytellers
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Sunday, November 25th, 2012
Get a taste of how our early Ontario ancestors celebrated the season by visiting one of the many excellent Pioneer Villages around the province.
Lang Pioneer Village, Keene:
Christmas by Candlelight
“Delight in the sight and sounds of the most wonderful time of the year with a traditional Pioneer Christmas.”
Admission: Adults $10, Students/Seniors $9, Youth (5-14) $6, Under $5 Free. Family (includes 2 Adults and up to 4 Youth) $30
Dates: Saturday December 8th & Sunday December 9th, 2012
Times: 5:00 pm to 9:00 pm each night
Location: Lang Pioneer Village, 104 Lang Road, RR 3 Keene, ON (map)
Click here for full details on this event
Contact Info:
Telephone: (705) 295-6694
Toll Free: 1 866 289 5264 (LANG)
E-mail: info@langpioneervillage.ca
Black Creek Pioneer Village
Christmas at Black Creek
There are different activities for each weekend throughout this event. Click here for a list of highlights.
Dates: November 17th until December 23rd, 2012
Hours of Operation: After Labour Day to December 21st, 2012
Weekdays: 9:30 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Weekends & Holidays: 11:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
For details on other heritage Christmas events, contact information, admission prices and how to purchase tickets, please follow this link to the Black Creek Pioneer Village website.
Doon Heritage Village
Country Christmas
“Enjoy Christmas in the country from the early 20th century! Take in the sights and sounds of a Christmas past with horse drawn wagon rides, music and Father Christmas. General Admission rates apply.”
Dates:
Sundays: Dec. 2, 9, 16, 23,
Time: 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Location: Doon Heritage Village, 10 Huron Rd., Kitchener, ON (map)
For details on this and other festive heritage events, contact info and admission rates, please follow this link to the Doon Heritage Village website.
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Friday, November 23rd, 2012
Enjoy some festive family fun at the Enoch Turner Schoolhouse “Corktown Christmas Forest!”
Wander through the “Forest”- located in the West Hall – where you will discover Christmas trees decorated in hand-made Victorian ornaments. Each tree will be sponsored by a local business or group, and donated to the Salvation Army Local 614 of Regent Park following the event.
The schedule will include:
· 12 p.m. Reading of “The Steadfast Tin Soldier” by our own ballerina – Katherine Belrose!
· 1 p.m. Performance by members of the Corktown Chamber Orchestra
· 2 p.m. Reading of “A Visit from St. Nicholas” by Stuart Hughes of Soulpepper Theatre Company
· 3 p.m. Performance by the St. Paul’s Toronto School of Irish Music
· 4 p.m. Reading of “The Steadfast Tin Soldier”
· All day: Victorian ornament-making demonstrations: try your hand at scrapwork balls, paper fans, cornucopias, sugar plums, stars and pomanders! Cider, coffee, tea and treats for all, and cupcakes baked by Pretty & Sweet will be on offer. Tours of the Schoolhouse will be available all day.
Admission to this event is free for children 10 and under and pay-what-you-can for adults - recommended donation is $8 for adults and $6 for students and seniors.
Date: Sunday December 2, 2011,
Time: 11am to 5pm
Location: Enoch Turner Schoolhouse, 106 Trinity St., Toronto. (map)
For more information or to buy tickets in advance, visit Enoch Turner Schoolhouse, email enochturner@heritagetrust.on.ca or call 416-327-6997.
Tickets will also be available at the door.
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