MusicMakers - 2007/2008 Season Summer Serenade - Saturday May 10 at 8 p.m. Celebrate with the MusicMakers and a stellar list of guest artists including Brian Finley, Donna Bennett, David Bryson, Neil Hunter, Cathy Lyons, Randy Mills and Tony Prower. The choir and their guests will help pay tribute to Gwen Darling, the Music Director, who will be leaving the area in late summer. This will be her final appearance with MusicMakers. Several other members will also be retiring so this is indeed a "watershed" in MusicMakers saga. The concert will feature all kinds of music you'll love, from classical and operetta to Broadway and popular melodies. Proceeds to NeighbourLink Cobourg and District. Series tickets for all three concerts are $33.00 for adults and $28.00 for seniors and students. Single tickets for the December 22 and May 10 performances are $15.00 for adults and $12.00 for seniors and students. The March 16 admittance is $10.00 for all tickets. Children 12 and under are admitted free of charge to all concerts, however, they do have to have a ticket. For tickets and further information, please contact the Box Office at 905 372-2210.
	Jigga Jump! Judy & David from Treehouse TV, present JiggaJump on May 14 - 1 p.m. and May 15 at 10 a.m. & 1 p.m. JiggaJump is an interactive concert for ages 3 - 8 which uses music and movement to help kids get physically fit - simply because it is fun! This 50 minute show is geared to elementary schools. Groups can purchase tickets by calling 1-877-697-6647, however, a limited number of premium seats are on sale at the box office. Please call 905 372-2210 for ticket information.
	The Big Easy 7 Swing and Sway the Big Easy Way on May 24; October 25 and November 29 at 8 p.m. with Northumberland County's fantastic swing band, The Big Easy 7. Led by Chris Devlin, enjoy the talents of Lee Batchelor, Don Dawson, Frank Gallimore, Beth Hunt, Scott Lean, George Lee, P.J. LeConte and Darren Strongman. Tickets are $15.00 per show or purchase the whole series for $50.00 (+GST). Call the Box Office to reserve your spot. For more information on upcoming performances, please visit our website at www.bigeasy7.com.
	Oriana Singers 2007/2008 Concert Season Oriana's Annual Fundraiser Modern Musicals Friday May 30, 2008 7 p.m. St. Peter's Church We're back to St. Peter's Church this year with all the elements you have come to expect from the Oriana Singers' Fundraiser. Come and enjoy a fun-filled evening of entertainment with selections from your favourite musicals from the 70's and onwards. Chose from a wide range of home-made "gourmet" desserts and enjoy a glass of wine! Get swept up in the excitement of our silent auction and you might just walk away with a real treasure. All regular concerts are prices at $18.00 for adults; $16.00 for seniors and children under 12 are $5.00. Group rates are available. All regular concerts will take place at Trinity United Church in Cobourg and the year-end fundraiser - May 30 - is held at St. Peter's Church in Cobourg. Tickets for the fundraiser are $30.00.
	Brad Halls Words and Music 2008 Join us Friday June 13 and Saturday June 14, 2008 when Brad and his guests Elly McCall and Alison McNamara (two very talented young singers making their debut in this series) present Songs of Love Found. Songs have always celebrated the feeling of elation that comes with new love, and the great songwriters have given us songs such as I've Never Been in Love Before, My Foolish Heart, I've Got a Feeling I'm Fallin, Almost Like Being in Love and so many more. Our 2008 season continues on Friday September 12 and Saturday September 13 with The Colours of Our Lives. Brad and his guests Beth Craig and Tanya Wills present an evening of standards drawn from all the colours of the rainbow. Colours reflect the entire specturm of musical emotions and you will enjoy such wonderful songs as My Blue Heaven, Deep Purple, Bye Bye Blackbird, Orange Coloured Sky, Evergreen, Scarlet Ribbons and many more. Our 2008 season concludes on Friday October 17 and Saturday October 18 with an evening devoted to the music of one of the true musical giants of the 20th century when Brad and his guests Laura Harp and Christine Vanderbank present The Songs of Duke Ellington. As a composer and bandleader, Ellington contributed dozens of songs to the pop and jazz world, including I'm Beginning to See the Light, Don't Get Around Much Anymore, Sophisticated Lady, Mood Indigo, Take the A Train, It Don't Mean a Thing (If it Ain't Got that Swing) and so many other classics. Tickets are $50.00 + GST for the all four shows and $15.00 + GST for individual tickets. Reserved - cabaret style seating.
The Sweet Water Band Al Brisco Don Reed Warren Sutcliffe Steve O'Connor Steve Piticco Tom Hall	Sweet Water Country Music 2008 Mark June 15, September 14 and October 19 at 2 p.m. on your calendars for the seventh season of great country music here at the Hall. Our surprise special guests are always popular with our audiences and we are looking at trying a couple of new things this year. One idea that we are playing with is a "Pickin' Party". We thought it would be fun to have Al Brisco invite some of his fellow steel guitar playing friends to sit in on a show. Whatever is decided we promise to keep providing you with the best possible musicians playing the best possible country music. See you there. Individual tickets are $18.55. Cabaret-style reserved seating. Call the Box Office at 905 372-2210 for further information.
	June 18th, 2008 at 7.30pm, The History of Victoria Hall: Drama, Danger, Rebirth The evening will be an entertaining walk down Victoria Hall's memory lane, featuring talks, photographic displays, memorabilia, tours of the building and images through the years. Gabrielle Blaschuck, Chair of The Cobourg and District Archives will open the evening discussing the early years of the Hall. Peter John Stokes, restoration architect and heritage consultant, will highlight the evening by discussing the restoration of Victoria Hall in the 1970s. He was appointed as the restoration architect for Victoria Hall in 1972, working with a visionary and determined restoration committee led by Lenah Field Fisher, Deputy-Reeve of Cobourg at the time, and John Taylor, Director of the Art Gallery of Northumberland. Stokes, a retired architect, now living in Port Hope, led the first two phases of the restoration of Victoria Hall. He will speak on the challenges faced by the team of engineers, architects and contractors in bringing the building back its former glory. This event is a unique partnership of three venerable organizations dedicated to preserving Cobourg's heritage. Splendid Victoria Hall was opened by the Prince of Wales, later Edward VII, in September, 1860. In preparation for the 150th anniversary of the opening, to be celebrated in 2010, the Victoria Hall Volunteers, The Cobourg and District Historical Society, and the Architectural Conservancy of Ontario, Cobourg Branch, are presenting this multi-media event. The evening will take place in the Concert Hall. Complimentary refreshments will be served and there will also be a cash bar. All are welcome. Tickets $15 can be purchased in advance at the Victoria Hall Box Office, or at the door. Funds raised at this event will be directed to the enhancement of Victoria Hall. For more information contact: Claire Lloyd, 905.342.9858, warrenlloyd@sympatico.ca. Peter John Stokes is well known for his involvement in the construction of Upper Canada Village in the late 1960s, and the many heritage restoration projects and feasibility studies he has conducted across Canada. These have included The Grange at the Art Gallery of Ontario, Kings Landing in New Brunswick, and the Heritage District Plan for Walton Street, Port Hope. He wrote Early Architecture of the town and township of Niagara, and Old Niagara on the Lake, a primer on the design, restoration and architectural details of the province's historic houses and buildings. Peter Stokes will be introduced by Marion Hagan, the first President of the Victoria Hall Volunteers, a group formed in 1975 to support the ongoing restoration of Victoria Hall through fund-raising and educational events. The Volunteers meet on the fourth Monday of each month, and welcome new members. Funds raised at this event will be directed to the enhancement of Victoria Hall.
	BOO! - THEY'RE BACK Haunted Ghost Walks of Cobourg When the sky is dark and the lights are low, the Haunted Ghost Walks of Cobourg will explore the streets on an evening walking tour of local ghost stories, mysteries and dark history. Lead by a costumed guides participants will learn about Cobourg's dark and mysterious past. With only the light of their lanterns to lead you - your tour guides will provide you with a chilling experience. If you're lucky you may even have a chance meeting with one of our resident spirits. The Ghost Walk sold out the past two summers and ticket sales are expected to be brisk. Tickets are $10.00 for adults and $8.00 for seniors (65+ and children under 12). Tours begin at 9 p.m. and are starting July 3 - they run every Thursday, Friday and Saturday evenings through July and August until August 30. There is also a special Spooktacular Hallowe'en Tour October 24 and 25, tickets for those tours are $15.00 for adults and $12.00 for seniors and students. For tickets and reservations, please contact the Box Office at 905 372-2210.
	Gilbert and Sullivan's Trial by Jury Sit right in court within touching distance of the actors and watch Gilbert and Sullivan's first comic opera, Trial by Jury. A replica of one of the courtrooms of London's Old Bailey, Cobourg's courthouse in Victoria Hall provides the ideal setting for this 130-year old gem which has been expanded with additional dialogue and songs from other Gilbert and Sullivan shows. This show old out in 1998 and 2004, you can dine before or after at the Woodlawn Terrace Inn (or the Oasis on August 16) - or just go the show - depending on ticket availability. Dinner and theatre packages are available on August 9, 10, 15, 16 and 17. 25 - show only tickets are available for each evening performance and 3 p.m. matinees will take place on August 10 and 17. Tickets are $45.00 for the dinner and show; $20.00 for the show only and $16.00 for the matinee.
	Victoria Hall Volunteers present - ViewPoint Lecture Series 2008 Tickets for this series are $35.00 (cash and cheque only) and will be available after June 1, 2008. Tickets are available at the Concert Hall Box Office or at Furby House Books in Port Hope. All lectures start at 8 p.m. CHARLES PACHTER Wednesday, October 8 The Artist as Entrepreneur in a Cultural Colony One of Canada's leading contemporary artists, Charles Pachter is a painter, printmaker, sculptor, designer, historian and lecturer. Born in Toronto, he earned degrees from the University of Toronto, the Sorbonne and the Cranbrook Academy of Art. His paintings hang in public and private collections around the world. Those of the Queen, moose and maple leaf flag are pop icons of Canadian art and he has been called "the northern Warhol". His books include The Journals of Susanna Moodie, his celebrated collaboration with Margaret Atwood. He has lectured extensively on the psychological legacy of the Loyalists, on John Graves Simcoe and on the kick-starting of English Canada after the American Revolution. JAN WONG Wednesday, October 15 Beijing Confidential - Changes Big and Small in the Chinese Capital. An award-winning journalist, Jan Wong is a third-generation Canadian who first went to China in 1972 at the height of the Cultural Revolution as one of only two Westerners allowed to enroll at Beijing University. She was the Beijing correspondent for The Globe and Mail from 1988 to 1994. Her first book Red China Blues: My Long March from Mao to Now was named one of Time magazine's top ten books of 1996. Revisiting China more than thirty years after her first visit, she found Beijing had changed dramatically, becoming one of the world's most modern cities. She brings a unique insight into this fascinating metamorphosis. DR. GEORGE LINN Wednesday, October 22 Caring as an Opportunity for Joy A staff psychiatrist at the Kingston Regional Cancer Centre, an adjunct assistant professor in Psychiatry and a lecturer in Oncology at Queen's University, Dr. Linn specializes in psycho-oncology (mind and cancer) and psycho-neuro-immunology (mind-body medicine). He is also interested in homeopathy and spirituality in healing. In this talk, Dr. Linn will focus on caregivers and look at how we can all find meaning and joy in the caring that goes on in life: caring for the sick, caring for each other and caring for the planet. ALIA HOGBEN Wednesday, October 29 Canadian Muslim Women: Challenges and Opportunities Alia Hogben is the Executive Director of the Canadian Council of Muslim Women (CCMW), an organization committed to attaining and maintaining equality, equity and empowerment for all Canadian Muslim women. In all its activities, this organization promotes Muslim women's identity within the Canadian context. The CCMW led a coalition to advocate for changes in Ontario law so that no religious laws can be applied in family matters. Alia is a social worker who has worked in several fields of social services, has taught at a community college and now writes a monthly column for The Kingston Whig-Standard.
	Port Hope Friends of Music 2008-2009 The Concert Hall is thrilled to announce that they are a ticket agent for the Port Hope Friends of Music 34th Season. Subscription tickets - five performances - are $150.00 for adults; $130.00 for seniors and a Family (two adults and two children) price of $320.00. A Flexpak - your choice of three of the five concerts - is also being offered for $95.00. Please note that the three concerts must be specified at the time of ordering. For information on the 34th Season, please visit the Friends of Music website at www.porthopefriendsofmusic.ca. Tickets are also available through the Cameco Capitol Arts Centre in Port Hope and on-line through the website.
	Weddings and Receptions The spring, summer and fall seasons are a busy time for us with weddings and receptions. We only have a few dates left for 2008. For an up to date rental rate, please contact the office at (905) 372-2210 or 1-888-COBOURG ext.4153 and we would be happy to help you plan your special event.
	Tickets and Additional Information For additional information or tickets to any of the above events, call the box office at 905-372-2210 or email us at concerthall@cobourg.ca. Try our 1-888 number at 1-888-COBOURG ext. 4153 The Concert Hall at Victoria Hall 55 King St. W. Cobourg, Ontario K9A 2M2 Our office is open Monday to Friday 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. (holidays excluded) We can be reached by: Phone: 905-372-2210 - Toll Free: 1-888-COBOURG ext. 4153 Fax: 905-372-0781 Concert Hall Facilitator: Beth Hunt Concert Hall Facilitator - Operations: Tom Hall