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+ C (Continued from page 1) Coronation Park, Downtown Oakville, Oakville GO Station and Sheridan College â€" where parking is available. And, rides are free if you‘re wearing a Festival Button. Among the headliners are ‘new country‘ stars The Goods (formerly known as The Good Brothers) and Cassandra Vasik at the main stage at Coronation Park, Saturday at 8 p.m. The Goods have won eight Junos and are best known for their rousing bluegrass hit ‘Fox on the Run.‘ The eclectic Vasik exploded onto the Canadian country music scene in 1992 with her ‘Wildflowers‘ release, earning her Juno for best country female vocalist, and a ‘Vista Rising Star‘ award at the Canadian Country Music Awards. Prior to The Goods and Vasik, orgaâ€" nizers of this year‘s festival hope to have the largest number of people participatâ€" ing in a country line dance in Ontario â€" 5,000! This happens at 6:30 p.m. Saturday at the ‘Ring Road Roundup‘ near the main stage at Coronation Park. The country theme continues with the Mastercraft and Yamaha ‘Country‘ Water Ski Show and ‘Club Wave‘ at Bronte Harbour â€" Saturday at 11:30 a.m. and 2:30 p.m., and Sunday, 12 noon and 2:30 p.m.â€" with Skiing Hillbillies, Rodeo Ramp Riders, Bad News Barefooters, and Western Water Vehicle Cowboys. This year‘s Oakville Waterfront Festival kicks off tonight with Moxy Friivous, a fourâ€"member quasiâ€"a cappelâ€" 2, VIL 5 3/ ob "0. ; :f ® ; 4 j \92 ® Lo sb efforts have been a great shot in the arm for Diabetes in Oakuville. water‘s edge Sunday afternoon concert at Lakeside Park, 2 p.m., featuring tenor Mark DuBois as guest soloist; the Children‘s Village â€" at Coronation Park, open Saturday and Sunday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.; and mentalist Mike Mandel is back, playâ€" ing tricks with peoâ€" la band, at Coronation Park‘s main stage, 8:30 p.m. Their forte is imprompâ€" tu theatrics, comedy, and political satire, set to music that blends rap, soca and folk. %KV I L Both Friday and Saturday nights will end with a bang, colâ€" orful bursts of fireâ€" works choreographed * O < 2 Bo . t A: > T ?: , us gp to music, including ple‘s minds, at Andrew Lloyd Weber Coronation Park‘s and Tchaikovsky, set off 4) main stage on Saturday, from a floating barge offâ€" O NT *Â¥ 1 p.m. New attractions this year include: Heritage Hamlet at Lakeside Park on Saturday and Sunday, with exhibits and demonstrations of shore at Coronation Park, at 10:30p.m. _ Returning this year are such favorites as the Oakville Symphony Orchestra‘s PUD â€" SHH! SAMMY HAD A Busy > DAY, AND He Fé\L% * _ I wrâ€" Â¥ P 3 26. 1 i ’~.‘¥ f WATERKFKRONT ~ T Oakville‘s past; a Waterfront Festival photo contest; a Sailing Regatta; and the Toronto Mass Choir sings ‘black gospel‘ at Coronation Park, Sunday at 9:30 a.m., for Rwandan refugee relief. In addition Oakville Waterfront Festival is sticking to its tradition of showcasing local amateur and profesâ€" sional talent, everything from musical entertainment to skating and dancing during the threeâ€"day event happening at four locations across town â€" Bronte, Lakeside Park, downtown Oakville, and the big one, Coronation Park. Buttons for this year‘s festival are $5 in advance, available at all banks, trust companies and Petroâ€"Canada stations. Wearing a button gets you into all Moxy Friivous kicks off Waterfront Festival tonight events, concerts and activities. . Buttons increase to $7 during the fesâ€" tival, when the gates open tonight at 7 p.m. Children under five will be admitâ€" ted free. Volunteers selling buttons, in advance and during the festival, keep 20% of the button sales revenue for their organizations. Over the past two years, the Oakville Waterfront Festival raised : about $120,000 for local nonâ€"profit groups from button sales, $74,159; and allowing concession booths to keep all of their profits, $50,000. Last year, button sales realized $40,159 for 51 local charities; and orgaâ€" nizations running the concession booths made about $30,000. by Steve Nease Sponsor Heroes: | _ $# Towne Chev Old ' % Monenco Agra # Smith Kline § p6et ‘pc oung ‘Aepu4 YIAVIG 41IUIAMVO YHL â€" £ Al Moss, with the help of his wife Cathy, was instrumental in helping to establish Oakville‘s Al is hopeful that the Centre will, "help make living with diabetes a little easier, while Diabetes Supply and Information Centre for the local branch of the Canadian Diabetes Association. _ creating new awareness within the community about the disease." Al works for Royal Bank here in Oakville. He‘s just one of many people across Canada @ ROYAL BANK Operating out of space donated by Halton Pharmacy on Speers Road, the Centre offers the diabetic community a wide range of services. Everything from literature and educational _ who take time out to help their communities. material to glucose monitoring equipment; syringes, even special cook books written specifically _ We‘d just like to take this opportunity to thank for people with diabetes. them for what they do.