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32 - The Oakville Beaver, Friday May 16, 2008 www.oakvillebeaver.com Artscene Oakville Beaver · FRIDAY, MAY 16, 2008 Rug artisans take home red ribbon week to do their square, which meant some of them were doing five to six hours a day of straight hooking," Munari said. The project started in September 2006, with the finished product pre By Tina Depko sented to the Town at the New Year's OAKVILLE BEAVER STAFF Levee in January 2008. The rug features a series of Members of the Oakville Hooking Guild have been recognized for their vignettes featuring local historical buildings, wildlife, plants and trees, outstanding skills. The group recently took home the and even the GO train. "This rug tells the history of red ribbon for best in show in the theme award category at the Ontario Oakville," said Munari. The piece created quite a commoHooking Craft Guild's annual meeting in Midland. This year's theme of tion at the provincial meeting, with the meeting was `Hooked on several other hooking guilds requesting to borrow it so they could History'. display it in their The award-wincommunity. ning entry is a sixMunari said it is up foot by four-foot "We were thrilled because to Town officials to rug that was a gift there was so much time and decide if the awardfor the Town of effort put into it." winning rug will go Oakville from the on tour. guild in celebration Lynn Munair Currently, of the town's Oakville Hooking Guild member Oakville residents sesquicentennial can see it at the old anniversary. It beat atrium at Town out 12 entries from Hall, 1225 across the province. "We were thrilled because there Trafalgar Rd. Rug hooking is a craft where rugs was so much time and effort put into it," said Lynn Munari, who has been are made by pulling loops of yarn or a guild member for more than 15 fabric through a stiff woven base like burlap, linen or rug warp. Some hisyears. "It was recognition from our torians say the roots of rug hooking date all the way back to the early peers, which was great." The rug was a labour of love, with 19th century. The Oakville Hooking Guild meets 18 members taking part in the project. Members researched the history the every third Wednesday of the of the town, decided what would be month from September to June at 7 put on the rug, designed it and then p.m. at the Sir John Colborne Senior Citizens Recreation Centre, 1565 Old created it. It took more than 200 man-hours Lakeshore Rd. A one-year memberof hooking to turn the dream of cre- ship costs $25. "We welcome everyone from ating a tangible piece of history into young to old," Munari said. a reality. For information on the guild, call "The drawing was already on the burlap, so we gave each hooker a Lynn Munari at 905-842-5658. Local rug tops at provincial meeting CHRIS KORNACKI / SPECIAL TO THE BEAVER BEST IN SHOW: Herb Vandewall (left) and Pat Rushbrook stand in front of their prize winning rug at Town Hall. Vandewall and Rushbrook were on a team of 18 local rug hookers from the Oakville Hooking Guild who were recently recognized for their piece of art at the Ontario Hooking Craft Guild's annual meeting in Midland. Oakville discotheque celebrates one-year anniversary By Tina Depko OAKVILLE BEAVER STAFF Financial experts say that nine out of 10 new businesses fail in the first two years. Local discotheque Tongue N' Groove has only one year under its belt, but it will be that one in 10 that succeeds, according to its owner, JayT Warsh. The supper club celebrated its first anniversary with a big bash Saturday that attracted professional athletes, dancers and celebrities. It has been a chaotic first year, but a successful one, according to Warsh. "The first year was about breaking even," said Warsh, 31, who owns the club with his mother, Yasmin Warsh. "Owning a business like this is not an easy thing. Everyone looking in from the outside sees partying, alcohol and women, but that is only one per cent of what is going on in this business. They don't realize how much hard work this takes." From its exterior, Tongue N' Groove is an unassuming place, occupying two units in an industrial building on Speers Road. The interior, however, gives more indication why people like it there, with chandeliers, wood floors and luxurious furnishings. Most of the clientele come from Hamilton, Burlington and Stoney Creek. Warsh said Oakville residents have been slow to warm to the club. "We're the first supper club/night club in Oakville and the first ones to do something like this here with a downtown concept," he said. "We had to educate and train the people of Oakville to what bottle service is, what VIP is and what a true nightclub experience is. They have a lot of watering holes here and a lot of places to eat, but on this level, they've never had anything, so it is quite shocking for them." See Club page 33