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Wednesday, June 23, 1999 THE OAKVILLE BEAVER C3 DOWNTOWN OAKVILLE5 ANNUAL SIDEWALK SALE WEDNESDAY, JUNE 2 3 - SATURDAY, JUNE 26 There are sidewalk sales and then there is Downtown Oakville's Annual Sidewalk Sale--the largest and longest running Sidewalk Sale event in the area, where you can be sure to find great buys on designer fashions, jewellery, art, antiques and more! The Sidewalk Sale starts today on Wednesday, June 23, giving downtown shop­ pers four fabulous days of the best deals in town. On Saturday, downtown shoppers will be welcomed by DOBI the Downtown Bear, who will be strolling along the streets with colourful balloons to welcome everyone! On Friday, June 25, the downtown busi­ nesses will also be celebrating the 8th Annual Oakville Waterfront Festival, with perfor­ mances by flamenco guitarist Johannes Linstead on Friday night at 9:00 p.m. in the Towne Square and on Saturday evening at 9:30 p.m. enjoy the popular east coast band MacKeel, also playing in the Towne Square. Don't miss downtown Oakville's biggest retail event of the year-- the Downtown Oakville Annual Sidewalk Sale. For more information, call the Downtown Oakville BIA at 844-4520. 1999 O W F Schedule Photo by Barrie Erskine Linda Spalding, executive director of the Oakville Waterfront Festival. BEHIND THE SCENES AT THE FESTIVAL By Nienke T. Jonkman OAKVILLE BEAVER STAFF If you haven't heard of the Oakville Waterfront Festival, you must have been out of town for the last eight years! This year marks the Eighth Annual Oakville Waterfront Festival, and there's an exciting line-up of events and enter­ tainment for the weekend of June 25 to 27. HOW DOES IT ALL COME TOC ETHER? The Festival is organized by a large team of volunteers and sponsors, and this team is organized by the Festival's executive director, Linda Spalding. 'The volunteers do all the work and deserve the credit," says Spalding, "so I try to stay in the background." It is Spalding's responsibility to keep the committees focused on their respective jobs, so everything gets done. 'Then I help out when it's needed," she adds. According to Spalding, the whole point of the volunteer element of the Festival is to offer valuable experience for both personal objectives and other volunteer encounters, as well as a better insight on how such an event is put together. Spalding has over 20 years of experience in the marketing side of festival and event management. She grew up in the Halton area, and then pursued her career in Ottawa. When the opportunity at the Festival came up, she jumped on it because she wanted very much to return to the area and be around for future grandchildren. "I'm glad I came back, I like Oakville and its people," she says. "In a lot of ways it's very much like Ottawa - user- friendly with lots of amenities. There are green spaces, walking trails and everything is rooted in a sense of history. The community is very much in touch with what's around them. I find it refreshing." The role of executive director of the Oakville Waterfront Festival becomes increasingly more difficult with each year due to rising costs and the need to do a little better than the year before. This is Spalding's second year in the role, and she is committed to a bigger, better Festival while maintain­ ing the cost of the buttons and continuing to make a cash contribution to the community. "We've given back more than $650,000 to the communi­ ty in cash dollars," she states proudly. "It's an important objective of the Festival." Volunteers add up hourly wages which are donated to their selected charities. Aside from cash donations, however, Spalding believes that volunteer involvement - with any organization or group - strengthens community ties and mutually benefits the com­ munity as a whole. "I see it working here," she says. "Lisa Dodd set up the Festival and kept an iron grasp on its community base. She didn't deviate in spite of many opportunities. That's what's kept the Festival strong, and I hope to keep it that way." When asked what she likes best about the Oakville Waterfront Festival, Spalding admits she gets excited about events for children. "I can't wait to see their faces, so innocent and wide- eyed," she laughs. She looks forward to the Techni-Cal Superdog Show and the Titanic Slide. "I usually take at least 97 rolls of film," she says. To find out more about this year's Oakville Waterfront Festival, check out their website at www.oakville- festival.org or call the Festival hotline at 1-888-216-6688 ext. 1104. L o c a tio n T im e CW - Coronation Watertront Stg CF -Coronation Family Stage BB - Bronte Boardwalk Stage BM-Bronte Marina Stage 1S-Downtown Towne Square LH-Lakeside Park Heritage Stage -----Start Times Fridayr, June 25 Frida)r, June 25 6:00 Rock Showcase The Trades Theme Park * Heritage Hamlet 6:00 6:30 Angelbox 4 to 10 p.m. Saturday & Sunday 6:30 7:00 Emm Qeja Smokin' 9:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. 7:00pm 7:30 Gryner Lounge Heritage Games 7:30 8:00 Tom Ronnie & Carnage Rides 8:00 8:30 Cochrane The Rockets Museum Display 8:30 9:00 Johannes (Speak Out Canada) 9:00 9:30 Linstead Soap&Candle Making 9:30 10:00 Fireworks 10:00 Saturday, June 26 Saturday, June 26 9:30 am Pancake Breakfast Them e P ark 9 a .m .- lO p Pancake Breakfast 9:30am 10:00 Momingstar Heart & Stroke Talent Showcase - S , , ... 10:00 10:30 Tae Kwon do Fitness Angelbox 10:30 11:00 Techni-Cal Antoinettes Workout Broomfiller Oakville Children's 11:00 11:30 Superdogs Peel Halton Dance clementine devine Happy Tappers Music Theatre 11:30 noon Cariboo Oakville Chamber Dallas Pride Momingstar Suzuki Fiddlers noon 12:30 Techni-Cal Moose Orchestra AQZD Tae Kwon Do 12:30 1:00 Superdogs Marieve Herington Frank Dodman Danyluk Anjuli Rebel Talk 1:00 1:30 G ogg in Irish D ancers & Friends Gitch Rock Showcase (Thomas House) 1:30 2:00 Mike Dance Exchange Knacker Midnight Radio Oakville Children's 2:00 2:30 Mandel Antoinettes Jerk Circus Music Theatre 2:30 3:00 G ogg in Irish D ancers Rock Showcase mayberry.ca Angelbox Oakville Wind 3:00 3:30 Techni-Cal QEJA Korbash Orchestra 3:30 4:00 Superdogs Rock Showcase Meligrove Athen Rye Rebel Talk 4:00 4:30 Melissa McLelland AQZD Six Sins Left (Thomas House) 4:30 5:00 Techni-Cal Smokin' Lounge Peel HaltonDance 5:00 5:30 Superdogs Jerk Circus mayberry.ca Anjuli 5:30 6:00 Oakville Chamber Marieve Herington 6:00 6:30 Gitch Orchestra 6:30 7:00 Gordie Big Band 7:00 7:30 Sampson Palace Staff Street Dance 7:30 8:00 The featuring: Oakville 8:00 8:30 Rankins Starlight Symphony 8:30 9:00 Orchestra Mackeel 9:00 9:30 - 9:30 10:00 Fireworks 10:00 Sunday, June 27 Sunday, June 27 9:30 am Pancake Breakfast Theme Park Pancake Breakfast 9:30am 10:00 Moningstar noon - 6 p.m. 10:00 10:30 K razy K anuck K loggers Tae Kwon Do 10:30 11:00 Techni-Cal Goggin Dancers Suzuki Fiddlers Rebel Talk 11:00 11:30 Superdogs : St. Thomas Aguinas Jazz Band Dance Exchange Talent Showcase Crazy Kanuck Kloggers Peel Halton (Thomas House) 11:30 noon Marieve Herington Bodies Oakville Chamber noon 12:30 Techni-Cal Anjuli Cariboo Painted Horse Dancer Goggin Irish Dancers Orchestra 12:30 1:00 Superdogs Dance Exchange Moose Palace Staff Rebel Talk 1:00 1:30 Antoinettes • Reflectiostack Happy Tappers (Thomas House) 1:30 2:00 Alexandra AQZD Rock Showcase E n th ra lled In E ssence Oakville 2:00 2:30 Slightholm Melissa McLelland The Trades Frank Dodman Symphony 2:30 3:00 Raffle Draw Bodies Marylou Fitzgerald & Friends 3:00 3:30 Colin • Knacker Magnetic Media FunAtx 3:30 4:00 James and The Little AWARDS Gospel 4:00 4:30 Big Band Midnight Radio Concert 4:30 Bronte Heritage Waterfront Park: Theme Park Antique & Classic Car Show (Sat.) British Car Show (Sun.) On Going Events: Coronation Park: Children's Village/Youth Village (9-5) Pro Beach Volleyball Art Market Ken Jen Petting Zoo The Ranch Pony Rides On the Water: Regatta at Bronte All times subject to change 11/06/99 TM O CO G E C A B L E S O L U T I O N S Home Join Us At The Broadcast Village In Coronation Park See C ogeco T V 23 record personalities from H o m e & G arden Television & Life N etw ork. S tarting Saturday & Sunday at 11 a.m . Experience the thrill o f surfing the n e t w ith H igh-Speed In ternet Access over cable. S tarting Saturday & Sunday at 10 a.m . http://www.oakville-festival.org http://www.oakville-festival.org