The following text may have been generated by Optical Character Recognition, with varying degrees of accuracy. Reader beware!

Songs from "The Heart and the Mind" anadian singersongwriter Kate Cm&mmm musical styles to town this week: for a performance at the Wonders ofâ€" e Winter Festival of Lights in Waterloo Park. Ashbyâ€"Craft presently lives near Stratâ€" ford, but was born and raised in Halifax, â€" Nova Scotia where for the first 10 years * â€" of her career she studied and sang classiâ€" Kate Ashbyâ€"Craft cal music Wanting to experience other. kinds of music, she left classical Singing and went on the road performing with various bands, singing everything from folk to rock, pop, country, jazz and blues." WhilesingirgchM\qt_.d\!wm a provinceâ€"wide talent search in 1983 and ended up representing Nova Scotia in a national talent search in 1984 in which she placed second. In 1986, Ashbyâ€"Craft released two sinâ€" gles, Love Dangerously and Give Your Heart A Break, both of which did well on Kate A Canadian Country Charts. The same year, _ she coâ€"wrote with Dallas Harms a song entitled Was it Easy, which was recorded by Roni Sommers and reached the number 11 spot on the Cancounttry Top 50 chart for 1986. Wanting to further pursue songwriting, Ashbyâ€"Craft came off UNIQUE AND SPECIAL HOLIDAY SHOPPING? 5> _ Jlt‘s IN THE BAG! CIVIC SQUARE SKATING RINK ~â€"_â€" 4#MOLIDAY TRADITIONS" EVENTS a magical calendar of Family activities! For weekly event listings call "Record Link" at 94:2000 on your touch tone phone and enter 1995. 7 or something special? Don‘t know where to look? Avoid wading through the crowds id come Dawnlonn â€" w can help you find just what you‘re looking Por. CoH Th Mickener pwhiown Business Association at 744â€"4921 and we can direct you to the right store or reoenatmnagrnmementiet areatcnm L lt . ~â€"~DOWNTOWN Kate Ashbyâ€"Craft an entertaining, concertâ€"like format." K K-ateAsâ€"hby-Eraft will perform at Waterloo Park‘s Wonders of Winter festival Dec. 8 from 8 to 9:30 p.m. Admission is free. L g fing Downt (reets at | & shopping hours! â€" w ii -opeuaud/mallwinmloq!â€"i the road and returned to the Stratford area to develop her skills while performâ€" ing part time. She recently released her debut fullâ€" length CD, The Heart and the Mind, which Ashbyâ€"Craft says is a reflection of "My music reflects the various styles that I have sung," she says. "And the lyrics express thoughts and feelings from the heart and the mind." Inspired to explore her strong perâ€" sonal beliefs, Ashbyâ€"Craft has taken songwriting as a serious art, writing issueâ€"oriented lyrics that mirror her emotions and opinions. For example, on the cut L.A. Nights, Ashbyâ€"Craft tackles the tough subject of the Los Angeles riots. And A Song For Lorian deals with the emotions that accomâ€" pany adoption. "I believe it‘s extremely critical for individuals to speak on everyday issues that are important to them," Ashbyâ€" Craft says. "My new CD pursues those subjects in mm 1:00 pm & 4:30 pm Tickets: All seats $8 for children, «x in vi arm) Adults: $10 (Reds); $12 (Golds) Limited $16 premium V.L.P. seats also available on some shows ww Saturday, December 16 â€" KITCHENER |o:30yarn & 2:00 pm oommxl Sunday, December 17 ~ Sponsored by: In The Christmas Spiril CHRISTMAS TREES Priced from 16.99 * Scotch Pine * Colorado Spruce * Balsam Fir * Fraser Fir * White Spruce * White Pine Trees are hung for easy viewing in our new greenhouse Everyone‘s a kid Friday night opening pecial â€" ALL SEATS (except V.1.P. area) $8 for adults & children Order today! Call the box office at 745â€"0303, toll free 1â€"800â€"265â€"6368 Exclusive area engagement cmexcoâ€"rv 22;/chyantim PLANT A LIVING CHRISTMAS TREE FRESH GREENS TREE ORNAMENTS, CANDLES, BOWS, RIBBONS ... Free calculator with purchase while quantity lasts. f Join us for a cup of hot A apple cider while browsing. at the Branches * Cedar * Balsam } * White Pine Roping & Garland Wreaths * Cedar * Balsam y * White Pine * Mixed 1541 Highland Rd. W. Kitchener Members of Landscape Ontario OPEN: Mondayâ€"Friday 9â€"8 pm; Saturday 9â€"5 pm, Sunday 12â€"5 pm Al ) Street when Prainie ROW Dawn gathers her T e Muppet friends #,(-' and stages a < t&y pageant about M growing up Potted Spruce & Fraser Fir Friday, December 15 ~ 7:00 pm TOYSHUS. YORK NURSERY POINSETTIA \ SPECIAL 6" pot \ wrapped with bow ~reg. 8.99 Buy 2 for 14.98 It‘s an exciting