Whitchurch-Stouffville Newspaper Index

Stouffville Sun-Tribune (Stouffville, ON), 16 Jul 2015, p. 17

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ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT 17 | Stouffville Sun-Tribune | Thursday, July 16, 2015 STAFF PHOTOS/MIKE BARRETT Adam Crossley (left), former lead singer for the Nashville-based pop-rock band 9-Point Landing, kicks off the patio series at Nineteen on the Park last Thursday. The next show features Samantha Martin and The Delta Sugar, July 30. A block away on Main Street, artist Barry Ace (above) was in attendance for the opening reception of the Mnemonic Manifestations at Latcham Gallery. The show runs through Aug. 15. Tonight, the second Food Truck Frenzy and Music Festival takes over Main Street, between Market Street and Park Drive. Twentyeight trucks were booked as of last week. It runs from 5:30 to 9:30 p.m. Must be Thursday Glory days revisited in museum's new sports, leisure show BY SANDRA BOLAN sbolan@yrmg.com Imagine wearing a bathing suit that only revealed your ankles and arms below the elbows. What about wearing bathing trunks made of wool? In the late 1800s, women wore bathing suits that were more like capri pants and dresses, while the men wore wool trunks, according to Stephanie Foley, curator of the Whitchurch-Stouffville Museum. A look back at local sports and leisure activities is the premise of Fun and Games in W-S, which runs until Aug. 29 at the museum. The exhibition covers all four seasons -- spring, summer, fall and winter. Most of the organized sports children and adults played back in the day -- lacrosse, hockey, baseball and lawn bowling -- remain big today, according to Foley. carpet balls, picknicking One of the leisure activities people took part in back in the 1800s was carpet balls, which is not played much today. The premise of carpet balls was to take the cue ball and with it, knock a fellow competitor's ball out of play. Picnicking was also very popular. It would enable women to show off their cooking skills, "which was important for hooking a husband," according to Foley. Going on a picnic also acted like a group date, as men and women were not allowed to be alone until married. The exhibition also includes artifacts and photos. For more information on the exhibition, go to www.townofws.ca/ en/explore/museum.asp STAFF PHOTO/MIKE BARRETT Exhibit and programming assistant Melissa Vella hoists a 1917 baseball trophy, part of the WhitchurchStouffville Museum's new exhibit on sports and leisure pastimes of the past called Fun & Games in WhitchurchStouffville. It's on through Aug. 29 at the facility in the Woodbine Avenue community of Vandorf.

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