Local Arts

On Aug. 16th the award winning country music band Emerson Drive will be performing at the Bear Claw Casino as part of their North American tour and like many big name acts a guest artist will open their show.

In a celebration of their community, volunteers in Wawota brought together a weekend of camaraderie on Aug. 3 and Aug. 4 in the form of Wawota Heritage Days.

Weyburn's Centennial weekend celebration was "a phenomenal success", said the Centennial coordinator Sharon Elliott on Monday.

One of several tables set up in the Weyburn Curling Rink are filled with current and past residents meeting and socializing, and reminiscing over past times, at the meet-and-greet event held to help kick off Centennial weekend in Weyburn on Friday.

The Canadian summer, as short as it is, is around the halfway point now, with many families and individuals still set to go out on the water to enjoy whatever time they can during vacation.

The City of Weyburn unveiled three new plaques on its Walk of Fame in front of City Hall on Friday afternoon, in a ceremony followed by a tea reception held in the Legion Hall.

Aspen Joa and Murray Keefe enjoy one of the gardens at the entrance of Heritage Village.

The town of Bengough hosted the Gateway Festival from July 26 to 28. The ninth annual event saw a staggering increase in patronage. One of the area's 'best kept secrets' for folk music fans has caught on with a larger audience.

Music is emotion projected in its most beautiful form. Though all kinds of emotion can be evoked through music the Kenosee Lake Kitchen Party is one that continually brings people together in a celebration of music and happiness.

The Tommy Douglas Performing Arts Centre will be open for visitors this weekend during Weyburn's Centennial Homecoming days.