Local Arts

On October 12, hundreds of children, parents and grandparents will experience a magical evening to remember. The Royal Ball, a formal, red carpet gala experience for children ages two to 12 years, is set to be a huge success.

April Sampson pumps the pedals to work her antique player piano as it plays one of 200 rolls of songs that come with it, while showing staff member Paulette Block how to operate the piano, at the Soo Line Historical Museum on Sept. 14.

Weyburn fire fighters Mike Cole, Don Struthers and Erik Lanktree use the fire ladder to gain access to the roof of the City Centre Mall on Friday night.

Jenni Ferrence shows some of the items suggested for packing a shoe box for Operation Christmas Child as a Christmas gift, during a visit to the Weyburn Rotary Club on Thursday.

The Weyburn Culture Days are quickly approaching and there will be plenty of activities worth marking on the calendar. It's also not too late for young talent to sign up to perform.

Two Weyburn artists will soon be taking a one-of-a-kind show on the road - all the way back to their home town of Calgary. Rickee-Lee Webster has joined her mother, Heather van der Breggen, in the studio this year.

By the time you are reading this column (yes, all two or three of you readers out there), I have passed the half-century mark and have moved on to the big 5-1.

A group of Weyburn Comp students prepare some of the posters to be put up around the school for the upcoming National Student Leadership Conference to be hosted in Weyburn on Sept. 24-28.

The 'Murder Most Fouled-Up' production crew of Crocus 80 theatre is seeking more male actors for the one-act play, which runs in late November. Any men interested in getting into acting in local theatre can attend the T.C.

Here we are again, back with our nose to the grindstone. Before I begin to get into the letter I really want to take the opportunity to thank all the editors and publishers who do take the time and make space available to publish this letter.