150th Anniversary in Frontenac County song the focus of video

Craig Bakay | Mar 29, 2017

About 30 people gathered in Oso Hall last week to put together a video celebrating Canada’s 150th Anniversary in Frontenac County with a song aptly titled the Frontenac County 150th Anniversary Song (lyrics by Rudy Hollywood, tune-traditional).

The video, by Doug Steele, is scheduled to be up on the cfcanada150.ca website in the near future, said 150 committee chair Bill Bowick.

“We also hope to play it at the Canada Day celebration,” Bowick said. “And we’ll attach to it on Facebook in the hopes it’ll get picked up and inspire other communities with their 150 celebrations.”

Bowick said that with the video shoot now in the can, the committee will be focusing on planning for Canada Day “for the next short while.”

But that doesn’t mean there won’t be activities going on before July 1.

“We will have a presence at Day of the Pig at Oso Beach on the Victoria Day weekend and there’s the Arden Festival June 16-18,” he said. “And author Michael Goodspeed (Three to a Loaf) is scheduled for a book signing for the release of his latest work in June.

“And on May 6, Doug Steele and Phillip Bender are planning a bike ride on the K & P Trail. They’re expecting 15 riders each covering 10 kilometres for 150 Kilometres of Social Biking.”

There’s also the Easter egg hunt in Arden April 15 and an old-fashioned hymn sing May 15 at Parham United Church.

And Bowick said they’re planning to make a calendar a priority for the website as soon as they can find somebody who knows how to do that.