HARMONY PARK HAS A NEW WEBSITE

http://www.harmony-park.ca/



Annual General Meeting

The Annual General Meeting of the Friends of Harmony Park Society will be held on Wednesday, March 9, at 4:30 pm at Dr. Arthur Hines Elementary School in Summerville.

All members of the public are invited to attend. Harmony Park is located on 4 acres surrounding the school and consists of landscaped recreational facilities including playground equipment, outdoor chess and checkers board, amphitheatre, soccer field, walking trail and school vegetable garden. The grounds are open for use by the school and all community members.

The volunteer Board of Directors is always interested in hearing your ideas and suggestions! Please contact Carrilee (633-2297) or Kathy (757-2085) for more information. Or contact by email @ harmonypark@live.com
Our new website is http://www.harmony-park.ca
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Harmony Park's 2nd Annual Black and White Ball on October 23/10

The Ball is being held on October 23rd at the new Brooklyn Fire Hall Civic Centre in Brooklyn, NS from 7pm-midnight. Tickets are $35.00 each/ $60.00 pair or $40.00 at the door. Featuring an art auction, silent auction, scrumptous snacks and fabulous music by Latin Groove. Tickets can be purchased (cash) at Moe's Place Music in Windsor or from Harmony Park board member Denise Stockdale.

The evening opens with an Art Auction (7pm-7:45pm viewing; 8:00pm-8:45pm live auction with auctioneer Laurie Parker) or a Silent Auction that runs through the evening of dancing (bidding closes at 11:15pm). Many of the art and silent auction items have been graciously donated by artists and folks from along the Hants Shore.

Check out the calender below to view the google map for directions to the Brooklyn Hall Civic Centre.


ARTIST NAME TITLE OF PIECE MEDIUM DIMENSIONS
Guenter Burr
Poppies In The Sun
Acrylic & Oil
10 inches X 13 inches

Helen Opie
Five Skiffs at Float
Oil on Canvas
8 inches X 10 inches, framed

Susan Geddes
Hillside Birches
Acrylic on Paper
12 inches X 16 inches, framed

Monica Cobb
Sparrow Hawk
Watercolour
9 inches X 12 inches

Monica Cobb
Poinsettia
Watercolour
9 inches X 12 inches

Ken Spearing
Canada Day 2010 at Harmony Park 1
Acrylic on Canvas
8 inches X 10 inches

Ken Spearing
Canada Day 2010 at Harmony Park 2
Acrylic on Canvas
10 inches X 13 inches

Rebecca Weatherbee
Untitled (kite in sky)
photograph
8 inches X 10 inches, framed

Rebecca Weatherbee
Untitled (nature study)
photograph
8 inches X 10 inches, framed

Jeanne Aisthorpe-Smith
Red Boat In Mist
Acrylic
20 inches X 6 inches

John Trask
Red Deer Silhouette
Photograph
12 inches X 16 inches, framed

Jacqeline Meyers
History and Hope
Wood, Mixed Media
D 9cm, W 18cm, H 18cm; to be hung as is

Ghyslaine Fecteau
Visual Arts
Print-Conte
11 inches X 13 inches, matted
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Bike Park Improvements

Dusten Faulkner and Justin Crossley have volunteered to lead improvements to our bike park. If you'd like to help just let them know or send us an email here. They'll be working on it on weekends and after school. Great job Dusten and Justin!


The gravel was very generously donated by Mitch Salter (formerly MacKenzie) @ 497-5233. Thanks, Mitch!

Mitch also donated sand for the Primary sand play area in July - thanks again Mitch!

DAHES Harmony Park Volunteers 2010

DAHES Harmony Park Volunteers 2010
These students all helped to make Harmony Park better by fundraising, weeding and picking up litter! They were all a tremendous help to the adult volunteers and your community is very proud of each of you!!

Garden Preparation Day - May 20/10

Thanks to Beth Bray, Jillian Redden and Laura Weatherbee for joining us. Your enthusiastic help made the work go fast and fun! Dr. Arthur Hines School students will start planting in June in the beautifully prepared garden beds!



2008 NS Select Spirit Awards - Non-Profit

2008 NS Select Spirit Awards - Non-Profit
Awarded at Prescott House.The awards are designed to promote the production, marketing and consumption of fresh local foods in Nova Scotia. Check out www.atlanticfarmfocus.ca

2009 SUMMER FUN DAYS

These events were very popular, great fun had by all!
Thanks to all who helped to bring this fun to Summerville!


FAMILY SUMMER FUN DAYS
Check out these fun family events being held Sundays throughout the summer at Harmony Park! There will soon be posters throughout the community with more details.
Please note that times vary for events.
Please call the event organizer to register your family to make sure they have enough of whatever they need to be great event organizers! In the community newsletter, Nick Gilbert's email address is incorrect - please note his correct address here. Bring snacks, water, hats and sunscreen.
No Rain Dates! - except for the Theatre Games! Theatre Games were so eagerly anticipated that Andrew will set another date for this - stay tuned!!
Call listed event organizer or check this site if weather conditions are questionable.

WACKY, WET & WILD!

August 9 Time: 1:30 - 3:00
Registration required by Friday, August 7
Call to register: Cindy Card @ 633-2848
or email: ccard@staff.ednet.ns.ca


THEATRE GAMES stay tuned for date! Time: 2:00 – 4:00
Registration encouraged by - stay tuned!
Call to register: Andrew & Terra @ 633-2095
Email: orangeterra@gmail.com

EGG OLYMPICS July 19
12:30 – 1:15 Catered egg salad sandwiches and devilled egg lunch… bring something to drink and dessert!
1:30 – 3:30 Egg Olympics
Registration encouraged by Friday, July 17
Call to register: Nick Gilbert @ 757-0747
Email: nicholasmarkgilbert@yahoo.com

PONY RIDES & PETTING ZOO July 26 Time: 1:30 – 3:30
No registration required.
Call Sharon Ogilvie if weather conditions are questionable: 633-2448


2009 Masquerade Ball & Art Auction

2009 Masquerade Ball & Art Auction
Click on image to go to Facebook Group for more information!

2009 Masquerade Ball & Art Auction Artist List

1 Sanna Rahola & Doug Drdul
In the Rye All natural undyed fibres- wool, merino wool, linen, hemp, silk- framed in black walnut, 16"x22"

2 Lara Martina
Acadian Elders
Hand-painted giclee with custom solid ash frame, 24" x 18"

3 Ken Spearing
Southern Courtyard
Acrylic on canvas, framed, 10"x12"

4 Ghislaine Fecteau
Title not yet available
6" x 6" watercolour painting on masonite

5-6 Monica Cobb
(5) Kildeer
Unframed watercolour, 9"x12"

(6) Mourning Dove
Unframed watercolour, 9"x12"

7 Kashena Williams
Polar Bear
Watercolour, matted and framed, 8"x10"

8-9 Susan Geddes
(8) Red Pail
Acrylic on paper, 7"x5" inches (17"x 14" matted and framed)

(9) Fundy Park
Acrylic, 8"x8"

10-11 John Trask
(10) Apples for Lunch
Photograph featuring a squirrel about to lunch on a slice of green apple, 18"x24" framed for hanging

(11) Down A Country Road
Photograph featuring a road at the bottom of a very sunny field, 22"x26" framed for hanging

12 Leslie Sinclair Loomer
*donated for auction by Lara Martina, Harbord Fine Art
Gerrish Street
Watercolour, framed, 5"x7"

13 Wanda Hart
Frosty Memories
Acrylic Landscape, framed, 16"x20"

14-15 Rebekah Weatherbee, alumnus of DAHES, currently grade 9 student at West Hants Middle School
(14) Lily
Photograph, framed, 8"x10"
(15) Summertime
Photograph, framed, 5"x7"

16 Tyler Eddy, student of DAHES, grade 4
Dogwood
Photograph, framed, 8"x10"

17 Kathleen Schaefer, student at DAHES and
Rachael Lake
Kathleen and Rachael have combined a pencil sketch of Harmony Park’s sign (Rachael’s work) with Kathleen’s poetry. These two pieces have been incorporated together and framed.

18 Kristie Sheehy
Evangeline Guardian
Sculpture, 12"-15" in height

19 Fancy Schmancy
Description not yet available

20 Katherine Morgan (Companion Imagery)
In my dreams ~ Columnar Commotion
Photographic print on Canvas 16 x 20 inches

21-22 Dawn Block

(21) Grasshoppers Mating
Photograph, framed, 11"x14"

(22) Nature photo cards
Ten 4"x6" photo cards of various nature scenes