Discover and celebrate over
100 free activities and events for people of all ages in
Cambridge, Guelph, Kitchener, Stratford and
Waterloo from Friday June 6 to Sunday June 8.
OPENING NIGHT DETAILS:
Date: Friday, June 6, 2008
Time: 7 p.m.
Location: Kitchener’s Victoria Park, 57 Jubilee Drive
Who:
- Hon. Aileen Carroll, Minister of Culture and MPP for Barrie, will launch the spOtlight: weekend
- Hon. John Milloy, Minister of Training, Colleges and Universities and MPP for Kitchener-Centre
- Leeanna Pendergast, Parliamentary Assistant to the Minister Responsible for Women's Issues and MPP for Kitchener-Conestoga
- Carl Zehr, Mayor of Kitchener will unveil and dedicate The Luggage Project by artist Ernest Daetwyler
- Karen Farbridge, Mayor of Guelph
- Brenda Halloran, Mayor of Waterloo
- Doug Brock, Member, Board of Directors, Ontario Arts Council
- Dan Secord, Anishnabe from the Mississauga Nation of New Credit, will open the festivities
- There will also be a performance by Blue Stone Cloud Drum group and performances from the Our World Festival of Music
For further information:
- Visit www.spotlightfestival.ca
- Obtain a copy of the 20-page spOtlight: official festival Guide: at local downtown businesses and arts and cultural organizations
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MEDIA INQUIRIES
Hamal Docter, Communications Coordinator
416-969-7434 / 1-800-387-0058, ext. 7434 | hdocter@arts.on.ca
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Our thanks to sponsors: 107.5 DAVE FM, 91.5 The Beat, The Record, The Guelph Mercury, Starlight, Brick Brewing Company, The Walper Terrace Hotel, ECHO Weekly, Stratford City Gazette, Kitchener Downtown Business Association, Uptown Waterloo Business Improvement Area, SNAP Kitchener/Waterloo, SNAP Cambridge, and SNAP Guelph.
spOtlight: is funded by the Ontario Ministry of Culture and produced by the Ontario Arts Council.