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An amazing time at
the Buckhorn Heritage Day – February 16, 2013 – thanks folks
The little girl with the Kitten Face was only
three. She kept coming back and back again
to my display table. But she was a cute
little ‘imp’ to say the least. Daddy tried to keep up with her… but was not
always successful. She loved the ‘Dancing
Dan’ and made him dance for all he was worth. And I loved having her there!!!
She danced a little jig when making Dan dance
to the Quebec style fiddle music.
One of the first young fellows to come by my
table display of the carvings and art work was about 10 years old. He stopped
and tried to make Dan dance too. Then as
he stood there another one of him came again. Huh? It was his twin brother. Then as they stood there together another one
of them came as well. The third one was
a spitting image of the first two – nope not a triplet but rather a one year
younger brother. Mom told us how she had
enough when the third one arrived – she knew she would be too busy.
As the different people came by to look and touch,
then take part in what we were doing at our table they would talk about life.
That is what the table was all about – or rather that is what I am all about.
One old fellow started with some jokes… then
he told stories about life. One after another he told me of the old days. I hadn’t heard many of the stories before.
But the stories were not as important as simply listening to a lonely old fellow
that wanted to speak to someone.
Nope we didn’t sell a bundle of stuff or
carvings. Together my wife and I sold ourselves. We may have sold over $300 of one item that
people will write to me about later. We
sold at least one or maybe two possible wedding ceremonies (I am a retired
Minister)– which usually result in a few more after each one is over.
What I have described is the wonder of being
part of the Buckhorn Heritage Day – held yesterday at the Buckhorn Community
Centre – February 16, 2013. It was all
about connecting with people. And at
Buckhorn we do that over and over again!
I looked up one time and there stood four
strapping young men. I say strapping because even below the maroon and white
hockey shirts that they were wearing you could see the size of these dudes. They
were big and they were tall. I knew
immediately if they were standing on their skates they would easily be head and
shoulders above anyone else in the room.
Who were these young fellows? They were the players from our Peterborough
Petes – the local Ontario Hockey League team in our city. (read about them here)
These guys will very likely be drafted in a
year or so to one of the National Hockey League teams. Within in a short few months or years they
could be the next “Gretzky” of the Hockey world.
They were kind of bashful when I asked them
if they had every worked a lathe or wood before. Two of them stepped up to try the Spring Pole
Lathe that I was demonstrating. You can
see in the photo that I am standing beside a ‘man’ that is bigger than me – yet
likely between 17 and 20 years old (not sure – I never asked how old they
were).
Jody is a very personable and likable guy. A dynamic community man – and a Head Coach
who has recently brought the team from the very bottom of the league to become
a possible contender for a playoff spot.
But whether they make it or not they have become “our team” and showing
up at the Heritage Day goes a long ways toward being our community champions.
It was fun to see the young people and adults
asking for their autographs. Nuts… I should have asked for one from each of
them as well!
Here is my moment with these great guys…
thanks Petes!
All in all I will be back again if I can move
my old body into action next year. (It is getting harder to load and unload all
my stuff… and I pay for the day after!!!)
But the day was successful only because so
many people took part in the organizing and development of the day’s
events. These were the hidden people
that so faithfully work behind the scenes.
Because of the amount of things that I bring
to the shows, I am usually the last to leave when we get all the things packed
up. And that is when you see the ‘special people’ cleaning up and making the
place look like brand new again… it is also the moment that you see some of the
husbands that come to lift all the heavy equipment back to its storage area.
It was at that very end as I was leaving the
building, one of the ‘lead actresses’ in the community theatre events held at “Buckhorn
Dinner Theatre”, was sweeping the floor and cleaning the area that she was working
on. Now that is commitment and I thanked
her for all that they had done for us.
Impressed is not a good enough word for me to
use to tell you what I feel about this event. All these people put WOW in the
WOW Factor of a community event! Thank
you Buckhorn Heritage Day – you folk are amazing!!!!
~ Murray Lincoln ~
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