Goderich BIA Blog

Thursday, September 09, 2010
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This week has brought new beginnings …. and some sad endings. I miss Jessica already! Jessica Adams was our BIA summer student and the originator of the BIA blog. She has high tailed it off full of excitement and some degree of nervousness to her first year at Guelph University. I hear Jessica is LOOOOooving it. We miss her because she brought a cheerful disposition to everything she did and a willingness to reach out and talk to our visitors and locals. We wish her all the best this year at school. I am thinking there must be quite a few parents and family members sending their loved ones off to school this week. May all the best be waiting for our youth and teens as they embark on another year.

This past Thursday was the last 2010 performance for the BIA Summer Evening Concert Series in Courthouse Park. As the weather was rainy we moved our final concert indoors to Paddy O’Neil’s (at The Bedford) and the Saturday afternoon West Coast Blues Fest concert sponsored by the BIA, was moved indoors to The Legion. Thank you to both spots for welcoming us so warmly and to Steve Howard at 104.9 the beach for helping to organize all this mess. A win-win all around as both concerts were well attended by young and old alike. Booking concerts for the year is one of the highlights of my job here as Manager. If you have a new band, local or otherwise you would like to see next year at the BIA Bandstand, drop me a line. It was suggested that we add a Country & Western band to the line up, so I will be on the lookout for that.

Talking about the West Coast Blues Fest what a fantastic weekend, starting with the Friday night Walk About. I did the entire stretch and was only stopped by a full house at Wicked Willy’s so I missed that one, went back to J’s Bistro for a second time to hear Chris Murphy on the sax and watch Gerard play guitar. Also, Coffee Culture was a nice addition for anyone who prefers a little java with their Blues. The Saturday night event went off without a hitch, although the floor was a little wet and the tent poles were weaving in the wind, in time to the Loco Zydeco Band which was a hoot to watch. They played a song I used to roller skate to.

Talking about Roller Skating I did catch the Roller Derby, a couple of Saturdays ago. We need to have these ladies back again. Pure entertainment and a full crowd at the old arena.

Coming up you don’t want to miss the Health & Harvest Festival on Saturday the 18th, pray for sunny weather and no wind. We will have the Health & Harvest trees decorated for the Communitrees event and would prefer that the wind doesn’t wreak havoc on the corn.
Remember the tricycle race is for little ones only, sorry big people, but you can always try your hand at Gourd bowling or watch a yoga demonstration. It runs from 9:00 am to
1 pm. Pick up some goodies at the Farmers Market for lunch and you’ve had a full day by noon.

Well enough for now, and as smiles can come in any sizes I am sending you a very, very big one.
Susan Armstrong, Manager for the downtown Goderich Business Improvement Area