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was there! The Canadian March of Dimes held their 2017 “Rock for Dimes: Battle of the Bands” in late February at Average Joes Sports Bar, 1286 Lauzon Road, Windsor. The event raised close to $6,000 and the evening entertained the wall-to-wall audience right from start to finish. Participating acts included: Lawrence Affeldt, Midnight Metro, Wolfhooker with special appearances by The Mixx and Autumn Kings. The band ROCK of AGES also performed and pictured is lead singer, Jacques Levesque who is all smiles while taking in one of the many great leads from guitarist Andre Burns. New local band ROCK of AGES took top honours as this year’s best band in the 2017 “Rock for Dimes: Battle of the Bands” contest judged by five industry pros. Holding the trophy is drummer Diego Chemello, joined by lead singer Jacques Levesque, bass player Donny Curtis and on rhythm guitar Sean Fox (guitarist Andre Burns in photo above). Get in touch with them via: FaceBook.com/ BandROCKofAGES. Band photos courtesy of Eric Bonnici/Eyes on Windsor.
The “12th Annual Windsor Military Studies Conference,” a community-centred educational initiative that explores the military history of Canada — presented in collaboration by the University of Windsor, the Wilfrid Laurier University Centre for Military, Strategic and Disarmament Studies, the Essex and Kent Scottish, and the other Canadian Armed Forces units in Windsor — was held at the Major F.A. Tilston VC Armoury, February 10 & 11, 2017. Photographed here are conference participants from left: Colonel (Ret’d) Patrick Dennis OMM, CD; Lt. Colonel (Ret’d) Morris Brause CD, Essex and Kent Scottish (Conference Committee), and Major (Ret’d) Roy Embury CD, Royal Canadian Air Cadets and (Vice President, Military Institute of Windsor). Photo courtesy of Ed Goodfellow.
The “17th Annual “Give Your Heart To Autism Gala” took place February 25, 2017 at the Caboto Club with another full house (1,100) enjoying fantastic food, entertainment by the band Ciao and a great silent auction room with its own shooter bar. So much love and support from our city is appreciated! There are over 250 families registered with Autism Windsor Chapter, which receive assistance from this gala for summer funding for a worker, camp, therapy and other community resources that can be quite expensive. Committee members from left: (First Row): Lori and Toni Oliviero , Livia and Luigi Congi , Violet and Izzy Ferraci, Louie and Angie De Marco. (Second Row): Rita and John Micelli, Peter and Angela LaPorta. (Third Row): John and Angie Oliviero with Julie Bondy and Jovan Vujovic. (Top Row): Fran and Bill Spadafora. Photo by Lori Deschaine.
On January 28, 2017 at the Masonic Ballroom Windsor, St. Andrew’s Lodge No. 642 celebrated their annual “Robbie Burns Night.” Traditional bagpipe songs were played by members of the Windsor Police Pipe Band while haggis was served up! Celtic music from Cluster Folk played on throughout the hall for the rest of the evening. However, the evening had a very special purpose. Sadly, in July of 2016, Lodge No. 642 Worshipful Master, Joe Simon, passed away suddenly from a heart attack. He left behind his wife and his 13 year old daughter, Karly. When Ed Charette took over the role as acting Worshipful Master a decision was made to have a portion of the ticket sales from this year’s Robbie Burns fundraiser go towards young Karly’s education fund. Members of the event committee are captured in this snapshot, from left: Scott Whitehead, Ed Charette, Kent McMillan, Roy Gellner, Ian MacMillan, Alistair Munro, David Vojvodin and Ryan Alice. To contact this group on Facebook go to: St. Andrew’s Lodge No. 642 or email Dave Vojvodin: dvojvodin@gmail.com. Photo by Della Jones-Goulet.
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