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Vol. 5 Edition 35
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Renton rocks! Local lad pulled up on stage with OK Go pulled on stage. “It must be part of their set. The lead singer (DaThousands of Canadi- mian Kulash) asked if ans attend summer music anyone played guitar. festivals, but how many Thousands of people put of us get up on stage their hands in the air. He pointed at and play in Renton and them? “I was in disbelief. It said, ‘Come W e l l , Blenheim’s was insane; they were on up,’” father JP said. R e n t o n pulling him up there in “I was in H u g g i n s front of all those peodisbelief. It can say he ple.” was insane; did just - JP Huggins, father they were that. pulling him Renton, 14, played guitar for the up there in front of all band OK Go at the recent those people.” Renton said he raised his Big Feastival near Barrie, hand like so many others, Ont. He and his family at- not knowing what was to tended the festival in come next. “I never thought I’d get mid-August, which featured a number of bands, to play on stage,” he said. But security personnel with headliners OK Go made sure he got up there and Weezer. Renton, a big music and Renton soon had a fan, spent much of the guitar – albeit a modified afternoon parked near one – in his hands in front the main stage, watching of upwards of 20,000 peoother bands and getting ple. “The guitar was modiready to see the two main fied. I only had to hit one acts. His parents and siblings note. It had one string so I slipped in nearby as OK couldn’t mess up,” RentGo took to the stage. on said. “It was a pretty Imagine their surprise easy concept.” Continued on page 2 when their son is being By Bruce Corcoran bruce@chathamvoice.com
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Linda Sinclair and John Hakker enjoyed BikeFest C-K this year. The two Chatham residents took part in the morning ride atop her 2005 Harley-Davidson Softail and his 2017 Indian, and spent time at the event in downtown Chatham Saturday.
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