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Fire up the grill! It’s summer time! Schools are out; graduation is over and Memorial Day is just that...only a memory. Now it’s time to heat up the schedule with plans to head for the beach, an outdoor theme park, favorite fishing hole or the local baseball field with summer activities. Ohio is known for it’s great county fairs, country concerts and festivals. And the staff at The Weekender is gearing up for nonstop weekend activities. This year, we have scheduled our fair-festival preview issue a month earlier than usual in order to include all the dates of the July calendar. Be sure not to miss it. It’s coming your way July 1! Meanwhile June isn’t boring by any means. The Pyrates are invading Put-in-Bay for “Revenge” during the Pyrate Fest IV. This is a family-fun event. See the details on page 10. While you’re in the area, another family-friendly destination is African Safari where you can actually feed the animals. See pages 14-15. When it comes to country music, this year’s concert at Fort Loramie has quite a lineup. (see the back page.) And of course, don’t forget to honor Dad on Father’s Day. As I look around and witness all the single-parent families in the neighborhood, I remain unconvinced that it was not originally meant to be. I continue to see a hollowness in the lives of children who are not blessed by living with both parents. Don’t get me wrong. There are many fathers who do their part in helping to raise their families. Even the divorced parents who still take charge and step up to the plate with child support and visitation. It is just simply no longer common to have both parents at home at night to tuck the kids into bed and hear their prayers. I was an adult before I realized just how much my own father had a part in raising me to be what I am today. His vacations were always centered around my music contests. He offered a weekly allowance, but always “helped” me save by offering to take half to the bank. He never ever sent us to church... He took us and we sat together as a family. What memories do you have of your father? What inspiring affect did he have in your life? We’d like to hear from you. Share with us on facebook or email us. One lucky family will win tickets to African Safari for the whole family!
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About the Cover : Remember Dad on Father’s Day this year. (June 17) What qualities do you remember most about your Father? Like us on facebook and share your favorite memory about your Dad and qualify for this month’s FREE weekend getaway for the whole family: Tickets to African Safari in Port Clinton.
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• See musketry, drilling and marching demonstrations • See artillery demonstrations •Hear Civil War period music, by the Heritage Minstrels and the Gallery Singers • Hear addresses by Abraham Lincoln and Mary Todd Lincoln (Portrayed by Gerald and Marilyn Payn) • Get guided tours of the Ohio Veteran's Home Museum and the Johnson's Island exhibit • Hear about the present day archaeology work on Johnson's Island • See authentic Civil War flag and uniforms • Learn about a woman's role during the war from costumed interpreters Admission is free, but donations will be accepted for the Museum fund, Call 419-625-2454, ext 1447 or • See how the Civil War soldiers lived in camp, by e-mail jipres@johnsonsisland.org for further information the 7th Ohio Cavalry and Taylor's Battery SANDUSKY - Commemorating the 150th anniversary of the Civil War and the opening of the Johnson’s Island Prisoner-of-War Depot in Sandusky Bay, a Civil War encampment will take place at the Ohio Veteran’s Home. Event kick-off will be Friday, June 15 at 6:45 p.m. in the Veteran's Hall Great Room. At 7 p.m. Dr. David Bush, Professor of Anthropology and Director of the Center for Historic and Military Archaeology at Heidelberg University, will talk about the preservation, interpretation and research accomplished at the former site of the Confederate Prisoner-of-War Depot on Johnson's Island. During this three-day event, Civil War re-enactors will camp overnight on the Ohio Veteran's Home grounds. Visitors will be able to:
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Places to go: Festival Fun & Historic Settings in West Central Ohio
ST. MARYS – Two great festivals in west central Ohio in June offer fun for the whole family, great live music, and fantastic unusual FREE entertainment all in beautiful historical settings. The 107th Fort Recovery Harvest Jubilee is scheduled for June 14th through the 17th. The activities take place at Ambassador Park and the adjacent Fort Site Park with accessibility to the Fort block house buildings and stockade, historical museum and log cabins. The Thursday evening “Jubilee Kickoff” activities on the 14th include FREE inflatable’s for the kids, rides, softball tournament, the Tug-of-War challenge, music by Almost Brothers and “Kids Outdoor Movie Night” at the Van Trees Park Amphitheater. Events on Friday, Saturday & Sunday include pie baking and HOT wing eating contests. More fun includes the Red Cross Go Kart races, Kiddie Tractor Pull, car show , the Famous Fort Recovery Racing Ducks, and the Jubilee Quarter Auction. The Jubilee’s free musical entertainment will include Grove Hill & My Sister Sarah. The Fireman’s Parade begins at 2pm on Sunday and is followed by a chicken BBQ. The weekend includes rides, games lots of great festival food, and TONS of fun!! So make your way to the banks of the Wabash and enjoy the Fort Recovery Harvest Jubilee. The complete events Page 6
schedule is available at fortrecovery.org/jubilee.htm. One week later, come join us for the 25th Annual Maria Stein Country Fest June 22nd-24th 2012. This awesome small town Country Fest offers totally FREE entertainment beginning with the featured act of Cavallo Equestrian Arts and the nationally known Country Fest Tractor Square Dancers. Additional features include Antique Tractor Pulls, Lawn Mower Demolition Derby, Mini-Indy race, Chainsaw wood carving, Rides, Punt - Pass - Kick Competition, Volleyball, Bean Bag, 3 on 3 Basketball Tournament, Diaper Derby, and a 5k Run. The festival plays music for all ages throughout the weekend, and has plenty of food to satisfy everyone’s palate. With the area’s strong German heritage you will find delicious brats, metts, sausages and cabbage rolls as well as the festival’s signature turtle soup and fried chicken. Countryfest also offers a petting zoo, games, rides, and fun for all! This year’s Countryfest FREE live musical entertainment will include performances by Empty Tank, Free Rider, and Savannah Jack. Have a great time in the country when you visit the Maria Stein Countryfest, on the grounds of the Maria Stein Relic Shrine in west central Ohio. For a complete schedule of events you can check out mscountryfest.com.
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Things to Do:
Thunder in Paradise Bike Show
Modern Superstar is the Headliner Band. They are Spend the day strolling through the streets in downtown Loudonville. Enjoy motorcycles, music, a modern rock band by t'daze standards featuring recording artists Ryche Green and Jamie Fletcher food and vendors throughout the day. While you're in the area visit our stores and restaurants. This is a FAMILY Event 2012 Thunder in Paradise Bike Show / Music & Food Fest Saturday, June 16th - 11 am to 9 pm Food Vendors Open at 11:00 am Bike Show Starts at Noon Bring your lawn chairs and blanket. While listening to music you can also enjoy ribs and other food vendors in our beautiful Central Park! Music will start at This event is sponsored by the Noon provided by Frank Medley and he will also Loudonville Mohican Chamber of Commerce play between the bands. Bands performing that day 131 West Main Street* Loudonville, OH 44842 will be: For more information please call 419-994-4789 The Getaway Band - Rock email jeanne@loudonvillechamber.com or Tightrope - Classic Rock visit www.loudonvillechamber.com Dave Stevens Band - Rock
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Things to Do: Celebrate with The Star Spangled Spectacular CLEVELAND – The Cleveland Orchestra, under the direction of Jahja Ling, will perform The StarSpangled Spectacular brought to you by Cuyahoga Arts & Culture, its 23rd annual free community concert in downtown Cleveland, on Monday, July 2, on Public Square. The concert and festival will be hosted by WCPN ideastream’s Dee Perry. Beginning at 9 p.m., The Cleveland Orchestra and Jahja Ling will perform a program featuring popular American favorites including Leonard Bernstein’s Overture to Candide, Samuel Ward’s America the Beautiful, and John Philip Sousa’s The Stars and Stripes Forever. The concert culminates with Tchaikovsky’s “1812” Overture and will be followed by a fireworks display, weather permitting. Soprano Janice Chandler-Eteme will return to perform with The Cleveland Orchestra, as soloist in “Summertime” from Gershwin’s Porgy and Bess. The Washington Post has called her rendition of Bess a “knockout performance.” Jahja Ling joined the conducting staff of The Cleveland Orchestra in 1984 and served as resident conductor from 1985 to 2002 and as Blossom Festival Director for six seasons, from 2000 to 2005. Since 2005, he has continued to appear with the Orchestra each season, making a continuous relationship with the Orchestra of 28 years. A pre-concert festival of musical entertainment will June, 2012
begin at 5 p.m. with a diverse program of Clevelandarea performing arts organizations appearing in the hours leading up to the Orchestra’s concert. New this year will be a line-up of Cleveland’s gourmet food trucks to provide a variety of cuisines to concertgoers. The 9 p.m. concert will be broadcast live on 90.3 WCPN and WCLV 1049 FM. This community celebration is brought to you by Cuyahoga Arts & Culture, whose mission is to inspire and s t re n g t h e n the community by investing in arts and culture. The StarSpangled Spectacular brought to you by Cuyahoga Arts & Culture receives additional support from The Avenue at Tower City Center, Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority, media partners WVIZ/PBS and 90.3 WCPN ideastream, and logistical partners City of Cleveland and Downtown Cleveland Alliance. Public Square Photo by Roger Mastroianni Janice Chandler-Eteme Photo from Sprizzo Artists
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Whether you prefer being merely a spectator or wish to get in on the action, pirates from throughout the US will invade Put-in-Bay for this annual Pyrate Fest. Witness local infantry as they fire upon invading pirates sailing toward the Island on June 22 for the purpose of finding missing treasure. Throughout this event, contests, activities and demonstrations will aim toward the education of those visiting to what life was like in the 18th century. The following highlights various events. For more information, visit www.pyratefest.com FRIDAY At 4 p.m. a Pyrate Invasion of Put-in-Bay Harbor – Local infantry will fire upon the invading pyrates as they sail into the downtown harbor. Governor John Broward (The English Coward) will declare Put-in-Bay is outlawing pyrates, and all will be banished from the island. Pyrates will freely roam the island in and may take captives. Beware. Captives will be taken to the pirates’ staging area in DeRivera Park where the Pyrate King Mad Dog will raise his ratty Skull and Crossbones, and declare Pyrate Fest 2012 at Put-in-Bay open. SATURDAY 11 a.m. – Pyrate Village will open in DeRivera Park. Here you will find the official 2012 Pyrate Fest tee-shirt and flag for sale. Also inexpensive pyrate costumes, accessories and period pieces can be purchased to complete a winning adult pyrate ensemble for entry into the contest for a trip for two the Cayman Islands in November 2012, or one of two 5-day stays at Put-in-Bay in the fall of 2012. Register for the Adult Pyrate Costume Contest here also. The Pyrate Village is also home to the Market place where you’ll find Mary Diamond doing calligraphy and selling Black Widow Teas & Coffees, Shenanegan’s Leather Works, the Cayman Islands Visitor Bureau, and Put-in-Bay Pyrate Merchants selling their wares. Keep an eye out for Captain Jack Sparrow and his krew for photo opportunities. Pyrate re-enactors will give living history demonstrations throughout the day in DeRivera Park near the Pyrate Village. Other events include period games, Page 10
weapon displays and canon firing demonstrations, entertainment by Faire Wynds Circus, cooking demonstrations and a costume contest. The grand prize for the cosume contest is a trip for two to the Cayman Islands 2012 Pirate Fest in November. Prizes will also awarded for first and second place. Beginning at 1:30 p.m. a parade of Adult Pyrates, Kids, and Krew. Put-in-Bay Pyrates will head south on Catawba and then east on Delaware to the staging area in DeRivera Park where judging will take place. Kids Parade and Costume Contest will be at 4 pm at the staging area. At 3 p.m. a skirmish between pyrates and the soldiers will take place defending Put-in-Bay. The Pyrate’s Ball at the Boathouse Bar is 7 p.m. until midnight. Prizes will be awarded for the best dressed wench, and Pyrate. Drink specials, and souvenir cups will be available. Entertainment will be provided by Ray Fogg. Take time to view the fireworks at 9:30 p.m. along with an eight-minute aerial display shot from Fox’s Dock, adjacent to the Jet Express Dock downtown. SUNDAY Pyrate Village reopens in DeRivera Park at 11 a.m. Pyrate re-enactors will give living history demonstrations throughout the day. For the kids, a fun area will be set up in Pyrat eVillage offering games and activities, stickers, and temporary tattoos. At noon Captain Willie will give his Kids Safety Program in staging area in DeRivera Park. At 3 p.m., Captain Jack and his krew will lead a Treasure Hunt for Kids MONDAY 4:30 pm – Cardboard Boat Regatta Captains and vessels arrive at DeRivera Par. 6 pm – Regatta begins on the Bay View Public Boat Ramp. Awards given for People’s Choice, 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place, fastest sink, and Best Theme. Fastest Heat, and more. Best viewing is from Fox’s Dock and C Dock. 8 pm– Island inhabitants find out if the Pyrate King was able to unearth his treasure before he lowers his flag and fades away into the mist until Pyrate Fest V in 2013.
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People to See: Robert Cassidy CLEVELAND - Robert Cassidy performs at Nighttown jazz club and restaurant on Sunday, June 10 at 7 p.m., celebrating a new Albany Records release, Robert Cassidy Plays Debussy, Mozart, and Noon. The recording, released May 1, includes Debussy’s Préludes, Livre I; Mozart’s Fantasia in C Minor, K. 475; and David Noon’s Elegy Variations. Cassidy’s Nighttown program includes the complete recording repertoire with an intermission. Before Cassidy takes the stage, cellist Nick Diodore opens the program performing solo repertoire. Robert Cassidy Plays Debussy, Mozart, and Noon. Robert Cassidy’s major influences have included the pianist of chamber music’s legendary Beaux Arts Trio Menahem Pressler, and composer and professor Dr. David Noon, a distinguished member of the faculty of Manhattan School of Music for more than 30 years. These towering musical mentors inspired Cassidy to record some of his favorite classical and impressionist works, as well as the premiere recording of Noon’s Elegy Variations for Albany Records. The miniature masterpieces that make up the first book of Debussy’s Préludes are included in celebration of the upcoming 150th anniversary of Debussy’s birth in August of 2012. Each of the twelve piano works vividly conveys a musical impression through Debussy’s ingenious use of color and rhythm, melody and harmony. The recording continues with Mozart’s dramatic and poignantly lyrical Fantasie in C Minor, K 475. Its contrasting sections create a profound and transformative musical journey. Noon’s Elegy Variations were self-published in 1989, in commemoration of a musician colleague from the Manhattan School of Music who died prematurely. The moods of these variations alternate between light and dark, joyful and sorrowful. This debut recording was masterfully produced by Grammy Award-winning producer and Shaker Heights resident Elaine Martone and engineered by Cleveland State University audio engineer David Yost, also a Grammy awardee. Jun e, 2012
Pianist Robert Cassidy has performed in solo and collaborative recitals and with orchestras throughout the United States and Canada. He is a member of the Almeda Trio (www.almedatrio.com) and regularly performs chamber music with members of The Cleveland Orchestra. Dr. Cassidy has appeared in such venues as New York City’s Merkin and Weill Halls, the Lyceum in Alexandria, VA, and the Banff Centre for the Arts in Alberta. A strong advocate of contemporary music, he has premiered works by noted composers David Noon and Keith Fitch. An active and highly sought-after teacher, Dr. Cassidy has held teaching positions at New York University, the University of Indianapolis, Marian College, and Indiana University-Purdue University-Indianapolis, among others. He has been a member of the keyboard faculty at Cleveland State University since 2008 and is also a teacher at The Music Settlement. Dr. Cassidy holds degrees from the Manhattan School of Music and Ball State University. For more information on Robert Cassidy please visit www.robertcassidypianist.com or contact robertcassidypr@gmail.com. www.nighttowncleveland.com
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Things to Do:
Talk to the Animals
PORT CLINTON - What does a Giraffe have in common with a Zebra? Both species have unique patterns on their coats and even though the patterns are different, the purpose is the same. While both species stand out here at the Wildlife Park, in the wild, the patterns of their coat serve to conceal or camouflage them from predators. No two animals have the exact coat pattern. The Giraffe is the tallest of all Mammals. Usually a serene and gentle animal, the Giraffe is able to defend itself by dealing terrible blows with their front legs. Except in defense of its young, Giraffe do not attack other animals. The Zebra may look like a horse with stripes, but unlike domesticated horses, the Zebra is not tame. Since they do not have the speed or stamina of the domestic horse, they must be forever vigilant or they will fall prey to their deadliest enemies, the Lion pride or the Hyena pack. Besides the unique stripes acting as camouflage, many believe that they help the Zebra cope with the severe heat in Africa; the black stripes absorbing the heat and the white stripes reflecting it! While visiting African Safari Wildlife Park, look Page 14
carefully and see other animals that utilize their coat patterns as camouflage. Bring the family and enjoy the exciting drive-thru animal preserve where guest can feed the animals from their car! Take a leisurely stroll through the walk-thru safari and see rare and beautiful animals from around the globe. African Safari Wildlife Park can be easily reached in approximately 2 hours from the Detroit area via 1-75 south to the Ohio turnpike east to exit 91 or Route 2, then east to the Port Clinton exit 124. From Cleveland, the Park can be reached via the Ohio turnpike west to exit 110 and head north. Highway billboards help lead the way to African Safari Wildlife Park. Don't Miss It! African Safari Wildlife Park is open thru December 2. Hours are 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. through Labor Day Weekend (September 3). Rates during the Summer Schedule are: Adults $18.95 (7yrs+), Children $15.95 (4-6 yrs) and Children 3 and younger are free. Vist AFRICAN SAFARI WILDLIFE PARK at 267 S. Lightner Road, Port Clinton, Ohio 43452 Phone (419) 732-3606 l 1-800-521-2660 l Website: www.africansafariwildlifepark.com
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