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Summerlea Bazaar 2008
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The 2008 Summerlea bazaar took place Saturday November 15, 2008 on a mild but wet day.
The ambience was festive and warm, and a good
time was had by all. The finance committee reports that it was financially successful as well. Many thanks from the Summerlea family to all those who participated in ways too numerous to tell. Special thanks to Nancy Mark and Sinclair Harris for acting as coordinators on top of their full-time jobs and family responsibilities. And to Kate Smart who took vacation to direct (and do) the setup while Nancy and Sinclair were unavailable, and then manned (womanned?) the toy shop on bazaar day. Thanks to George Provias, John Hendery and Lewis Guynan, who set up the country store and installed the festive lighting early Thursday morning and put it all away Monday morning. Thanks also to the Summerlea Youth Group, Guides, Scouts, and leaders, and students of Lakeside Academy, who helped by setting up tables and books, serving in the lunch room and putting everything away after the bazaar, so the church and halls were spick and span for Sunday morning. You can pick on the small photos below to see larger versions. To return here pick Back on your browser. (The photos were not posed, so do not necessarily show folks at their best.) |
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A few photos before things got going on bazaar day. |
The Lunch Room - Calm Before the Storm
But busy in the kitchen
Acadia Hall Overview - Last Minute Touches Underway
Looking toward the stage
From the stage - booth keepers checking out each other's merchandise
Bake table and White Elephant setup in progress Friday night.
And the bake table loaded and ready to go Saturday morning.
White Elephants in readiness - Roy & Caroline Rodd, Nancy Harvey checking out the stuff
Cassandra McKenzie, Roy Rodd & Keith McKenzie ready to go.
At the south end, Marg Lynn with gift baskets
Susan Ippersiel, Jeannine Morin, Sheila Hébert & Muriel Hill,
with some pre-opening Jewellery shoppers.
And the plant table ready to go.
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9 AM and they're off! Howard said a brief prayer and the crowd
marched in while Kate Miller played "While the Saints Go Marching In." (Howard's prayer for the rain to hold off lasted only long enough for those waiting outside to get inside, then the skies opened. Attendance, however, was great.) |
Gift baskets and jewellery (behind the crowd) again,
and Kim Blatherwick-Roy on crafts.
Mary Guynan's Santa Shop was in more intimate quarters this year.
The sanctuary location gives room to browse the books.
Children's books at the rear and a Chapters style reading area add to the enjoyment.
Michèle Bitauld and Wendy Mackay at the cash.
Some photogenic visitors.
Visitors
White elephant shop - Cassandra McKenzie behind the table in the first shot.
Linda, Roy and Robert Rodd behind the White Elephant tables as the crowd started to thin.
Behind the scenes at the Country Store
Greg Legault and the Le Biftèque signs.
Le Biftèque prepared the meat for the tourtières to Summerlea's secret recipe.
Tempting Treasures - by the time the crowd thinned enough to
take photos, many of the treasures had been snapped up.
1. Sarah McCall, Ruth Heim & Leslie Field
2, 3. Agnes Cameron, Ruth Heim, Cathy Williams
Margaret Hendery & Pat Skitt
Toys - Elizabeth Rodd & Kate Smart
Jewellery - Sheila Hébert, Susan Ippersiel, Jeannine Morin, Muriel Hill
and with Jeannine's grandson
Plants - Val Coffin & Nancy Harvey,
and Candy - Caroline Legault
Knits & Gifts - Susan & Erin Overbury
Crafts - Alayna Roy, Nathalie & Elizabeth Wightman
Baking - Irene Mackie-Turner, Leslie McEwen, Jane Pascau, Susan McKenzie
Pot-pourri - Bev Gill & Anne Leavitt
The Lunch Room - busy, busy
Three of the servers from Lakeside Academy.
Roland Metras, a neighbour of Ann Marie and Kate,
played the accordian to add to the ambiance.
Back in the kitchen, they're still at it.
Hot doggers - Richard Roy, Frank Romagosa, Justin Roy
The bake table,
early - Pauline Porter, Dale Romagosa & Susan McKenzie
and almost empty - Dale Romagosa & Jane Pascau
| The snap shooter was involved in the cleanup and did not think to take photos, but by about 4 PM the scouts and youth group and leaders had the church and halls bereft of any vestiges of a bazaar, apart from the Country Store which remained in place for some Sunday after-church discount sales. It was dismantled and stored Monday morning by George and helpers. |
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Thanks to everyone who participated - we'll see you next year. |
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