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John Duffey, mandolin player for Seldom Scene gets an ear full of music during a performance at ;t'!mf' %Iuegrass Festival this past weekend at Carâ€" Scottish weekend planned at Doon Scottish pioneers will be honored this weekend at Doon Pioneer Village. _ _ The Legion Pipe Band of Guelph, under the direcâ€" torship of Col. John Macâ€" Crae ~will entertain on Saturday from 2:30 p.m. to 3 p.m. while Scottish counâ€" try dancing will be underâ€" way on the village platâ€" form across from the fire hall from 2 p.m. to 3: 30 p.m. Spinning and weaving demonstrations â€" and disâ€" plays will be held at the Detweiler House. The Clan Donald Asâ€" sociation will gather at the 1850 Clan Donald House. The interior of this log house is now completely reâ€" finished and furnished with authentic _ Scottish _ anâ€" tiques, donated by the vilâ€" lage. The house was built by Neil Currie on his farm in Puslinch Township in 1850 which at that time was the largest Scottish settlement in the area. The Clan Donald Soâ€" ciety _ initially _ became involved in the rebuildâ€" ing of the log cabin in 19%9 when the Grand River Conservation Authority (GRCA) bought the Currie Farm. They suggested the house be dismantled and moved to the village in orâ€" der to give area residents link with their Scottish ancestors. Clan members began dismantling the house in 1970 and 1971, moving small pieces of lumber to the vilâ€" lage. /‘ A significant day in the rebuilding of the cabin occurred April 9, 1972, when wet logs as long as 30 feet were moved to the village by the volunteer members. Many layers of the logâ€" house also had to be reâ€" placed because they were extremely rotten. Costs for the rebuilding of the house were kept to a minimum beâ€" cause of the free labor. This Sunday, as part of the 1978 Scottish weekâ€" end celebration at Doon Pioneer Village, an open air service will occur on the church lawn from 9:30 to 10 :30 a.m. At 1:30 p.m. a fiddlers‘ group will entertain on the village platform and a dog show will take place in the meadow at 2 pm. At 2:30 p.m., the Swinging Eights will give a square dance demonstration on the village platform, followed by the Toronto _ Gaelic â€" Society Choir. A sheep dog show will take place in the meadow at 4 pm., and sheep shearing will occur periodically near the blacksmith shop. A live sheep exhibit will be across from Detweiler House m ‘*Rollin in my sweet baby‘s arms."‘ Music, camping and good times was the order of the weekend as the sixth annual Bluegrass Festival at Courtâ€" cliffe Park in Carlisle got underway. Over 13,000 foot stompin‘, toe tappin‘ and hand clappin‘ people came to hear the "Happy People Pickin‘ Music‘ played from Friday noon till Sunday night. _ â€" This year‘s festival introduced new groups, such as Big Redd Ford, Outdoor Plumbing Co. and The Hotmud Family, making their first appearances at the tfitival. Regulars such as the Dixie Flyers, Seldom Scenie and the Father of Bluegrass himself, Bill Monroe, were on hand to supply the down home feeling of Bluegrass music. At times it appeared the old south was alive again at the festival, especially when groups started to play mountain Bluegrass songs as well as 19th century Dixie music. : People of all ages took part in the festivities as well as in the music workshops which were conducted off the concert grounds. ; This year a new concept was added to the festival. Stage two, which was used in the past for workshops and jams, square dancing and Bluegrass Band Contest, was built to facilitate concerts by many of the main performâ€" ers. A symposium on great Canadian humorist Stephen Leacock will be held July 21 and 22 in Orillia, coâ€"sponâ€" sored by Wilfrid Laurier Un iversity and Orillia‘s three Leacock organizations. A wine and cheese soiree July 21 at Leacock‘s old hoâ€" mestead on Old Brewery Bay, Orillia, will allow parâ€" ticipants to examine arâ€" tifacts of the great huâ€" morist, including 5,000 letâ€" ters. Symposium on Leacock set for Orillia The 6th Annual Rluegrass Festival was held again this year at Courtcliffe Park at Carlisle Ont. The festiâ€" val attracted more than 13,000 toe tapping fans to the three day event. Many people just got a blanket, some liquid refreshments and a hat to keep the sun off their head and listened to the continuous enterâ€" tainment. _â€" _â€" Sixth annual _ â€" . _ _. > \ bluegrass festival â€"â€" ~â€"â€" â€". _ Story and photos by Pete Cudhea The next day, speakers will examine Leacock‘s humor in some depth, disâ€" cussing the peculiarly Canaâ€" dian characteristics and phiâ€" losophy of smallâ€"town Canaâ€" da found in his works. . > i Speakers include Dr. Reâ€" ginald Watters of the Royal Military College; Silver Donald Cameron, author of Faces of Leacock, Dr. Paâ€" tricia Morley of Concodia Univergity. __ .. 22 $Â¥ NP From trailer to caroper and tent to van, guitar and banjo pickin‘ could be heard either on tapes or individuals getting together to form small groups. _ . * At stage two. Stan Dueck and The Humber River At stage two, Stan Dueck and The Humber River Valley Boys got together on ‘all three nights of tl%fesâ€" tival and held a squareâ€"dance. In the few short years since Stan migrated from Manitoba to southern Ontario, he has become known as one of the best squareâ€" dance callers in the business. & f On Sunday morning, Rev. Alan Matthews held a church service on stage before thousands of Bluegrass fans. His service was followed by the Father of Bluegrass, Bill Monroe. 8 c Monroe, who is a country music Hall of Famer, is a veteran of more festivals, recordings, concerts and shows than most people in the Bluegrass business. Along with his band The Blue Grass Boys, he has made more than 40 albums and numerous singles. According to Bluegrass organizers the festival had a staff of over 400 this year to insure a relaxing and smooth running event. > | Because of the increase of fans, Court and Rad Weaver, owners of the park, increased the facilities of the concert area. Also Dr. Beverly Raâ€" sporich of the University of Calgary, Dr. Vincent Sharâ€" man of Nipissing University College; Harry Boyle, twice winner of the Leacock Medal for humorous wriâ€" ting, and Ralph Curry, curaâ€" tor of the Leacock Memorial Home, Orillia. Participants will end thE day with an excursion on the shallow waters of Lake Couâ€" chiching on the Ossawippiâ€" hi 4 bound Mariposa Belle (and maybe this time it won‘t sink, as it did in Leacock‘s tale of that famous excurâ€" sion). Coordinator Dr. Gerald Noonan of Wilfrid Laurier University said the symâ€" posium should be of special interest to those taking a WLU credit course on Canaâ€" dian humorists at the uniâ€" versity‘s Orillia summer session. _ aw 46 Sb