Page 12, Whitby Free Press, Wednesday. November 24, 19Pv3 k k LAURIE BULA (left) got some help from Joan the decorations for Brown's home, one of Brown (centre) and Diane ivie of Ve Olde seven on the tour. The $10 tickets are Fashioned Christmas Store to decorate her available at the gallery. Cali 668-4185 for house for the Station Gallery's Olde Tyme more information. Christmas House Tour. The store provided Photo by Mark Reesor, WhItby Free Press U.S. folk duo at club Joli Warner and Jef Davis will offer a journey inte the history of rural Anierica when they perfom at the Vital Spark Folk lub in Oshawa on Satur- daynght, Nov. 27. Tey perform ballade. sung in old and New England, songe of Revolutionary War heroes, Afri- can-Ainerican banjo tunes and Irish fiddle tunes, gospel songe> kids' sonp, cowboy ditties and Appalachian clogging. The show is at the Masonic Hall 91 Contre St. S. Admission is $ý for club members, $10 for COMM<JNITY VIDEO S(JPERSTORE WHOOPI GOLDBERG TED DANSON ~MmDvNAERICA At the sperm-bonk. she osked for a toll. :ntelgent. black mon. One out of three int bod. L The best original comedy of the decade. Don't miss it!" JuteS Penner V. 'fRAEDO 701 ROSSLAND RD. E. WHITBY 430-7735 22 STEV ENSON RD. S. OSHAWA 404-0267 non-inembers. One of the United Kingdom's best folk ensembles, Martin Carthy and the Watersons, will perform at the club on Saturday nQ tODs:haa performance is one of only three in Canada by the group. Admission will ho $12 for members, $15 for non-mem- bers. Joi us at aChi auat' Sporis Loungoe Ente rtai fn me9nt white you dine or slp along... No reservations or cover charge! November 27th - 9pm to 1 am 96IUNA S.W WS LNEILZ WHTY 3048 The Station Gallery will once again host the Olde Tyme Christmas House Tour event on Saturday, Nov. 27, il a.m. to, 4 p.m. Seven ofWVhitby and Brooklin's best-dressed homes will be on the tour. The specially selected homes will be decorated in seasonal finery by homeowners and sorne of the area's best-known establishments and decorators, such as Olde Fashion Christmas Store, Rousseau Heritage House, Margot McTavish, Len Teengs, Sheridan Nurseries and Weall & Cullen. Following the tout, participants can visit the gallery for the Olde Tyme Christmnas art and craft. show, where* a tour ticket includes a coinplimentary door prize ticket for a chance te win a Christmas gift. Tour tickets are $10 (for ages 16 and over) and"are available at the gallery,, Lynde House, Rousseau Hleritage House, 'le Olde Fashion Christmnas Store, Bayberry'sLafontaine Trading Poat, Laura Badour's Emporiumn, Picture This & That, Silver Thimble and the Kitchen Cupboard, and at the Brooklin Village Shoppe in Broolin. Unazel and John Pritchard!s home This claasic Cape Code-style home was built in 1941 by the owner of Metcalfe Foods in Whitby which was later known as Stokely's. A charming playhouse was built on the property in 1943 by the Osborne family. Evelyn and Stewart MdI'avùh'a home This home is one of the few Regency cottages in Whitby to have retained its original porch and trellis work. The designated heritage building, known as the Shier-Willis House, was bult in 1868 by John Shier. An addition off the kitchen was built by the present owners. Colourful, glazed French tules in the kitchen, faux-finish in the hallway, warm library feeling in the living room, original flooring and antique pine from Quebec are a few of the features of the home. Lauriie and Russell BuIate home This designated heritage building, known as the Michael House, was built circa 1856, likely ini'tiallya a frame dwlig and rikea oeri dlaer year, oe i The north side, with the entry facing Byron Street, housed the original kcitchen. The three-and-a-quarter-inch pre- flnished flooring throughout the lower level, wainscotting and present itchen were added by the current owners. Mnrg and Leo Schmid'rs home This four-year-old A.B. Cairns home in Queen's Common has been decorated by the owner with an informai French Country theme and contains an extensive collection of Canadiana antiques and niemorabilia. Christina and Chri9toher Begy's home This contempory home was built by Tormina Homes in 1991. 'fie spacious lO-rooni house includes features such as a Scarlett O'Hara starcase, a vaulted 40-foot ceiling in te hallway, ornamental ceilinga in the principal areas and a marble fireplace in the faxnily room. IAbb~y and Andrew Wood's home This Georgian-style home was built in the 1920s for a doctor who conducted his practice from this location. The present owners have extensively redesigned and redecorated the house, including a rear addition which created a largerkIdtchen. Many of the furnishings camne froirn England, and original British paintings from the lUth and early 20th centuries decorate the walls Lynde Bouse Jabez Lynde, one of Whitby~s first settlers, built this stately home between 1812-1814, and ran a tavern on the premises during the War of 1812. The Georgian-style, balloon-franied timber construction features eight rooma, each with a fire p ace. I1986, the house was moved te Cullen Gardens from its Dundas Street West location. It bas since been restored and decorated with authentic antiques. Santa Claus and rmal reindeer.. too Where else in Durham region can you ifind both Santa and reai reindeer but John Brouwer's Garden Centre at Victoria St. and Lakeridge Rd. The reindeer are part of the year. round zoo wihich is a growing attraction at Durham Region's largest garden centre. The zoo also includes donlceys, European deer peacocks, chickens, parrots andi other tropical birds. Santa holds court on the weekends frorn 2 - 4ipin in the lushly deraed Chistmas Gallery's house tour Saturday * 965 DUNDAS ST. W. WHITBY 430-0022 110 RITCHI1E AVE. AJAX 428-6322 F--