The 1979 celebrations
marking Canada’s 112th
birthday will be among the
. biggest in the country’s
history with - events
scheduled in’ 1,500 com-~
munities from coast to coast.
That's 600 more than par-
ticipated last year. The

Canada Birthday festivities

will be held from June 25 to

July 1 Quly 2 in Newfoun-—

dland). ‘The theme this year,
as in 1978, is “Canada, it's
You and Me” .'

One of the major themes
of the national programme is
the “twinning” of cities,
towns and municipalities
from different provinces in

Canada. The mayors of.

Prince Albert,. Saskat-
chewan and Kingston,
Ontario will each visit the
other city during Canada’s
Birthday week. Inmates
from penitentiaries in the
two cities will compete by
telex in chess tournaments
and weight-lifting: contests.

ven the

oa A barber-shop. quartet in

Halifax will join with a

_barber-shop quartet in

Winnipeg for a sing-along.

Events “in the National
Capital Région will peak July
1, with a. Carillon concert
from the Peace Tower
starting things off in the
morning. A band concert on
Parliament Hill will be
followed, at noon, by a 21
gun - salute from Nepean
Point.

But the | main event of the

day will be a musical variety

‘'show on Parliament -Hill in

t

the evening. The show will

feature Canadian celebrities
and will be seen by millions
of Canadians via the CBC’s
English and French net-
works. The expected crowd
of over 100,000 people on
the Hill will then be treated
to a spectacular fireworks
display, followed by a street
dance through Ottawa-Hull
‘streets. -

Cathedral i is white

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mean - with the sharp points
that we used to cut out of
, cardboard for school plays.

The other is also tiny, but
round Medieval style, meant
to be worn over a mass of
veils. It's a mystery to me
how the royalty ever kept
them on their heads! I'd love
to see a bride wearing the
pointed one to keep her veil

in place. So lovely, no-one .

would even look at the
bride!

Somehow, the whole
village made me think of
weddings and honeymoons.
Shows I'm getting old, I
guess! But, I'll bet a lot of
mothers of  teen-aged
daughters will agree with
me.

- J don't mean to. be
irreverent, but, after one of
our group viewed the crypt,
he remarked (cryptically!)
“Well, that’s sold me on
cremation!”

Someday, with luck, Ill
revisit Thorn. Do it with
someone you love! Should
that not work out,
remember, the pubs and
shopping in Maastricht are
only minutes away!

Speaking of shopping.
there is an antique “shop” in
Thorn just a few doors away
from the hotels. The
proprictor speaks no English
but is very pleasant. I bought

assport

Photos

while you walt

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three antique pans for a few
dollars and wished I had the
space and the moncy to
afford more.

The values are excellent
and the antiques are right
out of the old farm houses in
the area. The shop really
isn’t - it’s an old garage and a
courtyard full of odds and
ends. It has no name but you
can’t miss it - right across the
street from “ ‘t Stift” on
Hoffstraat.

A visitor from Holland
called and gave me the name

of that cheese bar in
Maastricht. It’s called De
Knijp.

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