Thursday, May 30, 2013  – 7:00pm

Windsor’s best amateur bands will   take to the stage on May 30, 2013 at Level 3 Vodka Emporium for Rock for   Dimes, a battle of the bands to benefit March of Dimes Canada’s programs and   services for children and adults with disabilities. Amateur musicians will   showcase their talents and compete in front of a roster of Canadian music   industry professionals.     What began as an event in Toronto, Ontario has since expanded to become March   of Dimes’ flagship national fundraiser and is now held in community’s coast.

Friday, May 31, 2013 – 6:30pm

Live Lounge, 490 Empire Road,   Sherkston Shores

Rock for Dimes is a corporate   battle of the bands held to benefit March of Dimes Canada’s programs and   services for children and adults with disabilities. Amateur musicians compete   in this friendly fundraiser for the title of their city’s best corporate   band. Bands can showcase their talents.     What began as an event in Toronto, Ontario has since expanded to become March   of Dimes’ flagship national fundraiser and is now held in communities coast   to coast. Since its inception, Rock for Dimes has raised over $500,000 to   support our Conductive Education® and Stroke Recovery Canada® programs.     March of Dimes Canada is thankful for our presenting sponsor Pennzoil, and   our national backline sponsor Long & McQuade. Additional sponsorship   opportunities exist in each location.  Join the fun for a great cause – new bands are always welcome!

For more information please contact:  www.marchofdimes.ca

~ Albert Einstein

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The story is gentle with a soothing repetitious verse, the beautiful water colours just compliment the verse describing the baby turtle’s journey from egg to the sea.

On a serene, quiet sandy beach a baby sea turtle breaks free from its egg and begins the journey to find home and mother, all the while saying, “I’m coming, Mama, I’ll see you soon. I know just how…I’ll follow the moon.” And follow the moon to Mama is exactly what the baby sea turtle does.

The simple words and gentle rhythm makes this a wonderful bedtime story. It is soothing and delicately conveys the message that Mother will be there for the child. The watercolor illustrations are solid, yet soft. They beautifully portray the beach and sky in an inviting way that adds to the soothing nature of the book.

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“The person born with a talent they are meant to use will find their greatest happiness in using it.”

~Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Come and join us bright and early on Tuesday, May 14th. Jennifer Valentyne and Breakfast Television will be in the house at 6:30 a.m. We would love to have you and your children join us for breakfast and activities before heading off to school. And they will get to be “live” on CityTV!

If you want to be here, contact Katie Morrison at kmorrison@varietyvillage.on.ca or call 416-699-7167 x 283. We need you!

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~Thornton Wilder

NERDS:

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N.E.R.D.S is a children’s espionage-thriller humorous series written by Michael Buckley and illustrated by Ethen Beavers. The first novel is called N.E.R.D.S.: National Espionage, Rescue, and Defense Society and it is from Jackson Jones/Braceface’s point of view.

Michael Buckley has announced that there will be five books in total. Each one will be told from the point of view of a different secret agent. It is mentioned that all N.E.R.D.S. are automatically retired when they turn eighteen, which is the legal consent age for adults. The headquarters is under the main setting, Nathan Hale Elementary, in Arlington, Virginia, Thomas Knowlton Middle School in Book 4 (Because they grew up and went into 6th grade).

The grand finale to the New York Times bestselling series, Attack of the BULLIES stars Ruby Peet, aka Agent Pufferfish, the team captain with super nanobyte-enhanced allergies. Pufferfish leads the team in their latest case: the kidnapping of the president’s daughter. But the NERDS discover she hasn’t been kidnapped—she’s been recruited. Their former librarian, Ms. Holiday, has started a rival organization called BULLIES, who each have their own nanobyte-enhanced upgrades. The BULLIES’ plan: go back in time to make sure NERDS never existed! When Ruby’s teammates begin to vanish one by one, she enlists Agent Brand and Heathcliff Hodges to go back to the 1970s and help the original nerdy secret agents make sure that the future is not erased from existence! Attack of the BULLIES promises action, humor, and a dramatic conclusion to the series.

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“Success is the good fortune
that comes from aspiration,
desperation, perspiration
and inspiration.”
~Evan Esar

Variety Village Synchro Club Coach Jennifer Shaver Koptie wins Suzanne Eon trophy for coach of the year!

Jenn was awarded the trophy at the Canadian Open Synchronized Swimming Championship for displaying all around coaching abilities in Solo, Duet, Team and Combo.

Congratulations Jenn!

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“Don’t let what you can’t do stop you from doing what you can do.”

~John Wooden