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June 14, 2006

Eclectic Café returns to Carnegie Hall

On Saturday, June 24, the Eclectic Café, a family-friendly coffee-house event, brings together an array of local talent for one night of amazing entertainment.

The Diana's Drum drum students have been working hard this spring, and now - they're ready to rock! A group of adults and youth from Mount Forest, Kenilworth, Elora and surrounding area will join Raw Bone Rhythms (RBR), a local women's drum group. RBR has played charity events in Mount Forest and area for over five years, most recently contributing to Habitat for Humanity's "Hearts for Habitat" Valentine's Fund-Raiser in 2006.

If you've ever heard Elizabeth Zetlin, who hails from Markham, Ontario, recite poetry, you know that poetry is anything but dry and dusty. Perfect for a sultry June night, Liz's poetry is full of juice and the joy of life. "Elizabeth Zetlin's poetry…[is] at once passionate and compassionate, [and] a delight for eyes, ears and sensory appetite" (Olive Senior, winner of the Commonwealth Writers Prize). Zetlin's latest poetry collection is, The Thing With Feathers (BuschekBooks).

Treating the audience to African and Middle Eastern rhythms, Raw Bone Rhythms and their special guests, the Diana's Drum drum students, will get you dancing!

Poet Daniel Kolos' résumé picks up on the Middle-Eastern thread. Before his poetry career, Daniel produced radio documentaries on ancient Egypt and the Biblical world for CBC Ideas, and deciphered the sacred ritual inscriptions of the Tutankhamun Exhibit treasures into English. Daniel, who lives in Priceville, will share readings from his published and as yet unpublished works.

Musicians Dan Ferguson and Mark Dahm from Brantford, Ontario, will round off the evening with their ambient improvisational music. Finally, everyone is welcome to join our performers in a community drum jam - open to all, no musical experience required!

Please join us in celebrating our local talent on Saturday, June 24 at 7:00 p.m. in Carnegie Hall (basement of the Mount Forest Public Library, just North of the Old Roxy Theatre). You'll be glad you did.

To find out more, contact Zoë at (519) 376-8787

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