Sheep Creek Arts Council Requests Help!

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Submitted by Muriel Dais

The Sheep Creek Arts Council is asking for help to obtain rhubarb. The late, cold spring has had a very serious effect on rhubarb growth. Our usual supplier, Roberta Danforth, is not going to have rhubarb ready for our Rhubarb Festival Tea, Bake Sale and Quilt Show scheduled for June 4th, after the Diamond Valley Parade. We are putting out an urgent request to anyone in the community who may have frozen rhubarb in their freezers and who would be willing to provide it for the Festival. We understand that rhubarb may be growing in sheltered gardens in town as well, if you have some and could make it available to us by May 31st, we would really appreciate your help. Please call and leave us a message on the Sheep Creek Arts Council number: 403-933-4020 or Jackie at 938-2032.

On the assumption that we will be able to find enough rhubarb somewhere in the province, plans are going ahead for the Tea, Bake Sale and Quilt Show on June 4th at 1:00pm (the Bake Sale will open at 11:00am). The Quilt Show, involving submissions from many local quilting groups, will be located in the Sheep Creek Arts Council gallery at 133 Sunset Boulevard, Turner Valley. Ribbons will be awarded for the top three quilts selected by popular vote. The Tea will be held again this year in The Valley Neighbours' Club in the same building as The Arts Council. The cost for the Tea will be five dollars per person and will include the Quilt Show. If anyone wishes to visit the Quilt Show only, admission is a Loonie. Watch for Doug Lansdell driving the antique truck in the Diamond Valley Parade, carrying signs advertising the Rhubarb Festival and then parking it in front of 133 Sunset Boulevard in Turner Valley. The truck, owned and restored by the late Stuart Cameron, draws a great deal of attention in the parade and in our parking lot.