CONTACT THE 2010 OLD HOME WEEK COMMITTEE LINK   Tabusintac Old Home Week Saturday, July 31 to August 7, 2010 We are days away from the big event.  We have one meeting left, the tent goes up on Friday morning at 10 a.m. Many hands make light work so if you have a few spare moments that day we can use your help getting stuff ready.   We need lots of volunteers. Extra help is needed at many events including Family Day, working the door at a dance, bar tending, helping out at breakfast or supper, etc. Please email tohw@tabusintac.org if you can help out. Picnic Tables will be available for rent from Sunday to Friday of Old Home Week at the cost of $10 a table. The tables can be used by those selling crafts, showing their wares, those looking to Fundraise, etc.  Please see Sylvia Harding at 779-8144 to rent a table. On the first and last Saturday the Tabusintac Country Market will be held at the tent. Tables can be rented from market manager Gail Savoy at 779-8045.      Family Day The organizers of Family Day are looking for donations of prizes - big and small - to help make their day a success. Examples of prizes fromprevious days included a bike, potholders, toothpicks, toys, tools, figurines, TVs, etc. So if interested in donating please contact: Wendy (Murray) Savoie - 776-5211 Josie (Murray) Wishart - 779-4446 Jeanne Davidson - 776-8021 Burt or Eva Murray - 622-7497 Helen McCallum - 779-4497 Donations can come from individuals, families, companies, organizations, etc. Here is a list of events for Family Day being held Wednesday, August 4 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.: Games 10 a.m. - 3 p.m.  Sling-a-dino, football, horseshoes, bowling, beanbag toss, ring toss, bouncing castles, races, pick-me-up-dino, royal flush, get canned and more. 10 a.m. - 3 p.m. Petting Zoo Pony Rides - $2 Wagon Rides - $3 Balloons - prices vary Face painting - $1 Train Viewing - $1 11 a.m. & 1 p.m. Let Perley the Magician entertain you for free. Pie Eating Five rounds 15 min. apart with first round at 12 p.m. 10 people per round. $3 per pie Final round at 2 p.m. Tug of War Registration 11 a.m. to 12 p.m. $5 per team - 1 to 3 p.m. 5 person team, must have 2 people ages 12 to 17 and one female. Final bout at 2:30 p.m. Tickets 4 for $1 2 tickets per game Lots of prizes Cotton candy/popcorn to purchase Win a bicycle Cap Game - 4 caps for $1 Quarter drop - 25 cents Variety Shows    Local Talent Show Participants are being sought for the OHW Local Talent Show.If you live in Tabusintac and want to participate, please call Tammy Murray at 779-8919. We are looking for people who can sing, dance, perform a skit, recite a poem, etc. Show us and our many visitors how talented we are.   Visitors Talent Show & Songwriting Contest  Anyone from "away" interested in participating in the Visitors Talent Show can pre-register. Please call Carole Stymiest at 773-5481. Songs entered in the songwriting contest must have original lyrics, be an original composition and be about Tabusintac.  The Visitors Talent Show and Song Writing Contest is Friday, Aug. 6 from 7 to 9 p.m.   Art Exhibit  If you are a local artisan and would like to participate in the Art Exhibit on Wednesday, August 4 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the community hall, please contact Beatrice Mecking at 779-4485. Photographers, painters, writers, carvers, etc. are welcome.   Link for Tentative 2010 OHW Schedule Old Home Week 2010 Executive  President - Dale Harding Vice-President - Myles Harding Secretary - Tanya McEachern Treasurers - Clayton Kenny and Faye Ross Tabusintac Old Home Week is a celebration and sharing of local heritage. Plan to attend the first week of August 2010, "where all roads lead home". Come and meet old friends in the early morning or at noon under the BIG TENT.  There are breakfasts each morning and three suppers. If you have a boat bring it along and check out one of the nicest Marinas around. Golf anyone? Bring your golf clubs for the planned golf tournament. Rafting anyone? This is another event everyone is talking about, so get your pens and paper out and start designing your raft so it can be built for the Raft Race.     Check out our Facebook group at Tabusintac Old Home Week 2010   TABUSINTAC OLD HOME WEEK INC. 4449 Route 11 Tabusintac, N.B. E9H 1H3 Tel: (506) 779-4504 (Tanya McEachern )

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