FOODSTOCK volunteers needed

Star-studded musical line-up wiill entertain
Email from Karren Wallace Sept 22 2011
If you have some time, or (for teachers and parents) you know a teenager that doesn’t have their 40 hours of community service in order to graduate, please pass on:
Saturday September 24, 2011, Shelburne High School teachers parking lot between 12 and 12:30 to receive instructions and assist with handing out information on Foodstock in Shelburne
LOCATION OF FOODSTOCK: Lennox farms: County Road 124 just north of sideroad 20 on west side of road:
Sunday October 2, Lennox Farms to do a run through of Foodstock layout and jobs.
Wednesday October 12,  Thursday October 13, Friday October 14 at Lennox Farms etween 4 and 7 pm to do setup for Foodstock
Saturday October 15, at Lennox Farms anytime through the day to do setup for Foodstock
SUNDAY OCTOBER 16 at Lennox Farms 7:30 am to 10 p.m. SHOW TIME so please show up to volunteers.
Volunteer jobs may include parking control, traffic control, runners between chefs, messengers, staffing information booths, chefs assistants, trouble shooting, etc. etc.
PLEASE RSVP to davidwaters@remax.net OR dbalis@xplornet.ca with your firm commitment on dates and times.
Star-studded musical line-up to accompany 80 of Canada’s best chefs to help Stop The Mega Quarry
News release September 22 2011
Honeywood, ON – On Sunday, October 16th a host of celebrity musicians will set the score as more than 80 of Canada’s top chefs cook up a storm for 20,000 hungry people to save precious farmland from a proposed mega-quarry.  Jim Cuddy will be entertaining the crowd, as will be Sarah Harmer and other Canadian music scene celebs: “Happy to lend a hand to people who are trying to preserve the sanctity of water and arable land,” offers Jim. “If a little music can help open some peoples’ eyes to the risks we are facing up here then I consider myself lucky to be able to help.”  The event, known as FOODSTOCK, is taking place in a small farming community north of Orangeville, and promises to live up to its ‘60s era inspiration, with an anticipated crowd of 20,000 people in attendance. It’s a pay-what-you-can event spearheaded by celebrated chef Michael Stadtländer, and features gourmet dished prepared by more than 80 of Canada’s top chefs—including Jamie Kennedy and Canoe Restaurant’s Anthony Walsh.  “It’s probably just me, but I much prefer rolling hills of fertile soil and delicious fruits and vegetables over gigantic pits of dust and chemicals,” winks Toronto-based alt country singer-songwriter Hayden.  The complete musical line-up includes Tom Barlow, Cuff The Duke, Hayden, Jim Cuddy, Sarah Harmer, The Loon Choir and a whole host of amazing buskers. FOODSTOCK will take place on Sunday, October 16th from 11:00 to 5:00 at the Frenchs’ farm just west of Highway 124 at Conover, Ontario, north off the 20th Sideroad. MAP For complete details, please visit canadianchefscongress.comFOODSTOCK: Save the land that feeds usStar-studded musical line-up to accompany 80 of Canada’s best chefs to help Stop The Mega Quarry
 September 22nd, 2011 Honeywood, ON – On Sunday, October 16th a host of celebrity musicians will set the score as more than 80 of Canada’s top chefs cook up a storm for 20,000 hungry people to save precious farmland from a proposed mega-quarry.  Jim Cuddy will be entertaining the crowd, as will be Sarah Harmer and other Canadian music scene celebs: “Happy to lend a hand to people who are trying to preserve the sanctity of water and arable land,” offers Jim. “If a little music can help open some peoples’ eyes to the risks we are facing up here then I consider myself lucky to be able to help.”  The event, known as FOODSTOCK, is taking place in a small farming community north of Orangeville, and promises to live up to its ‘60s era inspiration, with an anticipated crowd of 20,000 people in attendance. It’s a pay-what-you-can event spearheaded by celebrated chef Michael Stadtländer, and features gourmet dished prepared by more than 80 of Canada’s top chefs—including Jamie Kennedy and Canoe Restaurant’s Anthony Walsh.  “It’s probably just me, but I much prefer rolling hills of fertile soil and delicious fruits and vegetables over gigantic pits of dust and chemicals,” winks Toronto-based alt country singer-songwriter Hayden.  The complete musical line-up includes Tom Barlow, Cuff The Duke, Hayden, Jim Cuddy, Sarah Harmer, The Loon Choir and a whole host of amazing buskers. FOODSTOCK will take place on Sunday, October 16th from 11:00 to 5:00 at the Frenchs’ farm just west of Highway 124 at Conover, Ontario, north off the 20th Sideroad. MAP For complete details, please visit canadianchefscongress.com