Saturday,
April 28, 2012 -
Erin Home and Lifestyle Show,
Opening Ceremony, Centre 2000 Arena, Erin
April 14, 2012 - Titanic Anniversary Tribute, Brighten Up,
67 Main Street, Erin
April 7, 2012 - Easter Celebrations, Brighten Up, 67 Main Street,
Erin
March 20,
2012 - Town of Erin Council Chambers, Hillsburgh, for appointment as
Official Town Crier for the Town of Erin, as published by the
Erin
Advocate, and the
Wellington Advertiser
They even made a
video!
March 17, 2012 -
Me Shoe Boutique,
Grand Opening Ceremony, 72 Main Street, Erin
March 17, 2012 - St. Patrick's Day! -
Upside
Down Sale, MacMillan Park, Village of Erin
Note the new cape, unveiled this day, exclusively for the Town of Erin!
February 4, 2012 - FASS Theatre Company 50th
Anniversary, Festival Fare room (South Campus Hall), University of Waterloo, Waterloo
January 28, 2012 - Alton
Millpond Hockey Tournament, Historic Alton Mill, Alton
January 27, 2012 -
Sweetheart
Hockey Tournament Opening, Alder Recreational Centre, 275 Alder Street, Orangeville
January 8, 2012 - WinterFest, Mayfield Recreation Complex, Caledon
December 7, 2011 - Village of Alton (Library), Tree Lighting Ceremony
December 3, 2011 - Holiday Gala, Fallsview Casino, Niagara Falls, ON (private function)
December 3, 2011 - Annual Christmas Parade, Queen Street, Bolton
November 18, 2011 - Moonlight Magic Opening Ceremonies, Orangeville, ON
November 17, 2011 -
Operation Red Nose Official Launch,
50 Ann Street, Bolton
See the feedback!
October 26 & November 16, 2011 - Portrait Sitting for
Visual Arts Brampton, Brampton, Ontario
October 10, 2011 - Oktoberfest Parade, Kitchener-Waterloo - A real honour to lead the second largest parade in Canada.
Photo credit: Bruce Kruger
October 1, 2011 - Salamander Festival,
Belfountain, Ontario
September 27,
2011 - Town of Caledon Council Chambers, East Caledon, for appointment as Official Town Crier for the Town of Caledon, as published by
SNAP Caledon
August 13,
2011 - Cockshutt Park, Sherwood Drive, Brantford - Ontario Guild of Town Criers - Provincial Championships (Guest)
This event also generated an amateur
YouTube video - not my best cry,
being a simple benchmark cry only hours after multiple full-out proclamations on the streets of Bolton, but what
can you do...
August 12,
2011 - Downtown Bolton, Midnight Madness Opening and Clock Unveiling
July 10, 2011 -
- Muskoka Escapades, Town Crier Competition,
Muskoka Pioneer Power Show and Santa's Village, Bracebridge
In Andrew's first ever competition, he earned an impressive fourth place finish, just one point behind the
third place crier, and 5 points behind the current World Champion (out of 200 points).
Read what his peers said!
June 28, 2011 -
A two page article about Andrew as Town Crier appeared in the Summer 2011
Caledon & Erin issue of Sideroads
magazine.
June 16, 2011 -
Andrew appeared in the Caledon
Citizen's coverage of the Caledon Fair.
June 15, 2011 -
Inglewood Farmers' Market, Opening Day - Inglewood
June 11, 2011 -
Caledon Fair, Led Parade and Opening Ceremonies
- Caledon Fairgrounds:
April 15, 2011 -
Caledon Home Show, Official Opening Ceremony -
Bolton:
April 2, 2011 -
CHICàBOOM, Grand Opening Ceremony - new business in Caledon
Village
Read the feedback!
March 24, 2011 -
Caledon Chamber of Commerce 2010 Business Excellence Awards, Bolton:
Andrew appeared on the front
page of The Regional newspaper for their March issue, along with a
special
feature page on The Regional's web site.
The SouthFields Village Voice
magazine featured a full page article on Andrew as Town Crier in their Spring 2011 issue.
January 29 & 30, 2011 -
Opened and closed the Second Annual Alton Millpond Hockey
Tournament, Historic Alton Mill. His greeting from the
Mayor of Caledon took place around 9:30am on Saturday, just before he performed the ceremonial puck drop
at centre ice for the opening game. He introduced the Mayor herself after the closing championship
game around 3pm on Sunday.
(See the photo of Andrew with Her Worship Marolyn Morrison,
Mayor of the Town of Caledon, at right.)
Andrew's
first appearance as a Town Crier took place on January 22, 2011 at
the Second Annual
Alton Fire & Ice Festival.
The following are a few shots from that event, or you can see some
press coverage of the event.
(One thing about this career - the internet will get to know your tonsils very quickly! ;-)
Event photo credit: Aaron Sheedy
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