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March 2010
Greetings from Downtown Waterville. Spring is in the air and it seems that there are more and more people out and about in Downtown. This month's e-news is full of reasons for you to get out and enjoy community - from sales to events, classes to grand openings, there's a lot going on!
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 The Maine Arts Commission and Waterville Opera House present Poetry Out LoudNational Recitation Contest March 5, 2010, 5-8p.m. at the Waterville Opera House
Poetry Out Loud is a competition to select the best high school reciter of
poetry in the United States of America and its other territories. It begins with
around 400,000 students nationwide and ends in Washington, D.C. with one winner.
In Maine, over 4,000 students begun this journey competing at nearly 40
school finals, then at two regional finals. Now we are down to the top 11
students who will compete in Waterville on March 5 for the honor of representing
Maine at the national finals. This event is FREE and open to the public. Doors open at 4:45pm.Come and check it out!
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 Join us for the
GRAND OPENING of
Unique Designs
featuring Cranberry Harbor Naturals
Saturday, March 6, 10am-4pm
at Hathaway Creative Center, 10 Water St.
Stop by anytime throughout the day to check out this fabulous new Home Décor
& Gift Shop including locally crafted organic candles and body products.
Enjoy complimentary refreshments and enter to win beautiful door prizes. Join us
at 11:00 a.m. for a ribbon cutting ceremony as we welcome another new business
to Downtown Waterville.
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Singers and karaoke fans take note:
Seize the Mic is back and bigger than ever!
Waterville Main Street is pleased to invite vocal talent and
music lovers of all skill levels to participate in Maine's Premier Karaoke
competition - Seize the Mic 2010. The event consists of a series of
qualifying rounds hosted at various establishments around the state and
culminates with a semi-finals hosted at Hafford's Saloon and a finals round
hosted at the historic Waterville Opera House. Seize the Mic promises
cash prizes (First place is $500 this year!! Second and third are $200 and $100, respectively) and an
opportunity to bask in the spotlight at the Waterville Opera House. For more
information, including the official contest rules, visit www.watervillemainstreet.org.
Upcoming Qualifiers:
(All qualifiers are free to the public; Contestants
pay a $5 registration fee;
Additional qualifiers are still being added, so stay tuned!)
Hafford's
Saloon, Friday, March 12, 9pm
Midnight
Blues, Tuesday, March 16, 9pm
Bloomfield's (Skowhegan), Wednesday, March 24, 9pm
The
Bob-In, Wednesday, April 7, 9pm
Save the Date for the Semi-Finals/Finals:
Semifinals: Hafford's Saloon, Sunday, April 25 at 2pm
Finals: Waterville Opera House, Saturday, May 1 at 7:30pm
SPECIAL THANKS TO OUR SPONSORS:
Mix 107.9, Attitudes Full Service Hair Salon, Waterville House of Pizza, Morning Sentinel, and Event Photography of Maine
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Downtown Events, Sales, Specials and More!
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Save 25% at
Earth Bound*
Stop by and check out the beautiful
new spring inventory - including prom dresses! - arriving daily at Earth Bound! *Mention Waterville Main Street's e-newsletter to receive 25% off one item.
Earth Bound
109 Main
Street
872-7679
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Opera House Dessert Theater is this Weekend!
Enjoy a tasty night out in the R.E.M. Forum (93 Main Street, 1st Floor) adjacent to our Studio Theater. This 6th annual edition will be a fun-filled night with great laughs, great food and great company. There will be delightful entertainment and an opportunity to indulge in decadent desserts created by a local chef. A cash bar will also be available.
Sponsored by Facial and Oral Surgery Associates, PA, Lakepoint Real Estate, The Taste of Greater Waterville: August 4, 2010, and Maynard's Chocolates.
March 6, 2010 - 7:30 PM
March 7, 2010 - 2:00 PM
Tickets are $20
Waterville Opera House
207-873-7000
www.operahouse.org
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Fedco Seed Starting Workshop at Barrels Community Market
Saturday, March 6
from 2-4pm
Join Roberta Bailey, who has spent 21 years with Fedco
Seeds. She will cover the basics from seed to the garden, including the
timing of sowing, what soil to use, a wide array of growing techniques and
container options from recycled to current root pruning technology, as well as
lighting, feeding, watering, and trouble shooting. She will be demonstrating
actual transplanting of young seedlings.
Barrels Community Market
74 Main Street
207-660-4844
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Being a Quiltmaker: a beginner's "Quilt-versation"
March 20, 27 and April 10, 1:30-4:30pm
Whichever style of quiltmaking you may prefer, some universal experiences apply
to quiltmaking and all craft. This class will be both a discussion
and a workshop focusing on some of the ways quiltmakers practice their craft. The instructor, RCaro (Richard Caro), has been making quilts since 1999.
Class Fee: $60 + $20 materials fee; limit 10 students
Freshwater
Arts
74
Main Street
(under Barrels Market)
Call 680-2055 to register
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Enter the Haggis Returns to the Waterville Opera House!
March 12, 7:30 PM
After a brilliant show in 2009, Enter the Haggis returns for a repeat
performance. Not for the faint of heart, Enter The Haggis's live show is a
musical feast: viscerally dynamic, emotionally uplifting and intellectually
stimulating. The band's oeuvre darts effortlessly from the traditional strains of, say,
The Chieftains and the Pogues to the frenetic pop of early Elvis Costello and
even to the Latin-tinged spirit of the Buena Vista Social Club, and beyond. Tickets are $20 and $18.
Waterville Opera House
1 Common Street
207-873-7000
www.operahouse.org
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Barrels Market Frequent Shopper Cards
Stop by Barrels Market and pick up a Frequent Shopper Card. Every time you spend $20 at Barrels you will receive a punch on your card, and when you reach $200 you will get a $20 gift certificate. In the future, this benefit will be reserved for members only, so this is a great opportunity for non-members to check it out! Visit www.barrelsmarket.com for information on membership levels and more. Barrels Community Market
74 Main Street
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Kennebec Music Together
Spring Session Starts March 10
Join Joanna for a new session of Music Together classes for newborns to Kindergarteners and the adults who love them. It is a research-based, developmentally appropriate early childhood music curriculum that strongly emphasizes and facilitates adult involvement. There are eight weekly 45 - minute classes teaching a new song collection every fall, winter, and spring. Families receive a DVD to help them develop their child musically at home, two professionally recorded cds, and a beautifully illustrated songbook filled with family activities to enjoy at home. Classes are held downtown Waterville in the R.E.M. Forum (93 Main St.) on Wednesdays at 10 a.m.
For more information and to register, call Kennebec Music Together at 582-3027 or email Joanna.
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WINTER Farmers' Market!
Don't forget that you can still find the Downtown Waterville Farmers'
Market even during the cold winter months! The next Winter Market will be
held Thursday, March 18 from 2-4pm in The Concourse. Visit the Farmers' Market web site
for info on this year's vendors AND, for all you Facebook folks, become a fan!
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Curves works to help women live healthier There's never been a better time to join than during our Curves Food Drive. Our 30-minute circuit works every major muscle group so you can burn up to 500 calories. It's good for everyone. Join for $0 enrollment fee when you donate a bag of groceries.
Curves
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 MEET ME DOWNTOWN:
Millennium Styling Salon
While pregnant with her son, Shelley Lane spent time
thinking over what she wanted to do with her life. With nine years of experience
as a stylist, she decided she was ready to open her own salon after he was born.
She named it Millennium because he was born the year before, in 2000, and "it
just had a good little ring to it." Read the whole story... |
20th Annual Maine Open Juried Art Show
March 27- April 10, 2010
Opening Reception: Thursday, April 1, 6-8pm
Waterville Opera House Dance Studio
93 Main Street, 3rd Floor
Co-presented by Waterville Area Art Society & Waterville Main Street
 Open to all amateur and professional artists 18 years and older living
in Maine, including part-time residents and college students. All
entries must be original and completed in 2009 or 2010. Work copied
from magazines, artwork by another artist or photos not taken by the
artist will not be considered original. The entries cannot have been
shown in one of our previous Maine Open Juried Art Shows. All media of
fine art are acceptable. Prints must be hand pulled. Crafts,
photography and sculpture will not be accepted. For more details and to download an artist registration form, visit www.watervillemainstreet.org/events.php.
Special thanks to our sponsors: Digital ImageWorks, Waterville Arts Council
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 Spotlight on History:
SAINT FRANCIS de
SALES CHURCH
52 Elm Street
With the French
migration to Waterville, priests from Canada made occasional visits. It wasn't
until 1851 that the Catholics secured a home of worship in the city when they
bought the Drummond Estate on Grove Street and built St. John's Chapel. By 1872
they had outgrown their chapel, which only seated 300. Under the leadership of
the fifth pastor to St. John's, Father Halde, they built a large brick church on
Elm Street which seated 600 at the cost of $22,000. This location was also more
central for the working population.
 Again in 1888, due
to the ever-growing Catholic population, the church added side galleries to
increase seating capacity to 1,000. During renovations between 1964 and 1969,
the side galleries were dismantled and windows depicting the twelve apostles
replaced the original stained glass windows.
In 1885 the church purchased
the Caswell and McCaffrey properties next to the church. The Caswell house
served as the rectory from 1885 to 1888 and the first convent from 1888 to
1891.
In 1888 the
Ursuline Sisters arrived to educate the local students, and a convent was built
for them adjacent to the church. It served both as a residence for the Ursulines
as well as a school with an enrollment of 400 students. In 1891 a larger convent
building was completed and furnished for $8,788.
This historic property is currently for sale.
To learn more about Downtown Waterville's historic buildings, people and places, check out the Downtown Waterville Historic Walking Guide, which is available online OR for purchase at Waterville Main Street and the Mid-Maine Chamber (only $5!) OR for check-out at the Waterville Public Library. | |
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Thanks for your continued support of downtown and its independent businesses. If you would like more information on how to support Waterville Main Street, check us out at www.watervillemainstreet.org.
See you in Downtown,
Shannon Haines
Waterville Main Street
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