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an elephant could swim. They raised $100 to entice the circus folks to let Mr. Elephant swim. He went into the water and immedi- ately started for Cornwall Island. After try- ing in vain to turn him around, the elephant pushed through the boats and continued on to freedom on the island. It took a lot of effort to get him back to Cornwall and the circus decided never to return again. But, it did just one more time... When Cornwall’s young boys learned that the circus parade led by elephants was go- ing to pass through Cornwall in the dark of night, they hit upon a scheme to see them by scattering a bunch of potatoes along the
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CORNWALL | The Cornwall Community Museum teamed up with Your Arts Coun- cil and the Dans/Ce Corps in order to cel- ebrate Cornwall’s rich history and beauti- ful waterfront. Together, they presented a series of historic waterfront walking tours with a twist. The Great Elephant Walk offered a new take on Cornwall history by pairing walk- ing tours with unique dance interpreta-
tions of four his- toric events from Cornwall’s past. The dances were done by members of: Dans/Ce Corps , a dance collective run by Amanda Marini- Rohde and Mela- nie Bennett under the umbrella of the Cornwall School of Dance. “With this event, we’re hoping to at- tract a new audi-
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Les élèves de l’école Rose des Vents ont eu le privilège de voir et entendre un spec- tacle très original le mois dernier. Tous les élèves de la 2 e à la 6 e année ont assisté à un merveilleux chef-d’œuvre du groupe Buzz Cuivre, spectacle également humoris- tique. Petits et grands sont tous sortis du gymnase avec le sourire aux lèvres.
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ence and bring our past to life in a unique way,” said Ian Bowering, curator of the Corn- wall Community Museum. “Cornwall has such a rich and storied history to celebrate.” The event took place on June 21, and was repeated on June 28 in Lamoureux Park. The second stage of the event will start at 1 p.m. at Pommier Square (Pitt and Second Streets) with two more dances followed by a walking tour of Pitt Street. The story behind the Great Elephant Walk The inspiration for the event’s name comes from one of the many colourful sto- ries from Cornwall’s past that will be inter- preted through dance. In the 19 th century, circuses were quite popular in Ontario, and Cornwall was no ex- ception. On one occasion, in order to keep the circus in Cornwall a bit longer, people thought it would be fun to see how well .+%/%t)!ŏ) * 0ŏ ,+1.ŏ+ ŏ %(#!.ĕ Le maire de Cornwall, Bob Kilger, es- père obtenir un troisième mandat lors des prochaines élections municipales, le 27 octobre prochain. Élu maire en 2004, M. Kilger a été ensuite réélu en 2010. Jusqu’ici, seule une autre personne, soit Jamie Gilcig, s’est portée candidat à la mairie. La date limite pour soumettre sa candidature est le 12 septembre.
road into town. Then they hid and watched. Around 2 a.m., the sound of wheels was heard as the parade approached Corn- wall along Second Street. There was the elephant striding along between several strings of wagons. Suddenly he stopped, and began feeling about the road with his trunk. He struck a potato. The keeper did ev- erything he could to get the elephant mov- ing, but the elephant began a slow zig-zag course along the road, fearful of missing a single potato. The upshot was that the cir- cus entered Cornwall, long after daybreak and the people of Cornwall got to see the circus free of charge. In addition to the Great Elephant Walk, the dancers showcased stories about Corn- wall’s early Loyalist settlers, the old neigh- bourhood of Smithville near the Domtar paper mill and the women workers of Corn- wall’s cotton mills.
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