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| Going back to the beginning, the heart of the Ottawa Valley Farm Show remains the Seed Show, part of Hall of Fame exhibit mounted by the Farm Show’s sponsor, the Ottawa Valley Seed Growers Association, on the Concourse level of the Civic Centre at Landowne Park.
Every year, qualified judges come in ahead of opening day to assess the various crop and seed entries and determine the prize winners. Those entries then go on display in the Court of Honour, along with trophies to be awarded at a special ceremony. |
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| The Ottawa Valley Seed Growers Association will host a reception for Seed Awards winners March 12, the second day of the 2008 Ottawa Valley Farm Show at Lansdowne Park. To be held on the Civic Centre Concourse beginning at 12 noon, the event will consist of awards presentation open to all visitors, and luncheon reserved for winners and their guests. The ceremony used to be held on the final day of the show following the annual Prestigious Pedigreed Seed Sale. This was changed in 2007. “We decided to separate the awards ceremony from the sale and give it stature on its own as an important part of the show,” said Seed Committee Chairman Jim Arbuckle. |
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| Held on the Concourse, the Seed Sale has, since its inception, has raised $70,500 for the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario. |
| This will mark the 17th edition of the Prestigious Pedigreed Seed sale which, to date, has raised more than $70,500. Calling the bids again this year will be Smiths Falls auctioneer and farmer John Joynt, a director for many years with the OVSGA. |
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| The Ottawa Valley Farm Show is pleased to feature the work of rural scene and antique tractor artist Dave Gordon of Cavan as part of the 2008 Prestigious Pedigreed Seed Sale for CHEO.
Dave always had a strong attraction to the outdoors where he felt at peace. It was his wife Linda who thought art might be a good way for him to express that attraction and enrolled him in a watercolour art class where he learned the basic techniques. |
| CAVAN’S DAVE GORDON 2008 OVFS GUEST ARTIST |
| Dave works out of his home studio where he says he still learns with each new painting. His intention is to someday focus his full attention on his art.
Farm scenes are his main calling, farm houses and barns, collectively and separately, the tractors which work the farms, and the fence rows which define them. For the seed sale and thanks to the sponsorship of SeCan, we chose “Beauty of Farm Life”, an elegantly framed and matted numbered print depicting a traditional farmstead which Dave created by merging a fine brick house from one location and a classic barn from another location. You can view more of Dave’s art at www.davegordon.ca. |
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