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Welcome to Renate's Baton. This blog is mostly for and about my choir, The York Region Community Choir.

But, While I'm holding the baton, I'm in charge. So, if I want to talk about other parts of my life, I will. :)

The choir itself is a community and I'm discovering that we have a lot in common with one another besides our love of music and singing.

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Wednesday, October 19, 2011

York Region is Big

Hi All,

Yup. York Region is big.

It goes from Steeles Avenue all the way up to Lake Simcoe, and borders Peel and Simcoe County on the West and Durham Region on the East.

It’s made up of these municipalities:
·         Aurora
·         East Gwillimbury
·         Georgina
·         King
·         Markham
·         Newmarket
·         Richmond Hill
·         Vaughan
·         Whitchurch-Stouffville



I was just reading about a York Region event called Savour York Region. I was hoping to read about Newmarket and Aurora restaurants there, but was disappointed. This event started off its life as Savour Vaughan, and has grown to include some bordering areas, but hasn’t got up this far yet. The restaurants sound fabulous, though. And, I guess the idea is to say that you don’t have to go down to Toronto to eat well.

Do they know about us up here in the physical and administrative centre of the region? Newmarket is in the middle of York Region. We’re about half way from the northernmost places on Lake Simcoe to Steeles Ave., and about half way from the western edges to the east.

The great big York Region Administrative Centre, where we rehearse, is in Newmarket. York Regional Police are here. York Region Children’s Aid, The York Region Women’s Centre, the York Region Food Network are all in Newmarket. The administrative buildings for the York Region School Boards (Public and Catholic) are nearby in Aurora.


The York Region Community Choir rehearses in Newmarket and we visit seniors in nursing homes and retirement residences in Newmarket, Aurora, and Bradford. Our members are mostly from Newmarket and Aurora, but we have members from Holland Landing, Bradford, Keswick, Gormley, Mount Albert, and Richmond Hill.

We have sung in the Stephen Leacock Theatre up in Keswick and we have sung in the Richmond Hill Centre for the Performing Arts, but our favourite venue is Trinity Anglican Church in Aurora, which is also the home of The York Symphony.

We have some pretty good restaurants up here too.


Yours in harmony,
Renate

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