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"JK JAZZ" - Festival 2008

Kathy   Clulow  ASP® SRES®: Real Estate Agent in Uxbridge, ON

Udora's Camp Jõekääru is the place to be on August 23/24 if you are a Jazz fan.

In the early 1950’s the Independent Toronto Estonian Women’s Association purchased land in the north-west side of Udora. The property was then divided into lots for summer cottages for Estonians living in Toronto. The name Jõekääru translated into English is River Bend as the Pefferlaw River runs through the grounds. With the cottages came the Estonian Children's Camp. Last years JK Jazz festival raised funds to replace the windows in the boys and girls camp buildings providing enhanced ventalation for the camp attendees.

Come and enjoy a great summer evening of Jazz with performers coming from Canada, Estonia, Latvia, Brazil, Cuba and Mexico. Also featured this year is an art exibit and sale in the newly completed Timmas Art Studio, with a portion of the proceeds directed to the camps infrastructure fund.

The doors open on Saturday August 23rd at 12 noon. Entertainment starts at 1pm with the headliners hitting the stage at 3pm. Sunday August 24th the doors open at 10am with entertainment from 11am. Adult admission is $25 during the advance sale campaign ($35 at the gate). Youth tickets (for those aged 5-18) are $15 and will only be sold at the gate

Sponsored by The National Estonian Foundation of Canada! JK JAZZ 2008 is also supported as an official event by the town of Georgina.

Tickets are available for purchase at:
The UdoraGeneral Store
Jõekääru summer camp, www.joekaaru.ca
Or contact through the website contact form,www.jkjazz.ca

The Jk JazzWebsite features 2008 performers and bios, festival information, ticket info, directions, and much more!! You can see pictures from last year’s JK Jazz on the Sihtkapital website: www.estonianfoundation.ca

Udora River Run

Kathy   Clulow  ASP® SRES®: Real Estate Agent in Uxbridge, ON

The starting PointRecently the Udora - Leaskdale Lions held their annual river run from the Zepher side road through the Estonian Camp in Udora and on into Pefferlaw. This years event was a fund raiser for the Uxbridge Cottage Hospital with approximately $1,500 being raised.

If the canoe run had been scheduled for a few weeks ago ... this is what they would have been paddling through ... more like white water rafting.

Dangerous Waters Abound

Kathy   Clulow  ASP® SRES®: Real Estate Agent in Uxbridge, ON

Keep Your Children Away From Swollen Streams and Rivers

While the snow may be all but gone around Uxbridge the Streams and rivers are still very dangerous. The water level where these videos were taken rose close to 1 foot overnight last night (Wed April 02nd) and likely would have risen even more if the temperature had not dropped. Anticipated rain and just above freezing temperatures will likely keep the water levels high for the next week

How Much
Force is There?

The 25+ foot tree in the water was washed down river and through the dam. It is lodged on an island in the river that is now under about 1 foot of water

Normal Flow is about 3 to 4 inches in depth over the dam.

One of three Dams used to control the water level for Peers mill

The Flow through the dam is about 3 feet in depth at the time of these videos

Just How
Dangerous
is the flow?

Watch for the chunk of ice about 4 1/4 seconds into this segment.
It takes just over 1 second to travel 25 feet

Kathy Clulow, sales representative, RE/MAX Scugog Realty Ltd, brokerage Uxbridge, Ontario.
Kathy welcomes your real estate inquiries for the Durham Region communities of Uxbridge, Port Perry, Brock and Scugog, and the York Region Communities of Markham-Unionville, Stouffville and Georgina.

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