Cider event a nod to local history
While we begin the slow goodbye wave to those summer days and wrap our heads around the realization autumn is sneaking up on us, this is perfect time to celebrate the pomaceous edible fruit that once was the demise of Adam and Eve, but, is a proud piece of history for our city. Yes, I’m speaking about the apple.
Did you know the first apple tree in B.C. was planted in the Okanagan by Father Pandosy, the priest who arrived in Kelowna in 1859 to set up a Catholic mission.
When I was a young girl in Kelowna, my mother worked at the Clement Avenue BC Tree Fruits packinghouse sorting the best Macintosh apples for export from the ones that were to be sold locally or made into juice.
Many of those beloved orchards and the packinghouse have been developed or replanted into grapevines for wine, but there are those among us who remain true to the apple and on Saturday, we will celebrate the fermented version of this regal fruit with Ciders and Sliders.
Wards Cider is hosting this event from 2 to 6 p.m. at The View Winery and Wards Cidery, 2287 Ward Rd., off Spiers Road, in East Kelowna. It’s a place that is steeped in its own history because the business operates out of a vintage packinghouse that was built in 1922 by Great Grandpa Ward. Sixtyfour acres of the original land is still home to the apple orchard where the Molgat family grow cider-specific apples for their Wards ciders.
The vines they did plant take up the remaining 48 acres where the family grows site-specific, terroir-driven aromatic wines. This Saturday afternoon’s event will have everything in place to create an enjoyable atmosphere.
Axe Monkeys will be on hand to provide an axe-throwing experience. Ciders from Wards, Upside, Howling Moon, Sea Cider Farm, Truck 59, Scenic Road, Merridale and BC Tree Fruits will be available for tasting. Relvas Catering and Broken Anchor will be cooking up a variety of gourmet sliders. Songs of the Southern Belles will provide the music. Shuswap Pie Company will serve up home baked pie by the slice and sell whole pies for you to take home.
Tickets are $30 through the website at theviewwinery.com or call the office at 250-8600742. The tickets include 10 tokens for tastings and fun. Guests are advised to wear sensible shoes for uneven ground. Tomorrow night, Juno-nominated Bluegrass music group The Slocan Ramblers perform at the Rotary Centre for the Arts.
This Toronto-based band consists of mandolinist Adrian Gross, banjo player Frank Evans, guitarist Darryl Poulsen and bassist Alastair Whitehead.
The band formed in 2011 and named themselves after the West Kootenay region in B.C. With the promise of an energetic concert that’s fearless and creative, and after watching them on YouTube, I have no fears newbies to the group will soon be converted into fans. Tickets for the concert are $30 or $25 each for a group of six or more through the Rotary Centre box office. Showtime is 7 p.m.
On Thursday, we can all ease up on our calorie/health conscience and give in to the craving of a A&W Teen Burger, because the restaurant chain is giving $2 from every burger sold across Canada to the MS Society of Canada.
Multiple sclerosis, or MS, is a long-lasting disease that affects the brain, spinal cord, and/or the optic nerves in our eyes causing problems with vision, balance, muscle control, and other basic body functions. There is still no cure since it was first discovered in 1868. The name multiple sclerosis refers to the numerous scars (sclerae — better known as plaques or lesions) that develop on the white matter of the brain and spinal cord.
One can also donate through an in-restaurant donation mug or make a contribution online at BurgersToBeatMS.ca. Sunday at DunnEnzies Pizza Company, Lower Mission on 4638 Lakeshore Rd., the Gabriel Palatchi Trio performs from 8 to 11 p.m.
General admission is $13 with tickets available on eventbrite.com at eventbrite.com/e/live-attheenz-latin-night or call the venue to book a table at 236-4205722. Madfox Theatre’s presentation of the psychological thriller “Little One” is being performed at the The WorkRoom, 10 — 2600 Enterprise Way.
A two-person play is about adopted siblings, one of whom is deeply disturbed and the other seemingly normal.
Tickets can be purchased through Kelowna Tickets. There are only three chances to see this play — Thursday, Friday and Saturday. Showtime is at 7:30 p.m. each night.