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By Paul Forman The sounds of Hendrix and The Zombies filled Mill Street, along with hippies adorned in tie-dyes and sandals for the first Mill St. Market of the summer this past Friday, June 13. Produced through a partnership between the Leamington Arts Centre, the Municipality of Leamington, the Uptown Leamington BIA and The Bank Theatre, the markets take place every second Friday over the summer months and will take on a new feel this year with each market having a theme. LAC Director Chad Riley said, “We’ve had the markets for a number of years now and are always look“The Mill St. ing to keep it fresh and exMarket has citing. A list of 30 themes for the market were put become a together and we narrowed signature it down to four in collabosummer event in ration with our partners.” first theme utilized Leamington.” at The the June 13 market was — Hilda MacDonald titled “Hippie Vibes”. The music, street food and handcrafted products all had a late ’60s feel and there was clearly an effort by attendees to embrace the theme with the way they dressed for the market. “The Mill St. Market has become a signature summer event in Leamington that brings people together to celebrate talent, creativity and the hospitality our community has to offer,” said Leamington Mayor Hilda MacDonald. “With four exciting themed nights, there’s something for everyone to enjoy.” Santa Claus and a little bit of Christmas comes to town for the next Mill St. Market that takes place on Friday, July 11 with a “Jingle in July” theme.
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Music from 60 years ago was revived at the market by Denis Leamington councillor Bill Dunn, his wife Kathy and friend Nelson Pereira, right, Bastarache and Friends beside the LAC and Crack the Whip made a stop at the Lions Club tent, where members Bruce Medcalf and Dennis Edat Shotten Park. Pictured is Crack the Whip creating a hippie mondson were busy cooking food and said that the club would donate all of their groove for the crowd. profits to the Leamington Arts Centre. SUN photos by Paul Forman
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