TODAY IS SHANE BERNIER'S BIRTHDAY

Shane with his friends playing Ring Around The Rosie.

More mail for the Birthday Boy.
Max Keeping joins in the celebrations with Shane, his mom and the Cheo Bear.
Carter Brown from KISS Radio 105.3 FM, goes through the incredible numbers on how many cards and the estimated weight of all of them.

Birthdays and Birthday cake.

JIM BRYSON RELEASES LONG AWAITED NEW CD

Jim had a mini concert at Compact Music for "where the bungalows roam" then headed for the Black Sheep Inn for two full concerts April 14 & 15, 2007.

Thanks to Heather Dawe for this photo when the boys turned their backs to the audience.

THE CANADA COUNCIL FOR THE ARTS CELEBRATES IT'S 50TH.

Canada Council for the Arts 50th Anniversary Chair Karen Kane addressing those gathered at the National Arts Centre mentoring workshop and lunch. This year the Council is challenging everyone to participate in the 50/50 Challenge. It's a program to encourage all Canadians to participate in 50 Arts programs throughout the year and keep track of it on the Canada Council web site.
Vice Chair Simon Brault.
Andrew Dawes - Music
Jean-Louis Roux - Théâtre
John MacLachlan Gray - Theatre

Roch Carrier - Writer
Michael Ondaatje, Writer
Yves Léveillé - Music

Nicole Brossard - Writer
Spencer Gordon - Carleton University.
Arnaud Maggs - Photographer

Jeffrey Thomas - Visual Artist


Chair Karen Kane and Martha Henry - Actor and Director
On March 28 the Canada Council for the Arts celebrated it's 50th Anniversary. As part of the celebrations the Council invited 50 recipients, one from each year of the council, to Ottawa. These artists along with students attended the 50th Anniversary Arts Mentoring workshop and lunch. The various disciplines branched off into different areas with students sitting in with the professionals to talk about their carreers, experiences and listened intently to the stories. They came prepared with lots of questions and seemed quite excited for this rare and once in a life time opportunity. For more information on the council and information on the various celebrations ongoing throughout the year go to http://www.canadacouncil.ca. For the 50/50 arts challenge go to http://www.50.canadacouncil.ca

A LITTLE BIT OF SWAGGERVILLE !!!!!!!

Super Sens fan Paige Runolfson is front and centre for the Sens City Hall Rally.

MC for the show is The TEAM 1200's Stuntman Stu.
The posters say it all in the City Hall Red Zone. GO SENS GO
Super Sens fan Ellen Metcalfe with her special prescription on who she wants to win the Stanley Cup.

My My My Maria's....................that is Super Sens fans councillor McCrae, River Ward and Ottawa's Blues Lady Hawkins.
Stuntman hands out posters to the ever growing crowds of fans at the noon hour rally.
Getting the fans in a groove are Ottawa's Blues Lady Maria Hawkins, and from the Hammerheads are Fred Guignon, Tim Devries and David Bignell.
Above and below Super Sens fan Val Davies has this doubled sided sign that clearly lets everyone know that age does not matter.

Two Super Sens Fans dressed in their finest Senators attire help Spartacat to get the message out to Go Sens Go.
Super Sens fans are Councillors Doug Thompson, Osgoode Ward and Rainer Bloess, Innes Ward.
CTV's Michael O'Byrne with the Mayor of Swaggerville, Larry O'Brien.
Sensquatch - A.K.A. Super Sens fan Rick Loveless out roaming for stray Duck.
Hip Hop artist Belly and "A" Channels Ken Evraire.

Super Sens Fans are Councillor Rick Chiarelli, College Ward and Former Mayor Jacquelin Holzman.
Two well dressed Senators with Mayor Larry O'Brien.
The Mayor is working hard to lead by example: Isn't Ottawa the greatest city in Canada to live in? It's the new call at all the rally's over the last few weeks.
Looking at a sea of RED.
It's Duck calling season in Ottawa as Stuntman and the Mayor practice up for Monday May 28 in the first game of the Stanley Cup Finals.

I, Larry O'Brien, Mayor of the City of Ottawa, do hereby proclaim Ottawa today, this 24th day of May, 2007, to be a Duck Free Zone Day.

Cyril Leeder, Dr. Bruce Firestone, and Randy Sexton who together worked on bringing a National Hockey Franchise back to Ottawa. It was awarded in 1991 and the Modern Day Senators played their first season in 1992/93.
Founder Dr. Bruce Firestone gives the victory sign as they say goodbye to the fans.

Hip Hop Artist Belly works the fans into a frenzy with his GO SENS GO song.
The Mayor gets a lift in one of Ottawa's "modern" fire trucks.
Hip Hop artist Belly with the Mayor and below Mr. O'Brien holds one of the Senators youngest fans, 3 month old Angelique while mother Suzanne Charron looks on.
What a day at City Hall. The Mayor with many city councillors, special guests, Spartacat and oh say 15,000 give or take of The Ottawa Senators FANS showed up at noon to cheer on the home team after winning the Eastern Conference Finals and head into the Stanley Cup Championship Finals for the first time in modern history. The new Rally Cry for the city is "BRING STANLEY HOME". It's origins date back to March 18, 1892 at a dinner in Ottawa for the Ottawa Amateur Athletic Association. http://ottawasenators.com, http://www.hammerheads.com, http://www.mariahawkins.ca, http://www.bellylive.com