Haydon Community Hall

Effective November 1, the Municipality of Clarington will assume operations of the Haydon Community Hall.  All existing rentals will be honoured, and a representative from the Municipality will contact you soon to discuss next steps.

Please note:

NO NEW BOOKINGS WILL BE ACCEPTED FOR THE PERIOS FROM NOVEMBER 1 TO DECEMBER 31.

For more information, please visit the Municipalities Rental website at https://www.clarington.net/rentals

In the meantime, if you have any questions, please feel free to reach out to our facility booking team at bookings@clarington.net or by calling 905-623-3379 ext.2552

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Please join us for lunch. A delicious lunch prepared in our kitchen just for you! See poster for sign up details. Bring a friend! All ages welcome.

Our popular adult Halloween party returns Oct 26,  8pm-1. Our schoolhouse will be transformed into something otherworldly. Dance the night away to LIVE MUSIC BY THE WHIZKEY JAXXX who will play all your fave dance tunes. Prizes for costumes, cash bar and draws. $25 ticket includes food.
Https://bpt.me/6447604

Follow us on Facebook for more info.

An intimate evening of live music, local food and drink in a small schoolhouse just north of Bowmanville, in the village of Haydon. We are surrounded by Enniskillen, Tyrone, Hampton, Blackstock and South of Port Perry. Each Kitchen Party features mostly local musicians and promises to deliver an energy filled evening complete with cash bar, fantastic local food and fundraising opportunities. Here’s the link to the tickets!

https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/6324709

http://www.theonce.ca

Our Kitchen party this fall features The Once!
A modern indie folk trio from Newfoundland, The Once have collected a trio of Canadian Folk Music Awards, numerous ECMA awards, and was named Artist of the Year by the Newfoundland & Labrador Arts Council. They have earned not one, but two JUNO nominations for Roots Album of the Year and continue to take their music around the world.

With the release of 2024s Out Here, The Once have delivered a thoughtful and playful assembly of songs mingling their musical roots from Newfoundland along with folk, bluegrass, country, Americana, and modern indie rock. Members Geraldine Hollett, Andrew Dale, and Phil Churchill have created a sound representative of their home province of Newfoundland while pushing the boundaries on the great Canadian songbook with their soothing vocal harmony and acoustically rich core.

Lyrically, The Onces newest collection of songs encompass an arresting sense of loss with the belief that the good can be found in all people, and a desire to bring it out here for everyone to enjoy. A ray of hope in a confusing time. A port in a storm. A provocation with a grin.

This material is soaked with the poetic charm and sunny sadness of the trios collective disposition. Written across Newfoundland and recorded in the bands GingerBeard House studio the band took their time creating this record. Sometimes music takes a while to flow, Geraldine Hollett explains. If you dont panic and instead surround yourself with people who love you that you can trust, magic can happen.

We are very pleased to announce our Spring Kitchen Party with Evangeline Gentle!  Opening for Evangeline will be Jimmy Breslin.  Our event is a live music, fundraiser and all round really great evening if you like small venue intimate concert experiences.  $35 gets you in the door and fed, and you have to buy your own beverages.  Bring some extra money for our popular silent auction, featuring hand made items from the 8th concession and surrounding communities.  Always good stuff!

Here is a link to our Facebook events page:

https://www.facebook.com/events/1507723123484442/

Here is a direct link to tickets:

https://bpt.me/6285498

Bios listed here.  They are very impressive!

Evangeline Gentle is a Scottish-Canadian, internationally acclaimed folk-pop songwriter/performer and vocalist based in Ontario, Canada. Contemplative and affecting, Evangeline’s lyrics evoke lush emotional landscapes within the listener and seek to unite audiences with a sense of “sameness”. A celebration of queerness and queer culture is woven throughout Gentle’s upcoming release Where The Diamonds Are, best heard on singles Gay Bar and Bad Girls. On this she says, “while many have never been to a gay bar, most know the euphoria of getting dressed up to go out dancing with friends. We are inextricably connected by our shared emotional, human experience. I love that songs remind us of this.”

Evangeline supported headliner Donovan Woods at the 2021 Mariposa Folk Festival, with other standout performances including those at Maverick Festival (UK) and Static Roots Festival (Germany) in 2022. She has supported acts such as Kathleen Edwards, Whitehorse, Tim Baker, Begonia, Terra Lightfoot, Basia Bulat, Craig Cardiff, and Sarah MacDougall. She recently performed at the Peterborough Folk Festival this past summer and will be a performer at Trout Festival & Northern Lights Festival Boreal this summer.

Evangeline released her sophomore album September 2023. 

Jimmy Breslin: Growing up in small town Ontario Jimmy Breslin was introduced to music at an early age.
Taking piano lessons, playing guitar during family jams, and tagging along while his dad
performed around the GTA with roots groups Brookfield and Sourpuss.
During his teenage years hanging around the Greenbank Folk Music Society, taking in some
of Canada’s finest folk/roots/blues acts became a monthly routine and cemented his love for the
intimate, conversational nature of singer-songwriter performances.
In 2007 Jimmy moved north to Thunder Bay where he studied classical guitar, music theory
and voice at Lakehead University. During his time in university he helped form the band
Greenbank Trio (later Greenbank). Over the course of 10 years and 4 albums the group
performed hundreds of concerts from coast to coast across Canada and into the United States.
The group’s focus on harmony vocals and storytelling was widely received, landing them
multiple invites to perform at David Suzuki events, feature performances with the Thunder Bay
Symphony Orchestra, opening slots for Cheap Trick and Blue Rodeo, some kind words from
Burton Cummings and even a nod of approval from Bruce Cockburn.
From 2014 – 2016 Jimmy performed as guitarist for Saskatchewan born country singer Scott
Kyle King warming up north Ontario audiences for music legends Chicago, REO Speedwagon,
Leann Rimes, and Ronnie Dunn (of Brooks & Dunn). During that same period he performed as
part of indigenous folk singer Nick Sherman’s band for multiple recordings and tours, making
notable appearances at the Ottawa Bluesfest and the 2016 Pan Am Games.
Since 2018 Jimmy has been a session keyboardist for Thunder Bay based rock group The
Honest Heart Collective. During his time with THHC he has performed on several of their studio
releases and tours receiving hundreds of thousands of plays worldwide and toured with
Canadian indie rock icons The Trews.
In 2021 Jimmy relocated to Peterborough, Ontario where he currently enjoys a more
stationary life teaching music, performing on occasion, and quietly working away on his first solo
record.

Although our winter skating rink was a bit of a bust this year, we look forward to a vibrant spring with some events you might like to know about.

Spring Community Clean up and Pancake brunch:

Saturday April 27th.  Arrive to the hall around 10:30am.  Spend an hour walking along one of our rural roads doing your part to clean up the environment for our human and animal friends.  Come back to the hall for food, coffee and to chat amongst neighbours and to play on the new playground.  Fingers crossed for sunshine.  Bags and gloves provided but bring your own if you wish.

Spring Kitchen Party: Saturday June 1st 7-11pm

This spring we are featuring a fabulous band Evangeline Gentle.  She is a Scottish Canadian internationally acclaimed folk pop songwriter, performer and vocalist based in Ontario.  Check her out one IG and FB @evangelinegentlemusic.  Don’t miss this one!

Back will be our very popular silent auction table featuring many locally made items as well as items from the garden.

Tickets available soon.  $35. Follow us on FB and IG for details.

Yoga and Fitness

Our popular yoga classes are up and running.  We have 3 yoga classes and one 20/20/20 class. Contact the individual yoga teacher to find out if there is space and to get on next terms list. Yoga classes just began the week of April 25th.

Wednesday at 7pm and Thursday at 9:30 am: Louise findtime4yoga@gmail.com

Monday at 7pm: Stevie steviejudd@live.com

202020: This class begins the week of April 2nd Contact the Municipality of Clarington to enrol. As of today, March 29, there are 2 spaces left.  http://www.clarington.net

Farm to Table Lunch: June 13 12:00 noon – 1:00 pm

This lunch is hosted by the Municipality of Clarington and has always delivered a delicious locally sourced warm meal served to you at our quaint Haydon Hall.  Sign up for this lunch at http://www.clarington.net with the code: 41918. The registration says 55+ but all are welcome!!

Other events:

There is a monthly gong bath sound meditation at our hall typically the last Tuesday of the Month.  $35 pp. Contact LesLee Bell on IG at into_the_space or by email lesleebell100@gmail.com

“Let Your Pen be Your Voice” is a story writing workshop held at our hall bi-weekly beginning April 9th – June 25th, a total of 6 classes. Classes are $35 each. This program aims to help you explore various facets of your life and share with a community of others like you. Please reach out to Renee Jean at Renee.john@glassceilingenterprises.come for more info.  This will be the second round of story writing classes so clearly the first round went well!

Get Involved!

We are always open to new members of our board.  Our next meeting is April 4th at 7pm.  Contact haydoncommunityhall@gmail for info about the meeting or just show up!  Happy to have new folks just sit in or share their skills.

Happy New Year and welcome 2024!

Our skating rink is almost ready to go. The boards are in and we are just awaiting some cold weather for the water to freeze.  Our rink is open for public use any time but the inside of the hall is not available.  We have ongoing rentals and the bathrooms are not available for use unless you have rented the hall.  If you rent the hall for an event you will have access to the rink should you want it. Talk to the rental coordinator.

Fitness classes are starting the week of Jan 8th.  Yoga on Monday nights. Contact the instructor Steviejudd@live.com.  Yoga Wednesday night and Thursday am contact the instructor Louise at findtime4yoga@gmail.com.  20/20/20 classes are Tuesday mornings and they are run through the Municipality of Clarington.  Our Facebook page also has more information should you need it.  You can also email haydoncommunityhall@gmail.com for info.

We are so grateful that so many families dropped in to celebrate the opening of our new playground. They were joined my Mayor Adrian Foster, Councillors Granville Anderson and Margaret Zwart. Refreshments were served and kind words exchanged. The Municipality of a Clarington did a great job making sure this playground was installed in mid July 2023. Forever grateful for how they take care of us, and the partnership we have created.

Sunday October 22nd 10:30 am – 12:30 pm: Halloween festivities for kids and families.  Face painting, pumpkin carving, games, treats and lots of fun on our new playground. This event is FREE. Come and meet your neighbours.

Saturday October 28th 8pm – 1am: ADULT HALLOWEEN PARTY featuring live music by the WHIZKEY JAXXX.  This local band will play all your favourite dance tunes.  Cash bar, raffles and prizes for best costume, scariest costume and best couple costume.  Amazing decorations with a theme of “Under the Big Top: Sinister Circus” Food is included in the ticket price.  Tickets available for $25 at www.brownpapertickets.com/event/143234

Please bring cash as we do not accept debit or credit.

Very excited to host Kerri Ough and Ben Whiteley for our Fall Kitchen Party Saturday, September 30, 2023 at 7 pm

Tickets are $35 and are available here:

https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/6121917

There will be a cash bar and food will be included in your ticket price.  Cash only.  We do not accept card of any sort.

New on board will be delicious treats from Samosa Fusion as well as beer from Sir Monty’s brewing! Excited to continue to celebrate local and host these two local businesses!

Here’s a little info on our musical guests:

A lifelong musician and artist, Kerri Ough is perhaps best-known as one-third of the acclaimed folk-roots harmony trio and Juno-award winners the Good Lovelies – though she simultaneously enjoys a successful solo career when she’s not on tour with the band. 

In early 2019, Kerri released her debut solo-album “One Day Soon” and celebrated with an east coast tour alongside Royal Wood. The album charted across Canadian radio stations and her song “Beautiful Day” was featured in an episode of CBC’s Kim’s Convenience.  In late 2021 Kerri released a five-song solo EP called “Afterthoughts.” 

Kerri will be joined at the Haydon Kitchen Party by her longtime friend and collaborator Ben Whiteley (Weather Station, Basia Bulat, Sarah Harmer) on upright bass and vocals to bring her lush solo composition to the stage – while of course sprinkling in some of her favourite Good Lovelies songs in the mix. 

Up next? Kerri and the Good Lovelies will release their 10th album on October 6th and will be hitting the road across Canada, the UK and the US in support of that album.