Calendar Girl Blog: Henry's Quilt

This is Henry Kock. His quilt square, lovingly made by Kathleen Dubelaar, rests at the centre of one of the very first Hillside Festival fund raising quilts, made back in the mid 80's.

Besides being the festivals site manager/magician/tree planter, for the first few year's it was Henry's job to chose the annual festival date.

Henry would consult with various chickadees, trees, farmers almanac and blue herons as to the fairest weather date for our July event. I distinctly remember the third year. Sunshine graced out day of music in the north end of our small city while rain dampened a friends wedding downtown.

It wasn't until our growth and popularity required us to settle on 'the third weekend in July' that we got rained out.

Calendar Girl must note that since Henry passed, the sun has not shone. The sky remains grey. The rain keeps falling.

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Tags: Hillside Festival, Henry Kock, Guelph.