ARTS IN BRIEF

DRUM! is at the Mariner Centre, Yarmouth, July 9, 7 p.m., and July 10, 2 p.m.

This musical spectacle features musicians, dancers, drummers and singers from Nova Scotia’s aboriginal, black, Celtic and Acadian communities.

Tickets are $39.95 and $34.95 for seniors (60-plus) and youth (16 and under).

For tickets, call the Mariners Centre at 742-2155.

The third annual Chatterbox Cafe Storytelling series, Skuttlebutt!, starts Saturday, 2 p.m., at the cafe in Pugwash.

Come for the entertainment and feel free to jump in with a story of your own.

The schedule is: July 2, Chris Benjamin, Richard Bitami, Ron MacNutt and Denis Brown; July 9, Eleanor Conrad, Chris Benjamin, Hazel Felderhof and Terry Smith; and July 16, Bruce Graham, Chris Benjamin, Doug Murray, Bill Matheson, Louise Haycocks and Elaine Cook.

For more information, contact nsmiley@pelicaneng.com or 243-4059.

Swoon — Fine Art, Antiques & Fashion, Hammonds Plains, is looking for artists to participate in The Other Side, a group Halloween show, Oct. 22 to 31.

This is a juried show of art that reveals the darker side of human nature and explores "that which we most wish to keep hidden." Images for consideration must be emailed to the gallery by Sept. 26. Submissions will be reviewed and artists will be notified by email.

Work can be in any medium, must be recent and must not have been previously shown. Artists can submit as many images as they like and should include the size, price and medium of each piece. All work must be delivered to Swoon by Oct. 17.

The opening reception is Oct. 22, 6 to 9 p.m. There is a costume ball and fundraiser with Jazzette on Oct. 28.

The Royal Canadian Mounted Police Musical Ride will be performing at the Cameron Property (Horse Power Hotel), Highway 311, The Falls, on Aug. 17.

The troop of 32 horses and riders will perform a variety of cavalry drills choreographed to music.

The Musical Ride, which supports RCMP community policing throughout Canada, was developed in 1876 by early members of the North-West Mounted Police to display their riding ability and entertain the local community.

For information call 657-3323 or email mjroberts@nncweb.ca . Proceeds from ticket sales will be donated to the Tatamagouche and Area Minor Hockey Association.

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A fire deliberately set at the Canada Games Centre on Friday evening has left the recreational building closed indefinitely.

Two minors were arrested in connection with the fire on Saturday and charged with arson, before being released to their parents. They will appear in youth court at a later date.

A third person was interviewed, but no charges were laid, RCMP spokesperson Sgt. Don Rogers told a news conference this morning.

The fire began at around 7:40 p.m.  Friday in the ATCO arena at the games centre when a stack of foam and plastic pads used for speedskating were ignited.

The ice was removed from the arena for dry-floor activities in May. Youth programming was taking place in the arena at the time of the blaze.

Staff in the wellness centre overlooking the arena saw the flames come over the boards, immediately initiated the building’s evacuation and called the fire department.

It’s unclear how many people were in the building at the time of the blaze, but Friday evenings are a busy time for the facility. No one was injured.

Once ignited, the fire ate through three pallets of pads, climbing the centre’s wall all the way to the ceiling.

Along the way, flames scorched the arena’s scoreboard, melting it almost completely.

The metal wall behind the pads is twisted and warped, as is at least one steel support beam.

Concrete along the wall chipped from the heat, which fire chief Clive Sparks said today reached temperatures of up to 1,000 degrees F (538 C) in the arena.

The heat may have also melted insulation around the arena’s high-voltage lighting, so the area remains dark until an assessment can be made.

A propane line along the wall was damaged but did not leak, and fibre optic cable for communications was split in the blaze.

“It’s really depressing to see the facility in the condition it’s in,” deputy mayor Doug Graham told this morning’s press conference.

Damage to the facility is estimated to be in the millions of dollars.

“It was a very nasty fire in that it was foam and plastics that were burning,” said Sparks.

Toxic smoke spread quickly throughout the building.

Art Manhire, the centre’s indoor facilities manager, said the smoke was so thick when he arrived on the scene at around 8 p.m. on Friday that he couldn’t see more than three to five metres into the building.

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