Early Settlement and Founding of Waterloo The land that is now Waterloo, Ontario, was originally inhabited by the Anishinaabe and Haudenosaunee peoples, who lived in the region for centuries before European settlement. In the early 1800s, European settlers, mainly German Mennonites from Pennsylvania, began to arrive in the area. They were drawn by the promise…
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Canada’s Monarchy…Wait, what?
This article was originally published in my blog at rickhendershot.com. Some of the references may be outdated, but I doubt it, since changes in the this area come very slowly. There are a couple interesting articles in the National Post today (Jan 21, 2011) about the rightful place of the British monarchy in Canada’s future….
The Development of Separate Schools in Canada
This article is reprinted (with a few modifications) from “The View from Conestogo” We think of our public school system in Canada as being basically “secular”. By that I mean that our public school system(s) are not officially meant to be institutions sanctioned by our governments to promote a particular religious point of view. Yes,…
Playing a Melody with Just Chords
You can easily go beyond just strumming your guitar. You can play what amount to melodies by playing just chords. Here’s an example – Mary Had a Little Lamb – Find out more – https://muzictrain.com
Find Lots of Waterloo Region Deals in One Place
If you are a deal watcher you know that all the major stores in Waterloo Region publish weekly flyers with deals, discounts and offers. It is difficult to keep up to date on all the offers. One option is to subscribe to their mailing lists. Congratulations you will then get hundreds of emails every week….
Turn Your Promotion into an Event
It gets tiring just running ads for different products, specials, free this and that and so on. A nice variation is to turn your discounted offer, giveaway or special deal into an “event”. What is an Event? An “event” is just a special promotion with a catchy name and (usually) a defined time frame. Let’s…
Developing Your Ear Important for Guitar Players
If you can’t tell one note from another, or have a pretty good idea of how tones change, it’s pretty difficult to play the guitar without being dependent on written music or tabs. Learning to tell notes apart just by listening to them is what is called developing your “ear”. This skill helps you recognize…
Relationship Between Ukulele and Guitar
If you’re like me you’ve played guitar for a while and it is your primary instrument. But you also dabble in the ukulele. Keeping the two instruments separate is a bit of a challenge – just a bit. Not a major challenge because many of the basic techniques are the same. Grace Can’t Eat Apples…
Tim’s has Pizza. Really?
It’s been a quite a while coming, but they’re finally here. Tim’s introduced their new Flatbread Pizzas this month after a lot of testing and experimenting. What they’re trying to do is broaden their appeal beyond coffee, donuts, and breakfasts. In other words, generate a more diverse, bigger spending customer base. Of course this attempt…
The Best Way to Learn to Play Guitar
So you’re starting out on your guitar playing journey and you’re wondering how to proceed. There is a wealth of free information available on Youtube so that is where a lot of new guitar players start. But what I suggest is that you… Put Youtube on Hold The problem is that Youtube instructional videos are…