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KittyKitty Hadley

Jul 20, 2009 5:10 PM

AvCon09

Friday ........July 24. 2009 is all sold out and registration for this day is closed.

Saturday ... July 25, 2009 there is still time to register for the day at Black Creek Pioneer Village, but the dinner Saturday night is all sold out and registration for the dinner is closed.

Sunday ...... July 26, 2009 there is still time to register for the day at Black Creek Pioneer Village for the charity auction and to see guest speakers.
shelly

Jul 10, 2009 11:38 PM

For anyone needing a ride, or willing to give one, during the Convention...
http://discuss.avonleaconvention.org/index.php?topic=49.0
shelly

Jul 8, 2009 8:46 PM

FRIDAY REGISTRATION IS CLOSED. You may still register for Saturday and/or Sunday.
shelly

Jul 6, 2009 9:13 PM

CONFIRMED: Composer John Welsman (Saturday)
shelly

Jun 24, 2009 2:35 AM

CONFIRMED: Mag Ruffman (early Saturday afternoon) + Mike Matthews (auctioneer extraordinaire for our charity auction Sunday)
AvonleaAvonlea Convention

Jun 19, 2009 1:36 AM

We have turned off HTML and images in the comments, to keep the page a bit more clean. Not that there were any naughty images; we've not had an issue with that. It's just a page formatting thing.

In other news: There is a limit to 50 attendees for Friday's events. If you have not registered yet, and would like to attend, please do so! Deadline is July 10.
KittyKitty Hadley

Jun 6, 2009 3:53 PM

Love the new layout for the page ...good work :)
shelly

Jun 5, 2009 4:57 AM

CONFIRMED GUESTS FOR AvCon 2009...
* James O'Regan (Const. Jeffries)
* David Fox (Clive Pettibone)...he'll be mingling among the guests :)
* Ian Clark (Simon Tremayne)...providing nothing conflicts with ye olde schedule
* Michael Mahonen (Gus Pike)
shelly

May 28, 2009 1:40 AM

Only 24 rooms remain available at York University if you'd like to stay there (check-in July 23, check-out July 27).

For information, visit avonleaconvention(dot)org and click on "ROOMS".
KittyKitty Hadley

Mar 1, 2009 2:51 AM

AvCon09 is coming this July 2009 , again at Black Creek Pioneer Village.

Invitations have gone out to actors, writers, producers and composers ... we will be happy to announce who our guest speakers will be as soon as they have accepted their invitations.

We are proud to have Good Shepard as our charity and hope all who attend will bring non-perishable items to be donated to our charity.

More updates as we get them

Kitty ... committee Member AvCon09
KittyKitty Hadley

Nov 5, 2008 6:44 PM

Hi ,

To find out more about AvCon09, you can go to the official Avonlea Convention web site http://www. avonleaconvention. org/ and while you are there you can see what the activities were and who our guest speakers were at AvCon 04, AvCon05 and AvCon07 - all of that information is available on the official web site. :)

Kitty
Spider GirlCharlotte Wilkinson

Oct 5, 2008 4:43 AM

Hoping to make it to AvCon 2009! I've never been to one, and I'm a HUGE Avonlea fan -- got friends in the TO area too, and we all have something we're going to together about 10 days after AvCon -- so I'm going out there anyway. So, ya, hopefully I can make it! Especially if its the last one!!
KittyKitty Hadley

Sep 17, 2008 8:58 PM

Hi All,

Michael (Gus Pike) Mahonen is going to do a Q&A session on the Avonlea Treasures Forum on September 29, 2008 at 8:00 p.m.


I got an e-mail from Brian, who is in charge of the Avonlea Treasure Forum, with the news of the Q&A session.
If you would like to take part, please, join the Avonlea Treasures Forum ( http://www. avonleatreasures. com/forums/index. php ) and post the questions you would like to ask Michael. Then log into the Avonlea Treasures Forum on September 29, 2008 at 8:00 pm for the Q&A.


Kitty ... who is already registered at the Avonlea Treasures Forum
KittyKitty Hadley

Sep 17, 2008 8:54 PM

Sept. 17, 2008 2:11 PM
Subject: Megan Follows Personal Appearance A Day with Anne Shirley
Body: Library and Archives Canada, 395 Wellington St.; Sept. 27: A Day
with Anne Shirley: At Library and Archives Canada, day-long event that
will include actress Megan Follows judging an Anne look-alike
competition and signing autographs.
613-944-1741;
Ottawa, Canada
shelly

Aug 27, 2008 2:52 AM

We now have a page on Facebook.

http://www. new. facebook. com/pages/Avonlea-Convention-AvCon/24505357489

If you're there, feel free to become our fan!
Edward & Jutta

Aug 25, 2008 11:41 PM

thank you for the ad! I just adore Avonlea and am a huge fan!

Jutta
shelly

Aug 7, 2008 1:25 AM

Please do not email any of the committee with your responses to the AvCon 2009 survey. Instead, we ask you to register for our message boards and answer the survey questions there.

http://discuss. avonleaconvention. org
(under AvCon 2009)
KittyKitty Hadley

Aug 5, 2008 12:42 AM

Hi to all.,

I am not sure how many of my friends are Anne of Green Gables and Road to Avonlea fans ...so, I am sending this to all, in the hopes that those who are interested will respond :D Those not interested, thank you for your patience with me :)

The AvCon09 (Avonlea Convention ) Committee is now in the planning stages for the convention in Toronto, Canada for the summer of 2009. We are looking for input from people who are interested in attending AvCon09. If interested, could you, please, answer the following questions and reply to me?

Thank you,
Kitty Hadley

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1.
Q: Timing, schedule of AvCon 2009.
A1: beginning of July
A2: end of July (as last AvCons)
A3: beginning of August
A4: mid of August
A5: please specify

2.
Q: Venue
A1: Black Creek Pioneer Village (as last AvCons) (family atmosphere, not too expensive, far from the downtown, has parking)
A2: a hotel or any other place in the downtown (rather expensive, in the downtown, parking problems)

3.
Q: Length of the event
A1: 3 days as usual :)
A2: 2 days
A3: 1 day

4.
Q: Are you interested in a filming site tour as we did it during last AvCons?
A1: yes
A2: no

5. Suggestions for filming site tour. Please specify your ideas.

5b: Transportation for filming sites tour
A1) Carpooling as in past AvCons
A2) rent a bus (should pay for the renting and for the gas too)

6.
Q. Would you be interested in attending a group dinner as in past AvCons ?
A1 Yes
A2 No
KittyKitty Hadley

Mar 1, 2008 7:32 PM

Canada abolishes visas for Poles
01.03.2008 11:58

Canada is to abolish visas for Poland, Hungary, Slovakia and Lithuania today.

This will allow the citizens of these countries to travel to Canada and remain within its territory for 3 months without a visa.

The decision will officially be announced by Diane Finley, the Canadian minister for immigration and citizenship during her meeting with the ambassadors of Poland, Hungary, Slovakia and Lithuania around 6 PM CET. The decision will be valid the moment it is announced.

Later, Finley will visit the John Paul II Center in Toronto, where she will meet representatives of the Polish community, which has been long campaigning for abolishing visas. (mn)
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This is wonderful news. It should make it easier for our friends from Europe to attend future Avonlea Conventions in Toronto.

Thank you Canada !!!

Kitty
~*Foxy Mama*~Rosalie La Mar

Dec 29, 2007 6:12 AM

have a very Happy New Year. And a wonderful 2008 . take care.
KittyKitty Hadley

Oct 16, 2007 10:11 PM

Sullivan, CTV unveil new Anne

by: Jesse Kohl 10/15/07

CTV has acquired rights for the prequel Anne of Green Gables: A New Beginning from Toronto-based Sullivan Entertainment and plans to make it a three-hour movie and television event in 2008.

The prodco found its newest Anne Shirley through a recent casting call on YouTube and a cross-Canada audition tour. Toronto's Hannah Endicott-Douglas (The Good Witch, Samantha: An American Girl) was chosen to star alongside Rachel Blanchard (7th Heaven) and Barbara Hershey (Hannah and Her Sisters), who plays Anne as a woman in her fifties reflecting on her past.

"To say that we are 'excited' about bringing the Anne of Green Gables franchise to CTV would be an understatement," said Kevin Sullivan, president of the Toronto company, in a statement, noting that he and CTVgm boss Ivan Fecan worked together at CBC in the early 1990s.

The net also picked up about 128 hours of content from Sullivan, including the original three Anne of Green Gables mini-series; the Emmy Award-winning series Road to Avonlea and The Magic Flute Diaries. Production on the new Anne title is underway.

From Media in Canada
maree

Sep 11, 2007 1:50 AM

Thanks for the add..
/ maree
Hales

Aug 21, 2007 4:24 PM

Thank you for the add. I've never attended an AvCon, but I'm going to shoot for the next one as I am a big fan of anything Kevin Sullivan has ever produced. Cheers!
~*Foxy Mama*~Rosalie La Mar

Aug 21, 2007 4:14 PM

thank you so much for the add. i like your layout. take care.
KittyKitty Hadley

Aug 18, 2007 7:08 PM

end of story ....

...that opened with Christopher Reeve riding a galloping horse, just a few months before a riding accident left him paralyzed. But that wasn't the point of showing the clip. The point was that the episode was a parody of 19th-century melodrama.

"We went out of our way to make Avonlea tongue in cheek," Sullivan told his audience. "It was an overriding concern of the writers and myself that the show not become too sentimental or sappy."

The irony of Avonlea was worn lightly, however. It did not shake the sense, entertained by the participants of AvCon 2007, that the actors themselves were as basically good-hearted and innocent as the characters they played.

Kitty Hadley from Peterborough, N.H., discussed an episode titled "How Kissing Was Discovered" that might have raised eyebrows because one kisser, Mahonen, was 26 years old at the time and the other kisser, Gema Zamprogna (Felicity King) was 13.

"He actually kissed her on the cheek," Hadley said. "He said he was very much aware of the time period and the fact that in real life she was only 13 and he was 26, so he was being extremely careful that no part of him touched her."

"There was a real family that was on the set playing all those parts," Sullivan said. "It was a magic time when everyone really was related to each other, and they felt as strongly about each other as they were on screen."
KittyKitty Hadley

Aug 18, 2007 7:04 PM

story continued,,,

... doctoral dissertation at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tenn., on the subject of Canadian television exported to the U.S. She was also a serious fan of Avonlea.

"I saw it on the Disney Channel when I was a kid and then I bought the DVDs as an adult," she said. "I grew up loving Sarah Polley (a.k.a Sara Stanley) and I really wanted to be her when I was young. I just love the family values. It's a show where you don't expect anybody bad to be in it."

The theme of family values kept coming up. After John Welsman, who composed the music for the series, talked about the "gentle, old-time" quality of that music, a woman named Angel Willoughby, 31, there with her family from Brooklyn, Ont., thanked him for his work. "It's an escape. Today in the world there's so much garbage going on, and when you play that music it brings back a time of innocence."

Most moving was the testimony of a special education teacher named Jean Grant, 57, from Queensbury, N.Y. Many of her students were emotionally troubled children, veterans of foster homes. They loved the series. She told actor Michael Mahonen his character, an orphan named Gus Pike, was a particular inspiration to one young man .

"Watching Gus, there was something good for him to connect to, a role model," she said.

The next morning, an auction was held in an auditorium of the Royal Ontario Museum. An overcoat worn by character Jasper Dale went for $300 toNewmarket's Barb Watts, 52. "I have no idea," she said, when asked what she would do with it. "I bought it because I went to school with Mag Ruffman (a.k.a. Olivia King)."

Later, the audience heard from Sullivan. He talked about various episodes, including one titled "A Dark and Stormy Night," that opened with Christopher Reeve riding a galloping horse, just a few months before a riding accident left him paralyzed. But that wasn&#3
KittyKitty Hadley

Aug 18, 2007 7:01 PM

The Toronto Star published this story after AvCon07 - in the newspaper there were also three large photographs, that do not appear on the web site artcle .http://www.thestar.com/article/241508
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ROAD TO AVONLEA
TheStar.com - entertainment - Fans still follow Road to Avonlea

Jul 31, 2007 04:30 AM
Philip Marchand
entertainment columnist

Driving past the towers of Jane and Finch, one takes a right turn into the 1800s. Tucked away behind those towers is Black Creek Pioneer Village, a replica of rural old-time Ontario. What better place to hold a convention of fans of The Road to Avonlea, a TV series celebrating rural old-time Prince Edward Island?

It was called AvCon 2007, the third such convention, held every two years. Ninety people had registered for it. On Saturday afternoon, about 60 participants – more than two-thirds from the United States – sat in the Garfield Weston Theatre in the Visitor's Centre listening to Ian Clark, an actor who played the character Simon Tremayne.

The series, created by Kevin Sullivan based on the books of L.M. Montgomery (also his source for his Anne of Green Gables miniseries) debuted in 1990 and lasted seven seasons.

Clark was talking about an episode titled "Hearts and Flowers," first aired in the show's fourth season. He called it a "madcap" episode. It featured a dead parrot, a hotel dance and the spinster schoolteacher Hetty King (played by Jackie Burroughs). A young woman in the audience raised her hand. "I have a question about that episode," she said. "When Hetty picks up the parrot, why does her hand turn green?'

Clark was flummoxed. "Really?" he said. "Uh, you know, it might be ... " Finally he confessed he hadn't noticed Hetty's green hand.

Afterwards I talked to the questioner, a 24-year-old from San Bernardino, Calif., named Nafissa Thompson-Spires. She is doing her d
KittyKitty Hadley

Aug 15, 2007 8:44 PM

Hi all,

I was speaking to James O'Regan (Constable Jeffries) about an actor friend of his, Keith Knight ( Rev. Fitzsimmons) whom we had invited to attend AvCon07.

Keith played Reverend Fitzsimmons in the episode "Evelyn" - where Alec's friend is killed in a boating accident and Alec assumes responsibility for his friends wife and child - much to the consternation of his wife Janet.

Keith Knight was unable to attend AvCon07 because of serious health reasons. Several years ago Kay Tremblay was also unable to attend AvCon because of health reasons and the committee and AvCon attendees asked if they could send cards or e-mails to cheer her. Since Keith Knight is also part of the "Avonlea Family", we thought it would be nice if we sent him e-mails and cards to let him know he is remembered and to wish him a successful recovery.

James O'Regan was kind enough to get the following information for any who would like to send Kieth Knight a message.
> --- Forwarded message follows ------
Hi James -

Thank you for your email.

Fountainhead would be happy to pass on any well wishes to Keith. Email can be sent to

info@fountainheadtalent.com

and mail to

Keith Knight c/o Fountainhead Talent,
131 Davenport Road,
Toronto, ON, Canada
M5R 1H8.

Best, Kelly

Kelly Edmunds
Fountainhead Talent Inc.
P: 416-538-6888 x221

James O'Regan
http://www.jamesoregan.com

Thank you,
Kitty
KittyKitty Hadley

Aug 7, 2007 3:43 AM

Hi Corey,

So happy that you had a good time at Avcon07 ...and thanks for posting your photos. You really got some good shots!

Kitty
Debbie

Aug 3, 2007 4:37 AM

Thanks for the add. And, thanks for the convention. It was great fun!!!
Corey

Jul 31, 2007 8:12 PM

Thanks to the committee for all of your hard work! I had a wonderful time and I hope to attend the next time!

Guest Table
christina

Jul 26, 2007 3:30 AM

Anne and Diana at tea
KittyKitty Hadley

Jul 21, 2007 2:18 PM

Below is the URL for AvCon07 brochure ...please, check it out :D

http://www.avonleaconvention.org/download/2007brochure_final.pdf
shelly

Jul 21, 2007 6:56 AM

Online registration for AvCon (Friday and Saturday, separate and combined) is CLOSED. However, if you would like to attend on Saturday, you may register at the door (still $15 USD/CAD). We cannot and will not accept at-the-door registrations for Friday, unfortunately.

Registration for Sunday's events at the ROM is still open.
KittyKitty Hadley

Jul 18, 2007 6:14 AM

Time is running out, but you can still register for AvCon07 at Saturday at Black Creek Pioneer Village.

The 100th person to register and pay the registration fee will receive a "special gift" :D

Who wants to be # 100 ?


http://www.avonleaconvention.org/registration
KittyKitty Hadley

Jul 12, 2007 2:17 AM

Update ...

We have a number of Anne/Avonlea related items for the charity auction. The newest item is -- Stratford Festival graciously donated a pair of tickets to a performance of "To Kill a Mockingbird", featuring Peter Donaldson who appeared as Rev. Leonard in 8 episodes of Road to Avonlea
KittyKitty Hadley

Jul 11, 2007 12:15 AM

Friday registration is closed ... we had to give a correct count to Spadina House for the tea they are going to serve us ... but Saturday registrations is still opened.

More people are always welcome on Saturday at Black Creek Pioneer Village .

Kitty
mcleods daughters fan

Jul 9, 2007 1:52 AM

Are you getting excited? It's almost time for AvCon.
KittyKitty Hadley

Jul 4, 2007 9:28 PM

Wednesday, July 04, 2007


Anne of Green Gables Announcement

ANNE OF GREEN GABLES: A New Beginning

There is something new developing in the world of Anne…we are beginning work on the newest installation of Anne of Green Gables. That's right, there is going to be a new Anne movie!

Kevin Sullivan has written a completely original story about Anne's early years, before she was orphaned. Have you ever wondered who Anne's mother and father were? What happened to them? Did she have any brothers or sisters? The mystery will unfold when Anne finds a secret letter in the floorboards of Green Gables almost 50 years after she arrived on Prince Edward Island and changed the Cuthbert's lives forever.

THE CASTING CALL:
Sullivan Entertainment is searching for a new Anne Shirley for the prequel to the Emmy Award winning franchise Anne of Green Gables…

Sullivan is now conducting an extensive casting call on YouTube as well as performing a cross-Canada talent search in seven cities across the country with Casting Director John Buchan ("Away From Her", "Where the Truth Lies", "Being Julia"). Sullivan and Buchan will also be collecting audition submissions by mail in search of a new "kindred spirit" to play the role of the infamous Anne Shirley.

They are looking for charming actresses between the ages of 10 – 12 years to audition for the part of Anne Shirley. Auditions must be 1-2 minutes in length and must depict a portrayal of Anne through passages from the film or book. What was life like for Anne before she arrived at Green Gables? Participants have the freedom to create an Anne of their own invention.

Auditions should be submitted through YouTube under the group http://www.youtube.com/group/screentest or send a DVD / VHS submission to Sullivan Entertainment, Attention: The Next Anne Shirley, 110 Davenport Road, Toronto, Ontario, M5R 3R3 by July 20, 2007. Your submission will not be returned and
KittyKitty Hadley

Jul 4, 2007 6:53 PM

More good news... John Welsman, who composed so much of the beautiful Road to Avonlea music, is going to be a guest speaker at AvCon07 on July 28, 2007 at Black Creek Pioneer Village.
KittyKitty Hadley

Jul 1, 2007 3:02 PM

Happy Canada Day to all of our Canadian friends !!!

Kitty
AvonleaAvonlea Convention

Jun 29, 2007 2:43 PM

Thanks Kitty! Very exciting news! I suggest all members of this group send the information out as a bulletin, so that it spreads throughout MySpace. :)
KittyKitty Hadley

Jun 29, 2007 10:17 AM

This hasn't been posted here yet --- so I thought I'd post it :D

Kitty
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You could be cast as the next Anne of Green Gables!

The search for the next Anne of Green Gables is on!!

We are looking for charming actresses between the ages of 10 - 12 years to audition for the part of Anne Shirley in a brand new prequel to the original mini-series, written and directed by Emmy award winning film-maker Kevin Sullivan, entitled Anne of Green Gables Beginning.

Your audition must be no more than 2 minutes in length and must depict your best portrayal of Anne through passages from the film or book. Please include your full name at the beginning of the audition.

Only those candidates selected will be contacted for a live audition.
Submissions are due no later than July 20, 2007.

Submit your audition here : http://www.youtube.com/group/screentest

To check out the original movie of Anne of Green Gables please visit www.sullivanmovies.com


Kevin Sullivan is set to write a completely original story about Anne’s early years, before she was orphaned. Have you ever wondered who Anne’s mother and father were? What happened to them? Did she have any brothers or sisters? The mystery will unfold when Anne finds a secret letter in the floorboards of Green Gables almost 50 years after she arrived on Prince Edward Island and changed the Cuthbert’s lives forever. Stay tuned for more updates on the progress of Anne of Green Gables: A New Beginning!
KittyKitty Hadley

Jun 20, 2007 11:49 PM

Having Mickey and Ian at AvCon07 should be fun, yes. And, we have sent an invitation to Zach Bennett. It would be wonderful to have all three of them together. Well, Zach hasn't said "No" - yet - so there is still hope :D
Michael Mahonen

Jun 20, 2007 8:28 PM

And I am also looking forward to seeing everyone as well. Thank you! Not much longer. Eh? ; )
KittyKitty Hadley

Jun 19, 2007 9:03 PM

Hi all,

In his acceptance to being a guest speaker at AvCon07 (July 28, 2007, Saturday, Black Creek Pioneer Village, Toronto) ... Ian D. Clark (Simon Tremayne) - sent me the following information. Thought I would share it with everyone. :D

If anyone gets to see it, can you write and let us all know?

Thanks ,
Kitty
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I don't know whether you remember, but in my introduction to the series in season, I believe the episode was entitled "Heirs and Graces", it was mentioned that in my "banished" youth as the world trotting Duke, I had fought lions in Africa - well, on June 28 on Movie channel 3 on the Movie Network, at 7:00pm (if you get cable) - you can see me, as the world's greatest tiger hunter) and Gary Busey taking on an escaped Bengal tiger in the film "Maneater"!
Little did Felix know what he was getting into at the White Sands!!!
KittyKitty Hadley

Jun 18, 2007 10:18 PM

AvCon07 Update.

Saturday, July 28, 2007, at Black Creek Pioneer Village, we will have actors Michael Mahonen (Gus Pike), James O'Regan (Constable Jeffries) and Ian D. Clark (Simon Tremayne).

Writer Kevin McCabe, Author of "The Lucy Maud Montgomery Album ", which was edited by Avonlea Tradition Chronicle editor , Alexandra Heilbron.


As soon as we hear more from actors, writers or composer - we will post their acceptance.
Nan

Jun 17, 2007 11:15 PM

StarPages Article is up!
KittyKitty Hadley

May 30, 2007 12:38 AM

Hi everyone,

I am back on line again and trying to get caught up on all of my mail. I am also working on the birthday page for Mickey. Some of my mail was lost, so if you sent me a birthday message and it is not on the page - please, send it to me again? If you were not aware that there was a birthday message page, but would like to send a message please use the link below?

MICHAEL MAHONEN BIRTHDAY PAGE

Thanks,
Kitty
KittyKitty Hadley

Apr 9, 2007 12:09 AM

I'd like to wish one and all a very Happy Easter!!!

Kitty
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