Theatre Woodstock presents.... The Love List

The Love List by Norm Foster


Directed by Cheryl Hylton

Produced by Laura Earle and Gerda Tolsma


February 12, 13, 14*, 18, 19, 20, (*matinee)


Leon and Bill write up a list of qualities defining the perfect woman, and much to their surprise, she appears. This hilarious and thought-provoking play examines the quest for perfection.

http://www.theatrewoodstock.com/ for more info

Bettianne M. Hedges, BA, Broker
"I'm never too busy for your referrals"
RE/MAX a-b Realty Ltd. Brokerage
521 Dundas Street, Woodstock
0ffice 519-536-7535 ext 300
bettianne@oxfordcountyhomes.ca

Rare Opportunity- Voice Lessons with Gwen Little

Now living in Woodstock and accepting appointments from those wishing to audition to study, Gwen Little is a Professor of Voice at the University of Western Ontario and a reknown opera singer. As a Mozart specialist she was soloist with the Canadian Opera Company for ten years, leading soprano in the Mozart Operas at the Avon Theatre at the Stratford Festival for four years, and for ten years sang leading soprano roles with the New York City Opera.

Ms. Little is in demand for master classes, workshops, lectures, and as a music festival adjudicator. Ms. Little has been on the teaching faculty of the University of Western Ontario since 2004.

Please contact her at gwen.little@sympatico.ca to arrange for an audition.



Bettianne M. Hedges, BA, Broker
"I'm never too busy for your referrals"
RE/MAX a-b Realty Ltd. Brokerage
521 Dundas Street, Woodstock
0ffice 519-536-7535 ext 300
bettianne@oxfordcountyhomes.ca

Great service should be recognized..... Innovative Graphics

I have always been impressed by the service and attention to detail from Soctt and Rose Rath at Innovative Graphics. And they now have a very good designer - Claire.

They are now also doing high quality framing and small lot art prints.

Innovative Graphics



519 533 0669


225 Bysham Park Dr


Woodstock, ON


Bettianne M. Hedges, BA, Broker
"I'm never too busy for your referrals"
RE/MAX a-b Realty Ltd. Brokerage
521 Dundas Street, Woodstock
0ffice 519-536-7535 ext 300
bettianne@oxfordcountyhomes.ca

Learn more about Bettianne

Bettianne Hedges is a Real Estate Broker who has worked with clients in in Woodstock and Oxford County, Ontario for five years. She is licensed with RE/MAX a-b Realty Ltd. Brokerage  in Woodstock. Bettianne has lived in Woodstock for 15 years with her husband, Byron Dorey, and she has three perfect sons.

Bettianne has a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Waterloo and has taught business and marketing at Fanshawe College periodically since 1989. She is the former art dealer/owner of The Taylor Gallery which was the 1999 recipient of Woodstock Chamber of Commerce's Retailer of the Year Award recognizing progressive marketing and high quality customer service.

Bettianne is an active community volunteer lending her skills and enthusiasm to a variety of Oxford agencies and projects. She is a Grant Review Team Member with the Ontario Trillium Foundation and is a Campaign Cabinet and Allocations Committee Member with the United Way of Oxford. In her many roles, Bettianne works to improve the quality of life in Woodstock and Oxford County.

Bettianne has a very popular blog Enthusiastic About Oxford  which features the art, culture, history, real estate and all that is wonderful about living in Woodstock and Oxford County.

She can be contacted thru the Woodstock office at 519-536-7535 or direct at bettianne@rogers.com.

Bettianne M. Hedges, BA, Broker
"I'm never too busy for your referrals"
RE/MAX a-b Realty Ltd. Brokerage
521 Dundas Street, Woodstock
0ffice 519-536-7535 ext 300
bettianne@oxfordcountyhomes.ca

One of Woodstock artist Shelley Malcolm's newest works 'in residence'

Shelley Malcolm is a resident of Woodstock, Ontario.

Bettianne M. Hedges, BA, Broker
"I'm never too busy for your referrals"
RE/MAX a-b Realty Ltd. Brokerage
521 Dundas Street, Woodstock
0ffice 519-536-7535 ext 300
bettianne@oxfordcountyhomes.ca

My kitchen adventure- fait d'accompli

Bettianne M. Hedges, BA, Broker
"I'm never too busy for your referrals"
RE/MAX a-b Realty Ltd. Brokerage
521 Dundas Street, Woodstock
0ffice 519-536-7535 ext 300
bettianne@oxfordcountyhomes.ca

My kitchen adventure- in progress...... I should have had more children!

Bettianne M. Hedges, BA, Broker
"I'm never too busy for your referrals"
RE/MAX a-b Realty Ltd. Brokerage
521 Dundas Street, Woodstock
0ffice 519-536-7535 ext 300
bettianne@oxfordcountyhomes.ca

My kitchen adventure.....

I have disliked my kitchen cupboards since the first day I looked at this house over ten years ago. Thank you to Mrs Sibbick for your encouragement! and we are now painting. Out with the bad 1990's oak (which looks quite alien in my otherwise dark wood 1917 arts and craft home) and in with the bright and freshly painted painted cabinets. My son Taylor and I have started and I will post our progress.....here are the before shots- the kitchen is already slightly dismantled. Tayor is not only a hairstylist but is a trained carpenter. He did my tiles last summer. We even have my ten year old son Jack priming. My husband is hiding at the office!

Bettianne M. Hedges, BA, Broker
"I'm never too busy for your referrals"
RE/MAX a-b Realty Ltd. Brokerage
521 Dundas Street, Woodstock
0ffice 519-536-7535 ext 300
bettianne@oxfordcountyhomes.ca

Richwood in Oxford County

I spent a lovely afternoon over the Holidays visiting a family in one of Oxford County's most beautiful and well restored older homes. The Georgian was built in 1850 by a lumber family from upper New York who came to Oxford County for the abundance of wood. The current family have owned the home for almost 100 years. They have lovingly cared for each detail.

The Regency Cottage is still part of a large working farm. I love Oxford County cottages both the Regency style and the more humble Ontario cottages.

Richwood is east of Woodstock and has a very unique feel of old Oxford with the surrounding dairy farms and old homes.

Bettianne M. Hedges, BA, Broker
"I'm never too busy for your referrals"
RE/MAX a-b Realty Ltd. Brokerage
521 Dundas Street, Woodstock
0ffice 519-536-7535 ext 300
bettianne@oxfordcountyhomes.ca

Photo taken by my son in Woodstock on December 27th as the torch ran down Dundas Street and in front of my office.

Bettianne M. Hedges, BA, Broker
"I'm never too busy for your referrals"
RE/MAX a-b Realty Ltd. Brokerage
521 Dundas Street, Woodstock
0ffice 519-536-7535 ext 300
bettianne@oxfordcountyhomes.ca

To all of you with whom I have worked in 2009 and to all those I hope to work with in 2010- all the best for a wonderful Christmas!

I am grateful for the space you hold in my life and I wish you all the best in the year to come.

Bettianne


Image by Otterville artist Sue Goossens





Bettianne M. Hedges, BA, Broker
"I'm never too busy for your referrals"
RE/MAX a-b Realty Ltd. Brokerage
521 Dundas Street, Woodstock
0ffice 519-536-7535 ext 300
bettianne@oxfordcountyhomes.ca

I saw my Bill Hodgson tree being pelted with snow this afternoon and I started to wonder what Bill is working on now....  Bill left Oxford about two years ago (he had to I sold his house) and is living with his amazing wife in London. Bill's web site provides images of his previous work- the colourful trees in downtown London, and some more current work. I was happy to see a photo of this amazing staircase I saw in progress while visiting him last winter. Wouldn't it be wonderful to see Woodstock commission a piece of Bill's for a public space in our City?

More about Bill....
Bill Hodgson has had a lifelong interest in metal work. This translated into going to trade school for welding in his native PEI. After he finished the two-year course, he worked in a general shop for a year and then worked for a shipyard in Georgetown, PEI. However, after a year in the shipyard, he decided it wasn’t what he wanted to do for the rest of his life so he hooked up with a friend who had a “disco” set-up for school dances and ended up traveling around the East Coast creating/maintaining lighting rigs for bands on the road.

After five or six years of this, Hodgson turned his efforts to theatre, working at Theatre Calgary for two years. This was where he met his wife Andrea. In 1983, he and Andrea moved to Toronto, Ontario where he worked for Toronto Free Theatre as Technical Director/ Production Manager for five years. He then joined the stage hand union, IATSE local 58 and worked at The Canadian Opera, National Ballet and Canadian Stage Co. building scenery for the stage and on such large scale shows as Phantom of the Opera, Miss Saigon, Les Miserables. In 1997, he and his young family moved to Ingersoll, Ontario so his wife could take a job at the Grand Theatre in London, Ontario.

At first Hodgson created pieces in his basement. As things got busier, however, he rented a shop for his blossoming business. Hodgson is now on his third shop and things have been busy enough for him to keep creating.

Although Hodgson is interested in doing his best when working on a piece in terms of craftsmanship and finishing, he resists the urge to make things ”perfect” or create perfectly symmetrical mass-produced pieces. Each piece he creates is unique and even when he gets an order to make a duplicate of a piece he has already created, he cannot exactly replicate the piece because each work is unique and the process he goes through in making each piece is always different.

Hodgson draws his inspiration for his pieces from organic forms and from his customer’s ideas or requests. Hodgson’s work transforms mild steel and wood into functional yet imaginative works.

Bettianne M. Hedges, BA, Broker

"I'm never too busy for your referrals"

RE/MAX a-b Realty Ltd. Brokerage

521 Dundas Street, Woodstock

0ffice 519-536-7535 ext 300

bettianne@oxfordcountyhomes.ca

I'm totally inspired by this........

Patrick Dougherty, Artist but alas, not from Oxford County

Bettianne M. Hedges, BA, Broker
"I'm never too busy for your referrals"
RE/MAX a-b Realty Ltd. Brokerage
521 Dundas Street, Woodstock
0ffice 519-536-7535 ext 300
bettianne@oxfordcountyhomes.ca

Cheer on the Olympic Flame- Woodstock, December 27th

Bettianne M. Hedges, BA, Broker
"I'm never too busy for your referrals"
RE/MAX a-b Realty Ltd. Brokerage
521 Dundas Street, Woodstock
0ffice 519-536-7535 ext 300
bettianne@oxfordcountyhomes.ca