A free meeting place where voluntary repairers with skills in sewing, carpentry, electrical and bikes can help fix your item on the spot. Plus knife sharpening and tech help with digital devices. For details and to volunteer: www.repaircafenorthsaanich.ca or email: repaircafenorthsaanich@gmail.com.

Grab a hat and a blanket or a couple of chairs Sunday July 6^th and head for Ed Macgregor Park for the annual Sooke Philharmonic Orchestra Fling! The concert starts at 2:30 pm and admission is free!

This year’s concert will have a home-grown feel, featuring our own Sooke Phil soloists and sections from the orchestra.  Conducting this year is David Stewart who is already familiar to Sooke audiences for his solo performances with the Sooke Phil on the violin. He is an active member of the Sooke Philharmonic Society and the Sooke Harmony Project.

The concert features solo performances by former Fling conductor Mike Klazek, concertmaster Hollas Longton, violin, and Jackie Kereluk, oboe, as well as a piece for three trombones and a tuba. The orchestra will perform a mix of pops and classics from Strauss to Leroy Anderson. As always, there will be a fifty-fifty draw and when you donate at admission there will be a prize draw for two lawn chairs, donated by Village Foods in Sooke.

In case of rain, the event will move to the Community Hall on Shields Road.

For more information visit sookephil.ca