The second annual Lions Pub Jam was, by all accounts, a roaring success. There were kids running amok, moms with new babies, hockey fans watching the game, folks just taking it in over a few brew, and at least two dozen musicians who all turned up on the mid-afternoon jam date.

Ok, maybe it wasn't any roaring economic success but on Groundhog Day that's not really the point --- as we all know, the value we get from community-building mid-winter events like this can't be entered in the ledger books; the jam probably went a little into the red, but as a place for neighbours to meet and mingle and share a few tunes, it was unparallelled.

Kudos and praise to the Wiarton Lions and to Karen Holgate and May Ip for hosting a wonderful afternoon of music, poems and songs; this is what Groundhog Day is all about!

[ Source: The Prognosticator Online: Lionism makes it happen ]