Braeden, Judy and Mike of St. Paul's Leaskdale church band were just some of the performers taking part in the David Festival, at Uxbridge Baptist Church, on Saturday, April 11. The popular annual Festival offered several workshops including worship band and songwriting, as well as performances throughout the weekend.

Neil MacLeod, pictured above inspecting one of his hand-carved birdhouses, particpated in the Fine Art Show at the Sunderland Maple Syrup Festival - which took place on the weekend of April 4. Mr. MacLeod also donated his experience, which he says comes from his head and not from books, to carve the series of maple leafs below - which were then painted by local artists and auctioned. BENJAMIN PRIEBE The Standard.Dufresne

Dufresne or du Fresne () is a French topographical surname, referring to the ash tree ( in modern spelling; from the Latin ). Notable people with the surname include:

Begoña Vía-Dufresne (born 1971), Spanish sailor and Olympic champion
Charles Dufresne (1876-1938), French painter
Diane Dufresne (born 1944), Canadian singer and painter
Donald Dufresne (born 1967), retired Canadian ice hockey defenceman
Gaston Dufresne (1898–1998), contrabassist in the Boston Symphony Orchestra
Gérard Dufresne (1918–2013), politician and military officer in Quebec
Guillaume Dufresne d'Arsel, who established French rule of Mauritius
Jean Dufresne (1829–1893), German chess player
John Dufresne (born 1948), American author of French-Canadian descent
Joseph Dufresne (1805–1873), Quebec notary and political figure
Laurent Dufresne (born 1972), former French football team captain
Louis Dufresne (1752–1832)  French explorer, ornithologist and taxidermist
Marc-Joseph Marion du Fresne (1724–1772), French explorer
Nicole duFresne (born 1973), Spanish sportive sailor
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