Laughs for the library

Laughs for the library The event, titled All Fool's Night, will get underway at 8 p. A silent auction will also take place during All Fool's Night, which is being sponsored by the Cape Breton Regional Library and the Friends of the McConnell Library. MacDonald said the audience should have a great time and they'll be supporting the library at the same time. "It's going to be an interesting evening. Rosalie Gillis, co-ordinator of community support with the Cape Breton Regional Library, said the event is an important fundraiser for the library. They can read a piece or just do a straight acting piece, they can do a monologue, or a scene. There's also some music. "It'll go toward our bottom line, basically, because we have to increase three per cent of our operating budget every year," she said. "We've basically left it wide open. We gave them a time frame and then left it up to them to choose what they wanted to do. "As more and more things appear online and live online, having a building to walk in to and books to hold in your hand becomes a pretty precious thing," said MacDonald. In addition to hosting the evening, MacDonald and Morrison will be doing some material themselves, bringing fan-favourite characters Martin MacKinnon, Mary Morrison, and Beulah Claxton back to the stage. They will be joined on stage by a talented cast of actors, comedians and performers from the local community including Ken Chisholm, Aaron Corbett, Carolyn Dunn, Tony Hajjar, Todd Hiscock, Paul MacDougall, Stefan MacNeil, Don Munro and Joe Waye. Tickets to All Fool's Night are $25 and can be purchased at the McConnell Library in Sydney or the Cape Breton Curiosity Shop on Charlotte Street. Laughs for the library Trade News selected by Local Linkup on 13/04/2012