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PAGE 10, PMTYFE PRESS, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 3,1992 A grup of African children àged -5to 12 will sing in Whitby onSunday, June 14. The African Children's Choir was first broughit ta North America in 1984 by Friends in the West, a non-profit cor- poration in the U.S.A., Canada and, Great Britain 'that'operates in co-operation with many deno- minutions in Africa. The choir will perform ut Wbithy Christian Assembly, 100 Rossland Rd. W., on Junie 14, 10:30 a.m. Before 1984, the choir worked among Uganda's persecuted Christians on hu--an rigts issues during Idi Amin's reign of terror in the seventies. Choir members are selected from especiafly needy children in East Africa. The choir performs a wide variety of songs -- African tunes and dance are accompanied hy drumis and ethnie instrumen- tation.. The program also includes well-loved childron's songs popu- lar'gospel tunes and traditfional spirituls.ý Appern in more than 1000 churchýes smoce 1984, the l~oir also ha appeared in civic audi- toriums ancl telovision and radio broadcasts, including CBS' «60 Minutes!' Trhore is no charge ta attend the performance in-Wbithy, but offerings will ho accepted.' R(YJUAY CLUB MEETiNGS The Rotaiy Club of Whitby meets every Tuesday, 7:15 a.m., at the Golden Griddle Restaurant, Kendalwood Plaza, Whitby. For further information, contact Peers Davidson ut 668-6759- or Krish Krishnan ut 666-364. N.,.msi THIE LION & THE UNICOIRN Fn., June 5 & Sat. June 6 PHIL McGOVERN "PA 770 NOW OPENP'y 112 Coiborne St. E. Whitby 666-3034 G NOTES Wed., June 3 WiNG NIGHT Thurs., June 4 DANCE NIGHT Fri., June 5 JAMES YOUNGER BAND Sat., June 6 DANCE PARTY. 114 Dundas St. E. (Off Perry St.) Whitby 430-8637 EXPLORER' RESTAURANT & TAVERN DES HILTON entertains every Ffl. & Sat. night DINNER SPECIAL $1 2.95 Monday - Friday 900 HOPKINS ST. WHITBY 668-0316 THE PROSPECT 0OF WHITBY Summer SundaJs pm -1 1 pm Paddy & Debble Cauley KARAOKE - WED. TO SAT. Breakfast peclal $2.99- From 9am Fri., Sat., & Sun., Check oui ournew menu! ' Brock St. N..&Mary Whi*tby artil at McLaugý An exhibition o15itng unddrwlgsby Wbty painter ISea Mca b)egan at - the Robert McLÀUMughinGaleiy on »Included are paintings initiully promptedb Mcuysrct Northern Scotlund,, where, ut times, the envirorument and tmýospher could lead 'one to, beiv ht the pat th presnt. ,and the fuue eit simultaneously. He seeks to fashion his own A irect and indirect experiences into a kind of abstracted visual prose. Although born-in VWbitby, McQuay matured as a painter in Halifax. He was educated * t the Bye Bye Birdie WHITBYs ARTIST Margatret Boseman was ' at- Eaton's in the Oshawa Cen tre recently as part of the store's schedule Of exir.bitions sud events to mark Canada'. l25thbfrthday.i1' Photo tyPetorTgmbUfn,WtyyFr... in a scenie from Oshawa Little Theatre Youth Group's upcoming production of Mye Bye Bfrdie.' Photo by Makwk or, Whdtby Fr.. Pm. Theatre youth group stages 'Bye Bye"Birdiel The Oshawa Littie Theatre Youth Group w*ill present MBye B e Birdié' on June 4, *5, 6, 11,» The play is about a swivel- hipped rocker' naxned Conrad Birdie whose. career is seriouisly endungeredb4y the draft. To send him off-in a proper bluze of gory, bismanager arranges a f 1ewllta be cap- tured on the Ed Sullivan Show. Birdie will kise goddbye one of the teenybopper members of bis fan club, Kim MacAfee. The play was written more than30 y"arsagoh ycomposer Charles Strouse, bokriter Michael Stewart and lyricist Lee Adams. Diretor of the Little Theatre p roduction is Garvin Parr, and Myrna BalUss srdcr Paul Cottan, a Durham Colloge studentwill play Conrad Birdie. To ates, a Humber College student, plays Tom Bates. Autunin Smith, accepted ita the musical theatre profarn at Sheridan College, plays sie. Jenny Baker, a grade 9 u- dent at Courtice High Schol plgys Kim MacAfee. The Little Theatre is ut 62 Russett Ave., Oshawa. Curtain time is 7:30 p.m. The Durham Folklore Society will present, an evening of storytelling and traditional drurnring at the arts resource centre, Civic Square, Oshawa, on Suturday, Junîe 6, 8 p.m. Featured will be Tedi Potocbniak weaving his The Visual Arts Centre of Newcastle will hold the ninth annual juried show of photagra- phy Junie 7 to27. Aiita Gattellaro is jureir for the event. st's works ilin .gallery, Nova Scotia .Cllege ofArt -and Design, -Maia andthe Cooper union Sècol of ,NeYok and graduated ith; a bacheèlor fine arts degree in 1984.--, .Ho ha exbibited consistently ince 1980 ini solo and gru exhibitions. In the fall of 1987, the artist~ was a;warded a, Canada, Coundcil gattowork'overseas i Brian, S aund France. ,' 1.McQuay bhas alsoo written and illustrated booloe for chide winning the Writers' Guild awurd for verse, as well as Canada Council assistance writing grants. His wýork ha been published by St. Maiy's Press. The exhibition continues until July 12. Ukraiian folktales,. in the company of local storytellers, Bon G <etz, Sher Leetooze, George. Blake and others The concert is for adults - grade 9 ta greatý-grandfather. Admission is $5. For information, cail Carolyn Hart, 434-1975. 'The opening reception will- be held onT7hursda, ue 0,7 to 9. p ..,,Entertaimment àwi., be idd by the 'DuramString Lisemble und refresbments wI be served- by the arts centre's volunteer committee. AUTUMN SBM struts her stuif past (from left) Jarrett Mackay, Andrew Young aud Soett Henderson Storytelli ng on June 6. Juried art show at.gallery Afrian Chi*ldren's, Choir to perfom in Whi'tby ! ýý