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The Independent, Canadian Statesman Weekender, Bowmanville, Saturday, August 21,1993 3 Sharon, Lois and Bram Cowing to Civic Auditorium Snowmobilers Concerned About Program The YWCA in Bowmanville has. many exciting NEW Fall Programs for everyone. New Programs Pre-School Programs for children ages 12-36 months. Youth Programs for ages 10-14 years old: Girls Drop-In, Basketball, Volleyball, Babysitter Training Course, and Teen Line Dancing. Aerobic Workouts - Various Levels. Levels. Adult Workshops for Menopausal Years, Osteoporosis, and Nutrition. Regular Programs Children's Dance Programs Children's Programs Information will be available for all these great programs on August 23rd and registration will begin September September 7th, 1993. Contact the Bowmanville Bowmanville YWCA at 623-9922 or drop in at 133 Church Street. Join in on the fun at the YWCA! Hooper's Jewellers... Antique. Pocket Watches and Modern Watch Repairing We use only fresh Maxell watch and electronic equipment batteries. All watches purchased include a FREE lifetime battery replacement. Hooper's Jewellers 39 King St. W. Bowmanville Telephone 623-5747 What makes a song special? Popular children's entertainers Sharon, Lois and Bram from Toronto have a definite knack for creating special special songs, but are hard-pressed to pin down what it is exactly that makes so much of their repertoire so unforgettable. unforgettable. They have an idea it might be a certain tune that delights young listeners, listeners, or a silly verse that tickles them, or rhymes that pulse clear down to their toes, they say. Or perhaps it's the singers that finally finally touch the children's hearts. All the trio know for sure is that they love singing the songs they do as much as their young audiences love hearing them. Local folks will get a chance to experience experience Sharon, Lois and Bram in concert when they visit the Civic Auditorium Auditorium in Oshawa on Saturday, October October 16. The Kiwanis Club of Oshawa is hosting the event as part of their 65th anniversary celebrations. The "Skinnamarinky dink" singers will perform at 12:30 and at 2:30. Tickets arc $12:50 and are available from TicketMaster (870-8000) or the Civic Auditorium (728-5162). Deciding on which numbers to include include in their concert performance, SL&B had to look back over their 15- ycar career together and select a sampling sampling of "all-time favorites" from almost almost 300 songs they have recorded on 11 different albums and numerous TV Specials. Known to be experts at packing plenty of songs into every appearance (and plenty of music into every song), die trio has managed to include many of their most beloved sing-along songs, chants, medleys, ballads and pop tunes for October's big show.. People who know music and who know kids have said that the secret of mr. trim lawn and garden service government licensed professionals specializing in property maintenance tree and shrub pruning landscaping ih Landscopc Ontario C0Q.Q71 1 ■ "Mftwwt ma auxinw I I I the group's lasting appeal is in their unpretentious delivery and engaging humor. In an interview with Maclean's magazine, Sharon (Hampson) says "The message is music. Not how to add, subtract or count numbers." She adds that she and her colleagues colleagues are not strangers to the kids. "We can hug and we can talk like friends." Sharon Hampson started singing professionally at age 17 after she delivered delivered an impromptu musical performance performance in a folk house cafe and got hooked. The other two members of the trio are Lois Lilienstein, who has a music ■ degree from the University of Michigan, Michigan, and Bram Morrison, a one-time- music teacher for children. Many of the SL&B songs are adapted from traditional playground chants, familiar camp songs and songs that parents have sung to kids for gen erations. The classic "Mairzy Doats" gets a food chain twist with Whales eat eels and seals eat eels and baby fish eat oysters. Other numbers are versions of pop hits like Mama Cass' "New World Coming." The song "Peanut Butter" was contributed contributed by a grade three class in Toronto Toronto who sang the song in their schoolyard. The latest album put out by SL& B came out in September of last year. On it are 31 of their greatest hits. The- same year the group put out its "Sing, A to Z" video which combines superb : computer animation with exuberant concert footage. 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