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The Independent, Canadian Statesman Weekender, Bowmanville, Saturday, January 15,1994 15 Youth Choir Performs at Opening of Region's Anniversary Celebration The Durham Youth Choir sang the Celebrate Durham '94 theme song on Sunday, Jan. 9, during the kick-off of the 20th Anniversary Celebration of Durham Region. The kick-off took place at Eastdale Collegiate, in Oshawa. Results of Grade 9 Tests Are Released to Students The first phase of the 1993-94 Ontario Ontario Grade 9 Reading and Writing Test has concluded, as the Ministry of Education and Training has returned individual results to 40,000 students who wrote the test last fall. A further 100,000 students will be taking the test this spring. "We are now mid-way through a test that is an important step to building building public confidence in education through greater accountability," said Education and Training Minister Dave Cooke. "Support for the test from parents parents has been enthusiastic. These individual individual results will help them see how well their children are learning the essential essential skills of reading and writing." The tests were marked in December December by some 200 specially trained teachers, who marked over 200,000 pieces of work from the students. The marking process was a model of efficiency efficiency and co-operation on the part of teachers, Cooke said. The students who wrote the test in the fall, and are now receiving their individual results, took English/ Français in their fust semester. Students Students in non-semestered schools will start the test in February 1994, while students taking English/Français in their second semester will start in mid-March. At the end of the year, all Grade 9 students will have participated participated in the test. The results that have gone to students students are individual results only. A provincial report on the overall results is expected in the fall of 1994. "These individual results will give parents and students a picture of individual individual achievement at a crucial stage of education as well as providing the opportunity for dialogue between teachers, students and their parents at an early stage of secondary school," said Cooke. "For these reasons we will hold a Grade 9 Reading and Writing Writing Test for all Grade 9 students again -in the next school year." Scugog Artist Featured At McLaughlin Gallery An exhibition of paintings by artists artists Michael Reeves will be on view at the Robert McLaughlin Gallery from Thursday, January 6, until Sunday, Sunday, March 6. The public is invited to meet the artist at an opening reception reception to be held Thursday, January 20, 7-9. p.m. The exhibition will be opened by the Mayor of Scugog Township, Howard Hall. In the catalogue which accompanies accompanies the exhibition, Gallery Director Joan Murray says: "He is a painter who leaps in head-first to paint what possesses him, an exuberant paradise, partly of his imagination, amicably inhabited by ducks, deer, rabbits and bears, knights, pioneers, even boating parties. Exhibitions and Classes At the Visual The Visual Arts Centre has an exciting exciting calendar of exhibits and classes planned for the upcoming months. Coming soon is the exotic photography photography display by three exceptional artists. artists. Distant Lands -- Imagined Worlds showcases the talents of Marcus Marcus Schubert, Michael B. Goleski, and Paul Osadchuk. The show officially opens Sunday, January 23, and runs until February 12th. All three artists connect in some manner with the grandeur of structure and an overriding overriding human exuberance. The subject matter includes obsessively decorated properties, foreign marketplaces, large structures and close-ups of "tourist" views. The Tenth Annual Winter Harvest Harvest opens March 6th. A video festival festival is planned. Videos will be shown Thursday evenings and some of the topics are: Fibre Magic, Health Hazards Hazards and Visual Arts, Glassblowing and Woodworking. For the juried show, the jury will be composed of three former jurors from Winter's Harvest. Entry forms are available upon request, and will be sent automatically to previous entrants. entrants. Deadline for entries is February 18th. Awards are provided in various categories. The Gallery space at the Claring- ton Administration Centre will be showing the works of Ken Dunning in January, a Sunflower Show in February, February, Ruth Latimer in March, and Bernice Bernice Harper in April. The following courses and work- Chamber Holding Mayor's Luncheon Mayor Diane Hamre will speak at the Oshawa & District Chamber of Commerce's Annual Mayor's Luncheon Luncheon on Tuesday, January 18, 1994, 12:00 noon at the Bowmanville Recreation Recreation Complex. Her Worship will discuss the challenges challenges and opportunities facing the Municipality of Clarington. "1994 will be a challenging year for the Municipality Municipality of Clarington, in a positive way. I am looking forward to sharing the opportunities for these challenges with the new Economic Development Officer and the soon to be appointed Chief Administrative Officer" says Hamre. The Mayor is scheduled to speak at approximately 1:20 p.m. Tickets arc $26.75. ' ■*'^*m**«^ Arts Centre shops are offered by the Visual Arts Centre: Uninstructed Life Drawing; Mondays from 7 p.m. til 9:30 p.m. Classes continue throughout the year. Participants are requested to purchase a book of tickets in advance. Admission Admission will be by ticket. Silver Cast Jewellery and Small Sculpture to be held on Mondays Mondays from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. starting Jan. 17th for six weeks. Life Drawing on Tuesdays from 6:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. starting Jan. 18th for eight weeks. Photography I on Tuesdays from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. starting Jan. 18th to Mar. 7th. Participants must bring their own camera. Water Color Painting on Tuesdays Tuesdays from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. starting Jan. 25 to Mar. 22. Photography II (darkroom skills) on Wednesdays from 6:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.mr~starting on January 19th running til Mar. 9th. A Little Art History on Thursdays Thursdays from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m., starting January 20th for eight weeks. Pottery Class on Thursdays from 6:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. starting Jan. 20 for eight weeks. Oil Painting on Saturday evening from 7 p.m to 9:30 p.m. starting Jan. 22 for eight weeks. Papermaking on Sundays from 9:30 a.m. to 12 noon starting on Jan. 23 for 6 weeks. Basic Art and Beyond on Sundays Sundays from 1 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. starting Jan. 23 for 6 weeks. A number of one-day workshops are scheduled for Saturdays and Sundays Sundays through January and February. Traditional Leather Techniques' Techniques' will be held on Saturday, Jan. 15th, from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m. Silk Screening will be held on Sunday, Jan. 16th, from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Calligraphy will be held on Saturday, Saturday, Jan. 29 from 9 a.m to 12 noon. Realist Watercolor will be held on Sunday, Jan. 30th from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Adult Cartooning will be held Saturday, February 5th from 9 a.m. to 12 noon. Mixed Media will be held on Sunday, February 13th from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. To register for any of the above- mentioned courses or to inquire about exhibits call the Visual Arts Centre at 623-5831. T " Durham Shoppers still say... First choice for Canadians for 71 '--' years. : t- Over 35,000 different items to choose from. 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