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THE HERALD November Handels Messiah an encore by choral society By TAYLOR Herald writer For the second lime the Georgetown Choral Society will be presenting Handels Messiah as part or Its Christ Dale Wood conductor of the Choral Society sold that nor the society doesnt like to repeat itself musically Theres no challenge in repeating something he said But weve had a lot of re quests for it so we decided to do It again The society per formed the Messiah two years ago The Hallelujah Chorus pro bably the most famous part of the Messiah will not bo per formed with the main program but may be done as an encore The Messiah Is actually made up of three parts Mr Wood said the Christmas part the Easter part and a general summing up The Hal lelujah Chorus comes right at the end and It Isn t normally done with he Christmas part because musically it doesnt DINNER HELD Marjorle Norton checks to make sure Vi Preston left and Millie Fry are enjoying their dinner The two ladles were among the first diners at roast beet dinner at St Albans Church in the Glen last Saturday afternoon Social agencies reps discuss local needs Representatives of several North Hat Ion social service agencies gathered at the Acton Community Services Centre Thursday afternoon to com pare notes on their with youthin Acton George town and Milton who are con fronted with a variety of per sonal problems Peter Gillespie director of yearold Youth Serv ices Network invited the a lo attend the meeting and help the networks I la I Ion subcommittee to ify local problems and set priorities Those who accepted the invi included the Ha Hon Hills Recreation Department and town council the Children AidSociety High School local clergymen and ihe to Youth Secretariat Several Acton high school students were also on hand along with Terry Grubbe of the community services Mr Gillespie reported that committee and particlpa ting agencies recognize a finite need across the region for preventative programs aimed at anticipating prob lems associated with young people The region he explain has spent a great deal of money on rehabilitative pro grams that confront the prob lems only after they cause trouble That money sub committee agrees would be better spent stopping the prob lems in their initial stages before any harm Is done Mr Gillespie claimed is an apparent need in North Hal ton for a youth forum through which young people can discuss their problems either privately with an ap propriate counsellor or in group conferences with others from their peer group Counselling for those 16 years of age and over parlicu larly high school dropouts seems to be a high priority need he added Having spent almost every Friday In Aclon since he be came network director three months ago Mr Gillespie has concluded that vandalism drinking and drug abuse and a lack of Informal unstructured activities for young people it re the prime problems facing ihe community Far from being Ihe lasl lo admit thai such problems exist youth of Acton themselves have recently the Init In providing a solution by establishing a coffeehouse in the basement of the Murray Memorial building An energetic group of teen has named the coffee house The Mug and is cur renlly renovating the premises In Ihe style of English pub Alcohol however is banned as arc drugs and drunks En forcemeat of such rules is to be left up to the tors although adult chaperon A S JANJUA MD DPH WISHES TO ANNOUNCE THE OPENING OF AN OFFICE FOR THE GENERAL PRACTICE OF MEDICINE and SURGERY On HIGHWAY NO One block North of Forks of Credit CALEDON Te 73237 Consultation Weston By Appointment STARTING SOON IN HALTON HILLS the Dale Carnegie Course Some of the many ways the Dale Carnegie Course helps men and women Develop Greater Polae and Self Confidence Communicate More Effectively Be At Ease In Any Situation Be a Better Conversationalist Names Control Tension and Anxiety Acquire a Better Understanding of Human Relatione Be At Your Best with Any Group For further information phone the Herald 8772201 Sponsored In Halton Hills by Home Newspaper of Halton Hills This year the concert will be held on Dec and i instead of the normal twoday run Each or the performances will be held at Knox Presbyter Ian Church The opening song will be veFallh ful as traditional However Mr WoodsaidhcisloyingwUh the idea of having audience sing the first verse Itself I may just walk out uce the song and tell the audience they II be singing the first verse alone Mr Wood said I havent made up my mind yet I may Just do it one night to see how it works out Mr Wood has been the lor of the Georgetown Choral Society since 1975 Before thai he was the assistant conductor and accompanist of the coke Centennial Choir Two months before taking over the directorship of the Georgetown Choral Society Mr Wood had made an appearance as tenor soloist The Georgetown Society asked me to be their director but 1 said No I cant because your practices are on Tuesday ights and Monday night the only night 1 hove free Mr Wood So went and then came back and bald changed our practices to Monday night Will you be our director So I agreed lo take over The choir Is presently voices strong and Mr aiming for a choir Members of the choir come from all walks of life Mr Wood said Some arc house wives some school teachers truck drivers and farmers The choir has grown in leaps and bounds over the years in what ihey re able to accomplish Mr Wood said The youngest member of the choir is 16 and the oldest is over GO There is no age limit for Joining choir and e motional maturity thai I would have lo decide on If was exceptionally young Mr Wood said The society Is for most port selfsupporting They rake money fur needed supp lies such as music sheets accompanists and guest artists through ticket sales They re ceived a grant well In addition for first lime local businessmen were asked lo advertise In the so ciety program Its Ihe first time weve asked for help from local business and we got a dous response Mr Wood said I war to thank the local businessmen for that because we couldnt do it without ihelr help Their assistance is need and greatly appreciated Mr Wood said he would like start a young peoples choir accommodate Ihe Interest of young people in the but he says at the present have lime brings people into the The town really needs according to Mr Wood something like that he said I think something like a The members of the Choral young peoples choir would be society have one common accepted here goalhesaid Were there to It Is a love of singing which enjoy singing and we do will be present The that has dlr operations at The Mug las week earned from town council for its obviously enthusiastic presentation of plans at a finance netting Members of the com mltiec are Mark and Beaton Deb Wcllwood Char lieKinal Hannah Pcler Zmns Miriam Beaton Karen Corinna Moreau John Jo Ann Miller Rick Van Fleet and Dave Acton young people also seem keen to gci started on proposal by Art new 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