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THE GEORGETOWN GEMINI WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1996 We're more than just bedrooms. ¥ 265 Guelph Street Georgetown Scholarships awarded by CFUW Several local young people are off to college and univer- sity this fall with close to $2,000 in scholarships pre- sented by the Canadian Fed- eration of University Women, Georgetown. Georgetown District High School graduates Alison Macewan, Kerith Geh, and Christy Michalak received the Club's Post-Secondary Award. All three are at Queen's University in King- ston, studying concurrent education, science, and engi- neering, respectively. Michalak hopes to move into biomedical engineering and prosthetic technology even- tually. Jennifer Bonnell, of Geor- getown won the Sharon James Award, given by the James family in memory ofa former Club member. Bonnell will study Arts at University of Waterloo, with the intention of pursuing jour- nalism as a career. The Club's final award goes to mature student Sarah Hobbs, who is working on a combined degree in Sociol- ogy and Gerontology at McMaster University. Chorus sings it up for bank commercial Cont. from Page 1 wanted some kids who would be "ringers" who could keep the beat and sing and that's where we camein," explained Chorus manager Lois Fraser in a recent interview. Fraser, who said that she got a fax with the words and map the night before the shoot, taught the kids the song on the way to Collingwood. "T was the only one who knew the song, so for the first third of the trip I taught it to the kids in my van. Then we stopped, I switched vans and taught those kids and then did it again for the third van," Fraser laughed. Fraser said they were all amazed how long it took to make the commercial and although it seemed like "dis- organized chaos" it was a lot of fun. "We filmed for 24 hours over two days to get a 30 second, 90 second and teaser commercials and that meant walking up and down a hill for two days, singing. "Tt was tiring but it was very exciting and the kids really had a ball." At the end of the shoot the producers were so impressed with the way the Chorus sang and behaved that instead of using professionals, they asked if 30 Chorus members would tape the audio portion ofthe commercial in Toronto a few days later. Their voices were taped and then repro- duced to sound like it was the 300 kids on the hill in the TV spot. "This was great because they offered to pay us and we are taking the Chorus to Hol- land in 1998. I thought the money would make a good start-up fund for that trip," Fraser said. Although the producers had booked two hours for the taping, thinking that an ama- teur group would need that much time, the Chorus mem- bers were so professional that the session wrapped up in 40 minutes. "With all that studio time left, I asked if they wouid mind if we sang a few songs. I wanted to show them what these kids could do so we sang Oh, Canada and some songs that weren't in unison. The studio executives were very impressed and I think we' ll hear from them again," Fraser said. The Georgetown Chil- dren's Chorus began five years ago and now. includes 140 members in a cherub's choir, a children's choir, a teen choir and a performance choir. This is a Invitation to the 5th EXHIBITION AND SALE of original paintings and limited edition prints by Halton Hills own wildlife artist MARK KALOUS at the Gallery of Halton Hills Library and Culture Centre Church St. Georgetown Ont. OCT. 2] through NOV, 4 1996 The Gallery will be open Tuesday to Sunday, during Library hours. Closed Mondays. The Reception and Official Opening will be held on Tuesday, October 22 from 6 pm to 9 pm. Coffee or tea will be served with cookies and home-made pastries. The artist will be there to meet you every day from 2 pm til clos- ing of the library. Come and bring your friends. You will not be disappointed. At pre- vious shows his paintings were compared to those of Robert Bateman and Peter Etril Schneider. It was music to his ears. Well, come, see and you be the judge. Mark Kalous