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By KATHY YANCHUS Oakville Beaver Staff When fiveâ€"yearâ€"old Lauren Hanna announced to her family that she wanted to take singing lessons, little did they know that some six years later, they would be spectators to a career that has seen her hop from stage to stage and recording studio to TV studio. Annual Toy Concert scheduled for Dec. 20th Includes: 8 Piece Tool Kit, with Patented Double. Self Cleaning Filter. 3 Inlet Install Kit, FaceEIates,, Electric Hose, Deluxe lectric Powerhead. Includes: 8 Piece Deluxe Tool Kit, Maintenance Free Bafiless Unit. 3 inlet Install Kit, Faceplates, Electric Powerhead, Electric Hose. ©‘BEAV Beams "Best Value" Package Beams "Better Value" Package 2 LBAN U o i â€"â€" y THIS CHRISTMAS AND SAVE BIG BUCKS! Currently this talented youngster is a member of the Canadian Children‘s Opera Chorus which keeps her busy not only singing but To say the 11â€"yearâ€"old Fern Hill School student is determined, is perhaps an understatement. Once the family found a teacher willing to instruct such a young stuâ€" dent â€" which they did in Simon Isherwood â€" Lauren took it from there. comes complete with deluxe 8 Piece Tool Set, 3 Inlet Install Kit, Electric powerhead and 30‘ Electric Hose * CANADAS BEST SELLING BUILT IN VAC commuting into Toronto for rehearsals. She was recently on the CFTO program Eye on Toronto as part of a core group from the CCOC promoting its new CD, and is also familiar with radio, having taped voice commercials for the World Wildlife Federation and Geo cars. Aside from exams and a busy festive CCOC concert schedule, Lauren has also taken on the role of Holly in the seventh annual Rob Builtâ€"In System In The Entire Industry Complete top of the line system. Includes Remote Control Electric Hose Featuring The Smart Advantage Power Brush. The "Best " hy Lauren is a very talented, very professional youngster according to her coach, David Johannesson, another Oakville resident who has multiâ€"level contributions to the Toy Concert, among them coâ€"writer of the songs for the first half of the show, vocalist and guitarist. After being an understudy for the part of Holly two years ago, Lauren was approached by Reed this year to execute the role which has become a musical one. The first half of the concert feaâ€" tures a musical based on Reed‘s original song, Holly‘s Prayer, the story of a poor little girl who thinks only of others as Christmas approaches. Johannesson, who just finished an engagement as drummer with Hagood Hardy at George‘s Spaghetti House in Toronto and who also played the World Series party, has donated his talents to the Toy Concert in previous years. Reed Toy Concert Dec. 20th at StagceWest in Mississauca. J NO *Â¥ U 7 *4 wr%‘é’;': *OPEN'Z DAYS! css "6 SPECIES # 323 Church St. (in Miller Mews) Church Reynolds 845â€"1010 JOINUS FOR »SWMYBR%VEH This year, Reed hopes to once again distribute thousands of toys to needy children through several Peel Region agencies. Admission to the event, which includes dinner and show plus a $15 donation to purâ€" chase toys, is $32.50. Tickets are available through the Stage West box office at 238â€"0042. The concert is Reed‘s brainchild and has grown to such an extent that he has a core of volunteers working six months of every year towards the annual event, executing such tasks as organizing corn roasts and golf tourneys and collecting proâ€" ceeds from the annual restaurant challence. : Since its inception at: the Oakville Centre seven years ago, the Toy Concert has "harvested" some 45,000 new Christmas toys for children who would otherwise go without. Although the program itself has gone through some changes over the years, the end result has always been the collecâ€" tion of toys. Ring‘ s IHIrms