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42 - The Oakville Beaver, Friday February 23, 2007 www.oakvillebeaver.com Local brass to perform in Toronto For the fourth time, Intrada Brass of Oakville has been invited to perform at the annual Festival of Brass in Toronto. The Hannaford Street Silver Band event, which hosts groups from Toronto, Weston, Whitby, Ottawa and Buffalo, will be held at the St. Lawrence Centre for the Arts on Saturday, March 3. Intrada Brass will perform at 3.30 p.m. on Saturday as part of a day-long event that kicks off at 10 a.m. The Saturday night gala concert will be performed by the New York Staff Band of The Salvation Army, one of the world's great brass bands. They have performed all over North and South America, the Far East, Australasia and Europe in venues including Royal Albert Hall, Carnegie Hall and The Sydney Opera House. For more on the Festival of Brass, visit the St. Lawrence Centre website at www.stlc.com or call 416-366-7723. Intrada Brass of Oakville was formed in 1995 to make recordings, four of which have been released and are now in worldwide circulation. They have been broadcast extensively on CBC Radio One and Two across Canada and FJRT-FM and Classical 96 FM in Toronto. Textile art exhibit opens at Abbozzo Gallery Confluence: Streams and Strands opens tomorrow at Oakville's Abbozzo Gallery. It's a new exhibition of contemporary textile work by Oakville's Jane Coryell, Ruth Luginbuehl and Lorraine Roy. The opening exhibition with the artists is Saturday, Feb. 24 from 2­5 p.m., and all are welcome. Confluence: Streams and Strands is held as part of the World of Threads Festival 2007, Oakville's Biennial Festival of Textile Arts. The exhibition runs at Abbozzo Gallery, 179 Lakeshore Rd. E., until March 4. For more or to view work from the show, visit www.abbozzogallery.com. Children's Choir celebrates Black History Month Feb. 24 Engineering is all around us The Professional Engineers of Ontario, together with McMaster University and Oakville Trafalgar High School, will hold an educational and exciting event to raise awareness of the engineering profession and its regulation. The presentations will include the McMaster Fireball Show - a travelling, interactive and pyrotechnics engineering and science experience. Everyone is welcome; presentations of interest to ages 12 years and up. Wednesday, 28th February 2007, 7:00 PM to 9:30 PM Oakville Trafalgar High School 1460 Devon Road, Oakville RSVP: Cindy Storr, P.Eng tel: 905-849-1200 x3150 Light refreshments For All & Free T-shirts and Draw for iPod Nano for Students The Oakville Children's Choir is putting on a concert tomorrow (Saturday) along with special guest artists Fule and Abwoa Badoe to celebrate Black History Month. The Feb. 24 performance will include African dance, drumming and storytelling. A medley of spirituals, freedom songs, dancing and more will be included in the multi-cultural presentation. The concert begins at 7:30 p.m. at Clearview Christian Reformed Church, 2300 Sheridan Garden Dr. To order tickets, call 905-337-7104 or visit www.oakvillechildrenschoir.org. The performance is sponsored by Bell Canada. Tickets cost $20 for adults, and $15 for seniors and children. AUDITIONS Photo by Charles Anderson DanceBermuda 2007 A three week programme of ballet, modern dance and jazz taught by faculty of American Ballet Theatre August 6 ­ August 24. Auditions SUNDAY, MARCH 4, 2007 Bermuda High School Jessie Vesey Centre -- Dance Studio Richmond Road, Pembroke BERMUDA SUNDAY, MARCH 11, 2007 American Ballet Theatre 890 Broadway New York, NY USA SATURDAY, MARCH 17, 2007 Premiere Dance Inc. 208 Wyecroft Road, Unit #6 Oakville, Ontario CANADA SUNDAY, MARCH 18, 2007 Halifax Dance Maritime Center 1505 Barrington Street Halifax, Nova Scotia CANADA THE BEATLES: SGT. PEPPER'S CLASSIC ALBUMS LIVE DON'T LET THE PIGEON DRIVE THE BUS! Big Wooden Horse Theatre Co. THE ARROGANT WORMS with The Polyjesters Saturday, February 24th Please join Classic Albums Live as more than 20 musicians recreate note for note, cut for cut, one of the Beatles most defining albums "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band". Friday, March 2nd Watch as The Arrogant Worms bore into your funny bone with infectious songs about being Canadian, then enjoy the sound of "Chunk" music a blend of swing, folk and roots done in the Polyjesters style! Sunday, February 25th This lively show for children 3 and up is full of fun, feathers, laughter and excitement and features original music and lots of audience participation! All performances are at The Oakville Centre for the Performing Arts To order tickets call 905-815-2021 or 1-888-489-7784 All applicants must pre-register. Registration forms, including pp p g audition times and age groups, are available at www.dancebermuda.org or by calling (441) 236-3319 or by emailing ndfb@dancebermuda.org. Order on-line www.oakvillecentre.ca