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36 - The Oakville Beaver, Friday April 20, 2007 www.oakvillebeaver.com White Oaks exchange to Nova Scotia Choir and junior band members of White Oaks Secondary School are doing an exchange with high school musicians from Middleton, Nova Scotia. The Nova Scotians will be arriving April 25 for a one week visit culminating in a concert and reception at White Oaks on Monday, April 30. Visits to Toronto and Niagara Falls are also on their program. On May 9, White Oaks students will board the plane for Halifax and their performances in the Middleton area. They also plan to go whale watching, visit Halifax, Peggy's Cove and Lunenberg. The two groups have been twinned under a project funded by the SEVEC Youth Exchanges Canada program. The program is aimed at youth groups between the ages of 12-17 from various provinces and territories across Canada. "Students and staff at White Oaks are proud to be part of a Canadian exchange program which builds relationships among the young people of different provinces", said White Oaks principal John Stieva. "This year we are pleased to host visitors from the east coast and for our students to visit there to learn about another province and its unique culture." More than 6,000 young Canadians traveled in Canada last year thanks to the SEVEC Youth Exchanges Canada program, which is partially funded by the Government of Canada through Exchanges Canada, and the Department of Canadian Heritage. Senio and Stu rs den $11.00 ts Wed. May 2 Student art exhibit opens Sunday at Glen Abbey Glen Abbey Framing and Fine Art Gallery is hosting a student art exhibit, which opens Sunday, April 22. The show features art by senior art students from St. Ignatius of Loyola Secondary School. They have been working on projects for participation in this spring exhibition at the Glen Abbey gallery. Art teacher Liz Tkalec is selecting the works, which focus on drawings and paintings. The exhibition will highlight the creative high caliber work which is being produced by the school's students, all of whom are excited to have their work displayed in a gallery atmosphere. Glen Abbey invites the community to an opening reception on Sunday, April 22 from 2-4 p.m. The show runs to Saturday, April 28 at Glen Abbey Framing and Fine Art Gallery. It's located in Oakville Town Centre I at North Service Road and Dorval Drive. Homeschool Network kids showcase art at Town Hall An art show of works created by kids ages 8 to 17 from The Homeschool Network opens Monday, April 30 at Town Hall. The kids learned about contemporary art during afternoon workshops with Lucy Erskine, a local jewellery artist. The students, along with those of Woodview Learning Centre, had the opportunity to express themselves with acrylic painting on canvas. These paintings will all be on display in a gallerylike setting at Town Hall from April 27 ­ May 17. "The project went beautifully and the end result was that they really like what they had done," said Erskine. "There were no frustrated artists, no unhappy experiences ­ they liked it, and with good reason ­ the work was phenomenal." Erkine added her main objective was to make kids feel happy about art, something she feels she achieved. "I know so many people who `don't do art' because of unhappy experiences. None of these kids will be blocked by that perception," said Erkine. "They were successful at tackling a big canvas and coming out of it very pleased with the results. "They also have been exposed to, and understood, a wide variety of contemporary art and will be much more open to enjoying it in the future." Erskine was able to provide this program because of the Oakville Arts Council's disbursement of a Youth Arts grant. It was donated by the Halton Regional Chairman's Charity Golf Classic. The art show opens from 6:30 ­ 8:30 p.m. on Monday, April 30, at Town Hall, 1225 Trafalgar Rd. All 53 paintings can be viewed during business hours between April 27 and May 17. In addition to artwork contributed by kids from the Homeschool Network, the show also includes the work of nine students from the not-for-profit private school, the Woodview Learning Centre. April is Autism Awareness Month and their paintings will be a celebration of that. Burl-Oak Theatre Group presents The Noble Pursuit by Douglas Bowie Dark little secrets are hilariously revealed in this fast-paced, door-slamming farce that skewers our familiar Canadian literary scene. Thurs. to Sat., April 26-28 and Wed. to Sat., May 2-5 BERTIN STABLES Spring Lessons & Summer Camps · Weekday Lessons 4/$107 or $35/Lesson · Saturday at Farm 10am-3pm $40 (Children 5-12 yrs.) The Oakville Centre for the Performing Arts Tickets $22 · Call the Oakville Centre Box Office 905.815.2021 or 1.888.489.7784 or online at www.oakvillecentre.ca NOW BOOKING (905) 827-4678 www.bertinstables.com BUDDY GUY "Thanks for the Memories" presented by With special guest Jackie Greene Oakville's Own Barbershop Chorus, DILAY!! SSEATSUTINAVA ABLE HS TGREIAT S LL APRIL 22 AT 8:00PM HAMILTON PLACE Tickets Available at Copps Coliseum Box Office, Ticketmaster.ca or charge by phone 905-527-7666 Books getting people talking Continued from page 35 NTERTAINERS ECanadian recording and stage artists Featuring Memorable performances of the vocal music we remember and treasure Among the musical memories, we salute and celebrate the 150th Anniversary of Oakville's founding the 140th Anniversary of Canada's Confederation and much more! TWO PERFORMANCES ONLY - 1:30 & 7:30 p.m. unreserved seating - tickets $20.00 the CANADA'S PIANO SUPERSTORE INVENTORY CLEARANCE SALE 400 PIANOS Grands · Digitals All Taxes included! ONE DAY ONLY Saturday, April 21 9 am - 6 pm PIANOHOUSE BURLINGTON 5205 Harvester Rd. Unit 2, Burlington (right off the Q.E.W. at Appleby Line) 905-631-9259 - www.pianos.ca SATURDAY, APRIL 28, 2007 GLEN ABBEY UNITED CHURCH, OAKVILLE 1469 Nottinghill Gate & Upper Middle Road TICKET HOTLINES Oakville/Burlington 905-336-5195 Brampton/Mississauga 416-855-4040 upon her release from her fearful family, her fellow Iranians and cellmates. "My family decided they didn't want to know what happened and I went on with life hoping the experience wouldn't catch up with me," said Nemat. It did. Nemat lost the ability to speak and nightmares of the past seeped into her sleep. "I needed to find a reason why I survived so I began writing it down." Nemat hopes the book opens up dialogue for other political prisoners and the rest of world that ignored the Iranian population's plight. Until Sally Armstrong put the life story of her great, great, great grandmother Charlotte Taylor in print, in her latest book The Nine Lives of Charlotte Taylor, it was dinnertime fodder. "I have researched this book my whole life," said Armstrong who only knew of her ancestor's salacious details: as a lover, widower three times over with 10 children and landgrabber who built her own house in 1798. "Charlotte's life is not a tale of a genteel woman in petticoats and a bonnet, she was a dame who kept her 10 kids alive amid wars and as the first woman settler in New Brunswick." Armstrong spent 10 years researching her pioneering relative scouring through provincial archives and gathering as much information as possible from the family stories passed through descendants all over the world. "I started with the goal of writing a creative non-fiction book, but ended up giving a great woman her rightful place of prominence in history," said Armstrong.