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www.oakvillebeaver.com · OAKVILLE BEAVER Wednesday, May 26, 2010 · 20 Artscene By Dominik Kurek OAKVILLE BEAVER STAFF Sign up now for guitar, bass, drums, and piano OAKVILLE'S MUSIC STORE Bring food to see Anne of Green Gables The Oakville Children's Music Theatre program students are doing a musical production of a famous Canadian novel in an effort to raise food for a local food bank. The music theatre program and Trinity United Church, where the production will take place, have teamed up to raise money or non-perishable food for the Trinity Food Cupboard. The group of 24 children in Grades 6-8 will perform Anne of Green Gables -- The Musical at the church on Sunday, May 30. "It's Canadian -- it's a good story," said Dianne Devaux, program director, of why the musical was selected. "Also, a lot of the children have gone to P.E.I. (Prince Edward Island) so they're familiar with that and they've seen the production so it's something you can drive home. It's Canadian and it's worldrenowned." The musical has been produced annually, since 1965, at the Charlottetown Festival in P.E.I. It is based on the bestselling novel, of the same name, by Canadian author Lucy Maud Montgomery. It was published in 1908. The book is about an orphan girl who ends up living at Green Gables, a farm in the village of Avonlea in P.E.I. The production features a cast of 24 children aged 11-13. Each cast member has been given one major and one minor role. The production will be performed on two nights at Sheridan College June 17 and 18 and the students will alternate their roles on the two dates. During last year's campaign for the food bank, the students did a theatrical production of Charles Dickens' Oliver Twist. The music theatre program is taught at KAREN NEWMAN / OAKVILLE BEAVER FOR THE FOOD CUPBOARD: The Oakville Children's Music Theatre program is currently in rehearsals for its upcoming performance of Anne of Green Gables -- The Musical on May 30. The performance will be at the church with admission being non-perishable food items or a cash donation towards the Trinity Food Cupboard. The children range in age from 11-13 (Grades 6-8) and they rehearse at the church once a week. Breanna Jager in the role of a teacher and Jackie Black as Anne Shirley in Anne of Green Gables. the church and has been around for 16 years. It offers lessons in drama, music and dance to children from as young as Junior Kindergarten to Grade 8. The May 30 production will take place at noon. The church is located at 1250 McCraney St. E. As admission, visitors are asked to bring a non-perishable food item or cash donation for the food bank. For more information, visit www.ocmt.on.ca. The Taste of Oakville will be on the menu when more than a dozen restaurateurs, caterers and bakers combine their efforts this weekend. Oakville Taste 2010 is taking place Sunday, May 30 at Appleby College, located just east of Fourth Line on Lakeshore Road. Participants will be able to sample and pair signature foods, food styles, beers and Try a Taste of Oakville Windjammers See Bronte in art wines from local producers at the event. There will also be a silent auction. The net proceeds of the event will go to Oakville's Kerr Street Ministries' (KSM) food bank. The event runs 2 to 6 p.m. Tickets cost $75. For tickets and more information, visit www.oakvilletaste2010.com. The Kiwanis Club of Oakville presents its second Windjammers Concert on Sunday, May 30. The 7 p.m. concert will be held in the theatre at Sheridan College on Trafalgar Road. Guest singer will be Heather Bambrick. Tickets cost $35 from Leasa or Margaret at 905-825-3242, ext. 222 or at the door, if available. A pre-show jewelry bazaar will begin at 6 p.m. See Bronte through the eyes of an artist at an art exhibit at Sovereign House, hosted by Art on the Bluffs. It is the first exhibit of this season's iteration of Bronte through Artists' Eyes. The exhibit opened last week and goes on until June 2. "We start each season with a group show celebrating Bronte as artistic inspiration," said Art on the Bluffs' chair Lyn Estall. Most of the art works are available for sale. Art on the Bluffs is a fundraising effort for the Bronte Historical Society. Sovereign House is at 7 West River St. in Bronte. Gallery hours are Saturday, Sunday and Wednesday from 1-4 p.m. For information, visit www.brontehistoricalsociety.ca.