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ArtsceneChildren learn joys of musicTributeperformersbringEd Sullivanto townBy Dominik KurekOAKVILLE BEAVER STAFFFormer long-time Oakville resi-dent Garry Lichach is taking hisexperience of producing stage showsfor 42 years and bringing it to townwith the Ed Sullivan Show.Lichach is producing theCanadian touring tribute show,which has a stop at the OakvilleCentre for the Performing Arts, onFriday, April 29.It will feature, of course, an EdSullivan impersonator in HoustonMacpherson, along with tributes toother famed stars, such as FrankieMICHELLE SIU / OAKVILLE BEAVERValli, The Bee Gees, Ray Charles andmany others. Oakvilles own DavidDRUMMING FUN:Kaitlyn Gouldby, 6, (left) and Laura Cobbold, 7, showcase their work as part of the music and dance performance put on by the ArtHouse La Thangue is performing as Tomin the Gym program at the YMCA of Oakville on Saturday afternoon. The 30 students in the program held their final performance for parents on the weekend Jones.after several weeks of instruction with musician Eugene Draw. This year, ArtHouse will serve approximately 200 students around the town with arts programs.It's got comedy, commercials,live entertainment and a live band,said Lichach, now a Burlington resi-Ensemble choir joins forces with poets in concertdent.By Dominik Kurekarrival of spring.the poets will present through their song and You can go back in time to theOAKVILLE BEAVER STAFFThe concert, titled New Life, will take placereadings. The poetry featured in the concert is '50s and '60s when life was a littleat St. Johns United Church on Saturday, Aprilpart of this years Poetry Month Oakville.easier and there was not so muchThe Oakville Ensemble will be in concert30.The ensembles artistic director, Stane domestic pressure and making endswith a group of local poets for a performanceThe concert has themes such as Easter,Potvin, said the concert had been planned for meet.See Ed page 20both groups hope will help people celebrate thePassover and spring, which both the choir andSee Music page 19www.insideHALTON.com OAKVILLE BEAVER Wednesday, April 27, 2011 18