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Sheridan music theatre students perform for ArtHouse By Dominik Kurek OAKVILLE BEAVER STAFF It was a show so good it had to be repeated and a local organization that provides children with cost-free arts programing is the beneficiary. Sheridan College's music theatre program student will perform their Glee-style performance called Sheridan in Motion as part of ArtHouse Festival Series on Thursday, Oct. 20 at The Oakville Centre for the Performing Arts. The proceeds of the show will go to support ArtHouse and its initiatives. "They're (students) excited because they get to do it again. I'm excited too because I think this is the first time they've ever brought a full production off the campus," said Don Pangman, founder of ArtHouse. Each year, the first year students of the program perform a musical show at the end of the school year. This is a repeat of that April show by the students who are now in their second year of the four-year degree program. "I think the program is one of the best in North America. They're pretty renowned and a lot of these young students go off to Broadway, to Toronto, to L.A., who knows where else they wind up. So we're getting a really special group of people performing for us," Pangman said. "It's a great fit and I can't tell you how flattered and honoured I am to be able to do this with Sheridan." The show will feature a line up of performances of music from the '60s all the way through to more recent music. "This is one and a half hours of action," Pangman said. Sheridan has already been supporting ArtHouse the past two summers, by providing studio space to the organization to hold day camp programs to children. This year, Camp ArtHouse had 80 children at the Oakville campus. "I think that the college is looking to be more deeply involved in the community. You're seeing that in the fact that (Sheridan president) Jeff (Zabudsky) is chairing the United Way campaign," Pangman said. "There just seems to be a really great fit between ArtHouse and what we're doing on the campus with our young kids and we just talked about a possible event." The Sheridan students will also repeat the show at the Glenn Gould Studio in Toronto on Wednesday, Nov. 2 in support of the Philip Aziz Centre. The Oakville show will begin at 7:30 p.m. Tickets cost $32, and are available at www. oakvillecentre.ca. ArtHouse is also hosting a pre-event party at the Oakville Club, but it's nearly sold out. Tickets to the party and concert cost $100, and are available at 905-467-8551. 17 · Wednesday, October 19, 2011 OAKVILLE BEAVER · www.insideHALTON.com Black history with a mix of blues The Canadian Caribbean Association of Halton (CCAH) and the Oakville Museum are hoping to give people a bit of black history knowledge, whilst enjoying well-known musical entertainers. The organizations are hosting the fifth annual Roots of Freedom Festival in two locations this Thursday and Friday. The event will include a concert featuring great blues musicians Diane Braithwaite and Chris Whitely, as well as the Muhtadi African Drummers and the CCAH Steel Band. In addition to the music, there will also be tours of the Oakville Museum and educational seminar performances for Oakville students in Grades 4, 5 and 6. The focus of this festival is on black history and heritage within the context of the Diaspora and the impact of slavery. Those who participate will get better knowledge of the slave trade, its impact and legacy, while learning of the contributions of the early black community who settled in Oakville via the Underground Railroad. The Juno Award-nominated Whitely has been a blues musician for more than 30 years and has played with the likes of Chuck Berry and John Lee Hooker and has performed on Saturday Night Live. Braithwaite is a blues singer with a recently released single in Europe and has been actively touring with Whitely. The music will take place on Thursday at the Meeting House, located at 2700 Bristol Circle. The concert runs from 7-9 p.m. Tickets cost $10, or $5 for seniors and students. The other activities take place at the Oakville Museum at Erchless Estate from 4-6 p.m. on both days of the festival. For tickets and more information, visit www.rootsoffreedomfestival.com. Watch for your copy of the premier edition of PHOTO COURTESY OF DAVE DICKSON Healthy Living in Oakville TOGETHER AGAIN: Coney Hatch, featuring Oakville musician Andy Curran, returned to the stage together in 2010 after years of separation. Reuniting was motivation for singer Continued from page 16 "We wanted to give him some motivation. He did get better so the Hamilton Festival of Friends was a bit of a celebration that Carl was able to pull through the near fatal accident. A lot of water is under the bridge and we're all friends now." It's not always easy to get the entire group together though. Curran lives in Oakville, Dixon in Haliburton, guitarist Steve Shelski in Mississauga and drummer Dave Ketchum in Thunder Bay. However, when they do get together, it's a good time. "It's fun to see the guys again and we're thinking of busting the roof off the Manor, for sure. It will be a night of no frills rock and roll," he said. Furthermore, the music, though as old as 30 years, is still deeply rooted in the band members' minds. "We haven't played for so long together and the minute the four of us get in the room ­ it's just a combination of those four personalities ­ and we almost don't need to rehearse. These songs are engraved in our heads," Curran said. Despite being a Juno-winning musician, reality eventually caught up to Curran. After starting a family, he decided it was time to get a job. However, he didn't stray far from the music scene. Now, he's employed with Anthem Records doing A&R (artist and repertoire) for the label and works with big Canadian bands, including Rush. "I'm still pretty entrenched in music every day." Aside from being a motivating factor for one of the band's members to get better, Curran added another reason the band was able to reunite is because of the resurgence in classic rock. The Boston Manor show, located at 4460 Fairview St., begins at 9 p.m. The show is adults-only. Tickets cost $15. For more information, visit www.coneyhatch.com. 2011 Living Premier edition Healthy Arriving Wednesday October 19th Cover crop mark s_Healthy Living 2011.indd 1 9/30/11 6:12:00 PM