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Artscene 37 · Friday, September 14, 2012 OAKVILLE BEAVER · www.insideHALTON.com Circle of Harmony needs singers Circle of Harmony began its new season this week and organizers say there are still spots for more choristers to join the free singing program. The women's four-part a cappella chorus, based in Oakville, is currently preparing for its Christmas concert, which will be staged in December. During the course of the singing sessions, women will learn a selection of Christmas songs. Those interested in participating should contact the group's membership co-ordinator Ann Cole at 905-331-0819 or members@circleofharmony.ca or visit www.circleofharmony.ca. submitted photo her home: Oakville's Lore Furtado has placed her house in the home competition television show Four Houses Canada, which will air on HGTV Sept. 27. Owner puts home out for the world to see on TV Correction By Dominik Kurek OAKVILLE BEAVER STAFF When you have a home you are proud of, you'll likely want to show it off. But why stop at just your friends? A new HGTV Canada home design competition television series allows homeowners to go beyond showcasing their homes to only their friends and family, opening their digs to a wide audience, while giving them a chance to get some bragging rights if their house is tops. And an Oakville homeowner has done just that, pitting her sprawling, ultra modern, 10,000 square-foot home, located on Lakeshore Road, against three others in an episode of Four Houses Canada. "Was I nervous when I got the call?" recalled Lore Furtado of becoming selected for the show. "Yes. I didn't know what to expect. You watch shows, you watch reality shows and you think how much of it is real? How much of it is scripted? And how will I be in front of cameras?" The episode featuring Lore Furtado and her home is scheduled to air Thursday, Sept. 27 at 9 p.m. This is the first season of the series, which premiered on Aug. 31. Each episode features four homeowners who visit each other's homes. Each person is tasked with rating the other three homes, giving them scores for style, design, originality, livability and overall impressions. The winner wins a cash prize of $1,000, a feature spread in Style At Home magazine and bragging rights. "It's amazing to go through other people's homes. What's home for me may not be home for someone else," Furtado said. "You leave people's homes with an appreciation, every home is different." Furtado signed up for the episode after seeing a call for homeowners on the HGTV website. Before deciding to appear on the show, she approached her husband and two teen sons if they would be willing to have their home showcased. "It is our personal space and our home is going to be open to thousands of people watching. At the end of day, everyone was kind of on board," Furtado said. The long-time Oakville residents have moved into this new home, which they call Belvedere, more than a year ago, after it was built specifically for them. "As we moved a few times here and there, we knew exactly what our family wanted. Unfortunately, buying off a builder ... there are limits to how much you can change your house," she said. So the entire family worked with an architect to make sure they got the perfect home, which took two years to build. "Our family knew exactly what we wanted and what suited our young lifestyle so we decided the only way we would get that is to build. So we started the process," she said. The home has five bedrooms, nine bathrooms, a cabana, sauna, commercial gym and movie theatre. Furtado said each home that appears in the Sept. 27 episode is different. During the filming process, she became good friends with one contestant and plans to have her new friend over to the house to watch the episode. "She doesn't know what I said about her house. I have no idea what to expect on what she said about my house so it's going to be neat," Furtado said. Furtado is the first Oakville resident to appear on the new show, but not the last. Oakville homeowners Cara Almeida and Robert Wappel are competing in an episode that airs on Oct. 4 at 9 p.m. In its story about Patrick Woodcock on Wednesday, Sept.12, The Oakville Beaver wrote an incorrect statement. Woodcock said many individuals in Fort Good Hope are suffering from the abuse they suffered at regional schools in the past. The Beaver regrets this error and any inconvenience it may have caused. Oakville NissanFamily Series PINKALICIOUS (ages 2 to 10) October 21 CANADIAN OPERA CO: HANSEL & GRETEL (ages 6 to 12) November 25 OUTERBRIDGE: THE TIME CAPSULE (ages 8+) December 22 PETER & THE WOLF (ages 6 to 10) January 27 TALES OF THE GARDEN (ages 5 to 10) March 12 & 13 BOO! (ages 4 to 12) April 7 THE OAKVILLE CENTRE FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS To order tickets call: 905-815-2021 or go to All performances are at www.oakvillecentre.ca