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Artscene 15 · Wednesday, February 13, 2013 OAKVILLE BEAVER · www.insideHALTON.com Coldwater at SXSW The feature-length, drama-thriller Coldwater, co-written by Oakville's Mark Penney, is headed to the South by Southwest (SXSW) festival. The music and film festival runs from March 8-14 in Austin, Texas. Coldwater is listed in the festival's Narrative Spotlight section. The film is about a teenaged boy sent to a juvenile reform facility in the wilderness and his strug- gle for survival within the camp. Penney wrote the film with Vincent Grashaw, who also directed. It was shot over the summer in Los Angeles and at an outdoor camp in Malibu, California. Penney previously lived in California, where he went to film school and met Grashaw. For more information, visit www. facebook.com/coldwaterthemovie. Choir needs singers submitted photo headed to worlds: Goggin-Carroll School of Irish Dance is sending 29 dancers to the Irish Dance World Championships. Pictured here are some of them. Back row (l-r): Meghan Quinn, Brooke Ezekiel, Nieve Robinson, Rebecca Stewart, Zack Bernier, Charly Moore, Paige Mackintosh, Miranda Lee, Mackenzie Wade; front row (l-r): Joely Bernier, Caitlyn Micuda, Brynna McVittie, Isabella Simms, Morgan Fontaine, Julia Cousins, Katie Holbrook, Heather Fletcher, Ainsley Flemington. Agnus Dei Choir, which practises in Oakville and Mississauga, is looking for singers. The choir has already had four concerts since this past December, two of which were in Oakville and the others in Toronto. The group performs music by renowned composers. It practises in Oakville on Fridays at 8 p.m. and Mississauga on Tuesdays at 8 p.m. Those interested in joining the choir can visit the group's website for more information at www. agnusdeichoir.com. Irish dancers heading to world championships the worlds at the Eastern Canadian Regional Oireachtas held in Montreal this past November. The school is also sending an under-11 Oakville will be well-represented this year Ceili team. The team is made up of seven and at the Irish Dance World Championships. The Oakville-based Goggin-Carroll School eight year olds, who will be the youngest competitors at the chamof Irish Dance is sending pionships. 29 of its dancers, 10 of "These dancers train daily To help pay for travel whom are Oakville resi- for an event like this and are expenses, the dancers will dents, to the international putting their focus on be fundraising locally. competition in Boston, representing Oakville and The school is holding Massachusetts. its Claddagh Ball The championships Canada with pride." (Claddagh is the Irish run from March 24-31. symbol for friendship, "These dancers train Barb Goggin-Wade, co-owner loyalty and love), at the daily for an event like this Goggin-Carrol School Burlington Convention and are putting their focus on representing Oakville and Canada with Centre on Saturday, March 2. Tickets cost $90. The event starts at 6 pride, said co-owner Barg Goggin-Wade, in a news release. "It's an honour to travel to p.m. The centre is located at 1120 Burloak Boston and the dancers are training to make Dr. This St. Patrick's Day (March 17), the the most of this prestigious opportunity." This is only the second time the Irish dancers will also be visible in the Oakville Dance World Championships are taking community. For more information and tickets, visit place in North America, as it usually takes www.goggin-carroll.com. place in the U.K. Dominik Kurek can be reached at The Goggin-Carroll members heading to worlds also include dancers from Mississauga, dkurek@oakvillebeaver.com or followed on Burlignton and Windsor. They qualified for Twitter at @DominikKurek. By Dominik Kurek OAKVILLE BEAVER STAFF