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ARTSCENE Phone: 905-845-3824 (e x t 5559) Fax: 905-337-5567 e-mail: rjerred@haltonsearch.com W EI )NESI ).\Y. August 7. 2(X)2 · Page C 6 Downtown Oakville set to swing to the sound of jazz Downtown Oakville will come alive with the sound of jazz this weekend. The 10th annual Oakville Jazz Festival will fill the down town with live jazz entertain ment by Canadian and interna tional musicians from 8 p.m. Friday to midnight on Saturday. There will be three stages plus entertainment in downtown pubs, coffee shops and at the Oakville Museum. The festival will feature 17 live acts on its three main stages. These will include singer Emilie-Claire Barlow, Juno nominees The Susie Arioli Swing Band, form er metal queen gone jazz singer Lee Aaron, Trinidadian bom and New York trained tumpeter Nick `The Brownman' Ali, keyboard wizard Michael Kaeshammer, Caribbean musicians NEWA, and Cuban pianist Hilario Duran. Also appearing will be Adagio, The Mark Eisenman WIZARD OF WAL-MART: Gandalf the Grey was on hand to greet purchasers of the DVD or VHS Jazz Quartet, Tyler Yarema, version of The Fellowship o f the R ing at "Middle Earth" at Wal-Mart on Tuesday. The wizard also Thermal Quartet, OriOxy, handed out free Lord o f the Rings: Fellowship o f the Ring movie cards. Melissa Stylianou, Jon Seiger and the Laura Hubert Band. An added feature will be Bell Canada's Youth in the Spotlight, a two-hour show featuring tal The Oakville Irish Feis Association will host the Figure and solo dance competitions will begin at ented young jazz musicians and 11th annual Feis in Halton. 8:30 a.m. with music competitions starting at noon. vocalists, on Saturday Aug. 10 The previous 10 Feis' have been a real hit and Irish dancing in its many forms is being from 2:30 - 4:30 p.m., at the this year's edition is set for Saturday, Aug. 31 from reclaimed throughout the world by new generations Towne Square. Oakville and area acts enter 8:30 a.m. at O akville's Iroquois Ridge High of the Celtic tradition. School, 1123 Glenashton Dr. The success of Canadian East Coast music as taining at the festival will includ A Feis (pronounced fesh) is an Irish dance, well as Hollywood-style productions like River ed The Russ Little Quintet, The music, art and soda bread competition. Dance and Lord o f the Dance has not only put Irish Rob Reed Trio, the Vic Hill Trio, The Oakville Feis will attract to Oakville more dancing on the map, but put Celtic music back into and Dan Chalykoff and Friends. The three main outdoor than 700 competitors aged 3 to 21 years, plus the mainstream. another 2,000 accompanying family members from For information call the Oakville Feis stages are located at the Town Square at Lakeshore Road and across the eastern United States and Canada. Association at 905-257-0783. George Street, Lakeshore Road east of Navy Street, and at Centennial Square in front of the Oakville Central Library and Oakville Centre for the Performing Arts. Lakeshore Road will be closed from Dunn to Navy Streets on Friday from 8 p.m. midnight and again on Saturday from 2:30 p.m. - midnight. While at the festival, fill out a ballot to win a trip to the CENTENNIAL SQUARE STAGE Lakeshore Road and Navy Street Friday Aug. 9: · 6:30 - 8:30 p.m., Adagio · 8:30 - 10 p.m., The Mark Eisenman Jazz Quartet · 10:30 p.m. - midnight: Tyler Yarema Saturday Aug. 10: · 2:30 - 4:30 p.m., Hilario Duran · 5 - 6:30 p.m. M e l i s s a Stylianou · 7 - 9:00 p.m., John Seiger and the All-Stars · 10 p.m. - midnight: Michael Kaeshammer OTHER LOCATIONS: The Bearded Collie. Friday and Saturday night, The Silverleaf Jazz Band. Kokopelli's, Friday and Saturday night, Blues Angels with Parkash John and Jerome Godboo. Paradiso, Saturday night, Steve Manning and Spanish Guitars. The Arbour Cafe, Friday night. Matt Dusk; Saturday night, George Grossman. Caffe del Libros, Friday and Saturday night, Dan Chalykoff and Friends. Second Cup, Friday night, Marty Franklin Trio; Saturday night, Vic Hill Trio. The Queens Head. Friday night, The Hot Five Jazzmakers; Saturday night, Kid Bastion the The Happy Pals. Abbozzo Gallery, Saturday (3-5 p.m.), The Clayton Scott Group Jonathan's, Friday and Saturday night, The Rob Reed Trio Oakville M useum at Erchless. Saturday afternoon (14 p.m.), Dan Chalykoff Trio. The Oakville Jazz Festival is sponsored by the Downtown Oakville BIA representing more than 400 businesses and is man aged a volunteer board of 11 elected and one appointed mem ber. For information visit www.oakvillejazz.com. Michael Kaeshammer plays the Centennial Square Stage Saturday night at 10 p.m. Barbados Jazz Festival. The schedule is as follows: TOWNE SQUARE STAGE Lakeshore Road and George Street Friday Aug. 9: · 6 - 7:30 p.m.. The Russ Little Quintet · 8 - 9:30 p.m., Emilie-Claire Barlow and The Barlow Group · 10 - 11:30 p.m.. The Susie Arioli Swing Band Saturday Aug. 10: · 2:30 - 4:30 p.m., Bell's `Youth in the Spotlight' · 5 - 6:30 p.m.. The Rob Reed Trio · 7 - 9:00 p.m., OriOxy · 10 - 11:30 p.m., Lee Aaron LAKESHORE ROAD STAGE Lakeshore Road east of Navy Street Friday Aug. 9: · 7 - 8:30 p.m.. Thermal Quartet · 9 p.m. - midnight, Nick `The Brownman' Ali and Cruzao Saturday Aug. 10: · 7 - 8:30 p.m. The Laura Hubert Band · 9 p.m. - midnight, NEWA featuring Nicholas Brancker, Eddie Bullen, Wilson Laurencin and Arturo Tappin Oakville hosts Irish Feis Aug. 31 TUESDAY, AUGUST 13,2002 8:00 p.m. at the O A K V IL L EC E N T R EF O RP E R F O R M IN GA R T S ABBA Mania Tickets $32.00 @ Box Office Musical school performs Pirates of Penzance Theatre buffs get ready, the Pirates o f Penzance are landing in Oakville. Coming up this weekend, the Merriam School of Music is presenting its Musical Theatre Workshop production of the Pirates o f Penzance. This Gilbert and Sullivan operetta is sure to delight listeners. This workshop production of the operetta has been revised as the students have had just two weeks to prepare for its two shows, one of which is on Friday, Aug. 9 at 7 p.m., the second taking place on Saturday, Aug. 10 at 2 p.m. The production will be presented at the Merriam School of Music Recital Hall, located at 2359 Bristol Circle. Tickets are $10 in advance (by calling 905-829-2020) or $12 at the door. Harbour inspires art students Oakville kids use the harbour for inspiration for their art: Sunny summer days inspired a paper sculpture of the sun. Boats in the harbour and other children taking sailing lessons, inspired a decoupage boat design on a Chinese lantern; and the flowers of the gardens in the Erchless Estate inspired the decorative pansy plates that were cre ated in last week's KidzCraftsWeek with Oakville Artist and instructor Dawn Angela Seeley. Children from age 6 to 10 are taught particle perspective as they sketch the lighthouse at the end of the pier. They are taken for walks to learn first hand "how things get smaller as you get farther away," said seven-year-old Connor Ladly Freideen. Asked which craft he enjoyed the most, Connor replied, "every day". Another lesson, in painting shows them how to mix colours from the three primary colours, work ing in acrylic paint, and each child painted their own view of the Oakville Harbour Lighthouse. "I learned `perseverance' mixing the right colour for my pier," said Connor, and then cre atively called the colour "perseverance". As well as the KidzCraftsWeek, Seeley, also holds a SummerArtSkool, teaching students aged 10 to 14 years how to paint, on-location -- no drawing experience necessary. "With the Oakville Harbour, its boats, light house, surrounding gardens and historic buildings in the area, there many beautiful views for students to learn from in our gorgeous little town of Oakville." The SummerArtSkool runs again Aug. 12 and Aug. 26, call or e-mail : 416- 917-2772, dawnseeley@yahoo.co.uk. -THE BEE GEE'S with members of the SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA "If you liked Mamma Mia, you'll bve Abba M ania!" "Cbsest thing to Abba anyone has ever seen from the cast of Mamma Mia *Unbelievable Ottawa Citizen `Vocally Superb"-Toronto Sun " " - T ic k e ts A v a ila b le a t th e O akville C e n tre fo r P erfo rm in g A rts 130 N a v y S t. O a k v ille , O N Connor Ladly Freideen shows his collage design on a Chinese lantern inspired by the boats in Oakville Harbour. H a lt o n S e a r c t i. 905-815-2021