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C2 THE OAKVILLE BEAVER Wednesday, March 14, 2001 Oakville student traveled to Ottawa to explore the world ofart with like-minded, creative cohorts prised," said Doherty. The youth had to boast high academic marks OAKVILLE BEAVER STAFF to qualify for the trip and admitted at first it was all unnerving. Som e m ay visit Ottawa hoping to m eet the prim e minister, b u t O akville's Caitlin Doherty "It was kind o f weird not knowing anybody, wanted to m eet artists. but as soon as I got there, I made so many dif ferent friends. Now I have a whole bunch of Just over a week ago, the 15-year-old people to e-mail. hopped a train bound in true Canadian fashion for the nation's capital. "I won't ever forget this," she said. The Grade 10 student at St. Ignatius of Loy The students stayed at the Terry Fox Centre and spent their first two days touring Canada's ola Secondary School was among 140 Canadi capital, from the Canadian Mint to the Royal an students who met in Ottawa to wile away a Canadian Mounted Police stables. week comparing notes on the arts. It's part of Encounters Canada that gathers Then, there were workshops galore on everything from watercolour painting and poet students together based on their interest in arts and culture, science and technology, physical ry to songwriting and improv. education, journalism and communication, or There was also a full menu of guest speak ers, including an Ottawa newspaper cartoonist. business and entrepreneurship. "Kids from all over ...... "I'm really into art. I Canada who are interested want to be an art thera "People thought it was in the same field get pist," said Doherty, really cool that I was from together," said Doherty, explaining that an art ther who's now resting up over apist is someone who Oakville, where the Sheridan March Break from her works with disturbed peo College Centre hr Animation adventure. ple, helping them heal is. Everybody knows about it, Doherty conceded it through their art work. may have been cool to It's a unique occupation from all over Canada. bump into Prim e M inister in which Doherty can I was surprised." Jean Chretien in Ottawa, marry her love of art and a but she'd already brushed desire to help others. shoulders with local politi She'll likely have to cians before leaving Oakville. She visited study nearly a decade to pursue the career; and Mayor Ann M ulvale and M PP Gary Carr to most likely she'll have to do it stateside. gather Oakville paraphernalia to take to Ottawa Maybe that's why Doherty's favourite part and share with new friends. o f the Ottawa trip was attending an indepen Once there, however, Doherty found she dent production of a drama dubbed Midnight was something of a star herself just because she Sun at the Ottawa Arts Studio. It was about an was from Oakville. odd fam ily's tribulations during wartime in Ice "People thought it was really cool that I was land. from Oakville, where the Sheridan College The cost o f the trip for Doherty was about Centre for Animation is. Everybody knows $395, with $200 of that tab picked up by the about it, ftom all over Canada. I was sur local Royal Canadian Legion. By Angela Blackburn Photo by Peter C. McCusker Caitlin Doherty returned from the Encounters Canada Program in Ottawa with a collection of memorabilia. `Beauty and the Beast' on ice at Copps during March Break Mrs. Potts and Chip have been brew ing up ideas for family fun over the M arch Break as they, along with Belle, the Beast, Gaston, Lum iere, and Cogsworth tell the tale of Beauty and the Beast. Disney on Ice will present this time less story at Copps Coliseum from March 14 to 18, with a special appear a n c e by Mickey Mouse and his Disney pals. This tale of a young woman, who finds that true beauty lies within, dates back to the story of Cupid and Psyche in Greek mythology and has continued through the ages in various versions originating in a number of countries. Disney's full-length animated trans lation opened in New York City in 1991, and the Disney on Ice account stays close to the storyline of the film, with some obvious changes. "Our staging of the Be Our Guest scene incorporates a huge ring of mylar curtain, which the skaters move through as they skate," said music director Jerry Bilik. "The chorus skaters appear as tables of food and place settings...giant napkins with silverware. Also, w e've added a more elaborate ending...a ball room scene at the prince's castle." The skating director and choreogra pher added that the search for Belle was extensive. "We literally looked all around the world until we found BrandiLee Rousseau in Canada," he said. There are 16 male and 22 female professional skaters in the show, with an average of six costume changes per per formance for each skater. More than 75 milliners, dyers, tailors, embroiderers, seam stresses and silkscreen artists worked six months to complete the cos tume designs. It takes 8 to 10 hours to set up the show and four to six hours to tear it down. Tonight's performances in Hamilton begins at 7 p.m., followed by perfor mances on Thursday at 1 and 7 p.m., on Friday at 7 p.m., on Saturday at 11 a'.m., 2:30 p.m. and 6 p.m., and on Sunday at 1 p.m. Tickets are $35 (VIP), $22.50, $17.50 and $12.50 through Copps Coli seum at (905) 527-7666 or Ticketmaster at 870-8000 and www.ticketmaster.ca. O a k ville m a Z D a HEART RACING YET? 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