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www.insideHALTON.com | OAKVILLE BEAVER | Thursday, December 15, 2016 | 46 John M cDermott holidayconcert at OCPAFriday Renowned Canadian tenor Joh n McDer m ott is delivering som e holiday cheer to Oakville for his show tom orrow (Fri day). An international recording star, Mc D erm ott heads to the Oakville Centre for the Performing Arts (OCPA), 130 Navy St., to sing holiday favourites, son gs from his m usical career and tributes to veter ans. The concert starts at 7:30 p.m. and tickets cost $45. For more inform ation, visit www. oakvillecentre.ca/whats-on/johnmcdermott.html. McDerm ott has been nom inated for a num ber of Ju n o awards and received the U.S. Congressional Medal of H onor S o ciety's Bob Hope Award for his support for veterans' causes through M cDermott H ouse Canada. The charitable foundation is committed to creating an im proved quality of care in the final stages of a terminal illness for veterans, military personnel, first responders and their families. "Every day the m en and w om en who serve our country, and the police, fire fighters and first responders w ho serve our com m unities put their lives on the line and themselves in harm 's way," Mc Derm ott said. "W hen asked why, they sim ply say, `it's what we do.' They serve freely and will ingly, asking for very little in return." His first album , Danny Boy, garnered strong sales in the U.S. and C anada and reached No. 1 in New Zealand. This would lead to his participation in the PBS phenom enon, The Irish Tenors. M cDerm ott has gone on to record nu m erous album s, such as Journeys, which includes son gs The Dreamer and The Gift of Years, both written by renowned songwriter Eric Bogle. Proceeds of the sales went to McDer m ott H ouse Canada. Decorated performer In 2012, M cDermott w as honoured with the Ted W illiams Globe and Anchor Award by the Marine C orps Semper Fidelis Society. Two years before that, he received a com m endation from the minister of Vet eran's Affairs for his work with veterans and M cDermott H ouse Canada. M cDerm ott's current album s include Raised on Songs and Stories, a collection of old and contem porary songs, and How Great Thou A rt , a collection of hymns and son gs of praise that are both his fa vourites and that of his late mother. To learn more about M cDerm ott House C anada and its w orks, visit its website, w w w .m cderm otthousecanada.org. rrr: 7: C anadian tenor John M cDermott is performing at the Oakville Centre for the Performing Arts tomorrow night. | submitted photo John Gerhard Keulem ann's watercolour of K in g fis h e rs is part of The Christm as Collection exhibit at the Josh ua Creek Heritage Art Centre. | submitted photo JCHAC's T h e C h r is t m a s C o lle c t io n on display until Jan. 4 , 2 0 1 7 The Jo sh u a Creek Heritage Art Centre (JCH A C) is running its The Christm as Collec tion exhibit featuring paintings ranging from the 18 th century to present day. "Som e of these beautiful w orks have been carefully selected for the festive season," stated a m edia release. "This is a colourful, unique and inspiring exhibition. All the w orks are either waterco lours or prints that have been hidden away in cupboards for years." Featured in the show are: Mercedes Horne, Joh n Gerhard Keulem ann, Louise Laroche, Naoko Matsubara, Caroline Salvin, Irina Shestokowich, Bettina "Bunny" Som ers, and 1960s CBC Graphic Artists' Christm as Cards. The exhibition, which held its opening re ception on Dec. 4, runs until Jan. 8, 2017. The 1086 Burnhampthorpe Rd. E. gallery is open Tuesday-Sunday, from 1-4 p.m ., or by appointment. It will be closed on Dec. 25 and Jan. 1, 2017. Johnson winnerofEvergreenAward Author and former Oakville resident Plum Johnson was recently announced the winner of the Forest of Reading 2016 Evergreen Award. The recognition was for Johnson's They Left Us Everything , a memoir about the importance of preserving family his tory to help make sense of the past and nurture family bonds to safeguard the future. "I'm so thrilled to receive the Forest of Reading Evergreen Award for m y mem oir, They Left Us Everything," Johnson said in a media release. "Libraries have been m y source of inspiration and en couragement since I was young." Ontario readers participated in the Ev ergreen Award program through book clubs, public libraries and other commu nity forums. After months of reading the best in Ca nadian fiction and non-fiction for adults, readers from more than 100 Ontario li braries chose Johnson' s memoir. A committee of library professionals select the titles nominated for the Ever green Award, which are announced every January, while votes are tallied for the award in late October. The reading program is de signed for adults and comprised of the best titles in Canadian fic tion and non Plum Johnson fiction. It is one of eight pro grams that form the Forest of Reading, Canada's largest recreational reading pro gram of its kind, according to the release. "We're excited to welcome Plum John son to the circle of Evergreen Award winners. They Left Us Everything struck a chord with the Evergreen Selection Committee, and we're glad to see it re sounded with Evergreen readers," said Kathryn Lee, chair of the Evergreen Award Steering and Selection Commit tee, in the release. "The committee found They Left Us Everything to be a fascinating memoir that reminds us of the stories attached to our belongings." Johnson will accept her Evergreen Award at the Ontario Library Associa tion' s annual Super Conference, Feb 1-4, 2017, at the Metro Toronto Con vention Centre. 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