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B8 THE OAKVILLE BEAVER Wednesday, March 10,1999 xcmn Oakville Beaver Entertainm ent Editor: Carol Baldwin 845-3824 (Extension 254) Fax: 337-5567 A group of about 10 Oakville young people is raising money to send food and medical supplies to needy people in Chiapas, Mexico. Why Mexico? "There was an urgency," says Erik Hoibak, spokesperson for the group. The politically active 19-year-old does not consider this cause any worthier than a host of others. It just happens to be the one he learned about and decided to help change. "The Mexican government was aerial bombing indige­ nous people in Chiapas, and a lot of them were in the jun­ gle," he says, explaining that the location and lifestyle of these native people rendered them vulnerable to attacks and unable to access food and medical supplies. Hoibak says a former Chiapas resident, now living in Toronto, began raising awareness for the plight of these Mexican indigenous people, and the fund-raising campaign that ensued has spread across the country. Hoibak and his young friends formed the Chiapas Sup­ port Group and have been offering coffee houses at a num­ ber of venues around Oakville to raise money for the cause. The money currently being raised through the coffee houses is going towards the making of a CD. The proceeds from the CD sales will then go to Chiapas. "We have bands from across Canada, the United States, South America and Europe who want to contribute," says Hoibak, noting that the Chiapas Support Group has been listening to a number of demos from these bands to select songs for the CD. "We will make the master, then press the CD, probably about 1,000 copies for the first run." The CD, he says, will consist of "hard-core punk" music (See 'Benefif on page B7) Classically Modem Saturday, March 20,1999, 8:00 p.m. at Hamilton Place A unique musical event I I Featuring the world ^ •p rem iere of Siegfried Tepper's Piano Concerto No. 2 with Hamilton's favourite pianist Valerie Tryon as soloist. The evening also features outstanding young violinist Christer Tepper performing Mozart's Violin Concerto No. 3. With Maestro Tepper on the podium, witness this innovative and enterprising concert. Hadyn: Symphony No. 99 Mozart; Violin Concerto No. 3 Tepper! Psalm Teppen Piano Concerto No. 2 World Premiere Guest Soloists: Conductor: Siegfried Tepper Concert Tickets s18 - *35 Call For Tickets Today! The New Hamilton Orchestra Box Office Jackson Square, 2 King S t W. Hamilton, ON L8P iAi Phone:(905)526-6556 Fax:(905)527-5306 Sponsored By TURKSTRA LUMBER - A r t s & E n t e r t a in m e n t OFFICIAL MEDIA SPONSOR OF THE OAKVILLE CENTRE FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS Art blossoms As a teenager, M owat would hide her paintings under rocks By Carol Baldw in ENTERTAINMENT EDITOR It all began about 40 years ago. Gail Mowat was a teenager at the time and she would sit and paint during many of the hours that she and her parents spent at their country home. However, lack of formal art training caused the teen to bury her oils under the rocks in and around the Eastern Townships just outside Montreal. Lack of confidence in her art, and lack of art, since she buried most of it, prompted Mowat to turn to psychology when it came to choosing a university program. But the creativity that the Oakville artist claims is genetic (her grandmother was a watercolour painter) could not stay buried with her paintings. It began to rise to the surface after she married and moved to New York City with her husband. "I would push my children in strollers through the Guggenheim and through the Metropolitan...! went to every gallery and volun­ teered everywhere. I immersed myself in that life. I made friends from America and from Paris," she says, adding that such a cre­ ative environment induced her to start painting again. "It was a great way to incorporate psychology and art. Painting is a great stress reliever...I took a few workshops and my friends were always painting." In the early 1980s the Mowat family, which included four chil­ dren, moved to Oakville where mom decided to take an interior decorating course at Sheridan. And that was it for her. Interior dec­ orating revitalized the creative juices north of the 49th and started the artist down a path filled with art classes, including courses at the Oakville Arts Society, The Burlington Art Centre, Dundas Val­ ley School of Arts and the Haliburton School of Fine Art. The lat­ ter, she says, offered top-notch teaching in an ideal environment. Now Mowat has had shows in many of the places where she once took classes. "I'll be in Artisans by the Lake in April; and I've been asked by the Liberal party to show my work in Mississauga at the Polish Hall," says the artist who has also had one of her paintings reproduced on the side of a Honda Odyssey van. "I give private lessons, and teach at the OAS and at Loomis and Toles (at Dundas and Winston Churchill)," she says. "I also demonstrate water-soluble oils, made by Holbein." Mowat works in oils and watercolours as well as coloured inks imported from the United States and France. And she enjoys paint­ ing landscapes and abstracts and creating collages with Japanese rice paper. "I love colour, that's what excites me most - colour and movement - and just to be able to experiment," she explains. Anyone interested in seeing some of Mowat's work can drop by Gairloch Gallery, 1306 Lakeshore Rd. E., between 1 to 5 p.m., March 20th and 28th. She will be one of many artists whose work will be part of the gallery's Spring Juried Art Show, sponsored by the volunteers of Oakville Galleries Art Rental and Sales. (Call 338-0117 for more information). Photo by Peter C. McCusker Oakville artist Gail Mowat puts the finishing touches on one of her landscapes. Local youth support indigenous Mexicans By Carol Baldw in ENTERTAINMENT EDITOR A night of harmony The Oakville Entertainers Barbershop Harmony Chorus is presenting a music-packed tour of the 20th century in A Century o f Song on Saturday (March 13th) at the Oakville Centre for the Performing Arts. 6000 ANY FILM V t r ANY TIME CINEPLEX ODEON CINEMAGUIDE S h o w tiiiu -'flliv liu -M a rch 12-March IX. I9W Each decade of the 20th century will be chronicled in song from the tunes of First and Second World Wars to vaudeville show songs and the harmonies of the 1990s. Oakville's own Sweet Ade­ line chorus will join A Century o f Song with its inaugur­ al performance as the Circle of Harmony. And various individual quar­ tets will also perform. Tickets are $13 for the 2 p.m. performance and $17 for the 8 p.m. show. Tickets are available by calling Frank O'Grady at 338-1395. Photo by Glen Thiessen CHAMBER MUSIC FESTIVAL: Caroline Olsen was one of many musicians who chose to play in the Oakville Suzuki Association's sev­ enth annual festival on Saturday at Glen Abbey United Church. All participating musicians were critiqued by an expert adjudicator. OAKVILLE MEWS 171 SPEERS AT KERR STREET 844-4800 P L E A S A N TV IL L E (PG) Fri.-Thurs. 6:50, 9:30 S TA R T R E K : IN S U R R E C TIO N (PG) Fri.-Thurs. 7:30,10:00 T H E F A C U L T Y (AA) Fri.-Thurs. 7:10,9:20 A B U G S LIF E (PG) Fri. 7:00,9:10; SaL-Thurs. (2:00,4:40) 7:00,9:10 V A R S ITY B L U E S (PG) Fri. 7:20,9:30; SaL-Thurs. (1:30,4:10) 7:20,9:50 The Series Fred Renner Sunday, M arch 21 at 1 :30 & 4:00 p.m . An exceptional recording artist and captivating live performer, Fred Penner plays his greatest hits! T H E R U G R A TS M O VIE (F ) SaL-Thurs. (1:50,4:00) T H E W A TE R B O Y (PG) SaL-Thurs. (2:10,4:20) M IG H T Y J O E Y O U N G (P G SaL-Thurs. 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