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After months of intensive preparation more than 300 Oakville high school students are finally ready for the curtain to rise on this years Sears Drama Festival. Curtain to rise on Drama Fest Starting Tuesday and continuâ€" ing for the next three nights at Burlington Central High School, 12 productions from across the region â€" five from Oakville alone â€" will be presented for adjudicaâ€" tion. Each evening‘s show starts at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $6 per night or a $20 pass for all four nights. Burlington Central is located at 1433 Baldwin St. At the Feb. 27 Awards Night adjudicator Dennis Johnson will select three productions to repreâ€" sent Halton in the Regionals March 29 to April 3 in Guelph. In 1992 Blakelock, Elgin and Burlington Central were so honâ€" ored. Central went on to the Allâ€" Ontario Finals. Drama Fest Schedule Tuesday, Feb. 23 T.A. Blakelock "A New Day Dawning." Queen Elizabeth Park "Love Mouse." Burlington Central "Blood of My Blood." Wednesday, Feb. 24 E.C. Drury "A Fabulous Tale." Nelson "Snapshots and Portraits." Assumption "Where There‘s a Will ..." Thursday Feb. 25 St. Ignatius of Loyola "Subway Breakdown." Oakvilleâ€"Trafalgar "In Leads No Step Had Trodden Black." E.C. Drury School for the Deaf "Columbine." Friday, Feb. 26 L.B. Pearson "Happy Birthday Dino." White Oaks "Who Are You." Lord Elgin "The Effect of Gamma Rays on the Man in the Moon Marigolds." Saturday, Feb. 27 Awards Night with adjudicator Dennis Johnson. This year‘s final round takes "PORTFOLLO THE 0/ place the second week of May in North Bay In Blakelock‘s "A New Day Dawning" â€" an original script written and directed by Jeff Morrison â€" humanity is put on trial to decide whether it should end or start all over. Queen Elizabeth Park‘s "Love Mouse" is a comedy in which a married couple‘s dining room turns into a major body of water. St. Ignatius of Loyola‘s "Subway Breakdown," a studentâ€" written play, is about the need "to leave the world better than we found it ... a play of hope." In Oakvilleâ€"Trafalgar High School‘s "In Leads No Step Had Trodden Black" â€" another original student effort â€" "a man confronts alternative possibilities of what might have been." White â€"Oaks Secondary School‘s "Who Are You," penned by the cast and a teacher, repreâ€" sents "the search for a truthful identity in a world of falsehoods." Dance, sing, play in a band, do recitations ... we‘d like to hear from you before March 1, 1993. Call Barbara Gogginâ€"Wade, Downtown BIA, Member, Events Committee, OWF 844â€"4520 The cast of St. Ignatius of Loyola‘s "Subway Breakdown" strike a pose during a recent rehearsal in preparation to next week‘s Districts of the Sears Drama Festival. For more on the Festival see Pages 16 and 18. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1993 PAGE 8 Principal Sponsor More Details: 845â€"5585 Box #5906 Watch every Friday for Waterfront Update SLOUGH ESTATES CANADA (Photo by Peter McCusker)