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www.oakvillebeaver.com The Oakville Beaver, Wednesday April 18, 2007 - 29 Peel Music Festival rewarding for Halton Youth symphony The Halton Youth Symphony picked up a lot of hardware at the recent 80th annual Peel Music Festival. The Halton Youth Symphony is comprised of two orchestras, The Halton Youth Chamber Orchestra and The Halton Youth Symphony Orchestra. Both orchestras were competitively adjudicated and each received a `First Place Award.' The chamber orchestra performs under the direction of Caron Allen and the symphony orchestra under the direction of Maestro Janez Govednik. Several awards were also given to Halton Youth Symphony musicians who performed individually or in duets throughout the Festival. These talented young musicians include: Brighton Bernard (first place award), George Crotty (first place award and second place award), Sarah Gribeauval (first place award), Alexa Grittani (three second place awards), Kendra Grittani (three first place awards and one second place award), Johnathan Lang (two second place awards), Max McLarty (first place award) and Sophia Stoltz (four first place awards and one second place award). The Halton Youth Symphony performs its final concert of the year, Magical May Movements, on Tuesday, May 29 at the Oakville Centre for the Performing Arts. Guest performer will be Johannes Linstead, who will be playing a set of music from his Juno-nominated CDs, Café Tropical and Mediterranea. Tickets for this concert will go on sale by the end of the month. Known first as the Oakville Youth Symphony, then as the Sheridan Symphony, the Halton Youth Symphony continues to attract talented young musicians from Burlington, Oakville, Milton, Halton Hills, Mississauga and other neighbouring communities. For more information, visit www.haltonyouthsymphony.com or call 905-616-2760. Noble Pursuit Stephen Lewis fundraiser The Burloak Theatre group is teaming up with Iroquois Ridge High School to raise funds for the Stephen Lewis Foundation. The local group will perform The Noble Pursuit at the Oakville Centre for the Performing Arts, 130 Navy St., on Wednesday, April 25 at 8 p.m. in support of the foundation, which helps ease the pain of HIV/AIDS in Africa at the grassroots level. "We are absolutely thrilled to have our community theatrical group pitch in to do this benefit performance," said Grade 11 Iroquois student and leader of the Stephen Lewis planning committee, Nicole Markwick. "It just goes to show you what great community spirit there is in Oakville." The students at Iroquois have organized various fundraising activities to support the Stephen Lewis Foundation, such as the Buskers lunch, a student fashion show and a silent auction. These all go towards the Stephen Lewis Foundation, which provides care, assists orphans and various associations of people living with HIV/AIDS. The Noble Pursuit is the latest of the school's fundraisers. It's an award winning comedy written by Canadian playwright, Douglas Bowie. Tickets cost $20 each and can be purchased at the Iroquois Ridge Community Centre, 1051 Glenashton Dr., on Saturday April 21, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., or at Iroquois Ridge High School, 1123 Glenashton Dr., Monday through Friday from 11:10 a.m. to 12:10 p.m. WOSS enjoy musical exchange with Nova Scotia students Choir and junior band members of White Oaks Secondary School are doing an exchange with high school musicians from Middleton, Nova Scotia. The Nova Scotians will be arriving April 25 for a one week visit culminating in a concert and reception at White Oaks on Monday, April 30. Visits to Toronto and Niagara Falls are also on their program. On May 9, White Oaks students will board the plane for Halifax and will have their performances in the Middleton area. The two groups have been twinned under a project funded by the SEVEC Youth Exchanges Canada program. The program is aimed at youth groups between the ages of 12-17 from various provinces and territories across Canada. oomama (grandmothers helping grandmothers) invites you to OR GO TO WWW.OOMAMA.ORG