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29 W ednesday , D ecem ber 1, 2010 O A KVILLE BEA V ER w w w .o akvillebeaver .co m Artscene Oakvilles Glenburnie School held its sev- enth annual Performing Arts Challenge on Saturday that featured children from the community competing in various cate- gories. Here are the winners: Vocal Category - Division 1 1st place: Olivia Buttenham 2nd place: Emma Prestage 3rd place: Victoria Castro Lopez Vocal Category - Division 2 1st place: Jamie Nelson 2nd place: Varsha Chandrashekar 3rd place: Brianna Crawford Instrumental Division 1 1st place: Drew Werbowski, Nikhil Pandeya, Rishi Pandeya 2nd place: Megan Zalzal (There was no third place winner) Instrumental Division 2 1st place: Aisha Faruqui 2nd place: Holly O'Hanlon 3rd place: Paul Rothfischer Dance/Variety Division 1 1st place: Rachael Ruth 2nd place: Adelaide Hughes (There was no third place winner) Scholarship Winners Addison Music Learning Centre Scholarship: Nicholas Paul Harmony Arts Academy Scholarship: Nicholas Corcoran The competitors were judged on things such as singing, movement and playing as well as stage presence, dress, command of the audience and more. CHALLENGING FUN: Drew Werbowski (left) performs a Cold Play song with his bandmates during the seventh annual Performing Arts Challenge on Saturday at Glenburnie School in Oakville. On the right, Kaitlyn Liang performs a rhythmic gymnastic piece during the competition. PHOTOS BY MICHELLE SIU / OAKVILLE BEAVER And the Performing Arts Challenge winners are. . . By Dominik Kurek OAKVILLE BEAVER STAFF The Oakville Wind Orchestra is hoping to bring a little joy to the community this holiday season with a live performance. The concert, A Christmas Wonderland, will take place Sunday, Dec. 5 at Holy Trinity Roman Catholic Secondary School. It will feature about 45 musicians of one of the oldest concert bands in Canada, which formed in the late 19th century. What were trying to do is bring live music, bring a little bit of joy, something positive, something happy, something tuneful, said musical director Chris Arthurs. Christmas concerts are really important because its live music, its very uplifting and you know what its like to drive to work this time of year, todays a brilliant sunny day, but it isnt usually that way. Sometimes the Christmas sea- son can be pretty tough on people. The concert will feature music that the musicians and the audi- ence will have grown up with and know the music. Our musicians really love play- ing Christmas music. Weve grown up with this music. We hear it all the time. It just brings back good memories, it brings back goodwill, Arthurs said. Our musicians find that Christmas rehearsals are a lot of fun for them so they just want to give some of that back to the audi- ence here. The concert will feature audi- ence sing-along portions. Though the band orchestra will not have vocalists at this concert, it will be music that people know. There will be traditional band music, popular music, as well as film scores. Thats where Christmas music is being written. Its on stage, it appears in the movies, its on the radio. Weve got tunes that come to us from the Renaissance period, the Baroque period, the Classical period. We like to play a balance of old and new, classical and contem- porary. There will be songs about Rudolph and Santa Claus, as well as carols such as Good King Wenceslas and more. (The audience) is going to hear a great orchestra play great music, Arthurs said. Youre going to get a real sense of community. Mayor Rob Burton will be the emcee for the event, to introduce the music and there will also be a visit from the big guy himself, Santa Claus. The concert is 2-4 p.m. Tickets are $15 for adults, $10 for seniors and students and $5 for children 12 and under. For tickets, call 905- 466-9306 or for more information, visit www.owo.ca. Wind orchestra to bring joy in Winter Wonderland concert Our musicians find that Christmas rehearsals are a lot of fun for them so they just want to give some of that back to the audience here. Chris Arthurs, music director Oakville Wind Orchestra