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Artscene M E R R I A M S H O W C A S E S T A L E N T 23 | Friday, May 30, 2014 | OAKVILLE BEAVER | www.insideHALTON.com "Connected to your Community" Above, Richard Wang plays the piano during last Sunday's Merriam Music RBC Scholarship Gala, featuring students in a wide variety of musical numbers ranging in styles from classical to pop and jazz. At right, Julia Cormack soulfully sings Sir Duke by Stevie Wonder.| photos by Stacey Newman ­ special to the Beaver H I G H S C H O O L D R A M A Musician drums up support for SickKids hospital A Mississauga musician is drumming up support for The Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto -- literally. Chris Gormley, the drum and lead vocalist for Daylight for Deadeyes, has made a commitment to march across Toronto every Saturday with a marching drum to raise money for the hospital he says has touched many people's lives. The first official location he'll be drumming at is The Bier Markt on The Esplanade in Toronto between noon-4 p.m. Unofficially, however, he'll be walking in Streetsville's Bread and Honey five-kilometre road race in the village on June 8 beginning at 8 a.m. "I just wanted to march with my marching drum," said Gormley, explaining how the idea unfolded over the past year. Noting how he and his bandmates from Daylight for Deadeyes played a show for the children at the hospital, he added the experience solidified his desire to give his march some purpose. The campaign will run throughout the summer until September. To help support him in his cause, visit http://bit. ly/1m34FdA. Daylight for Deadeyes is best known for their rendition of O Canada, which is played at a number of Halton schools. Chris Gormley T.A. Blakelock High School's drama classes recently held their year-end productions. Clockwise from top left, Grade 10 students Elexa Steele, Liam Rich, and Antony Xu act out a scene during a dress rehearsal of True Beauty, which ran May 20-23; Sloane Wilson (left) and Zoe Gard in the same production; Alex Hawthorne, playing Paulo (front), and Jasmine Bustard, playing Sharon, act out a scene in which an interviewer displays strange behaviour in the Unmentionables; Grade 11 student Emma Currie delivers a monologue from the same production. | photos by Franki Ikeman -- Oakville Beaver (Follow on Twitter @halton_photog or www. facebook.com/HaltonPhotog)