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4 3 |Thursday, November 17, 2016 | OAKVILLE BEAVER | www.insideHALTON.com John Bkila Sub-Editor jbkila@oakviNebeaver.com Artscene ii The show centres around a fictional spelling bee competition set in the geographically-ambiguous Putnam Valley Middle School. Six quirky adolescents put their spelling skills to the test in the competition run by three equally-quirky grown-ups. "Connected toyourCommunity" Laughs and audience participation all part of Abbey Park's production of spellingbee com edy Abbey Park High School is showing residents there' s something to laugh out loud about when it comes to spelling bees. Grades 9-12 students at the local high school are putting on its production of The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling B ee next month. The one-act musical comedy is written by Rebecca Feldman with music and lyrics by William Finn, book by Rachel Sheinkin and additional material by Jay Reiss. The high school production is directed by Abbey Park teachers Lucy McGhee and David Willms. The show centres around a fictional spelling bee competition set in the geographically-ambiguous Put nam Valley Middle School. Six quirky adolescents put their spelling skills to the test in the competition run by three equally-quirky grown-ups, according to a media release. An unusual aspect to the show is real audience mem bers are invited on stage to compete in the spelling bee alongside the six young characters. | W The T 5 th A i/ u / u A f ll P u t n a m C o w .iA /ty Abbey P ark High School th e a tre production The comedy is appropriate for audiences aged 12 and older. The show runs Dec. 1-3 at 7:30 p.m., at Abbey Park' s studio theatre, 1455 Glen Abbey Gate. Tickets cost $ 1 0 and will be sold at the APHS Studio Theatre box office in the foyer starting Nov. 14 during 11 a.m .-1:20 p.m. or at the door. Take on the Canadian M usic C la ss Challenge Oakville m usic classes will be vy ing with others across the country in the Canadian Music Class Chal lenge. Form erly Canada's Greatest Music Class, the challenge, which runs until Dec. 16, is put together by MusiCounts and CBC Music and seeks out students in music classes, clubs and after-school pro grams nationwide. | Abbey Park High School photo m icrophones, to name a few of the prizes. Eligible songs for submissions The following songs can be sub mitted for consideration: · Ain't Gonna Bother by Rosie and the Riveters; · Rolling Stone by Reuben and the Dark; · Run This Town by Corb Lund; · Soul Run by Tanika Charles; · Wish You Well by Justin Hines; · The Hockey Song by Stompin' Tom Connors; · Fil de Soi by Marie-Pierre Arthur; How to enter To enter, a supervising teacher (the registrant) of an eligible m u sic class, afterschool program or music club (the m usic class) must register their music class by com pleting the entry form on cbcm usic.ca/musicclass. A video performance and pub licity photo is also required for the application. Six categories This year, there are more oppor tunities for applicants with six cat egories, including: · high school instrumental; · high school with vocal/choral (a cappella or with band); · junior high school instrum en tal; · junior high school with vocal/ choral (a cappella or with band); · elementary school instrum en tal; · elementary school with vocal/ choral (a cappella or with band). Winners get `hometown hero status' The winning classes will be awarded "hom etow n hero status" and receive a commemorative plaque and a high-tech classroom recording kit, which includes a laptop computer, recording soft ware, speakers, a keyboard and see Winning on p.44 f ilm c a 90 5-33 8-63 97 w w w .film .c a TROLLS (G) NOVEMBER 4TH DOCTOR STRANGE (PG) No v e m b e r 4t h FANTASTiC BEASTS AND WHERE To FiND Th e m (STc) N o v e m b e r 18 t h ALLiED (STC) No v e m b e r 23r d M oA N A (STC) No v e m b e r 25th cinemas 171 Speers Road (at Kerr) Oakville fa c e b o o k .c o m /film c a @ Film C aC inem as