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Oakville entertainers present Spectacular Showcase Spectacular Showcase returns to Oakville on Friday, Dec. 29 and Saturday, Dec 30 for its sixth year. Both shows will be held at 3 p.m. at the Queen Elizabeth Park Community and Cultural Centre's (Q EPC CC ) Black Box Theatre, 23 0 3 Bridge Rd. Sponsored by the Town of Oakville, this year's show prom ises to be another lively cabaret, with new acts and old favourites, organizers say The showcase features local mature talent (aged 40 and old er). Approximately one third of the acts have been entertaining audiences at the annual showcase with singing, dancing and musical numbers for the last three years. Resident wins national Christmas card contest Evelyn Bury, a resident of Revera's Northridge Long Term Care home in Oakville, has painted two of the win ning entries in Revera' s Holiday Card Contest. "Her beautiful paintings of a poinsettia and a winter forest scene were two of six works being used for our company-wide holiday cards," Krista Griffin, Revera' s national director, re habilitation and recreation, said in an email. Griffin says art is one of the most popular and effective recreation activi ties that Revera offers to keep residents at retirement residences and long-term care homes engaged and active. Bury was born and raised in To ronto prior to moving to Northridge, in Oakville. She worked as an under writer for an insurance company until she married Frank and the couple had three children. Her husband says Evelyn always en joyed working with her hands -- knit ting, crocheting and sewing. She did not take up art until seven years ago at an adult day program, and has loved it ever since. Bury enjoys working with watercolors and acrylics in her private art ses This winter forest scene is one of the winning entries by Evelyn Bury. sions and with the art therapy group. | submitted photo The paintings, which won the Revera Holiday Card Contest, were cre ated in the Artist' s Corner art program at Northridge Long Term Care. Some locations, like Northridge, offer formal art therapy programs de signed to help combat dementia in fun, social way. Other homes or resi dences offer art nights or classes, led by artist volunteers from the commu nity Two years ago, Griffin says, Revera held an art contest to solicit covers for the company holiday cards. The holiday card contest showcases the artistry in the different communi ties. Griffin says the national contest supports residents in expressing their spirit and creativity. "It was received very enthusiasti cally by our residents," she adds. "This year the contest was even more popu lar -- over 200 entries we submitted from residents covering two broad cat egories: winter scenes/landscapes or holiday/Christmas/religious themes." A short list of entries selected by Revera' s staff. Revera owns and operates homes for seniors with more than 500 prop erties across Canada, the United States and the United Kingdom. 33 |Thursday December 21, 2017 | O AKVILLE BEAVER |www.insidehalton.com Show to feature 50-plus performers More than 50 performers will be featured in this year's show case. The performers include some retired professionals mixed in with gifted community perform ers. In addition, the showcase of fers an opportunity for those who have been reluctant to show their talent on their own or in a small group. "Our audiences appeared to love last year's show and we hope you can join us for this year's ver sion. W e'll have a mix of old fa vourites and new acts," producer Kathy Carlin stated in a press re lease. "This year we're adding some Russian tap dancing, a couple of more belly dancers and a nifty harmonica player. "In the last couple of years, we've also added a magician and a puppeteer, both of who proved very popular with our audiences. It should be a great way to end the year." Tickets are $ 20 each and are on sale at QEPCCC Older Adult Centre (9 0 5 -8 1 5 -5 9 7 9 ) and John Colborne Seniors' Centre (9 0 5 8 1 5 -5 9 6 0 ). 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