C8- The Oakville Beaver, Wednesday August 7, 2002 Be sure to schedule in a trip to D ow ntow n O a k ville for the 10th annual D ow ntow n O a k ville Jazz Festival. This event has grow n substantially since last year and w ill feature 17 live performances on three outdoor stages. H eadline acts include Emilie-Claire Barlow and The Barlow G roup, Juno nominees The Susie A rio li Swing Band, form er metal queen gone jazz Lee Aaron, the first chordless latin-jazz-funk un it in history N ic k A li (pictured left) and Cruzao, keyboard w izard M ichael Kaeshammer, and Carribean musicians NEW A featuring Nicholas Branker, Eddie Bullen, W ilson Laurencin and Arturo Tappin. O ther acts at this year's festival include The Russ Little Quintet, Adagio, The M ark Eisenman Jazz Q u a rte t Tyler Yarema, Thermal Quartet, The Rob Reed Trio, O rioxy, H ila rio Duran, Melissa Stylianou, Jon Seiger and the All-Stars and The Laura Hubert Band. A n added feature to the festival this year is the Bell Canada "Youth in the Spotlight"- a 2 hour show w h ic h w ill spotlight the talents o f some talented young jazz musicians and singers. "Youth in the Spotlight" takes place on Saturday August 10th from 2:30-4:30 in Towne Square. O utd oo r stages for the festival are located on Lakeshore Road (east o f N avy Street), in Towne Square and in Centennial Square (near to the O a kville Centre for the Performing Arts.) In addition, m any other locations throughout d o w nto w n w ill also be featuring a variety of jazz acts. W h ile visiting the festival be sure to fill o u t a ballot for your chance to w in a trip for tw o to the Barbados Jazz festival and stay at "Tim e o u t at the Cap". Ballots and boxes w ill be on site at the festival all weekend long! The D o w n to w n O a k ville Jazz Festival is pre sented by the D o w n to w n O a kville BIA, w ith support from its sponsors Bell Canada, Carlsberg, A M 740, CH TV, Budds' Jaguar and Sunveil. For further inform ation on the festival please visit the D o w n to w n O a k ville Jazz w eb site at w w w .oakville jazz.co m o r call the D o w n to w n O akville BIA at 905-844-4520. The D o w n to w n O a kville BIA represents over 400 businesses, including retail, dining, financial, business to business, and service industries and is managed by a volunteer Board o f 11 elected and 1 appointed member. Celebrating 10 years, the Downtown Oakville Jazz Festival begins Friday at 6 pm until Saturday night at midnight. AUGUST 9th and 10th, 2002 a k v iix e a u d i o IN C . The Downtown Oakville Jazz Festival s Small town charm, Big time la You Park. We Pay. Downtown Oakville parking tokens for 1 HOUR O F F R E E PARK ING H H IlR 15CN S!$pCM Kl/lLLf are now available at participating businesses. Your Local AudioA/ideo & Communication Specialists Professionally < tPre-wired * Home Theatres from 210 LAKESHORE ROAD EAST Towne Square, O akville 9 0 5 -3 3 8 -1 1 8 8 · w w w .o akvilleau d io .co m L a k n O n ta r io , Watch for businesses displaying the "Ask us about our Parking Token Program " decal! DOWNTOWN OAKVILLE BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT AREA Dressing the growing years and the nursery. www.oakvilledowntown.com 905- 844-4520 TOWN OF OAKVILLE PARKING OPERATIONS 905- 338-4394 There's a space for you! There are more than 2,800 parking spots in Downtown Oakville! 251 Lakeshore Rd. E. Oakville 9 0 5 844-1444 - Win Your Local Business the RECOGNITION it Deserves! 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Tiawsnit Oakville's A WA R D S o u c a n b e re c o g n iz e d a m o n g th e m o st o u ts ta n d in g lo c a l businesses in C a n a d a . Enter th e NEBS Business Products/Oakville Beaver Local Business Awards - a n d w in re c o g n itio n in o n e o r m o re o f th re e ca te g o rie s: LOCAL BUSINESS Y · · · M ost In n o v a tiv e Local Business (Est. since Jan. 1, 1999) Best Local Business W e b Site M ost C o m m u n ity -In v o lv e d Local Business Most Community-Involved Local Business As p a ri o f th e NEBS Businoss Products/Oakville Beaver L oci) Business Awards for 2002. we're asking readers.to vote o n w hich business they fee! is th e m ost c om m uni ty-involved in Oakville. It s easy to vote. Ju st fiU o ut this form a n d mail o r d ro p off a t th e office o f the OakviUe Beaver. If you wish, you c an also vote by em ail, sending y o u r vote to m onlvi£ue#halum seai-th.com . Please, only o n e vote p er person. W ho sh o u ld w in? 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