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WhhIby F»e Prose, Weckiesday, December 30. 1992Z Page 9 TERRI LYONS 18 the new director of chitdren's services and aduilt fiction at the Whltby Public Library. ,er tetHS oo tdn Photo by Matthew Stolk, er tetHS Ào tdn Change sare 'madeto pre-sehool program at Whi*tby library By Elizabeth Hooper The chidren's services depart- ment at:tii. Whitby Publicelbr- ar i* itroducing a new ache- dùieofpre-school progrmi Therogamfor thos3eup to ag ,mecdn Tales. For Tots, ~' enda btme, isan estalished part of ail libraries - it's when chldren are first intro- duced te books. . Tii. libraryles changing ..the structure of tiie program because they can no longer accpt the numiber of cbldren they once did. Before, ail preschooling pro- grama were held at the. same time - six-week sessions during wbich staff worked ail diay. They wili now have four-ýweek sessions, which will constantly ho rotatmng. S.Sessions wili ho shorter but there wili ho more of them. taby-' time and Tales For Tots wniil Iho only 30 minutes long and Stery- thne 45 minutes long, but there will ho more of thi essions., There wili ho a maximum of 30 cbildren registered for each pro- ram, and pre-registration wiii b.necessary. for ail programa except Babytime. SEE PAGE 16 Daniel Li01MWchti1U inK1concertM Known for bis warm, rich and ' veratile voice, baritone Daniel Lichti will erfiorm at the 'Arts3 Resource Centre, Oshawa on Saturday, Jan. 9, 8 p.m. It is the second of four concerts. presented by the Durham Région Concert Association. Lichti la especialiyrcgned*t for bis sensitive interpretations of the works of J.S. Bach, and ls a fr-equent guest artist for Bach ~ festivals throughout Europe and North America. His performance also includes *-contmporarymuic........ ByEliabeth Hoper- Whitby Public Library and the Town 'parka and recreation departinent- wiii kick off their second annual Heydenshore chl-ý dren's concert series with the Kim and. Jerry Brodey Famiiy Concert on Jan. 16. A husband and wife tearo, The Brodeys are a fainiy-oiented, show, with characters such sas ,Aunt *Beuiah, Uncle Aiphonse, Gertrude, and The Genius.. They'were a big bit when they performed as part of the first concert series. They perform original songs, ranging from jazz and gospel, to rega and rock 'n' .roil, with keybtoard,'aeompeanist or. with, their. whole rolliiking band, The Leapi'Lizard&. Their show, 'Let's Help This Planet 'is ;an «environmentally- friendîyý show," and Joanne Alexander,. co-ordinator of the concert, seies,-says, 'Thisparti- cular program la very fast- paced.».. A ne w at for tbis year is Join Hand « Puppeteers,- a husband- and-wifie.puppet duo. who wili perforniithe second show of The large puppets will performn «The MagicDLrumn,' an enchnting «rainforest tale," on Feb. 27. They wili have live music and everyone participating. Another new act this year will be Matt Maxwell In Concert, the third and final show of the series, on March 17. A bilingual singer/songwriter, Maxweii"'concerts are part French, part English and highly participatory. Performing funky, rock Wn. roll* PRESENTS Saturday, Januaàry 2nd Fslday. January th SIL VER Saturday. January 9th ALL OVER THE PLACE Fiday auary15th 114Dudae. E,\/ stb chldren's songe, Maxwell- has played for ,more than 300,000 ci drenifromcoastte co ast. Accomranying -'-Maxrw.1l on stae illhosome of Canada's, moat accomplished xnusicians, in- cluding guitarist/keyboardist Michael St. Clair and saxophon- ist Colleen Alleni. Alexander says, «Matt Max- weli's shows reach out'te, a wide range of people.» Aexander bas ,worked with Caroline Allen te book perfor- mers for the second concert, seres.' «Almost straight after the. last, concert series ended, w. -hoga.n working on tbis years series,» explains Alexander. W.had to be aware of what the needs were -- music and puppets are the-two things that go over well with the kids." Th.y'received financial assis- tance from the Ontario, Arts Council.-ý 2Ther are many young fam- ilies in Wbitby, so'there was a need: for'this type of program,» explaInsAkixander. Ail performances wili b. about on. hour ini length and ail are at Heenshore. Each show rvdes quality entertainment for ail cbildren iin the. community,' says Alexander. "M'e shows aredynamite and * SEÉ PAGE 16 Brodeys to begin, ..ki*dsç'.concert series MEDCAL IL HRDISON incuds llimedit aml e -30da vcaio W.........y..#...d.o ......... .......~-O ~9