Serena de b ySingers The CounyTwn SingersWin present 'pun ead'o Monday, May1 and Tuesday, May 14, 8 pý..,at A Touch cf Class Banquet Hall,' 104 Consumera Dr., Whitby. Tickets cost $10 for adulte, $8 for seniors and students,, $5 for those aged 12 and under. Tickets are available at Lafontaine Trading Post, WIMtby, or cail 668-5469. FIMOTHER'DM) Mom-o-gram by. quartet On Mothers' Day, May 12,the Horselees Carriagemen barbershoppers -will provide a formally attired quartet to sing te, mcm. anywhere in southern Durham Region. Choclates, a rose and a. card, plus two appropiaW songe, are offered for a fe. cf $40 and can be arranged byý caling Roy at 579- 3462. 'Mom-o-grams" have been delivered te mnore than 180 mothers over the past three yearsA and, annually, over $1,,500 ha. been raised te provide equipment and support for the speech theraphy Campbell School in the Grandview, complex, in Oshawa. w L Amicale buffet A Mother'. Day brunch-buffet is witl being served by Le Club Canadien- staI francais d'Oshawa,« on Sunday, Ai May 12, 10:30 a.m. te 2 pam., at actu L'Amicale, 707' Simcoe St. S., into Qshabwa -why ickets are $10 for adulta, $5 for sui childron up te age 12, and free for wot] children up te age 6. Just For reservations or tickets, cal ,P. 725-9410, or Club Soleil at 725- old 4252. jigu ho aroi ot bine wz PUB & RESTAURANT. StA grosi IENTE11TAINMENT agaiù Fn. May 3& Sat. May4 a 9pm - 1am with6 z fc 2iiokS.Suh W i - Ml MORE THAN 250 art, antique and collectible are on Saturday. il a.m. to 5 p.m., and ites wllbe p fr ld t Te taton Sunday, 10 a.m. to noon. For more Gallerys Spring Fever Auctioji on, Sunday, information, oeil the gal lery a 668.,4185. MWy 5, starlng at noon. Previews of!items I3~M tV.Jy<iiD oaWhilW Fro. Preo JJ' rihtwih Co'rthouse's fun mystery SBy c.orge KausfMan Vhitby Courthouse Theatre's &I production cf the soason is an ertaining, thoughtful - murder steiy that takes layful liberties à h usual ingredients cf tho ndard whodun»t.-. 1 à Act oPf the Imagination i. aaily a---whodunit that turns oa howdunit, and thon into a ydunit, before completely prising us by ..-, well, that ld be giving away the fun part. i go and expect the unexpected. Laywright Bernard Slade is an hand at creating perplexing gw-puzzlo mysteries, and hore is havung hie fun playing md' with the formula, and ing a bit cf sly funt at the world ieatro at the same time. 'o go into the plot at all would infair, excopt te eay that it al ges on the character cf mystery oer Arthur Putnam, -*ho is tid that, a.fter ail these years, à "running dry",as an auther. tage veteran Jim Renshaw, a at comic acter, proves once in that ho is also a very fine I OSHAWA ART IRESOURCES CENTRE With Special .Guest Artists Music &- Songs from the- Movies & Shows :ADMISSION $5 Tickets obtainable at Rousseau Hertage House 216 Mary St., E., Whtby or -PhIono: 668-7794 and at, the door on day of Concert Directions: Arts Resources Centre ls at the rear of the Town Hall and Mlunicipal Offices. Hail canb. reachoed via Quen St. or Bigot St. Car'Parka avaliable'. acter, period. Ho handles the pivotal role of ý?ùtnam with a fine balance of engaging absent- inindedness and cunningý shrewdness. Goorgina Spencer, another 'Musie for You 'in, Oshawa Whitby's Erie James' former musical asecciate of Charlie Cha- plin, and'James' wife and part- ner Phyllis O'Reill wilp rosent their <Musc for ou show i Oshawa on Snnday afternoon, Ma 5. hesnow, starting at 3 p.mat the asResources Centre behind Oshawa city hall, will include music and songe from movies and musical comeies. ickets, for $5, are available at Rousseau Heritagç House on Mary- Street East in Whitby (666-7794) or at the door on the day of the concert. ClMéky Jeser Reaanwig & P" 101 Mary St. W. 665-7612. Friday May 3rd & Saturday May-4th e 9pm ta, Close 'Playing traditional Maritime, Scottsh & lrish favorites. 'I A band th at wilI have you clapping your hands, stomping your foot, singfing & cheening wýhiIe biinging you back home again through their sonjs'. reliable regular, is a charniing cipher as hie wife cf 20 years, Julia. She thunke she.knmowEsher husband well, but hier faith in him is tested by the eventEs cf the stezy. Allan Rosen, as Arthur's son Simon, gives us an- entirely believable picture of the handsome yoýung man who gets by on charm, and wit (with'more than a little help from is i father's choque book).> Garvin Farr, ltt D'Angela, Julie Leswick. and Catherine MacLean round eut the fine cast, wihthe entertaining help of Heather Sessions, as the maid. Myra White has added some effective atmosph ere music. Directer Susan, Farr has added all the right teuches that "l~ complezity'cf this plot calîs for, and- has allowed it the pace te unwind itself. The audience will require a little patience getting> te know the charqcters and watching for clever dlues in the first *act; -the wait i. well wcrth it in the second act. An Act of thze Inmgination continues at Whithy Courthouse Theatre 'May 2-4« and 9-11. Advance tickets are available at Lafonxtauno Trading Post ini downtown Whitby. fHerongate Bam ";;::ý iNw Plaving "Steppfrg Out" .A Hilarjous C7oînjedv Dinner & Show 'Iburs. thru- Sun. Excended (o May 12 Starting a t $32-95 Clip this ad & Save $2.00 Thurs., Fn. & Sun. Only Book Now for Mothe's, Day!l Group iJutes available. For moie inf'onniijon ciau: (905) 472-3085 2M85AJtona d.. Pckerlnu festival upcoming Durham Region's well known 75-member Jubilee Choir, under the direction of Barbara Breckenridge, will carry on a long tradition with a special lOth annverazychoral presentation of their anual May Festival of Song. The gala musical celebration gete underway at 3 p.m. on unaMay 26 at Heydenshore Pavilion iWhitby. The festival features a blond cf popular and trhditional music with an international fiavour, selected by Breckenridge te showcase -the sound cf the award-winning choir. Among their many accomplishments, the Durham Region seniors have been featured performers at Toronto's Roy Thomson Hall* at-- the annual Seniors Jubieée concerts." Mst recently, they performed at the official opening cf the newly expanded Whitby Seniors' Activity Centre. Tickets are-only $5 and are available at the Whitby Seniors' Activity Centre, Brock St. 'S., Thomas Houseocf Music, 1001 Burns St., WVhitby (430-0815) or from any choir member. There will be light refreshments, available. For further information, cali M. Griffith at 430-0070 or,the seniors' centre at-668-1424. Book sale ,is fundraiser. 'Me annual used bock sale.cf the volunteer comrnittee '-*of 'the Oshawa-Durham 1Symphony Orchestra wifl be hold on Tuesday, May 7 at 23 1/2 Simcoe St. S. in downtown Oshawa. It will run until Friday, May 10 and will include a'broad solection cf hardback and paperback books. Books on sale will range from romantic ncvels te mysteries, from the clasic te adventure, ais well as crafts and hobbies from amateur radio te, doll-house construction. FunDay at gallery, The Robert McLaughlln Gallery in Oshawa will hold Fun Day on Sunday, May 5, 1 to 3 p.m.. Participants can croate a self- portraitin a mixed media drawing studio workshop, and Join ini a mystery-solving art trip through the gallern... Admission .is -û»o. For more from $3.95' il11am-3p SaturaellV-Oams 3pmea :Buy one entrée at- regular p'e1 a -,get 2nd.entirée- I AT 1/2 PRICE- KEuai orlessr-valus. t to beused wfth other. spcasEpiree May 31,1996. Page 10, Whltby Fiee Press, Wednesday, May 1, 1M9 1 L-