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st tribune march 17 1993 pi 1 people susan myers takes on role of director for music mania bruce stapley correspondent after 13 years of portraying characters like mayor fran salis bury ernestine and the bag lady susan myers has traded her costume box for a directors chair myers is the lady in the hot seat for be our guest the 34th annual production of music mania and while the first year direc tor has paid her dues having sat on almost every music mania committee she still recalls her first ever experience with the renowned stouffville variety show ill never forget it said the local hair salon operator i walked into a skit rehearsal and said i want to be in skits they just looked at me funny they werent expecting me however as with all music mania newcomers myers was wel comed aboard and given a few small roles the rest as the line goes is history as myers went on to become a true music maniac each year i got more interested and i got more involved i started making costumes working on the stage crew and i start ed to infiltrate a lot of the show myers said the knowledge she has picked up from involving her self in such a broad range of activities has been crucial to her role as assistance director last year and director this time around tou have no idea of how the whole show works until youve sat on most of the committees despite all the work involved in putting the production together each year myers said music mania is essentially a social experi ence the number one part of the show is social its a way to meet people and there have been a lot of great friendships made through music mania it also gives every day people a chance to discover things about themselves she said music mania has forced out my creativity i had never done any acting before as for my costume making i had only done basic sewing but i just looked at what was needed and said i can do that and its the same with other people they end up doing things they never thought they could do myers said she gets a kick out of seeing people going from being tentative and shy to outgoing and adventuresome after a few years with the show when you get out into something like this otherwise straight people show another side of themselves peo ple will sometimes come out for the first time and say theyll help write skits but theyll never get up on stage but we always end up getting them on stage myers said she has attempted to blend everything together in some segments of this years show with the chorus and skit peo ple performing at the same time rather than individually things have gone smoothly so far she said but added there will probably be bugs to be ironed out once rehearsals begin in earnest at the stouffville district secondary school stage while myers said she is enjoying the challenge of directing the show she refuses to let the spot light shine on her alone im fumbling along in a way being my first year as director but im getting lots of support everything is done by committees so its not one persons show its everybodys show and we want every body to be a star in our show she said be our guest which plays april 22 23 24 is an apt title im thrilled to death with it i dont think they could have picked a better theme education york boards prepared for gr 9 destreaming york region school boards are prepared to launch destream ing of grade 9 students this september the ministry of education mandated that all ontario boards cluster first year high school students in a single rank and erase basic general and advanced levels starting this september fullfledged destreaming is to be carried out by 1996 but earlier this year educa tion minister dave cooke announced that boards that are illprepared to initiate a destreamed program can delay it until 1994 were on track for septem ber said don oshaughnessy spokesman for the york region roman catholic separate school board the york region board of education is proceeding as planned said curriculum superintendent win pro- cyshen she said the main con cern has centred on the time needed to properly train teach ers so far 100 teachers volun teered for a destreaming forum in late february another 40 teachers took part in a telecon ference linking them with min istry staff procyshen said more work shops and seminars will be available to teachers this spring and summer destreaming is aimed at acclimatizing young teens to the change from elementary to secondary school course selec tions will be put on hold for a year while students study a common curriculum for the equivalent of eight credits the brook meadowbrook golf and country club privatemembership owned home of the 1990 canadian professional tour players championship memberships available for a short time to a limited number deferred or reduced initiation fees up to 30 off 200000 seasonal trial membership immaculately groomed 18 hole championship course full practice facilities with first class driving range executive par 3 course complimentary playing 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