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Student art showThree Oakville bands in Metroland'sBest of the West online showdownThe applications are now closed and threeOakville bands have entered to duke it out in thisyears Metrolands Best of the West battle of thebands competition.This years local entries are Stephan G, Nitrik andThe first round of voting started this week andBounty.runs until Feb. 16, during which time a local winnerThe battle of the bands-style online voting com-will be chosen. The winners from each region willpetition is put on byThe Oakville Beaver,then square off against each other during the votingFlamborough Review, Burlington Postand Miltonperiod that runs Feb. 28-March 11.Canadian Championcommunity newspapers. Stephan G is a one-man show featuring StephanIt aims to find bands that want to showcase theirGuschewski, who posted the songLet Me Be Yours.unique sound for a chance to appear at this yearsThe solo artist also has a band, called The InitialBurlington Sound of Music Festival in June.Breakdown, and performs styles such as instrumen-Contestants had to enter an original one- total acoustic, hard rock and heavy metal.three-minute video on the video-sharing websiteNitrik features Dan Waites on guitar, GeorgeYouTube.com and then upload it to the website of Crotty on bass, Denis Clement on drums andtheir community newspaper. It was open to allJonathan Pocklington on guitar and vocals. Thegenres of music. Now that the entries are in, it is upvideo features the song titled Animal. The bandto readers to check out each of the videos and votefeatures a hybrid of music styles and is currently infor their favourite online. The band with the mostthe process of recording its first CD.votes in each region will be featured in the printBounty includes members Taylor Brockelsby,edition of its hometown newspaper and will moveNathan Bain and Adrian Pantalone, who performon to the contests championship round to battle itthe song The Edge. The group of young musiciansout for the Best of the West title and the chance toSUBMITTED PHOTOhas performed on stages such as Torontos Elperform at the 2011 Burlington Sound of MusicMocambo and has even opened for the late TorontoFestival on Fathers Day weekend, June 16-19.AT LOYOLA:St. Ignatius of Loyola Catholic Secondary School students areblues-rocker Jeff Healey. Bounty is currently in theOn Monday, March 14, the 2011 Metroland Besthosting an exhibit to showcase their artistic talent. The free art exhibit takes placeprocess of recording an album.of the West battle of the band champion will beThursday, Feb. 10 from 6 to 8:30 p.m. Pictured are (back row left-right) LaurenTo vote readers are asked to go to www.oakville-crowned. The band will be featured again thisQuinn, Daniel Arias, Iryna Budrevych, (front row left-rright) Natalie Rzeszutek,beaver.com and click on the Metrolands Best of thetime in all four of the participating communityKatrinal Feliciano, Lina Pardo and Samantha Pufek. Loyola is located at 1550West logo.newspapers.Nottinghill Gate. The show is open to the public.Saturday, February 12, 2011The Meeting House2700 Bristol Circle, OakvilleHalton-Peels Premiere Yoga Event for Mental WellnessOnly $25per drop-in colars $s100 for a fullday7:30 am Registration8:00 am to 8:50 amHatha Stretchby Prana Yoga & Wellness Studios9:00 am to 9:50 amLet Go & Let Flowby Yoga Network of Canada10:00 am to 10:50 am Kripaluby Youga11:00 am to 11:50 am Integrity by Kula11:00 am to 11:50 am Childrens Yoga*by Yoga Rocks kids and teensLunch will be11:50 am to 12:30 pmCreative Calmby Shama-Bhakti Yoga Centreprovided12:30 pm to 1:20 pm Vinyasa by Infi nite Yoga - Serenity Balance Harmony*For children aged1:30 pm to 2:20 pm Power by Parivartan Hot Yoga Studio6-12. Children 2:30 pm to 3:20 pm Esprit by Some Like It Hot Yogaunder 6 must have3:30 pm to 4:20 pm Relaxation by Flying Monkey Yoga Studioadult supervisionFor details go to www.yogathon.ca or phone 905-338-2112or email msueping@schizophrenia.on.caWed like to thank The Yoga Network of Canada,The Oakville Beaver, Scotiabank and participating yoga studios!Limited yoga mats available. Please bring your own!www.insideHALTON.com OAKVILLE BEAVER Wednesday, February 9, 2011 22