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irThaP FnaAu9ctress taps into an array of roles with to explore wde-ranging crativit By IRENE GENTLE 1 The Chamc',on FIRST MINUTE - MOT LAST MINUTE! THE NEW 'THEME'WHICH IS FAST TAKING OVER in the travel industry is 'First-minute' booking of travel, rather than last-minute. It bas been more obvious this year already titan ever before with the NEW MILLENNIUM upon us, and people seeking to get their plans made and set for this historic time. But with THE LATEST ANNOUNCEMENT BY VACATION SUPPLIERS that there wîll be less space available overall titis year, and tite OFFER 0F GREAT 'EARLY BOOKINGS (FIRST MIUTE!) INCENTIVES, il is very unlikely titere will be any degree of last minute bargains as have appeared in previous years. BOOKINGS ARE AHEAD BY AS MUCH AS 30% in many programns as compared to titis time last year, as reported by ai least one of thte suppliers recently. PRINCESS CRUISES 2000 EUROPE PROGRAM is outlmned in its newly released brochure, whicit details the 45 departures titey offer. MOST INTERESTING TO MANY is their CRUISETOUR offering of Land Tour packages in conjunction witb a ,GRAND PRINCESS' or 'CROWN PRINCESS' cruise. More and more people are opting to extend their planning beyond tite cruise. Princess offers 23 différent itineraries on board four sitips. Get your brochure today, and plan for summer 2000! AND ADWHILE ON CRUISE SHIPS - RADISSON SEVEN SEAS IS OFFERING FALL SAVING OF UP TO US$2,200 PER PERSON on 15 cruises in Europe, Arabia, India, the Far East mnd thse Southt Pacific from August to December. AS WELL ,TWO FOR ONE, SAVINGS ARE AVAILABLE on thse "Severi Seas Navigator's" I 6-night maiden "GRAND ATLANTIC CROSSING" on Oct. 2 from Nice to Fort Lauderdale. DID YOU KNOW: And you probably did _ THE NUMBER ONE activity for Tourists in Canada and thse US. is - you're rigbt - SHOPPING! 878-2886 16 Martin St. (downtowfl) Ah. in Hiton His am O.kville ww.bruceboodcOm Photo by GRAHAM PAINE Milton'a Alaina Brouwer la a bonnis danoer and actor, as she wli prove et Ceidh «99, playing et the OakviIIe Centre for the Performing Arts tonight and tomorrow. Good Friends Gathering w Friday and Saturday Nights $ .9 Prme Rib Special from 1 0hF 99Sundys LIVE ENTIRTAINMENT - SATr., AUG. 21 SUN., AUG. 22 From 9 p rom 6 pm "SCOTCH. 4 8IRRL B OURBON» BOUSEBUS 575 Ontario St. (at Derry) 876-1186 Sunday Brunch 10:00 arn - 2:00 prn Sunday Night Pasta FeSt frorn 4 prn Alaina Brouwer has an open, friendly face, an engaging personality and a voice as welcoming as warmn milk on a cold night. In other words, she's a perfect villain. And in fact the 20-year-old Milton dancer, actor and arts teacher got a taate of the seamy side of life through hier recent portrayal of Madge Shelton at the 1999 Ontario Renaissance Festival. Old Madge was a saucy bit who did 4,m4r/ some time as King Henry the Eighth's A mistress. "She waa the littie rne'uinment trollop of Trillingham," jokeri Ms Brouwer, refer- ring to the village the festival takes place in. But tbough the King's bit of fluif may have been a vamp, she barely registered in the villain category. Neither, sadly, does the promisingly named Bonnie Goodbum.. That Austin Powers style heroine is played by Ms Brouwer in Ceilidb '99, showing at Oakville Centre for the Performing Arts this Saturday. But if ail this flirty femme stuif seems too bot, parents, relax. No femme fatale The Ms Brouwer who will be teacbing children drama and dance at Burlington's Sundance Studios and the Milton Centre for Music and Theatre Arts is hardly a vixen front the Salome school of femme fatales. Instead, she is a genuinely sunny person who loves children, loves to dance and loves to see people acbieve their.personal best. 1I really enjoy children. I enjoy their potential and their inno- cence," she said. She is alto enamoured with their fearlessness. She saw that in action during a stint as a counsellor at Mîlton's draina camp last summer. "Mhe first day everyone would come in wîtb a brother or sister and kind of stay with them. At lunch time it was pretty quiet," said Ms Brouwer. "By the end of it, the quietest person was up there doing solos." Plutyful quality It is a quality she has tried to emulate in her work with children. "Part of what makes a good teacher is being able to maintain authority while being able to get down to their level and be play- fuI," she said. Ms Brouwer discovered bier love of dance at an age when just pulling on ballet shoes was a challenge. Her passion for drama took a little longer toi emerge. She was in bier final years at E.C. Dmury before Ms Brouwer ses TERROR on page 17 SERVICE INEw FREE ESTIMATES Psackdagl¶ TO AIL C1 uit 3, motn ýKýES -876-1175 1 STONECROFI COUNTRY GUEST BOUSE OPEN SUNDAYS.,,,ý- FOR: