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ARTS (,RAhiSil iciiIN ANTO Ar! HAMNL, NICE 'DO: Matt Carson (playing Conrad Birdie) shicks bis bair back as Natban Hicks and Annie Sbantz (portraying Albert Peterson and Rose Alvarez) look on during a dress rebearsal of Milton District Higb Scbool's 'Bye Bye Bîrdie, Performances are set for next Tbursday to Saturday (May 22 to 24),1in tbe scbool's auditorium at 730 p.m. Tickets wiII be avaîlable at the door and rost $t2 for aduits and $10 for students. Youth orchestra presents 'musical journey' Before ît leaves for a tour of Europe, a local orchestra will put on its final concert of the season. The Halton Youth Symphony Orchestra (HYSO) wîll showcase ils efforts with 'A Musical Joumney,' which will Lake place Monday, May 26 at the Oakvîlle Centre for the Performing Arts. The concert will start at 7:30 p.m., wiîh a sileni auc- tion at 6:30 p.m. Tickets cost $22 each. The prograrn will include many of the pieces the mnusi- cians will perfoutit in Europe, incîudingjohann Strauss's Emperor Waltz, Bizets Farandele from LiArlesienne, Suite No. 2, John Beckwith's Music for Dancing/Round Dance and Glieres Russian Sailors Dance. Tickets are availahle at www.oc4pa.ca or by callîng the box office at (905) 815-2021. The HYSO is one of two orchestras that make up the Halton Youth Symphony, and is made tip of mostly high school-aged musicians. The orchestra will leave tor its 10-day perfomuuance tour july 9, and wîll play in Salzburg, Vienna and Prague. On one of its stops, the group wîll represent Canada ai the Youth and Music Festival in \'enna. The tour has been in the werks for the pasi vear and wîll be the hirst major tnip abread in the 33-vear history ofl the organization. "The musirians have been preparîng themnsclves for the trip of a liletime," saîd [Halton Yeuth Symtpheny pres- ident Celleen Bryan "The excitement is growîng andl preparatiens are aIl fallîng int place very irely. Meanwhile, the Halton Youth Svmpliony is învîrîng musicians te audition for ils 2008/09 season. It draws talented yeung musicians froîn rommunities încîudîng Milion, Burlington and Missîssauga. Auditions will begîn next month and are srherluled by appointinent- For more informatien, vîsit www.halionyoutisyiu phonycom or caîl (905) 616-2760. _____ _______Think you can neyer have long, thick, sexy hair? Think again! This stmî'rrwc show o>ff your beautiful long anld luejows hair yot i qt onily thc stars have! ( 1O i K'( E Xt t' MSOCAP 1 k,,j: e ioi uc' il! WvilI fivc' yu,k Hair Lxtensions, a "_ýevoiution in, (iair L i !1i' s d ( r IIq ik(J c',îU 1ftItIY f 'i yes! fret' s n illdit tii sI lj ty ,9O90578-76684 The Canadian Champion, Friday, May 16, 2008 -51 (I'EeH AN, TZ7cm 905-878-7777 Europe calling for Serene Repub.lic Milton band excited about the opporûunity to hroaden. iLs fanbase By Stephanie Hounsel CANADIAN CHAMPION STAFF T tic I uropcan invasion of lioiic-gi orsn band 1-lhe Most 'Tr'!Cuc RýclpobliL Il MSR) us ow uudcîway c)u \'idcsa ic gi oup bcgau is first hearllînîîg tour ihrugl i uîepc i ss ci r îraiis 'lie lii Ile Nui Iný aniîd kiugdoîu Oser usse aiid-a-lhall wcck,. ITle group us prouuotiug uts ' suiphouuiirc stu- dio album, Poipuilaion. which was recased lasi September. Vc actually gei te sec if we hiave aux fans un E-urope,"ý said gui- tarist aud Miliou NORMAN WVONO SPECIAL TO THE CHAMPION resideni N'cl' SHOWING THEIR SHARPER SIDE: The Greavcs. Most Serene Republîr including (front row, Thai certainlv f rom left) Adrian JewetO, Ryan Lenssen and Emma appears to be the Ditcbburn, and (back row, from Ieft) Sean case given the lact Woolven, Tony Nesbitt-Larking, Nick Greaves and eue of the con- Simon Lukasewucb -wîIIl introduce furopean cens out a ,ed crowds to its CD, Population, tbis spring, E xciieenin us rertainly tbe overriding enueuon when it cernes te ibis tour, Greaves said. Bei the seven-member baud bas been together long enough te know tbe tour wîll bc more thain a little exhausting. 'ht takes a loi oui of yeu,- Greaves said, adding he already knews be li spend mosi ef the davs catching up ou sleep in their tour van. "l'ni used te it. TMSR - whiclb is signed te, the Arts and Crafts label, hume te surh artists as Broken Social Scene, Stars and Feist - bas spent the past six monihs tor se tourîng and is aise in pre-production -see INTERNET on page B2