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www.insideHALTON.com | OAKVILLE BEAVER | Friday, June 6, 2014 | 18 Artscene B A L L E R I N A S I N T H E M A K I N G Choral singers wanted Sheridan College's Greg Andrews is looking for choral singers to participate in a special performance he's planning for a three-day music theatre conference taking place at Sheridan College's Trafalgar campus June 24-26. Andrews, who is the head of music discipline for Sheridan's Music Theatre Performance Program, said with Oakville's strong history in choral traditions he's hoping local community groups will take the unique opportunity to be part of a creative collaboration between a choral conductor, a choreographer, dancers and an animator in "a wonderfully inspired multi-media performance that fuses a live choir, dance and incredible animation." It will be a 20-minute performance at the international conference called Stage and Screen: The Art of Collaboration in Musical Theatre. It features papers, talks and practical demonstrations designed to bring together leaders to discuss music theatre practices. Andrews said he's hoping to impress everyone with the June 24 performance featuring the choral music of Grammy-winning American composer and conductor Eric Whitacre, including his musical theatre composition, Bliss from Paradise Lost: Shadows and Wings. Rehearsals will take place on Mondays, beginning June 9. Interested singers are asked to email him at greg.andrews@sheridancollege. ca or visit the Facebook page http:// on.fb.me/1otlwb6. For more information about the conference, visit http:// songstagescreen.sheridancollege.ca. Heather Ogden, a principal dancer from the National Ballet of Canada, held a special workshop for students at Balletomane Inc. on Davis Road in Oakville last Friday. She's pictured left teaching the students some techniques. Right, she's showing form. Ogden joined the National Ballet in 1998 and was promoted to principal dancer in 2005. | photos by Franki Ikeman ­ Oakville Beaver (Follow on Twitter @halton_photog or www.facebook.com/HaltonPhotog) New season of Oakville Drama Series released For the past 35 years, West End Studio Theatre and The Oakville Players have been producing a homegrown season full of comedy, farce, drama, thriller, mystery and music. The upcoming lineup for the Oakville Drama Series 2014-15 season will be no different with the local community theatre groups revealing four unique productions, which will all be staged at Oakville Centre for the Performing Arts, 130 Navy St. The 36th season officially begins this fall with Skin Flick by Norm Foster from Oct. 16-19 and 22-25. The comedy centres around married couple Rollie and Daphne who find themselves in a difficult position when they discover they are both out of work, are close to broke and still have to support their son in university. Their pal Alex also reveals to them that he's been fired from his job and is broke. With one idea leading to the next, they decide to make an adult film to help them get out of their financial woes. The season continues with mystery musical Colours in the Storm: The Tom Thomson Musical by Jim Betts from Nov. 6-9 and 12-15. It tells the story of famous Canadian painter Tom Thomson, who mysteriously died in the waters of Canoe Lake in Algonquin Park in 1917. There's been speculation since his death that he may have been murdered. The musical centres around Thomson's struggle to realize his own potential and recognize his own talent. In 2015, the groups will present The Mumberley Inheritance by Warren Graves Feb. 5-8 and 11-14, followed by Game Show by Jeffrey Finn and Bob Watson March 19-22 and 25-28. The Mumberley Inheritance is a melodrama set at Mumberley Manor in England during the early 1900s that encourages audience participation while Game Show is an inter- active comedy that tells the story of Troy Richards, America's favourite TV game show host, and how his producer is trying to replace him with her secret lover. Tickets cost $28 for each show or $80 for all four. Auditions for the upcoming fall shows are coming up for those interested in acting or singing in the productions. For more information about the auditions or the upcoming season, visit www.oakvilledrama. ca or the groups' websites at www. oakvilleplayers.ca and www.thewest.ca. FromDragon's DentoyourBBQ. FlavorFork isnowavailable! "Marinade food the right way and pick up yours online at: www.flavorfork.com"