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Artscene A D O S E O F C U L T U 27 | Thursday, October 2, 2014 | OAKVILLE BEAVER | www.insideHALTON.com "Connected to your Community" R E Culture Days came to Queen Elizabeth Park Community and Cultural Centre (QEPCCC) Saturday. The national event aims to raise awareness, participation and engagement in the arts and cultural life of Canadian communities. Clockwise from above, Oakville Chinese Network's Wanzhen Liu performs a traditional folk dance; Oakville Symphony Orchestra's Sabina Gorokhovsky tunes her violin; Oakville's Circle of Harmony Chorus performs a cappella; Oakville Association of knitters and crocheters' Kat Currie holds a finished piece by Jill Meek; and five-year-old Jana Dowds, face painted as a cat, colours a section of a large kids' mural of the Toronto skyline. | photos by Graham Paine ­ Oakville Beaver (Follow on Twitter @halton_photog) Momentum Choir in Oakville Friday Momentum Choir, a group of 50 professional singers with developmental disabilities, is set to get The Meeting House going in Oakville Friday (Oct. 3). The chorus is a non-profit, highly-disciplined, performance-based choir for persons with emotional, developmental and/or intellectual disabilities. "It is an opportunity to see past disability and share the choir's vision to belong, believe and inspire in their original theme song, See Me As Me," stated a news release. The unique Niagara-Region-based choir is currently in its eighth year. "To hear them sing is a profound emotional experience," Mendelt Hoekstra, Momentum's executive and artistic director, said in the release. "The future is open for Momentum because this is a group and segment of Canada that can really inspire this country. The concert, which starts at 7 p.m. at the 2700 Bristol Circle church, will benefit Community Living Oakville and Kerr Street Ministries. It will also feature the Niagara choir To the King Male Chorus as a special guest. Tickets cost $15 each and are available at the door or online at http://goo.gl/ZrVx1m. Momentum's repertoire includes everything from Leonard Cohen's Hallelujah to Lady Gaga's Born This Way. "We are opening the eyes of the arts community," Hoekstra said in the release. "Momentum Choir members are proving that they belong in the professional arts community. They are laying the groundwork for a vision of acceptance and inclusiveness for all members of society." For more information about the choir, contact Hoekstra at mendelt@momentumchoir.ca or 905-941-8280, or visit www.momentumchoir. ca, www.facebook.com/MomentumChoir, or find the group on Twitter @momentumchoir. Burl Oak Theatre Group 2014-2015 Season: A Theatrical Joyride By James Sherman Produced by special arrangement with Samuel French Inc. Directed by Mike Mitton Produced by Jim Clemens And John Smissen October 2 to 5, 2014 OAKVILLE CENTRE FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS BOX OFFICE 905-815-2021 OR 1-888-489-7784 OR WWW.OAKVILLECENTRE.CA TICKETS / $30 STUDENTS / $5 WITH ID GROUP DISCOUNTS AVAILABLE