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Wednesday, November 22, 2000 THE OAKVILLE BEAVER B5 A R TS & EN TER TA IN M EN T B y C a r o l B a ld w in ENTERTAINMENT EDITOR Characters come to life at Eatons X S Photo by Peter C. McCusker Frances and Avril Tyrrell will be signing copies of their newest book Wood land N utcracker as well as displaying and selling Frances's original water colours, reproductions and new line o f greeting cards at Green Gables Framing and Art Studio, 46 John S t , on Friday and Saturday. Characters from the W oodland N utcracker will be part of Eatons' Christmas decor for seven o f its new stores, which are set to open later this month. Merriam School of Music Chamber concert Friday, musical auditions Saturday Six talented m usicians from the M erriam S chool o f M usic w ill jo in forces on Friday, Nov. 24th at 8 p.m. to present an evening o f "user-friend ly" cham ber m usic. F eaturing w orks by R avel, Faure, M ozart and Van W illiam s, this concert w ill include discussions, dram a and dem o n strations to enhance the listen ing experience. P erfo rm e rs w ill in c lu d e D an ie l T rinh, K arlene W ong and Jonathan D er on violin, M onica F edrigo on cello, H eather W ilton on piano and vocalist C atherine A rcand. All o f these perform ers are instruc tors at the M erriam School o f M usic and will be available after the concert to m eet w ith audience m em bers. T h e concert w ill be h eld at the M er riam School o f M usic Recital H all at 2359 B ristol C ircle (o ff W inston C h u rch ill B ou lev ard , betw een the Q E W and D undas Street). T ickets are $5 in advance or $8 at the door. T he M erriam School o f M usic will also be holding auditions for Jonah a nd the Big Fish Story, an original one-act m usical by R ick Imus. T hese auditions will be conducted by appointm ent only betw een 4 and 6 p.m . on Saturday, Nov. 25th. To book an appointm ent or for m ore details, call Cathy at 875-3090. R eh ea rsals fo r th is p ro d u ctio n , d irec ted by N an ci L lew ellyn, w ill begin in January for perform ances w hich w ill be held from A pril to A ugust. om e o f the w ell-know n characters from W oodland N u tcra cker, a C an ad ian C h ristm as book by O akville artist Frances Tyrrell (her eighth book) and her m other Avril, are being adopted by the new Eatons for its C hristm as decor. Avril says the bears and other w oodland creatures from their book will take on a life o f their own as life-size like nesses o f the lovable characters w ave from m obile podium s in seven o f Eatons new locations. `T h e Ribbon G ym nast - the polar bear - will be w aving a ribbon, and m other grizzly with the cubs will be turning and w aving," she explains. "A nd there will be (bear) cook ies and chocolates from L aura Secord in decorated boxes and tins. T here will be a bear - I think it's going to be the N utcracker Prince - that will be sold for charity." And, she adds, Karen Kain will be reading the Woodland N utcracker for a CD , w hich will be available at Eatons loca tions w hen they open for business later this month. Proceeds from the sale o f the CD will also be donated to charity. For those w ho w ould like to see the W oodland N u t cracker characters in the Tyrrells' book, the creators will be at G reen G ables Fram ing and A rt Studio, 46 John St., on Friday, Nov. 24th from 6:30 to 10:30 p.m. and on Saturday, Nov. 25th from 1:30 to 5:30 p.m . signing copies o f the book. `T h e re will be greeting cards and prints that Frances has done for different fairy tales," adds Avril. C ookies and punch will be served. Frances is a visual artist w ho not only illustrates her books with her own paintings but sells the original paint ings as well. The W oodland N u tcra cker is illustrated by F rances and w ritten by Avril. T he story follow s the original N u tcra cker Suite ballet, except the m ain characters are bears with w oodland creatures as their friends and neighbours. A nd in the w oodland version, C lara leaves her parents' C hristm as party and flies in a h ot air balloon, w ith her anim ated n u t cracker doll, to U rsa M ajor. T his year Frances has developed a new line o f greeting cards titled W onders a n d F airytales, w hich Avril says com es from paintings her d au ghter has done over the years. She has also created reproductions o f the m ost p o p u lar o f those paintings to satisfy num erous requests for them . "S h e's alw ays painting fairy-tale pictures, but she hasn't y et g ot a publisher for them ," explains Avril, ad ding that visitors to G reen G ables this w eekend are w elcom e to w ear their fairy w ings. "I feel so strongly that at C hristm as, there should be som ething totally lighthearted for ch ildren." 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