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Wednesday, December 29, 1999 THE OAKVILLE BEAVER B5 Arts & Entertainment Oakville B eaver E ntertainm ent Editor. Carol Baldwin 845-3824 (Extension 254) Fax:337-5567 Oakville stages own party to welcome New Millennium By C arol B aldw in ENTERTAINMENT EDITOR Why travel to Times Square or even Toronto for that matter when Oakville is staging a three-day millennium celebra tion of its own, counting down from Dec. 29th to midnight on Dec. 31st? M. J. Milhomens, Millennium Eve co-ordinator for the Oakville 2000 Millennium Committee, says the threeday celebration will offer activities for adults, kids and families alike in all areas of Oakville, from north to south and east to west. "We're trying to make sure that the millennium celebrations are throughout the community. There's something hap pening in every comer of the town," she says. On Dec. 29th the entertainment begins with a `Seniors' Spectacular Variety Show' at 7 p.m. in the Oakville Centre, which includes the Happy Tappers who recently returned from the World Tap Dancing Championships in Germany. Tickets are $5 and are avail able by calling the Oakville Centre box office at 815-2021. "The seniors are doing a (ongoing) tour of the M ilitary M useum and a lunch at the Oakville Legion, Church and Navy. They're also having an art show (from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.) at the Sir John Colbome Centre (1565 Old Lakeshore Rd.) and at the Oakville Art Society (560 Bronte Rd.), all three days," says Milhomens. The seniors are also conducting free guided `M illennium W alks' along Lakeshore Road East from Navy Street to Trafalgar Road, pointing out the her itage buildings and discussing the histo ry of these buildings with participants, beginning at 11 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. on Father Mark Curtis Dec. 29th and 30th. "They do recommend you call the Sir John Colbome Centre (815-5960) to get tickets. They're trying to have no more than 25 people per group," advises Milhomens, adding that each group working under the umbrella of the Oakville 2000 Millennium Committee is organizing its own events. Also on Wednesday, the YMCA at 410 Rebecca St. is inviting youth to a Coffee House, with a live band, begin ning at 8 p.m. And for even younger kids, the Oakville libraries will present `M ad cap M illie's M arvelous M illennium M ix-up' - music, games and interactive stories about the Canadian millennium. Central and Woodside libraries will present `M ad Cap Millie's' on Dec. 29th at 2:30 and 7 p.m., respectively, while Glen Abbey and White Oaks will tell their millenni um stories on Dec. 30th at 10:30 a.m. and 2:30 p.m., respectively. Cost is $5 per family, with 50 cents of that going to the Oakville Millennium Book Project and the rest going to the library's early literacy program, `Reach Out and Read'. Free afternoon skating for the whole family is also available on all three days at all Oakville arenas - River Oaks, Glen Abbey, Maple Grove, Kinoak and Oakville. For hours of operation, call the individual arenas or pick up a millenni um program, which is available at vari ous community outlets including the Oakville Beaver, CHWO, both seniors' centres, and the Oakville Centre for the Performing Arts. Canlan Ice Sports Oakville (2300 Cornwall Rd.) is hosting a Millennium Sports Village on two of its ice pods. "One will have skating and the other will have all sorts of sports demonstra tions - figure skating, precision skating, speed skating, skateboarding - from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Dec. 29th and 30th. They have the Sports Hall of Fame display in there, and they'll have a sports memora bilia (silent) auction going on," says Milhomens. Dance, gymnastics, martial arts and fitness demonstrations will also be feature both days as well as interac tive games. Admission is $4 per person and $10 per family (up to six children/adults). "About eight Oakville restaurants are participating in a `wing-off' on Thursday to see who has the best wings," Milhomens continues. "Then on New Year's Eve they're having a family dinner. So you can go for dinner from 6 'til 10, then hop on the shuttle and come down to Towne Square for the millenni um eve celebrations." The free shuttle to the downtown bus terminal on Church Street leaves from four locations - Sheridan College, the Oakville GO Station on Cross Avenue, Hopedale Mall and Canlan Ice Sports - on Dec. 31st from 6 p.m. to 1:30 a.m. Jan. 1st. Juno Award-winning children's entertainer, Fred Penner, will entertain the kids on Dec. 30th at 11 a.m. and again at 3 p.m. at the Oakville Centre for the Performing Arts. Tickets are $16 at the box office (815-2021). "He is going to be joined by the Oakville Christian School Choir for both shows," says Milhomens. Thursday, Dec. 30th is `Bronte Day,' she continues. Interactive storytelling goes on all afternoon, with `Millennium Pilgrim' stories at the Bronte Mall from noon to 5 p.m., Native historian and sto rytellers at Walton Memorial United Church from 10:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. and Oakville ghost stories at Sovereign House from noon to 5 p.m. "There will also be a `M ulticultural Mosaic' at the Bronte Mall. Sovereign House will be having cookies and sto ries; Walton Church will also be having a set-in-the-1800s lunch, and story telling for adults between 10 and noon," says Milhomens. `There is also the annual holiday art show. So there are two art shows happening - the seniors' art show and the holiday art show, both at the same locations: the Sir John Colbome Centre and the Oakville Art Society, in different rooms." As the eve of the new century approaches, a special celebration for kids will begin at 11 a.m. in the Oakville Centre with the Sphere Clown Band. 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