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C2 THE OAKVILLE BEAVER Celtic Meltdown Wednesday, March 3, 1999 ¥Join the Celtic celebration weekend O akville's own Goggin Irish Dancers will join the Celtic Meltdown at The Oakville Centre for the Performing Arts on Friday and Satur­day (March 5th and 6th). The dancers' preview at The Oakville Centre on members' night was a great hit and won a standing ova­ tion from the crowd. And six dancers from Oakville's Goggin School of Traditional Irish Dancers will be going to the World Irish Dance Championships at the end of this month (four of them can be seen in the front row of the photograph on this page). Along with these talented young Irish dancers, Celtic Meltdown will feature Canada's newest up-and- coming Celtic band MacKeel and Mary Jane Lamond, a vanguard of a Celtic cultural renaissance. MacKeel began as a classic rock cover band with piper Dane Grant sitting in on a few tunes each night. Now, it blends traditional tunes with contemporary influences to create what the band's percussionist Randy MacDonald calls "a little heavier and harder" sound. Its six members play everything from Celtic fiddle, bagpipes and bodhran to modern electric guitars and percussion. M acK eel's debut album, P laid , features guest appearances by some the East Coast's most renowned musicians, including Ian Mcl^innon, Scott Long and Ryan MacNeil. The album garnered two 1998 nomina­ tions for the East Coast Music Awards -- Group of the Year, and Roots/Traditional Vocal Artist of the Year. Lamond also received ECMA nominations last year, three to be exact -- Female Vocalist, Traditional Album and Video, as well as a Juno nomination. She was a fea­ tured performer for the six-week run of Needfire in Toronto, and was a headline performer at Celtic Con­ nections in Scotland. And her hit Sleepy Maggie appeared on Ashley M aclsaac's debut album. Lamond sings exclusively in Scottish Gaelic and simultaneously fuses pop and funk with hand-made percussion, Highland bagpipes, Irish bodhran and cello. Before graduating in Celtic Studies from Saint Fran­ cis Xavier University, she released her first album, Bho Thir Nan Craobh (From the Land of the Trees). It con­ sists entirely of traditional material and features a young, and at the time little known, Ashley Maclsaac. Her newest release Suas e! is a tribute to the people and culture of Cape Breton, with several tracks being laid down outside of the recording studio. Tickets for Celtic Meltdown are $37.99 ($29.99 for Big Ticket members) and are available by visiting or calling The Oakville Centre box office at 130 Navy St., 815-2021, between noon and 5 p .m. weekdays, 2 to 5 p.m. Saturdays, or two hours prior to the performance. GARDEN BROS. * CIRCUS f i g 5 SHOWS ONLY! M A R C H 13-14, 1999 COME BACKSTAGE ONE HOUR BEFORE EACH SHOW! 4 4 'HI l l » m i t * j j ■■ - s> *' 'A.'- ■ _ " -xi. SKYL/OME lOfflflflHIV-EMflRV CALL TICKETMASTER at (416) 870-8000 GROUPS OF 20 OR MORE CALL (416) 341-2255 T O R 'O tOtk N T O M r & TRAVEL SHOW m m ■ m ■■ m m m m Admission! Adults SI 0M arch 5 / 7 • 1 9 9 9 Seniors & Juniors $8 AT THE METRO TORONTO CONVENTION CENTRE • NORTH BUILDING • Swing away at the Giant Driving Ranges with all the latest equipment! ► Improve your swing with a PGA Professional at the PGA Ontario coaching area! »Let your junior golfer try a swing at the PGA Junior Coaching Nets! • See the best swings in Canada at our Clinic Demo area, staffed by top PGA teaching pros such as Shelley Woolner, Terry Miskolczi, Ben Kern & others! • Watch the great swings of the PGA tour pros at the Samsung Golf Theatre! • Swing your putter for the Toronto Star Fresh Air Fund and win great prizes! • Plan a swinging golf vacation for '99. Visit one of over 250 travel destinations and resorts! FRIDAY, MARCH 5 IS GOLF BARRIE DAY... The first 8,000 visitors will each receive one FREE round of golf from a participating course! CLUBS FOR KIDS! Every day of the show, the first 500 kids ages 4-14 accompanied by an adult will receive a custom fitted Wilson golf club FREE! Produced by: (Premier Consumer Shows) Informatiotv(905) 815-0017 SPONSORED BY A C U R A MpwcLAa Natural bpnng w««i MEDIA SPONSORS: The Oakvele Beaver Photo courtesy of the Goggin School of Traditional Irish Dancers These young Irish dancers are, from left to right, back row: Sarah Pender, Liam Broderick, Alex Sarrow, Colleen Douthart; front row: Patrick Daly, Andrea Lavender, Theresa Daly and Alex Johnston. The four in the front row will be participating in the World Irish Dance Championships at the end of the month. Walton's rendition o f Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dream Coat Walton Memorial United Church, 2489 Lakeshore Rd. W. (just west of Bronte Road) will present Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dream Coat 6n Sunday, March 7th at 7 p.m. Featuring the junior and youth choirs with special guests Roger Ley as Joseph and William Oliver as Pharaoh, this presentation will also feature music from Les Miserables and The Wizard o f Oz. Tickets for Joseph, which is direct­ ed by Linda Fletcher and Donna Hunter, are $5 each or $15 per family. For tickets or more ' information, call 827-1643. Local events ease pressures (C o n tin u e d fro m p a g e C 1 ) I said, 'Hey, I don't have to go out with this stuff; it makes money on its own.' I soon realized that I could make more money renting than performing." However, there is a set of new pressures that go along with that job, especially when mega-equip­ ment is being provided for large corporate events in which the show becomes the measure of the event's success or failure. This pressure, says Spencer, is non-existent at events such as the Waterfront Festi­ val where fun is the main objective. "We did Dream a Little Dream, a tribute to the Mamas and the Papas," says the Oakville entrepre­ neur. "We did the grand opening of the Air Canada Centre with Colin James. And we did an opening show there two weeks before the opening to demonstrate the sound...and had all their VIPs come in and listen." He says Band World does a lot of big corporate galas, including the annual Hospital for Sick Chil­ dren telethon and the Brazilian Ball, which he refers to as the biggest fundraiser in Canada. "We did the Donovan Baily race at SkyDome," he says, noting the cross-section of events his company produces. "We did all the tailgate parties for the Toronto Argonauts last year, and again this year." During the Persian Gulf war, Spencer supplied equipment for entertaining the troops overseas, and his equipment has toured with Rush, Prince and Tom Petty, to mention just a few. Now, he and his company are counting down to the millennium, a party waiting to happen. Band World equipment and expertise have already been booked for a number of millennium madness extravaganzas but the final tally is not in yet. The secret of his company's suc­ cess, says Spencer, is his attitude. "We consider ourselves the high- tech company in our industry right now, but we still don't take it for granted that you don't have to have customer service or customer satis­ faction," he says. Standing behind its motto 'the world is our stage', Band World can be reached by calling (905) 890-8015. Performers over age 55 sought The producers of the Royal Bank Seniors' Jubilee are inviting perform­ ers aged 55 and over from across Ontario to audition for this year's variety show extravaganza to be held Aug. 16th to 20th in Toronto's presti­ gious Roy Thomson Hall. The Jubilee is a celebration of age­ less talent, joy and vitality which pro­ vides thousands of performers with N uts About Ki ds HAKVILLE PM C E I' A R T O I A O U R I I I ! M on. - Fri. 9 :3 0 am • 9 pm Sat. 9 :3 0 am - 6 pm Sun. noon • 5pm 1 1 0 Fine Stores Including The Bay • Sears • IGA North of Q E W & Trafalgar Road. 8 4 2 -2 1 4 0 . visit us a t our w eb site www.oakvilleplace.com Watch for Your Nuts About Kids Calender in Friday's Paper an opportunity to fulfill a dream and display their talents. Canada's largest seniors' entertain­ ment showcase will present singers (soloists, duets, quartets and choirs); dancers (ballroom, tap, folk, dog­ gers), musicians (popular, nostalgic, classical, fiddle), comedians, cabaret, and novelty acts - all featured in a professionally staged production. For each of five days at Roy Thomson Hall a different Jubilee program line-up will be present­ ed, with doors opening at 11 a.m. for the informal lobby entertainment. At 1 p.m., the auditorium per­ formance begins. To arrange for an audition send you name, address and tele­ phone number, with a brief description of the act (includ­ ing ages), to Glenda Richards and Wayne Bur­ nett, Richbum Entertainment Inc., 260 Queen's Quay W„ Suite 2805, Toronto, Ont. M5J 2N3, or fax (416) 260-5627, or call Wayne Burnett at (416) 962-3819. Deadline for applications is April 30th. March Break Program March 15 - 21 Hey kids it's time to go nuts... Nuts About Kids that is. Our » M arch Break program is full o f activities for kids of all ag es . A n d fo r the en tire fam ily , w e ' re p leased to present the W onderful W orld o f Disney Trivia G am e tournament. Don't delay, preregistration is Thursday, M arch 11 & Friday, M arch 12. If you register early you could w in fabulous prizes. So hurry on in and go NUTSI 1 0 2 . 9 JK-EMs FM http://www.oakvilleplace.com