kukvomist suntribune august 9 1989 c7 focus entertainment stouffville woman seeks music ministry brienne robertson is hoping to combine her musical talent with her interest in her church for a career as a touring church musician the 19yearold daughter of stouffville christian fellowship pastor sandy robertson com pleted her first year of religious training at emmanuel bible col lege in kitchener this spring she hopes to graduate in two years with a bachelor of religious education with a music and youth ministry emphasis then it will be on to the universi ty of waterloo for a ba in sociology brienne who is working her se cond summer as a teller at the stouffville bank of nova scotia has had a life long interest in music she has her grade 7 piano cer tificate and took vocal lessons last year she was a member of the ebc chorale that travelled to churches in ontario new york state and michigan the past year singing and performing skits and a musical brienne wil marry fellow musi cian derek mann of stouffville this month and after the couple takes up residence in waterloo they plan to pursue their goal to become known in the canadian christian contemporary music scene whats on nancy hoskin super dave osborne at theatre super dave osborne jf the super dave osborne show will tape its third season art- the markham theatre for perform ing arts between august 25 and september 16 for free tickets to the tapings call 3915457 brodies ron beer performs this weekend at brodies located on hwy 7 in unionville herongate barn while closed through august mark your calendars for sept 8 when the odd couple makes its debut for reservations and informa tion call the herongate barn din ner theatre at 2940426 duchess of markham enjoy syd simkins every wednesday and friday evening in the pub at the duchess of markham beginning at 830 pm nags head north nags head north features skyscraper featuring the music of david lee roth and van halen on thursday night spend an evening with steel lily friday when they perform tunes from styx journey and bon jovi on saturday 21 gunns is back by popular demand nags head north is located on woodbine ave north of steeles cullen barns cullen theatres 1989 season continues this time with an ex citing romantic comedydrama that is sure to delight all two for the seesaw a play written by william gibson and directed by marni walsh runs until aug 12 the play is a romantic story featuring a tumultuous young lawyer and a notsosuccessful dancer turned seamstress who search to find perfect love and security in each others arms starting september 1 and run ning through december 23 is oh coward a musical comedy revue featuring the life of noel coward for show times and further in formation call the cullen theatre box office at 1774475 ext 271 champagne dinner theatre same time next year is now playing at the champagne din ner theatre its a funny and romantic story about doris and george who meet in a country inn in 1951 and carry on an adulterous love affair by agree ing to meet in a guest cottage at the inn every year at the same time for 25 years dinner is at 7 pm and show begins at 9 pm thursdays fridays and satur days until sept 30 tickets arc 2995 thursdays and 3295 fridays and saturdays derek plays guitar and has had vocal training says brienne he was a member of the con tinental singers a united states christian organization that tours canada and the us and he was also in the ebc group exaltation the couple will also use the ser vices of a pianist from guelph to round out a sound brienne says will be upbeat and lively we want to do more than just hymns says brienne adding that she and her fiance have already performed on occasion at weddings and at local churches derek writes his own music so much of what we perform is original we are gearing our music towards young people while brienne admits their music has suffered a little as plans for the wedding take over her life she says it will be back to work in the fall we hope to perform at chur ches in southern ontario twice a month this fall and we plan to do some demo tapes for the chris tian contemporary market to be sent to the churches so they will ask us to come and play ultimately brienne and her fiance would like to be hired by a church in a youth ministry and music capacity we want to get young people involved we dont want to be the centre shot we would hope to go as leaders of youth groups to third world countries to work on church projects as well as doing our music brienne whose mother beth is the pianist at the stouffville christian fellowship church feels she will eventually end up the station pnotobrucestapley brienne robertson 19 is hoping to use her talent as a singer in a musical ministry the daughter of a local minister hopes to set up the ministry in waterloo where shell reside with her husband with a church in the kitchener or stouffville area or as far away as calgary where her relatives may be staying in the meantime brienne is 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