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2 stouffville suntribune u saturday may 5 2007 publication mail agreement 40007673 business banking day wednesday may 9 2007 td canada trust invites you to meet our business banking specialist on may 9 2007 to discuss your business needs choirs sounded golden at festival by hannelore volpe staff writer four choruses from whitchurchstouffville sang their way to gold monday at york regions music alive festival three of the choirs were comprised of young people who had performed in musical theatre pro ductions of the york durham academy for per forming arts the other was the ballantrae com munity choir whose members live in the bal lantrae golf and country club subdivision around20 munchkins directed by neil bennett made the music of the wizard of oz come to life the chorus from oliver was directed by ydapa founder wayne- hill and natalie wu directed the young singers from the jungle book production the groups dont compete against each other but rather are judged according to specific stan dards in previous years ydapas childrens chorus and band also achieved gold standing the ballantrae choir of about 20 members also hit the right notes according to the adjudicators the choir was directed by wayne hill adjudicators chose a number of stouffville per formers from the thousands who competed during the festival to perform at wednesday nights clos ing ceremonies at newmarket theatre the sixweek festival presented annually hyartslink drew aboutl3000 participants in 660 categories this year they included the primary choir from whitchurch highlands public school directed by brenda amelard andydapas munchkins stouffville resident caelyn hill played a flute duet with markhams cealidh stringer and holly barker from the stouffville christian school performed a vocal solo the sixweek festival presented annually by artslink drew aboutl3000 participants in 660 cat egories this year some performances took place in stouffville saturday may 12th 1 lam 10 pm imenf patio bar with live entertainment kids face painting jumping castle magician magical michael open road hockey tourney 15 mm games for all kids under 12 vs stouffville firefighters stouffville spirit jr a players 25 pm bring your own stick prizes lcd tv x2 day trips for 2 to buffalo bills oct 2007 x2 weekend trips for 2 to montreal vs toronto maple leafs oct 2007 all ticket proceeds to stouffville strawberry festival shoeless joes stouffville 5892 main st stouffville f phone 905 6404282