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DECEMBER 2003 Its website describes the York Durham Academy of the Performing Arts as “a registered non-profit organization committed to the development of performing arts‘ activities for young people" The focus is on children and young people aged 6 to 25 and my IO-year-old daughter, who is a YDAPA member. has a message Students from the York-Durham Academy of the Performing Arts will be featured in a Family Christmas Concert Dec 13 at the Country Day School in King City. For tickets and information call 905â€"640-0823. York Durham Academy of Performing Arts growing by leaps and bounds By JanirQuarIes ‘ One of the great characters of Whltchurch- Stouffville. lack Chambers. died Nov. I I shortly after being diagnosed with cancgt -â€". .vâ€" _._-- time he'd had the gun to show up at a place like this since the bigmedisatet' u. Chamber: will be remembered for his Mr. Chambers and his wile. Mary. who retired to the Minden area early In the I9905. came to StoulvaIle in I969. and owned and managed the downtown IGA store here for more than 20 years. "He and Graydon Card got the Chamber at Commerce going In Stoul‘lville and he helped out with baseball teams In town. He was very much Involved In the community,” said Mrs. Chambers. He became something of a legend when he, Mr Card and Iim Newton volunteered to cut down a mature tree which had been donated to the town for use in the annual Christmas display downtown Alas, in their enthusiasm to get the lob done, they cut down the neldlbour’l treeby mistake Luckily the neighbour, Wayne Nugent, managed to see the funny side and the case of the wrong tree was a recurring theme in the following years Music Mania To make amends, Chamber president Ged Stonehouse came up with the idea of arranging a rundmser, aptly‘emmed the Woodchoppers' Ball. to pay int landscaping on Mr. NW: property. and all three lumberiadts showed up in pnir tuxedos. ":l‘llelasttlme I ever an} lack was seven or eight years ago at a local cut your own Christmas tree farm." recalled Btuce Stanley. 'He told me It was the first Jack Chambers one oi town’s characters for parents of aspiring performers, "lust tell them it's loads of fun for their children." Young dancers. singers. actors and musicians travel from as far away as Oueensville for weekly rehearsals in Stouffvllle because they love being involved. Director Wayne Hill's 2003 productions of Oliver and The Wizard of 02 were so successful that academy membership has grown from l00 to ISO in one year. No new options are now available: the Children's Choir and the Concert Band. and both will perform several concerts in the coming year. The choir and soloists will sing at Stouffville's Festival of Lights on Dec. 5 at the Clock Tower. and can also be booked for company events. On Dec. I3. YDAPA will perform in a Family Christmas Concert at the Country Day School in King City. and tickets are available by calling 905- 640-0821 Sponsorships for individual productions are available and will help to support local children interested in the arts. YDAPA believes in quality productions and wants to enrich young people's lives with the knowledge that hard work produces incredible results. As membership has grown. so has the need to produce more shows. and four musicals are planned for the first half of 2004 at the Vaughan City Playhouse. You're a Good Man. Charlie Brown and A Chorus Line are featured in lanuary. with an April production of loseph and The Amazing Technicolor Dreamwat, followed by a high-flying version of Peter Pan at the end of May. More deulls are available by visiting the YDAPA website at wwwydapacom. Anything worth doing usually takes much time and effort, and In most cases, money. 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