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www.oakvillebeaver.com The Oakville Beaver, Friday April 20, 2007 - 29 Update Community Forward announcements of nonprofit and free events for Community Update to the Oakville Beaver, 467 Speers Rd., Oakville, ON, L6K 3S4; email angela@oakvillebeaver.com or call 905-845-3824, ext. 248. Free. BULLETIN Tickets available for the Canadian Caribbean Association of Halton (CCAH) 30th anniversary Diamonds and Pearls Gala Saturday, May 5, 2007 at the Operating Engineers Banquet Hall & Conference Centre, 2245 Speers Rd., 6:30 p.m., tickets $65, no tickets at the door, formal attire required. Call 905-257-0581. Tickets available for the sixth annual Mad Hatters Tea Party (hats optional), An afternoon with Vivaldi, Thursday, May 3, 2-4 p.m. at Deerfield Golf and Recreation Centre, 2363 N. Service Rd., tickets $16 ­ no tickets at the door, hosted by the Oakville Osteoporosis Group. Call 905827-1051 or 905-849-7445. Tickets available for Ex-Montrealers Potluck Luncheon Tuesday, May 8 at Sir John Colborne Seniors Recreation Centre, 1565 Old Lakeshore Rd., at 12:30 p.m. All welcome. Tickets $2. Call 905-815-5960. 24th annual Third World Experience 2007 in Dominican Republic. You cover cost. July 2­9, open to teens and adults, participants run a summer day camp for impoverished children, led by an Oakville teacher. Contact PetroGlor@aol.com. Tickets available for Thanks for the Memories by Oakville's Barbershop Chorus, The New Entertainers, featuring The Essentials, Saturday, April 28, shows at 1:30 and 7:30 p.m., $20, Glen Abbey United Church, 1469 Nottinghill Gate, call 905-336-5195 or 416-855-855-4040. Tickets available for Saturday, May 5 Quilt Show with renowned quilter Jane Burke at St. Paul's United Church, 454 Rebecca St., 11:45 a.m.-3 p.m., admission $15. Call 905-845-6009 or 905-845-2934. Supervisor needed for After-School Tutoring program on Wednesdays 2:30-4 p.m. until June. Call Big Brothers Big Sisters of Halton 905-339-2355, ext. 231. Tempus Choral Society annual Spring concert Anything Goes! Friday, May 4 at 8 p.m., St. Volodymyr Cultural Centre, 1280 Dundas St. W., tickets $25, call 905-845-0551, ext. 226. Acclaim Health offers 10-week training program for new hospice volunteers, April 26-June 28, 1-4 p.m. Call 905-8278800, ext. 2313 or 2318 or 1-800-387-7127. Community Living Oakville is selling tickets, $100, for its first annual Chair Affair Friday, May 4, LeDome Banquet Hall. Dinner, music and a live auction of Muskoka chairs painted by local artists. Contact 905-844-0146, ext. 239 or at tina@oakcl.org or visit www.oakcl.org. T.A. Blakelock celebrates 50th reunion April 26-29. For events check tab.hdsb.ca. FRIDAY APRIL 20 Mock Interview Day, practice interview skills, 465 Morden Rd., Unit 109. To register, call 905-845-1157, ext. 121 or visit www.thecentre.on.ca. Seventh annual Kidsfest gala, A Taste of Tuscany, 6:30 p.m., Oakville Conference and Banquet Centre, 2515 Wyecroft Rd. Canadian Tenors. Tickets $120. Call 905319-1885 or visit info@kidsgestcanada.com. SATURDAY APRIL 21 Chi Kung for Women at Alliance Healthcare Professionals, 232 South Service Rd (QEW & Trafalgar), 10- 11:30 a.m. Admission $5. Call 905-845-2291. Halton Doula Group hosts an Open House at the Oakville Parent Child Centre, 461 North Service Rd. W. at 10 a.m. Call 905-842-2HDG (2434). B'Nai Shalom Congregation of HaltonPeel monthly Shabbat at 10 a.m. Following kiddush, speaker Barry Fluxgold. E-mail info@bnaishalom.ca or call Judi at 905-469-4344. Hypnosis with Dr. Georgina Cannon, director of the Ontario Hypnosis Centre, 10 a.m.-1 p.m., $15, The Women's Centre, Hopedale Mall, 1515 Rebecca St., Ste. 229. Call 905--847-5520 or visit our website at www.haltonwomenscentre.org. Crop For A Cure, all-day scrapbooking event in support of the Hospital for Sick Children. Visit www.cropforacure.ca for details or call Alyson at 905-257-1335. Sugar Shack (ham smothered in maple syrup, rolls and salad) at Bronte Legion, Victory Hall, dinner at 6:30 p.m., dance at 8 p.m., cost $15. Call 905-8274722. e-mail angela@oakvillebeaver.com or call 905-845-3824, ext. 248 Aerobathon at Burlington Fitness and Racquet Club to benefit breast cancer, 9:30-11:30 a.m., $40 donation. Oakville Kiwanis and Knights of Columbus host a Big Band Dance benefitting the Halton Trauma Centre, 7 p.m. to 1 a.m., Knights of Columbus Hall, 1494 Wallace Rd. Harry Currie and the Reflections, auctions, prizes. Tickets $25, contact 905-257-8633, 905-465-1579,905827-2338 or 905-257-6151. Delta Kappa Gamma, an international society for women educators, Beta State Ontario, holds convention at Holiday Inn, Argus Road, today and tomorrow. For information call 905-257-5612. SUNDAY APRIL 22 Works by the senior art students at St. Ignatius of Loyola Secondary School will be on exhibit at Glen Abbey Framing and Fine Aft Gallery, Oakville Town Centre I, North Service Road at Dorval Drive. Reception today from 2-4 p.m. and exhibit continues for a week. Call 905-338-1854. Parkinson Society Open House 1-4 p.m. at Taoist Tai Chi Society Oakville Branch at 1096 Speers Rd. All welcome. Past Lives, Dreams, and Soul Travel, workshop by ECKANKAR, 2-4 p.m., Iroquois Ridge Library, call 905-257-6688, e-mail psadler@cogeco.ca or visit www.eckankar.org. Canadian Music Competitions (CMC) hosts Exceptional Music Making, 2 p.m., Appleby College, Willis Hall, 540 Lakeshore Rd. W. For information contact Diana Isherwood at 905-845-5943 or visit www.cmcontario.ca. Spring Plant Sale at St Cuthbert's Anglican Church, deadline for ordering quality annuals today with pick up on Tuesday, May 14. For order forms call 905-844-6200 or email stcuthbert@bellnet.ca St Cuthbert's Anglican Church, 1541 Oakhill Dr. (Maple Grove and Oakhill). Visual Word, a group of poets and artists, meets at Moonshine Café, 137 Kerr St. for common inspiration. Contact Elka Ruth Enola at ere@sympatico.ca or 905-2577075. SALE Perennial Inspiration Tired of the same old plants in your garden? Ready to try something new? Perennial gardening is one of the fastest growing gardening trends today and with each year comes the introduction of new varieties and the rediscovery of old favourites. Unique and different is what gardeners are looking for. Long lasting flowers, bold beautiful blooms and the little things like delicately variegated foliage and the interesting shape, texture and colour of a leaf are some of the characteristics drawing more gardeners to the world of perennials. 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