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C8 THE OAKVILLE BEAVER Wednesday, March 17, 1999 Oakville Beaver Entertainm ent Editor: Carol Baldwin 845-3824 (Extension 254) Eax: 337-5567 d m ___ CENTREArts & Entertainment OFFICIAL MEDIA SPONSOR O F THE OAKVUXE CENTRE FOR TH E PERFORMING ARTS i Athletes in action A th lete's perspective portrayed in a rt w ork By Carol Baldwin ENTERTAINMENT EDITOR T hree Oakville sailors are up for a team award at the Canadian Sport Awards tomorrow (Thursday) night. But another Oakville athlete will be represented at the 26th annual awards presentations; only her accomplishments will be on the walls for all to see. Grace Tanouye, former national and provin­ cial level athlete in gymnastics, kayak and rugby, will have about 10 of her portraits of "athletes in action" exhibited at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre during the gala event. Most of her paintings will be available for purchase. However, there are a couple that she can't bear to part with; and she is donating one portrait Usova & Zhulin to a youth and sports education program for children. Tanouye's black-and-white sport's images are designed to highlight human movement in a variety of sports. The former Oakville Trafalgar High School student, who only started drawing in Grade 10, entered four of her sport paintings in the 1996 Pacific National Exhibition Fine Arts Competi­ tion and won one first place award, two seconds and a third - one in each of four categories - charcoal, portrait, mixed media and acrylic. Black-and-white portraits, using charcoal and/or pastels, are Tanouye's specialty. "I use charcoal drawings to express beauty and grace. Whereas the black-and-white paintings capitalize on the stark energy that sport defies," explains the young Oakville artist. "My portraits are derived from an athlete's perspective...I want the viewer to feel what an athlete goes through." To emphasize her dedication to portraying the athlete's perspective, Tanouye says that she has taken her trusty water-proof camera underwater to photograph swimmers as they swam above her. And she has also taken to the water to pho­ tograph a diver in mid-air, a situation in which timing was everything. "I had to catch her just above the water," says the 27-year-old, adding that timing is crucial in most of her photographs that later become drawings or paintings. One such painting of a rugby scrum is divided in two,' Photo by Peter C. McCusker Grace Tanouye will have about 10 of her paintings on exhibit during the Canadian Sport Awards presentations tomorrow night at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre. The picture on the wall behind her was one of her first attempts and will be one of the few on display that will not be for sale. She can't bear to part with it. as though the action is being viewed through a divided window pane. "It's the energy exchange. In the middle is the dividing line." Tanouye is confident that she has found her niche - figurative and abstract sport art - a cate­ gory that does not attract a multitude of artists. "I probably know more about sports than a rt.. .But if you have a passion for it, it will come naturally," says Oakville's Female Athlete of the Year, 1989, adding that she is hoping to make sport art a Career. "When people think of sport art, I want them to think Grace Tanouye." After graduating from the University of British Columbia with a degree in human kinet­ ics, Tanouye worked in sports medicine for a year. Then she went to Japan for over a year where she taught English and learned Japanese. Now, she is "back home" in Oakville paint­ ing, and marketing her work. In fact, she was actually discussing a prospective Olympic exhib­ it with Athletes Canada when it was suggested she show her work at the Canadian Sport Awards. "I would like to do portraits of all the Canadi­ an athletes involved in summer Olympic sports for the year 2000 in Sydney," she explains. "I never made it to the Olympics (as an athlete), maybe I'll make it in a different way. But 1 have to find a sponsor with a space down there (in Australia)." Controversial Danish film The Wednesday Film Festival will pre­ sent acclaimed Danish film, The Celebra­ tion, on Wednesday March 24 at 7 p.m. in the Famous Players Cinemas, Oakville Town Centre I. The Celebration, directed by Thomas Vinterberg, is a relentless portrait of a family gathered together to celebrate their patriarch's 60th birthday. As the guests assemble, the father summons his eldest son into the study and asks him to a say a few words about his recently deceased twin sister. What ensues is as shocking as it is unsettling. However, the controversial nature of this film does not prevent the audience from feeling that order has been restored. And despite the stylistic film-making process employed in The Celebration, the audience will be drawn into this fascinat­ ing story. Tickets are $8 or $6 for members of the Oakville Arts Council, The Oakville Centre Big Ticket, Oakville Galleries, Friends of the Library, and Oakville Museum. Tickets are available at the door on the day of the screening at 6:30 p.m. or in advance up until one day before the per­ formance at Bean There (106 Reynolds St., 845-2928), Bookers Bookstore (172 Lakeshore Rd. E., 844-5501), and Chap­ ters (Oakville Town Center I, 815-8197). For more information, call 815-5977. The Wednesday Film Festival is orga­ nized by the Oakville Arts Council in partnership with the Toronto International Film Festival, Famous Players Cinemas and the Oakville Beaver, and is sponsored by Royal & SunAlliance Financial. Tribute shows are the best' By Carol Baldwin ENTERTAINMENT EDITOR R umour has it that the Spice Girls and the Backstreet Boys will perform at the Water­ front Festival this year. But, it's only rumour, of course. And it's not really the Spice Girls or the Backstreet Boys but rather imper­ sonators who not only look like these popular singing groups but sound like them. In fact, that's what Garry Lichach does for a liv­ ing - scouts, promotes, and books "tribute" perform­ ers. From The Beatles to Rod Stewart to Shania Twain, Lichach's company, Bounty Enterprises, finds those amazing look-alikes that mirror the real performers in talent as well. In fact, says Lichach, his Rod Stewart imperson­ ator "hangs out with Rod Stewart's band." The 51-year-old entrepreneur claims that the real performers are aware of any talented impersonators. Bounty Enterprises, which is located on Lakeshore Road East in Oakville, does everything from finding the look-alikes to promoting them, booking them, and finding all the back-up equipment and technicians to support their performances. "We make sure that the production is the best that we can get. And that's everything from lighting to staging to sound technicians, and all the arrange­ ments for the performers - hotels, transportation, food, water," Lichach explains. "We even do the initial posters for bands that can't afford to start up. (We) get the camera-ready stuff, help with the rehearsals, what songs to do, posters, bookings, contracts, deposits...The whole company was designed with musicians in mind, because I was one." Bounty Enterprises was born in 1992, evolving from a booking agency to a tribute band promotion company. "We are the largest tribute agency in North America, so I've been told," says Lichach, founder and company president. (S e e 'T r ib u te ' on p a g e C 7 ) Local filmmaker wins another award David Tucker, chair of Media in Sheridan's School of Animation, Arts and Design, has garnered yet another award for television doc­ umentary filmmaking. Tucker was recently presented with a 1999 Media Award for Excellence in Health Report­ ing by the Canadian Nurses Association (CNA) at a gala evening at the Chateau Lauri- er Hotel in Ottawa. The prize was awarded for A n xie ty 's Hostages, a one-hour documentary which aired on the Discovery Channel last year. Written by Tucker and co-produced and directed by Tucker and David Murray, Anxi­ ety's Hostages is a narrative about three indi­ viduals who each suffer from a distinct anxiety disorder which profoundly affects their ability to lead normal and satisfying lives. It was created by The Body: Inside Stories, a medical documentary series narrated by Canadian actor Margot Kidder. A total of 104 entries for the CNA Media Awards were reviewed by a five-member panel headed by author and journalist Peter Desbarats. Tucker and Murray were judged in the Television - Long Report category. The CNA Awards of Excellence in Health Reporting recognize media reports that help foster understanding of the Canadian health system, health organizations and the work of health-care providers around the world. Tucker has won 10 international and numerous national awards for medical docu­ mentaries on subjects ranging from antibiotics to Parkinson's Disease. He has also produced, written and directed award-winning television drama, arts, current affairs and children's programming. A N N O U N C E M E N T D r . Z o r a n S to jk o v B.Sc., D .C . (C h iro p ra c to r) and Angelina S to jk o v D. A c. 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