EVEN THE most seasoned actors
may not know what they'll be do-
ing six months down the road.

An audition here, a last-minute
phone call there, the working
scheduie of most performers is
anything but routine.

Rosanne Hopkins and Christi
Lowis have acted for a combined
total of 50 years, and like many
others in the trade, they were tired
of the uncertainty.

So the North Vancouver women
are doing what an_ increasing
number of artists find themseives
doing: making work for
themselves.

Last year they opened the
Hopkins-Lowis Music Theatre
Studio’ for young people, a fall-
summer program that covers
everything- from jazz baliet to
vocal performance.

' “There was no market for
musical theatre here so we made
our own work,” says Hopkins,

Demonstration

THE SEYMOUR Demonstration
Forest will be celebrating its fifth
anniversary today (Sunday, Sept.
27) between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m.
-. Presentations and a_ cake-cut-
_ ting ceremony will take place at I!
‘am. and guided tours will be
_ available at 12:30 p.m. and 2 p.m.
The Seymour River hatchery
will also be holding an open
hause.
Shuttle buses from the forest
parking lot to the hatchery. will
run from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

The . 5,600-hectare demonstra- |

‘tion forest promotes forest .
awareness and. multiple land use.

. Through self-guided or guided.
tours, visitors can see examples of
watershed ‘and forestry manage-
ment.

The forest can also be used for
hiking, cycling and fishing.

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SEASONED ACTOR Rosanne
Hopkins

who has garnered roles in film,
TV and musical theatre.

The 50-year-old North Van-
couver native says she was
motivated to start her own
business because it was becoming
harder and harder to find roles in

her age category.

Then she approached Lowis, a
21-year-old graduate of Hands-
worth Secondary who she had
known for years, and the two
began discussing the idea of open-
ing a school,

“We like io share our know-
ledge,”’ says Hopkins. ‘‘We’ve
both worked with great teachers
and mentors — Dolores
Kirkwood, Grace MacDonald. It
seems that the best way to use
your skills is to pass them on.”’

The duo are hoping more boys
will attend this season; last year
only cone boy for every 10 girls
signed up.

“All kids can sing and dance.
You just have to give them a
chance,’’ says Lowis.

Hopkins says she wants to keep
her school ‘‘small and simple.’’

For information phone 929-
4924 or 986-4096. Classes begin
Sept. 29,

forest celebrates anniversary

To get to the forest, follow
Lillooet Road past Capilano Col-
lege.

For more information, contact
the Seymour Demonstration
Forest at 432-6286.

Alpine environment studied

THE NORTH Shore Neighbour-
hood House (NSNH) is presenting
a walk through the Yew Lake
Old-Growth Forest on Sept. 30.
The Yew Lake interpretive trail

“walk will provide participants with

views of Vancouver and Howe
Sound while teaching about the
alpine environment.

The one-and-a-half-hour walk
will be highlighted by the rare
round-leaved sundew, an_ insect-
eating plant,- the world’s oldest

Yellow Cedar, and visits to the
Lynn Valley. Ecology Centre and
Lynn Canyon.

. The trip leaves at 9:30 a.m. and
returus at 4 p.m.

The cost is $30, and a packed
picnic lunch is required.

Pre-register at NSNH, 225 E.
2nd St. in North Vancouver, or
phone 987-8138.

For more information, call Roy
Jantzen at 444-3311.

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