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The grand oié

YOUTH pastor (clockwise from bottom) Patrick
Elaschuk, Daphne Yew, Eric Shaw, Raymond
Rozaero, Amalie Foster and Gladys Hechanova get
ready for the Grand Olé. Billed as an evening of farm-
ily entertainment and fun, it takes place next Friday,
May 9 at 7:30 p.m. in North Vancouver's Centennial
Theatre. Phone 984-4484 for more information.

» THE following is a
selection of valunteer

. Opportunities available
~ through North Shore
Community Services
(NSCS;.

_ DAY CAMP ASSISTANT
is needed to work in a day-
camp setting supervising and
leading groups of children (3
to 12 years old) in games,
arts and crafts, outdoor
‘activities and trips to local

attractions. Assisting summer
leaders in these responsibili-
ties as well as planning and
promotion.

YOUTH WORKER is
needed to work every second
Saturday night with a youth
group. Volunteer will help to
supervise and to build up
relationships with the teens.

ONE-TO-ONE _ VISI-
TOR is needed to visit with a
seaior in an intermediate
care facility. Go for a walk,
drive or just read te them for

PI

North Shore
residents end
up winners

By Deana Lancaster

Contributing Writer
deana@nsnews.com

THERE’S to be no
gtiping this weck about
a lack of entertainment
on the North Shore.

Beginning Monday, the
North Shore Zone of Theatre
BC holds its annual Festival
of Plays at the Presentation
House Arts Centre.

The festival offers enter-
tainment from several groups
in the zone, which stretches
from Deep Cove u, 10
Whistler and Pemberton and
includes the Sunshine Coast.

The theaue groups come
together for a week of com-
petitive theatre, workshops,
and professional adjudication.

On the final evening of the
festival, one or more plays are
chosen to represent the zone
at the provincial Mainstage
Theatre Festival, to be held in
July in Kelowna.

The real winners in this
competition are North Shore
residents, who can choose to
go to any or all of six evenings
of entertainment.

an hour. You will be matched
with one specific person to
allow you to bed a worth-
while relationsh,.

GROUP WALKING
VOLUNTEERS are needed
for lighter-intensity walking
along the seawall. Help wel-
coming walkers and new-
comers and help recording

ctivity and distributing
recognition pins.

OFFICE ASSISTANT is

ceded to answer the phone,
greet visitors, help them find
information they reouest,
learn to access information
on computer cte.

IF YOU are interested in
volunteering, call 385-7138.
NSCS is a member agency of
the United Way.

ay festiva

Monday, May 5: Senta:
tion House Productions pre-
sents Move Over, Mrs.
Markham, by Ray Cooney
and John Cc bapman. Billed as

“English farce at its best and
furttic

Tuesday, May 6: Theatre
West Van offers up Barefoot
in the Park, a romantic come-
dy about two starry-eyed
newlyweds who run into the
trials and tribulations of mar-
nage, written by Neil Simon.

Wednesday, May 7: Deep
Cove Theatre Society per-

Sunday, May 4, 1997 — North Shore News —

opens Monday

forms Death and the Maiden
by Ariel Dortinan, The :
v an “explosively

i drama with a
warning: this play has some
course language and adult
subject material.

Thursday, May 8: The
North Vancouver
Community Mayers present
Our lawn, written — by
Thornton Wilder and billed
as a play “straight forward in
its simplicity, sincerity and
compassion.”

Friday, May 9: Between

Stench ‘performs Pn vata
Faves bv Noci Coward, abe ur
a divorced couple who meet
again after both aave remar-
ried.

Saturday, May 120: An
evening of vignettes from
each of the plays, musical
entertaipment and the results
of the competition.

All performances hegin at
8 p.m. A weekly pass costs
$66, individual performances, |
are $14. For information and ~
reservations, call 990-3474.

Vancouver International

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Festival |

206th Anniversary
May 26 to June 1 ‘97 © Vanier Park 1100 Chestnut Street

Black Umfolosi from Zimbabwe © The Box? A Show of Feelings from Coad Canada Puppets
© Celery Stalks at Midnight with Ai Simmons ¢ The Counterpoint Collective with
Sal Ferreras ¢ Chariotte Diamond and the Hug Bug Band © Eggopolis from the U.K.
¢ Fred Garbo Inflatable Theater Company * En Groc from Spain © jazzrabbits with Kaetz
and Glover » Les Maillots Bleus from Québec * The Music Master and His Two Students
from the Modern Baroque Opera Company « Fred Penner and the Cat's Meow Band ° Raffi
® Scraping the Surface from Theatre Terrific * The Stupendous Adventures of Don Quixote
from Le Thédtre du Gros Mécano © S.\W.A.R.M. from B.C. ¢ Taliesin front the U.K.
¢ The Vancouver Youth Symphony * Washing Day from Germany

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