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OAKVILLE BEAVER Wednesday, October 14, 2009 · 22 Fall a busy time for arts scene, with concerts, poetry, art shows and more The Oakville Children's Choir and the St. Andrew's Children's Choir are co-hosting The Sedmihlasek Children's Choir from the Czech Republic Oct. 1418. The Sedmihlasek Children's Choir will perform a special, onenight only concert at 8 p.m., Friday, Oct. 16 at St. Andrew's Church, 47 Reynolds St. Tickets will be available at the door, cash only, for $15 for adults, $ $10 for children and $40 for a family. Proceeds will go to The Sedmihlasek Children's Choir. Arts Briefs Management, with food from Jonathans Restaurant. The annual affair will benefit four local charities including: the Children's Aid Foundation of Halton, Community Living Oakville, Kerr Street Ministries and the Goddard Group Foundation. It will feature a trio of professional Canadian comedians. To date, the event has raised more than $100,000 and this year the event aims to match the $60,000 it raised in 2008. For tickets, contact Petrina at Assante Capital Management Ltd. or 905-845-2477. Major sponsors of the event include: Budds' Automotive Group of Companies (Platinum Sponsor), Cindy Avis and Christopher Invidiata/The Invidiata Team Remax (Platinum Sponsor), Roxul Inc., Creaghan McConnell Group Ltd., Knar Jewellery, Jonathans Restaurant of Oakville and A Picture in Time. Poetry Cafe The organizers of Poetry Café in Oakville are holding an October event on Sunday, Oct. 18 from noon-2 p.m. at the Moonshine Café, 137 Kerr St. This month's event will feature George Elliot Clarke. Clarke was born in Windsor, Nova Scotia. His poetry books include Whylah Falls (1990) -- which garnered the Archibald Lampman Award for poetry -- Beatrice Chancy (1999) and Blues & Bliss: The Poetry of George Elliott Clarke (2008), which won the Eric Hoffer Book Award for poetry. He was awarded the Portia White Prize in 1998 and the Pierre Elliott Trudeau Fellows Prize in 2005. Clark is also the E.J. Pratt professor of Canadian Literature at University of Toronto. Admission for Poetry Café is $5, payable in cash at the door. There will be door prizes and an open mic segment for those who wish to read their own poems. For information, visit www.oakvillepoetry.org or contact Elka Enola at ere@bell.net. Comedy classic The third annual Premier Charity Comic Classic Chuckles for Charity is coming to Appleby College on Friday, Oct. 16. The event will be held at Appleby's dining hall, sponsored by The Goddard Group Private Client/Assante Wealth 3995 per month o.a.c. as low as 9 LOCATIONS TO SERVE YOU BETTER $3300 Up to ST THE BIGGE DON'T M *Free central air ITED TIM ISS OUT! LIM (Installation Extra) In Tax Credit & Instant Rebate SALE R! 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