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Open house continues in some area schools ‘*You are possessed by it and there is no telling when it will claim you,"" she said. ‘‘You have to answer that claim whether it comes durâ€" Creative talent is a mysâ€" terious and secretive proâ€" cess that frequently makes demands on authors at the most inconvenient times, she said. While Education Week is almost over a number of Waterloo schools will still be holding open house durâ€" ing the remainder of the week. Miss Godden, who has written more than 40 books, plays and novels, told the audience that the mysteriâ€" ous way ideas germinate in the minds of artistic people is "this funny thing called talent". Dressed in a dramatic, flowing green gown, trimâ€" med at the neck with cosâ€" tume jewels, Miss Godden treated an audience of 150 people to an amusing and thoughtful reading entitled ‘‘This Funny Thing called Talent‘‘. Alexandra Public School and Empire Public School will both be open tonight as will Waterloo Collegiate Institute which is featuring its Showcase ‘75. Page 2 â€" Waterioo Chronicie, Wednesday, April 23, 19765 Poetic readings and reciâ€" tations have all but disapâ€" peared in recent years but mer Godden successfully reâ€" vived this lost art at the Kitchener library Monday. J€ Try us for quality and prices 14 King St. North Wate Canada Grade Aâ€"1 Beef Specials Starting Thursday 16 UNION STREET EAST, WATERLOO, 745â€"6773 Open: Tuesday â€" Saturday 10 a.m. â€" 5:30 p.m. SILKâ€"SCREENED SHOPPING . OR TOTE BAG The TREASURE TROVE of GIFTS Author discusses talent WATERLOO MEAT MARKET ‘"Canadian and imported Handcrafted Gifts® Make shopping a pleasure with a gay Elizabeth Ziegler Public School will be open from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. on Apr. 24 while MacGregor Pubâ€" lic School will be open durâ€" ing the evening on Apr. 24. Lexington Public School, Cedarbrae Public School and St. David Junior High School will be open for the entire week. ‘"‘Any artist great or small has been chosen as an instrument. A reed through which the wind makes the tune. It is often Miss Godden dismissed the modern notion that talâ€" ent is selfâ€"expression, alâ€" though she said heredity and upbringing play a limitâ€" ed role in the development of talent. ‘"‘"Suddenly there was a poem in my mind â€" scanned, rhymed and complete withâ€" out paper,‘"‘ she said. "I hadn‘t been trying to write a poem. I stood in the shade of a cypres» tree reading some names then suddenly came the poem.‘‘ ng a nollday, when you are going to a party or when you are sick.‘" a The smallest incident or object can act to trigger in spiration in an author. Miss Godden related how she and her husband stumbled on a deserted convent cemetery in Italy. Acting on her natural curiosity, Miss Godden wandered through the gates and walkâ€" ed between the head stones. Waterioo as the instrument,‘‘ she said. Talent requires a singleâ€" minded devotion to work that often appears selfish to others. A driverâ€"education trainâ€" ing booth will also be at the mall as well as a color organ, engines, including the rotary engine; patio disâ€" plays, two racing boats built by the students and a tractor that is used in pullâ€" ing competitions. ‘‘There is a constant struggle between the artisâ€" tic and the domestic life for women,‘"‘ she said. "I‘ve posted my gloves instead of my letters and 1 once left my baby out in the rain when inspiration struck .‘ Miss Godden .said the writing profession is being threatened today as never before by middlemen who are rewriting authors‘ books and by publishers who enâ€" courage writers to speedily turn out books with dictaâ€" phones and tape.recorders. . Some of the displays and demonstrations planned by LVS will include a booth where persons can have their height and mass (weight) taken and recordâ€" ed in the new metric sysâ€" a flawed reed, but one has Sir Edgar Bauer and St. Michael will be open during the evening on Apr. 24 while Laurel Vocational School will have its display in Waterloo Square on Apr. 24, 25 and 26 during regular mall hours. Miss Godden said the role of the poet is the hardest of all artistic pursuits. Our Lady of Lourdes will be open in the morning on Apr. 24 and 25 while St. Thomas will be open during morning classes on Apr. 24. ‘‘Poetry is the strangest gift of all. Poets are super children, seeing with an inâ€" tensity that saps their strength. It is exhaustibly hard work,‘‘ she said. Shape... Fast Not a sign of that colliâ€" sion when our experts reâ€"condition your car. Fine work at moderâ€" Back in Good 430 ALBERT ST. PH. 884â€"0550 WATERLOO NORTHDALE AUTO BODY WLU offers two new programs in music In addition, a new course in psychology and music, a coâ€"operative venture inâ€" volving personnel of those two departments, will be added to the music curricâ€" ulum. The course will be one of the first of its kind in Canada. It involves the perception and learning of music, the Two new honors programs, one in elementary music education and the other in orchestral instruments, will be added this fall to the bachelor of music program at Wilfrid Laurier Uniâ€" versity. Alex McKay makes the final adjustments to his camera before photographing a dwarf Dahlia at the University of Waterloo‘s greenhouse at Columbia Lake. The greenhouse, which boasts about 20,000 plants, was open to the public on Sunday and about 600 visited this facility to view the many plants on display. The plants will now be transplanted to gardens around the UW campus. 171 King St. 745â€"2445 FAMILIES APPRECIATE OUR FINE CHAPEL FACiLITIES FEuneral Home Ltd C€oward 4. oob to partâ€"time extension stuâ€" dents as well as those regâ€" istered fullâ€"time. Dr. Walter H. Kemp, chairman of the music deâ€" partment, said the new proâ€" gram in elementary music education prepares students to be teachers of music in elementary schools. repertoire for _ musical training at the kindergarten to grade six and the grade seven and eight levels are intended to meet the philâ€" The course was designed by Donald Landry of the Waterloo County board of education, and will be taught by a group of specialists under his guidance. testing of musical abilities, and modes of the listener‘s response as a guide to the understanding and appreciâ€" ation of musical styles, parâ€" ticularly of music composed since 1950. Waterioo Kitchener raners TCHENERWATEROO Ontario & Duke Sts. church music,‘ Dr. Kemp said. *"Expansion into in struction in orchestral inâ€" struments is made possible by the presence in this comâ€" munity of the Stratford Fesâ€" tival Ensemble. osophy and needs of the reâ€" gional education system. ‘*Up tothis point WLU has been known for its instrucâ€" tion in keyboard, vocal and ‘*These internationally recognized players, who form the nucleus of the Kitchenerâ€"Waterloo _ Symâ€" phony under Raffi Armenâ€" ian, will be available to us as our instrumental faculty," their _ performers â€" could offer holds exciting potenâ€" tial for the community and the country. We are thrilled to be involved in this deâ€" velopment." ‘‘*With their work in the master classes bf the Stratâ€" ford Festival, the yearâ€" Waterioo Square