iw i'UWITRY FREE PRESS, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 25,1987 ART SHOW Nancy Anes Steele of Whitby is one of the feature artists of an 1 exhibition at the Visual Arts Centre of Newcastle'April 3 to 18, 1 to 4 p.m. daily. Steele will show a series of organie forms, including seed pods, apples and birds on branches, j as part of the exhibition of fibre and metal works. An opening reception will be held April 3 at 7:30 p.m. PARENT FINDERSt o Parent Finders will meet Mon- day, March 30, 8 p.m., at Eastdale Collegiate (Rm. 109), Harmony Rd. n., Oshawa. The group offers sup- port to adult adoptees wanting to trace their origins, and to birth parents searching for their now adult children. Adoptive parents are also welcome. For information call 728-6983 on afternoons. SPRING DANCE The Ashburn Community Centre will hold the annual spring dance on Saturday, April 4, 8 p.m. to 1 a.m. at the Thunderbird Golf and Coun- try Club. Tickets, at$20 a couple, are available from centre executive members or at Ashburn General Store. Ticket price in- cludes lunch and chance at door prizes. ITC The first Oshawa branch of In- ternation Training in Com- munication will meet Monday, April 6, at My Sister's Place Restaurant (upstairs), 339 Malaga Rd., Oshawa. "Mosaic vs. Melting Pot" will be the theme appreciating different cultures that make up the world's community. The meeting begins at 6 p.m., dinner is $10. For more information, call Dorothy Hart at 668-8191. FIELD NATURALISTS The Durham Region Field Naturalists will hold their monthly meeting on Monday, March 30, 8 p.m., at the Oshawa Public Library on Bagot St. Bruno Kern will speak about his trip to Africa. All welcome. FASHION SHOW Beta Sigma Phi will hold a. fashion show, beginnifg at 8 p.m., on Monday and Tuesday, March 30 and 31, at St. George's Ukrainian Hall, 38 Jackson St., Oshawa. Cash wine bar and refreshments. For more infor- mation call Dale Prescott (725- 0149). UNITED WAY The annual meeting of the United Way of Oshawa-Whitby-Newcastle will be held Wednesday, March 25 at the Bowmanville Lions Club. Guest speaker will be Cathy O'Flynn, president of the Oshawa Chamber of Commerce. Reception at 6 p.m., dinner at 7:30 p.m., for the public meeting. Skatef- a-thon March 28 SKATE-A-THON Pat & Mario's Restaurant in Whitby is holding a skate-a-thon 2 to 4 p.m., March 28, at Iroquois Park arena to raise money for Easter Seals. Costumed charac- ters, including the Smurfs, balloons, prizes and members of the "Night Heat" television series cast will be on hand to entertain the kids during the skateathon. Sponsor sheets can be picked up at the restaurant. RABIES CLINIC A rabies vaccination clinic will be held in Whitby at Iroquois Park arena on Thursday, May 7, noon to 5 p.m. The clinic, to cost $5, is supervised by the South Durham Veterinary Association. The clinic is for cats and dogs over four mon- ths. GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY The Whitby-Oshawa branch of the Ontario Genealogical Society will hold its next meeting on Tuesday, April 7 from 7:15 to 10 p.m. in the auditorium of the Whit- by Public Library, at 405 Dundas St. W. Guest speaker for this evening will be Pat Boultree, on photographing and copying old photographs. Meetings are free and open to the public. For further in- formation call Janis Richardson at 986-9086 or Steve Wood at 668-1362. HENRY CONCERT The Concert Band of Cobourg will perform at Henry Street High School at 8 p.m., Wednesday, Mar- ch 25. Tickets, $3 for adults, $2 for students, $1 for seniors are available at Middleton's Stationary or at the school. FASHION SHOW A fashion show will be held at Anderson CVI on Friday, March 27, starting at 7:30 p.m. Tickets, for $6, can be purchased in advance in the front foyer of the school at noon hours or at the door the night of the show. Fashions - from stores in Whitby, Pickering and Oshawa will be shown. Funds raised will go to charity. REAL WOMEN An Ontario Provincial Police Of- ficer from 'Project Pronography' will be the guest speaker at the next meeting of Real Women. The meeting will be held Thursday, March 26 at 8 p.m. in the Hebron Church at 407 Crawforth St. A film willcfollow the speaker. All are 1welcon'. to attend. CONSERVANCY MEETING NIcholas Hill, a Cambridge, Ont. architect who is now president of the Architectural Conservancy of Ontario, will discuss heritage con- servation districts at the annual dinner of the local architectural conservancy, Thursday, April 9 at Sheriff's Manor. Cost of the dinner meeting is $12, all inclusive. Register before March 27 by calling 668-4290 or 668-5040. DURHAM SHOESTRING performers in "Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead," to be performed April 3, 4, 10 and il; are (1-r) Sharon Walmsley as Queen Gertrude, Mike Astrop as King Claudius, Cathy, Olmstead as Ophelia and Ken Bond as Hamlet. Directing is Carolyn Wilson. Free Press photo Shoestring production in April A Tony award-winnilg play by characters who philosophize and reputation almost overnight, will' Tom Stoppard will be performed by play endless games. A Player be performed starting at 8 p.m. the Durham Shoestring Performers (Mary Vollmer), accompanied by a each night in the arts resource cen- April 3, 4, 10 and1iin Oshawa. troupe of actors, banters and tre of Oshawa City Hall complex. "Rosencrantz and Guildenstern haggles with the two at intervals Are Dead" features exhilarating during the play. Ticketss are available at lnfor- wit, stagecraft and verbal verve Director of the Durham produc- mation Oshawa, City Hall, Key that made the play a contemporary tion is Carolyn Wilson, who creates Man and the Oshawa Centre. classic. lively action and special effects to Tickets are $4 in advance, $5 at the Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, stage the pirate attack sequence. door. For moe information cal as played by Peter Derry and Chris The play, which won the 1968 Cheryl Browm)(72-2441 business, Francom, are two hapless, inept Tony Award and made Stoppards 725-7815 home). MUSIC FESTIVAL Wib The 16th annuals shawa-Whitby Kiwanis Music Festival will be held March 30 to April 11. Formore in- formation call Ann Allen at 985- 0266. FLORAL DEMONSTRATION The "Teaspoonful of Sugar" Group will hold a floral demon- stration along with guest speaker at a coffee, tea and fellowship meeting for ladies March 26, 9:30 to il a.m., at Whitby Christian Chur- ch, 100 Rossland Rd. Babysitting provided. PICKIN' SESSION Pineridge Bluegrass Folklore Society is having a pickin' session at Camp Samac (north entrance) on April 12 from 2 until 5 p.m. Anyone who plays an instrument can attend. Listeners and pickers are welcome also. INDEPENDENCE The Greek community of Oshawa and district invites the public to at- tend a wreath-laying ceremony commemorating Greek Indepen- dence Day. The ceremony will take place Sunday, March 29 at 3 p.m. in Memorial Park in Oshawa. The park is located behind City Hall. BLOCK PARENT RAFFLE The Whitby-Brooklin Block Parent Association will hold their annual raffle this spring rather than in the fall. Tickets for $1, will be available at Brooklin Bakery, Ashburn General Store and at Jerry's Drugs, Lovell Drugs, Bailey IDA and Allins IDA in Whit- by. The draw will be May.14 at the Durham Regional Police station in Whitby. Prizes are $250, $150 and $100. Funds raised help to support the Block Parent program. PAPA SMURF is looking for entrants for a skate-a- MASONIC MEETING BOToE DRIVE tho tobehel b Pa & aro'sRetauantniWhibyThe MasOnic Temple, 203 Whitby Youth Concert Band .will thon to be held by Pat & Marions Restaurant in Whitby Cochrane St., Whitby, will hold its hoid y a bottle drive in Whitby on on March 28 to raise mney for Easter. Seals. annual general meeting at 1 p.m., Saturdiy, April 4, from 9 a.m. to 3 Registration is at the restaurant. Fee Press photo Sunday, April 5. Ail welcome. P.M. COMING EVENTS