Page 6 EXPRESS February 7, 2001 Dinner, dance for Osprey LEISURE & The Osprey Community Foundation will introduce itself to the community on Friday, Feb. 16 with a "Love LIFESTYLE Your Community" dinner and dance at Mary Hall on 10th Street. The evening will begin at 6 p.m. with a no-host bar and Star Juno Saturday, Feb. 17. The brief remarks by local dignitaries. A four-course meal will dance floor will be filled be served at 7 p.m. by students in the Selkirk College A great new Canadian with sand and there'll be cooking program. Then Playmor Junction will perform at group, Painting Daisies, prizes for the best bikini the dance, with a big-band sound and tunes that range from plays at the Star Juno Town and the loudest shirt. hits of the 1940s right up to present day material. Pub on Friday and Tickets are $30 per person and are available by calling Saturday. Check out Battlesounds Sarah at Investor's Group, 352-7777, local 224. You can www.paintingdaisies.com. NDYC 352-5656 reserve a table of eight by calling Dave Douglas at 352- The NDYC will hold a 6681 during business hours. Green tips Battle of the Bands on The Osprey Community Foundation is the 100th com- Nelson Library Friday, Feb. 16. munity foundation in Canada and is part of a nation-wide George Penniket will effort to build community self-reliance by creating legacy present a talk entitled Avalon funds that are permanently endowed and yield funds to be "Over the Garden Fence: This Saturday, the distributed annually to worthwhile community activities. Tips and Talk on Avalon hosts the funky Gardening," at the Nelson combination of local bands Forever Plaid at the Capitol Municipal Library on Kangaroo and OpenLand. Capitol Theatre 352-6363 While servant Dromio (Sam Inkster) looks on, Fran Patterson, Tuesday, Feb. 13, starting Both bands have been The Capitol Theatre presents Vancouver's Arts Club who plays Adriana in the upcoming production of Comedy of at7 p.m. working on new material to Theatre Company's hilarious musical Forever Plaid on Errors, has a hold on her husband Antipholus (Matt Hunter). Dr does she? Comedy of Errors opens at the Capitol Theatre His talk will concern the be unleashed at this Wednesday, Feb. l 4. Talented musicians Peter Jorgensen, Thursday Feb. 8, and runs Feb. 9, 10, 15 and 16. cultivation of orchids and Saturday's party celebrat- Matt Palmer, Bruce Thompson, and Sanders Whiting play the care of house plants. ing improvised music and four high-school buddies who form a be-bop singing quar- Big time line-up for Kaslo dance. tet and finally land their first big gig. Taffy Jack's Jazz festival this summer Furniture Ex Taffy Jack's has a number Kaslo Jazz Festival 353-7538 of special events lined up Kootenay Gallery The Kaslo Jazz Festival wiU be held at Kaslo Bay Park for February, including a The Kootenay Gallery on August 3, 4, and 5 this year. As a prelude to the festi- Valentine's Day party host- presents the Canadian val, organizers have arranged a concert at the Capitol ed by Selkirk College Golf Furniture Exhibition, a Theatre in Nelson on August 2, the Thursday before the Management students that juried exhibition of con- main event. And like other years, there will be a number of includes a "Bachelor temporary studio furniture, musical events held at various venues in Kaslo. This year's Auction" on Feb. 14, and on now through March 1l. ticket prices (taxes included) are $25 a day for early bird on Wednesday, Feb. 21, Find out who is making stu- sales and $35 at the main gate. Yuk Yuk's Comedy Night. dio furniture in Canada, The Jazz Festival will feature some top performers this Taffy's Mid-Winter and where they're making year, as always. The line-up includes the Kurt Elling Beach Party takes place on it, at this showcase. Quartet, Maria Muldaur, the Puentes Brothers Band, and the Brad Turner Quartet. Kurt Elling has risen to international prominence as a recording and performing jazz vocalist over the past five years. And few singers today have mastered as many musi- cal styles as Maria Muldaur. From jug band through clas- sic country, R & B, Jazz, Gospel, Blues and New Orleans funk, her musical odyssey has taken her to her present sta- tus as an eclectic favourite of truly knowledgeable insid- ers. For more information on this year's Jazz Festival, visit the Web page at http://www.netidea.com/~kaslojazz. Children's Yoga class At the Nelson Aquatic Centre, starting Saturday, Feb. 10, children aged seven to 11 can attend a fun and creative yoga class. Postural movement and co-operative games can help your child develop body awareness, balance and flexibility, CHILD CARE BC HELPS as well as gain insight into the language of movement. Donald Carmichael, the instructor, is a registered kinesi- ologist. To register or for information about the program, FAMILIES WHERE phone Don at 352-0794. The boys are back IT MATTERS MOST. A blues and funk reunion, featuring members of two BC's new child care plan saves parents popular Nelson bands of the nineties - "What It Is" and "Mystery Train" - is sure to draw crowds and have their up to $1,100 per child this year. fans heated up and groovin' on the floor once more. Our new child care program cuts the cost care. Children in licensed family before and Kelly Fawcett (guitar and vocals) has been very busy of child care for BC families. As of January 1, after school care will also be eligible for the these last two years honing his craft in a wide spectrum of families with children in kindergarten to age new lower rates. That means more savings for gigs. The band features the fabulous "What It Is" rhythm sec- 12 in before and after school licensed group thousands of BC families. tion: Mark Spielman (faculty head at Selkirk College care save up to $1,100 a year per child. Working parents need affordable daycare. Music Dept.) on bass, Marv Walker (ex Powder Blues, k.d. In January, 2002, the next step cuts costs Child Care BC is part of our plan to provide Jang) on drums and vocals, Colin Spence on Hammond B3 for infants and toddlers in licensed group better opportunities for today's families. organ, and Rick Lingard (Mt. Sentinel band instructor) on saxophones. For more information on the BC government's child care program, a~ One or more of the local stages will apparently be please call 1-888-338-6622 or 356-6501 in Victoria. _blessed with even more great talent as more "What It Is" horn players and vocalist Randy Eastwood have promised to drop by. BRITISH Fawcett and Friends will play the Civic Hotel Thursday, Feb. 8, and the Queen's Hotel Friday and Saturday, Feb. 9 ~';'~ COLUMBIA and JO.