SCENE B2 . What's Up! Wednesday, Juiy 20 PROMISEKEEPERS men’s Christian outreach group meets at the Evangelical Free Church from 8 to 10 p.m. ' Friday, July 22 FOR YOUR INFORMATION, a free monthly workshop of the Terrace Anti-Poverty Society takes place from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. at the Car- penters Union Hall at 3312 Sparks. For more info call Gerry at 635-4631. Thursday, July 28 RIVERBOAT DAYS kicks off with opening ceremonies at city hall at 7 p.m. anti a fireworks display visible from both bridges at 11 p.m. (In the event of rain, fireworks will be postponed to Friday night al 11 p.m.) Friday, July 29 RIVERBOAT DAYS celebrations include Kids Day at Tenaceview Lodge from 10:30 am. to noon and children’s fishing derby. Saturday, July 30 RIVERBOAT DAYS celebrations include pan- cake breakfast at the Happy Gang Centre, balloon rides at Heritage Park, walk through Incal artists Studios,.the Riverboat Days Parade on Lakelse Avenue at 11 a.m., beef BBQ at Legion at noon, celebrations and music in Lower Little Park start- ing at noon, rogues gallery at Skeena Mall. at noon, 11th annual salmon barbecue at Kitsum- kalum reserve through the afternoon, Gitwinksihlkw Dancers at the Skeena Mall at 1:30, Aurora Summer Arts School’s showcase evening at § p.m. at the REM. Lee Theatre, Casino night ai the Legion, and the Skeena Stomp Dance. Sunday, July 31 RIVERBOAT DAYS celebrations include bal- loon rides at Heritage Park, walk-through of local artists’ studios, celebrations and music in Lower Little Park from 1 pm. to 8 p.m., 10th annual Slingers Race at 1 p.m. on the 4600 block of Lakelse Ave,, RC car race at K-Mart parking lot atl p.m. ; BC SENIORS GAMES ZONE 10 holds the Riverboat Days Seniors Mile starting at the Legion at 10 a.m. Entry forms and pledge sheets available at Northern Healthcare. For more info call Bud at 635-9505 or Betty at 635-3352. Monday, August 1 RIVERBOAT DAYS celebrations include the Wild Duck Race at Ferry Island at 1 p.m. and the walk through local artists’ studios (TBA). Tuesday, August 2 TERRACE TOASTMASTERS hold summer meetings from noon to 1 p.m. at the Coast Inn of the West. For more information call Diana at 635- 59035 or Linda at 638-0096. Toastmasters is an Opportunity to leam and enhance speaking and communication skills. . August 4 , PROMISEKEEPERS men’s Christian outreach group mects at the Terrace Full Gospel Christian Fellowship from 8 io 10 p.m. THURSDAYS THE HEALING CIRCLE meets every Thurs- day from 6:30-7:30 p.m. at the Kermode Friend- Ship Centre. For more information call Benita Chapdelaine at 635-7670. ‘ALANON mects every Thursday at 8:30 p.m. in the Mills Memorial Hospital conference room. .TOPS (Take OF Pounds Sensibly) meets every Thursday at 7:30 p.m, at the Skeena Health Unit auditorlum. Weigh-in at 6 p.m. ‘THE TERRACE BRIDGE CLUB meets the “second and fourth Thursday of every month. They get started Oct. 14 at the Legion. Call Pat at 635- 2537 or Ethel at 635-5046 for more info. OVEREATERS ANONYMOUS meet every “Thursday at 7:30 p.m. at the Women’s Resource Centre. . TERRACE HIV INFORMATION SUPPORT i Group (T.HLLS.) meets the third Thursday of every month at 7:30 p.m. in the Mills Memorial Hospital board room. Contact Carrie at 635-4885, The Terrace Standard offers the What's Up community calendar as a public service to its readers and community organizations. This column is intended for non-profit organiza-. tions and those events for which there is no ad- mission charge. Ttems will run two weeks before each event. We ask that items be submitted by 5 p.m, on the Thursday before the issue in which it is to appear. Submissions should be typed or printed neatly. MAINSTAGE ’94 Four awards THE LITTLE THEATRE that could has done it yet again. The cast, crew and members of Terrace Littie Theatre celebrated another remarkable scason by performing this year’s play — Orphans ~~ before a standing ovation crowd at Mainstage '94 in Cranbrook. TLT received four awards at Theatre B.C.’s annual drama fes- tival that took place July 2-9. The Orphans cast and crew were named Best Ensemble. Terrace’s T-Jay MacKenzie was named Best Supporting Ac- tor for his performance as Phillip, Adjudicator Martin Kinch noted that the distinction between a lead actor and a supporting actor was - very fine as he awarded the trophy for Best Supporting Actor to MacKenzie. “He was really amazing up there,”’ said Orphans director Marianne Weston. ‘‘They ail were.”? Troupe is Best Ensemble, actor MacKenzie honoured And the crew’s brief 35-minute time for clearing the stage won them the Sidney Award for Best Backstage Coordination, “We broke every record set by every professional company going in and out of that theatre,” Weston explained. of performances and workships by ten award-winning theatre companies from across B.C. Most of the rest of the awards were swept by the Deep Cove Stage Society, which won Best Production with Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune, and “The standard was higher this year than any- thing that has ever happened before. The three top plays were just way above everything else.” A TLT poster designed by Patrick McIntyre to advertise two one-act plays also picked up an award for Best Poster at Mainstage '94. The awards climaxed eight days Vernon Powerhouse Theatre, whose play Lettice and Lovage won the Burnaby Trophy for runner-up play. It was the third year in the last four that TLT has taken honours INSIDE SECTION B “CITY | JEFF NAGEL | _ «638-7283 at the provincial drama festival. - In 1991 and 1992 they received the Burnaby Trophy with A Chip in the Sugar and Living Together. They're still looking for the big prize, however. “The standard was higher this year than anything that has ever happened before,’ Weston sald: “The three top plays were just way above everything else.” ‘We were extremely well. received,” a Weston also credited the. organizers of the "fest im Cran-. brook. . “Tt was beautifully organized,’” she said. ‘‘They were very hospitable,”’ Other cast and crew members who travelled to Cranbrook from here included Alan Weston, John McGowan, Joni Blake, Kevin - Oales, Adam Kirkwood, Jim’ Branch, Gayle Holtom, Dina ‘Von’ Hahn, Gordon Oates and Jo Pat- terson. = m The quest FISHERFOLK are here from as far away as Germany to lina the banks of the Skeena in hopes of landing a big chinook salmon. Hot, sunny weather last week meant things were particularly busy along the shores of Ferry Is- land. And although 10-year-old Phillip Negraiff (right) hasn't hooked a big one yet, he came here all the way from Maose Jaw, Saskatchewan, and deserved the trout he managed to reel in last Tuesday, TERRACE CHILDREN could learn to swim this year for the cost of a 43 cent stamp, Parents can enter their children in the Learn to Swim For Free program sponsored by the Red Cross, BCTV and the ‘Terrace Aquatic Cenire, : “It’s just another way of tryin to make people water safe,’* sald Janet McGee, bead lifeguard and instructor al the Terrace pool. A free set of Yellow (intro- ductory) swimming lessons will be offered to 18 children at the Terrace pool. Eligible children must never have taken swimming lessons be- fore and be 5-6 years old, said McGee. Terrace is one of only six B.C. _clties to offer the program. The Red Cross is running. the program in Langley, Port Coquit- lam, Kamloops. Port Alberni, North Surrey and Terrace. ‘*I think we got the program be- cause we run an excellent and ex- tensive program already so we've shown our dedication,”’ McGee said, Three sets of 30 minute classes will be offered with six children in each class. . The first set started July 18 and tun every weekday at 6:00 p.m. until July 29. The other two sets run August 2-12. at 11:00 am. and August 16-25 at 6:00 p.m. The children to recelve the free lessons will be selected in a ran- - V6B 4A3 Forty-three cent swimming lessons dom draw, oS Parents can enter their children. for the draw by writing or faxing’. BCTV with the name of the |. parent and child, along with an): address, phone number and the! ageofthechiid, = 6 Entries can be sent tos BCTV Se -Learn to Swim For Free *.. Box 4700 | oe Vancouver, B.C. - Fax number: 421-9427 «>