MAD. HATTER Top flight continued down, to suit the material being presented. Director Stanick says of the Chamber Players, "This particular group are exceptional students who have won awards right across Canada and the United States. Al- most every one of them is an out- standing instrumentalist." On the program will be J.S. Bach’s Bran- denburg Concerto No. 6 for two violas, two gambas, cello, bass and harpsichord, along with several short movements from Lachrymae by John Dowland, scored for four violas, cello and harpsichord. The performance will take place in the Performing Arts Theatre, at Douglas College’s New Westminster campus, one block from the Skytrain terminus. For more information on this concert, or to find out more about the Noon at New West Series, please contact the music depart- ment at Douglas College. IMPROVISATION FOR MUSICIANS Pysecians who are ready to begin improvising will want to know about a workshop in Con- temporary Improvisation, being held at Douglas College eight Wednesdays starting October 7th. The course will be taught by out- standing jazz trumpeter Robin Shier and will include practical im- provising experience. Fee for the workshop is $50.00. The class is open to people who want to learn to improvise in jazz, blues, or rock styles. For more information, or to register, call Douglas College Community Programs and Ser- vices at 520-5473. NEW INTERMEDIATE WRITING | COURSES ae eighties may become known as the Year of Video. But to meet the public’s growing desire to improve and master writ- ing skills, Douglas College is offer- ing three new intermediate writing courses this fall. For people whose job involves the occasional but critical writing, task, INTERMEDIATE BUSINESS WRITING will show how to write successful proposals and reports and how to be most effective in writing briefs to government or news releases for the media. For writers who have dreamed of publishing a romance novel, author Moyra Tarling is teaching HOW TO WRITE A ROMANCE NOVEL. To help poets and fiction writers push themselves and their writing to new levels of excellence, Van- couver writer Chris Petty is teach- ing INTERMEDIATE CREATIVE WRITING: CONTINUING THE STRUGGLE. Petty says, "In this course writers get down to the business of writ- ing, polishing and writing some more.” For more information, or to register, call Douglas College Community Programs and Ser- vices at 520-5473. EDUCATIONAL EXCHANGES Le ACCC has recently decided to offer a clearinghouse service for faculty and administrators who are interested in exchanges for part (or all) of an academic year. Don’t overlook the possibility of an exchange with another Lower Mainland institution. Staff also are invited to participate in ex- changes with lower mainland col- leges. If you are interested in arranging an exchange for 1988-89, contact Gerry DellaMattia. JOB OPENINGS Te Technical Co-operation Department of ILO (Interna- tional Labour Office) has sent us the most recent list of vacancies through the B.C. Ministry of Ad- vanced Education and Job Train- ing. These job openings are in Technical Co-operation Projects in various developing countries. If you are interested in seeing the list, please contact Tad Hosoi at THE CENTRE FOR INTERNA- TIONAL EDUCATION (Room 4200B, Local 4236. Tad Hosoi Manager, Centre for Internation- al Education ALL EMPLOYEES The Modern Languages dis- cipline has opened its conversa- tion sessions for second year university French to all employees at Douglas College. These are non-programmed con- versation hours led by one of our language assistants from Quebec, Pierre Robichaud. If you speak some French and want to keep it up and improve it, come and join us, bring your lunch and enjoy an hour of informal con- versation in French. The choices are: Wednesday, 1:00 - 2:00 p.m. Room 3600C or Thursday, 12:00 - 1:00 p.m. Room 3603 or Thursday, 1:00 - 2:00 p.m. Room 3603. se