November 24, 1987

5 Mad Hatter

Douglas College Newsletter

 

 

 

CHORAL SOCIETY STARTS THE
HOLIDAY SEASON RIGHT

T° truly start the holiday

season off on the right note re-
quires a performance of Handel’s
Messiah. In the 245 years since
the majestic oratorio was first per-
formed, it has become a
Christmas tradition with audien-
ces around the world.

The tradition will be carried on
when the Douglas College Choral
Society presents their interpreta-
tion of this perennial favourite on
Saturday, December 5 and Sun-
day, December 6. The program
will be directed by Tatsuo
Hoshina, of the Douglas College
music faculty, and the singers will
be joined by a community or-
chestra which has accompanied
the chorus for the past four years.
Soloists for the concert will be
soprano Joanne Hounsell, a
graduate student at UBC; alto
Elizabeth Mabee; tenor David
Shefsiek, also a UBC graduate stu-
dent; and bass William Kelly.

The Choral Soceity is an ad-
vanced amateur choir with over
90 voices in all, made up of
Douglas College students and
community members. Director
Tatsuo Hoshina says, “Because
the music we perform is quite
complex, we require the singers
to have had choir experience."

Both performances of The Mes-
siah will begin at 7:30 p.m. in the
Performing Arts Theatre at the
New Westminster campus of the
College. Reservations may be
made by calling the Douglas Col-
lege ticket office at 520-5488.

REPORT ANALYSES
ENVIRONMENTAL
ISSUES

pate issues affect us
all. Areport, entitled Environ-
mental Issues in the Lower
Mainland of British Columbia
has been published by Douglas
College. The report, by Michael
Roth and Eric Rustland, examines
some of the region’s most conten-
tious ecological concerns. It was
researched with the aid of a Chal-
lenge 87 grant from Canada
Employment and Immigration.

The authors’ intention, as they
state in the book’s introduction, is
to "take an objective look at
various environmental concerns"
affecting the Greater Vancouver
area in order to "provide a basic
overview" of the problems and to
furnish readers with sources
where they can obtain further in-
formation on the issues.

 

The report addresses a diversity

of problems, from erosion control
on the UBC cliffs to land use dis-
putes in Richmond’s Terra Nova
district. They consider issues
such as air and water quality,
earthquake dangers, acid rain,
drainage, and toxic chemicals.
Some of the report’s sections are
relatively brief, and others, such
as the section on sewage treat-
ment, goes into some detail, with

charts and maps.

A large chapter is devoted to
the particularly important
problem of solid waste disposal,
discussing the impact of the
landfill system and examining in-
cineration and recycling as
possible alternatives or sup-
plementary systems.

On some environmental issues,

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