FIRST FREE CONCERT OF THE FALL

Nw at New West, a series of free midday performances at the New Westminster campus of Douglas College, kicks off the fall season on September 8 with a concert highlighting the talents of two ensembles of outstanding student musicians.

The concert features the Douglas College Jazz Quintet and the Douglas College Guitar Quartet. The two groups, working independently, spent the past four months presenting shows in a varicty of settings as part of the Challenge 88 student sum- mer employment program.

Challenge 88 is a federally administered grant program designed to create summer employment for students in their own ficlds of study. Area administrator Jacqueline Gresko ex- plains, "The students, with the help of their teachers, have developed arts-related projects that extend their education and are of benefit to the community."

The students performed at such diverse locations as ex- tended care facilities, the YMCA, the Hyack Festival, com- munity centres, schools, and even on ferries.

Guitar instructor Michael Strutt, teacher-sponsor of the guitar quartet, calls the program "a tremendous opportunity" for both the students and their audiences. "In our case," he says, “we have a group who can provide easy-listening music to people who perhaps wouldn’t normally get out to hear music. And it’s wonderful for the musicians; they get paid to play, they learn business and management skills, and it gets them out into the community."

The Guitar Quartet includes full-time music students Jeremy Thompson, Peter Adams, Ravi Manhas and Jack

CAREER PROFILES FOR WOMEN

The Academic Advisors and the Women’s Centre Co-or- dinator in Student Services are offering three Career Profiles for Women during the Fall ’88 Semester. If you know of any women who would benefit by attending, please refer them to the Student Services Receptionist, Room 2700 to preregister. A description and a schedule for the Career Profiles is given below.

Career Profiles provide an opportunity for women to learn about specific occupations. Every session will feature a guest speaker who has established herself in her occupation, Each speaker will discuss the nature of her work, the opportunities she secs in her own or related fields and how she established herself.

Thursday, September 29 - Law Enforcement Thursday, October 20 - Visual Language Interpreter Thursday, November 17 - Stagecraft

TIME: 1200 - 1300 hours

LOCATION: The Women’s Centre - Room 2720

Pre-registration is required. Phone 520-5486 or 520-5400, Local 2760 or register in person in Student Services, Room 2700.

For further information call: Marian Exmann, Local 2722 Lorraine Cotter, Local 2723 Georgina Ferguson, Local 2762 Linda Steiler, Local 2761 Sharon Helgessen, Local 2754

Dhalawal. Strutt says, "They are an unusual ensemble of four classical guitarists playing light Spanish and South American repertoire."

Members of the Jazz Quintet, the other half of the Noon at New West bill, are Jennifer Sokowan, trumpet; Kevin How, trombone; Rod Henczel, piano; Franz Mehrfert, bass; and Jon Richmond, drums. Their teacher-sponsor, Blair Fisher, says this versatile unit "varied their music depending on the situa- tion. In a seniors’ residence, they would play standards -- recognizable tunes. For the New West Jazz Clinic, they were more adventurous. For senior high schools, they would play funk, latin or fusion. They can do a bit of everything.”

A third Challenge 88 performance group came from the Douglas College theatre department. Troupdemotion, a com- pany of five actors, wrote and staged as many as 50 shows at schools, community centres, seniors’ homes and shopping malls throughout the lower mainland. Student manager Grant Patterson says, "We developed four set stories for all age groups, but our main orientation was towards children.”

All three groups received exceptionally good response from their audiences. Appreciative letters, telephone calls, and in- vilations to retum were all proof of the program’s success.

The public is invited to come out and hear the Jazz Quintet and Guitar Quartet at 12:30 p.m. on Thursday, September 8 in the Performance Theatre of Douglas College. Admission is free. For more information on this concert or the Noon at New West series, contact the music department of Douglas College at 520-5466.

WELCOME BACK...

The Instructional Media Services staff welcomes everyone back for the fall semester. We’re ready to meet all your audio, video, graphics and photography needs. In order to serve you better we are adding another part-time graphics person to our team. We are located on the 3rd floor behind the theatre. Please call Rob at 3144 to discuss your requirements.

NEW ENTRANCE FOR CO-OP ED OFFICE

The Co-operative Education Office will have office hours from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Monday to Friday. Students must use entrance off the Student Services area, Room 2710 to enter the Co-operative Education Office.

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