Twenty excited choristers from Guelph Youth Singers are preparing for the performance opportunity of their lifetime. GYS choristers ranging in age from 10 to 17 will help to form the Honour Choir for the Children in Harmony Choral Festival in Walt Disney World, Florida.  GYS leaves on Monday, May 19th and will be returning on Sunday, May 25th.  The Honour Choir at this year’s festival consists of choristers from two top-notch choral organizations conducted by Linda Beaupré – the Bach Children’s Chorus and Guelph Youth Singers. Renowned composer Eleanor Daley will be the accompanist for this tour. As members of the Honour Choir, the choristers will have the opportunity to perform a special programme at Disney World’s Epcott Centre for the public and for the other participating choirs, who are drawn from across North America. Beaupré has chosen to perform all-Canadian music in the Honour Choir’s solo performances, and will feature music by Eleanor Daley, Stephen Hatfield, John Govedas, Rupert Lang, Stuart Calvert, Lydia Adams and R. Murray Schafer.

Disney's Beauty And The Beast is coming to Guelph.
Royal City Musical Productions celebrates its 30th anniversary with this tale as old as time.  The beautiful story of love and redemption brought to life through the magic of Disney.
Artistic Director: Corina Dunn
Musical Director: Ryan Johns
Choreographer: Deanna Clatworthy

Main Stage, River Run Centre, Guelph.  November 19th - 23rd, 2008.
Tickets available at River Run Centre Box Office 519-763-3000 r Run Centre Box Office:
AUDITION INFORMATION
Auditions will be held on June 3rd - Jun 15th, 2008.
Auditions are by appointment only and appointments will be allocated on a first come first serve basis. To book an audition time, please fill out an online application after May 10th at www.rcmpi.com. 

The Elora Lions Club will host Victoria Day Fireworks on Monday May 19th, with family fun beginning at 7:30pm at the Elora and District Community Centre.  The Grand Celtic Pipe Band will perform.  There will be tethered balloon rides and a food booth.  Fireworks start at dusk (sometime after 9:30pm).

Admission is by donation, with proceeds to Bissell Park Improvements.  The rain date is Sunday May 25th.

Guelph & Wellington’s Spring Sprint, Brain Tumour Foundation of Canada’s national fundraising walkathon, features 2.5 km or 5km walk or run and a 10km run. Pledges raised are used to fund research and also help to provide education, information and support to the estimated 55,000 Canadians currently living with a brain tumour.

When: Saturday, May 24, 2008
 Check-in: 9:00 a.m.
 Start: 10:00 a.m.

Where:  University of Guelph Arboretum
 
For more information, please contact:

Sharon & Mark Zamin-Guelph and Wellington Spring Sprint Coordinators
519-843-6777 or email This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it   

Collect pledges and join the Guelph Humane Society for the Wiggle Waggle Walkathon on May 25th at Riverside Park.  Registration begins at 10 a.m.
Walk with your favourite pet or in honour of your pet.  

Pledge forms on line at http://www.guelph-humane.on.ca 
 A minimum of $25 in pledges gets you an awesome goodie bag.  If you collect $250 in pledges you get an amazing beach chair!

Lots of vendors, entertainment, and a great day.  Meet Carla Donnell from CJOY. All money raised help the homeless and unwanted pets of Guelph!

Bryan DeCorso ran away with the South Georgia Classic presented by First State Bank and Trust Co. for his first win on the Nationwide Tour Sunday (May 4th). The former GOLF CHANNEL on-course commentator shot a final-round 3-under 69 to win by three over Greg Owen (72) and Bryce Molder (69).

DeCorso, a 36-year-old native of Guelph fired a four-day total of 14-under 284, and picked up the largest paycheck of his career.

"I think this eclipses my career-best check by about $100,000," he said of the billboard-sized replica check. DeCorso's portion of the $625,000 purse was $112,500 and puts him in great position to grab one of the coveted 25 PGA TOUR cards at year's end.

The Intercounty Baseball League is set to go for the 2008 season. The schedule kicks off with five games during the Opening Weekend of May 3 and 4. There are two games on Saturday, May 3 – Hamilton Thunderbirds visit the Guelph Royals and the Stratford Nationals play the Dodgers in Oshawa.

The 162 game schedule concludes on Sunday July 20.

The Toronto Maple Leafs will host the IBL All-Star Classic at Christie Pits on Saturday July 5. As defending league champs, the Leafs will face a team of IBL All-Stars in the special event.

The Ontario Hockey League today (Thursday April 24) announced that Drew Doughty of the Guelph Storm has won the Max Kaminsky Trophy as the OHL's Most Outstanding Defenceman for the 2007-08 season.

Doughty, an 18-year-old native of London, ON, scored 13 goals and 37 assists for 50 points in 58 games this season with the Storm. Doughty also helped Team Canada win the gold medal at the World Junior Championships and participated in the ADT Canada-Russia Challenge in November, the Home Hardware CHL-NHL Top Prospects Game in January and the OHL All-Star Classic in February.

Doughty, the fifth overall pick in the 2005 OHL Priority Selection, is a top rated prospect for the 2008 NHL Entry Draft. In the OHL Coaches Poll, Doughty finished first in voting as the Best Offensive Defenceman category and second in the Best Defensive Defenceman category for the Western Conference.

The 2008 NHL Entry Draft remains on track to be the Steven Stamkos show. Stamkos, who has been ranked the No. 1 draft-eligible prospect since this past summer, remained No. 1 Thursday when NHL Central Scouting released its final ranking of the North American players eligible for the 2008 Entry Draft, which will be held June 20-21 in Ottawa.

Russia's Nikita Filatov is the top-ranked European skater. Thomas McCollum of the Guelph Storm is the top-rated North American goalie and Sweden's Jakob Markstrom is the top-ranked European goalie.

Tampa Bay owns the No. 1 pick this season after winning the NHL Entry Draft Lottery. The club is expected to take Stamkos, unless it trades the pick.

American Zach Bogosian, who is playing for Peterborough in the OHL, jumped one spot from the midseason ranking to take the No. 2 ranking, passing Guelph's Drew Doughty, who now sits at No. 3.

The 6th annual Rick Hansen Wheels In Motion, presented by Scotiabank, takes place across Canada on Sunday, June 8, 2008.

The event brings communities together and touches the lives of thousands of Canadians with spinal cord injury every year. Funds raised support a wide range of life-enhancing solutions that allow people with spinal cord injury to fully participate in their community and live life to its full potential.

Wheels In Motion is an important part of the Rick Hansen Foundation’s ongoing commitment to making Canadian communities accessible and inclusive for people of all abilities.