Mrs. is the new Executive Director of the Bermuda National Dance Theatre (NDTB). She will be responsible for the administration of the Foundation, the co-ordination of a $1.2 million fund-raising campaign, and the establishment of a world-class summer dance institute in Bermuda in collaboration with renowned international dance instructors.

Mrs. Mayor, who holds a Bachelor of Business Administration degree from Wilfrid Laurier University in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, has worked in the financial services sector for the past 11 years, and is a former long-serving executive director of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Bermuda.

She is a passionate supporter of the arts and has long been involved in the development of young people. She is a former chairman of Young Life, has a long-standing involvement with Wesley Methodist Church Sunday school, and was a volunteer instructor at the Adult Education School. A Canadian who is married to Bermudian William Mayor, and the couple have a daughter who is a talented young dancer.?HOGGE WILDE? DAYS AT THE PRINCESS

It?s hogge heaven at the Fairmont Hamilton Princess these days, as a large group of decorated plaster pigs have taken up residence at various points inside and outside the hotel.

The animals are the stars of the s latest fund-raiser, and will be on show until April 28, at which time they will be auctioned with the proceeds going to art education and public art.

The porkers were imported undecorated, and then handed over to the imaginations of social clubs, charities such as the SPCA and the Bermuda Underwater Exploration Institute, schools and other groups for decoration, with highly imaginative results. Just opened, the exhibition is already proving very popular with locals and visitors alike, who can also vote for their favourites.

?Hogge Wilde? was originally slated for the Botanical Gardens in Paget until the Fairmont Hamilton Princess stepped in as one of the sponsors. Similar projects using animals or fish have taken place in Washington, DC, Torongo, Chicago and Baltimore, and Masterworks chose hogges in recognition of the fact that they were here when the first settlers arrived. CACY EXHIBITION AT

MASTERWORKS

l The first of two exhibitions by the Masterworks Foundation?s current artist-in-residence opens this weekend at its Bermuda House Lane gallery off Front Street. In addition to conducting a series of airbrush workshops during his stay, Mr. Cacy has been capturing aspects of Bermuda?s essence on canvas. The mixed media exhibition, entitled ?Capture the Light?, includes oil wash rub-out and gouache/ink resist techniques. It will continue through March 16. Mr. Cacy?s second exhibition is planned for April 21 at Masterworks? Arrowroot Factory gallery in the Botanical Gardens. For further information on the first exhibition see today?s Bermuda Calendar.

Well-known Bermudian professional artist has been featured in the February/March edition of International Artist magazine. Check local newstands for availability.

Charles Bascome/CMB Enterprises Ltd.?s annual will be held at City Hall theatre on March 12 and 13. Headlining the programme will be visiting US musicians, the Donny McCaslin Group, featuring band leader and recording artist Donny McCaslin on saxophone, Jon Cowherd on piano, Ben Street on bass and Antonion Sanchez on drums.

They will join local favourites, vocalist Sheila Smith and the Tony Bari Trio. CJ Symonds will be the emcee. Tickets (patrons $60, others $50) are available from 27th Century Boutique, the People?s Pharmacy, and Charles Bascome. Cheques should be made payable to CMB Enteprises Ltd. Part proceeds will be donated to the Charles Bascome Music Scholarship Fund. For further information ( 234-0453 or 234-9255.BIFF OPENING/CLOSING FILMS

?In America? and ?Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind? are the respective opening and closing films of this year?s Bermuda International Film Festival (BIFF), which runs from March 19-25.?In America? is directed by Jim Sheridan, who is also BIFF?s ?Filmmaker in Focus? this year. Mr. Sheridan is an Academy Award nominee, along with daughters Kirsten and Naomi, for ?Best Writing, screenplay written directly for the screen? for his story of an Irish immigrant family in Hell?s Kitchen, New York City, in the early 1980s.

He and his daughters have also earned writing awards for ?In America? from the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (Golden Globe) and others. Among films Mr. Sheridan has directed are ?In the Name of the Father?, ?My Left Foot?, ?The Boxer? and ?The Field?, and he was the producer of the award-winning ?Bloody Sunday?.

He and his daughters have received several prestigious nominations for the first two aforementioned films.

?In America? has been released theatrically by Fox Searchlight. , whose screenplay was co-written by Michael Gondry, stars Jim Carrey and Kate Winslett in the story of a man who discovers that his girlfriend has had her memories of their tumultuous relationship erased. Out of desparation he contacts the inventor of the process to have his former girlfriend removed from his memory. The film is due to be released in the Spring by Focus Features.

Healing Stage Productions will present ?Hairpeace?, a story of cancer, courage, and the power of sisterhood by Janice Lee Liddell, at City Hall theatre from March 4-7, beginning each night at 7.30 p.m. The play will be directed by Patricia Pogson Nesbitt, and part proceeds will go to the TB, Cancer and Health Association. Tickets ($30) are available by e-mailing healingstageemperial.bm or ( 292-4341.

When artistic director Arthur Mitchell saw the in action at Foxwood Casino in Connecticut last summer he was impressed with the intricacy of their steps and their colourful costumes.

So when he accompanied his dancers to their Bermuda Festival performances last week, he contacted the gombeys? founder-director Irwin Trott and invited the troupe to participate in a mini cultural exchange between the two groups. Thus it was that, last weekend, the gombeys watched a rehearsal of the Harlem Dance Company II at Ruth Seaton James Centre for the Performing Arts, and then performed for the dancers. Mr. Miller?s invitation was viewed as excellent way to expose the young Bermudians to another art form, and they were delighted to be given an opportunity to show the visiting dancers something of their cultural heritage. As a result, Mr. Mitchell is planning further exposure for them in the US.