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THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 8, 1989. PAGE 23.
Beirdo Bros, come
to Brussels Library
Ron Greidanus will perform a benefit concert for the Blyth Festival’s building fund Sunday afternoon at 2 p.m. at
Memorial Hall. The superb Londesboro pianist plays a variety of musical styles from classics to jazz and wrote his first
concerto for piano and orchestra at age 16. Now 19 he plans a career in music. Tickets for the concert are $5.
Elephants on Old MacDonald’s
farm? Why not? When you are
entertained at your public library
by the Beirdo Bros, this March
anything is possible including gir
affes, monkeys and even sharks
rambling through this not so tradi
tional barnyard.
The Beirdo Bros, extensive re
pertoire spans from folk and coun
try to jazz, opera and classical, to
pop and rock. Their lively, amusing
musical entertainment has earned
them fans everywhere they per
form. Sandy MacDonald and Glen
Soulis alias the Beirdo Bros, have
delighted audiences of all ages
throughout Canada, the U.S. and
Germany. Professional musicians,
The Beirdo Bros, play 20 different
musical instruments and perform
almost as many various musical
styles. From concerts to T.V. and
recording sessions, The Beirdo
Bros, are providing a special blend
of entertainment.
Sponsored by the Huron County
library with the assistance of the
Outreach Program of the Ministry
of Culture and Communications,
the Beirdo Bros, will perform at the
Brussels Branch on March 13, 1989
at 3:30 p.m.
Admission $1.00 per person.
Tickets are available at the library.
Pal Joey comes to the Grand
Girls, Gangsters and great songs
- “Pal Joey’’ has them all! The
Grand Theatre in London presents
this Rodgers and Hart classic in
lavish style, opening March 17.
Former Grand artistic director
Larry Lillo returns to direct “Pal
Joey’’ which features Maurice
Godin, Martha Henry, Cynthia
Dale, and Judy Marshak.
Pal Joey (“Rock and Roll’s”
Maurice Godin) is Joey Evans, a
small-time entertainer with big
dreams and bigger tales of glory.
Employed in a sleazy Chicago
nightclub, Joey’s world is populat
ed by raunchy dancers, wealthy
socialities, a musical agent/gang-
ster and an innocent chorus girl
(Dora-Award winner Cynthia
Dale). Joey tries to charm them all,
with varying success. As Joey
develops a relationships with Mrs.
Advance sales
at Stratford
break record
When the Stratford Festival’s
phone lines and ticket counters
opened to the general public Feb.
25 more than $3,000,000 in mem
bers’ and mailing list subscribers’
advance ticket orders had already
been processed by the Festival Box
Office.
A strong interest is being shown
in all 11 1989 productions (a Double
Bill of Titus Andronicus and The
Comedy of Errors, The Merchant of
Venice, Kiss Me Kate, The Shoe
makers’ Holiday, A Midsummer
Night’s Dream, Three Sisters,
Henry V., The Relapse, Cat On A
Tin Roof, Love’s Labour’s Lost and
The Changeling).
Vera Simpson (Martha Henry), and
faces blackmail by his dishonest
agent and a disgruntled chorus girl
(Michael Fawkes and Judy Mar
shak), the stage comes alive with
hits like “I Could Write a Book”,
“Bewitched, Bothered and Bewild
ered” and “The Lady is a Tramp”.
Does Joey find true love and
happiness? Does he find it with the
beautiful chorus girl or wealthy
Mrs. Simpson? These questions
and more are answered amid
laughter, songs, spectacular danc
ing - and the show-stopping “Red
Hot Mama”.
“Pal Joey” was one of the last
works by Rodgers and Hart, one of
the most productive partnerships in
the history of American musical
theatre. When it opened in 1940
with Gene Kelly, “Pal Joey” was
not well received - the audiences
found the lead character too much a
cad! But a 1952 revival was a huge
success, and “Pal Joey” has
played to appreciative audiences
ever since. The Grand’s production
is based on the 1986 Tarragon
Theatre presentation and Martha
Henry, Cynthia Dale, Judy Mar
shak and Sharon Heldt are repeat
ing the roles that garnered them
critical acclaim. Said Robert Crew
of the Toronto Star “Joey a musical
delight while Martha amazes.”
The production also received two
Dora Awards: Cynthia Dale, for
Best Actress in a Musical, and
Phillip Silver, for Outstanding
Lighting Design.
You aren’t getting older
You’re getting better
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Blyth Minor Hockey &
Ringette Association
Annual
March Dance
at Blyth & District
CommunityCentre
SATURDAY,MARCH25
Musicby: Paul French &
Rebound
9p.m.-1a.m.
Tickets $15.OO/percouple
Smorgasbord Lunch
Tickets available at
Blyth Mini Mart or phone
526-7720
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