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Entertainment
Review
Romaniacs amaze and amuse
RED CROSS
the Old
Blyth P.S. News
Continued from page 12
hoy-ing
perfor-
People gave their lives for us,
And one of them was Uncle Gus.
People died young and old.
At least that’s what I was told.
1 wish the war would come to a
cease,
So that the world would live in
peace.
Lots of families were shattered
those years,
For war is full of dreadful tears.
and mandolin, Scott White (Yanus
Znaiu Romaniac) who plays double
bass, and Richard Baker (Zandort
Domingo Romaniac) who plays
guitar. What you almost forget
while watching this group, is that
they are incredibly talented musi
cians. You find yourself so caught
up in their wit, that you don’t
notice how well they play and they
are having such a good time that
they make it look so easy.
To try and elaborate further on
the Romaniacs style would simply
not do them justice. Suffice it to say
that they wear somewhat garish
costumes, they dazzle with their
musical abilities and entertain with
their off-the-wall humour. This
still does not provide you with an
accurate picture of what they do,
except for one thing: they make you
laugh; loud and often. The audi
ence was, though sometimes, be
wildered, having a ball and it
became apparent to me that the
Romaniacs must be seen to be
believed and must be heard to be
appreciated.
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DATE: Wednesday, November 22, 1989
TIME: 1:30 - 4:30 p.m.
6:00- 8:30 p.m.
PLACE: Central Huron Secondary School, Clinton.
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The Romaniacs amused the Sunday evening crowd at Blyth’s
Memorial Hall with their off-the-wall humour and amazing
musical abilities. They areclockwise from centre front: Steven
Bengston, Richard Baker, Calvin Cairns, and Scott White.
BY BONNIE GROPP
They amuse and amaze. They
completely defy description and I
guarantee they are like nothing you
have ever seen before. The Roman
iacs had the Sunday night crowd at
Blyth Memorial Hall laughing,
wailing, moaning and
throughout their unique
mance.
The story goes that in
Country, many years ago, Mama
Romaniac gave birth to four boys
which, according to the Romaniacs’
publicity package followed “frene
tic abandoned evenings in the
original cabbage patch with various
“Papa” Romaniacs.’’ It continues
to say that Mama parceled the bovs
off to separate locations in North
American and it is this cross-cul
tural experience that set the
ground work for their interesting
ethno-fusion style.
It was at a reunion in, of all
places, Climax, Sask., that the boys
discovered their mutual love of
music and decided to work togeth
er. What they produce is a totally
entertaining mix of hot gypsy soul,
light pop fluff and swing coupled
with an off-beat, often bizaar
approach to humour.
The Romaniacs are in real life
Calvin Cairns (Myron Joseph King
Romaniac) who plays violin, Steven
Bengston (Steffy Levine Romaniac)
who is lead vocal and plays guitar
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examples of poems written by the
grade five students.
STOP ALL WARS!
by Jill Walden
Long ago in World War One,
People died one by one.
People should .live for peace not
war,
So we can be free for ever more.
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