HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 1997-11-19, Page 23THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 19,1997. PAGE 23.
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Stratford season
a record breaker
Musical farewell
As friends, neighbours and co-workers said farewell to Janet Amos, past artistic director for
Blyth Festival Theatre, Saturday afternoon, Zoey, Cappy and Teag Onn serenaded visitors
to the Bainton Gallery reception.
Centre, a House of Blues
When the original House of
Blues opened in Cambridge, MA in
November of 1992, a spark was
ignited that fanned the flames of
what was to become a full-fledged
"Blues Explosion." The House of
Blues establishment provides a
haven which nurtures live blues as
a uniquely American art form.
The brainchild of Isaac Tigrett of
Hard Rock Cafe fame, the House of
Blues vision reaches well beyond
the eatery and nightclub; the
franchise has expanded into a
record label, television show,
software for interactive
entertainment products and online
programming for the internet.
Tigrett's partner, actor and Blues
Brother, Dan Akroyd, also hosts a
nationally syndicated radio show.
The Centre In The Square is
proud to present House of Blues, an
evening of American's foremost
blues performers, for one
performance only on Thursday,
Nov. 27 at 8 p.m.
Four great blues performers will
be featured.
Dr. John has never been your
run-of-the-mill musician. A
psychedelic rocker in the 60s, he
became a platinum-seller in the
70s. His commercial breakthrough
came in '73 with In The Right Place
which yielded two hit singles Right
Place, Wrong Time, and Such A
Night. Dr. John was a jingle writer,
session man and jazz traditionalist
in the 80s and became a Grammy
award winner in the 90s.
Charlie Musselwhite, the grand
master of blues harmonica, has a
sound firmly rooted in Memphis
and Chicago-style blues, injected
with the high energy of rock'n roll.
In the 60s, Musselwhite recorded
the classic album Stand Back! It,
along with his subsequent albums
in the late 60s and 70s established
him as a worldwide touring artist.
To many blues fans, the name
Robert Jr. Lockwood is important
mainly for its first two parts.
Robert Jr. is Robert Johnson's
adopted son, and true to that
heritage he can recreate classics
like Rambling and Kindhearted
Woman with startling fidelity to the
originals. But unlike some who
make a career of imitating Robert
Johnson, Robert Jr. Lockwood has
taken that music as his base and has
built upon it a style that forms a
key link in the evolution of country
to city blues.
Alvin Youngblood Hart, 1997
W.C. Handy Award Winner as Best
New Artist joins this stellar group.
Big Mama's Door is the debut of
singer, songwriter and guitarist
Hart and is a most auspicious new
blues release featuring skillful and
deeply personal explorations of the
country blues and folk styles
created in the 1920s and 30s.
For a true blues evening, tickets
are available at The Centre In The
Square box office by calling 519-
578-1570 or toll free 1-800-265-
8977. Prices are $45, $40 and $35.
‘Guys and Dolls’ on Centre stage
The guys and dolls of Kitchener
Waterloo Musical Productions
bring the hit Broadway musical
Guys and Dolls to Kitchener's The
Centre In The Square. Five
performances are scheduled; 8 p.m.
on Nov. 20, 21 and 22 and 2 p.m.
on Nov. 22 and 23.
Kitchener Waterloo Musical
East Wawanosh students
hold Remembrance service
Continued from page 19
Grade 4 and 5 are learning about
sports and counting to 30. Grade 6
and 7 are doing pronouns and also
a unit on Quebec. Grade 8 are three
weeks into a unit on fast food.
EAST WAWANOSH
STUDENTS REMEMBER
On Tuesday, Nov. 11, East
Wawanosh students and some
parents gathered in the gymnasium
to take time to remember those who
went to war for Canada. The
program items under the leadership
of Mr. Harrison's Grade 6/7 class
were announced by Jenni Hopf and
Scott Folkard.
Grade 4/5, with teacher, Mr. Kerr
sang "Poppy Red "and many of the
Grade 8 class joined them to sing
"The Strangest Dream." After the
poems and stories were read,
representatives from each class
pinned a poppy on the large wreath
that was at the front of the room.
BOOK FAIR IS COMING!!
From Tuesday, Nov. 25 to Friday
Nov. 28, the Troll Book Fair will
be at the school library. Each class
will have a chance to look at the
selection and to make purchases.
Any parents who wish to see the
books are welcome to come in
during the day or after school as the
fair will be open until 4:30 p.m.
each day. It's BEAR Time...Be
Enthusiastic About Reading time!
Productions has a reputation for
excellence. The group was formed
in 1948 under the name Twin City
Operatic Society and the first stage
presentation was The Chocolate
Soldier. Since 1980 KWMP have
presented their musicals at The
Centre In The Square, to critical
acclaim.
Guys and Dolls is an entertaining
fable of love, marriage and
temperance. While Nathan Detroit,
operator of a legendary floating
crap game evades marriage to
Adelaide, his fiancee of 14 years,
Sky Masterson revels in his
Continued on page 24
The final box office figures for
the Stratford Festival's 45th season,
which concluded on Sunday, Nov.
9, were announced Nov. 12 by
General Manager Mary E.
Hofstetter. The six-month season,
encompassing a total of 576
performances of 12 productions in
three theatres, earned a gross box
office revenue of $21,889,836, the
highest in the Festival's history.
Total attendance for the season, the
highest since 1988, was 504,707,
representing 70.9 per cent of
capacity.
"Thanks in large part to Artistic
Director Richard Monette's flair for
choosing artists and repertoire, and
to his own brilliant direction of this
year's musical, Camelot, the
Festival has enjoyed a season of
triumphant success," said
Hofstetter. "For the first time ever,
due to overwhelming audience
demand, all four productions at the
Tom Patterson Theatre were
extended by two weeks. Camelot
drew larger audiences than any
other musical in the Festival's
history. And this season saw the
unveiling, by Her Majesty Queen
Elizabeth II, of the $15-million
Festival Theatre Renewal Project.
Our patrons have greeted the
renewed building, and in particular
the magnificently refurbished
auditorium, with great acclaim."
"All of the directors, designers,
actors, production personnel and
staff are to be commended for their
unwavering commitment to
excellence, on stage and beyond.
Since Mr. Monette became artistic
director in 1994, attendance has
grown to the point where, for the
last two season, admissions have
surpassed half a million. I am
particularly pleased to see that over
30,000 of those were new
attendees."
Work on the 1998 Stratford
Festival season has begun. Running
from May 11 to Nov. 8, it
comprises four Shakespeare plays:
Julius Caesar, The Two Gentlemen
of Verona, Much Ado About
Nothing and The Winter's Tale;
Man of La Mancha, with music by
Mitch Leigh, lyrics by Joe Darion
and book by Dale Wasserman; A
Man for All Season, by Robert
Bolt; The Prime of Miss Jean
Brodie, adapted by Jay Presson
Allen from the novel by Muriel
Spark; The Miracle Worker, by
William Gibson; The Miser, by
Molifere, adapted by Miles
Malleson; The Cherry Orchard, by
Anton Chekhov, translated by John
Murrell; The Night of the Iguana,
by Tennessee Williams; and
Wailing for Godot, by Samuel
Beckett.
J lappy 50th
Anniversary
November 20
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