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Ilarron, McKinnon
perform in Blyth
for Foundation
Popular entertainers Don Harron
(aka Charlie Farquharson) and
Catherine McKinnon along with
their complete musician ensemble
will give two performances at the
Blyth Memorial Hall on March 28
and 29. The performances are spon
sored by the Foundation For
Enriching Education Perth Huron.
Harron has been delighting
Canadian audiences with his wit and
repartee for over half a century. He is
a modem Renaissance Man whose
entertainment career has included
achievements as an actor, writer,
broadcaster, comic and producer.
He is best known, however,
through his brilliant alter egos
Charlie Farquharson and Valerie
Rosedale. Charlie always has a com
ment on everything, whether you
want to hear it or not!
Catherine McKinnon’s profession
al career began with the TV music
show Singalong Jubilee. She has
also appeared on her television spe
cials as well as innumerable guest
appearances around the world. Her
Country Playhouse
announces its
2003 season lineup
The Huron Country Playhouse
Artistic Director Alex Mustakas
unveiled a diverse playbill for 2003.
Single tickets for the season went
on sale to the general public March
1. Since tickets went on sale to
members last fall, the company has
sold over 80,000 seats at its five
venues - more than 80 times the
population of the tiny village of
Grand Bend.
The 13-week season begins with
Big River - The Adventures of
Huckleberry Finn. With music and
lyrics by the legendary Roger
Miller, this Broadway classic has
won seven Tony Awards, including
Best Musical. This musical master
piece, which will bring so many of
Mark Twain’s classic characters to
life, runs June 10 - June 28.
The ties that bind - and some
times choke - are explored in the
heartwarming comedy, Over the
River and Through the Woods. Two
sets of aging grandparents hatch an
offbeat scheme to stop their
favourite grandson from moving
across the country, with side-split
ting results. This delightful comic
gem runs July 2 - July 12.
From the legendary team of
Rodgers and Hammerstein
(Oklahoma, South Pacific, The King
and I, and The Sound of Music)
comes the unforgettable production
Carousel, a powerful and riveting
musical masterpiece that is widely
considered to be the famous duo’s
most beautiful and enduring work.
Carousel runs July 16 - Aug. 2 and
has been crowned by Time
Magazine as “Best Musical of the
20th Century!”
The season ends on a high note,
with Buddy - The Buddy Holly
Story. This musical pays tribute to
career has included segments as a
professional theatre actor, talk-show
host, and as the star in her own TV
series.
McKinnon is a previous winner of
a Juno Award as Canada’s top female
vocalist and her theme song still
remains Farewell To Nova Scotia.
In constant demand from coast to
coast, McKinnon and Harron return
to P.E.I. each summer to do revues
and oversee the former’s Spot ‘o Tea
restaurant overlooking the Stanley
River.
Tickets for the couple’s popular
return visit to Blyth are $25 for the
show, and $40 for the dinner and
show. Dinner starts at 6 p.m. each
evening and the performance is at 8
pm. Tickets are available from local
outlets or by phoning the Blyth
Festival Box Office at 1-877-862-
5984.
Proceeds from the two nights will
support special arts workshops for
schools in the Avon Maitland
District School Board which are sup
ported by the Foundation.
the golden age of music through
renditions of Buddy Holly’s greatest
hits - classics like Peggy Sue, It’s so
Easy, That ’ll Be The Day and many
more. This smash-hit celebration
runs Aug. 6 - Aug. 30.
At the intimate Playhouse II,
Huron Country Playhouse looks to
the future by celebrating the past
with Vaudeville! a salute to the glory
days of music and laughter.
Energetic tap-dancing, corny come
dy sketches, powerful singing, nov
elty acts, and slapstick comedy
abound in this lightning-paced pro
duction created by the legendary
Alan Lund. Enjoy a broad sampling
of classic musical numbers from
well-known musical stars of the era
- Al Jolson, Eddie Cantor, George
M. Cohan, Fanny Brice, Judy
Garland, and many, many more.
Vaudeville! runs June 17 - Aug. 23;
To order tickets or request a free
brochure, call the Box office at 519-
238-6000 or 1-888-449-4463.
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On stage
Andrea’s Dance Studio II held its annual recital Feb. 22 at F.E. Madill Secondary School,
Wingham under the direction of Patty Wegg. Pictured in their Look At Us Baby outfits are, in
back from left: Chloe McDonald, Janice Poole, Sherena McClynn, Brittany McGlynn, Alanna
Batte, Jenna Roy, Vanessa McGlynn. Front: Robyn Kassies, Alanna Roy, Kirsten Bouwknegt,
Whitney Hulley, Maddy Elias. Absent: Kymberlee Whytock. (Photo submitted)
Lick and Stick at Stratford
Gallery Stratford presents the two-
person exhibition Lick and Stick.
The exhibition runs to March 30.
Having grown up as children of
the 70s, Steve Cole and Jan
Noestheden infuse their work with
images from popular culture of that
time. Tattoo imagery, cartoon char
acters, advertising typefaces and
starbursts lend a lighthearted and
nostalgic quality to the work. The
excitement of finding a lick and
stick tattoo in a package of bub
blegum recalls a time when the
world was simpler and TV promised
unlimited adventure.
Cole was bom in Windsor, in 1972
and studied in the Design Program
of Emily Carr Institute of Art and
Design. He has participated in sever
al group exhibitions and visual art
events in the Vancouver area. He has
worked as a graphic illustrator for
clients such as EMI Music Canada,
where in 1994 he received a Juno
nomination for Best Album Design
for the Tea Party’s Splendor Solis.
For the past several years, Cole
has worked full-time as a tattoo
artist.
Noestheden was also bom in 1972
in Windsor. He completed his
Master of Fine Arts at the University
of Guelph in 2001 and recently was
included in Gallery Stratford’s Dark
Side of Happy exhibition
(October/November 2002).
Recently, his work has been includ
ed in a group exhibition in New York
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Birthday
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Josephine
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at the
Betty Cardno
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Sunday, March 9
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city’s East Village at the historical
rock and roll hot spot, CBGB’s.
Also on view in Gallery 3 will be
a selection of works by Webster and
Martin. Both artists lived and
worked in the Southwestern Ontario
region and had a relationship as stu
dent and teacher. Tragically killed in
a car accident in 1965, Martin was
influential in the development of
visual arts culture in the Stratford
area after leaving the post of director
of the design department of the
Ontario College of Art and Design in
Toronto in 1953.
Buck 'n' Doe
for
Lee Ann McDonald
& Jason Konarski
Seaforth District
Community Centre
Saturday,
March 8, 2003
9 pm - 1 am
Music by MCL Sound
Lunch provided
Age of Majority
$5. in advance $6. at the door
For tickets call Scott 887-6570
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As an instructor he influenced
many painters including Webster,
who passed away in 2002. Webster
was a painter, printmaker, textile
artist and quilter.
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