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Memories of Christmas at Memorial Hall
By Elyse DeBruyn
Citizen staff
Recreate those childhood
memories through the toe-tapping,
fun-loving music of a Don Messer
tribute performance.
On Dec. 11, Memories of a Jubilee
Christmas tour will be giving its
annual festive performance at
Memorial Hall in Blyth.
This two-hour recreation of CBC's
hit TV Don Messer's. Jubilee has 13
cast members.
Tom Leadbeater, the last original
member of the Jubilee Christmas
tour, has been on the tour for as long
as the original TV show was aired
and has loved every minute of it.
"I have no regrets at all. It's been a
ball doing this show and performing
it with these people has made it even
better." said Lcadbeater.
Leadbeater, along with the
talented Marie Gogo, performs the
seasonal songs of Jubilee's popular
Marg Osbourne and Charlie
Chamberlain as well as some duets
including Adeste Fideless.
"I get a chance to be me in the
show. I don't try to imitate Charlie
at all, but I think we have the same
performing style."
Although Leadbeater said one
thing he likes about the tour is that
he never gets tired of it, his favourite
part is "watching the audience
members' faces during a
performance."
"When Goin to the Barn Dance
Tonight begins, I love watching the
audience beam," said Leadbeater.
"They sit back in their seats like
they're sitting at home in a chair
watching it on their TV again."
He said usually an older crowd
will get the most enjoyment out of
the show, but the last couple of
years, he has seen a number of
young people attend.
"It's nostalgic. It brings everyone
back to simpler times when Mr.
Messer ran the show," said
Leadbeater. t'A lot of kids are taking
up fiddling these days and each year
there seems to be more and more of
them coming to see the show. They
(the kids) really seem to get a kick
out of watching their grandparents
tap their toes and sing along."
This memories show, which has
been touring across Canada since
1995 to sold out houses, is the
brainchild of senior citizen Barbara
-Martin, formerly of Sussex, N.B.
She became involved in the 50th
anniversary of VE Day and staged
the recreation of CBC's Don
Messer's Jubilee, which then toured
the Maritimes.
After the tour ended, Martin
realized the depth of emotions the
seniors felt for the Jubilee and how
much they missed it.
It was also Obvious that there was
not a lot of entertainment out there
aimed for seniors, so she dedicated
herself to providing this type of
entertainment and now has three
shows geared strictly for them.
"We present the Messer style of
music as it was played and the way
the audience remembers it... because
our show is all about bringing back
wonderful memories," Martin said.
Aside from Leadbeater and Gogo,
the talented cast includes Scott
Woods, a Canadian grand masters
fiddle champion, Buchta style
dancers and some humour with
Rudolph the Chipmunk.
Guest performer, 11-year-old
Happy 90th
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Open House
on December 4
2:00-4:00
Belgrave United Church
Best wishes only
fiddler and dance sensation Tommy
Fitzgerald will wow the audience
with his talent as well.
For tickets call the Blyth Festival
box office at 1-887-862-5984.
Thursday, Dec. 9
Doors open 6:30
Bingo starts 7:00
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Darryl Wood was on flapjack duty for the Blyth Legion
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