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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Times-Advocate, 2002-11-27, Page 1010 Wednesday, November 27, 2002Exeter Times–Advocate Tickets for above noted Old Roxy performances are available at: • The Old Roxy Theatre Box Office in Mount Forest * Heather’s Pet Centre in Hanover * Ernie King Music in Wingham NEW TICKET OUTLET: Lifetime Video Productions, 371 Westwood Dr., Walkerton And all Ticketmaster Outlets, or charge by phone 416-870-8000 or order on line www.ticketmaster.ca Visit www.oldroxy.ca for further show information. 116 Main St., North, Mount Forest 323-0433 The Old Roxy - Covering all of your entertainment needs. Appearing a t The Second City Performances of “The Ice Cream Man Cometh” Saturday, November 30 @ 8 PM NEW DATE THE RANKIN SISTERS Wed., Dec. 11 • 8 pm Raylene, Heather & Cookie and Friends in Concert A Maritime Christmas with ABBAMANIA / Staying’ Alive Dec. 7 at - 8 pm PETER APPLEYARD Saturday, February 22, 8 p.m. Canadian Tribute to GLENN MILLER featuring vocals of “John McNab and The Fabulous Moonbeams” Jan. 11 at - 8 pm An evening with the talented and charismatic Michael Burgess Saturday, Dec. 14 at 8 p.m. The Musical Box Sun., Dec. 1 at 8 p.m. Reincarnation of Genesis’s Selling England By the Pound performance. Blue Rodeo Tuesday, December 3, 8 p.m. Caverners, A Tribute to the BEATLES Jan. 17 at - 8 pm LIGHTHOUSE Saturday, January 25, 8 p.m. TICKETS ON SALE FRIDAY, NOV. 29 AT 10 A.M. THAMES ROAD ABATTOIR & MEATS Weekly Specials LEAN GROUND HAMBURG only $1.79 lb. FARMERS SAUSAGE $1.49 lb. 8 oz. NEW YORK STRIP $4. ea. 41130 Thames Rd. E. 235-2969 Golf cards help the Lung Association EXETER - Some Christmas presents just take your breath away - the 2003 Lung Association Golf Privilege Card will give it back! A major fundraiser to sup- port the work of The Lung Association and its fight against respiratory dis- ease, these golf coupon books are available now. This incredible bargain package features great golfing deals (mostly two golfers play for the cost of one) at 17 superb courses in Huron, Perth and Oxford Counties and is available again this year for only $45. Participating courses are Bayview Golf Club, Bluewater Golf Club, Exeter Golf Club, Goderich Sunset Golf Course, Ironwood Golf Club, Listowel Golf Club, Maitland Country Club, Mitchell Golf and Country Club, River Valley Golf and Country Club, St. Marys Golf and Country Club, Science Hill Country Club, Seaforth Golf & Country Club, Stratford Country Club, Stratford Municipal Golf Course, Tavistock Golf Course, Wingham Golf & Curling Club and Woodlands Golf Course. As an added bonus, included in the booklet is a discount coupon for $5 off the registration fee for the 2003 Lung Association Golf Tournament sponsored by Horizon Pro Health and Berny Nymeyer of RBC Investments which will be held May 31 at the Mitchell Golf and Country Club. This is the 11th year that the Lung Association, Huron-Perth has offered Golf Privilege Cards and many of the courses have been involved since that first year. Funds raised from the sale of Golf Privilege Cards support Lung Association health initiatives, such as the Breathe Easy Program and the Asthma Action Program, as well as help fund vital medical research into respiratory disease. One in five Canadians has some type of breathing problem and lung disease is the third leading cause of death in Canada. Golf Privilege Cards are valid throughout the 2003 golf season and will make the perfect Christmas gift for the golfer on your list. To order the 2003 Golf Privilege Card or for fur- ther information, please call (519) 271-7500 or drop by The Lung Association office at 342 Erie Street, suite 121, Stratford. By Pat Bolen TIMES-ADVOCATE STAFF EXETER – “If you didn’t know, you wouldn’t” is how concert promoter Ralph McComb describes EJ Cooper’s country act as Willie Nelson. Playing the South Huron rec centre Nov. 24 as part of a fundraiser for the Children’s Hospital of Western Ontario, Cooper showed off his near per- fect representation of Nelson, along with Gary Boyle and 19 year old Crystal Guathier. The three performers complemented each other perfectly, with the youthful exuberance of Guathier blending with Nelson’s road-worn sound and the Gary Cooper cool of Boyle’s ballads. McComb has a very per- sonal reason for raising money to support the Childrens’s Hospital. When his daughter was born with Cystic Fibrosis, she was only expected to live for five years but with the aid of the hospital staff, her life was extended to 19 years. Cooper has been playing as Willie Nelson for 15 years, starting the day he was offered $500 to play him by a man on the street. His likeness has been good enough to fool people many times, including a promoter from Brazil, who saw his act and tried to hire him for a series of concerts in Brazil thinking he was the real thing. When the real Nelson was hired and played a series of concerts in Brazil to help pay off his tax problems, he authorized Cooper as the only musi- cian in Canada to play as him. Despite being only 19, Crystal Guathier has been performing for half her life. Starting with singing lessons at eight years old, and performing at fall fairs around Windsor where she grew up, she has been touring since 15. Admitting that she “hated country” originally, she was playing every other type of music before getting hooked on country music. She has a long list of influences for her music, reaching back into the past for Patsy Cline, as well as covering today’s singers such as Faith Hill, and Martina McBride. Gary Boyle has been on the road a little longer than Crystal, starting out in the early 1970’s, with one of his first shows being in Exeter. He plays a tribute show to country balladiers such as Eddie Arnold and Don Williams and recently fin- ished a tour through Australia. Not normally thought of as a hotbed of country music, Boyle found out a quarter of Australia’s 20 million people, are con- sidered country music fans. Despite the experience of the two veteran singers, the show was stolen by Gauthier. A sparse but enthusiastic crowd warmed to her belting out one country classic after another, from one end of the stage to the other. McComb said despite the small crowd, he would still make a donation to the Children’s Hospital. Country performers raise funds for Children’s Hospital EJ Cooper as Willie Nelson,plays with his band Crooked Highway,at a fund-raiser for the Children’s Hospital of Western Ontario, Nov. 24 at the South Huron rec centre.(photo/Pat Bolen) by Joan Beierling VARNA CORRESPONDENT VARNA - Church ser- vices were in Goshen Church on Sunday and will be in Varna on Dec. 1, celebrating the first Sunday of Advent. There will be music by Roberta Walker. The Hanging of the Greens is planned on Dec. 1 at 7:30 p.m. in Goshen Church with special music by Pirie Mitchell and Ralph Topp. The Christmas Choir from Brucefield, Kippen, Varna and Goshen will also be entertaining. This will be followed by a social time with hot chocolate and a cookie exchange. If you bring a dozen cookies you take a different dozen home and you can take as many as you want. Varna U.C.W. Christmas potluck supper and pro- gram will be held Dec. 6 at 6 p.m. Members, former members and everyone in the Varna community are invited. There will be a box in the Church each Sunday for donations to the food bank. Flowers were placed in the church by Geraldine and Jack Eckel in memory of their sister-in-law Nancy Harburn. The com- munity’s sympathy goes to Keith and family. To place your order for an amaryllis gift kit, call Bill Taylor. The kits cost $11 and the money is used to raise awareness in the fight against Huntington disease. On Dec. 8, the White Gift church service will be in Varna. On Dec. 15, the Sunday School concert and church service will be in Goshen. In the afternoon there will be an Open House at the manse from 2 to 4 p.m. The top shufflers for Nov. 20 were Norene Hayter with 361 points, Charles Reid 272, Bernice Reid 257 and Anna Keys with 177. Come out for ‘Hanging of the Greens’