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The Goderich Signal-Star, 1984-06-27, Page 31albO,k** o" �,R1C'* AkssV44070,0;:ogat V� yg �p�4,r� $ t•J otic° ,` t h *, ::1),,V0\4;;:s k ON' Fo :54%:*c-Spi P40 19 iO P] CH SIGNAL -STAR, WEDNESDAY, AIM 27,191 Showcase features a°riety The Bicentennial Showcase, a 90 -minute family entertainment' show commissioned by the provincial government, will be in Goderich Tuesday, July 17. The show, which will appear in 26 municipalities across the province during July and August, features top flight talent reflecting the dreams, aspirations and accomplishments of the people of Ontario. Through the incorporation of singers, dancers, actors and musicians drawn from all parts of the province, the audience will see a panorama of Ontario's people from yesterday to today as expressed through the arts of the pro Following is Showcase per entertaining here ce- information on some of the formers who will be on the 17th. DONALD POLIQUIN Nurtured in the heart of northern Ontario, Donald Poliquin has brought the Franco- Ontarian Joie -De -Vivre to every province in Canada over the past two decades. From Labrador to Vancouver Island, including the Northwest Territories, audiences have fallen under his spell, caught up in his infec- tious hand -clapping toe -tapping music that demands spontaneous involvement. A singer, guitarist and saxophone player, Donald is at home playing blues, jazz, coun- try and folk music. In recent years, he has devoted his energy and talents to the revival of traditional French-Canadian music and folklore. , Donald's extensive touring, some 500 shows since 1981, has taken him to the Canada Canoe Festival, The Voyageur Festival in St. Boniface, Ottawa's Franco- Ontarian Festival, the Canada Games in Thunder Bay, Harbour Front's "Carnival" in Toronto and the Sudbury Festival Boreal, among others. He -has appeared on CBC Television (national and regional), Radio - Quebec and TVO. POLIQUIN, his first LP, offers an introduction to the music that has made Donald so popular across the country. RENE HIGHWAY This dynamic and versatile dance choreographer, instructor, and now actor has a broad backgroundin the entertain- ment field. Acclaimed as one of Canada's top dancer/choreographers in the contem- porary vein, he began his training'°at the Royal Winnipeg Ballet School. This was followed by modern classes at the schools of The Toronto Dance Theatre (scholarship); Vancouver's Anna Wyman Dance Theatre; New York's Alvin Ailey, Martha Graham, Jennifer Muller (scholarship); England's London Contemporary Dance Theatre, as well as studying in Athens, Rome and Paris. In addition, he has studied Jazz and is cur- rently taking Ballet at Actus Dance In- stitute. Mr. Highway's appearances span the en- tire performing spectrum. He danced with the Toronto Dance Theatre for six years. As a dancer/choreographer he was involved in many presentations including New World Images for Night of the First Americans at the John F. Kennedy Centre for the Perfor- ming Arts, Native Americans in the Arts in New York, New Song ... New Dance at Har- bourfront, Queen Elizabeth's Silver Jubilee Celebrations in Ottawa, Banff's School of Fine Arts, the Saskatoon Symphony, and also in England and Denmark. His most re- cent successes were The Sage, The Dancer and the Fool and Meridian. For television and filtn Mr. Highway choreographed and danced in Ann Mor- tifee's Journey to Kairos for CBC -TV and TVO. As an actor he appeared in a wide variety of roles such as Buffy Saint -Marie's Native American Child on TVO's Song and the Camera series, the non -speaking lead in Madelaine de Vercheres, and the lead Theatre in Denmark and N character role in the feature film, October Theatre Company in Siou Stranger. He studied acting with the Tukak tario. Is. 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