HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1984-10-03, Page 21paaaaaial NalkitERTAINMENT
Wellknown songstress will be guest .ere
Patricia Leavens, a well-known She received ber training, under Alvin Cabaret. She has appeared with Orchestra
songstress and actress, will be the guest ar- Reimer at the University of Western On- London, Theatre London, Purple Patches,
tist at this year's first Rotary -sponsored Or- tario Faculty of Music and the Centre for Octobetfest and the Kitchener -Waterloo
chestra London cone rt to be held at North Opera Studio in Kitchener. Symphony in recent years.
Street United Church, Goderich on
November 3.
Miss Leavens has been 'delighting
Western Ontario audiences for years with
her leading roles as Julie Jordan in
Carousel, Fiona MacLaren in Brigadoon,
Marion in The Music Man, Magnolia in
Show Boat, the title role in Mame and The
Merry Widow in the operetta of the same
name.
Medieval
Feast to be
held at Blyth
Miss Leavens' varied and large repertoire
enables her to perform a wide range of roles
from Opera to Broadway; from Leider to
Season's tickets for the 1984-85 Orchestra
London series are now on sale at various
outlets in Goderich or from Rotary
members.
The basement of Blyth Memorial Hall is
as unlikely a place to find royalty as you'll
ever find, yet at 7 p.m. on Saturday, October
13, the royal couple and their court will rub
elbows with common folk at the Medieval
Feast, an annual fund-raising, event spon-
sored by Blyth Festival's board of directors.
Those who attend will enter into a world of
centuries past when men were men and
women were — well — wenches, unless they
were ladies (and that's another story). They
will be asked only to eat. drink and be
merry, an easy task to accomplish when
presented with a seemingly endless banquet
and rousing entertainment.
The seven course feast prepared under
the direction of board members Sheila
Richards and Carol Irwin is the focus of the
evening. Served up by strong-armed wen-
ches, the main course alone offers brimm-
ing trays of roasted pig. Chaucerian chicken
and tapster's beef surrounded with
vegetables. These hearty lasses will have
already brought homemade pates, soups,
bread, fish, meat pies and other sundry
delights from the kitchen. Then there's
dessert! All of this is washed down with
copious flagons and jugs filled by in-
dustrious tapsters. At the end of the night
it's a challenge to see who finds it harder to
stand up — the cooks, the servants or the
well satisfied patrons.
You can eat with a fork, if you ask for one.
Otherwise the fare is consumed in medieval
style - with the fingers. Be advised that
hands can get greasy and so might your best
clothes. Come in costume and consider
wearing a bib.
The parade of the roast pig can be match-
ed in pomp only by the procession of the king
and queen. Katherine Kaszas, the new ar-
tistic director, is featured. The reign of the
king and queen is short, though. In the cor-
ners lurk discontented subjects with revolu-
tion on their minds. Jim Schaefer and Jay
Paterson, the Lords of Misrule, become the
ribald, unmannerly masters of the feast,
forcing the monarchs into servitude. What
follows is a Saturnalian festival of comedy,
music and dance. Jim Schaefer, who has
periodically worked in Blyth since 1975,/
directed Cue For Treason, this summer's
young people's workshop. Jay Paterson was
last year's king of the Feast. Michael O'Kel-
ly, the minstrel, learned his craft while
journeying through his native Ireland as a
young man.
Also on hand are The Renaissance
Dancers, a troupe of students from the
University of Waterloo. No jousting at this
feast. Instead, handsome young men will
compete for favour on the dance floor.
If you missed the Feast before, be sure to
attend this year. Join the gallant knights,
wenches and pages in the unique harvest
celebration. Throw your friend in the
stocks; sing along with the minstrel. Prizes
will be awarded for best costume, best bib
and best group.
Tickets are available at the Festival box
office (523-9300) and the Blyth Saga' (523-
4331)
Record Review
Who you
gonna call?
BY KEVIN SHRIER
Ghostbusters! No, not the movie, the
soundtrack. The movie of the summer didn't
produce the album of the summer but it cer-
tainly is an admirable effort.
Big names abound on this album and the
one I'm sure everyone will remember is
Ray Parker Jr. This masterful young musi-
cian wrote and produced the number one ti-
tle track that was one of the hits of the sum-
mer.
Definitely, the strongest portion of this
album is side one. It starts with
Ghostbusters which is followed by three
very good dance tunes. Two of these rhythm
and blues oriented cuts are done by two
groups of the 80s, Thompson Twins and
Alessi. The third song is done by a group
who appeared in 48 Hours and have not had
much airplay but are worth listening to, The
Busboys. Their song, Cleaning Up The
Town, is an R&B tune with a 50s uptown
boogie beat. Fun!
The first side is polished off by a typically
good love song by, none other than, Air Sup-
ply.
The not so strong second side begins with
another popular singer right now, Laura
Branigan. Her emotionally strong vocals
are well suited for this more rocky composi-
tion. After this point, the album begins to
mellow with a laid-back new wave tune and
two instrumentals.
The instrumentals are written by Elmer
Berstein and very well done but seem to
lack the progressive sound the rest of the
album portrays.
The one instrumental that is good is the
final cut of the album, the instrumental ver-
sion of Ghostbusters. Special effects and lit-
tle a tras make it an unrepetitive and in-
teresting finale.
All in all, the album is enjoyable but lacks
continuity in its style. One of this best
reasons l can think of tobuy the album is so
you can sit back and replay the movie in
your mind (before you see it on video again
___.-n RATING; wtt. om nowl.
1.
Patricia Leavens, soprano
GODERICH SIGNAL -STAR; WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 3,1984 --PAGE 3A
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