WMITB FREE PRESS. WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 4 1991v PAGE 7~ FAGE SEVEN Bfrd -man'sprm imagine, a man standing on a sidewalk dressod fi=m head to too, in multi-colourod foathors. Overhis shoulder. ho carnies abirdcago. Atoybirdperchosonhisifingr. It is Hallowoonî night. When.you thon loarn that -a six-yoar-od girl at bie side is' dressod as a l7th-contury prince, plocos may fit togothor. ( ~ . That man, the. bird, man suprome, Was 1. Tii. girl, my daughtor. The. inspiration for the costumnes, hors - couitesy of acomposer who died two hundrod yeasaga. Mozart, of course. - His liko, the- world wiil novor meo again. 0f his music, chalengers may ome eFordeth readtb, varioty, inspirtion,tie.othors willromain o ey-- éChléngers. Thoch i alifotimo twico as fI ,baroly roachos the. samo playing field. IIaw doos a bird-man dreoed in -foathors equato to Mozart? And how dos a.good old country boy who grewu with aid timo fiddlo music and Hank Snow end upso atti ? _________ _0q___________ A fow months aga, aur houseold purced a néow storso sysexm complote with compact dscplayer. Shortly after tt Ièeoappearod a achdenseduccalld' Beethoven '-Lives Upstairs. TIh. record, appoaring in bath cassette tape and CD format~ was the. braincbild of rocord producor Susan Hammond. mhe rocordixig was a bit, and not just at the Swan housohold. In 'it, many of Beethovon's best-known works provido background ta, a fictionalized story of Boothoven'slife. Chu rn love it. W. heard iticetrotmsaday or month&.en~ came another by the, lame producor, 'Mr., Bach Cémes to CaIV The themo: Mr. Bach visite a young girl who il havinâ, trouble concentrating on piano pctce. Bach outlines his lifo story - wit hbis own music in the backgraund. Bach roplacol Beethoven. moen came -the third 'CD in the Hammond serios, 'Mozart' Music Fantasy.' This timo, instoad cf Mozart's life, alttle rmis, sep onto the stage cfthe*-opora 'meM *c Fluto.' sroquiros some cr f tho story lino. But Mozart's music in O. tin gledta. r EryinOtboar h Such music it te. Evon ,on. stoepodi Hank Snow.could approciate the. oxqui site je cof it. family n.up at the Elgin mheatre in Toronto ta ueo a-liv.- production cf tbe wholo 'Magfic Flute.' (Anyone wha touls yotb at it "onld ho a wasteocf mon.y ta take a sà ix-year-old ta sone< an opora dosn't kncw MfGHWAY 12, LOOKINlG NO] six-yoar-olds,î ora. IlL Te building at le tis the Myrtie Community Hal Sa tb.ro ýw. were: front row contre for, three hours. tlpoepls sti eaa trdmlse Mosmerized by Mazart's MagicFluto. - bigbway 43 years ago. Dazzled by Opera Atalior's rich production. Captivated by the ochestrationby Taudeýmusic. (You cari hear the. saineo production Friday nigt Dec. 6 an-CBC sterea, (94.6 FM) beginning at 8 p.m; ýTel thom Bill sent yau.)4-01OYEARS For those who dSet know 'The. Magic Flute,' thehero is fromn tho Wednesday, Decemb: Princo -Témina, who mearches for thi erfect love and a WH1TBY FREI meaningfiul life. (H.e wins bath.) * <tkely Van Camp bas been namned Whitby's i If you thought Wild Bill H-ickock invented the conuic Chamber of Commerce.- sidekick (Jingles) yau wauld ho surprièed by Papagena, the. Mayor Bob Attersley is Whitby's first Business1 bout bird catcher inalthe land. *The William Barnes bouse, built in 1875 at Gi Soe, Pa Po, dreasedý,M hiei feather-covered costume, u'ider the Ontario Heritage Act as an historic bi accompamesPrnco'Tamina hinail bis trials Tamino sports- a e Whitby Town council bas deignated tii. marigc ponytail, and la tailored jackot.* Papageno gets ae the funny e The Town council bas voted not ta move the Cei This, thon, inspir.d my daughtdsl Halloween costume. 2 ER Could you thon "ue maybe, who ah. selected ta dress as 2 ER Papaoocvrdnfeathers carryng a bird cage? fromn the Thursday, Decembei This sounds 1k. where w. came M. WHITBY WEEI I.togh& arof the whole ritual lay in its obscurity Amalgamation of Whitby Town and Township ii W. do n:ee vhicuture tbat isimmersed in the fairy tl Two Osbawa men bave been sentenced tofour3 world cf come %»Mpra a Wýhitby sparts store. People- would say, -Who are au?- and I would say, The, exterior renovations are complté at the Ce "Papgen.u Ad tey ouldsay -Q -Ali I ouldsay...Heber Down and. John Goodwin are running fi "Papgonth ea. n ho ol sy eho"Md oldsthe TownshP'5 last municipal election befor Prince, Tamino was umdauntod. Sho leapt fr-om bouse ta hc stppig to break inta sng As they say in show bizte nihtwa a success. 'i.Maffic Flut' oponod a door ta the world cf operaI 75 _YEARS )H AT MYBTLE, 1948 11l, derriolisbed in'1978. At. ngbt, behind the. i 1967. Notice, tbe Iack of trafflc on the Whltby Archive. photo kAGO )ér 2, 1981 edition of the. E PRESS first Good Corporate Citizen by thé. Whitby Persan of the. Year. 'ilbert and Athol streets will be designated building. iold at the, officiai Tawn fiower. Dnotaph to Centennial Park. ;-AGO pr 1, 1966 edition of the KLY' NEWS is the. chief issue in the municipal elections. years in penitentiary-for stealing.guns from, metennià l -Building. fr Reeve of. Whitby Township in wbat may , amalgamation. AGO - -r 30, 1916 edition of the ,ND CUBONICLE " vork in getting more Whitby boys to, join tiie tby Christmas Fair. cbicken stealing in Oshawa. may spread ta, cburch organizations".