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The Sunnybrae School choir Is singing In the rain Conducted by Eva Ralph right the primary choir performed Wednesday morn Ing in the fifth annual Spring Music Festival held at Central Col uICORGH BLUUNIITIILI Inexpensive talking books announced by researchers LONDON Pi Talking books written works comr mitted to tape may become cheaper than their printed equivalent as result of audio research being carried out in Britain The Foundation for Audion research and Servtces for Blind People says its electronics ex perts have found way to record up to 12 hours reading time on cassette tape which normally runs for only 90 min utes This opens up the prospect of Commission will probe newscasts OTTAWA ICPI Expansion of broadcast news services to include audio newscasts will be examined at Canadian Radio televiSion and Teler communications hearings startingJune 19 Such expansion of these news services raises some im portant questions the coni mission said in announcing the public hearing in neighboring Hull Que The hearing will centre on an application by Newsradio Ltd of Toronto for an EnglishIan guage radio news network of 10 stations from Ontario to Nova Scotia but the commission also wants general discussion It specifically requests that Broadcast News Ltd appear at the hearing to participate in the discussion said the comniis sion announcement Broadcast News an affiliate of The Canadian Press national news cooperative owned by most of the countrys daily newspapers already provides such service to member sta tions The commission listed the following as relevant to the dis cussion llow will the public benefit from the licensing of number of competing news services in broadcasting and what affect would this have on existing services What use will radio stations make of the service Would their staffs cover more local events and would the stations ability to train reporters be ini paired DwivNu ui mu ORilliA THEATRES Gene Kelly song this one too Riel an exciting proiect for director By JAMES NELSON The Canadian Press Remember the old adage laugh and grow fat Well if corpulencc and happy dis position go hand in hand George Bloomfields hap piness should indeed be as overflowing as it appears to be Not becaUsc of the mans bulk Because of the critics acclaim for his most recent work and the public interest in it guaging from first indications of television audiences Large and jolly Bloom field was director of the two complete novels or reference books being available on single cassette At present six hours is the maximum reading time avail able on such cassettes This is standard for the many thou sands of audio books available Ill Canada the Inited States and some other countries However foundation experts have been able to cram more reading time on to the cassette by reducing its running speed to quarter of the normal It now runs at 12 millimetres second without any loss to the regular high quality The foundation already has produced early prototype casr sette players which can handle normal halfvspeed and quarterspctd recordings but il now is seeking about £30000 to turn out prevproduction models Once this has been done Britains Remploy company which employs disabled workers Iias agreed to manufacture and market the new machines First aim is to produce pro totype design for cassette player and then later to add modules offering variable speed index or footnote bleeps and recording facilities Foun CHINESE FOOD WANT QUICK SERVICE Try our hot fast deIIvery Free on orders over $900 in Barrie Free limits IO°Io Discounton PleUp Orders over $900 Phone 72888I 405 BAYFIELD SI BARRIE delivery area took part in the fourday festival which ended this morning Examiner Photo part Bt documentary play on Loins Itiel that prolvibly had more viewers liltllillt massin two year task great deal of it was done up without becoming excited about our anadian Iieros Iegiote More than 2500 students from Barrie and the surrounding Canadian television last Sunday and again on Tuesday night than any other drama this season The show had everything director dreams of the cream of the count rys act mg talent at setting as big and broad as half continent before Bloomfield came on the scene but tying it all together and keeping sepa rate the threads of the arious incidents that cotiti iIiuted to the whole was Iiisioli Iilmiiilicld said Ill an intciv view it was the size of the This kind of excitement was lacking when was young and think that is why everyone was so anxious to see it Now we have the thrill at last of having some excitement in Canadian history The director who did the Editor Stephen Gauer Shaws most ambitious Festival plans big season NIAGAItADNTHELAKE nt tCl Rehearsals began this week for the Shaw Festival its most ambitious in its tti seasons and Leslie Yeo acting artistic director says he is keeping it well within its $2 million budget Yeo will play the role of the waiter in George Bernaid Shaws You Never Can Tell opening the season on May 30 He said in an interview it has already become the bestseller in advance box office bookings Yeo filling the post only for this year wile the festival awaits the arrival of Christopher Newton from Van couvers Playhouse Theatre this fall has expanded the pro gram to incIudc lunchtime theatre previews and double bills Seven plays are being done in the Festival Theatre and at the old Niagara County Court House supplemented by sym phony and chamber music con certs and special aprxiarances by jam pianist Oscar Peterson guitarist Liona Boyd music satirist Anna Russell and two oneman shows John airney as Robert Burns and Tony van Bridge as Chesterton BMW Mail WINNER of Academy Awards LESLIE YEO artistic director ther Shawplays to be staged this season re Capt Brass bounds onversion and Village Wooing The program includes two works about Shaw Dear Liar reading of his correspondence with Mrs Patrick Campbell his favorite leading lady and Michael Voyseys My Astonishing Self Two plays by Shaws contemporaries Emlyn Williamss The Corn is Green and Noel Cowards Blithe Spirit complete the playbill Yeo said advance box office sales indicate Blithe Spirit starring Jackie Burroughs could run well into the fall Pre season matinees for school au liences are selling out The pro duction might be taken on tour after the regular season closes Sept 30 Yeo is one of the countrys most respected actor managers with long record of commercial success He NUTRIMAX ON THE LABEL MEANS QUALITY YOU CAN TASTE FOR ANY Hummix PRODUCTS mm NATURAL roons IS THE PLACE TO LOOK mama now out man om TIIE Mom or APRIL EDEN WINECRAFT 7N brought his first British stock company to Canada in 1950 and for sven years toured principal ly in Newfoundland without subsidies or grants and paying our bills We are away under budget so far this year in every area and we are keeping very tight control on that Everyone here is finding it very difficult to spend money on anything unless it is for the good of the production Yeo said the Shaw Festival has special problem with fin ding Canadian plays because it is committed to works by or about George Bernard Shaw NATURAL FOODS LTD IAYFIELD MALL IARRIE III7690 72643944 CINEMAS Itiel story and its production that created the VClltllllIll andchallengetorliiiii Ihats the kind ot thing dont get enough op portunity to do in this country and so we allow our children and youth to grow story as thorougth Ittfls production of lledda iablei last season and now is working on big anadian American joint film production also directs tiie Second in review tioupes show ontilobal researched as any ot number of doctoral theses on the subject and coiilim ersy we MASSIVE TASK Bringing the story to the television Stlttll KJIN El The King Edward Choir presents PUCCINI MESSA DI GLORIA On April 29th 739 pm at Collier Street United Church For Ticket telephone 7284287 Also available at Sam the Record Man on Dunlap Sr Trites Cards and Gifts Bayfield Mall and John Koren Barber Shop Allandale ADMISSION $399 dation oftirials hope the play will be in scrx ice by the end of next year Audio consultant iuiiiw McKenie paiioi oi the ioiiii dation predicts that lIlillt book oi up to IItiooo iitlls could be sold as single cas sette for around io much cheaper than the tlltt oi printed book oi siinilai lenctl Target plltt tor the phi bat machine which will he ainali enough for blind or handi capped person to carry around is estimated at between Ho and £50 AR SALE SPECIAL Buy One Get Another For $100 very large number of ORIGINAL OIL PAINTINGS WILL BE ON DISILA THE CONTINENTAL INN Sunday April 22 10 am pm Most paintings will be priced UNDER $3995 Nothing over $6995 FRAMES ARE INCLUDED Willi crcry painting you purchase you get an l0pninliny with frame for only $100 DUN MISS THIt CHANCE IvFER IA NNOT BE REPEA TEI UNITED ART GALLERIES MAINIX BEST PICTURE BEST DIRECTOR BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR BEST SOUND 23 BEST FILM EDITING ROBERT DE NIRO MICHAEL CIMINO FILM 71 WARNING Some one of violence may offensive FRI SAT SUN snow mm pm out 905 930 out 235 No on Idlnittod after the that begin Theatre Branch Ont UNIVERSAL PICTURES and EMI FILMS pieseni THE DEER HUNTER Coshimng JOHN CAZALE JOHN SAVAGE MERYL STREEP CHRISTOPHER WALKEN Screenplay by DERIC WASHBURN Story by MICHAEL CIMINO DERIC WASHBURN and 8i ProductionConsuItant Assumatetioduceis and MuSic by Produced by BARRY SPIKINGS MICHAEL DEELEY MICHAEL CIMINO and JOHN PEVERALL OIICCIOI of Photography SC Direct8d by mum ED NOW iN fit lid Alida UNIVERSAL REtEASF El IANAVISION 0mm HELD OVER 3RD WEEK 645 RM SAT SUN MATINEE 30 only Fantastlc recommended as iiouu mummmur lmmumt Mun tunu 11°73 cummun lm cm by HNIII AH