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entertainment Editor Stephen Gauer7266537 Players score success with new cabaret sow By STEPHEN GAUER Of The Examiner The Littles Hill Players launched their 1979410 season Wednesday night at Embassy Hall with an entertaining and energetic cabaret show called Copa Banana The Players have put lot of time and work into the two and half hour show and theyve been Best of Berlin the County Chordsmen CKBB Theatre holds dinner The Gryphon Theatre Foundation and Womens Guild hold their annual dinner at the Georgian College cafeteria Oct 23 starting at 630 pm Reports on the 197879 season will be presented Theatre memberships will be sold at the door Tickets for the dinner are $10 person call 7284613 for in formation sights and bands The County Chordsmen present Best of Berlin concert of barbershop music Oct 27 at legiate auditorium Joining the Chordsmen will be the Dukes of Harmony the loovoice world champion chorus from Scarborough the Top Heavy Trio the Whistlers the York Highlands Sweet Adelines and Conspiracy Tickets for the concert are $4 for adults and $250 for seniors children and the handicapped at Sam the Record Man Music World and from members of pm at the Central Col Tickets are available Master of ceremonies for the show will be Jeff Walther of New film by ltalys Gillo Pontecorvo tlreoxaminer Friday0ct 12 1919 Filmmaker investigates terrorist act By DENNIS REDMONT VENICE Italy AP Mar Ion Brando called him sadist and dictator American pro ducers howeve have begged him to resume filmmaking on their terms But Gillo Pontecorvo director of the prizewinning Battle of Algiers and Italys least prolific filmmaker stuck it out for 10 years before returning behind the cameras for another political thriler This time Pontecorvo IS drop ping bombshell on ch ipnb3workings of terrorism and the Basque struggle for national identity in Spain Pontecorvos Ogro English title The Tunnel retraces with painstaking detail the spec ism to achieve independence Ogro which premiered at the recent Venice Film Festival opened in the heart of the Bas que country at the San Sezas tian Festival several days later This will be the acid test for democracy in Spain chal lenge to censorship says Ro ma Gubem professor of film at tht Uniyt rsity of Barcelona who attended the Venice Festi val To show it at San Sebastian one month before the referen dum on autonomy and at the height of nationalist clashes in the four Basque provinces is the equivalent of bombshell Pontecorvo took more than the movie held dozens of clan destine meetings with Basque militants then shot for 13 weeks under Spanish police protection at the actual site of the Blanco murder Contacts were difficult even after Francos death Pontecorvo says Police were the same as before fearing and hating terrorists shooting on sight Only after the general amnesty was able to talk in full daylight But each of the Basque ter mrists knew just small part of the mosaic of the plan so they could reveal as little as possible in case of capture It was like putting puzzle together We called the film Ogro that was Carrero Blancos nick name due to his physical build bushy eyebrows and stocky But mostly because he was Francos heir the only person who could hold things together after the dictators death In fact everything fell apart afterwards Pontecorvo Communist who condemns terrorism as means of change has had his troubles with Spain His last film Queimada US title Bum about mid19th century slave uprising on fic tjcious Spanishs king Carib bean Island ha to be reth with its characters changed to Portuguese after Spain applied economic pressure against the five years to write and prepare which means ogre because US production company The Gryphon Theatre has also announced the start of eightpage tabloid newspaper called The Gryphon Theatre News The paper will contain information on the upcomin production of Dear Liar and the five summer show presented this year as well as column by artistic directo Vernon Chapman The paper will appear as an insert in Th Examiner on Oct 25 Publication is expected to be fou times year Daylong music workshop Music teachers and students from as far away as Sudbury and North Bay will be in Barrie Saturday to take part in daylong stage band and choral music workshop organized by Boddington Music Morning sessions will be devoted to reading sessions for choirs and concert and stage bands The Toronto Concert Singers and the North Collegiate Concert Band will be among the groups performing Afternoon workshops will concentrate on voice woodwind brass and percussion The music workshop was brought to Barrie through the ef forts of Al Mote regional coordinator for the Georgian Bay Stage Band Festival and Bob Richmond of the Canadian Stage Band Festival The workshop will be held at Georgian College tacular Basque terrorist bombingmurder of Spanish Premier Luis Carrero Blanco in 1973 The film follows the main guerrilla group through the Franco era up to the present day with debate and bitter split over the merits of terror lOUlS lAWlOR ClASSICAl GUITARIST ORIllIA OPERA HOUSE SAL on 2119 pm 855011 $450 round AVAIAIll OI NM ON IRIS DUI SAN TNI IKOID IAN DUI OI WRITE rounrcrmouo PRODUCTIONS 10165 IONGE ST RICNMOND Nlll ONT l4 rewarded with the strongest ticket sales of any production of the last two years The reason for that is simple Cabaret shows have proven au dience appeal in Barrie and the Players have built up com pany of talent both onstage and off that has the skill and enthusiasm to put on terrific show Choreographer Claude Emond musical director Marilyn Campbell and Director Nick Schols have put together show that covers four dozen tunes from the turn of the cen tury to the 1970s And the 15 members of the cast go through their paces with the kind of spirit that makes up for any weaknesses in singing or danc mg Jenny GowenRees who com piled the material for the show also put together Bottoms Up the 1978 cabaret show But this Susan Crawford and Rob Townsend in Copa Banana they make the special magic of cabaret theatre come alive Photo courtesy of ProColor Heres dollar off your years version is much stronger visually with excellent costumes and lighting system that does justice to the per formers The only weakness was sound system that occa sionally tattered losing some of the solo numbers SINGS WELL Bob Townsend the star of last years show once again proves why hes the best male musical theatre performer in the city Townsend sings well Dancer stops court action TORONTO CP dancer who sued The Globe and Mail for libel because of concert review has agreed to withdraw her suit after two days in court on the condition that each party pays its own costs Willy Blok Hansen 63 had said 1976 review defamed her by suggesting she exploited God for personal advantage Miss Hansen told the Ontario Supreme Court jury Tuesday that she gave the dance concert to show the history of dance and Photograph Services and moves on stage with the poise of professional whether playing the passionate Romeo in campy sendup of Its Now or Never or pulling out all the stops for passionate version of Maybe This Time And when Townsend teams up with Susan Crawford in numbers like Little Things Mean Lot and You Dont Br ing Me Flowers Anymore the special magic of cabaret theatre comes alive Crawford making her first appearance in Littles Hills production is talented performer with great deal of promise Her voice is sweet and sexy her movements onstage always confident and graceful shes an important discovery for the Players and one who gives Copa Banana some of its best musical moments MIXES MOODS This cabaret show works because it mixes moods and tempos well Theres some fine comic touches in solos by Jane Dryborough singing an angelic song about Gabriels sister and by Nick Schols who dons kilt to perform Scottish novelty song called Marian McDonald The ensemble numbers are bright and lively and range from CanCan chorus line to jitterbugging Bandstand Boogie to marching rendition of In the Navy The different musical and dancing styles give the show enough variety to hold the audiences interest and the choreography is often inventive and always effective At its best show like Copa Banana pulls together music dance and comedy into for mat thats irresistible Add professionalquality costumes designed by Claude Emond and strong instrumental back ing courtesy of Marilyn Camp bell and threepiece band and the results are even more impressive Best of all add two strong performers like Town send and Miss Crawford and the audience is bound to beat path to your door In the case of Copa Banana which ends Saturday night audiences have done exactly that 00 next bucket or barrel of finger lickingood Kentucky Fried Chicken Colonel Sanders Kentucky Fried Chicken is always good value lts convenient nutritional and economical tooThis October its better value than ever Because with the coupon below youll get dollar off bucket or barrel of 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