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PAGE 14 â€" WATERLOO CHRONICLE, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 27, 1985 If you like happy endings, you would have been pleasantly surâ€" prised by Happy End at University of Waterloo Arts Centre Wednesâ€" day. The show was hardly a traditional one, which made the ending more enjoyable than most happy endings are. Happy End is a puppet show, but the puppets themselves are a very small part of the program. The manipulators made no attempt to hide themselves, and neither did the two women who did the voices of the thirteen characters in the show. Music for the show was written by Kurt Weill. Weill has recently been featured at Wilfrid Laurier Univerâ€" sity in the opera Street Scene. His music is haunting and features sharps and flats more often than not, and the stories his songs tell are of the seedier side of life. This particular story features a gang of various stereotypical bad guys who are busy planning a heist Christmas eve. Their leader, a woman known as the Fly, is angry with Bill Cracker, the toughest of the group. In steps the Salvation Army, and in particular Hallelujah Lil, who tries to save the hardened souls. She spends hours attempting to convert Cracker by speaking his language. Her fellow soldiers disâ€" agree with her tactics, and have her kicked out of the Army. Bill is also threatened with removal from the gang (in a more violent fashion). Of course, these two opposites fall in love through Lil‘s efforts at salvaâ€" tion. Ruth Demeter Chronicle Special Unique Happy End remarkable work Almost 300 local residents had a chance to get in shape and have a good time Saturday by taking part in Rock Fit at the Waterloo Y. Chronicle photo Super sounds GILBERT & SULLIVAN‘S BEAT GOES ON Sound Celebration, a group of performers dedicated to people and music, places and magic, will perâ€" form *A Musical Journey‘ Friday and Saturday March 29 30 at RCAFA 404 Kâ€"W Wing. Proceeds from the performances will go to the #80 Air Cadets. Tickets may be arranged by calling Donna Kueh] at 578â€"2450 during the day It is a remarkable achievement to have the manipulators, voiceâ€" makers, musicians and puppets work so well together to present such an interesting show, especially since none of the humans in the cast were ever distinguished by name. This meshing of characters, while perhaps not giving the members a chance in the limelight, makes for a very enjoyable show, as no one is contesting for more attention. Of course, the show has a happy ending. Hallelujah Lil gets her uniform back, and she and Bill Cracker look destined to spend a happy life together. Even the wicked fly finds happiness on Christmas day. Though the plot seems rather preachy, the show never was. This unique approach to theatre (and salvation) paid off with a most successful evening of enterâ€" tainment. The story is told largely through song, as each character sings about himself/herself. The gang members sing of the difficulties of being a bigshot, succeeding at burglary, and living without love. The Army characters share a host of bizarre and amusing hymns with those they try to save, tunes like "Brother Give Yourself a Shove" and "The Liquor Dealer‘s Dream." The actions of the puppets and puppeteers are also important to the story. Many of the gangster puppets are constructed of scrap materials that look like weapons of violence. All of the puppets are incomplete, and the manipulators become exâ€" tensions of their characters. The Borodin Quartet, one of the topâ€"ranking chamber ensembles in the world for more than 35 years, comes to UW Theatre of the Arts for a performance Friday, March 29 at 8 p.m. The Quartet is presented by Kâ€"W Chamber Music Society in cooperation with University of Waterloo Arts Centre. Tickets are at the UW Arts Centre box office only and are $12.50 with stu/sen. reductions. The members of the Borodin String Quartet â€" Mikhail Kopelman (first violin), Andrei Abraâ€" menkov (second violin), Dimitri Shebalin Heralded Borodin Quartet plays UW Theatre of Arts r'tz'aneam, UW Arts Centre 885â€"4280 The Borodin Quartet Presented by the Waterioo Chapter of the Gilbert & Sullivan Society, CFCA Stereo and the UW Arts Centre. April 10, 11, 12, 13 8:00 p.m. Humanities Theatre $10.00 (Groups of 20 or more $8.00) Bright, colourful costumes, lavious sets and beautiful choral work add up to a totally entertaining evening. For information about group ticket sales contact: Lesley Anderson 885â€"1211 Ext. 6562 CFCAMIOS (viola) and Valentin Berlinsky (cello), are talented musicians who could have pursued careers as soloists. As a result of their love of chamber music and interest in quartet reperâ€" toire however, they gave up most solo perforâ€" mances in order to remain a quartet. Accomplished playing, a rare harmony and unity, have combined to create a brilliant natural style. All of this never fails to surprise the critics and the public who continue to praise their performances.