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Waterloo Chronicle (Waterloo, On1868), 14 Jan 1987, p. 16

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PAGE 16 â€" WATERLOO CHRONICLE, WEl Tickets available at the Humanities Theatre Box Office (885â€"4280) and all other BASS outlets. Holrs: Saturday, 74 Janmary 10:30 2 mâ€" 1:00 pm & 3 Surrounded by $07¢ Cl ‘ actor/percussioni® d s wvflm‘ww nmwilovd"!“'“"“w“ _mmmtdwhw We were sitting in the chair at Ron Litwiller‘s barber shop the other day when he showed me a hair net that he used on customers during the "long hair craze‘"‘ of a few years ago. Ron has been in the same spot at the Lincoln Plaza for over 20 years. It‘s the kind of barber shop where a chap can go and get a traditional cut without coming out looking like a rock and roller. When Ron is not cutting hair, he likes to go up to his cottage with his wife to do a little fishing. If you have been wondering why there are such huge lineâ€"ups at the Waterioo Post Office, it is not for stamps. A postal official told me that there are 400 people who have to pick up their mail daily at the main branch until the new neighbourhood boxes are installed. About 200 of these customers will have their own bq’ues _next week. The delay. Some newcomers from cities like Montreal and Toronto have noticed that there are no big "social charity balls" from January to March in the Kâ€"W area. It is true that we have the Oktoberfest Ball in October and the Kâ€"W Hospital Ball in November and that‘s where it ends. The Chamber of Commerce has a dance in April. Perhaps the University faculty members and some Waterloo civic groups could plan for a 1988 January 30th ‘"University Scholarship Ball" event. We can‘t all go to Florida and this would highlight the wWinter social season. Roundup ... The popular CKCOâ€"TV cameraman, Jack Alexander, of Waterloo has opened his own Rust Control Center for cars . . . Waterloo‘s Thomas Dickson is featuring a sensational new $200,000 motorhome & launch at the Toronto Boat Show this year. He‘s making plans to build the Idahoe model in the Kâ€"W area ... The Willowells ladies were so sorry to see their exercise instructor, Teri Czajka, return to University of Waterloo that they held a dinner in her honor. However, they say the new replacement, Lani Carr, is as cute as a button . . . Wayne Hussey, director of the Waterloo YMCA, is having a new plaque installed in the pool to acknowledge the donation by the Waterioo Lions Club. The old sign got lost in the renovations ... The midâ€"week men‘s jitney at the Kâ€"W Granite Club is growing in popularity with new visitors: phone 742â€"1868 ... CFCAâ€"FM Norma Blake says she had to modify the group tour next week down South due to some of the political ‘"hot spots" ... Happy Birthday to Waterloo Rotarians: Jim Evans Jan. 14th; Garry Howatson Jan. 15th; John Weber Jan 17th ... Beware the Fort Myers, Florida vacation Jan 17th ... Beware the Fort Myers, Florida vacation "contest‘" offer you got in the mail this week. A hot line phone call will follow to send money . . . Basketball coach Don McCrae says his UW squad is ready for league play. Sports Director Totzke‘s concern about the football record is understandable but UW can‘t be expected to be a ‘"*powerâ€"house" in every sport . . . Mail items to: Around Town, 45 Erb St. E., Waterioo, Ont. $4.00 ($3.00 Under 12/8°® )' of some box installations has caused the :30 p®â€" w w ‘_t’f AROUND 1 0 W with Ted Rooney JANUARY 14, 1987 God‘s Favorite will be presentâ€" ed Jan. 23 and 24 and Jan. 29â€"31 at the Pavilion. The play is KWLT‘s entry this year for the Western Ontario Drama League festival and will be adjudicated during the Thursday, Jan. 29 perforâ€" Tickets for all dates are now available at Centre in the Square box office or by phoning the Kâ€"W Little Theatre at 886â€"0660. November for Kâ€"W Little Theaâ€" tre‘s latest production of Neil Simon‘s God‘s Favorite â€" and since that point KWLT has been committed to preparing another quality production at Victoria Park Pavilion. Auditions were held in midâ€" KWLT preparing for Simon‘s God‘s Favorite Monday to Friday Clarinetist Leiher to perform Saturday Monica Leiher . 11 a m. to 6 pm Sunday afternoons and two evenings a week the group‘s headquarters on Princess St. resemble a busy beehive. The upper floor has rehearsals with the director, stage manager and cast of eight polishing last minute details and staging for the show. Meanwhile, the main floor has the makeâ€"up people designing the makeâ€"up structure of character and costumers sewâ€" ing the finishing touches on the play‘s many wardrobe items. Finally, the workshop personnel are busy culling, nailing and painting the different flats and set dressings for the play. God‘s Favorite is a modernâ€" day story of Job. The play is set in the Long Island mansion of 1 pm. to § pm Waterloo native Monica Leiher will perform Brahms clarinet Works at the Music Room in a Kâ€"W Chamber Music Society concert Saturday, Jan. 17 at 8 p.m. Leiher will perform with pianist Kenneth Hull and string players of the Kâ€"W Symphony. Leiher is a veteran of competitions and orchestral performances in the area. She is completing her B Music, Honors Performance at Wilfrid Laurier University with Victor Sawa, Principal Clarinetist of the Kâ€"W Symâ€" phony Orchestra. In addition, she has done private study with Pasquale Cardillo, formerâ€" ly of the famed Boston Symphony Orchestra at Boston University. Leiher has been principal clarinetist of the WLU Orchestra since 1983. She was also Principal Clarinet of the Kâ€"W Youth Orchestra from 1981â€"86, and since 1985 has performed occasionally with the Kâ€"W Symphony Orchesâ€" tra. Leiher placed second in the overall instrumental category of the Guelph Spring Festival Competition, 1985 and many first prizes in Kiwanis competitions from 1975â€"84. In 1986 she was the winner of the Wilfrid Laurier University Concerto Competition. Assisting on this occasion are Kenneth Hull, piano, and Chris Sharpe, cello, in the Trio; and Nancy DiNovo, Janet Horne, Margaret Metâ€" calfe, and Sharpe, violins, viola, and cello, in the Clarinet Quintet. Joe Benjamin and follows the trials he goes through while having his beliefs questioned. A mysterious midnight visitor inâ€" forms him of his upcoming trials and tribulations and throughout the play guides him through these plagues and misfortunes. Along with these problems are his family and staff, frustrations he must deal with alone. Rose is his wife, a sweet lady who cares of nothing but her family and jewels. His eldest son David is a flippant drunk, and the twins, Ben and Sarah, have an IQ of 160 â€" between them. Morris the butler and Mady the maid round off this unique, wacky houseâ€" TT 885â€"4280

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