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* Uptown‘s friendly kangaroo, WATERâ€"ROO, e Clomns on MARCH 19, 20, 21 Irish tenor‘Frank Patterson, who performs at Centre in the Square March 2. Patterson, with 23 albums to date and singing accolades pouring in from every corner of the earth, has just completed another career stanza. Patterson stars as Irish tenor Bartel] D‘Arcy, a key role in John Huston‘s The Dead, an excerpt from James Joyce‘s short story collection classic The Dubliners translated to the screen. The Dead is Huston‘s last movie. **You know, John‘s 80 now, and suffering from emphysema. My God, he‘s a marvelious director, his brain‘s so active," said Patterson, in a characteristiâ€" cally charming thick, rich Irish broque, recalling a pleasant eight months in Hollywood. ‘"My character Bartell D‘Arcy is a real Irish tenor, and quite full of himself so it was no bother to play the part," said ‘Patterson, laughing. "I sing a song to another young lady in the movie, but Gabrie!‘s wife, Gretta, is the one affected by it." Patterson was chosen from 35 possible artors for the role. Huston decided to go for the ‘real thing,‘ seeing The world is Frank Patterson‘s stage Uptown‘s Gone Springy! handing out (Thurs., Fri., Sat) _ 3 touring avenue. He‘s looking forward to his visit back, no stranger after singing for Ronald Reagan, when the President was presented with the golid medal of the American Irish Society in 1981. "I couldn‘t believe it. After he saw me perform, he came up to me and said, ‘Frank we‘ll have you in the WhiteHouse.‘ Well. I went back to Ireland with no real confirmation, but me and my mouth, I told aill my friends. After four weeks I hadn‘t heard a thing, and I started to worry. I live at the top of the Dublin mountains and I have a postbox outside my gate. Then, one day, my postman Billy Kelly came up the lane in his little van and said, ‘Frank, you‘ve a letter from the White House.‘ I was thrilled," recalled the experience theâ€"vast throng. Amazing. There I was Patterson at work, meeting him and chatting about it. *"*Don‘t worry," he told me, "we‘ll see how it goes. I‘m feeling very good about my work. It‘s a wonderful story," claimed the amiable tenor, always ready for a Another onceâ€"inâ€"aâ€"lifetime thrill was singing at the Papal Mass in Dublin in Sept. ‘79. ‘‘The Pope himself is a very lovely person. At the end of the mass, the priests told me to go back to the front, look out and Patterson won the coveted Dublin Feis Coeil (Ireland‘s National Music Festival Award). Scholarâ€" ships in London and Paris soon followed. His real home is the stage. "‘I like to meet audiences, who like a nice sound, can sit back and let themselves go, with my voice. I‘m going to sing everything at the Centre show from the contemporary favorites like Memories from Cats (just closed in Toronto), Pops classics, and the traditional repertoire Schubert‘s Serenade, Handel, Danny Boy, and an arrangement of Amazing Grace which I love." overwhelmed me. I had to look at the video." Patterson‘s extraordinary voice has been praised the world over, but young Frank made his first appearance as a boy soprano in his hometown of Clonmel Co. Tipperary. He easily won all contests, eventually jeaving home and the family printing business to study with Dr. Hans Waldemar Rosen in Dublin, while taking acting lessons at the National Academy of Theatre and Allied Arts. "Can you see me doing Shakespeare with a Tipperary accent?" he mountains in the background. In two or three hours I _ WE‘RE IN WATERLOO / FR A NK S JEWELLERS WATERLOO 8 KING ST. SOUTH TUES.â€"SAT. o:5:30 886â€"4811 YOUR RINGS DESERVE THE FINEST OF CARE Petais‘n Pots . Services Held At }\ ST. JOHN‘S KILMARNOCK 415 PHILLIP ST. A maenier of +« Child Care Professional Repairs Free Estimates THINK THINK THINK THINK FLOWERS e 10:00 a.m. â€" Worship Services from (one block North of Columbia) Fower & Gift Shop osumvonlz-twobu Watertoo 2180 Phone orders accepted Pastor Rob McPherson 143â€"22717 B.A. M.Div. Presbyterian