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uw ans Cns , Fairxers “i at WaitL 199 Tickets available at the Humanities Theatre Box Office (885â€"4280 ) and all other BASS outlets. Hours: Monday to Friday. 11 a m. to 5:40 p.m.. Saturday. 1 p.m. to 5:00 p.m BASS e T : Mail items to Box 898, Waterloo, Ont. Power fashions for children and Imago Sport designs caught my eye ... Many found the Hansen Singers duo without the accordionist at the Pageant Ball dinner was not the same but the Hornets band had the dance floor packed all evening ... AnnWillcox and Ronda Vandaleâ€"Reidel certainly picked a gorgeous home at Puslinch when host Ingrid and Jim Dixon offered theirs for the Pageant luncheon ... Henning Grumme, directorâ€"atâ€"large, had liveâ€" in guests who won a contest in Belgium to attend the Kâ€"W Oktoberfest ... Bill Stewart, general manager, told us the first Friday attendance was away up and this was confirmed by Lion Stan Kirby who felt they had a sellout at the Waterioo Inn "Jamboree" ... Peter Tonner, Gerry Salman, Dave Tremble and Harold Foster are the latest to join the car pool of golfers going to Florence, South Carolina in late October. Still room for passengers, phone 886â€"0612 ... Happy birthday Rotarians Wayne Stahle Oct. 25, Ron Hare 27; Bill Dick 28 ... The Waterloo K of C Hall will host a Halloween Party for kids and parents Oct. 31. handle all the innovations; and twoâ€"parent workers causing more pressure on the schools to provide lunch and after school supervision. The latest news hot off the wire service is that the Los Angeles School Board plans to introduce yearâ€" round class schedules in July 1989. It seems the North American school calendar was originally designed to provide extra hands on the farm. Locally some are proposing to shift the summer holidays so that the children would be dismissed June 15 when it gets hot and the days are long and then return on August 15 when the nights are cooler and twilight comes sooner. Teachers and pupils would have the same length of summer holidays but it would be more compatible with the weather. * * * Oktoberfest Roundup ... Hats off to the Blooming Affair chairpersons, Margaret Janecki and Joan Andrews, along with Gemini‘s Colleen Benn and stage lightingâ€"music John Courtney ... that was a class performance ... The Peanut Fred Buttinger, president of Kâ€"W Midas Muffier Shops, is preparing to move his Waterioo operatiion on Weber Street to the new location at the corner of University and Regina. Buttinger says the new building (formerly Bâ€"K Motors) will give him more space in order to offer more services to his customers with larger vehicles. Fred is delighted that his two sons, former high school football stars Paul and Gord, are helping with the expansion. Paul already is in charge of a Kitchener Shop while Gord has just returned from an executive position in Toronto to help his father. The Pommel Gate resident was helping the Canadian immigration officers after the war in Austria and finally decided to come to Canada also. With the help of a friendly banker, Fred opened his first Midas Shop and now he owns four: two in Kitchener and one each in Guelph and Waterloo. Buttinger indicates that he likes to work hard and play hard. He expects the new Waterloo shop on 15 University Ave. E. to open around midâ€" The traditional school system is gradually changing with high schools switching to two terms or semesters; Toronto 1 0 WA Chronicle Special I love the Potato People. They are just too good for In fact they are so good, they don‘t need any. Potato People is the critically acclaimed brainchild of Niagaraâ€"onâ€"theâ€"Lake mime troupe Theatre Beyond Words, and has become a hit with children of all ages. Potato People‘s "Double Play" played to an enthusiastic sellâ€"out Humanities Theatre Saturday. The comedic bases were loaded, and this show salute to the Blue Jays/Yankees fever, with the rainbow Potato people domain, scored a home run with every audience member. It was loaded with laughs and little tykes squealed delightedly at the rambunctious antics of noâ€"nonsense honcho Momma Potato, easyâ€"going Papa Potato, mischievous Grandâ€" ma Potato, and little Nancy Potato. These familiar Potato faces were occa pink sneaker teenager lodine Pearblossom, a bumâ€" bling Potato Policeman, and a few quasiâ€"colored mopâ€"top Potato punks. Theatre Beyond Words uses an ingenious meld of mime, music, slapstick and special effects, all superbly timed and integrated into each character study, guaranteed to capture everyone‘s heart. Lovable Potato People charm Humanities crowd Manitoba Trio at Music Room The Kitchenerâ€"Waterloo Chamber Music Soâ€" ciety presents The Manitoba Trio in its local debut Sunday, Oct. 25 at 8 p.m. at the Music Room, 57 Young St. W. Tickets for the concert are $11 with student/ senior reductions. Call 886â€"1673. The Manitoba Trio, in its third season as Trioâ€"Inâ€"Residence at University of Manitoba in Winnipeg, has a repertoire of nearly 30 major works. In addition to presenting classic and balanced masterpieces of the piano trio literaâ€" ture, the group also specializes in seeking out lesserâ€"known compositions and is active in commissioning new works. Members of the Trio are violinist Jack Glatzer, cellist Klara Belkin and pianist Deâ€" lores Keahey. Their program Sunday will include Beethâ€" oven "Archduke" Trio and Haydn, Trio in 9; Debussy Trio. ionally i ion. accompanied by hotâ€" WATERLOO CHRONICLE, WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 21, 1987 â€" PAGE 17 Theatre Beyond Words gently satirizes today‘s sliceâ€"ofâ€"lifeline and values, while entertaining its aell-outcwidsinnbrilliantaequenceofhouseâ€"spun vignettes. 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