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Beatlemania goes farther in time and costume than 1964 By Ken Lusk The News Well, you've already been back to '1964'; how would you like to go for a walk down 'Abbcy Road?'; or see what it fecls like to hold a 'Revolver?'; or why don't you join 'Sergeant Pepper's Lonely. Hearts Club Band?'; is that more like it? If you did enjoy yourself at '1964', the Beatles impersonators, a little while back in Schreiber, but felt there was something missing, now is your chance to perhaps capture that missing ingredicnt. The News has run ads for the upcoming 'Beatlemania' concert on Sept. 24. If you have the ability to pro- pel yourself through time, with a little help of course from the four lads in this show, then you should enjoy yourself rather splendidly. Total show There is a major difference between '1964' and 'Beatlemania'. '1964' portrayed the Beatles during thcir early era only; there- fore, only early songs were played, plus, the four musicians dressed in one costume; their rea- son being they wanted people to sce what it would have been like to see the Beatles live. 'Beatlemania' changes cos- tumes to fit the cra; the type of music during each stage and what the Beatles looked like during that time. For obvious rcasons then "1964' wore only one costume. Not even the Beatles knew they were to become long-haired, drug-experimental idols who were able to capsulize the entire musical genre in their music. (The following was provided by the promoters of Beatlemania) The time is now Whether or not you are con- vinced Beatlemania is the best or worst thing to happen to rock the- atc, the time is now to sec it. Murray the K (for Kauffman) -is a New York disc jockey who met the Beatles at the airport when they disembarked in New York in January, 1964; he was subsequently dubbed "the fifth Beatle". He said himself, "I walked into that hotel room and never really left." Kauffman is now the special consultant to Beatlemania. "When Leber and Krebs (Steven and David respectively, the pro- ducers of Beatlemania) asked me to work on it, the first thing that went through my mind was "rip- OMe? According to a Beatlemania release provided 'the News, Kauffman said "My relationship with the Beatles had been very close and personal, with no regard for personal gain. "But when I saw the guys I was impressed that they had it down so well. And I realized that after 'Revolver' the Beatles had never performed any of this live. "Nobody had ever had a chance to sce it. In fact nobody had ever really heard their early music cither because sound sys- tems were so primitive and 'there was all this screaming.' " Video tapes of Beatlemania confirm the uncanny closeness of the music to the original, stated the release. Beatlemania actually performs all the music itself with no tape tracks or lip-synching. Beatlemania is not just about the Beatles either. Rather, it is a multi-media event that places them in their historical context and attempts to show, through a constant visual flow of slides and film, what happened in the '60s; how the Beatles influenced events and. music and how they, in turn, were influcnced by them. The "Revolution/Helter Skelter/Hey Jude' sequence, for example, supcrimposes the assas- sinations, the Democratic Convention, anti-war activity and riots of the heated summer of 1968." . Jules Fisher created the thou- sands of visual images that Kauffman says 'bombard the senses', The sct consists of 29 Beatles' songs with costume changes rep- resenting every pcriod of the Beatles' career. resi Above is Shawn Prince, the young athlete who we ran a Story about last week. Due to photo problems, we could not run a picture last Young athlete 'lerrace Bay-Schreiber News, Wednesday, September 23, 1987, page 15 week. Behind Prince is Susan Johnston- Hewson who had her photography display set up at the Terrace Bay Fall Fair. | That too, says Kauffman, is part of the Beatles' mystique and one reason for their tremendous influence and legacy. "Lots of other performers never changed from one end of their careers to the other. "But I watched the Beatles change 180 degrees from album to album." Beatlemania will be appear- ing at the Terrace Bay Arena on Sept. 24. AL CAST OF MANIA Injured workers' sroup to hold local meeting Representatives from the Thunder Bay and District Injured Workers' Support Group will be speaking at the Moose Hall on Oct. 8 (Thursday) at 7:30 p.m. The purpose of this evening is to bring together injured workers, their families and interested members of the labour, legal and health communities to talk about the many problems that injured workers must deal with. Suess, legal issues, financial difficultics are but a afew of the topics that will be discussed. If you have problems that cannot be dealt with during this meeting or if you cannot attend you can make an appointment for the following morning. - __You.can contact Bob Taylor to arrange for an appointment (825-9168). This meeting is co-sponsored by the United Paperworkers' International Union, Local 665, and the Loyal Order of the Moose, Lodge 1752. (Thunder Bay and District Workers' Support Group, Box 3678, Thunder Bay, Ontario, 807-623-4709). 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