Whitchurch-Stouffville Newspaper Index

Stouffville Tribune (Stouffville, ON), May 4, 1978, p. 11

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the second section sports news district news music mania 9 london will never be same continued from page one male chorus member jim erybody knew it was rehju sunday 1 f going to work geez commented never work thought it but it all would came p pirkko eager music mania dance choreographeruemonstrates that the show was not all skits and laughs but also contained some intricate and welltimed dance numbers together the tempo the year the most dramatic intros- being with er ead dance numbers were tucked it is performed very imaginative this in the dark with the dancers wearing fluorescent white robes and with their limegreen daglo heads tucked literally under tbeir arms except when they bounced them off the floor basketball style the headless effect is heightened as the per formers wear black hoods over their heads it all sounds rather weird but it worked and was a real treat to watch especially from the back of the hall the womens costumes for lovely rita danced during a portion of the show devoted to beatlemania drew a chorus of appreciative catcalls from a certain rowdier element of the audience a routine near the end of the show all that jazz was also quite memorable but more for the dancing than the costumes in a serious moment edna luther shuffled on stage giving a poignant performance of a lonely old woman come down to the park by herself to feed the birds the choral backup was haunting as usual humour was a prime ingredient and there were some sterling performances seeing bill kamps recite and very prettily at that im a little teapot short and stout alone was worth the price of admission the humour went both ways though and it has been reported that during one performance mr kamps was doing his potboiler when someone yelled from the crowd and to think i voted for you daphne goldman long renowned for her high energy comedy virtuosos played a very droll maid marian in the sherwood forest segment jim brazier was wearing the most amazing black mesh stockings i have ever seen some segments excellently combined humour with music lome boadway fagan did a great job in the song from oliver youve got to pick a pocket or two and the pickpocketing skit worked around the music was hilarious also from the theatre section of lite show the rendition of with a little bit of luck by charlie shi pp and the guys was much appreciated all in all a well balanced show and one that was obviously much enjoyed by the crowd although there was a minor stampede to catch the score of the hockey game during in termission charlie shipp portraying a bored theatre goer goes on stage and sings and dances through arbusing version of with a little bit of luck- with ample assistant from the male chorus from an to an youve got to pick a pocket brtwoj sings fagan lome boadway in back is mary grant who played nancy from the i musical oliver and to think i voted for you jibed a member of the audience as councillor bill kamps came on stage to recite im a little teapot short and stout the audience was delighted with bills dramatic performance especially saturday night when his teapot slipped while he was exiting gord joice and partner deborah rowanlegg during one of the shows more sedate dance numbers the evening featured many such changes of pace 3 innocent passerby ken gambles belt is stolen and his trousers plummet to the floor much to the amusement of the audience nancy jlary grant at right demonstrates the art of picking pockets to the artful dodger don huxtable who proves rather an inept thief nancy also effortlessly plucked a brassiere not a training bra either from a passing woman the dodger although he is game meets with one failure after another first he picks a pocket and then the victim gord joice returns and steals his cords wallet back and another attempt fails when the mark bill kamps trudges stolidly on dragging the artless dodger along with him jean oneill left played flo the long- suffering wife of andy capp i van harris and here she is shown with two cheeky cockney birds cathy job centre comments on the dress she is wearing which she says was made for her 30th birthday its really lasted well retorts peg kirby that portion of the show took place at the red lion pub

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