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economist suntribune november 23 1988 c19 canadas mother goose tickles children pink dennis lee is the mother goose oftodays canada his wonder fully wacky verses have all the traits of the traditional nursery rhyme rollicking rhythms im probable imagery the kind of il- logic that turns the familiar up side down while making a weird kind of sense and more full of canadian place names aad people and contemporary references to everyday things aijd events his books have a right here right now relevance that makes him one of this countrys mostread childrens authors childrens librarian jeanne scargall credits him with the phenomenal upsurge of in digenous kidlit in recent years alligator pie his first book published in 1974 was the breakthrough she says and all his books are so popular its such fun poetry garbage delight a musical collective presented recently by th markham theatres family series attempts to capture his appeal onstage a sprightly whimsical little show it is based otf lees poems from the title bobk and jelly belly theatre in review elizabeth wyatt but trying to spin a narrative thread from lees eclectic verses is like trying to catch a bubble here they serve as little more than filler in a looselywoven story about the bedtime adven tures of a brother and sister hugh and jenny creatures of their imagination that lurk in closets come to life and turn out to be not so threaten ing after all presumably big foot tickle tiger monk mcgonigle inspector dogbone and the others appear somewhere in lees books but judging by the bemused looks on the faces of many parents garbage delight left adults somewhat baffled it seemed to go beyond mere whim sy into the surreal but it is after all a collective written by the actors director michael ayoub and others connected with the show and perhaps we took the pro gram notes too literally they in form us that the story shows children that by confronting their fears of things-that-go-bump-in- thenight and realizing that others including the monsters share those fears they can con quer them well you couldve fooled me and the kids too it appears one little fellow told me after the show that he found it scary and what was it all about monsters his older sister 7 thought it was about these two kids and their friends and cats interjected her brother weird friends so much for the message but never mind with their free wheeling imagination and open minds the kids responded to the momentbymoment stimuli be ing tossed at them from the stage lots of action and color singing and dancing lees repeatable rhymes weird and our reviewer found this childrens pjay highly entertaining but for drwerenmeasons 1hanexpectedjthetplay provoked a run ondennis lees books at the library friday night is family night enjoy dining with our host shakespeare the magician stouffville watch for our new menu sunday brunch 1200 to 300 pm adults s children s i lappy birthday happy birllxjay i lappy birtlxlay to you 1 laving a party well supply it for you ah ages for reservations call 6420087 535 main st w stouffville place mall hear and meet bruce hood former nhl referee and author of calling the shots saturday november 26th 200 pm markham community library advance tickets available at green gables book shop 118 main st n markham advance tickets s 2944773 wonderful costumes and the delicious frisson of being scared when they knew they were perfectly safe the young cast established great rapport with the kids pro wling up and down the aisles before and during the show and mingling with them in the lobby afterwards and the kids really identified with the bedtime antics of jenny catherine mcnally and hugh robert kennedy they laughed delightedly when the two pillows fought wrestled or punched each other in the stomach while mothers offstage voice yelled no no no stuart dowling bernadette taylor and a balletic jacquie holrovd as respectively big foot mcgonigle tickle tiger and other assorted monsters and friends were energetic and athletic and they like mcnally and kennedy seemed to charm their young audience if at first they frightened them their amusing costumes added to the shows air of fantasy and so did the set while overlit much of the time its backdrop of houses- cumold food boxes and bottles garbage see had the authen tic look of childrens crayon drawings the show its true doesnt have much to do with the poems of dennis lee the kids loved cat chy ones like knock knock whos there captain cook in his underwear knock knock whos that jacques carteeay in a tall silk hat but stimulated by the monsters they ignored others of a quieter nature like soon ill be asleep and although the play was billed as a musical the singing was a capella the tunes rather atonal but if garbage delight didnt quite live up to its intentions or to the expectations of the au dience it was mightily entertain ing in an offbeat way and it seems to have provoked a run on lees books at the local library im still waiting for a copy of garbage delight h e s n a u e r s a n e t pick vouflouin uve 10sstcr 1691 liuyigstlfrk lunch0n spccinis fflom 595 fop reservations takeout and delivery phone4714136 5694 hwy 7 galsworthy one slop light west of hwy 48 on hwy 7 public notice carlaw conservatory of music is holding its 10th anniversary open house on wed nov 30 from 730 pm at fenways sports em porium downstairs 72 main st n markham behind pizza pizza mr barry carr would like to invite residents from markham unionville and stouffville to attend a musical show demonstration of variety and talents of the students enrolled at the conservatory students ranging in age from 6 to 20 years and ranging in lessons from 1 month to 8 years come see first hand the accomplishment made by the group teaching program mr carr will explain first hand his success for the last 20 years an inspiring musical achievement he will give a demonstration using non musical people from the audience and in just 20 min this group will perform for the rest of the audience come see students play solo duets rock bands on instruments such as guitar bass classical drums keyboards bring your children for a fun night with refreshments and a cash bar for more information please call 2945517 ty mingay associates invite you to our j open house for the festival of lights on december 2nd 1988 we will be hosting a magic show by chris travel for the children at 700 pm and again at 830 pm and invite you to tour our offices anefpartake in some christmas cheer and we invite all children to enter our picture drawing contest for the festival of lights contestants should draw and colour a pic ture of what christmas means to me entries will be displayed at our open house at the festival of lights friday december 2nd and a prize awarded to the winner in each of three age categories 35 yrs 68 yrs and 9 10 yrs at our magic show that evening entries should be submitted to our offices at 81 main street north markham to the attention of irene green by 500 pm on november 29th with the contestants name address age and telephone number printed on the back wflffo j green gables book shop 118 main street n markham invites you to a slide and talk show fiona mccall paul howard authors of all in the same boat monday december 5 730 pm at the markham community library hwy 7 main st advance tickets s 2944773 guess whos in york region nov 27thdec 4th the fantastic carltoehowband in concert book now matinees 1200 noon evening 630 pm for reservations call 6406060 dont forget christmas parties are now booking for at the hop dancing after the show to 50 s music highway 47 stouffville tmmi wtthmys doonoroiitt uturmymuwm continuous fwi1ta mtt making i 1 nwjlwwmttjh0mc8itk dwdriiwirtti hiwftifccollihtiatiiiimmhow i wiwmnwwpiiiiiiiijt now playing 0 iron eagle pt showtimes 710 920 2 5 lit 0 childs play showtimes 715 925 ifei 0 everybodys all american showtws700 930 sdssrswj r the accused tf showtimes 705 915 fojgfcj warning sexual content not suitable or children