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tribune june 27 1990p17 toronto philharmonic to appear at festival playing regularly before crowds of thousands the toronto philharmonic orches tra will offer an hour and a half of pure classical magic in stouffville memorial park on july 1 as part of the strawberry festival its another contribution of local cultural patron joe lebovic whose stouffville cultural foundation is covering the better part of the 6000 needed to have the prestigious tpo professionals help close the festival with a large help- blue monk jazzes up festival theres going to be a hot time in the old town tonight when the blue monk jazz ensemble gets the i strawberry festival celebrations off to a swinging start the group has been playing together for about seven years explains tony holme the core is a quintet but sometimes there are six or seven of us depending on what were playing six musicians will be entertaining at the festival which is just one in a long list of engagements at which they will be performing during the summer weve appeared at unionville festival markham festival in ajax and at a store opening in pickering the ensemble has also appeared at the cne and was the opening act in markham-stouf- fville hospitals auditorium last week theyre also a popular fix ture at yacht clubs and will be appearing at the royal canadian yacht club on august 1 1 th while theyll be offering a dix ieland selection to open the festi val we mostly play mainstream jazz standards and that type of thing says mr holme adding that interest in jazz has grown sig nificantly in recent years his own enthusiasm goes back to his early childhood when his aunt intro duced him to the music which was her passion the beginnings of his own group v came about when he responded to an ad placed by a jazz enthusiast in the markham economist and sun asking people who were interested in old jazz records to get in touch with him as a result a whole group got together at various dif ferent homes and began playing their favorite music later they gathered at the old markham arena at highway 7 and 48 from there they moved to the basement of fernandos restaurant on markham s main street and then two or three little bands formed out of the bigger group from there they began to play at different clubs and events and thats where most of their bookings are generated the inspiration for their name came from a thelonius monk num ber entitled blue monk they will be appearing in the town park at 6 pm during the opening cere monies for more information on the band call 2941638 ing of class the orchestra under the direction of paul robinson will offer a selection of classics with some 19th century cana dian music being included to help give the performance a july 1 fla- vor 66 there will be music by strauss and dvorak along with a vivaldi concerto for two trumpets t h- e fusiliers march the first piece of classical music ever written in canada in 1791 will also be offered maestro robinson outlined program during a press conference held at lebovic enterprises on mccowan road in stouffville last wednesday we will be doing light con cert music some dance music and some marching music said mr robinson he also said he is eagerly were looking forward to playing at the strawberry festival its a well planned festival and we are glad to be a part of it anticipating the date were looking forward to playing at the strawberry festi- val he noted its a well planned festival and we are glad to be a part of it the tpo which performs regularly at massey hall in toronto during the fall and win ter season will also be giving con certs this summer at the eatons centre and the cne band shell strawberry f e s t i v a 1 chairman pat ratcliff is delighted with the inclusion of the tpo in the overall people usually have to pay up to 30 a ticket to hear the tpo in concert were anticipating a very large turnout and if enough people do come out then maybe we can do something like this again he said mrs ratcliff said that while the festival had brought the scarborough symphony orchestra in 1988 this will be the first time ever that a profes sional orchestra will perform here im so pleased at how joe lebovic is exemplifying that sense of corporate responsibili ty just as mcneil pharmaceuti cal has done for so long it makes us so much stronger as a community when our local corporate interests show that interest mr robinson announced he- would be conducting a rehearsal the afternoon of the performance sometime between 4 and 7 pm the pub lic is welcome to attend the concert is slated to begin at 8 pm garden s gardens inc main st w stouffvfc6405080 program the toronto philharmonic orchestra and the fireworks are both at the end of the festival so you might say were saving the best until last she said mr lebovic is also excited about having such a highly respected professional orchestra performing in stouffville espe cially when he considers that give her what she really wants a diamond anniversary ring or 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