Whitchurch-Stouffville Newspaper Index

Stouffville Sun-Tribune (Stouffville, ON), 7 Oct 2010, p. 10

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Sultana Raisins Mum-3mm WMWTMM andKamascnyBBO Dry. Bgastegi Almonds Deluxe Fruit Mix Lexi? Ralsms no artificial colours or flavours Licorice Allsorts Ju Jubes regular or sour Bits Bites original, bbq or cheese Juno-g D I M%x%)aeNu$ 2 selected varieties 0ft MARKHAI I: 14TH CROSSINGS (905 471-5605 MARKVILLE SHOPPING CEIflRE é 475-7220 SCARBOROUGHTOWN CENTRE 416 296-0287 groom Immanmoawag 642-2022 mm LANE CENTR 853-0147 AURORA W CENTRE (905) 75‘485 BRADFORD 531 women 31w. (306)773-8807 - NEW STORE! Specials amiable at unis/um location(s): 4". among 2 “I1”. 22.9 12? 13.? COMING UP: Big band tunes at Thanksgiving weekend show The Good Times Orchestra has become almost the house band at the Cedar Beach Pavilion on Musselman’s lake. They play their fourth show of the year Saturday night. ‘We’re not a rock band. We’re all grey-haired! Ted Richardson Good Times Orchestra Good Times guaranteed during lake Three years ago, Ted Richardson received a call from well-known music lover Fred Foster who request- ed they meet at hi5 house. Little did the trumpet player know two other musicians were also called to the meeting. Its purpose? To revive the big band era of music. All of the men assembled at the Foster home were part of swing bands that used to regularly play Toronto’s Palais Royale. Mth Mr. Foster as the promoter, a six-piece band was assembled and they called themselves the Good Tunes Orchestra. “It was the music of good times years back," Mr. Richardson said of the band name. Between 2007 and 2009, the band, whose youngest member is just the other side of 70, has played SOshows. “We get a lot of napeat work People want us back.” Mr. Richardson said. The Good Times Orchestra has played the Cedar Beach Pavilion in Musselman’s lake three times this year and has a fourth show sched- uled for Saturday. “We play whait the people want to hear,” Mr. Richardson said. And what people want to listen to are the oldies but the goodies such as Stardust, Moonlight Serenade, Span- ish Eyes, Hello Dolly and I'll Be See- ing You. “We’re not a rock band," Mr. Rich- ardson said. “We’re all greyâ€"haired." Not only did Mr. Foster, who died this past lune, want to keep swing music alive. he wanted to also bring back ballroom dancing. BALLROOM DANCING Mr. Foster and his wife spent years dancing six nights a week at the Palais Royale until it closed in the 19905. according to Mr. Richardson. That's where he met the musicians in the Good Times Orchestra. “There are some very fine danc- ers,” Mr. Richardson said of the tele- vision show So You Think You Can Dance Canada. “They just don't know how to do a foxtrot." The lakeside spot has since re- opened but as a private clqb. Tickets for the Oct. 9 show, which runs from 8:30 to 11 p.m.. are $10. There is a cash bar, grill and spot prizes. The Cedar Beach Pavilion is at 155 Oedarvale Blvd. Musselman’s Lake. just east of Ninth Line. south of Aurora Road. dance party BY SANDRA BOLAN 5bolan@yrmg.com

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