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Serine 'GAME OF SNOOKER ONE OF FAVORITE PASTIMES AA aT ETH HHH POU CL THE OSHAWA TIMES, Saturday, October 30, 1965 3A i Z i --.» Young Vocalist, Dianne George, In Oshawa 114 NACE RE VSOOASYSSMOOULHGEDSRE ELA OMEPEEEO THLE OUCAEPN EEE ULE VSR MATE TET EA REAR AM Sa How Entertainer Entertains Herself By ALLAN BAILEY of The Oshawa Times Staff When cocktail lounges opened their doors last November, they opened up a new media in the city's night life -- entertain- ment. Hotel owners, although at first reluctant, found themselves en- gaged in an open warfare for the best attractions to woo cus- tomers. Now that entertainers are firmly entrenched in Oshawa's way of life, a female vocalist was asked her impressions of the city and what it has to offer in her leisure time. Like most women, Dianne George, a 22-year-old raven-hair singer, likes to shop for new things to wear. Part of her afternoon is spent browsing through downtown shops searching for new dresses and shoes that she can use in her act. As her working hours are from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m., Dianne usually sleeps until noon. She says most entertainers follow this course as rest is a most important aspect of keeping fit for nightly performances. One of her favorite pastimes is shooting pool and she is quite adept at the game of snooker. LAKEVIEW POPULAR Most of the entertainers like to spend an hour or so just walk- ing around a city. Dianne's favorite afternoon haunt is Lakeview Park where she can stroll in solitude and breathe the refreshing air blowing off Lake Ontario. 'LONELY LIFE' "It's a lonely life," she said in an interview. "'Not the glam- orous life it's cracked up to be. But I wouldn't want it any other way. I couldn't go back to a job in an office working eight hours a day." She said she had read about Joan Fairfax, the Toronto sing- er, who took flying lessons in Oshawa and is now an accom- plished pilot. So, Dianne, who had previously shied away from airplanes, decided she would chance a first flight over the city. GUIDED FLIGHT George Slocombe, manager of the Oshawa Flying Club, took her on a guided flight and when she returned to earth, her fears about flying had disappeared. From her lofty perch, Dianne was impressed with the expanse of General Motors and was par- ticularly interested in the swim- ming pool design at Camp Samac. Good restaurants are another favorite with this singer and she particularly loves Chinese food. SIX NIGHTS PER WEEK Dianne, like most female vo- calists, spends about two hours a day preparing her costumes and music for the night's per- formance. It isn't an easy life as the performer is booked for six nights a week, having Sunday free. '"'We can't go out to a show or just relax for an evening," she said. "Even when you are not on the stage, everyone is look- ing at you." 'FRIENDLY' PATRONS Dianne thinks Oshawa _night- club patrons are "friendly" and she enjoys her engagements. One city she does not like play- ing in is Hamilton. JOLSON INFLUENCE "They don't even applaud for a person there," she said. '"'And I am told that this has no re- flection on me, but that it hap- pens to every entertainer who goes there." Dianne doesn't like rock 'n roll. She sings "the old stand- ard" songs and is a great fan of the late Al Jolson. In fact, she is known in Northern On- tario as '"'the Jolson girl". It was just about two years ago when Dianne, a_ recep. tionist-stenographer with a To- ronto advertising firm, was watching an Al Jolson movie on television. '"T decided right then and there that I would try my luck "it, the entertainment field," she a TERR LLL ULC NEXT WEEK'S ACTIVITIES AUDITORIUM POCTPSTE 21414 AAOBO VAN anna CRANALAAUdUOHOES 44 (1 C1 (0A L HALAL AYTUPLAL AGUAS EULET LUO MA EAA AERTS ELT RHR RLU EEE ETB INT Fun Of Fair Planned For Expo Plus Culture With Capital 'C' f By MICHAEL BLAIR MONTREAL (CP) -- Enter- tainment at Expo 67 will mean culture with a capital C in addi- tion to thrill rides at the amuse- ment park for kids young and old and a variety of events for the sporting buff. Expo has reinforced its deci- sion to go in for 'thigh culture" through agreements with the French government to present Le Theatre de France and La Comedie Francaise and with the British government for the Na- tional Theatre Company. Both will take part in the World Festival of the Perform- ing Arts planned for the world exhibition, and John Pratt, pro- ducer of entertainment for Expo, said they are just the first of hundreds of such re- nowned theatrical companies to @nnounce participation. **We are confident that Expo's performing arts festival will be unlike anything seen before in the world of entertainment," he said. "We are planning to stage a program that will feature most of the world's leading opera, ballet and theatre companies, orchestras, chamber music en- sembles, mammoth spectacu- lars, film festivals, popular singers and comedians."' To ensure that everyone will have a chance to buy tickets for the multiplicity of events, Expo will set up box offices in major centres overseas, across Can- ada and in the United States, and 5,000,000 tickets will go on sale starting early next year. Prices will range from 50 cents to $8. "This will enable anyone in the world to purchase tickets in advance for performances dur- ing Expo," said David Haber, in charge of co-ordinating ticket sales. "We could sz!l out several entire performances right now, even though the people booking tickets for lange parties wouldn't know what they were going to see,"' The centre of culture will be Montreal's 3,000-seat Place des Arts, which now includes a $25,- 000,000 concert hall. A $5,000,- 000, 1,300-seat theatre and an 800-seat chamber music and re- cital hall are being added to complete the complex. Popular light entertainment and film festivals will be staged at Expo Theatre, a $2,520,000, 2,000-seat structure that will be built next to the fair's admini- stration building on McKay Pier, part of the 1,000-acre Expo site in the St. Lawrence River off the south shore of Montreal Island. Sports and spectaculars such as the Canadian Military Tattoo will be staged in a $3,300,000, 25,000-seat stadium. The entertainment involving ticket sales (as opposed to free entertainment planned for the exhibition) will take place off the Expo site, meaning that visitors will only have to pay for their theatre or stadium tickets and not the proposed $2.50 Expo admission. ere Pee PETE ET ET UETUT PTET TERRE | OCTOBER 31st -- Sunday -- October 31st NOVEMBER 6th Thursday -- Mey. 4th @ 10 A.M. - 1:00 P.M. -- UAWA Hockey League e@ 1:30 - 3:30 P.M. -- Family Skating @ 4:00 - 6:00 p.m. -- Duplote Hockey League e 7:00 - 11:00 P.M, -- Oshawa Monday -- November Ist @ 6:00 - 8:30 P.M. -- GM Office Hockey League @ 8:30 P.M, - 10:30 P.M.--Osh- awoy Mojor Hockey Leegue Tuesday -- November 2nd Otio Schwartz GUNSMITH 5S ae Introducing Germany's Finest Merkel Simpson-Suhl SHOTGUNS Specializing in CUSTOM WORK Franchaise Dealer for * REMINGTON %*& WINCHESTER * HUSO-VARNA * AMMO * SCOPES * ACCESSORIES * REPAIRS 167 Simcoe S. 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