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p10 weekender january 18 1986 weekender uiment efcgmt country dining 4s wiihinstoo rt mjrkhiin omjito fur fntf tiiiora pleu oil 294w68 weekender movie scene heres whats on at local cinemas v by ian bailey thornhill square a chorus line under direc tor richard gandhi attenbor- ough the 1975 broadway hit of the same name the story of several dancers auditioning for a place in the chorus line of a major musical has made it to the big screen with most of its brilliance intact neither attenboroughs miserli ness with the lyrical touches that make moments in the movie such as the song at the ballet so good nor a distracting focus on the love- life of a tyrannical choreographer nastily played by michael doug las are enough to derail the movie a poignant and fresh look at the gust and dreams of the au ditioning dancers pg out of africa robert red- ford plays denys finch hatton a british hunter in kenya in 1914 who fell in love with karen blixen meryl streep a danish woman who managed a coffee plantation for 20 years and later wrote about africa under the pseudonym of isak dinesen this majestic epic from director sydney tootsie pollack moves slowly at times but its an intriguing drama where length means depth instead of tedium pg white nights in an inspired bit of casting ballet star and soviet defector mikhail baryish- nikov virtually plays out part of his biography as a dancing defec- shes back on tour tor who makes an abrupt return to the ussr when his jet crashlands in siberia hes nabbed by the kgb and turned over to a tap dancing american defector played by dan cer gregory hines they dance they debate and the funny thing about this contrived movie is that it works pg coarse language markville the jewel of the nile a flat and tedious sequel to the per ky 1984 adventure romancing the stone that has little going for it except the charisma of stars kathleen turner and michael douglas pg swearing 101 dalmatians a re- release of walt disneys 1961 ani mated film about two dalmations who try to save their- pups from certain death with a mickey mouse short entitled once upon a mousef rocky iv contrived trash the fourth rocky film has rocky balboa sylvester stallone the italian stallion fighting the sibe rian express a soviet boxer dolph lundgren who kills rock- ys pal apollo creed carl weath ers in an exhibition match pg violence ms spies like us chevy chase and dan aykroyd ham it up as spies in this dull pointless dud its all been done before only much better vz out of africa robert redford stars as denys finch hatton and meryl streep stars as karen blixen in out of afri ca in a true story currently playing at thornhill square lifes changed for markhams gia guddat when gia guddat took a job as a professional figure skater last year she never thought shed spend a rainy night stranded on a german moun tain ledge but thats exactly what happened to the 22-year- old former markham resident who has been skating professionally with the world renowned torvill and dean ice show since last july it was the worst experience of my life being stuck like that overnight she told the weekender from her toronto hotel last wednesday a friend and i went hiking and managed to get stuck there though the experience was harrowing miss gud dat who was in toronto last week with the troupe for two shows last week at maple leaf gardens said she can now look back on it and smile at present she works a 50hour week with rehear sals practices and exercises and admits she finds little free time im learning more about dance all the time she noted its a different approach to what i learned in the past the 18 skaters in the troupe are currently working on new numbers for the show under the direction of dance choreographer louis falco who made a name for himself in the movie fame miss guddat said she has worked hard to mea sure up with the likes of torvill and dean because they work so hard to maintain the grace and smoothness they display on the ice there are times when i get frustrated but its all worth it she noted i want to do this for as long as i can claremont prepares for third annual carnival gia guddat on tour a lions and lionesssponsored bingo night will kickoff claremonts third annual winter carnival on wednesday jan 29 this new carnival event begins at 730 pm in the community centre on brock rd students at claremont public school get into the winter spirit with a thursday afternoon snow sculpture contest judging takes place at 3 pm and another ice sculpting com petition open to all claremont families is to be judged on satur day morning pieces should be completed on your front lawn be fore feb 1 several pickering dignitaries are scheduled to attend the winter festivals official opening cere mony on friday jan 31 the fiveday carnival continues until feb 2 residents will gather at the un ited church friday at 620 pm for a torchlit community proces sion to the park claremonts 1986 snow queen will be selected in a pageant be ginning thursday at 830 pm in the community centre a panel of three judges consists of cftotv newsman jim junkin of altona and claremonts mary borland and kitty mcarthur claremontarea high school girls are still needed for the snow queen contest application forms available at pickering high school peter gillespie real estate and claremont post office must be returned to gillespies office at the four corners by fri day jan 24 a united church pancake breakfast miller mile foot rac- e parade and the gala trappers ball highlight saturdays busy agenda the parade begins at 10 am from the coop and winds its way to the legion where everyones invited to warm up at an open house the final day sunday feb 2 features a crosscountry ski trek on the claremont estates proper ty skiers meet at the united church at 1 pm and a hymn sing and bean dinner from 5 to 7 pm at claremont baptist church for more carnival information contact karen marks at 6493030