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tl p6 tribune may 1 1991 st variety has nothing on the stouffville tribune our mas choreography lustily renderedchorus numbers enter y a htmno liannp niimnprc ann aptino- in trw timplpcc amicir mann own man on the scene bruce stapley used his status as local paparazzi to get in with the stars of the show his review follows they held auditions for music mania the movie on the stouffville district secondary school stage over the weekend and when it was all done the everyday housewives and average joes of stouffville may have failed to impress hot shot hollywood director cecil b schlmeel but they had the audi ence roaring its approval hollywood eh the title of this years 31st music mania production had been billed as upbeat fast moving and techni cally advanced by past standards and while the show fulfilled its promise it didnt disappoint those who return year after year to see and hear the old stan dards and music mania traditions it all started as the pompous chauvinist schlmeel ably por trayed by chris burkholder breezed into slowville to give the towns annual musical variety show the break of a lifetime the chance to be featured in a hollywood movie r t the townspeople strutted their stuff in an effort to portray westernstyle productions legends and classics of the enter tainment industry horror films musicals and gangsters along the way the show offered a combination of colorful taining dance numbers and acting in the timeless music mania tradition as usual there were corny oneliners the drunks around the lamppost the wornout gags arid the flatulence jokes for it just wouldnt be music mania without a little tackiness but from the standpoint of sheer artistry there was ozzie bradshaw and sue brugger teaming up to give a most ear- pleasing rendition of unchained melody while dance director mary niec showed the extent of her versatility by pairing off with kathi phillips to take us back to the 1940s with their smoothassilk someone to watch over me newcomer john greenwood brought the house down as the pantywaisted pirate who decided he would rather sing and dance than womanize and plunder the stockings gave the nylons reason to stand and take notice with their inspired acapella effort of up the ladder to the roof the beatles twist and shout brought the first half to a rocking wild finale larry gibbs and mary niec along with the rest of the dancers were daringly adept during in the mood and the chorus earned the loudest longest ovation of the night touching a chord with its sound of music medley town council even got in on the act taking off along the yellow brick road in search of stouffville with a big pipe as mayor sue myers and crew pondered what they could do if i only had a drain rick lightfoot continued to perfect his caricature of a carica ture of councillor jim- sanders while the others were certain to have induced winces from the councillors they portrayed however it was the provincial and federal politicians who incurred the wrath of the audience which roared its approval when brian mulroney and bob rae ended up as the two biggest boobs given thefloozy talk show guest granted one wish by the genie in the end the colorful turtles had strutted their stuff under the black light and marilyn monroe had been recreated in that dress over the subway grate it was time for stouffville to stand up and be counted schlmeel was sent packing by director cathy christoff after rick lightfoot incited the troops to riot the chorus finished up by reclaiming- the show and town with the grand finale being performed in front of a backdrop when suddenly the immortal hollywood sign in the hills changed to stouffville the event was directed by christoff assistant director was dave duggan producer doris harvey assistant producer liz lightfoot chorus director was ann bell dance director was mary niec and skit director was cathy mcnaught and her assistant was susan mcphee