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Back Alive last season for
Poof ratings he saw his car-
eer going with it.

“I thought that was the

last ‘youd’ see of me’ for a
while, I feel very fortunate to
be back this year teamed
‘with Kate Jackson.”
, Boxleitner: is“ not only
teamed with Jackson in
CBS's Scarecrow and Mrs.
King, but he seems to have
little to worry about. This
spy spoof, also carried by
CTV, is a solid hit in the rat-
ings so far.

He plays an intelligence
agent named Lee Stetson

- whose code name is Scare-

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crow. Jackson is Amanda
King, a housewife and
mother who becomes his
partner by happenstance.

“I wasn’t unhappy playing
Frank Buck in Bring 'Em
Bacl Alive. I was just un-
happy that it wasn't received
well. But I think it did get me
into Scarecrow and Mrs.
King. i

“T wasn't just the: new guy.
Thad something of a name.”

Bring 'Em Back Alive was
Boxleitner's first opportunity
for a solo starring role in a
series. He was James Ar-
ness’s nephew in How the
West Was Won and Kenny

Rogers's protege in the TV
movie The Gambler. He star-
red in| the mini-series East of
Eden‘and The Last Conver.
tible’ and ‘such theatrical?
features’ as’ The Baltimore.
Bullet and TRON.
“This summer I went hack
and reprised my. role in’ The
Gambler so I'm a sidekick
again,” he says of the four-
hoyr, two-part movie on’
CBS and CTV that was tele-.
cast on Monday and Tuesda:

coming to Hollywood.’ Be-
sides How the West Was
Won, he also was in Wild
Times. “I love westerns,” he
says. “I'm still trying to get
one of Louis L'Amour's
books. There's a producer
who wants me to play Red
Ryder in a theatrical picture.

“Bruce Boxleitner is Hardly
a western movie name. But 1
got this Western Stars

‘award. Pat Wayne intro-

duced me as the only cowboy
ever named Bruce. It was a
real honor. 2

“T'm the youngest member Tl
to ever get the Golden Boot;
award.” -

It was on How the. West”»
Was Won that Boxleitner
met and married one “of! his'=
co-stars, Kathryn Holcomb; ‘=
who played his younger sis:

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“No woman should ever be quite accurate about her

age. It looks so calculating” says Lady Bracknell in.Oscar.

Wilde's hilarious;(comedy “The Importance. of,, Being

Earnest” to..be performed by the:.David. ‘Thompson -

University Centre second year theatre students Nov. 29
to Dee. 4 at 8 p.m: in Studio 80 on the Nelson campus.
Jane Heyman is directing this witty classic. and the
performers will be in full Victorian costumes created by
that wonderful wizard-of-the-wardrobe Norma Vecchio.
“First: produced in’ 1895, the play remains the
crowning achievement of its author, the redoubtable
Oscar Wilde,” said DTUC theatre department instructor
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identities, surprise revelations and happy endings,
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Dunbar and her lover Algernon Moncrieff, will be: port-
rayed by John Cope.

The cast is completed with Kelt Eccleston, Landon
McWilliam and Nicola’ Harwood.

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disruption,” said Schreiber. “But persevere they have
and the hard-earned delightful results are well worth
seeing.”

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the'Soviet Union, Alexander
8. Shirokov conducted a: mu-
sical workshop with over 300 -
choristers in the area.

The. grand ‘finale of this
musical @ndeaver will be
presented in ‘two concerts;
‘one in.Grand Forks’ on: Sat-
urday, at? p.m. in the USCC
Community Centre and the
other on Sunday at:7 p.m. at
the Brilliant, Cultural Centre.

The. concert, will feature
three mass choirs and.a var-
iety of individual artists from
the Kootenay and Boundary
communities.

Shirokov has spent, over 80
years ‘conducting and com-
posing folksongs in several
choral groups'and ensembles
in the Soviet Union. He has

* “been a choir master with the

world renowned “Piatnitski
Choir” for over 20 years and
now works witlr oe famous
ensemble “Russia,

Everyone is lua to
see his work with local sin-
gers and witness this unique
cultural experience.

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present. Presented by

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Youth’ Festival  —
This is the final’ seg-

ment of‘ this year’s’ |

festival, Featuring®
the Grand Forks and
Kootenay. Youth
choirs:

7:30—Castlegar city council
shicsting of. Tuesday,
‘Nov.

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terviews with Valarie
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NEW YORK (REUTER) i
Elizabeth: ‘Taylor's: recent
foray as the head of her own
theatrical group may ‘wind up
costing more than' just. bad
revidws, says the group's
producer.

‘The company she formed.

two years ago with producer
Zev -Bufman, called the .Eli-
zabeth Theatre Group (ETG),
stands to lose $1.2 million
when. its current production
of Emlyn Williams’ The Corn

next play can't lose money or.
we're really in trouble.”

“The idea of forming ETG
began three years ago when
Taylor and Bufman’ met in
Washington. “She was mar-
ried to Senator John Warner
and she'd been on the cam-
paign trail,” recalled Bufman, ©
who owns a string of US.
theatres:

“T had the sense that. she ~
was looking around for some-. “

thing. to do. She was) rest-

Ig Green closes shortly. after, less.”

disastrous, business! and re- |

views, Bufman’ pata in an
interview.

ater has not ji an easy

” he said, adding “the

‘Bufman, persuaded Taylor
to‘return*to the stage’ in
Lillian Hellman's The Little
Foxes and she won rave re-
views.

a planned
for Calvary Baptist

- A different kind of Christ-
mas concert will be pre-
sented at Calvary Baptist
Church Dec. 4 at 10:30 a.m.
“Come to the Manger,” a
multi-media “slide and tape
show will feature three
sereens showing slides of
families in the church en-

“gaging in Christmas prepar-

ations, followed by the nativ-
ity pageant by the Sunday
School

Christmas
show of
fashions

A Christmas fashion show
will be held Dec. 5 to help
‘raise money for a float that
will enable Miss Castlegar
and her entourage to parti-
cipate in parades here and in

. Reighboring cities.

‘The presentation of a daz-
zling selection of fashions in a
“Christroas Wonderland of
Fashions” will be held at
Stanley Humphries “Secon-
dary School p.m.

Tickets are $3 and $2 for
children under 12‘and senior

citizens. They can be pur- |

chased at the door.

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Garden

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Sunday, December 25
4p.m.-9 p.m.
932 Columbia 365-7414

Slides. are interspersed
with readings and cnuaieal
selections from members. of
the church. A pot-luck linch
will follow in the church ban-
quet ,room. ©

The annua! Christmas ban-
quet will be held Dec..10 at
the Hi Arrow Arms Hotel,
and music will be provided by
church musical’ groups.

“Born to Die,” a Christmas

cantata. about the Lord's
birth and death: will be Dec.
18 at 11 a.m. The cantata,
directed by Ken Nelson and
accompanied on the piano by
Virginia Walper, is a com-
bination of original Christ-
mas songs, plus a few fam-
iliar carols set to new tunes.

Cable 10 Community Tele-
vision will be taping the hour-
long musical program for fu-
ture airing.

Clark during “The Right to
lay. i

Zi ie and discussion on
how weas individuals
can take thé respon-
sibility for’ ‘our health -
throat nutrition and

v

“Her ‘ratio of ‘successful
‘movies had ‘been ‘dropping
‘and Broadway and the stage .
became a new life,” Bulfman
said. i

“When we were in Lond
we decided to form a com:
pany ‘that would: do ‘three’
plays a year — she would star.
in one and I would produce all
three; -it’ seemed ‘great
idea.” -_ %

Known for his suave man-
ner in dealing with temper-
‘amental artists, Bufman man-,
aged agairist all odds'to bring?
Taylor's former.“ husband;
Richard Burton, to play oppo-
site her in the ETG's first
production, Noel Coward's
Private:Lives. The stars re-
ceived’ a reported salary of

$70,000 a week.

The 1980 comedy. about a
passinately unsuccessful love
affair was an ideal vehicle for
the-twice-married, twice-div-
orced duo. Though the critics
came down hard on Taylor's
performance, - tickets . went
like hot cakes.

spells,
11:00—Sign-off.

s theatre

8
moves next from ‘Washington.
will have record advance

+ sales. Inside, ETG, Private

Lives has become known as
the “company sugar daddy.”

Though * guarded in his
agsessment of. Taylor's, abil-

‘what she is and that’s what.
she plays best”), Bufman has
great respect for her as a
business partner.

“She: -knows . everybody,
from English royalty, to'the

Prince ‘of! Monaco to. ‘Mena-,

chem ‘Begin, besides every-
one in show, biz. With that:

NEW YORK (AP) — Alvin
Ailey wanted his dancers to
be known as artists, not
black, when he formed his
modern dance company in
1958, 4

He wanted a modern dance
company, that he would run,
not star in, one that would do
works by a lot of chore-
ographers and have dancers
of varied ethnic backgrounds.
He’ wanted a modern dance
company that hée would run,
-not star.in,;one that would do
works by .a lot ‘of chore-
‘ographers and have dancers
~ of varied ethnic backgrounds.
“He didn't want them pigeon-
holed as black dancers. Ailey
was, going for universal.

It; seems to be working.
The Alvin Ailey American
Dance Theatre, celebrating
cits; 25th. anniversary * this
year, ‘has 30 dancers and
more, than 150 dances in its

That doesn't 1 mean all the
problems are solved.
= “When you're doing ‘a sea-
‘son in New York, ‘you, still
feel like you have no history,”
Ailey said. “You're’ starting
over..We don't get the res-
spect that a ballet company

gets.”

And there are money. wor-

), Corpora-
ions and individuals don't
liminish.

Philip:Morris is sponsoring

sary tour to 14 American
cities that began Oct. 81 in
Richmond, Va., and ends in
New York on Dec, 18..In
February, the tour resumes
on the West Coast.

A challenge grant of
$400,000 for an endowment

was announced for the Ailey
company in September from
the National Endowment for
the Arts.

“That means you have to
raise three times as much
before you can touch it,”
Ailey said. “A lot'of people
think we have it. ;Don't I

“We were acheduled to
rehearse in. September ‘and
make four ballets because it's
the 25th-anniversary, season.
But because of our, deficit,

and trying to cut back 80 we |

could keep going, we re-
hearsed in October, dropping
a month and two ballets. And
Tm squeezing in one of my
own.”

Galaxy, by Ailey, Blueshirt
by Talley Beatty and Lulla-
bye for a Jazz Baby by Billy

Miami.

Wilson premiered in

“Talley’s piece is a sequel
to one he did a year ago. The
Stickup, a bruising comment
of the state of black, street
society,” Ailey said. “His new
Piece isn't as black. He wants
it to look like a panorama of
the city.” {

* Wilson has choreographed
his new piece to music by two
black classical composers.

““Black heritage ‘isn't our
only thing,” Ailey said, “but
it’s:still very important. We

‘keep our link to the: black

past. We're not likely to go

a-. away from it.”

‘CHOREOGRAPHY HARD
“Ailey:said choreography is

i the hardest thing he has ever.
. the two-part, 25th-anniver- tried. 3

“When I made Memoria, I
had four pieces of music I
wanted to use. I'd work: and
then throw out bits of ‘the
dance and discard music: The
dancers: would come in say-
ing, ‘What's it going to be
today?"

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Calvary Baptist Church
009 Merry Creek Rd. 365-3430

DECEMBER 4 — 10:30 a.m., The Sunday School
Program “Come to the Manger". The family will
enjoy this unusual ‘ ‘family program”.

DECEMBER 18 — 11 o.m., The Cantata: “Born to
Die" —. Vern Stromberg. Director Kenneth L.
Nelson, Pianist Virginia’ Walper. 6:30 p.m. Selec-
tions from the Cantata: "Christmas Message
DECEMBER 24 — 6:30 p.m., Christmas Eve S
vice Carol Sing: "Musical Selections”.

DECEMBER 25 — 11 a.m., Christmas Day Service
Worship: "Song and Prai: It will make your
day memorable.

DECEMBER 31 — 8 p.m., Watchnight Service.

caer toneoat 1 — New Year's Day, 11 a.m. service
onl

kind of.ease she.can‘talk to”

Mrs. Reagan or the presi-
dent, or, sit down with any of
bosses.

: Taylor's broad social pase

leaves Bufman free to handle
the details of running a
production company, a job
he's‘excelled at ever since he
bought his first theatre in
Los Angeles 25. years ago

*.after emigrating from Israel:

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