Castle Sgar News December 11, 1985 Peppercorn Sirloin Tip of Roast Boo! to Dec. 15 moe $995 Triple Seafood. Platter $ 1 o?5 ALL ENTREES INCLUDE OUR NEW SALAD BAR * Reservations phone 364-2222 TERRA NOVA MOTOR INN it ~ } &2> speciat 2} 12" DEEP DISH PIZZA With “The Works”. $729 4 ' Reg. $10.39 DOWNTOWN sour CASTLEGAR 5353 More than 450 set to audition More than 60 performing groups and individuals repre- senting over 450 local per- formers will be auditioning for the Kootenay/Boundary Regional Week Talent Show- case to be presented at the British Columbia Pavilion at Expo 86 June 29 - July 5. “We are very pleased with the response from the region, Joel Harris, regional pro- gram producer for the Koot- enay and Rocky Mountain regions, said in a prepared release. “People have applied from all parts of the area from Edgewood to Creston, Green- wood to Argenta. By far the largest number of applicants are involved in music: classi- cal, jazz, rock, pop and folk. “In addition we have dan- cers, theatre groups and some crafts demonstrators auditioning for a place on the boards at the B.C. Pavilion,” Harris said. Only 200 to 250 people will be selected to go to Expo’af- ter the in February Ave., Trail “Ice Capades” IN SEOKANE Day Tour Dec. 3251 and 29th SHOW TIME 2:00 P.M. Day Tour December 28th SHOW TIME 3:30 P.M. NEW. LOWER PRICES New Year’s IN -Spokane Dec. 31 Sheraton Hotel nie 94... person, double occupancy ¢ Deluxe coach e Accommodation ¢ Dinner ¢ Champagne at Midnight ° Party favors Dec. 31 Ridpath Hotel 9 4 per person, double occupancy ° Deluxe coach. * Accommodation eDinner eChampagne «Party favors Spring Break Disneyland Fly Tour 9 Days and 8 Nights Departs March 30, 1986 © Airfare from Spokane to Los Angeles and return 4 ¢ Deluxe accommodations Disneyland ¢ Knott's Berry Farm e Sea World ¢ Universal Studios and much more! “WATCH FOR DETAILS ON THE COACH TOUR” Expo ’86 Tours Starting May 30th e 4 Day Tours (3-day Expo pass) ¢LRT Tickets Accommodation ° Deluxe coach transportation *Reduction: Seniors and Youths under 16 HENNE EL TRAVEL 1217-3rd St., 1410 Bay Ave., Castlegar Trail 365-7782 368-5595 in Castlegar. These perfor- mers will be chosen by ad- judicators supplied by the B.C. Pavilion. Each person will receive passes to Expo, travel and accommodation assistance. They will perform short sets for,” Harris noted. at the pavilion on a theme re- lated to life in Kootenay/ Boundary country: Mother- lode of Dreams. Each performer will inter- pret. the theme in their presentation as much as pos- sible in a three- or four-day session of auditions show- casing local talent. The audi- tions will be open to the public and advertised so local residents can see the rich variety of talent that will be representing the region to the world in the host pavi- lion. “Although most of the per- formers are amateurs, the level of proficiency is very high,” stated Harris, “and I expect that we will produce a very enjoyable showcase and have a good time while doing i While the appli line has passed, it possible to apply for auditions if you have been missed. Anyone. wanting more information should call Harris at 352-2402 to see if there is still room for more performers at the auditions. Auditions will be held Feb. 2 * 7-9 at Stanley’ Humphries High School. “There is al- ways something more to look — aalislrea7 “A SPECTACULAR AND FUNNY VE! Fil : district. CHRISTMAS PLAY .. . Stanley Humphries Secondary School drama students act out parts in play The Best Christmas Pageant Ever, at the school’s A guide to the concerts By CasNews Staff A concert Tuesday night at Stanley Humphries Secondary School entitled Mostly Christmas kicked off the school Christmas concerts in the Castlegar school Students from both the band and drama classes entertained parents and other Castlegar residents. The Grade 9 band, Grade 10 band, stage and concert bands played selections while the concert band also sang. The drama: department also. staged a play. Intermediate classes at Kinnaird Elementary School Christmas program on Tuesday night. The program also saw performances by various school bands. CastiensPhote by Ryan Wilson also held their Christmas concert Tuesday night. The primary classes hold their concert at 6 p.m. Thursday. On the same night, Kinnaird Junior Secondary School holds. its concert at 7:30 p.m. at Stanley Humphries Secondary School. Next Wednesday Twin Rivers, Tarrys, Ootischenia and Woodland Park schools will be having concerts at 7 p.m. Castlegar Primary School will hold its concert Dec. 19 in the afternoon. That same evening Robson will hold its concert at 6 p.m. and Blueberry Creek's at 7 p.m. _ ENTERTAINMENT SANTA VISIT . . . Scott Parker (left) and Erin Barker had the honor of sitting on the laps of Santa and Mrs. Claus during their visit to the C | Recreation Commission No. 1 and Coatlonae Chamber of Com- d150 Saturday. The event, sponsored by the Canneeer merce, young: — Costews Photo by Phil Colderbonk THE RACOONS: By KIRK LaPOINTE The Canadian Press The newest Canadian tele- vision stars may not be as rough-hewn as Miami Vice's Don Johnson, but one of them is as villainous as Dy- nasty's Joan Collins and the others are just as cartoon- like as The A Team's Mr. T. They go by the names of Bert, Melissa, Ralph and Sh- aeffer. Collectively, they are The Raccoons. With their dog, Broo, they're making life miserable in the forest. for gp Chicken Bote ee On the other hand, life's Scratch Ae oy been downright pleasant AT BOTH LOCATIONS Downtown South Castlegar 365-5304 You could Instantly!! with FREE EXPO 86 SCRATCH TICKETS} x WITH THE PURCHASE OF YOU RECEIVE © Economy Box........ 1 Ttexer & Bucket................2 fen Barrel... Coke. id Coke fi Glasses 16 Oz. ....... Community downtown Castlega: mn. Friday (ee. 19). CATERING OUT For your parties — large or small call either of our locations... “Muh 0G 0606 IPTG lately for Raccoons’ creator Kevin Gillis of Ottawa and for CBC-TV. In a year “in which the public television network as- sumed some risk and bols- tered its children’s and fam- HAPPY poate. BIRTHDAY From Your Fomily in Cranbrook! ily content through such shows as OWL-TV and the upcoming Durrell's Russia series, The Raccoons has quickly emerged as its- big- gest payoff. In its ‘first two weeks, running in an early-evening Monday time slot that vir- tually killed the network's business’ program, Venture, the half-hour animation ser- ies has found an impressively sized and impressively di- verse audience. MANY WATCHED The Raccoons" debut drew 1.7 million viewers, including 59 per cent of all teenagers watching the tube and 58 per cent of children two to 11 riveted on the TV set. To cap things off, the BBM Bureau of Measurement says the second show on Oct. 28 drew 2.2 million viewers, placing it second on the net-- work behind Dallas and sixth among all programs on Cana- dian TV that week. (m overwhelmed,” says Gillis, an accomplished folk- ~€anada’'s new TV stars bet that the series would catch on. The success started with The Christmas Raccoons in 1980, which has become an the 11 part $14.7-million proj ect which features plenty of modern soundtrack featuring recent .June winner Luba. good-versus-evil action and a” annual fixture in the net work’s schedule and has been distributed in 25 countries. Raccoons on Ice and Rac- coons and the Lost Star fared well, too, and led to the series. Still, says Gillis, it took a lot of work to get going on Wah to Selkirk Selkirk College instructor and published Canadian poet Fred Wah will read Thursday at 12:30 p.m. in Room B-17 at the college’s Castlegar Cam- pus. Wah has been active in the Canadian literary field for years as both writer and editor. He was one of the founding editors of TISH, an singer. and . “We had a feeling the show would do well, but who could have predicted it would turn out like this?” But, based on the remark- able performance of the three _ earlier Raccoons ‘specials, it was at least a comfortable poetry of the 1960s that enjoyed an international audience; and is co-founder and_ co-editor of Canada’s first electronic mag- agzine, Swift Current. He has also written several books of poetry including. Loki is Buried at Smoky’ ad Castlegar Rotary Club CHRISTMAS TREE SALE! =k West Kootenay Power SY & Light Compound Columbia Ave., Castlegar Weekdays — 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Sat. 9 a.m.-8 p.m. Sun. 9 a.m.-6 p.m. P' Rotary Christmas Trees are available for atTi & Arrow Building. Save the Forest . . .& Help your Community By Buying Your Tree From Rotary. Many children’s shows lose money through TV and make their money back by licens- ing the rights to their fea- ters to manufac- ys and other par- ome programs disguised com- for store products. read at College Creek, and Breathin’ My Name With a Sigh. Wah was born in Saskat- chewan of Chinese-Canadian heritage. Several years ago he toured the Orient and found himself influenced by its literature. He feels “the refinement of the Oriental literary tradition was of use to me in dealing with my own Eurasian Canadian _ back- ground.” This refinement led to his latest book, published last month, Waiting for Saskat- chewan. It's a collection of prose poetry in which he searches to understand his heritage. mercials By PATTITASKO TORONTO (CP) — That well-known “subversive” Farley Mowat is hiding out in hotel suites these days, sipping vodka and tomato juice — a Communist drink if there ever was one — and propagating his dangerous theories. ‘The outspoken author has given up trying to sell his inflammatory ideas south of the border, and is instead travelling across Canada to publicize his latest book, My ~ Discovery of America — an account of his attempt last spring to fly to California on a book tour, only to be turned back by U.S. immigration authorities at Toronto's Pearson International Airport. The_reasons _given__were never very clear — something about. Mowat being listed in the U.S. government's “lookout book” as a dangerous Communist because he once threatened in 1958 that he would shoot BOOK REVIEW down U.S. planes carrying nuclear bombs Newfoundland ‘with “my trusty .22.” After the incident became front page news, U.S. officials ly revealed they had denied entry to one of Canada's best-loved authors under the regulations of the McCarran-Walter Act of 1952, a leftover piece of McCarthy-era legislation that allows officials to refuse to admit visitors because of their suspected Communist, anarchist or subversive leanings. HALTED CRITICISM But in his slim account of the incident, Mowat maintains he was actually “given the gears by my own government,” which didn't want him spreading his criticisms of certain federal departments in Sea of Slaughter, his book about the destruction of millions of animals along the eatern seaboard that he was to promote on the tour. He also thinks the U.S. government, under pressure from the country’s powerful gun lobby and anti-environ- over. Mowat discovers America mentalists, told Canadian officials it didn't want him in the country pushing the book's conservation philosophy. He quotes “an admirer-of my work who was in a position to know whereof he spoke” who says the External Affairs Department knew long before Mowat packed his bags that he would be denied entry to the United States. He says this must be the explanation why External Affairs, which had originally planned to partially sponsor his tour, mysteriously pulled out, saying consulates in Los Angeles, San Francisco and Seattle were too busy to act as hosts. But Mowat decided to go on the tour anyway, and his U.S. publisher organized and sponsored the visit. He now says he only wishes External Affairs had told him he would be stopped. LOOK COWARDLY “But of course I suppose they were afraid if they _ forewarned me it would be a tipoff they had been forwarned by Washington,” he said in a retenit interview. “And that doesn't look very good. It makes them look like a bunch of cowards.” Mowat said he was initially furious and hurt by the incident. “I took it very personally at first,” he said. “It does a terrible thing to your psyche.” But his anger had worn off a day later, he said, and the book is not an indignant rebuttal but an amusing, gleeful appraisal of what Mowat sees as utterly silly bureaucracy. “The idea was to muzzle (Sea of Slaughter), muzzle me so that I wouldn't propagandize the book, and the book must have got $10 million worth of publicity,” h said. “When I go to bed at night, I sometimes-think of the book and the whole incident, and I concentrate on that one aspect, and I go to bed chuckling.” He figures the publicity sold about 20,000 more U.S. copies of Sea of Slaughter than the 5,000 he originally expected. ARTS= Calendar DEC. 1-31. . . West Kootenay Student Juried Art Exhibit at the N.E.C. Hours are 9:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. Monday to Friday, 10:30 - 4:30 p.m. Saturday to Sundoy. Dec. 6-31... . An exhibit of paintings by Robson Artist Sandra Groepler is on display at the Homestead Soup and Sandwich Shoppe. An unique gift for Christmas giving. Dec. 15... The Art Council Christmas Party for members HAPPY 17th BIRTHDAY SHAWNA Love Mom, Doug. Heidi. Michelle & Ali TWIN RIVERS SCHOOL, RM No. 1 Monday, Dec. 16 -3 For more info. ph. 365-5911 and friends. At.the Kinnaird Hall at 1:30 to 3:00. Perfor- mance, Carol Singing and Santa. Dec. 14:15... A Victorian Chrisimes for children ages 5 - 10. Register early at 365: Items for this bi- Ranthiy.t feature should be telephoned to Lynda Carter of the Castlegar Arts Council at 365-3226. Sponsored by (C5) CASTLEGAR SAVINGS CREDIT UNION | Our Action Ad Phone Nixon Number is 365-2212 DICKENS PLAY BACK FOR YET ANOTHER RUN By MATT WOLF LONDON (AP) — Five years ago, London had a Nicholas Nickleby fever, as the kaleidoscopic saga of Victorian-era England unfurled on stage over 8'/: hours. Brought back twice to accommodate overflow crowds, the play then went to Broadway in 1981, winning four Tony Awards and setting a record ticket price of $100. a seat. Co-director John Caird said at the time that he’d never do it again. He dreaded a revival because the first production had been such a huge success. However, the Royal Shakespeare Company has gone into rehearsal to reprise the historic production of the Charles Dickens tale about an impoverished young man’s The ally plagued company is on another triumph to generate income. Granted a 1. 9 per ¢ cent ee increase for 1985-86, the gover d RSC ported that the will be $211, ap aaasiod tas sabe ooo toodsd ts Open4P.M.Dally WESTAR & COMINCO VOUCHERS ACCEPTED. Reservations for Private Parties — 365-3294 Located 1 mil h of weigh scal. n ITTTTTTTIT] ee LIA] eee a lal Pout ura Pitiirit Peritiritieti tart THE C.! ern 12 NOON -2A.M. TUESDAY NIGHT — = POOL TOURNAMENT [op Three Places 1895 RESTAURANT _ Fhas eee S282 Open + Sotu: — 9 a.m. - 2:30 p. Featuring SALAD BAR (Inc. Soup & ¢ Dessert) J$3.95 WE ALSO CATER TO BANQUETS & COCKTAIL PARTIES FOR GROUPS OF 15 TO 120. present operations. Caird is enjoying his work on the new production. “J was rather dreading a reprise, but I suppose now long enough has gone by to revive the appetite for the work and make one want to get it better,” he said in an interview. REMOUNTS PLAY - Under Caird and Trevor Nunn, its origi the marathon drama, adapted by David Edgar from the 1839. Dickens novel, is being remounted for a 16-month run that starts Friday in in Stratford-upon-Avon and includes a year-long American tour in the spring. _ The play fed a hunger for large-scale ‘theatre and environmental design that carried over to subsequent endeavors such as Nunn's staging of Cats and Starlight Express. However, before it can help make up the imminent shortfall, the new Nicholas Nickleby must live up to the tremendous popularity-of the original. So enthusiastic was one fan that he initiated an elaborate hoax announcing via posters and letters that the RSC had changed its name to the RDC — the Royal Dickens Company. “We should be so lucky to get that sort of a compliment again,” said the 36-year-old Caird. He said the current project was “partly an exercise in remembering what we did . . . and also reminding ourselves that certain solutions were arrived at because of the particular personalities of the actors.” Caird told the new crew that the play was not the property of the original cast. ‘ive bers of the current of 32 appeared in the first production of Nicholas Nickleby in supporting roles. _ Michael Siberry plays Nicholas a role originated. by ‘Roger Rees, and John Lynch portrays Smike. Neither saw the original. ‘I just remember the incredible-buzz,"-said-Lynch who starred in the movie, Cal. He was a student at the Central School of Speech and Drama when the: show first opened. Siberry’s freckle-faced, tousled haired ayeutniuiness dispels images of Rees’ sunken-cheeked angs Nicholas, he said, is “the through-line round which all these extraordinary people come and go.” He's “the foil who lets other characters introduce what's unique to them.” Most unique is the beloved Smike, the hunched cripple whbm Nicholas befriends and holds out to the audience at the conclusion of the play as a defiant gesture of humanity. Royal Canadian Legion Branch No. 170 Friday & Saturday Dancing 9:30 p.m.-1:30 a.m. OPEN AT 12 NOON SIX DAYS A WEEK. 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The mansion was sold by Gerry Sanchez, a restoration expert who bought it six months ago for $600,000. Nixon sold it in June 1978 for $330,000. Raphael's. purchase - price for the house wasarecord. ~ COMMUNITY Bulletin Board WINLAW COMMUNITY BAND Presents a taste of Christmas, Winlow School: Hd Aare Saturday, December 14, Silverton 29 Gallery 2:30 p. Trail & District ne: 2920 Loburnum Dr p.m. Information 365- Saturday, December 14 Bird 6 p.m., regular 7 p.m. Rose’s Restaurant Live Entertoinment Nightly ALZHEIMER SUPPORT GROUP meeting at Columbia View Lodge, . Wednesday, December 11. 7:30 CASTLEGAR RUSSIAN HALL Join your friends for_an evening of singing Christmas carols, Thursday, December 12, 7:00 p 798 ROBSON RIVER OTTERS CASH BINGO at Arena Complex. tickets $8 at Johnny's Grocer Mountain Ski & Sports: Hut a: “PEACE ON EARTH™ CHRISTMAS POTLUCK On Sunday, December 15 all are invited to the annual Christmas potluck and social at the C Complex. Door at 4:30, potluck at 5:30 p.m. Turkey. Hom Childrens’ activiti Friday, December 13. FRESH MUSHROOMS $499 2/98 JOHNNY’S GROCERIES Compare & Save XMAS NUTS In the Shell Ass't. Ib. $ 1 25 POTATOES zi. 945° 50 Ib. bret oe. ___._ CALIFORNIA soo || MANDARINS ty Castlegar: Phormasove, $495 ‘Central Food Mart. Eorly BETTER BUY. MARGARINE | FRESH TURKEYS FOR CHRISTMAS Order Now! Competively Priced. jegar Community May Day Committee mem! S] OO OFF COUPON Mother Nature’s Pantry Downtown Castlegar Beautiful Handmade 00. OFF Fruit & Nut - Gift Baskets COUPON -—-CLIP AND SAVE-—=—, Mother Nature’s Min. $10 basket. Ends Jan. 1, 1986. $s] OO OFF COUPON how many to expect. Santos coming. Unemployed Children free. Tickets at Unemployed Action Centre & 3/9 LEGION CHILDREN’S CHRISTMAS PARTY planned and $2.00. Employed $5.00. * Swiss ch Chocolate - Almond Ib. GOURMET COFFEE GRIND YOUR OWN Ea $y Qie : SN sea ARMSTRONG MED. CHEESE . sive! 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