LIVE! At The Oakville Centre October to December 2012 by Green Light Graphics

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AT T H E O A K V I L L E C E N T R E VOLUME FIVE

| ISSUE ONE | OCT – DEC 2012

JENNIFER WARNES OLIVER JONES COLIN MOCHRIE ROBERT RANDOLPH SANTALAND DIARIES CLASSIC ALBUMS LIVE: A NIGHT AT THE OPERA & STICKY FINGERS LUNCH AT ALLEN’S MICHAEL CIUFO and more!

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HOUSE NOTES

The Oakville Centre for the Performing Arts would like to thank

THEATRE ETIQUETTE Please be considerate of those in the audience who may have allergies and avoid wearing perfume or cologne. Cell phones, pagers and watches should be turned off and refrain from unwrapping candy during the performance. Food and beverages are not permitted in the theatre, with the exception of plastic bottles of water. In the event of any disturbances, ushers will ask those individuals to leave the auditorium. Cameras, video cameras and recording devices are prohibited inside the theatre.

CANADIAN HERITAGE for ongoing programming support.

LATECOMERS will be seated at a suitable break in the performance determined by the artist. Patrons who leave the theatre during the performance will also be asked to wait. ACCESSIBILITY Patrons using a wheelchair, walker or who have difficulty with stairs should advise the box office at the time of ticket purchase. Due to fire regulations and for the safety of patrons, wheelchair and walker seating is located in Row S. Note that the lower level parking lot is not suitable for these patrons as there is no access to the main entrance of the theatre. The theatre does not have an elevator.

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SENNHEISER HEARING ASSISTANCE is installed in our Main Theatre. This service is on a first come, first served basis at no charge. The devices may be signed out at the bar. BOX OFFICE hours are Monday to Saturday, from 11:00am to 5:00pm and 2 hours prior to a performance. Tickets may be ordered by phone with a major credit card by calling 905-815-2021 or toll free at 1-888-489-7784 or online at www.oakvillecentre.ca.

The Oakville Centre for the Performing Arts would like to thank the

BABES IN ARMS are not permitted into the theatre for Big Ticket events. We welcome children old enough to enjoy the performance. Children of all ages are welcomed to the Family Series performances. TICKET EXCHANGES may only be made for another performance of the same event. Exchanges must be made at least 48 hours prior to the date shown on the original tickets. An exchange fee per ticket will be applied. All exchanges are subject to availability. No refunds. A fee will be applied to all reprinted tickets.

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PARKING is available along Church Street at several Municipal Lots. Meters located in downtown Oakville are free after 6:00 pm, Monday to Saturday and all day Sunday. The Oakville Centre has a Municipal metered parking lot at the rear of the building. To access the main entrance on Navy Street, you will be required to walk up a number of stairs outside the building. There is no entry at the rear of the building for the main theatre. For your convenience, we suggest you give yourself additional time for parking.

for ongoing programming support.

VOLUNTEERS at The Oakville Centre are members of Front Row Centre. They raise funds to support programs and equipment purchases for the theatre primarily through their coat checking service. FRC meets the first Monday of every month from September to June at 7:00 pm in the theatre lobby.

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BIG TICKET MEMBER What is the BIG TICKET? Big Ticket membership puts your family first! Your family is first to have access to tickets, first to know of specials, added shows, and special promotions. You and your family have access before anyone else.

Big Ticket is BEST IN CLASS Enjoy all of your family’s favourite national and international artists performing arts in every discipline.

Big Ticket is FLEXIBLE Once your family has a Big Ticket, the choice is yours. Pick any combination of shows in any genre. Pick as many (some maximums apply) or as few to each show you would like.

Big Ticket gets you ACCESS

On the cover: ROBERT RANDOLPH / Nov 13, 2012

Barely had time to read this page? Big Ticket allows you and your family to attend as many or as few shows as you like during the year. And it’s one membership per household.

In this issue . . . TAFELMUSIK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . October 16 JENNIFER WARNES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . October 18 OLIVER JONES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . October 19 TORONTO DANCE THEATRE: RIVERS . . . . October 20 CAL: A NIGHT AT THE OPERA. . . . . . . . . . October 24 AN EVENING WITH COLIN MOCHRIE & DEBRA McGRATH. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . October 27 CARA LUFT. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . November 10 ROBERT RANDOLPH AND THE FAMILY BAND . . . . . . . . . . . . November 13 NATHAN ROGERS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . November 14 SPIN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . November 15 AFTER ANNE FRANK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . November 22 TREASA LEVASSEUR. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . November 24 SANTALAND DIARIES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . December 15 CAL: STICKY FINGERS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . December 19 LUNCH AT ALLEN’S . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . December 21 MICHAEL CIUFO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . December 23

Big Ticket is VALUE Along with all the benefits outlined above, Big Ticket is only $55 for one full year and Big Ticket Plus is only $110 for one full year. Add to the fact that every ticket your family buys throughout that year is discounted either $7 or $11 (exceptions apply) and in no time you have paid for your family membership. We added extra value by including tax receipts, gift certificates, discounts at other merchants and other special ticket offers.

LIVE! at the Oakville Centre is published twice each year (September and January) by Green Light Graphics Inc. To advertise please contact us at green.light@sympatico.ca or 905.469.8095. Space is limited. To order tickets, go to www.oakvillecentre.ca or call 1.888.489.7785 or 905.815.2021 locally. The Oakville Centre for the Performing Arts is a division of the Recreation and Culture Department of the Town of Oakville.

Call and speak with one of our Big Ticket experts for more details at 905-815-2021 or visit www.oakvillecentre.ca

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Queen Elizabeth Park Community and Cultural Centre More than 144,000 square feet of public space QEPCCC offers a diverse and inspiring array of Town run programs for all ages, including classes, workshops, camps and drop-in activities and a full listing of programs can be found at www.oakville.ca and in the Parks, Recreation and Culture Guide. The opportunities for artists, musicians and performers, as well as arts, cultural and heritage groups, to live and work in a space as unique as QEPCCC, is an important element of the building’s overall design and Oakville’s cultural groups were consulted on the design, layout, storage, programming and facility needs. A number of Oakville’s Cultural Groups including Canadian Caribbean Association, Circle of Harmony, Fibre Arts Shared Space, High Rendition Jazz, Oakville Camera Club, Oakville Sculptors and Woodcarvers, Oakville Scottish Country Dancers and Oakville Suzuki now offer their workshops, programs and rehearsals at QEPCCC and the Oakville Arts Council has moved it office space to the facility. This support of the Cultural Community continues to help to fulfill the facilities vision to be “a welcoming, vibrant and dynamic public space that inspires and develops active living and cultural and artistic interests.” We hope you will visit QEPCCC soon to discover all that this unique facility has to offer! For more information on QEPCCC, please visit www.oakville.ca or call 905-815-5979.

Queen Elizabeth Park Community and Cultural Centre (QEPCCC) is Oakville’s newest hot spot for recreation, arts and cultural activities! Located at 2302 Bridge Road, Oakville (between Bronte and Third Line), QEPCCC is a unique and dynamic public space created to fulfill all of your recreation, arts and cultural desires. This vibrant, one-of-a-kind, multi-use facility created from a surplus high school features more than 144,000 square feet of public space, making QEPCCC one of the largest venues in the country to house such a wide-range of artistic, cultural and active living programs. The facility boasts an aquatics centre, two gymnasia, an older adult centre, youth centre, dance studios, a recording studio, digital arts studios, fine arts studios (including dedicated woodworking, ceramics, fibre arts and three multipurpose arts studios) a rehearsal hall, black box theatre, gallery, museum spaces , music rehearsal rooms and multipurpose and meeting rooms. A café is also housed in the facility and the building is home to the Oakville Arts Council and is a satellite location for the Oakville Historical Society. “The opening of QEPCCC represents a great milestone for our town,” Mayor Rob Burton said. “QEPCCC is symbolic of our unanimous vision as Council for Oakville to be the most livable town in Canada.”

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The Best Things in Life Can Be Free! (or what youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re willing to contribute) Experience the wondrous world of performing arts for free or what you can contribute. The Oakville Centre for the Performing Arts is pleased to present these outstanding shows on a pay-what-its-worth-to-you basis. Be an early bird and phone our box office or visit our website, reserve tickets, show up at the performance and then pay what you can. Or simply show up on the night of the performance, reserve an available seat and still pay what you can. Three great shows - and you set the price!

RIVERS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Saturday October 20th at 8:00pm . . . . . . . page 16 SPIN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Thursday November 15th at 8:00pm . . . . . page 32 AFTER ANNE FRANK . . . . . . . . . . . Thursday November 22nd at 8:00pm . . . . page 34

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OAKVILLE INFINITI presents

TAFELMUSIK Tuesday, October 16 at 8:00pm The word is German and means “table music” or “music for the feast.” The name is apt because Tafelmusik has produced a feast of firsts and bests and has won admiration throughout the musical world. Through its extensive national and international tours, its critically-acclaimed recordings and TV broadcasts, its new media initiatives and growing web of community and artistic partnerships, Tafelmusik is one of the most prolific orchestras in the world. Tafelmusik, Canada’s award-winning period instrument orchestra, was founded in 1979 and has long been renowned in North America and internationally for its distinct, exhilarating and soulful performances. Under the outstanding leadership of Music Director Jeanne Lamon, C.M., it has excelled equally in music ranging from the baroque and classical eras and beyond, including adventurous cross-cultural reinventions of baroque classics. In the words of Gramophone, Tafelmusik is “one of the world’s top baroque orchestras.” Tafelmusik performs 50 concerts each year in Toronto at TrinitySt. Paul’s Centre, a historic church in the Annex neighbourhood of Toronto, performs community outreach concerts, tours extensively in Canada and throughout the world, and has a discography of 76 CDs that have garnered many national and international awards. At the heart of Tafelmusik is a group of remarkably talented, enthusiastic and dynamic musicians, each of whom is a specialist in historical performance practice.

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DAN COOPER OF ROYAL LEPAGE presents

JenniferWarnes Saturday, October 27th at 8:00pm

alone. In 1983, she and Cocker won the Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal while earning the songwriters the Golden Globe Award and Academy Award for Best Original Song. The same year she recorded a moving performance of James Taylor’s “Millworker” in the American Playhouse production of Working, based on the book written by Studs Terkel on PBS. In January 1987, Warnes released her critically acclaimed album Famous Blue Raincoat: Songs of Leonard Cohen. Cohen himself performed with her as a guest vocalist on two of the songs featured. In 1988, at the Coconut Grove in Los Angeles, she sang background vocals with k.d. lang and Bonnie Raitt for Roy Orbinson’s television special A Black and White Night. This program still is played on PBS several times each year, because of its timelessness and because PBS fans request it. That same year, her duet with Bill Medley, “The Time of My Life” was included on the Dirty Dancing motion picture soundtrack album and reached No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 and spent four consecutive weeks at No. 1 on the Adult Contemporary chart. The song won the 1988 Grammy Award for Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal and the Academy Award for Best Original Song. It was also certified Gold for 1 million U.S. sales. Warnes calls The Well, her most recent album, the most honest recording of her career. Inspired by a visit to a natural spring – Jacob’s Well – in Central Texas, The Well is both a work of melancholy and hope, rich with natural metaphor. It is clearly the offering of an artist excited by the possibility of music and power of connection through song. “The job of singing is to stay open to the river of soul in all of its manifestations, the dark and the light, without letting your ego get in the way,” says Jennifer Warnes. “I never want to be bigger than the song. I just want you to receive it.”

Jennifer was raised and schooled in North Orange County California. In high school, she was offered a college opera scholarship but chose to begin her career singing folk songs, popular at the time. In 1968, she signed with Parrot Records and recorded her first LP. That same year she joined the cast of the television show, The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour. In November 1968, Warnes signed on to play the female lead, “Sheila” in the Los Angeles production of the stage musical Hair. In 1970, she met Canadian poet/songwriter Leonard Cohen who profoundly influenced her career and became a life-long friend. She would eventually tour Europe with Cohen’s band as a back-up singer and would record guest vocals for Cohen’s albums Live Songs, Various Positions, I’m Your Man and The Future. Cohen’s recent songs included a duet on The Smokey Life. In 1972, Reprise records released her third album, Jennifer, produced by John Cale. Her breakthrough single “Right Time of the Night” released in 1976, brought her worldwide acclaim with the song hitting No. 1 on Billboard’s Adult Contemporary chart and No. 6 on the Hot 100. It just missed the million-selling mark (selling 900,000 copies). The song also plays in the background of a scene from the film When Harry Met Sally. In 1979, she sang the Academy Award winner for Best Original Song “It Goes Like It Goes” from the motion picture Norma Rae. Warnes’ 1981 song “One More Hour”, written and composed by Randy Newman and recorded as part of the soundtrack album from the motion picture Ragtime, was nominated for an Academy Award. The following year she teamed up with Joe Cocker to sing “Up Where We Belong”, written by Buffy Sainte-Marie, will Jennings and Jack Nitzsche for the motion picture An Officer and a Gentleman, the song would hit No. 1 on Billboard and stands as Warens’ biggest selling disc ever, being certified Platinum for sales of 2 million in the United States

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DOWNTOWN OAKVILLE BIA presents

OliverJones Friday, October 19th at 8:00pm

asked to do. I’d made my first recording. Truthfully, I was in a state of shock, because when you dream something for 30 years…” Justin Time Records’ very first recording would be Oliver Jones with Charlie Biddles, called Live At Biddles. Oliver Jones’ inspiration is not confined to the artistic community. He’s also the proud recipient of the Martin Luther King Jr. award, celebrating his contributions to the Black Community in Canada and in his native Montreal. In 1993 he received the Order of Québec, the province’s highest honour, and the next year he was awarded the Order of Canada, for “outstanding achievement in the arts.” That same year, at the invitation of the Government of Canada, Jones toured several cities in China with bassist Dave Young and drummer Barry Elmes. A regular performer at the Festival International de Jazz de Montréal, Oliver has frequently been asked to officially open the festival and has on more than one occasion been part of the closing gala. “I think the exposure I had at the Montreal Jazz Festival was really the key to the world hearing Oliver Jones,” says the artist who made his most recent appearance at the Festival together with Oscar Peterson, the two duetting publicly for the first time, in front of a sold-out audience at Montreal’s Place Des Arts. Oliver’s 2007 recording, Second Time Around, with drummer Jim Doxas and bassist Eric Lagacé, won the Juno Award for Best Mainstream Jazz Recording. Released in October, 2009, Pleased To Meet You is a duo piano recording with the legendary Hank Jones, (sadly Hank Jones passed away in May 2010). The recording also features bassist Brandi Disterheft as well as Jim Doxas on drums. Taking the recent passing of their mutual friend Oscar Peterson as a point of departure, the men pay homage to the late master.

Oliver was born and raised in Saint Henri, a predominantly working class area of Montreal, several blocks from Peterson, and young Oliver would sit on the Peterson porch, listening to the older boy practice. Oscar’s sister, Daisy Peterson Sweeney, became his first piano teacher, with lessons continuing for the next twelve years. These lessons solidified young Jones’ skills, which were already considerable; Oliver was performing publicly at age five, and by the time he had his first nightclub appearance, he was nine. Oliver Jones’ six-decade musical career has been rich and varied. His classical music education was followed by stints at Montreal’s Café St-Michel, enthralling patrons with his acrobatic piano stunts. From his teens to his early twenties, Jones could play anything from swing to rock-n-roll; in those days playing jazz was not considered a viable career. This diverse training proved invaluable when, in 1964, the opportunity to become musical director and pianist for Jamaican singer Kenny Hamilton presented itself. Jones, with his wife and young son in tow, moved to Puerto Rico and continued with the Hamilton band for the next sixteen years. While popular music may have taken care of his practical needs, it did not satisfy his artistic cravings. While touring with Hamilton, Jones would take every opportunity to check out local jazz clubs and to participate with other like-minded musicians. In 1980, Oliver Jones returned to Montreal, determined to pursue jazz professionally. He started by working regularly at Biddle’s, the now-closed downtown jazz club run by bassist Charlie Biddle. Three years later, after a fortuitous meeting with Justin Time Records founder Jim West, Jones’ dream came true. “There was a lot of hullabaloo surrounding Charlie and myself. Anything pertaining to jazz, we were

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ARTHUR MURRAY DANCE STUDIOS 100 Years and Still Going Strong

Franchised Dance Studios have kept pace with the rapidly changing “youth culture” and continue today to flourish as the world’s largest dance instruction organization. Arthur Murray dance teachers can be found not only in the studios, but on the movies sets in Hollywood. Such movies as Dirty Dancing, Dirty Dancing II, Beautician and the Beast, Flash Dance, An American President, True Lies, Saturday Night Fever, Scent of a Woman and Dance With Me are some of the films which have used Arthur Murray instructors to either teach a dance to the stars and/or dance in the film. The Oakville Arthur Murray Studio has been teaching dancing from its Lakeshore/Forsythe location for over 26 years. Its commitment to excellence is reflected through its highly skilled and dedicated staff that makes learning to dance fun and easy for everyone. John Karakis, the studio’s franchisee and director, has appeared on Movie & TV shows, has been an Arthur Murray Area Director and Trainer, is a Certified Examiner and Adjudicator, and the organizer of one of the premier DanceSport Competitions in Canada; the “CanAm DanceSport Gala Championships”. His wife, Brigitt Mayer-Karakis, is a former competitive Latin Champion, a World-Class Champion Adjudicator and the awardwinning author of the book “Ballroom Icons”. Franchisees and teachers that are committed to the Spirit of Excellence, is the hallmark of the entire Arthur Murray system. Currently there are approximately 270 Arthur Murray Franchised Dance Studios worldwide.

As North America’s second oldest franchise organization, Arthur Murray International, Inc. is known around the world, with franchises located throughout North and South America, Caribbean, Europe, the MiddleEast, Africa, Australia & Asia. Today the Arthur Murray Franchised Dance Studios continue a tradition of more than 100 years in teaching the world to dance. It all began in 1912 with a man named Arthur Murray, an American symbol of entrepreneurial success and social dancing. Murray was among the first to use advertising techniques considered cutting edge at the time. Murray’s creative use of print advertising attracted national attention, as did his business acumen. Arthur Murray Highlights: Footprints – learn to dance by direct mail 1920s – World’s first radio broadcast of live dance music 1930s – Introduction of such dances as “The Big Apple” 1942 – Singer Betty Hutton records the big hit song “Arthur Murray Taught Me Dancing In A Hurry” for the movie “The Fleet’s In” • 1950 – “The Arthur Murray Dance Party” hits Television • 1950s & 1960s – Millions of viewers all over the United States & Canada fall in love with the show and flock to the Arthur Murray Dance Studios. The highly popular show runs for twelve years on national television. • • • •

After Arthur and Kathryn Murray’s retirement in 1964, the company was purchased by a group of franchisees. Under its new leadership, the Arthur Murray

For More Information: www.ArthurMurrayOakville.com www.ArthurMurray.com www.CanAmDanceSport.com www.BallroomIcons.com (see the Oakville Arthur Murray Studio ad on page 37 - Your first lesson is FREE!)

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PARADISO presents

rivers A Pay-What-You-Can Performance • Friday, October 20th at 8:00pm Ann Southam Ann Southam was born in Winnipeg but lived most of her life in Toronto. After completing musical studies at the University of Toronto and the Royal Conservatory of Music, she began a teaching and composing career. As well as creating music for some of Canada’s major modern dance companies and choreographers, she was an instructor in electronic music at the Royal Conservatory of Music and participated in many “composerin-the-classroom” programs. She was a member of the Canadian Music Centre, the Canadian League of Composers, and was a founding member of the Association of Canadian Women Composers. Ann Southam passed away November 25, 2010.

Choreographer’s note Ann Southam and I began our creative collaboration in the early eighties. In 1982, she gave me a recording of two of her new works for piano, Glass Houses #5 and Fast Rivers #8. My choreography to Glass Houses became a signature work for TDT and received more than 100 performances around the world, danced to a brilliant recording by Christina Petrowska Quilico. Almost thirty years later, it has been a privilege – and a great pleasure – to re-connect with Rivers, and Ann Southam’s music, in a live collaboration with Christina. Considered by many to be Ann’s masterpiece, Rivers is a cycle of minimalist piano works that range from boisterous to serene to triumphantly ecstatic. Making a dance to this music has been an exhilarating experience – I am grateful to all my collaborators for their inspiring contributions to the creative process and for their trust, generosity and guidance.

Christina Petrowska Quilico Christina was hailed by the New York Times at 14 for her “promethean talent”. Juilliard-trained, she studied in Europe with famed composers, and has long been one of Canada’s leading interpreters of new music, premiering 16 piano concerti and recording numerous contemporary works – four earning JUNO nominations.

Christopher House Christopher House was born and raised in St. John’s, Newfoundland. Resident Choreographer since 1981 and Artistic Director since 1994, he has contributed over sixty works to the TDT repertoire in addition to creating choreographies for Lisbon’s Ballet Gulbenkian, the National Ballet of Canada and Les Grands Ballets Canadiens, among others. He has received many awards for his work, including three Dora Mavor Moore Awards, the Muriel Sherrin Award for International Achievement in Dance (2009), and the Silver Ticket Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Arts (2012). House is Artistic Advisor of the Professional Training Program of The School of Toronto Dance Theatre and has taught technique and creative process across Canada and at such international institutions as the Juilliard School and the Rotterdam Dansacademie. He is an Associate Dance Artist of Canada’s National Arts Centre.

Toronto Dance Theatre Toronto Dance Theatre is one of Canada’s leading dance companies, recognized for the intelligent, provocative vision of its choreography and the exceptional artistry of its dancers. Founded in 1968 by Peter Randazzo, Patricia Beatty and David Earle, and under the artistic direction of Christopher House since 1994, Toronto Dance Theatre has produced a remarkable body of original Canadian choreography. The company has had, and continues to have, a profound influence on the development of dance in Canada.

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Choreography by Christopher House in collaboration with the original cast* Performed by Nicole Rose Bond Alana Elmer* Mairi Greig* Syreeta Hector* Yuichiro Inoue* Pulga Muchochoma* Jarrett Siddall Kaitlin Standeven* Brodie Stevenson* Naishi Wang* Rehearsal Director Rosemary James Music composed by Ann Southam Pianist Christina Petrowska Quilico Set Designer Michael Levine Lighting Designer Simon Rossiter Costume Designer Cheryl Lalonde Production/Stage Manager Cheryl Lalonde Assistant Stage Manager Tara Mohan

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THE OAKVILLE CENTRE presents

ANight At TheOpera Queen • CLASSIC ALBUMS LIVE • Wednesday, October 24th at 8:00pm Although Queen’s, previous album, Sheer Heart Attack, had yielded two hits, reached number one in the UK and even gone gold in the US it’s a testament that EMI were prepared to let them then create what was, at the time, the most expensive album ever made. A Night At The Opera, borrowing its title from the Marx Brothers’ film could so easily have been an enormous folly. Opening with a thinly veiled attack on their previous manager, “Death On Two Legs” the album then careens through a gamut of styles. With the writing divided fairly equally between Mercury and May (with John Deacon and Roger Taylor getting one number apiece as well) it veers between high camp and west coast rock with aplomb. May’s “The Prophet’s Song” serves up a slice of high concept sci fi, while his “39” is amiable country hoke. Mercury, of course, is far more in-yer-face with the frippery of “Seaside Rendezvous” and “Lazing On A Sunday Afternoon”.

Deacon, always the underrated member, may have had only one number, but it was a doozy. “You’re My Best Friend” was the second hit from the album and remains a pop classic; frothy but enduring. Naturally, no coversation about the album is complete without mentioning Mercury’s crowning moment. The multi-part epic, “Bohemian Rhapsody” took months to construct. Beginning as piano ballad, morphing into cod-Mozart and then stomping monster rocker and back to ballad, goodness knows how the band must have felt when he first unveiled it at the keyboard. Hats must also ome off for the executive at EMI who had the faith to release it as a single, following Kenny Everett’s championing of it on Capital Radio. As history records, it went to number one…for ever. Christmas 1975 was to be forever remembered as Queen’s. And A Night At The Opera remains their finest hour. ~Chris Jones, BBC Review, April 24, 2007

Craig Martin is the producer/wearer of many hats behind the Classic Albums Live series. These concerts are note for note, cut for cut classic albums that have shaped and defined rock music as we know it today and for tomorrow, Modern Classics Live. Each concert faithfully recreates an album note for note. Think Beatles and Stones for Classic and Nirvana and Radiohead for Modern Classic. “It’s not a tribute band” Mr. Martin says. “It’s a recital. Like listening to Mozart by the Toronto Symphony Orchestra.” Craig hires specific musicians for each show, sometimes up to twenty. He even hired a children’s choir for Pink Floyd’s “The Wall”. Mr. Martin says he’s only as much of a perfectionist as his audiences. “People are purists. They’re waiting to hear that certain note or squeal”. Classic Albums Live and Modern Classics Live are the ultimate for music lovers!

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H2 SYSTEMS presents

Colin Mochrie

with DEBRA McGRATH • Saturday, October 27th at 8:00pm

COLIN MOCHRIE

DEBRA McGRATH

In his own words

I was born Nov. 30 1957 in Kilmarnock, Scotland. My family moved to Montreal in 1964. We moved to Vancouver in ‘69. I went to theater school for 4 years, then luckily managed to get work. I got involved in improv through the Vancouver Theatresports League. I moved to Toronto after Expo 86 and got involved with The Second City. I married in 1989 (to Debra McGrath) and have a son (Luke). I was with Second City for 3 years (a famous North American comedy theatre). Since the success of Whose Line is it Anyway? I have been very busy. Between live tours with Brad Sherwood & of course running Canada when they need me – there doesn't seem to be enough time in a day. Of course, my most famous role was in the 3D space epic, Space Hunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone. I capture Molly Ringwald and utter the immortal line “you can ask the Chemist”. Molly still writes to me on Christmas. Sweet. I was (and still am) very shy. We moved a lot when I was a child and I tended to be a bit of a loner. But it was basically normal. I fought with my younger brother, was protective of my younger sister and didn’t get my parents. Professionally I was influenced by anyone who made people laugh. Everyone from Chaplin and Keaton to the Marx brothers, Jack Benny, Monty Python (especially John Cleese), Woody Allen and early Bob Hope movies. All of those people influenced me in some way. In many cases without me even knowing it. Thanks to all the fans for the support and love and the cash is nice too.

Born July 5th, 1954, Debra McGrath attended Ryerson University for her theatre education and began her professional theatre career in 1983 when she joined the Second City comedy company in Toronto as a writer and actress. She moved up to the ranks of director and ultimately directed 5 mainstage productions there. It was at Second City that she hired and eventually married Colin Mochrie in 1989. Work has taken the couple to the States and now back to Canada where they currently reside in Toronto raising their own son and continuing work. McGrath has been involved in multiple facets of the entertainment industry including feature films in Canada and the U.S, an extensive list of television credits, voiceover work for children’s programs and commercials, and theatre. She has also worn multiple hats in the entertainment field including TV series creator, television and comedy writer, performer, director, and improviser. Some of her notable works as a performer include children’s animated shows “George and Martha” and “Seven Little Monsters”” and appearances on the TV series “Paradise Falls”, “Robocop”, “Wind At My Back”, “SCTV”, and “Bizarre”. Her writing credits include the TV series “Go Girl!”, and with her writing partner Linda Kash, she wrote and created the TV series “My Talk Show” for Ron Howard’s company Imagine in the States. She continues to perform live for charities and with her Women Fully Clothed comedy troupe.

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CARA LUFT Saturday, November 10th at 8:30pm in the Studio Theatre Presented by DAN COOPER OF ROYAL LEPAGE Born in Calgary and based in Winnipeg, Cara Luft spent three years as co-founder of acclaimed close-harmony trio the Wailin’ Jennys, before leaving in 2005 to resume her solo career. The troubadour life clearly suits her: appearing in Leith ahead of several similarly intimate gigs in the Highlands, she had already been touring in Europe since early June, yet there was nothing remotely jaded about her performance, just plenty of relaxed warmth and vivacity, including some hilariously extended anecdotes describing the origins of particular songs. As represented primarily by tracks from her second solo album, The Light Fantastic, plus a few from its predecessors and the odd Wailin’ Jennys cut, Luft’s main musical heartland lies in country-folk territory, to which she brought an assertively strong, clear, pliant voice, with an assured command of dynamic nuance and contrast. In its balance of dulcet sweetness and tangy twang, her singing also contained shades of Nanci Griffith and Mindy Smith, along with the steely, bluesy muscle flexed in a couple of rockier numbers, Give It Up (“about boys who need to grow up before they can fall in love with a real woman – like me!”), and You’re No Friend of Mine, a wry retrospective riposte to schooldays humiliation. A compelling cover of Led Zeppelin’s Black Mountainside, working in echoes of the Bert Jansch/Pentangle version, displayed the breadth and expertise of her musical references, while a winsome rendition of The Bonnie Lighthorseman offered further graceful acknowledgement of the folk-club setting. “When Cara Luft breezes into the room and positions her multi-coloured vibrant self onto centre-stage, you somehow know that you are in safe hands by her presence and grin alone. An hour or so later, after a musical trip taking in everything from Alaska to the Blackwater, insistent riffs still jangling in your ears and melodies stuck with you forever, you are a now a part of her world and she a part of yours. That is what proper musicians do, and Cara Luft is one of those.” ~ JAMES PARTRIDGE

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And now for somethin Designed by world renowned Town Planner and Architect, Andres Duany (www.dpz.com), The Village is an architecturally-protected, master planned community located in Niagara-on-the-Lake. It’s unlike anything you’ve seen before. With a singular focus on optimizing quality of life, the Master Plan is the result of painstaking research into creating a memorable and livable place that honours the unique heritage and culture of Niagara-on-theLake. Whether you’re looking for your perfect weekend retreat or the ideal place to raise a family, The Village offers a full spectrum of housing choices. Elegantly appointed bungalows and stately townhomes sit next to grand detached homes, all proudly displaying their own unique features. Cookie Cutter houses are verboten! “One has only to walk into The Village to know it isn’t a typical housing development. Streets are narrow and curving…home styles

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ng completely different... and sizes vary from lot to lot…a street in The Village feels more like a street in an oldfashioned small town than a new housing development.” 1 Houses in The Village capture the authentic architecture of Niagara-on-the-Lake while offering every modern convenience and desired amenity. Garages are tucked out of sight on laneways, authentic materials such as clapboard, brick, board and batten, and stone are employed, and houses (many with big, beautiful porches) are placed close to the street. The Village streets are narrow with gentle curves and include sidewalks on both sides. The result – beautiful and safe streets where neighbours love to meet on their daily strolls. As an added bonus, with our Village Centre shops and services, and the proximity to the Old Town, you’ll need nothing more than a bike or your own two feet to get where you need to go.

“After hearing Andres Duany speak about the quality of life that New Urbanism offers, we spent five years searching throughout southern Ontario for something equally visionary. When we heard that Duany had master planned The Village in Niagara-on-the-Lake, we bought immediately and became part of the original Founding Villagers. To this day we feel so very blessed to live in such a beautiful, vibrant and friendly community. To top it off, every day we can enjoy Niagara’s wineries, theatre, music concerts, walking and biking trails, and all the amazing restaurants that millions of visitors travel the globe to experience.” 2 Please visit us at www.TheVillageTND.com. to discover more. But The Village must be experienced to be appreciated. So why not plan a day trip to Niagara-on-the-Lake? Just be forewarned – many that have come for a visit are now neighbours. We look forward to seeing you!

1 Kim Arnott, The Toronto Star Warren & Luba, Village Residents

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DAN COOPER OF ROYAL LEPAGE presents

ROBERT RANDOLPH & The Family Band Tuesday, November 13th at 8:00pm Robert Randolph on “We Walk This Road”, 2010 This record is a celebration of African-American music over the past one hundred years and its social messages from the last thirty. Although we cover a whole timeline of different eras on We Walk This Road, what ties these songs together remain their message of hope, their ability to uplift. After we finished our last record, Colorblind, we began searching for a great producer to help guide the follow up. We wanted someone who understood me and the road I’ve walked this far, who understood our connections of my roots within rock and gospel and the church, who would help us put those things in their most compelling context. We recorded We Walk This Road over about two years, after T Bone had finished his record with Alison Krauss and Robert Plant. T Bone Burnett shared the vision of how gospel, blues and rock could be put together in a way that could relate to my history and connect to my present. It was important to us that we make the record we wanted to make, even if the end result was unclassifiable. We just focused on making great songs and great music that spoke to me, and that reflected the way I try to speak to the world. I grew up in the House of God church. The pedal steel was a big part of our church tradition. I grew up watching older guys play, and I started playing when I was fifteen. When I was nineteen, someone gave me tickets to a Stevie Ray Vaughan concert. After that, I wanted to play pedal steel like Stevie Ray played his guitar. I wanted to take another path than the people who played traditional pedal steel to take it to a whole new level. We started playing and touring around New York City in 2000, playing clubs like Wetlands, and things started to take off. We were selling out large New York clubs with no record deal, and it started to spread to Philly and Boston. Soon, we signed to Warner Brothers, and word began to get around about us nationally. Great artists like Eric Clapton and Dave Matthews and B.B. King accepted us. Young artists, too: we toured with the Roots and Pharrell and John Mayer. We have been fortunate to be accepted by a wide range of fan bases, and we have been able to build from there. I definitely feel as if everything has been working up to this moment, to this record. I’m very excited to play these tracks live. Those people who have been our fans and followers should see the progression from our last record to this one, and the road we’ve taken won’t seem too foreign to them. When people come to see us, they know that it’s really about the message, about making them feel good. Hopefully, this record will inspire them in the same way. It certainly makes me feel happy. I can’t see myself recording depressing lyrics, lyrics that leave people without a sense of hope. It’s not in me to use the power of the microphone to make music like that. That’s why this record is uplifting - it’s got great messages. It’s all there. My goal is to open the door for people, in the same way that musical doors have been opened for me. I want to take this musical history and make it relevant to give people a better idea of who I am and where I came from. I think even though I’m a young guy who was born into the era of hip-hop and contemporary gospel, I can help bridge the cultural gap between people who are seventy-five years old and kids who are fifteen years old by reaching back into this history of music.

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DAN COOPER OF ROYAL LEPAGE presents

Nathan Rogers

“NATHAN SINGS STAN – THE ROGERS LEGACY CONTINUES” Wednesday, November 14th at 8:00pm Some say he was born into it, some that he was born with it, while others claim he has earned it. With one foot planted firmly in folk music’s traditional roots and the other reaching into its dynamic future, Nathan Rogers isn’t entirely sure what ‘it’ is; singer, songwriter, guitarist, throat-chanter, percussionist, revivalist, or innovator. Whatever it may be, “Nathan has the ability to turn the folk world on its ears.” Like many, it all started at home but what a unique home it was. Nathan’s first experience picking up the guitar was an attempt to copy the challenging riffs his brother David created after studying with celebrated virtuosos Don Ross and Preston Reed. His sister Beth demanded perfection in all vocals as any selfexacting classical voice teacher would, while his mother initiated him into the business side of the music industry. His father and uncle informed both his writing style and an ethos of Canadian people that shines in his lyrics. While others were hiding their braces behind their hands, Nathan was already up high on stages of all sorts. In winter, he traveled with and won solo vocal awards as part of the Appleby Boys Choir. Summers were saved for his first love - appearances at folk festivals and the opportunity to meet, perform with and learn from outstanding musicians. Before he even had an album in hand, Nathan’s reputed

vocal ability had him singing on stage with such notables as JP Cormier, The Oysterband, Spirit of the West, John Cameron, Connie Caldor and James Keelaghan. With a degree in comparative religion, an award winning voice and two prized Laskin guitars under his belt, Nathan founded his own record label, Halfway Cove Music. In 2005 he finally released his debut album, True Stories. Produced by Rick Fenton (former AD of Winnipeg Folk Festival), distributed by Festival and studded with such outstanding roots musicians as Nikki Mehta, JP Cormier, and Murray Pulver, True Stories was met with critical acclaim both at home and abroad. If multiple encores at every show are any indication, Canadian audiences coast-to-coast seem to like it too. Nathan’s performance style leaves the audiences wondering where the rest of the band is hiding. Singing, chanting, playing the guitar and stomping, he fills any stage with “magnificent powerfully clear lyrics and arrangements.” Described as ‘intelligent and witty’, Nathan will ‘move men and women to tears with his sound and conviction.” Nathan continues to earn his place in the Canadian folk and blues canon. As Fenton noted, “I have never seen any musician Nathan’s age who works so hard on his singing and guitar playing.”.

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around Town. These social rides have been popular with those new to cycling and those who prefer a slower pace on their bike rides. The most recent ride is a Halloween Kidical Mass Family Bike Ride on October 27th. Kids, kids at heart and their families will meet at Lions Pool parking lot (159 Felan Avenue) at 10:30 am for a safety demo, then ride about 2 km to Kerr Village Pumpkin-Palooza where food, fun, pumpkins, a mini bike tune-up and bike corral will be waiting for them. Canadian National Triathlon Champion and 2012 Olympian Kyle Jones is promoting Oakville Cycles and encourages residents to get on their bikes and discover the joy that cycling brings. Oakville Cycles would like to see you dine, shop, explore and discover Oakville on your bicycle. A reminder that helmets are encouraged for all, but mandatory for anyone under 18 years of age.

Oakville residents are getting out on their bikes like never before. Oakville Cycles is a grassroots partnership between the community, business and government promoting cycling, bicycle-friendly business districts and cycling infrastructure and organizing social rides around Town. What better way to avoid parking hassles than to ride your bike to shop and dine at our local businesses. For major events, Oakville Cycles has provided secure valet bike parking in bike corrals to make it easier for residents to ride their bikes and feel secure knowing their bike is safe while they enjoy the sights and sounds of Midnight Madness, Jazzfest, Movies in the Park and Autumnfest. They have discovered that many residents have bicycles gathering dust and just need a reason to hop on their bike again. For those folks, they have held leisurely Rediscover Your Bike rides to various destinations

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SPIN

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Presented by PARADISO Restaurant sound artist Anna Friz plays instruments from the more traditional (accordion, harmonica) to the even more unusual (amplified buzz from flashing bike lights), creating a richly textured and utterly unique sonic accompaniment to Parry’s songs and monologues. SPIN is staged by awardwinning director Ruth Madoc-Jones with video and production design by Beth Kates. Parry has released four critically acclaimed CDs of music and spoken word and her work has been widely broadcast, commissioned and anthologized. Recent performance highlights include Guelph’s Hillside Festival, The Lincoln Centre Out of Doors Festival in New York City, The Yukon International Storytelling Festival, The Calgary International Spokenword Festival, Toronto Pride, and many more. SPIN premiered at Buddies in Bad Times Theatre in Toronto, where it sold out its two week run. She is a founding member of the Independent Aunties, with whom she has co-authored and performed five plays including the Dora-nominated Breakfast and the multiple-award-winning, fringe favorite Clean Irene & Dirty Maxine.

Created by award-winning Canadian songwriter, spoken word and theatre artist Evalyn Parry, SPIN features Parry’s unique talent as a raconteur and her outspoken, personal and political creations hold out a powerful vision of social activism, while her irreverent wit holds nothing sacred. Through a series of songs played live on a vintage bicycle, SPIN recounts a theatrical cycle of stories about women, cycling and liberation. Inspired by the incredible true tale of Annie Londonderry, the first woman to ride around the world on a bicycle in 1894, Parry spins a web of stories travelling from 19th century women’s emancipation to 21st century consumer culture, peeling back layers of history to ultimately reveal a profoundly contemporary and personal heart to her theme of liberation. Parry’s “co-star”, a vintage bicycle, is suspended in a mechanic’s stand on stage. Backed by her unusual and highly accomplished band, the bike is played by percussionist Brad Hart who, using brushes on the fenders, bows on the spokes and drum sticks on a variety of tuned bells, conjures an astonishing array of sounds with this iron horse. On the other side of the stage

Starring the Bicycle as Muse, Musical Instrument and Instrument of Social Change Created and Performed by Evalyn Parry • Directed by Ruth Madoc-Jones Featuring Anna Friz and Brad Hart • Production Design Beth Kates

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PARADISO presents

After Anne Frank Written and Performed by CAROL LEMPERT A Pay-What-You-Can Performance • Thursday, November 22nd at 8:00pm Anne Marie Frank was an outgoing German-Jewish teenager who, along with her family, was forced to go into hiding during the Holocaust. After being betrayed to the Nazis, Anne and her family were arrested and deported to concentration camps. Anne Frank died of typhus at Bergen-Belsen in 1945. She was fifteen. I was an outgoing American-Jewish teenager who grew up in a post-holocaust world. In a world where the diary that Anne kept during her time in hiding became a book you read in 5th Grade English class for extra credit. After Anne Frank was conceived several years ago dur-

ing the Jewish festival of Passover. There was intense discussion around my holiday table about the relationship between the story of the Exodus and the Holocaust. The conversation then turned to the fact that I’d “played” many Holocaust survivors over the course of my acting career including characters in all three stage versions of The Diary of Anne Frank. We all realized, almost simultaneously, that this was a profound way to make a living. In Judaism we are taught to share our stories. And so. Welcome to the ripple of everything that came after Anne Frank.

Directed by Janice L. Goldberg • Sound Design: Craig Lenti • Stage Manager: Ken Burns Graphic Design: David Paterson • Photography: Tim Dumas CAROL LEMPERT Writer/Performer Carol is an actress and writer with 25 years of experience in theatre, television and film in both the US and Canada She has created three one woman shows: the award winning That Dorothy Parker, The Camino – Walking the Pilgrim Road and now, After Anne Frank. After Anne Frank premiered at the Soho Playhouse in New York the summer of 2011. It sold-out, was voted “Best of the Fest” and was held over as part of the FringeNYC Encore Series. This is Carol’s 2nd time to win that honor. In 2008 That Dorothy Parker was one of only 12 shows selected from over 200 to participate in the Encore Series. Other New York credits include: The Aaronsville Woman for the Abingdon Theatre, Shlomo for Folksbiene, A Time Ripe and Rare for the Sam French Playwriting Festival at Playwrights Horizons and And Somewhere Men are Laughing. She has twice starred in Crossing Delancey, with Sylvia Kauders from the original Broadway production, as Lusia in A Shayna Maidel, and of course in 3 different productions of The Diary of Anne Frank. TV/film includes: All My Children, Santa Who with Leslie Nielsen, Bless the Child, Wonderland, 26 episodes of Rockabye Bubble for the Family Channel and 13 episodes of Hello, Mrs. Cherrywinkle. Awards include: Emerging Artist from the Toronto Arts Council, Best Solo Drama and Best of the Fest from the San Francisco Fringe and Outstanding Performer from the Toronto’s NOW Magazine.

JANICE L. GOLDBERG Director Janice is Artistic Co-Director of Artistic New Directions and a long time collaborator with Carol Lempert. She directed Carol in the 2008 FringeNYC production of That Dorothy Parker, A Time Ripe and Rare for the Sam French Off-Off-Broadway Playwriting Festival and most recently, The Aaronsville Woman at The Abingdon Theatre. Janice has directed over 75 new plays including the New York premiere of Rose Colored Glass, which she also co-authored and is published by Samuel French, Inc. She directed and co-produced The Rubber Room by Gary Garrison and Roland Tec, Carl & Shelly, Best Friends Forever at the Mint Theatre; Flyovers by Jeffrey Sweet, working with Sandy Shinner of Victory Gardens in Chicago and featuring Richard Kind and Tony Winner Michele Pawk. Award winning playwrights worked with include: Carol Hall, Joe Pintauro, Betty Shamieh and Dakota Powell. Janice is co-author of 5 plays with Susan Bigelow and directed each in Northern California as well as Bindlestiff’s Dance Hall, commissioned for the National EcoDrama Festival & featured in American Theater Magazine. Member: SDC, Dramatist’s Guild, First Look Theatre Company, Circle East.

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Many, many heartfelt thanks to Ken Coulter and the Oakville Centre for the Performing Arts for the opportunity. To Artistic New Directions, Carrie Keskinen, Kristine Niven and Jeffrey Sweet. Gabrielle Maisels, Allison Goldberg, Ori Zohar, Merri Milwe and The Puffin Cultural Forum. Amelie Lefebvre, Catherine Hayos, Maureen McNeil at The Anne Frank Center, Ed Nahhat, Rabbi Jill Hausman at the Actor’s Temple, Ellen Bari. And of course, to Scotty Watson - for answering the question: “is it something?” And to you, the audience, for turning off the TV, brushing your hair, getting in your car and coming to the theatre today. B’Shalom. You are now part of the ripple of everything that came after Anne Frank. A girl named Anne wrote a diary. A girl named Carol wrote a play. Who do you need to write to? In this program you’ll find a blank envelope and note card. We invite you to think about who you need to reconnect with. Who do you need to forgive? Who do you need to ask forgiveness from? Write to them. Inscribe yourself in the book of life. Then. Let us know what happens. Share with us: “After Anne Frank” on Facebook.

After Anne Frank is a solo performance, running 90 minutes without intermission. Following the performance, there will be a brief 10 minute break, and then you are invited to join Carol in the theatre for a “Tish”, where you will have the opportunity to share your experiences and discuss the play with the writer and performer. • No Photography or Recordings of any kind • No cellphones or texting during performance

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TreasaLevasseur A DAN COOPER Presentation • Saturday, November 24th at 8:00pm “I’ve had the chance to play with so many people over the years, and I really wanted to celebrate all those connections on this record. At the same time I wanted – needed – to give myself a chance to branch out, explore new musical spaces, and let things evolve organically.” Broad is Levasseur’s third full-length album, and it’s a remarkable collection of new songs (with three covers, from Randy Newman, Neil Young and a fellow independent artist, Mike Evin) that are sometimes playful, sometimes vulnerable, occasionally in your face – and always sincere and deeply felt. On four tracks on the album, she’s accompanied by the internationally acclaimed Ottawa-based band MonkeyJunk; these songs were produced by the band’s harp player, Steve Marriner. Toronto blues band Raoul and the Big Time appear on three songs produced by bass player Terry Wilkins, and there are two tracks produced by veteran roots music artist Ken Whiteley. Levasseur’s own hand-picked band, The Daily Special, is produced by guitarist David Baxter and features Champagne James Robertson on guitar, Paul Reddick on harmonica, drummer Brad Hart and bassist Brian Kobayakawa. Guests on the album include Suzie Vinnick, Roman Tome of New Country Rehab, and roots singer songwriter David Celia, to name a few. The new recording is certainly blues based, while at the same time honouring the songwriting tradition she cut her teeth on

in the folk world. She burst onto the scene in 2006 with her first recording, Not a Straight Line, and it was an unabashed singer-songwriter folk record Two years later, she released the Juno Award-nominated Low Fidelity, a tougher, harder CD which was powerfully influenced by trips to Memphis, Tennessee, where she spent time with many of the musicians who had created the Stax sound. The record earned critical acclaim in Canada and abroad. On one of her most recent visits to Memphis, she recorded tracks with the cream of the city’s studio musicians at Willie Mitchell’s Royal Studios which – in her typically contrary fashion – she released earlier this year as a 45 rpm vinyl single called The Memphis Sessions. Born in Winnipeg and raised in North Bay, the fluently bilingual artist has made her home in Toronto for many years, and proudly identifies as Parkdalian – Parkdale may be less than glamourous but it’s the “artistic” heart of the city . As a singer, pianist and accordion player – and on-stage storyteller – she has become a well-established part of the city’s busy independent roots music community. With an unmistakable voice, a sassy attitude, and smarts to spare, Treasa Levasseur is a broad to be reckoned with. She’s no shrinking violet – she’s a garden in full bloom – colourful, varied, beautiful, full of life, and above all, one of a kind. In short, a terrific broad.

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The Santaland Diaries Tottering Biped Theatre • Saturday, December 15th at 8:00pm Not recommended for young audiences Set Designer JANE CORYELL is a nine-time winner and six-time nominee of THEA design awards. In 2002, the Oakville Centre for the Performing Arts honored her contributions to local theatre with their prestigious annual Award of Special Appreciation. Since 1979, she has designed set and consulted on scene painting for over eighty productions in schools and community theatre. JENNIFER JIMENEZ is an international theatre maker, facilitator and lighting designer. She has devised and designed projects with various companies in the UK, including the Circus Space, the Bath International Puppetry Festival and the Arcola Theatre. In Canada, she recently designed Judith Thompson’s Body and Soul, and Tottering Biped Theatre’s Thom Pain. She has also designed lights for The President in Shaw Festival’s 2008 Season and has worked with ExMachina, on the creation of Le Projet Anderson. She has a BFA in Theatre Production and Design and B.Ed. from York University, Toronto and an MA in Devised Theatre from the Central School of Speech and Drama, UK. She is also the recipient of a Chalmers Award.

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STICKY FINGERS The Rolling Stones • CLASSIC ALBUMS LIVE • Wednesday, December 19th at 8:00pm Running their streak of excellent albums another notch, Sticky Fingers follows Aftermath, Between The Buttons, Their Satanic Majesties Request, Beggar’s Banquet and Let It Bleed. It seems almost miraculous that bands could churn out excellent albums at a pace of more than one a year. These bands routinely go years between releases. The album opens with Brown Sugar a song that combines blues, danceability and hard driving rock and roll. The song has been part of the Rolling Stones live show pretty much since its recording. The song touches on a lot of what were taboo subjects at the time but still received lots of airplay. It was named # 490 on Rolling Stone magazines list of 500 Greatest Songs and spent a couple of weeks at #1 on the Billboard chart in the United States. Following Brown Sugar was Sway. A workmanlike Stones song attributed to Mick Jagger and Keith Richards. Mick Taylor has always claimed joint authorship with Mick Jagger which is possible as he plays all the guitar on the song. His guitar work, especially his slide solo, served notice that he could play in the big leagues with the Stones. Jon Landau in the same review had this to say about Mick Jagger’s singing on Wild Horses – “Jagger’s vocal is clearly audible for the first time on the album and I don't care for it. It is mannered, striving for intensity without being wholly convincing. Musically, the more complex the Stones get the more inadequate he sometimes sounds”. I guess the rest of the world didn’t see it quite the same way and the song still enjoys considerable airtime today. It comes in at # 334 on Rolling Stone magazine’s 500 Greatest Songs list. The song has been

covered by a diverse range of artist including Jewel, Guns N Roses and Susan Boyle. Following Wild Horses is Can’t You Hear Me Knocking. Bobby Keys, the Rolling Stones resident sax man of the era, contributes a great solo and Mick Taylor throws in some nice guitar work. The opening riff is memorable and the song has made it into the Stone’s live performances the last few years. Side two opens with Bitch. Another song with a memorable guitar opening. The horns are blazing and this is a song that you can both rock to and dance to. I Got The Blues is just that a nice blusey song. It has a nice soul music sound to it. The song never really takes off but it’s a really nice tribute to an era that was coming to a close as soul music was receding in popularity. Next up is the haunting mini classic Sister Morphine. Marianne Faithfull wasn't given a writing credit at the time but eventually she became the recognized third writer on the tune. This isn't really a full Stone’s song. The lovely bottleneck guitar is Ry Cooder playing. Bill Wyman and Mick Taylor are missing from this one. In Dead Flowers the Stones get dark, very dark. They play it as a straight ahead country song. Mick Jagger has a hard time pulling off an authentic country sound but the instrumentals are spot on. The album closes with Moonlight Mile a nice ballad from the Stones. Written by Mick Jagger, Keith Richards and Mick Taylor. In the song Mick Jagger is alienated, worn and apparently very tired. All in all Sticky Fingers is an excellent album that ages well. The hits are there with Brown Sugar and Wild Horses and you get a heady taste of rock n roll, blues and ~GV Pape, Yahoo Correspondent a ballad to boot.

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LUNCH AT ALLE N A DAN COOPER Presentation MARC JORDAN began his professional career in Los Angeles in 1977 when he was signed to Warner Bros. working with famed Steely Dan producer Gary Katz who produced Marc’s classic West Coast album Mannequin. Jordan spent the next 15 years in LA making and producing records for Warner, BMG and Atlantic Records. Having written hit songs Josh Groban, Rod Stewart, Cher, Molly Johnson, Natalie Cole, Bette Midler, Bonnie Raitt and Diana Ross, Jordan’s resume reads like a list of who’s who in music. His film credits include Sluggers Wife (Rob Lowe), Like Father Like Son (Dudley Moore), Never Talk To Strangers, Heavy Metal, Blown Away (Jeff Bridges) Touched By An Angel, as well as many others. A Juno Award winner and the first recipient of Male Vocalist of the Year by the Canadian Smooth Jazz Awards, Marc has also carved an impressive career as an artist with eleven successful solo albums. Marc lives in Toronto with his wife, singer-songwriter Amy Sky.

MURRAY MCLAUCHLAN is one of Canada’s best songwriting performers. To experience him perform is to enjoy creative storytelling, social commentary and wit with a man who clearly enjoys sharing his music and experiences with an audience. In his late teens, Murray found himself playing at major music festivals such as The Philadelphia Folk Festival and Mariposa, where he appeared alongside Jim Croce and John Prine. He then continued to attract attention on the club circuit, playing such well known rooms as The Riverboat in Toronto, The Bitter End in New York, and the famous Earl of Old Town in Chicago. Before Murray had actually recorded an album of his own, his Child’s Song was already well known after being recorded by American folk star Tom Rush. Now, thirty odd years later, Murray has nineteen albums to his credit and eleven JUNO awards. He has been both a radio and television host and in 1993 was appointed to the Order of Canada.

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E N’S CHRISTMAS Friday, December 21st at 8:00pm CINDY CHURCH spent her formative musical years in western Canada, making her first recordings with the Great Western Orchestra, touring and recording with Ian Tyson and embarking on a solo career. Her friendship with Sylvia Tyson helped lead to the formation of Quartette, with Sylvia, Caitlin Hanford, the late Colleen Peterson and later Gwen Swick. A superb singer with a distinctive voice and a technique she uses only to illuminate the lyric, Cindy invests the songs she performs with warmth, charm and feeling. Now living in Toronto, she has not only acquired a national reputation as one of the best singers in the country, but an international one as well. In the past she toured with her project, The Nearness of You – a Tribute to the Music of Hoagy Carmichael along with pianist Joe Sealey and bassist George Koller. Cindy has been honoured with Juno Award nominations and has also been nominated by the Canadian Country Music Association.

IAN THOMAS first hit internationally in 1973 with Painted Ladies. With a Juno award, four SOCAN classic awards, a UNICEF Danny Kaye Humanitarian award, Juno and Gemini nominations, 15 albums and nearly as many top twenty records later, Ian has now added author to the mix with two novels, Bequest and The Lost Chord. Ian’s lyrics have been utilized in English textbooks while his songs have found international success with many artists such as Santana, America, Manfred Man, Chicago, Bette Midler and Anne Murray. From 1990 to 2000, Ian wrote & recorded four albums and toured with his band “The Boomers”. When you add twenty movies as a film composer, six seasons on the Red Green Show and over a thousand commercials voicing characters from Clive Firkin of Firkin Pubs to Snap the Rice Crispie, the credit list starts getting ridiculous. Ian lives with his wife of nearly 40 years in the Niagara wine region of Ontario because he likes both wine and his wife.

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DAN COOPER OF ROYAL LEPAGE presents

MICHAEL CIUFO A Special Christmas • Sunday, December 23rd at 3:00pm

Moody’s Passion and Resurrection with the Orpheus Choir, and his first major role as “Il Contino” in Mozart’s La finta giardiniera as part of the Royal Conservatory’s Summer Opera Program. Most recently, he was selected as a soloist for Pinchas Zukerman and The National Arts Centre’s Summer Music Institute in Ottawa. He has performed the title role in the concert premiere of Hamlet, a new opera written by Toronto-born composer Mark Richards, both in Toronto and in Stratford, Ontario, for the Stratford Summer Music Soirees. From 2007 – 2010, Michael was a Sidgwick Scholar with the Orpheus Choir of Toronto, under choral conductor Robert Cooper. Michael also sang in the ensemble of Opera Atelier’s production of Mozart’s Idomeneo and The Magic Flute, and he’s had the pleasure of studying at the Tafelmusik Baroque Summer Music Institute with Rufus Müller in Toronto. Giving back is an important part of Michael’s artistic philosophy and he is deeply committed to several charities: the Canadian Cancer Society, and Wellspring, Credit Valley Hospital and Mississauga’s United Way.

Canadian singer Michael Ciufo (choo-foe) known for his stage presence, charisma, and gorgeous, classically trained voice, released his highly anticipated sophomore album, Momento, in October 2011. Combining newly arranged classical and popular songs, it highlights Michael’s vast range as a singer and interpretive artist. Following its debut on the Canadian Classical chart at #15, it is garnering rave reviews from critics, fellow musicians and new listeners. Michael’s busy performance schedule includes his energetic solo show as well as classical roles and performances. In 2008 he performed at Toronto’s Centre Stage Benefit Concert and twice at Mississauga’s “Knight for Hope” concerts alongside worldrenowned Canadian vocalists Michael Burgess and The Nylons. In the summer of 2008, Michael Ciufo was thrilled to be invited to perform in a nationally broadcast concert in Pisticci, Italy, in honour of the late Johnny Lombardi, a well-known Canadian pioneer of multicultural broadcasting in Canada. Michael’s versatility has led him to collaborations with a wide range of artists in genres such as pop, jazz and hip-hop. In addition, he has appeared in opera and oratorio roles such as “Alfredo” in the Summer Opera Lyric Theatre’s production of Verdi’s La Traviata, “Le Prince Charmant” (Prince Charming) for The Glenn Gould School’s production of Massenet’s Cendrillon, the “Evangelist” in Ivan

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