The record, 21 septembre 1990, Supplément 1

It’s a p' ¦ It’s a new season Cefftennial Thea story, pi Townships Week Friday, September 21, 1990 RECORD/GRANT SIMEON ORIGINAL MICROFILMED AT VARYING INTENSITIES BECAUSE THE TEXT IS PRINTED ON GREYISH OR COLOUR BACKGROUND. 2—TOWNSHIPS WEEK—FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1990 ’ Mickey Rooney going strong after 50 years on showbiz By Michael Miller LOS ANGELES (Reuter) — Mickey Rooney is preparing to celebrate his 70th birthday by putting 35 candles on the cake.“On Sept.23 I’ll be 70,” says the veteran entertainer, “but I feel like I’m 35.“What’s the difference?Age is nothing but experience, and some of us are more experienced than others.” There are two words the diminutive Rooney avoids; “age” and “work.” Not that he has an aversion to either, far from it.It’s just that “experience” and “fun” are more appropriate as far as he is concerned.Rooney’s roller-coaster career has seen him as the hottest star in Hollywood at age 19, an out of work actor at 40 and a re-born star at 58 after making a fairy tale comeback.Along the way he has been married eight times and bankrupt once.Now, the man who once said, “I’ve been through four publics.I’ve been coming back like a rubber ball for years,” is busier than ever.But, despite making 26 episodes of a new television series this year in British Columbia — with 52 on tap for next year — Rooney insists he is not working.“I love what I'm doing, so I’m not working.I’m having fun,” he says.He is also having fun producing a Broadway play, writing several detective novels and running two businesses.Rooney was Hollywood’s biggest box office draw betwen 1939 and 1941, when he played the impetuous son of a smalltown judge in the Andy Hardy film series.With another child star, Judy Garland, he made such box office blockbusters as Strike Up the Band and Babes in Arms.And, although he insists that “it doesn’t do to dwell on the past, you ha ve to look forward to the future,” he has recently taken several trips down memory lane, including writing his biography, Me, by Mickey Rooney, which will be published next year.He has also written a show called Mickey and Judy that he hopes to produce on Broadway in the next 18 months, with all the showstopping numbers from the shows the two did together.“We ll open with I’ve Got Rhythm, and we’ll have numbers like Strike Up The Band, A Love Affair, and How About You.” The show ends with a special tribute Rooney wrote for Garland, which he has titled Judy.Rooney, who will not appear in the production, is still casting the characters.He also intends to have a number of touring companies perform the show in Europe, Japan and Australia.“It’ll be an evening of wonderful entertainment,” he said.Rooney credits his eighth, and current, wife, Jan Chamberlin, for his latest success.In 1983, when he received an honorary Oscar for “50 years of versatility in a variety of memorable film performances,” Rooney said, ‘ ‘When I was 19,1 was the No.1 star of the world.When I was 40, nobody wanted me.I couldn’t get a job.“For seven years (Jan) kept saying ’You can do it, Mick.Get up off the canvas.’” RETURNED TO STAGE Rooney did, and became a knock-out success in the stage show Sugar Babies, with Anne Miller, which ran for nine years until 1988.In his new TV series, The Adventures of the Black Stallion, Rooney reprises the role of horse trainer Henry Dailey, which he played in the 1979 movie The Black Stallion and for which he received an Aca- demy Award nomination.Rooney’s new role will take him around the world.B.C.is the venue for 19 of this years’ shows, with the other seven being made in France.Next year he will be on location in Ireland, Scotland, England, Belgium, Hong Kong, Australia, New Zealand, and Tokyo.Rooney also owns a discount travel club for people over 40 called Mickey Rooney’s Fun Time Family, and is a partner in a medical insurance company for pets called the International Preferred Pet Plan.In addition, he’s working on a set of books about a sleuth called Professor Crime.When Rooney does take time off from his various pursuits he can often be found at the Delmar race track in Los Angeles, watching his horses run.“I breed thoroughbreds,” he says."My horses are running at Delmar right now.” Ann Miller,legendary screen star, hoofs on By Bob Thomas BEVERLYHILLS, Calif.(API-Thirty years ago, the joke circulating MGM studio went like this: “loo bad about Ann Miller.” “Why?What happened to her?” “She fell down and broke her hair.” Sophisticates derided Miller, with her lacquered hair, powdered face and sunshiny verve.But most of her detractors are dead or at the Motion Picture Country House, and Miller goes on.The gams are great, and the toes can still tap a mile a minute.She remains a Hollywood landmark at age — well, it’s best to let her tell it.“I was discovered dancing up at Bal Tabarin, a theatre-restaurant in San Francisco, when I was not quite 13 years old.I was very tall, and I had eyelashes and long fingernails, the whole thing.Lucille Ball and (radio comic) Benny Rubin saw me dancing one night.That was when Eleanor Powell was at her height.“RKO was looking for another dancer, and Lucy and Benny saw me doing this little machine-gun tap thing.They asked me if I'd like to take a test at RKO.Of course, my mother and I just jumped at the chance.They asked me how old I was, and I said 18.Ihad tosay that; I was working at almost a night club in San Francisco,” she said.‘STAYED 18’ “I stayed 18, literally, for five years.Unfortunately, RKO found out and they demanded that I produce a birth certificate.My mother and father were divorced, and about the only good thing he did for me was to get a birth certificate — he was an attorney — that said I was the age I was supposed to be.That tacked five years on my age.“So now people say, ‘My, she’s got to be 70 years of age.’ I’m 67.I wish I wasn’t, but I am.But people say, She made her first film at RKO in 1936; she’s gotta be 70-75.’I just say, ‘OK, I’m 108.And I still dance.’” Indeed she does.Miller is considering a tour of Call Me Madam, in which she ll do her trademark tapping as well as belt out the Irving Berlin songs.In recent weeks, she has been on the book-selling circuit, hawking the tome she wrote with Maxine Asher, Tapping Into the Force.At her comfortable house in Beverly Hills, she talked about her second book (the first was a 1972 autobiography, Miller’s High Life).“I decided to write it since Shirley MacLaine had such huge success with her books and her videos,” Miller said.SHIRLEY NOT “I thought, she's opened the door and I might as well walk through it.My book is different from hers.I ’ m very clairvoyant.Shirley is not clairvoyant; she was just involved with meeting clairvoyants and getting from them the experiences that made her books so wonderful.I’ve had some amazing clairvoyant experiences.” She related a few.When her father came home late one night, he claimed a business meeting.Ann, then three or four years old, corrected him: “Dad, you were having dinner with that pretty blond lady.” End of marriage.About her psychic sense: “I can’t turn it on, like professional clairvoyants.Mine is an inner voice that comes to me — unlike the audible voice in Field of Dreams.When that voice comes to me, I always listen, because it will save me from something dangerous.” Miller married three millionaires.All were unhappy experiences.Didn’t her voice warn her?‘Grayin’ the Blues at aCrossroads By Bill Anderson CP Music Writer Midnight Stroll, the new album by Robert Cray, finds the young blues star at a pivotal point in his career.After three Grammy-winning records in the late ’80s, he is no longer the hot new thing to discover.So the question is : can he hold his place in the pop limelight, or will he slip into the shadows with the blues and soul fans?For blues music, there’s also something at stake.Cray, 37, has been one of the most popular blues players in recent memory, and he has brought the music a level of exposure it rarely achieves.In 1986, for instance, Cray’s breakthrough album Strong Persuader hit No.13 on the Billboard pop chart — the highest position for a blues record since Bobby Blue Bland hit No.11 in 1963.Now — with Stevie Ray Vaughan killed last month in a helicopter crash — the blues has suddenly lost its most dynamic messenger to the rock mainstream.WORKING MAN Yet in an interview, Cray seems determined to avoid any larger-than-life role for himself, or to portray his new record — due in stores this week — as anything more than the latest effort of a working musician.“Stevie laid down his own groundwork, man,” Cray said by telephone from New York.“We do what we do, and he did what he did.” As most music fans know, Vaughan and Cray played together in the finale of Vaughan’s last concert, a superstar blues event Aug.26 near Milwaukee.After the show, Vaughan boarded a helicopter bound for Chicago.Cray said he drove to a nearby hotel and learned of the crash next morning.“We were good friends, and we had watched one another’s careers grow,” Cray said.“He created himself to be a rock hero — a rock and blues hero — but I don’t know about me being anything like that.” Cray also avoids any talk that he is riding comfortably on top, saying “we’re successful and everything — but the top?I don’t know what the top is.“It’s a struggle every day.” As if to prove the point, Cray says he became dissatisfied with his band during the tour that followed his 1988 album Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark.MORE SPARK’ “We needed some more spark, ’ ’ Cray say s—so he sacked two longtime members of the group and added three new players.Kevin Hayes now is on drums, with Jimmy Pugh the new keyboard player and Tim Kaihatsu as a second guitar.The most significant change, however, is the inclusion of the legendary Memphis Homs duo.After playing as hired guns on the last two Cray albums, the Horns — Wayne Jackson on trumpet and trombone, Andrew Love on tenor sax —- now are full-time members of the group.“They asked us if they could join the band,” Cray said, “and we had no problem with that.” Indeed, the addition of the Homs completes a musical journey Cray began in 1974, when he began leading a band in the U.S.Northwest that blended the old Memphis sound with Albert Col-lins-style blues.Over the years, Cray developed his own unique style — one that brought rock and pop into the mix without alienating the purists — and a new star was born.BENIGHTED Midnight Stroll, alas, may not be the record to keep Cray’s career on greased rails.The first track on the album — and the first single — is a song called The Forecast (Calls For Pain), a rather tedious lyrical stretch that puts love trouble in the context of a weather report.After a couple of plodding downers, the pace picks up a bit, but too many songs fail to catch fire and a few are outright clunkers.Still, for the faithful, Cray’s guitar playing is as impeccable as ever, the bigger band offers a meatier sound, and there are some sharp turns of phrase.At the very end of the record, Cray manages to neatly capture the two worlds he straddles — the grit of the blues, and the pleasure of rock.Over a swampy backbeat, Cray describes a guy “in a long black Caddy” cruising over to his lover’s house at midnight.“I got the top down,” Cray sings, “got Howlin' Wolf on the radio .let’s ride awhile.” AN ENDURING TRIBUTE Many people find deep satisfaction in making contributions to the Quebec Heart Foundation Memorial Fund as a thoughtful and lasting tribute to the memory of a relative or friend Your gift allows Heart and Stroke Research and Education to continue Call in or mail your contribution to: QUEBEC HEART FOUNDATION 1358 King West.-Suite 103, Sherbrooke, Quebec J1J 2B6 — (819) 562-7942 TOWNSHIPS WEEK—FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1990—3 The Tadeusz Memoirs, chapter one: / Sing For My Life It wasn’t raining.I pulled the brim of my hat down over my eyes anyway and turned up the collar of my trenchcoat because you can never be too careful in my game.Then I drew the curtains and sat down at my desk to roll a sheet of virgin bond into the typewriter.It was an Underwood upright, the kind archeologists will dig up a couple of hundred years from now and find still in working order.I’d bought it at a roadside marché aux puces for ten bucks cash so it will never be traced.I thumbed the shift lock home and pecked out “EVERY INCH A CISSY: Shocking Memoirs of a CS1S Agent by Tadeusz Letarte.” The spy-and-tell racket was hot.First there was Peter Wright’s Spycatcher which Maggie Thatcher tried very hard to have banned.That told a tale of the Soviet Embassy in Ottawa, bugged as it was built by Wright and the RCMP so that all the walls had ears.Next came Courting Disaster, a spy-and-tell from backstairs at Buckingham Palace, which a British judge banned from publication everywhere in the world so that sales improved enormously.And just last week By Way of Deception was temporarily banned in both the U.S.and Canada because it suggested Israeli intelligence knew of the plot to bomb marines in Lebanon but kept it quiet to turn Americans against Arabs.Victor Ostrovosky, its author, claimed he was visited in Ottawa two weeks ago by Mossad agents who strongly suggested he stop publication and last weekend his pu-blicher’s offices were broken into and its files ransacked.It may have been the same silent men in raincoats who waited for Gerald Bull to return to his Brussels apartment last March.Who’s who By TADEUSZ LETARTE But getting your memoirs banned is the surest way to the bestseller list and so I planned to name names, spill beans, pull no punches and blow the lid off CSIC.What really caused our first director, Thomas D’Arcy Quinn, to resign so suddenly in December 1987?Who erased the wiretap evidence in the Air-India case?What’s the real source of friction between our sister agencies, the RCMP’s Security Intelligence Directorate and the super secret Communications Security Establishment?How did an agency of such colossal incompetence get a 25% increase in its budget this year when the Cold War had collapsed and other budgets were slashed to the bone?H* ^ Where to begin?On the back of a matchbook somewhere I’d read that good writers start by hooking the reader’s attention with a bit of excitement and so I thought of my first hairbreadth escape and typed Chapter One: I Sing for my Life.“One of the most dangerous assignments in my perilous career was to infiltrate an organization whose avowed intent was nothing less than to seize power in every field of endeavor — politics, communications, business, academics, finance, the church and even the miltary.They planned to take over the world.” It had been fairly easy to penetrate one of these feminist chap- National Arts Centre will film Le Dortoir OTTAWA (CP) — A year after the National Arts Centre’s controversial television production department was opened, the NAC plans to shoot its first major program.It won’t be on high-definition television, which was the purpose of the three-year.$l-million test project, and it won't be transmitted to electronic cinemas across the country, as once envisaged by Yvon Desltochers, director general of the centre.That plan became an issue in the 1989 strike by NAC Orchestra members who said it was an inappropriate use of scarce arts centre funds.The program is, however, a full-scale, $700,000 TV adaptation of Gilles Maheu’s acclaimed dance piece Le Dortoir which wouldn’t have been made without the contribution of the centre, said David Langer, head of the TV project.It will be broadcast later this year on CBC’s Adrienne Clarkson Presents and Radio-Canada’s Beaux Dimanches.“I am delighted that this is happening.We needed a big production to launch the program,’’ Langer said.“It’s not HDTV, but things have evolved a lot since the program began, and it became clear that this department has to produce programs in any way shape or form it can.” HDTV is an advanced form of television with sharper, brighter pictures and top quality sound.The NAC has provided about 20 per cent of the film's budget with the rest coming from Telefilm (the federal film investment agency), the Ontario Film Development Corp., and pre-sales to CBC and Radio-Canada.Filming started this week at the centre by Toronto's Rhombus Media, producer of such awardwinning arts programming as For The Whales and Blue Snake.ters, the Stanstead County Women's Institute, with a careful shave and a dashing disguise but back in my furnished room that night, a message waited on my answering machine.“Please, Mr.Letarte,” cried a frightened female voice.“You must help me! May I call you Ta deusz?Meet met at midnight in the parking lot of The Maples.” That was all.A cry for help in the night.A damsel in distress.A young, slim, helpless blonde needing a big strong man to protect her and how could I refuse?It was raining again when I parked across the street and walked carefully through the night, the streetlights like gangrenous wounds.Business wasn’t as good as it used to be because there were only a couple of pick-up trucks and four cars in the lot, three with Vermont plates.No sign of the blonde.I took shelter from the rain in the lee of a tractor trailer parked in the rear and prepared to watch and to wait.But the door of the cab opened and a pair of the longest legs I’d ever seen unfolded like carpenter’s rules and stepped down beside me.I calculated she was close to nine feet tall but realized some of that was made up by the Stetson on the one end and the high-heeled boots (skins of endangered reptiles) on the other.Then I remembered the truck had sported a Confederate flag over the grill and a plastic bugcat-cher with the single word MANEA-TER in big black letters, and a briefing film unrolled in my memory.I was face-to-face with the dreaded Becky Shapiro, alias Tex, feminist enforcer, seven feet one inch of tobacco-chewing vengeance.Her knees were registered as lethal weapons.I snatched off my hat and tried to smile.“Wal,” shedrawled.making it into three syllables, "yew Letarte?” She made it sound so cheap! Mother, however, had always taught her children that honesty was the best policy and so 1 hung my head and answered "No'm.” (Mother had a warm heart but was never too bright.) Tex shoved her Stetson to the back of her head with one thumb, hooked both into her belt and chewed thoughtfully while she looked me up and down.Her big silver buckle, decorated with a longhorned Texas steer, was just about eye-level and her favorite snack, they had told us at the briefing, was prairie oysters.“Yew the fella writes for thet newspaper?” “No’m,” said I, covering my crotch with my hat.‘Ter, drive truck.” On the back of her left hand was the tattoo of a rattlesnake, fangs bared, coiled round a heart.“Mom”, it said.Then with a motion so sudden and skilled it was impossible for the eye to follow, she twitched back the right corner of her mouth and — dzzt ! — fired a squirt of tobacco juice fifteen feet to make a stop sign ring like a gong.“Yew the fella been writin’ nasty things about Shere Hite?” “No’m,” said I and wondered miserably whatever had happened to my New Year’s resolution to take up botany full time.Dzzt! The stop sign rang again.The Kidney & Foundation of Canada "Yew plan on having kids someday?" It was a mild and gentle question but the implications turned my sweat to ice and robbed the night air of its oxygen."Yes'm.” "Then sing me a song.” "Pardon?” “Yew know what a song is, don’t you?" Back at training school, they’d taught us to beware the innocent question because that was the one most likely to trip you up.“What would you like to hear?” “You choose.” It was a trap all right.My mind raced.“I Got You, Babe,” wouldn’t do.Neither would anything about “paper dolls” or “my little honey-bun” or "pink and white as a nursery”.Auntie Marne, perhaps?A rousing aria from Gotterdamme-rung?And then 1 had it.“Thar’s a tear in mah beer ‘cos ah’m crying’ for you, dear.” My voice cracked but this was a “hurlin’ song” and I finished with a genuine lump in my throat.Tex chewed slowly and said nothing for some time, then turned and swung herself back into the cab of her truck.“Ef’n yew write no better’n yew sing,” she said as she started the motor, “ah reckon we’ll sleep sound." I watched her skillfully whip that eighteen-wheeler onto the street and then I put my hat back on my head.It was still raining.Please sign an organ donor card.today.THÉÂTRE CENTENNIAL THEATRE Bishop's University October 13: The François Bourassa Trio.First prize winner of the Montreal International Jazz Festival in 1985.January 31 : The Alain Trudel Trio."Musical brilliance of Tru-del's kind defies conventional wisdom." (Montreal Daily News) April 4: Contrevent.Acoustic jazz with a folkish sensibility.It's time to reserve your jazz series subscription.YOUNG ARTISTS TO DISCOVER IN THE 1990-91 Contrevent CALL 822-9692 3 CONCERTS FOR 30$ 4—TOWNSHIPS WEEK—FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1990 L.A.Law wins Best Drama Series Emmy for third time From AP-CP çhîarpH ?hoir' ctririoc uri + lt *¦»-*/-» ’> n „ L.a a: _ * .__ _ From AP-CP PASADENA, Calif.(CP) — L.A.Law won the Emmy for best drama series for the third time in four years, Murphy Brown was named best comedy and the acclaimed Twin Peaks, nominated 14 times, managed only two technical trophies.Candice Bergen of CBS’s Murpy Brown won best actress as the acid-tongued reporter for a second consecutive year.And Ted Dan-son.the skirt-chasing bartender Sam Malone on Cheers, finally won as best comedy series actor Sunday night after being nominated eight times — every year the show has been on the air.In a big signoff for The Tracey Ullman Show, the British comedian's program won the most awards at the 42nd annual Emmys with six.Ullman.who pulled the plug on the little watched show last spring, won Fox Broadcasting Co.its first Emmys last year.“Oh, blimey, this brings it all full circle.” said Ullman, honored with a pair of Emmys in the music-variety category for her work as star and a writer.“I miss the show a whole lot.” Peter Falk's bumbling but brilliant Columbo earned him the dramatic actor award.Patricia Wet-tig, who plays a cancer-stricken young mother on ABC’s thirtysomething, won the best dramatic actress trophy.“I would really like to thank all the women with cancer who have shared their stories with me,” a teary Wettig said.“I shared their insights and their fears.I truly salute their courage.” CRONYM TOPS Hume Cronyn, a native of London, Ont., who starred in Home Box Office’s Age-Old Friends, took the prize for best actor in a miniseries or special.Barbara Hershey, who played the lead in CBS’s A Killing in a Small Town, won the Emmy for best actress in a miniseries or special.Canadian skater Brian Orser won an individual achievement Emmy in classical music-dance for his performance as Escamillo in HBO’s Carmen on Ice.Orser, of Penetanguishene, Ont,, appeared in Carmen on Ice with the world’s two other top skaters, Katarina Witt of East Germany and Brian Boitano of the United States — both also won Emmys in the same category.The three awards for Carmen on Ice were presented Saturday night and announced Sunday before the televised portion of the ceremony.Despite 14 nominations, CBS’s Twin Peaks, the strange new series about murder in a Northwest logging town, captured only two technical trophies — for editing and costuming.Both were given in a non-televised ceremony Saturday.Instead, NBC’s L.A.Law went home with the best drama Emmy — an honor it also received in 1987 and 1989 — won a writing award EFFICieNT5££ THE POSSIBILITY PEOPLE OWN YOUR OWN COMPUTER FOR $495.00 Lowest Prices Guaranteed Desktop Publishing Centre Co-op Library Trade-Ins Rentals Student Discount COURSES OFFERED STARTING OCTOBER 12 & 13 Introduction to Computers Introduction to I» C) S WordPerfect Lotus DBase Ventura Publishing 228 Queen Street Lennoxville 564-3121 822-9226 and also a best supporting actor Emmy for Jimmy Smits, who plays lawyer Victor Sifuentes.In a reversal of the order last year, ABC finished first with 22 awards, NBC won 18 and CBS, which topped the Big Three networks with 27 Emmys in 1989, managed only 14 this year.Fox won nine Emmys, the most in its four-year history.Cable’s Home Box Office collected eight.Best minisenes went to NBC’s Drug Wars: The Camarena Story, an account of the torture-slaying of U S.drug agent Enrique Camarena.ONE FOR MOM Keenan Ivory Wayans.whose irreverent Fox comedy sketch series In Living Color won the variety.music or comedy category, said “This is for you, Mom.” Scott W inant of thirty something, who tied with Thomas Carter of Equal Justice for best drama series director, became choked up, too.“I'm afraid I’m not really going to be able to express myself,” he said.Danson's award was presented by the animated family from Fox’s The Simpsons.Obnoxious 10-year-old son Bart Simpson shredded the envelope containing Danson’s name and pronounced himself the winner.During Saturday's technical awards, Fox’s The Simpsons was selected top animated program Joseph Sargent was named best director in a miniseries or special for his work on CBS’s Caroline?Vincent Gardenia won for supporting actor in a miniseries or special, given for Age-Old Friends.Eva Marie Saint took the trophy for supporting actress in a miniseries or special, co-starring in NBC’s People Like Us.A special recognition was given to puppeteer Jim Henson, who died earlier this year.Alex Rocco won outstanding supporting actor in a comedy for his portrayal of sleazy talent agent A1 Floss in The Famous Teddy Z.which was cancelled this year.The supporting actress award went to Bebe Neuwirth, the cold-as-ice psychoanalyst on Cheers.ABC’s The Wonder Years collected trophies for best directing (Michael Dinner) and writing (Bob Brush) in a comedy series.- - ^ 1 ^ / AAA M v-w111v -VIy acuca.Barry White: The Man is Back a mix of new songs & old tunes By Peter Ramjug WASHINGTON i Reuter) — Barry White, whose songs topped the hit charts of the ’70s.has been called everything from the “Maestro of Love” to the “King of Sheet Music.” But the deep-voiced singer dismisses labels."Names are not important.It’s the being behind the name that’s important.” White, now 45, had his first hit in 1972 with Walking In the Rain With the One I Love.That launched a string of successes with sales topping 100 million records, and, unfortunately for White, an unwanted reputation as a ladies man.“I never wanted to gve that image of me; to this day, everybody knew who I was married to,” said White, referring to Glodean, his wife of 15 years and mother of their eight children.But after years in the music business performing hit songs like Never, Never Gonna Give You Up (1973); It’s Ecstasy When You Lay Down Next to Me (1977); and Your Sweetness is My Weakness (1978); it’s hard to shed that image.NOT PARTY GUY Female fans at White’s concerts, he says, have been known to “throw hotel keys, house keys, on the stage .one lady took her brassiere off in front of the public” in Pittsburgh.But White says, “I’m not interested in grouping and I’m not interes- ted in parties ' Instead, he regards himself only as a catalyst in the “boy gets girl” scheme of love.“My image of me is that Barry White is a friend to the guys who use his music to catch the girl.” While his booming baritone voice on ballads has become a trademark of sorts, White chose not to rely as heavily on slow songs on his latest album, Barry White: The Man is Back.It is his first LP since 1987’s The Right Night and Barry White.On the new album, White has gone with the flow of the fast-paced times and included a fair amount of up-tempo beats and dance grooves.“I had to capture that youngsounding thing plus the traditional Barry White thing.I’m getting the old and the new, everywhere.On this album, I tried to merge the old wisdom with the new knowledge.” NEW AUDIENCES When asked if he was afraid he might lose one audience to satisfy another, he acknowledged “those audiences are going to move on, but there’s always a new audience.If you’re serious about your craft, they will come to you.” With that in mind.The Man is Back is a nine-song smorgasboard of violins, flutes, and computerized drum machines.The first side has a youthful, contemporary appeal in the tunes 550,000 people work hard to protect Canada’s endan species.^ Whoc Gins a You can help too.For mote information contact.Canadian Wildlife Federation 1673 Catling Avenue Otlowa, Ontario K2A 3Z1 (6131 725-2191 Responsible, Super Lover, and Wanna Do It Good To Ya.The second side mellows the listener with White's voice cooing on such ballads as It’s Getting Harder All the Time, Don’t Let Go, and a remake of the classic Good Night My Love.JAILED IN YOUTH Barry Eugene White was born in Galveston, Tex., on Sept.12, 1944.Raised in Los Angeles, he eventually became a member of a gang called The Businessmen during his early teens and was once arrested for stealing almost $30,000 worth of tires.After seven months in jail, he performed his first show in 1960.He considers himself lucky to have gotten out of the L.A.gang wars, unlike his brother, Darryl, who was shot to death in 1983.White had his first million-seller at age 27 with Walking in the Rain With the One I Love.Next came I’m Gonna Love You Just a Little More Baby from the 1973 album, ’ve Got So Much to Give.From 1984 through 1986, he took a much-needed respite.Having entered the music business at 16, White says, this coming December will mark his 30th anniversary in the business.KEEPS CONTROL And in those three decades, White, who owns nine publishing companies, several production companies and his own record label, has learned much in an industry he likens to an animal.“1 own things because i under stand the animal that I'm dealing with.When you hit that iagei 45, and that 50.that s when artists start to get scared.What am 1 going to do now “I work in Hollywood, I’m not of Hollywood " No matter what style Barry White chooses to follow, his voice is the thing.This was exemplified by a young female security guard who opened a stage door, recognized the bearded figure dressed in black, and said shyly: “Mr.White, I just love your voice.” TOWNSHIPS WEEK—FRIDAY.SEPTEMBER 21.1990-5 Centennial Theatre announces an exciting new program By Claudia Villemaire LENNOXVILLE - Entertainment has come of age in the Eastern Townships.At least it seems that way as various organizations launch their fall and winter programs with an unbelievable variety of events that will keep the entertainment fiend running in circles all season long.One prime example of programming that shows a flair for entertainment of quality and variety is the recently unveiled Centennial Theatre Program Series.Luce Couture, ably assisted by Vera Ménard, has probably come up with what can be viewed as a stroke of genius.As program director.Couture must first come up with ideas about events, shop through a maze of agencies and public relations people, keep a sharp eye on budgets and prices, and present theatre-goers with the widest possible variety of events.“We feel we've really come up lucky this year." she says with just a hint of a smile on her face.There are four different series scheduled.The interesting facet of three of them is the association which links up Centennial Theatre with the University of Sherbrooke’s Centre Culturel.“We have the Big Sound Series, one which can use to full advantage the size and scope of the Centre Culturel." says Couture.Performers include the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra and the Woody Herman band.Tickets for the series are available through subscriptions which incorporates services of the Centre Culturel box office and Ticketron."By teaming up this way.we both get the advantage of television advertising as well as more publicity on radio and in the printed media.That means quite a bit to us because publicity is always so expensive." Couture says.There's a Dance Series, also in association with the Centre, two children s concerts and.of course, specialty groups featuring the finest in classical music.the new program, more so than they have ever been in the past.There will be meet-the-artist receptions on stage following each concert in the Classical series.This extra touch to an already pleasant evening of entertainment has won great favor since the receptions began last year.Actually stepping onto the stage to meet the musician who has held your rapt attention for two hours is really quite a thrill.The Children's Series is particularly interesting: it features the adorable Potato People, and famous mime artist Bob Berky who gets a laugh out of the most somber spectator.And of course the younger set.mainly students and lovers of rock and roll, will not be disappointed this year.October 18.great sounds will be bouncing off the walls when Vancouver's Spirit of the West appears on Centennial's stage.This will be the first of many rock concerts presented over the course of the season.Then again, what better way to start a season than with the down-to-earth country sounds of Stompin’ Tom Connors! He comes to Centennial Oct.1 complete with his Canadian flag backdrop and his plywood stompin’ square.Just before Christmas, 1’Or-chestrc de chambre de 1'Estrie will star as accompanyists in the pit when the Centennial presents a silent movie in the grand old style.The showing will even feature live sound effects.The event is a benefit concert.And there'll be a reception on stage for this one, too! That’s not all.Centennial Theatre has taken the bull by the horns, so to speak.English-speaking movie fans in the Townships now have their very own theatre where English movies.first-runs whenever possible, will be presented on the most high tech screening facility outside of Montreal.A 42-foot screen, requiring reels of film that stand over three feet tall, puts the viewer in the midst of the action whether it's a torrid love scene or the scariest horror.Just having such a theatre is a compliment to the region — bringing back memories of yesteryear when going to movies was a major outing.And, oh yes.The new movie facility comes complete with lots of popcorn and refreshments — the way it’s supposed to be."So.this year, we have more series.more shows and a program that we hope will delight people of all ages from every corner of society." says Couture.Subscriptions are reasonably priced: for example, the Big Sound Series is $40 and includes three $20-concerts; the Dance Series is $50 and includes four events.Single tickets are also available at the box offices of both theatres, which also take reservations anytime.Box office hours are Monday to Friday from 9 to 4:30, and all day on performance days.Call (819) 822-9692 for one or more series subscriptions.Visa is accepted.Many famous artists are part of lan Gaskell and Luce Couture are pleased with the final line—up of cal wizard, and instigated the new big-screen facility which puts the events at Centennial Theatre this year.Gaskell is the theatre's techni- viewer right in the middle of the action.'•«* :> • W-sjpQ 6—TOWNSHIPS WEEK—FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1990 New PBS season —everthing from a cappella to zoos By Stephen Nicholls CP Television Writer Three little letters have been known to send shudders up the spine of the diehard couch potato: PBS.Imagine, television without commercials.Not only that, it’s actually good for you.But, as they say in those breakfast-cereal ads on commercial TV, just because it’s good for you doesn’t mean it has to taste bad.The Public Broadcasting System, available from U S.stations on cable to more than five million Canadian households and by antenna in border areas, serves up a menu that’s enlightening, provocative and, believe it or not, entertaining.The offerings range from the superb dramas of Masterpiece Theatre and the intriguing suspense of Mystery! to the in-depth reporting of Frontline and the M acNeil-Lehrer Newshour and the stunning photographic studies of Nature.If you're game to do yourself some good, consider sampling some of the fare that PBS is showcasing in the next couple of weeks.Here’s a look at the highlights: How does a modern film-maker chronicle a war that happened in the pre-camcorder age, before newsreels and without any veterans around to interview?How does Ken Burns do it?Magnificently.The Civil War, an 11-hour documentary starting Sunday night on PBS, tells the story of the war that split and eventually forged the United States.The series begins in 1861 with the events that led up to the warr and ends four nights later with the assassination of Abraham Lincoln.Burns skilfully blends fact and commentary, sound and picture.The comprehensive historical narrative is vividly illustrated with archival photographs and paintings.These come alive with background sound effects — thundering horses, battle cries, cannon blasts — and music ranging from the Battle Hymn of the Republic to Appalachian fiddling.But what really breathes life into the series is the dramatic reading of excerpts from newspapers, speeches, letters and diaries of participants and observers — from politicians and society matrons to generals and soldiers in the field.Sam Waterston provides the voice of Lincoln, with Julie Harris as the president’s wife and Jason Robards as Gen.Ulysses S.Grant.Others lending their voices include Jeremy Irons, Kurt Vonnegut, Hoyt Axton and Colleen Dewhurst.Rising 30 metres from the ocean floor along the California coast, a dense forest of kelp teems with the likes of horn sharks and bat rays.PBS’s Nature series, dedicated to revealing “the beautiful and the hidden in the natural world,” kicks off its season Sept.30 with Seasons in the Sea, a study of the kelp forest through which some 18,000 grey whales migrate each year on their way to mating grounds.Later that night, Masterpiece Theatre features Michael York, Patricia Hodge and Michael Gambon in an adaptation of Elizabeth Bowen’s novel The Heat of the Day.In the 19th century, zoos were often regarded as animal museums, or even furry freak shows.Today’s zoos are playing an urgent role in saving endangered wildlife.That’s the angle explored by the Oct.1 instalment of The Infinite Voyage, a PBS series of periodic specials examining new directions in science.On the leading edge, today’s zookeepers are experimenting with domestic cats and cows as surrogate mothers of more exotic species.PBS’s science show Nova kicks off Oct.2 with a comedy-thriller reenactment of a true incident in which an astronomer tracks down a computer hacker who is selling sensitive information to the KGB.Clifford Stoll, the astronomer who wrote the best-seller The Cuckoo s Egg based on his experiences, plays himself.Later that night, Frontline, with Bill Moyers, takes a look at the export of toxic waste, focusing on two brothers who, one investigator says, “are to hazardous waste what the James brothers were to bank robbery." Race to Save the Planet, a 10-part series on the environment, starts Oct.4 on PBS.With Meryl Streep as host and Roy Scheider as narrator, the first episode looks at the evolving relationship between man and nature.Mystery! opens later that night with a new case for Hercule Poirot, Agatha Christie’s Belgian detective.Poirot tracks down the theft of plans for a new British fighter plane.Great Performances starts a new season on PBS on Oct.5 with a show on a cappella singing groups.Hosts Spike Lee (Mo’ Better Blues) and Debbie Allen (Fame) present a range of a cappella sounds that includes Take Six, Ladysmith Black Mambazo, Rocka-pella, the Mint Juleps, True Image and the Persuasions.Where the Heart Is — a video hit By Christopher Johnston The Canadian Press The bittersweet comedy Where the Heart Is (Touchstone), which spotlights a group of spoiled young adults trying to make it on their own, is a high-spirited combination of satire and silliness.Although the main message of John Boorman’s film — to get on in life you must co-operate with others — is one taught to toddlers by Sesame Street, getting it here is a whole lot of fun.Much credit lies with Dabney Coleman who plays demolition expert Stewart McBain with great wit.McBain behaves just like one of his bulldozers when he decides his grown kids should start coping for themselves.He boots them out of his house and into a dilapidated tenement.But when a takeover deal goes sour it’s his world that comes tumbling down.Thanks to the creativity of his artist daughter Chloe (Suzy Amis) who specializes in bizarre bodypainting, and the striking fashion designs of her friend Lionel (Crispin Glover), the grim building the kids occupy is transformed into a blaze of colors and warmth.Adding to the joyous mood are some oddball folk — including Canadian Christopher Plummer as a seedy out-of-work magician.Music Box (Caroico) — This timely drama about a modern war-crimes trial is riveting.Much of its power comes from a flawless performance by Jessica Lange as a defence lawyer bidding to clear her elderly father’s name.Although mainly a courtroom drama, director Costa-Gavras (Missing) widens its scope by concentrating on the turbulent father-daughter relationship.The drama includes a trip to Budapest where the key to the case awaits.A fine story smartly told, this release is not to be missed.House Party