Loreena McKennitt will be
performing at the R.E.M. Lee
Theatre in Terrace Nov. 30, on
tour to celebrate the release of
her new album, The Visit. Mc-
Kennitt is a beautiful singer, a
gifted musician and a thoughtful,
lyrical, composer, says Peter
Murphy, Toronto’s weekly news
and entertainment voice.

She is a formally trained multi-
media artist, having studied at
the Banff School of Fine Arts
and apprenticed at the Royal
Shakespeare Company in Eng-
land. McKennitt made her acting
debut in 1984 as a court musi-
cian in the Stratford Festival
production of The Two Gentle-
men of Verona.

McKennitt’s instrument of
choice is the Celtic harp and her
inspiration is derived from the
ancient music of the British
Isles. Each of the three albums
she has issued on her private
Quinlan Road label are steeped
in Celtic lore and tradition. She
is recognized mainly for her
hauntingly elegant harp arrange-
ments.

Her current national tour marks
the release of her fourth album,
The Visit. The keystone is her
conviction that the creative
impulse is a visit — that life
itself is a visit and indeed, one
full of mystery. The tour opened

Robin Hood
Starring Kevin Costner, Morgan

Freeman, Mary Elizabeth Mas-
trantonio. Produced by John Wat-
son, Pen Densham, Richard B.
Lewis. Directed by Kevin
Reynolds. Rating: PG13. Running
time: 144 minutes.

When Robin of Locksley (Cost-
ner) returned to England from the
Holy Wars it was to find his lands
confiscated and his father mur-
dered by order of the evil Sheriff
of Nottingham. He also has a price
on his head.

Along with his faithful friend
Azeem (Freeman), a Moor whose
life he once saved, Robin flees to
the only remaining refuge, Sher-
wood Forest. Not even the Sheriff
will venture into the forest, which
is said to be haunted. It’s there that
Robin meets John Little and his
ragtag band of outcasts. They join
forces, and Robin becomes Robin
Hood, robbing from the rich to
feed the poor.

Robin Icarns that the Sheriff of
Nottingham means to take the
throne of England from King
Richard before he retums from the
wars, and that Maid Marion (Mas-
trantonio), Robin’s childhood
friend, is in grave danger. It is up

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to Robin and his men to thwart the
evil Sheriff.

In spite of what the critics say,
this is a very humorous movie.

Fantasla
Animated. Rating: G. Running
time: 120 minutes.

A blend of magnificent music and version of the original, but with a

exhilarating animation, Fantasia is

with a Thanksgiving benefit
concert in her home town of
Stratford, Ontario Oct. 13, with
the proceeds going to Amnesty
International.

Musically, the new album

touches the earlier eastern influ-
ences of the Celts, an aural
reference to the likelihood that
they originated from as far away

Walt Disney’s most requested
film. It features a host of unforget-
table characters and images, such
as Mickey Mouse as the Sorcer-
er’s Apprentice. With it’s electri-
fying power, Fantasia has captured
generations of moviegoers all over
the world,

This is the meticulously restored

more up-to-date musical score.

al

Sing your way
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‘ the lyrics as they appear on video.

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as India and Persia before being
driven to the western margins of
Europe, the British Isles and
Ireland.

The musicians on the new
album include the regular mem-
bers of her band: guitarist Brian
Hughes, bassist George Koller,
percussionist Rick Lazar and
cellist Anne Bourne. Guests
include Hugh Marsh on fiddle,
Tom Hazlitt on bass, Al Cross
on drums and Patrick Hutchin-
son on uillean pipes.

The national tour completes a
year of almost continual activity.
In 1991, McKennitt maintained
an active concert schedule, many
of them solo appearances, per-
formed five concerts with her
band at the Edinborough Festival
in Scotland, was a delegate at
MIDEM (the annual music in-
dustry gathering in Cannes),
wrote the scores for three
National Film Board projects,
took part in a major benefit
concert in Toronto and wrote, .
played and produced the new
album.

Plans for 1992 have not been
finalized. Just prior to the
release of the album, McKennitt
laughed and said that there sim-
ply hadn’t been time to think
about it. But internationally,
requests for her music have
continued to grow.

A visit with Loreena Mc-
Kennitt is a reminder that some
values — warmth, caring, con-
cern and constructive activism
— remain constant.

Tickets are available at
Kermodei Trading and the
R.E.M. Lee Theatre. All seating
is reserved.

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