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ats Expo 67
A special report

By N. E. STORY

hee biggest world event in 1967—THAT
Centennial notwithstanding—promises to
be the Montreal World’s Fair. Expo’s only ap-
parent competition will be the Soviet Union’s
50th anniversary celebrations. Expo 67 (April
28 to Oct. 27) is the first Category “A” fair

ever held in the western hemisphere and the
first anywhre since Brussels in 1958.

Everybody but everybody will be there —
with the odd little exception like the world’s
biggest country, shut out right at the begin-
ning by hasty accreditation of Chian Kai-shek’s
fascist rump government in Taiwan. Another
inflammatory move is accreditation of South
Vietnam (but not the North. Oh no, no! We're
neutral!)

Nevertheless, the biggest pavilion after
Canada will be that of the Soviet Union. These
and pavilions sponsored by the United States,
Eastern European and five or six dozen other
countries will present industrial, commercial
and artistic exhibits, national cuisines, films,
musicians, etc., etc. The line-up makes one’s

head spin — how to find time and money for .

So many wonderful events! Perhaps time is the
biggest obstacle, since most things inside the
grounds are free ... after you’ve bought your
Passport, as the admission tickets are called.

Prices are cheaper before February 28 (later
prices in brackets) : daily-$2 ($2.50) ; one week-
$7.50 ($12); six months-$22.50 ($35). There
are many ticket outlets in Canada and abroad,

THEATRE

* May: Theatre de France (1-13), Halifax Nep-
tune (8-13), Cameri (15-20), Theatre du nouveau
monde (15-27), Bristol Old Vic (29-June 3).

* June: Centre dramatique romand & Theatre
de Carouge (5-10), Teatro Stabile di Genoa (12-17),
Rideau vert (26-July 8).

* July: La Comedie de St. Etienne (17-29).

* September: Rideau de Bruxilles (4-9), Theatre
national de Be due (5-9), Manitoba Theatre Cae
(18-23).

* October: Charlottetown Festival (2-7), Cana-
ae Stratford (16-28), British National Theatre
18-28),

DANCE

* May: Ballet de Vingtieme siecle (9-13), Aus-
tralian Ballet (23-27).

* June: Royal Ballet (7-10).

* July: New York City Ballet (2-5), Paris Opera
Ballet (25-29).

__* August: Bolshoi Ballet, Royal Winnipeg Ballet
(29-Sept. 2).

* September: Martha Graham Dance Co. (25-30).

* October: National Ballet of Canada. (24-28).

CINEMA

The Montreal International and Canadian Film
Festivals will be tied in with Expo (Aug. 4-18), with
many world premieres and film delegations of stars
and directors from abroad. There will also be an
extensive retrospective festival of animated films.

or you can write directly to Expo 67, Montreal.
An interesting comparison with New York’s
recent junior-size ‘‘world’s fair” is that their
ticket sales took one year to pass the $1,000,000
mark; whereas Expo 67 reports $15,000,000
cash in hand after eight months.

Inside the grounds, at Place des Nations,
there will be “National Days” every Tuesday,
Wednesday and Thursday. These will include:
Czechoslovakia (May 16), and Kenya (May
30). During June: Ceylon (21), Eve of St Jean
Baptiste and Quebec (23-24), India (28), Demo.
cratic Republic of the Congo (29); July: Japan
(12), Uganda (13), Tanzania (20), Cuba (26);
on Aug. 15, 16 and 17, the U.S.S.R. Ukraine
and Byelorussia; and on Sept. 20, Yugoslavia.

Nearly 200 works of art will be on view at
the $1,500,000 Art Museum, dating from early
Chinese through Renaissance, French Impres-
sionist and contemporary artists. Many nation-
al pavilions will have their own art exhibitions
(50 items in the French, 140 in the Soviet) and
modern sculpture will be placed around the
grounds. Free film shows will be a part of many
pavilion presentations, ranging from multi-
screen efforts commissioned for Expo (some of
which move the audience around), to (at least
in the USSR’s 600-seat theatre) famous film
classics. Make a special point of seeing the
films at the following pavilions: USSR, Tele-
phone, CPR-Cominco, Canada, National Film
Board, Man the Explorer, and Man the

Instrumental & Choral

* April: McGill Chamber Orchestra.

* May: Montreal Symphony (6), Red Army
Chorus (15), Amsterdam Concertgebouw (17-19).

* June: Melbourne Symphony (6-7), Orchestre de
la Suisse romande (19-21), Bath Festival Ensemble
(22-27).

* July: Collegium Musicum of Zurich (7-8),

_ National Youth Orchestra of Canada (21), Jeunes-

ses musicales.

* August: USSR Festival of Arts (5), Verevka
Company, Soloists of the Ukraine and Byelorussian
Company (16-20).

* September: Munich Bach Choir & Orchestra

Model of the Canadian Pavilion at Expo.

Producer.

La Ronde will be the play area, with the
Gyrotron Ride getting the top billing, while a
free ‘mass transit system will cover most of
the 1,000-acre site. Food will be a major entice-
ment. Although there will be 38 Expo res-
taurants and 51 snack bars, readers are advised
to save their appetites for restaurants in the
various national pavilions. Among the most in-
teresting already announced are restaurants
in the Canadian, Czech, Indian, Scandinavian,
Swiss and Soviet pavilions. Biggest will be that
of the USSR with six indoor and outdoor din-
ing areas seating 1,000 persons and serving,
among other delicacies, 8 tons of cavier. An
estimated 21,000 parking spaces will be adja-
cent to Expo ($2 for 24 hours) and-a large
number of campsites are being built near Mon-
treal. The Fair also offers Logexpo, a mail-
order housing service. ;

Over 10,000,000 visitors are expected to Expo
67. They will be offered 5,000,000 tickets to
more than 20 artistic presentations and spec-
ulars at three theatres, an auditorium and a
stadium—all outside Expo grounds. A prelimi-
nary list of artistic events is published below.

Ticket sales for entertainments will begin in
November. Anyone may receive full informa-
tion by writing to:

The World Festival, Publicity Dept., Expo
67, Cite du Havre, Montreal, Canada.

(23-24), ORTF Orchestra (25-29), Vienna Philhar-
monic, New York Philharmonic (30-Oct 1).

* October: Czech Philharmonic (2), Czech Cham-
ber Groups (9-14). :

OPERA

* May: Stockholm Royal Opera (30-June 4).
* June: Hamburg State Opera (13-18).

* July: Montreal Symphony Opera oe
* August: Bolshoi Opera.

* September: Vienna State Opera (4-12, English
Opera Group (18-30).

* October: La Scala (7-15), Canadian Opera
Company (17-21).

Miscellaneous &
Unannounced Dates
Lincoln Centre Music Theatre (May 1-13), Pop

- Goes Australia (May 29-June 6), Swiss Gala (Aug.
1-13), Czech Pops & Black Theatre (Aug. 28-Sept.

2), Israeli Festival (Sept. 10-16).

Mormon Tabernacle Choir, Los Angeles Philhar-
monic, Les Grands ballets canadiens, Kabuki
Theatre, Royal Thai Dance -Co., Troupe nationale
folklorique tunisienne.

Program at the 25,000- seat Automotive Stadium
for sports and spectaculars includes: Ringling Circus
(May 16-28), Soccer Tournament (May 31-June 11),
Tatoo ( late June), Leonidoff Flying Colors (July —
11-30), Lacrosse, Track & Field (early August),
Gendarmerie francaise (Aug. 21-Sept. 9), World
Horse Spectacular (Sept. 16-30), Great Western
Rodeo (Oct. 6-15). There will also be outside events,
such as the Canadian Open Golf Tournament (June
29-July 2) with $200,000 prize money.

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