gen ob

as dance students of Vicki

Dance instructor Vicki .

very well,’’ she said.

Some of the dancers doing a ragtime dance to The Entertainer from The Sting were Shannon
Turner, Jason Parviainen and Natosha Morris.

"TERRACE - — The legen-.
dary Queen of Country

Music, Miss. Kitty Wells,
performed a series of con-
..¢gerts across the Pacific

Northwest, reaching com--

munities such as Prince
Rupert, Smithers, Burns
‘Lake and Terrace. Long
time fans say, ‘It was an
honor to be in the pre-

sence of Miss Kitty Wells. -

by Daniele Berquist

- Master of ceremonies
- for all. three shows, Mike:

_ ‘Ried, said he was most im-
pressed the country artist.

. “Bven. though Miss. Kitty
Wells was tired after each -

- of her. performances, she
- took time to sign auto-
graphs.’’ Ried added that
Kitty stayed ‘to: talk with
everyone until the last fan
had gone home.

Approximately 680 peo-
ple turned out at the REM
Lee Theatre in Terrace to
hear songs made famous
‘by the country queen. Her
repertoire included hits
like “It wasn’t God who

gels,” -

made Honky Tonk An-
the song which
gave Wells her . break-
through in 1952. Other
songs which brought back
many memories for a lot
of people were, Making

Believe, Lonely Side of

Town, and How far is
Heaven, which: made the
top 10 country charts over
the years.

~ Featured with Wells was
her husband of almost 50
years, Johnny Wright,

from the Johnny and Jack
country duo. Ried said the
crowds gave the couple a

- standing ovation. When

asked their recipe, for a
long lasting friendly mar-
riage, they each replied, it
had to do with the respect
they have for each other as
individuals, |

Their son, Bobby

Wright was also part of |
the stage show. He made

the audience laugh with
his unique style of enter-
taining. Bobby said grow-
ing up with Miss Kitty
Wells, was just like any

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other household. “It
never dawned on me, that
Mom was a superstar, or
anything like that’’. Even
though. his parents were
on tour 200 days a year,

TERRACE = siTops",

produced in Terrace by

- various . church groups,

has. experienced - -a: large.

B.C, |
Saturday, J une 6 is your
last chance to see the play

‘at the REM Lee Theatre.

Tickets are on sale now
at Something Good Book
Store. Don’t miss it. This
is truly an - entertaining
comedy, with an. impor-

by Daniele Berquist

It’s been 12 years that
Parviainen Dance students
have been performing at
the REM Lee Theatre.
However,the’ dance in-
structor recalls when their
first show, 16 years ago,
was held at Skeena Junior
Secondary School.

All the participants felt
Terrace was very fortun-
ate to have a centre such
as the REM Lee Theatre.

Parviainen said the
dance students had been
working on their act since
vearly this year.

Master of -Ceremonies,:

Warren Wilson spoke of
the early days of Par-
viainen,
daughter Tania first
started dancing. This fall
she will be attending col-
lege in Prince George. The
mother — daughter.team
plan on. exchanging videos
in preparation of the 1988

‘Bobby. recalls Kitty and
Johnny as always being
there. If Mom and Dad
went away, and we
couldn’t go, there was
always Grandma, who

Bobby Wright, Johnny. Wright's son, entertained with styte.-

“success across =.northern va.

when her’

ple are involved as_stu-

dents in the play. Coor-.”

dinators are, Sheilah Mc-
Cullough,. Irv Grypstra,

Bob. Shatford, Marg

Corp, Nan: Shears and
Colleen Froese. Mc-
Cullough said the show
has already ‘appeared’ in

to all who worked so hard .

“of tthe a which w will be
_, available for purchase. ‘by
a the. general public.) |

 protnaticy 20 eg

McCullough said. athe
group was also invited to
perform later this summer
at the Performing Arts

Centre in Prince. Rupert, -.

bit they had to decline the
invitation. ‘It's. too bad
we had to say no.:Some of
our actors are. moving
away, or going to Univer-
sity, or getting married’?

support”’, she concluded.

Tania and Vicki Parviainen perform in “Estuduntala Waltz”, a
Spanish character ballet, for the opening number of Dance

Revue 87.

. Kitty Wells takes time out for fans |

looked after us, me and

my two sisters, Ruby and
Carol-Sue. Bobby added,

“Kitty to me was always |

plain old Mom”.

When. on stage, Bobby.
said something snaps in-

side of him. ‘I enjoy the
live participation with the
audience’, just like his .
dad. .

Kitty Wells and Johnny

- Wright’s grandsons were.

also part of the troupe,
accompanying their

grandparents as part of

the Tennessee Mountain
Boys.
Wells, whose real name

was Muriel Deason, grew
up in Nashville, . She. re-
ceived her stage name,
courtesy of her husband,
Johnny picked up the
name Kitty Wells from an _
old folk song, while work-
ing, at WNOX radio sta-
tion in 1943, Kitty. added, ~
“Yes some close friends
and family still call me
Muriel, but for the most
part, I’m Kitty’.

Over the years, the
Queen of Country Music
received many awards,
said Ried. ‘‘For over 10
years, various poles voted

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; ‘tant message. 7 Prince -Rupert, Kitimat, nee miss the closing
y Smithers and Hazelton, night. of .HiTops, this
sf _by Daniele Berqulst However, she said the first. Saturday, June 6 at: the
a} 3 a “The show opens with presentation was at.Veri- REM Lee Theatre in Ter- —
.: Comedy show “HITops” will be performing this Saturday; June 6 at the R.E.M. Lee Theatre at 8:00 high school kids all tas School.in Terrace, at race. Tickets are available
* p.m. Tickets are on sale now at Something Good Book Stora. The play was produced in Terrace rushing to get ready to go which close to 200 people at Something Good Book
oi ‘and has already appeared In four other communities In northem B.C. A video is presently being ~~ tq a concert, by HiTops. It attended. McCullough Store at $3 each. Don’t
* made which wiil be available to the general public. _ Phato dy Daniele Berquist. i funny, warm, and no- said a-video is being made miss i! ‘
: udience views Dance. Revue 8
7 } TERRACE —.Dance Re- Parviainen, performed in Parviainen stated the “Bach dancer worked Dance Revue. behind the scenes.to make
| vue -‘87, in it’s sixteenth front of a: large audience show included 64 dancers. very hard, and the au- — Parviainen would like the show. a success. “‘We
year, was again a success at the REM Lee Theatre. - “I felt the evening went dience could see that.” to give aspecialthank you appreciated everyone’s - 7