Ray. Charles, genius at. PNE |

Born in log-cabin poverty
in the Deep South at ‘the
start of the depression.
Blind at the age of seven.

. And a man whom Frank

Sinatra describes ds “the
only genius © in our
business”.

That’s s Ray. Charles, who
will be appearing . at’ the
Pacific Coliseum at 8 p.m.

. on’ August 27 as part of the

_ “Star Spectacular” line-up -

for the Pacific . National
Exhibition (August 21
through September 6).

The Vancouver audience
will be hearing an _en-
tertainer whose triumphs as
an artist are thé reverse
coin to the personal
tragedies’ which have
plagued him.

He was born in Albany,.

Georgia in 1930 and moved
to Florida six years later: It
was. in Florida
glaucoma claimed his sight
and he was sent to St.

BORN WILD

1968 Stars Tom Nardini, Patty
McCormack. With the support
of a liberal minded girl, a
Mexican youth tries fo get the
minority students organized.
PRIDE AND THE PASSION

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leader and band recapture
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MAN ON A STRING .

1960 Stars Ernest Borgnine,
Kerwin Mathews, Colleen
Dewhurst. Man, whose father.
escaped from behind the Iron
Curtain, is forced to work: with
Russian espionage agents. ©
SMOKY ©

1946 Fred MacMurray, Anne
Baxter, Burt Ives, Bruce Cabot.
Man’s love for a horse and the

that.

Augustine's School for the

Deaf and Blind in Orlando.
There he learned to read
and write braille, to type, to
play a limited classical
repertoire on the piano and
to make mops and brooms.

Then came years of
“struggle to make it as a
successful musician and it
was not until 1954 that he
made his first national hit,
“T Got a Woman”,

The rest is history.
“Georgia on my Mind”,
“Ruby”, “Hit the Road,
Jack” and “I Can't. Stop
Lovin’ You” ... are just a
few of the songs made
memorable by Charles.

Critics have said that the
genius of Ray Charles is in
his baring of his person, of
his soul, with its wounds and
scars to an audience,

Charles himself says:
“Soul is like electricity, like
a-spirit, a drive, a power.”

Wonderful; “wonderful,
That is how millions of

fans describe Lawrence:

Welk and his Musical
Family..

And they'll be out in force
at the Pacific Coliseum on
August 23 when Welk adds
his champagne music to the
Star Spectacular line-up.

The . Pacific National

‘Exhibition this year runs

from August. 2ist through
September 6th.

The Lawrence ‘Welk Show

unthinkable. today! Welk's
“fans are some of the most

has been a weekly ‘‘must’’..

for television viewers
throughout North America
but suecess was not always
so sure.

During the early 30's, jobs

for his band were few and ~

far between. Once, he and ‘|°
his band drove two thousand -
_Mmiles to an engagement,

only to find the ballroom
closed and padlocked when
they arrived.

The Pacific Coliseum will ~

_ be welcoming a genius on

August 27th,

Tickets for his per-
formance are priced at $6,
$5.and $4 and are available
from. Vancouver Ticket

_ Centre and all their outlets.

Welk ‘had .to use all his ~
powers of persuasion and .

$75 he got. by pawning his

diamond: ring to convince _

the ballroom owners to give

him a try at his own ex- ~

pense!

——"

“THER f RE
PASSES ©

Tae Mee

ENTERTAINMENT, THE HERALD, Wed. Aug. 11, 1976, 9

Such an event would be

loyal in the world. For
someone who once faced a

locked ballroom, Welk has-

come a long way ... and
stayed on top for a ‘long
time. - oo,

Tickets for the: 8 p.m.

production are $8, -7 and -6

($1 off: ‘regular ~ price for
Golden agers).
They are available at

‘Vancouver. Ticket Centre

and all their outlets. Prices
include ‘PNE gates: ad-.
mission of $1.75 if purchased
in advance. —

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