CBC seeks
comedy
talent

In conjunction with this year’s
Comedy Festival being held in
Prince Rupert on the April
Fools’ Day weekend, CBC Radio
is running a province-wide
"COMICtary" contest, Short
submissions from the general
public on "the funniest thing
that ever happened to me" will
be judged by members of the
Royal Canadian Air Farce
comedy team during the festival.
The winner will become CBC’s
official "comictator" and will be
offered a contract to become a
regular comedy contributor to
the radio network, =
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Coffee house

down the drain

A coffee house organized by the
Northwest Community College
Students’ Association and
announced last week to take place
on March 30 has been cancelled.

The only explanation offered by
student association coordinator
Kim Cordiero was "circumsiances
that extend into the relative wierd-
ness",

Terrace Review — Wednesday, March 21, 1990 B15

APRIL FOOLS.., These are the faces that go with Canada’s best-known radio comedy voices, and they'll be performing

in Prince Rupert during the city’s second annual comedy festival March 30-April 1, ‘They are the Royal Canadian Air Farce’s
Don Ferguson, Luba Goy, John Morgan and Roger Abbott.

The best
Jrom
- the stacks. .

by Harriet Fjaagesund

Laugh it up in Rupert

Prince Rupert’s second an-
nual Comedy Festival will again
celebrate April Fool’s Day with
three days of shows, workshops,
contests und ‘othéf'*'foolishn-'~

past 17 years.

Friday’s program also in-
cludes Vancouver-based stand-
up comedienne Janice Ungaro,
who jokes about human foibles

tions’’. Happening at the Prince and the lighter side of life:

Rupert Performing Arts Centre aerobics classes, driving lessons,

on March 30, 31 and April1,the and childhood experiences.

All-New Hints From Heloise
A Household Guide for the 90’s
Adult non-fiction Published by Perigee Books

Festival is one of only three such
events held in Canada. Other
comedy festivals are in. Van-
‘couver and Montreal.

Songwriter/singer Laura
Janeshewski performs current-
events satire both Friday and
Saturday with different material

‘All-New Hints From Heloise is Heloise’s first new household-
hints book in almost a decade. The book is specifically geared for
today’s changing life-styles.

Heloise covers everything from home computers and telephone
answering machines to surprising new uses for. microwave ovens. -
An entire chapter is devoted to working couples. You'll also
find several useful hints on day care and sharing parenting

chores. -

There are suggestions on n setting up and organizing a home of-
fice, advice on organizing and cleaning the kitchen, how to care
for your VCR and CD player, and much more.

As well as time-honored and time-tested household hints from —
removing spots and stains to caring for household plants, Heloise
offers advice on using and maintaining household appliances that

did not exist a decade ago.

_ "All-New Hints From Heloise is organized by subject, and
cross-referenced with a comprehensive index. Practically

’ everything you need to know about home care, inside and out,
travel, entertainment, children, pets, and more, is right at your
fingertips. :

Your Baby & Chiid — From Birth to Age Five ©
by Penelope Leach
Adult non-fiction published by Alfred A. Knopf

‘The new edition of the classic book on child care has been
revised and expanded for the 1990’s. There is also a reference
section of special information on emergencies, first aid, safety,

-commoii illnessés, arid much more.

Topics cover everything from problems at birth to beginning
school. The author takes:you through those anxious first weeks
with the newborn, step by step, to your child’s first day at
school. :

There is a chapter that offers advice and suggestions on breast
feeding. And what to do when it doesn’t seem to be working.

Causes of crying, tantrums, phobias, fears and frustrations are
discussed. Sleeping patterns and problems are covered.

There are some excellent suggestions that take the fear and
frustration out of toilet training, for both you and your child,

The book is also illustrated with pictures and drawings.

* Other child care books by Penelope Leach are: The First Six
Months: Getting Together With Your Baby; Your Growing

_ Child: From Babyhood Through Adolescence; and Babyhood,

tion’, the Royal Canadian Air

have been heard every Sunday

Two completely different each night. She will be offering
shows on Friday and Saturday workshops at the Prince Rupert
evenings will feature this coun-—
try’s “national comedy institu-

Farce. These veterans of comedy

afternoon on CBC Radio for the
. . “
THE SIGN OF A

GOOD BUSINESS
NEIGHBOR...

THE SIGN OF
A MERCHANT
WHO CARES
ABOUT PEOPLE...

This emblem identifies
the civic-minded
businessmen who sponsor

Helene Wig.

in the community.

Vi — 635-5672

WELL DONE!

The Province of British Columbia congratulates the following local
artists who have qualified for the 1990 B.C. Festival of the Arts.

Junior Dance - Bernice Liu
Intermediate Dance - Brandy Crossie
Junior Vocal - Romy Maikapar
Intermediate Vocal - Joanne Greening
Senior Vocal - Tina Hovenkamp
Juntor Plano - Patrick Phillips
Intermediate Plano - Julle Lee
Junior Speech Arts - Glenys George
Intermediate Speech Arts - Joe Zucchiatti
instrumental
Junior Brass - Laura Ruth Carlson
Junior Woodwind - Erin Parr
Intermediate Brass - Scott Loptson
Intermediate Woodwind - Carmen Cebuilak
Senior Woodwind - Megan Walker
Senior Ensemble - Caledonia Brass Trio |

Saanich and Greater Victoria
May 23 - 27, 1990

Imagine the Celebration!

Performing Arts Centre on
March 3ist from 1:30 to 2:30
p.m. Two other workshops will
also be presented during the
weekend led by members of the
Air Farce.

Tickets to individual shows,
Festival passes and Happy Gang
rate tickets, are available in
Prince Rupert at Gordon and
Anderson Ltd. Out-of-town
patrons can phone Gordon and
Anderson at 624-4341 and
reserve tickets,

Erlinda — 635-6526

| Brenda-Lee — 635-2605

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Supported by the Province of British Columbia, Ministry of Municipal Affairs,
.Recreation and Culture througti the B.C. Lottery Fund.
Minister responsible: Hon. Lyall Hanson.

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