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____ OATHERINE McKINNON

Catherine McKinnon

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One of Canada's most popular

young singers, Catherine McKin-

ton has been booked to open the

Charlottetown’ Summer Festiv- ul’s newest feature; the Festival Cabaret Club.

Backed by a folk-rock group led by her accompanist Brian Ahearne, (‘they call themselves ‘The Badd Cedes'’) Miss McKin-

pon will singJuly 7, 8, and 9 as”

featured artist. The group will ‘also play for dancing.

The young vocalist's meteoric rise in Canadian showbusiness has established her as one of the brightest young starg in Canada: A regular on the Don Messer Show, and featured vocalist on the perennial summertime Hali- fax television production ‘‘Sing- along. Jubilee’, her clear sop- “ano voice and folk song inter- pretations have won her an in- ternational reputation. ~ : Several times during the past year she has made trips to Eng- land to cut records and appear

Following her Cabaret Club engagement : Catherine will make several appearances at the Summerside Lobster Carniv- al and~at-the Bay — Vista resort

motel will be taught by SN. Leasard

Souvenir

booklet

Thif season, for the first. time ‘the Festival publicity “depart- ment has put together a souve- nir booklet for sale inthe thea- tre lobby. ete

The book, printed tn Toronto through the generosity of Toth- man's of Pall Mall. ¢ ins in- formation on: Confederation

Centre and the Festival. produe and continue to a variety of dat- tions, and photos: and biograph-7es

“tex ofthe entire —compaty—ot over 40. professional

Se 4 fo Randel’s “Water Music’ and

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on British radio and television, and her “Voice of an Angel’ al- bum has heen a best seller on the Canadian market

Sunday conce works of the old masters:

Mozart's “Overture to Mar- Neptune. “and for the revive Concertmaster is New York

riage of Figaro’. and Haffner's “Symphony No %8"' will high light the inaugural concert of the Atlantic Orchestra July 17. conductor John Fenwick has an- nounced 2

F On July 31 the orchestra pre

sents @ salute te French Can- ada, including° works: by Quebec composers, to open the Summer Festival's “French Canada

Stravirisky's suite from the bal- let “Pulcinella” are scheduled for the third concert, Aug. 7

Harpist Phyllis Ensher of Ha- Hifax will be guest soloist for the Aug. 14 eoncert, arid the final concert, Aug %, will include Béethoven's Eighth Symphony. (Program for the Aug. 21 con- eert is not yet finalized.)

A highlight of all the orrhes

» tra concerts will he:a short spe-

elally commissioned work by a young Canadian eomposer. Con- tributing: artists are: Norma * Beecroft, Ann Eggiestone, John Fenwick, Srul Irving Glick, An- dre Prevost and Murray Scha- fet ; : PLAY THE PIT ‘ ‘The: Atlantic Orchestra, which will play the pit for the Festi- val's two musicals, “A of Green Gables” and ‘The\, Ad- ventures of Private Turver” ae well ae the Sunday night enn cert series, has heen formel ee pecially for the Festival Seven- teen of the musicians are mem- bers of the Halifax. Symphony: the rest are drawn mainiy from * Toronto and New York : Conductor “Jehn Fenwick !s agsistant artistic director of the Festival and ie ance again mn gie director, a position he held last mimmer. As permanent con diictor of the Halifax Symphone Fenwick (s a-musical rarity : the only Canadian born and trained conductot of a major Canadian symphonie organiza- tion. During his career he has

had a close association with theatre having done musica

direction at the Crest and the

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The smiling father, symbol of the _ 1966 Festival, graces the cover.

“Spring Thaw”. i Fen Watkin, assistant eonduct- or, comes to the Festival for the first: time. Trained at the Toron- to Conservatory of Music, Mr. -Watkin—plaved —several—seasons first association with Mavor : Moore was as assistant musical director for Moore's musieal “Sunshine Town" tn 1955. REHEARSAL PIANIST been rehearsal

pianist Yor the

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served long periods in the same capacity for Alan and Blanche —Lund—and_the- CBC. Since 1958. he has been assistant to Howard Cable on the General Motors In- dustrial Show:-Mr. Watkin Was musica) director for the 1985 western -tour of “Spring Thaw”, and Jast fall for the Toronto shows ‘She Loves Me” and “Mr. Sernoge’’. :

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Atlantie- Summer School of the Arts goes into operation.

. New to the school this year 's a course im creative writing by Dr. Earle Birney, the -author of “Turvey” and considered by many to be Canada’s finest poet: ballet classes by Sandra Laine ol the Centre's ballet school: « | eourse in design ‘by Aristides Ga- vetas, who this season taught stage design at the Nationa! Theatre School, and courses. in “‘musie education held in conju» ction with Mount Allison Univer- ' sity im Sackville.

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Irv- ing, director of dramatic arts for P.E.1.; and includes Fred Euringer, head ef the Queens

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Students enrolling im any of the courses will be using the theatre as a workshop, probably viewing Festival productions from backstage and having guest lecturers from the Festival com- SU a

The musie education elasses of Cornwall, Ont.; E. Liedtke, | Branmypten, Ont: and_ Sister | Mary. Winnifred of Charlotte- town._A course for church or- ganists and choir directors {s being conducted by Charlotte- |town organists _Geore Thomp- son and Christopher Gledhil!

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