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Friday, March 26, 1999 THE OAKVILLE BEAVERI n C i v J A I \ v D C n V C l \ Canada's best recording stars come to town By Carol Baldwin ENTERTAINMENT EDITOR JeffLumby, formerly the 'morning man' for Y95 then for CISS FM, spent years spinning the discs of Canada's top recording stars. Then, four years ago, he got to meet many of those stars when he hosted the first annual Alan Frew and Friends concert in Oakville. "Last year was a thrill to meet Lighthouse and actually go to one of their rehearsals before the concert as well," says Lumby. "That was fun, because that's one of my all- time favourite bands in Canada. They've been around since the early, early '70s." And he got hooked, not just on the live music of these talented entertainers but on their generosity and the impor­ tance of the cause that gets them back together each year. Lumby says his friend, Ken Hadall, the co-ordinator of this star-studded event, introduced him to the benefit con­ cert and the cause; and he's been part of it every year but one, when he was on vacation. "Last year Mike (Richards) and I emceed it together, and it was a lot of fun. We really had a great time," says the well-known Oakville resident. "And the cause has always been a great cause. This time it's for Camp Trilli­ um and the Rose Cherry Home...It's the getting together of all these people for that cause. It just makes for a real rewarding evening." Lumby says he's taking a break from the radio busi­ ness, for the time being, to open a talent agency in Toron­ to with his wife. "It's just taking up every ounce of my time," he says of the new business. "I'll be managing the office of my wife's company - doing the books and running the audi­ tions. And that's a lot of fun...And I'm building a reception desk in my workshop. It's giving me a lot of dif­ ferent challenges right now." Giving up radio has also afforded Lumby an opportunity to spend more time on The Red Green Show. "This season I'll be a contributing writer on the show as well as my normal char­ acter," says the 40-year-old, explain­ ing that although he didn't plan his exit from radio, it's turned into a pos­ itive move for his career. "It's really easy to sit back and mope about things; but I find it easier to look ahead at the new world of opportunities, and there are just tons of opportunities," he says. "It's get­ ting to the point where I wouldn't have time for at job right now." As in past years, Lumby is hoping Alan Frew and Friends IV, will be another sold-out show. "There is T T i l ■ ■ ■ I (000 ANY FILM ANYTIME CINEPLEX O D E O N nothing of this magnitude in Oakville," he says of the con­ cert that will feature such entertainers as Susan Aglukark, Murray McLaughlin, Rik Emmett, Tom Wilson, Joan Kennedy, Lighthouse, Alfie Zappacosta, Ken Tobias, Ian Thomas, Sarah Pacheco, David Dunbar, MC Whitey, Ruth Sutherland, Jamie Warren, and a special reunion of Glass Tiger on Saturday, April 3rd at The Oakville Centre for the Performing Arts. Rounding out the evening will be celebrity presenters, Rob Hitchcock, Wally Zatylny and Dale Sanderson (repre­ senting the Hamilton Tiger Cats) and Olympians Mike Strange, Lisa Alexander, Brian Orser, Brian and Karen Stemmle, as well as champion curler Marilyn Bodough. Seating for Alan Frew and Friends IV is limited to 500. Tickets are $75 and are available by visiting or calling The Oakville Centre, 130 Navy St., 815-2021, from noon to 5 p.m. weekdays or from 2 to 5 p.m. Saturdays. Camp Trillium was established in 1984 to provide a camp environment for children with cancer and their families. The camp allows them the opportunity to go to camp and forget about cancer for a while. The Rose Cherry Home provides pediatric hospice care and respite ser­ vices to Ontario families with chil­ dren who have life-limiting or life- threatening illness requiring complex and technology-dependent care. This year the show is scheduled to be broadcast on ONTV on Sunday, May 2nd. Jeff Lum by M O W O P E N ! m m O P E N FR I., S A T ., S U N . THE DRIVE-IN TWIN THEATRES On Ninth Line - North of Q.E.W. & South of Highway 5, Phone 257-8272 l ^ ^ u a i i i i o N S C INEM AG UIDE _ _ _ ■ Three Tunes a Week SVER Entertainment NEWS & SPORTS OAKVILLE MEWS 171 SPEERS AT KERR STREET 844-4800 ^ O -^ll P A T C H A D A M S (PG) Fri.-Thurs. 7:10, 9:40 Sat. & Sun. 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