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Arts centre unveils new season plans By Karla Wheeler Live entertainment continues to thrive at the University of Waterloo, in spite of competition from Kitchener‘s Centre in the Square, according to officials of the University‘s Arts Centre. At last week‘s unveiling of the centre‘s upcoming season, Arts Centre general manager Dan Donaldson said the university had another successful season in 1980â€"81, even though it faced new competition from the Centre in the Square. o Over 60,000 people attended performances last season at the University‘s two theatres, Hu manities and Theatre of the Arts, and the Arts Centre was again able to "break even" without help from Ontario Arts Council subsidies, Donaldson said. "We‘ve been selfâ€"sustaining at the box office for four years," he said, and are the only universityâ€" based arts centre in Ontario able to make ends meet without grants. Dnaldson said. heâ€"sees the University of Waterloo and Kitâ€" chener‘s Centre in the Sguare as being complementary" rather than in direct competition. The increase in live entertainâ€" ment in the Kâ€"W area because of the Centre in the Square is good, he said, since it‘s "an awareness raising thing." If more good entertainment is available, then people will want to see live shows more often. "It starts to blossom," he said. And it was with this enthusiâ€" asm that Donaldson announced the university‘s 1981â€"82 profesâ€" sional entertainment season. The upcoming season is dividâ€" ed into four series, including music, dance, two stage series, as well as two live theatre series for children. In addition, there will be a number of special programs celâ€" ebrating the university‘s 25th anniversary, including a perforâ€" mance Oct. 26 of Billy Bishop Goes To War, starring Cedric Smith. The other special shows are yet to be finalized, Donaldson said. The Popular Music Series opens in the Humanities Theatre Oct. 20 with Canadian pianist, Andre Gagnon, followed by Jim Galloway and Quartet Nov. 24. Beth Anne Cole, a Canadian singerâ€"actress, performs in Janâ€" uary, and Bob Green‘s World of Jelly Roll Morton plays Feb. 20. The Yugoslavian Dance troupe, Frulica, opens the Specâ€" tacular Dance Series Oct. 1 in the Humanities Theatre. Then Les Ballets Jazz is featured Jan. 14, Entertainment followed by the high energy, Toronto Dancemakers Feb. 18. The Paviova Celebration with Joffrey Ballet star Staff Danias visits Waterloo in March. The regular stage program, called The Playful Stage Series this season, continues to be the strongest subscription series over the years, Donaldson said, and opens with the light musical You‘re A Good Man Charlie Brown presented by the National Players of Washington, D.C. in the Humanities Theatre Oct. 9. The hit revue, Toronto, Toronto is featured Nov. 19. Then on Mar. 1, the Tony Award winning play Sleuth, starring Barry Morse, is offered, followed by the New York production of Letters Home on Mar. 22. The Oneâ€"Man Series was in troduced last season, and will be repeated this year as the Virtuo so Stage Series, presented in the Stratfordâ€"like setting of the Thea tre of the Arts. U.S. actor John Bay pays tribute to Groucho Marx in An Elephant in My Pajamas on Oct. 3. Donal Donnelly, star of the Broadway â€" production â€"ofâ€" Eleâ€" phant Man presents a portrait of George Bernard Shaw in My Astonishing Self on Oct. 24. Then Canadian humourist Stephen Leacock is highlighted in Leaâ€" cock At Leisure on Jan. 23. And on Mar. 6, Maxim Mazumdar presents the melodrama, Oscar Remembered. The two children‘s series inâ€" clude Make Believe, for children preschool to 8 years old, and Imagination for 8 to 12 year olds. The Make Believe series offers a singâ€"along Children‘s Concert. Remembered. The two children‘s series inâ€" clude Make Believe, for children preschool to 8 years old, and Imagination for 8 to 12 year olds. The Make Believe series offers a singâ€"along Children‘s Concert With Fred Penner Oct. 3; Mr. Dressâ€"Up Nov. 28 Camerata Quartet with Red Riding Hood in January; Dancesmiths‘ miniâ€" ballet Coppelia in April, and a bonus performance Ruffle Cum Tuffle by Black Walnut Ballet in February. The Imagination Series feaâ€" tures the Paper Bag Players from New York Nov. 21; Young People‘s Theatre of Toronto with Beowolf Jan. 30; The White Raven with giant puppets Feb. 13; Nexus, a percussion ensemâ€" ble with music from many cul tures Apr. 3, and the bonus performance Mar. 27 of Carousel Performing Group. The Paviova Celebration figures prominently in plans for the new season of UW‘s Arts Centre, announced last week. The dance company‘s Starr Danias and Gregory King perform here in Autumn Bacchanale. Due to lack of fundâ€" ing, the Kitchenerâ€"Waâ€" terloo Community Orâ€" chestra is having a hard time staying afloat. Conductor Erna Van Daele of Waterloo says the orchestra is "being forced to run a relatively inéfficient, sloppy organization compared to what it could be with a little training and incenâ€" tive." Community orchestra woes lack of support By the Chronicle Staff The orchestra can‘t afford to pay any of its personnel, it has no money to invite guest artists, and is unable to buy new music. A shortage of dollars has also forced the group to cancel its summer seaâ€" son except for a perforâ€" mance during the Waâ€" terloo Days celebration in June. Sole supporter of the group is the city of Waterloo which has asâ€" sisted the orchestra to the tune of $6,000. In addition, the orchestra receives about $1,000 in membership fees from its 55 players, and ex pects to generate a further $800 in box of fice revenues this year. WA TERLOO CHRONICLE, WEDNESDA Y , MA Y 6, 1981 In an interview, Van Daele expressed conâ€" cern over the total lack of funding from the city of Kitchener. The city rejected an application last month for a $7,700 grant on the grounds that the orchestra was duplicating services alâ€" ready offered in the community by the Kâ€"W Symphony and the Kitâ€" chener Band. ‘"Those people don‘t seem to know what an orchestra is," said Van Daele. "We aren‘t a professional group like the symphony and un like the band we have a string section.‘" Van Daele said the orchesâ€" tra exists primarily for the playvers, who are involved in a learning process. Another funcâ€" tion of the orchestra is "tp provide free music for people in hospitals and old age homes who can‘t get to concert halls." The orchestra is in no immediate danger of folding. but Van Daele said she personally can‘t carry on as conâ€" ductor indefinitely without pay. "I‘ll hang in there for one more year and see what hapâ€" pens,"" she said. PAGE 13