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. Sciiiniti'illlllatiing Shandong leaves crowd gasping PAGE 26 -- WATERLOO CHRONICLE. WEDNESDAY. APRIL 18. 1984 Coral Andrews Chronicle Special Confucius say: Shan- dong Circus act best colorful and culturally entertaining acrobatic oven! lo cross Canada in many dynasties, In China, acrobatics is known as 'the hundred acts.' because it involves many skills including juggling, bal 4’ person 5 l tf twin You owe it to yourself to see these beautiful ships at least once in your life. 2 nights Montreal, 2 mghts Quehm City, m- lruducllun and tarewell dinners, VIP pa“ tor Tall Ships, sight- seeing, Thousand Island cruise, Insurance. Personally escort- ed by Tony Lewis with K-W departure. OTHER UPCOMING ESCORTED STERLING HOLIDAYS PROGRAMS: Atlantic City, Victoria long Weekend May 18-21 $259. 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Shandong is an as- tonishing troupe that can definitely stand on its own two feet, for repeated astounding acts of achievement. in fact, several adept members of this East- ern conglomerate can do anything with their feet 886-SI 1 1 '379 'iii presents to the point of hair-raising excite ment. Mighty Shen Ning, balances and juggles a 25-root high pyramid of lacquered Oriental chairs, on the soles of her petite feet, while Chair juggling has to be (me of the most visually stimulating performances ever ex- ecuted. partner Lu Lixin, adroitly performs various bending and twisting stunts ak the pile increases. Once at the top of the stupendous tower. Lixin defies death as she does an actual mttsuthstand' into a bouquet oi roses, with nothing else to support her. It's a real show 'itop- per and left many of the Centre audience teetering on the edge of their seats as the chairs occasionally watered also! Another less angst- ridden highlight, Was simply entitled Balanc- ing, featuring Liu Guangyi as he bal- anced a multi-tiered stack of glass filled trays, brimming with an Yuletidish arrange- ment of flowers and candles, all on the bridge oi his nose. (illiiierre's "iiiiiii'iiitiiiiiiit)uriiii- -m"" All dinners include fresh vegetables, rolls and butter. Call today for reservations. BY POPULAR DEMAND French Onion Soup Caesar Salad Prime Rib of Beef Dover Sole or Beef Wellington HERRE'S IS OPEN to! mm 1190-: on. Humid. Fine Dining tmasterfully prepared at your table) THURSDAY l FRIDAY ONLY 995 Choice Of STEAK HOUSE One wondered about the strength of this man's note and his neck, as hetwirled two fiery batons to com- plete this amazing feat. Springboard Flights was another example of neck and arm mus- cle power, as Liu Liam sheng, propelled li- year old twins Hu Jianxin, and Hu Yongxin through the air in backwards som- ersaults to catch them in his capable hands. The most refreshing thing about the show was the simplicity of the Shandong troupe itself. Tired and slip- ping up a few times at the start, from a gruel- ling coast-to-coast tour, the adept en- tourage always waved and smiled, striving to give only their best, and that's exactly what they did. Canadian tenor Mark DuBois, singing every- thing from Cole Porter to Rodgers and Ham- merstein, performs The Best of Broadway for the final Master- piece Series concert of the season Friday and Saturday April 27-28 at The Centre in the Square. A Mt-year-old Toronto native. DuBois has " ready carved a career in opera and as a so- loist for Pops concerts with several symphony orchestras performing selections from Broad- way shows by Cole Performances each evening are at 8 p.m. The concert will be performed again on Sunday, April 29 at 2: 30 p.m. for the Imperial Oil Promenade Series. Porter, George Gersh- win, Jerome Kern, Rodgers and Hammer- stein and Lerner and Loewe. A recording of one such concert with the Winnipeg Symphony, “An Evening with Rodgers and Hammer- stein." conducted by Erich Kunzel. is cur- rently on the market, His popular reper- toire also includes Gil- bert and Sullivan: The Mikado (Nanki-Poo). Yeoman of the Guard 'Tenor Dubois closes out Masterpiece concerts SPEOIAI. DINNER [THEATRE Advance Ticket Purchms for Kitchener-Waterloo Little Theatre‘s May 3,_4,_ , Afo,ff , " tndiortd Oak W. 'ttte-r Tickets: can KWLT 886-0860 Com. In the - 678-1570 ' we 'ttei, 744-5240 Then. an - ML. 8-0.. 07.50 4ng Moo. Anna». Mark DuBois Socc-hgFtigttComettytor Anttttmr-iottandAHtairFoot *aett-t3tetrtqrttt-ttmttt"t " I... “on "retrte and one-mm. “No 923: 'lease - lltie're His operatic career evolved from no less than eight leading roles in Opera School pro- ductions ranging from Mozart to Janacek. Since his Canadian Opera Company debut in 1978. DuBois has appeared in that Com- pany's productions of The Barber of Seville, Lehar's The Merry Widow and Mozart's The Magic Flute. (Fairfax). HMS Pin- afore (Ralph) and The Gondoliers (Marco). He has debuted with most of the major or- chestras of Canada, in- cluding those in Ot- tawa, Montreal. Town» to and Vancouver. His appearances also in- clude soloist with the San Francisco. India- napolis and Cincinnati Symphonies and with the Chicago Symphony at the Ravinia Fes- tival. DuBois' European performances include Italy with the RAI Orr <hestra of Milan and the Canadian Festival in L'Aquila, and The Daughter of the Regi- ment with the Northern Ireland Opera Trust. Tickets for the per- formance are $13.75, $11.75 and 89 with stu- dent/senior reduc- lions "