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It takes a lot of work to be The Best of Broadway, this year‘s show to be performed tonight by the Centre in the Square School for the Performing Arts. The 120 students enrolled (15 technical) in the School for the Performing Arts have been working long and hard to give the public their utmost. They are aided of course by the patient instinctive guidance of many talented teachers (Pat Swanâ€"music coach, Peter Mansellâ€"drama, Cindy Bynjasâ€" dance/choreography, Michelle Wilsonâ€"drama, and special guest lecturers including Larry Horowitz, Yuks Yuks comedian, Pam Grundy and Randy Glyn, Danny Grossman Dance School, Frank puppetry and so on. **What this course is really about is attitude," said drama teacher Peter Mansell of Bluevale eollegiate. ‘"There are no egos or prima donnas here, and no teacher makes petty situations. Everyone is relatively patient and the kids are taught how to act maturely in given professional condiâ€" tions." Attitude is stressed highly in this program, but so is coorâ€" dination. This intrepid entertainment reporter decided to become a student for a day. I soon discovered a newâ€"found dyslexia to do with the dance category when Pam Grundy and Randy Glyn of Danny Grossman‘s dance studio began their simple dance process from 9: 00. to 11: 00 Coral Andrews Chronicle Special "All we ever do is walk and dance, walk and dance," sighed one momentarily disgruntled chorus member as she and about 75 other students rehearsed the same scene for the umpteenth time that morning. â€" That‘s the secret of show business, and gruelling routines perfected to an artistic tee make the magic when opening night curtain rises and the show goes on. The work involved in tonight‘s presentation is monumenâ€" tal with the students not only learning stage ropes in this past month but a valuable lesson in life, social interaction, and respect. Entering the class at 10:00, I promptly lasted until precisely 10: 03. Students of all shapes and sizes started with the basics, a fourâ€"step to an eightâ€"step featuring an extension of modern dance rhythms call to the exotic percussion technique of Kitchener sessionman Greg Kozak. Pamela Grundy was a boyish petite powerhouse of a teacher, with reasonable leaps and strides not pushing students to the limit, but keeping them consistent. Gala wrapâ€"up performance planned _ by Centre‘s Performing Arts students 50"°QOFF She and Glyn led the class through a smooth progression SUMMER . DRESS SUMMER SUITS PANTS * sKIRTS NION@WION\ ® | 16 Union St. E., \¢ Waterlioo 743â€"7510 also a selection of Summer SHORTS, BLOUSES & Tâ€"SHIRTS HRS: Mondayâ€"Saturday, 1â€"6 Friday 10â€"9 _ While the Centre stage was 6ccupied with roller skaters hovering about the boards for a Starlight Express piece, the other group went to the Green Room for lunch break. The feeling of spirit and camaraderie was evident, as budding actors sat and discussed the pros and cons of the school. ‘"Overall, everyone really enjoys themselves," said Maryanne Reidstra of Elmira. "This is not the sort of stuff you learn in a normal situation. It‘s an excellent way to get in touch with professionals be it a theatrical or technical level." For the remainder of the afternoon one group took another Grundy/Glyn class (which I carefully avoided, to Betty Reiccha‘s dismay), the tech students worked on light and sound methods with Centre mastermind Karl Wylie, some went to Suddaby school in two segments, while others practised voice with vocal coach Pat Swan. At Suddaby, one portion rehearsed for their adaptation of the street scene climax from Rodgers and Hammerstein‘s West Side Story, and the other studied drama/improv with Michelle Wilson. of exercises, the last half of the class was spent learning the steps to jazz classic Nobody‘s Business. **Show ‘em your muscles," said Pam to the class now polishing the number to Grundy‘s standards and approval. In the Centre Studio, after lunch, dance captain Cindy Bynjas was now honing a razzâ€"aâ€"maâ€"tazz Broadway Tonight segment based on musical Funny Thing Happened on the Way To the Forum‘s Comedy Tonight. By the end of the threeâ€"hour session the group felt the inspiration and spirit from their instructor and the piece itself which should be a tight, bright version of this smash Broadway hit melody. Tonight‘s show lasts approximately two hours, but the benefits from this year‘s School for the Performing Arts will last a lifetime, as attitudes change, meaningful friendships are established and for those brave enough to decide that the stage is their only home, the show is just beâ€" ginning. **‘We‘ve got exactly five days until opening night," she boomed to the soloists and the chorus lines "so we have to work extra hard." **You can‘t stop ‘em once you get them going," cracks Bynjas as she rewinds the tape for yet another runâ€"through in a series of many to follow. The classes love it and her offâ€"theâ€"cuff attitude makes the work fun but always funny. WATERLOO CHRONICLE, WEDNESOAY. JULY Gowan {Continued from page 10) Centre in the Square concert. Where Gabriel is undeniably humble in the spotlight, Gowan appears to be the opposite. Gowan is no Gabriel and never will be. But the jamâ€"packed Centre in the Square didn‘t seem to care, and screamed in unison from concert start to finish. Ironically Tinkle, after hearing Gowan‘s debut album, plucked him out of the Canadian music scene and whisked him off to England to record his second smash album entitled Strange Anâ€" imal. â€" But with the ‘musician of musicians‘ lineâ€"up accompanying the Scottishâ€"born singer on his first effort, how could he miss? Better known as Peter Gabriel‘s core band, members Tony Levin, bass, David Rhodes, lead guitar, and Jerry Marotta, drums, participated in Gowan‘s Strange Animal release to make a tight and technically perfect product. The audience who obviously came to hear top 40 hit Strange Animal (Gowan wore his primal video garb for this reason) and Criminal Minds, plus Gowan‘s newest single were not disappointâ€" ed and got exactly what they came for. Both the album‘s title track and Criminal Minds (with an ingenious comic book concept video) became overnight hits. Gowan may have the Gabriel resources and vocals which often fall in the same unmistakable Gabriel or Phil Collins pitch, but there the comparison ends. Onstage Gowan is spry, moving about like a ravenâ€"haired piercing blueâ€"eyed cat. But he lacks the Gabriel wit, perception, and depth. His technique and stage processes are more conâ€" trived, controlled and predictable than his Genesis predecessor. But to those faithful Rhinegold followers, Gowan gave them ‘a little piano mustc‘, and this was the concert‘s definitive highpoint. After an encore performance of Strange Animal, Gowan returned with John Lennon‘s immortal anthem Imagine, a thoroughly unnecâ€" essary closing number, but naturally Gowan achieved the sobering effect he wished. Through all the Tâ€"shirts, buttons, ticket sales, and Gowanmania, the Coronet Crown Room is now likely just a faded memory in his super star status performing career. 5 â€" PAGE 29