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Tickets available at the Humanities Theatre Box Office (885â€"4280 ) and all other BASS outlets. Hours Monday to Frday I was shocked last week when it was announced that the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra folded due to financial reasons. Two days later there was a report out of Windsor that their Symphony Orchestra may have to close for the same reason. If it can happen in larger cities, then Kâ€"W area has to be extra vigilant to make sure it doesn‘t happen here. The Kitchener Waterloo Symphony in the Centre in the Square is the cultural crown jewel for Waterloo Country. The two coupled together provide our community with live musical entertainment of the highest quality. Every time I attend a performance, I can‘t help but notice how the visiting musical artists rave about the Kâ€"W Symphony and the acoustics of the Centre. Our Symphony provides 9,000 subscribers with a variety of programs such as: Masterpiece, Sunday Serenade, Kidstuff, Brunchmusik, Musical Notes, Pops, Crystal Chamber, Eight Decades Alive, Youth Orâ€" chestra and Specials. C * % nian is happy to socialize with the citizens at the popular Friday "Tea & Symphony" discussions while music director Victor Sawa of the youth orchestra represented Canada at the International Festival in Minnesota last summer. From a business point of view, the Kâ€"W symphony fills our restaurâ€" ants, hotels and retail stores with thousands of outâ€"ofâ€"towâ€" ners. It‘s the goose that lays the golden egg. So become a supporter of the Kâ€"W symphony by subscribing to a Series or make an annual donation. Phone 745â€"4711 or write P.O. Box 2187, Station B, Kitchener. Remember what happened in Vancouver and Windsor. Take action now. It doesn‘t stop there. Thanks to Shell Oil, the Kâ€"W Symphony offers School Concerts to primary and secondary pupils. Last year 8,800 students attended from over 100 schools from Waterloo, Wellington, Oxford, Brant, Grey, Bruce, Huron and Perth counties. Conductor Raffi Armeâ€" be well represented at the Lions 50th Anniversary with Gene Scisson, Ed Piwowarek, Don Willcox, Steve Cameron, Brian Morgan, Arthur Houc, and Bob Goldsâ€" worthy ... Curler Tom Hamilton of the B & P Club was the Waterloo rep on the Canadian touring team that beat Scotland for the first time in the "old country" . . . Don‘t miss the UW Arts Centre production of "The Importance of Being Earnest" Feb. 18 to 20 and the UW Arts Centre Gallery exhibition "Images from Nature" Feb. 18 to March 27 ... J.M. Schneider will be providing the delicatessen treats at the annual "Wine Tasting Evening" on Feb. 26 at the Kâ€"W Granite Club â€" for tickets phone 7424281 ... Watch for the Ballet British Columbia that will be performing at the UW Arts Centre on Feb. 24 under the direction of Reid Anderson and Annette av Paul ... Chairman Riddell estimates they need about 500,000 cubic meters of fill to complete the "new mountain" at Chicopee ski centre. I was really impressed when I skied there recently. Roundup: Waterloo optometrists Bruce Pierce and Valerâ€" ie Dippel are also talented musicians. Dr. Pierce plays his trombone in a Dorsey fashion while Dr. Dippel is a featured flutist in the upcoming production of "My Fair Lady" by the Jâ€"M Concert Band ... Zul Premji says the sales and rentals of Motor Homes is becoming a concern as the annual insurance rates can be as high as $3,000 . .. Rotarians will AROUND 1 0 W utth Ted Rooney Coral Andrews Chronicle Special Alex Mustakas, take a bow. As director of Kâ€"W‘s latest performing arts ensemble Mr. Moustache Productions, you have proved that dinner theatre can and does work in this area. Simon‘s main character is 15â€"year old Eugene Morris Jerome, a wisecracking kid with the second worst name in the world, who yearns to be writer, but is torn between a boyhood dream to play for the Yankees and adolescent urges to ogle the bare frontal extremities of his shapely first cousin Nora. Eugene cordially invites the audience into a typical week of his "unbelievable, incredible and completeâ€" ly fantastic private memoirs." Mr. Moustache‘s version of Neil Simon‘s tender autobiography, Brighton Reach Memoirs, is one of the best shows I‘ve seen on the live theatre roster this year. ~ Presented at the Victoria Park Pavilion, Brighton Beach rates with Kitchenerâ€"Waterloo Little Theatâ€" re‘s recent triumph, The Melville Boys, for punch and professionalism. Mustakas is wellâ€"known to Kitchener audiences. As current musical director, he is responsible for renewed sparkle in local Gilbert and Sullivan Society presentations over the past seasons. Mustaâ€" kas has applied that same insight to theatre. Again, it‘s a cut above. Director Mustakas picked a great cast. Nineteenâ€" yearâ€"old babyâ€"face WLU music student Bob Creightâ€" on IS Eugene Jerome. Poifect! Creighton‘s almost manic energy, was infectious, displaying genuine comedy knack. Watch out for this guy‘ Creighton was easily able to establish strong rapport with each cast member, from KWMP veteran Marianne Meichenbaum, marvellous as his mother, to livein cousin Laurie. Nineâ€"yearâ€"old Meredith Coulter, had a lot of fun with her winning interpretation of Eugene‘s bookworm relative whose incessant heart flutter was "likely in her brain." Tim Denis, as Eugene‘s older brother Stan, handled Simon‘s script with natural flair. Denis and Creighton wisely let the playwright do the talking, their intimate brother to brother chats, letting Bravo. Brighton Beach is solid proof that dinnerâ€"theatre works 11 a m to 5 30 p m . Saturday, 1 p m to 500 p m Simon shine in his hilarious intention. Yet, this two highly gifted actors often brought a lump to my throat, in several of Memoirs‘ warmest moments. It was so real In character compliment, Blanche (Susan Reidâ€" The Lighter Side) and Marianne Meichenbaum, proved effective. This role was a plum for Meichenâ€" baum, worthy of her earthâ€"mother instincts. Both handled the Jerome family ties as if they were their own. Vera Stephenson, in role departure (she is G& S resident choreographer) nicely captured the essence of starâ€"struck teen, Nora. And Bruce Bricknell, brought mild mannered salesman Jack Jerome to life, with worn ‘n‘ weary eloquence. Set designer Jeff Norman defined Depression Days Brooklyn in his own whimsical style, conquerâ€" ing the pavilion centre beam problem with impressâ€" ive twoâ€"tier comfy family abode, featuring patterned wallpaper only a granny could love. Home sweet home. Hopefully Mr. Moustache will find a permanent home sweet home in Kâ€"W‘s promising dinner theatre circuit. Kudos to Mustakas for appropriate mood and pace in this delicate balance of comedy and drama. Robert Creighton T 885â€" 4280