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+3 {h4 i# 1Â¥ q ho y ues o io en $ Violinist Shari Ulric® ; ; Shari Ulrich has fashioned an extraordinarily varied career for herself since coming north from her native San Rafael, California to British Columbia in the earty "70s. A Juno award winner, she has excelled as a sion host, theme composer, script writer, and, most recently, theatre performer. JJrich, who returns to Waterloo Aug. 20 for a concert at the Princess Cinema, is as busy with her music as ever, all the while juggling responsiâ€" bilities as the mother of a sixâ€"yearâ€"old daughter and a board member of the Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences, the Pacific Music industry Association, and the Songwriter‘s Assoâ€" ciation of Canada. it‘s an earfier, more wistful image of Virich, however, that lingers for many of her tans. Picture a singing, smiling, bare foot young woman in a flowing print skirt and flouncy peasâ€" ant blouse, a fiddle in one hand and waves of hair blowing in a summer breeze. That was the Shari Ujrich who first appeared on Vancouver stages in 1973 after stints of backpacking around the U.S., performing with her older brother and sister with the San Francisco Free Theatre and living on 8.C.‘s Sunshine Coast. . With Rick Scott and Joe Mock, Ujrich had formed the singular and quirky Pied Pumkin String Ensemble, a hit at Simon Fraser University “,.,wpummmm 4 was sure to gather. Soon, however, events would conspire to launch Ulrich into a much larger scene. She was hired to tour with West Coast folk artist Valdy as mummmumm in addition to singing harmony and playing everything from flute to sax and violin behind Valdy, Virich was called on every show to step forn sing Joe Mock‘s stunning Flying. Not surprisingly, tt Hometown Band was directly offered a domestic A record deal and two albums resulted â€"â€" Flying and Juno winning sound the best new group. When the band broke up, Ufrich began her solo mw”nmfimaml mbmmfium“fl.nnv Nfim“!&“““s named the Juno award winner for most promising artist in 1981. That persuaded MCA to sign Ulrich © international record deal and, with longâ€"time proc and collaborator Claire Lawrence, she released he acclaimed Talk Around Town. *Mpmnmmwm .â€"â€" the latter winning a Juno awa rot! |-rninn in Waterino x* AIRWAYS TRANSIT & (J¢ DÂ¥ PROVIDING COURTESY TRANSPORTATION FOR THE CARNIVAL SINCE 1989 CONNECTING ALL OF WATERLOO REGION WITH TORONTO AIRPORT (519) 886â€"2121 AIRWAYS TRANSIT WELCOMES BACK THE BUSKERS! . Ouwaflmh”hm the border. Born and raised in Guelph, she has dancing and teaching in her native Canada an Wsmhmm< val Theatre‘s production of the charming mut wl en drowitgs by £45An Tosd Al Hok saco 17