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A bassâ€"baritone who has been heard around the world is traveling full circle to teach where his potential was first recognized and nurtured. Juno nominee Damiel Lichu is adding his vorce to WLU‘s vocal program Lichti, who studied music at WLU from 1969 to 1972, has been appointed to the Faculty of Music by WLU‘s board af governors. In September, he will join David Falk and oneâ€" time mentor Victor Martens in leading the university‘s voice program The New Hamburg nauve made his operatic debut at the Stratford Festival in 1974, and has since appeared with major symphonic, choral and conâ€" cert organizations in Canada, the U.S., South America and Europe. He is currently perâ€" forming in Rome with the Rome Opera. Most of Lichti‘s performance career has focused on oratori0, concert and recital repertoire. But hardly a season has gone by without him performing either a concert opera or a fully staged opera. He has partnered with such internationally renowned conductors and musicians as Helmuth Rilling, Christopher _ Hogwood, Bernard Greenhouse, Janina Fialkowska and Maureen Forâ€" rester. "He is just a wonderful singer," says Anne Hall, dean of WLU‘s Faculty of Music "Out of a truly amazing list of candidates, we chose Daniel because of the caliber of his singing, his international repuâ€" tation and his commitment to teaching." Lichti to join WLU vocal program Over the course of his career, Lichti has provided priâ€" vate lessons and taught masâ€" terclasses for groups of eight to 20 students at Conrad Grebel College, the University of Guelph, and the University of British Columbia, At WLU, he will help lead a voice program involving 70 students. Local singetr/songwriter Mary Anne Epp is resurrecting her Bluebird Night Showcase Series, Sunday evenings at Williams Coffee Pub throughâ€" out July and August. Bluebird Night is a regional songwriter showcase featuring singer/songwriters and groups in Waterloo Regional. Each show will begin with an open stage from 7 to 8:45 p.m Showeasing artists begin at 9 p.m. and Epp will close each show with two songs "I envision this event as a community builder within the community, for the commuâ€" nity and by the community," Epp says. "I believe this is one very good way of developing wider selfâ€"contributing comâ€" munity relations " Mary Anne Epp to host another Bluebird series Daniel Lichti will teach with WLU‘s Faculty of Music. ‘FATHER‘S DAY GIFT IDEAS aam' =® C} g» ‘ [avto Prainting % | & BODYWORKS t V / BY Canada‘s Smat Choice. ! _SMART PACK > _ PAINT SPECIAL (| We have EVERYTHING from FLOATER SUITS to FLY RODS to FISH FINDERS for DAD! 496 WEBER ST. N., WATERLOO 886â€"9430 PAINTING 10 Wyman Road WATERLOO, ONT Just North of Conestoga Mail, off King St 746â€"2650 WERE TALKIN FISHIN HERE! " RAINBOW SPORTS I Hours: Mon.â€"Tues. 10â€"6 Wed.â€"Fri. _ 10â€"9 Saturday _ 10â€"5 Sun. gone fishin‘ The news team at local television station CKCO was honored Saturday with the Radio and Teleâ€" vision News Directors‘ Assoctation (RTNDA) for best newscast in Canada in a medium market {100â€"50,000 viewers) The winning show was CKCO‘s 6 p.m. newscast delivered on Dec. 18 of last year "The strong team coverage of the sale of meat packers J M. Schneider highlighted the lead story, and we made full use of our data centre, the live eye and newsroom live reports," says news direcâ€" tor Al Gibson The criteria for the judges, made up of industry peers, look at what makes up a good newscast a good lead, good use of live mobiles, teasers, and how thoroughly the story is covered \"What makes this award so special is the fact that it‘s awarded to the whole news team," Gibâ€" son said. "This is their award." The award was presented Saturday at the National RTNDA Convention at the Battery Hotel in St. John‘s, Newfoundland This may be the best time of the year to get maximum dollars for your home. Call me for a "Free" Market Evaluation Lakeshore‘s Eagle Crest! P€] 5 Wooded Residential Lots from $69,900 Let my EXPERIENCE, KNOWLEDGE, CONTACTS , â€" help sell your home for all its worth ... CKCO wins national award It‘s a wonderful neighbourhood! THE MARKET IS TIGHT! Linda Friedrich BOB PERKES