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Kâ€"W Symphony warms up cold nights with hot pops £0 winter isn‘t your Ifa\tuume season and you long for a little heat, then come to the Kitchenerâ€" Waterloo Symphony‘s highâ€" energy presentation of Hot Pops on a Cold Night, the fourth concert in the KWS Pops series. The temperature inside the concert hall will skyâ€" rocket when the KWS and guest conductor David Warâ€" rack strike up the tango, samba, rumba, calypso and more. Leonard Bernstein‘s "America" from West Side Story, Cole Porter‘s "Begin the Beguine" and Barry Manilow‘s "Copacabana" are among the sizzling selections. Warrack, creator of the Canada Pops Orchesâ€" tra, has been musical direcâ€" tor of over 250 productions on stage, radio and televiâ€" sion. If you prefer the bossa nova to a blizzard, then Hot Pops on a Cold Night is just the ticket. Hot Pops on a Cold Night is at the Centre in the Square this Friday and Satâ€" urday at 8 p.m. Tickets are $50, $42 and $38,. and are available by calling 578â€"1570 or 1â€"800â€" 265â€"8977, or online at www.kwsymphony.on.ca. Nationally acclaimed for its performances, the Kitchâ€" enerâ€"Waterioo Symphony is the cultural centrepiece of the Region of Waterloo, perâ€" forming close to 100 con certs annually. Now in its 59th season, the KWS has recorded 16 CDs, toured across Canada, and can be heard regularly on CBC Radio Two. The KWS remains a musical resource to its comâ€" munity by providing comâ€" prehensive learning proâ€" grams for people of all ages. as well as presenting free performances at hospitals, seniors‘ _ homes, soup kitchens, and other local facilities. Continued from page 13 bit of a surprise. "Steve (Roth) called me and asked me to read the script," McKay said of his conversation with Waterloo Stage Theatre‘s general manager. "He asked me if I had any suggestions, and 1 told him 1 thought 1 should do it. "He thought 1 was jokâ€" ing, but I told him I‘d love to do the play." _ _ It was the right decision, said McKay. _ "We‘re having more fun than we‘re supposed to have," he said. "It‘s like being at a real hockey game. The first night the fans went crazy at the end." McKay said the show‘s the perfect solution to the NHL strike. "We‘re the closest thing to professional hockey within a 5,000â€"mile radius," he joked. Coaching Matters plays every Thursday, Friday, and Saturday evening at 8 p.m., with a Saturday afternoon matinee at 2 p.m. weekly until Feb. 12. Tickets are $31 for evenings or $27 for matinees, and are available by calling the Waterloo Stage Theatre‘s box office at 888â€"0000, at the theatre at 24 King St. N., or on the Web site www.waterloostagetheâ€" atre.com. Box office hours are Monday to Friday from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Robbie Burns Ceili Saturday Cairde. Friends of lrish Culture, are hosting a Robâ€" bie Burns Ceili this Saturday from 8:30 p.m. to 12:30 a.m. in St Louis® Hall, at the corâ€" ner or Willow Allen Streets in Waterloo. Traditional Irish music will be played by the Grand River Ceili Band. Dance instruction will be called by Maureen Mulvey. Tickets at the door will be $14 and $12 respectively. Children under age 12 will be admitted free of charge. For more information, e mail cairde friends@sym patico.ca.