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Vol. 2, No. 1 "Yuesday, June 30, 1992 CIRC. 10,000 32 pages Scugog travellers affected by Carousel Holidays close An estimated 19 Scugog area travellers are affected by the clos- ing of Carousel Holidays. The Toronto tour company, well known and well established in the travel business, announced Monday afternoon it would be shutting its doors. Officially, office of the Registrar for the Ontario Travel Industry Act." - Port Perry's two travel agen- cies, Marlin Travel and Nonquon Travel, both have bookings with Carousel. Marlin office Virginia Clarke said her office has 10 people booked with Carousel -- four of whom were scheduled to leave for Britain Monday night. She was confident those flights would go off as planned. manager Peter Waite said nine of his customers were booked with Carousel. He said he was sad to sce the demise of Carousel ~ hig business had many dealings with the company over the years and he considered it extremely reputable. Both Mr. Waite and Mgs:--~ Clarke are advising their'¢ns- tomers not to woiry &bout the both said they with those people hehe Caro bookings. An emergency meeting was being held mine what will happen 0 Carousel bookings. But no matter what hap- pens, Mr. Waite says the cus- tomers won't lose the money they paid out for Carousel trips. "Monetary-wise," he said, "they protection Registrar for the Ontario Travel Industry Happy 125th Birthday, Canadal manager JL. Donny Osmond Perry's Northern ives a hug to Colleen DeKoning of Port Eupiosion chor at a fo opening night of 'Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat'. Explosion Is made up of 23 Scugog area girls who are a Dons! part of this lively musical at Toronto's Eigin Theatre. Joseph and he was a big hit with the chor when he ho Shotwed A a the party with his wife Debble (sse story for look at 'Joseph' written by one of the performer's Sade moore - our own John B.). Joseph: non-stop wow! in B. McClelland OK, so I'm biased and should not be writing this. But what heck, I own this paper. So here goes. 1 had the chance to see one of the first full productions of 'Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat' at Toronto's Elgin Theatre. In a word: Wow. This is high powered swff; a glitzy, energized, toe tappin' rock and rollin' musical with Donny Osmond in the lead role of Joseph, and Broadway star Janet Metz as the Narrator. From the opening scene to the incredible finale, the show is non- stop music and dancing with special effects that are just dazzling, a marvellous treat for the eye and car. Based loosely (and 1 do mean loosely) on the Biblical fable of the coat of many colours, the show follows Joseph and his 11 jeal- ous brothers who steal his coat and sell him into slavery in Egypt. He ends up in a nasty Egyptian prison cell before finding freedom, riches and glory interpreting the Pharoah's dreams. The Pharoah, by the way, does a great musical imitation of another fairly well known King, as in Elvis, Joseph is finally reconciled with his brothers after they show up in Egypt, looking for any morsel of food to stave off starvation. 1 must admit J was skeptical on hearing that former teen idol Donny Osmond (he's now 35 and the father for four young kids) had the lead in a musical based on the Joseph fable. He wasn't my favourite singer back in the "70s when he and sister Marie were a number, but now | know how he put 23 gold records in the bag. He displayed a powerful stage voice and more than enough ener- gy, vitality and sparkle to fill the considerable demands of this role. There are some superb special effects (Donny soaring to the csil- ing of the theater in the finale) and the choreography will leave you breathless. Andrew Lloyd Webber wrote the music and Tim Rice the lyrics for "Joseph" which was first put to the stage back in 1968. Recently revived by Webber for the London stage, it was a mighty hot tick- et, just as the Toronto production by Livent Corp. will be this sum- mer. . "The show bas a unique feature with four choirs of young piople Please see NORTHERN EXPLOSION, page 11 birthday matches these: my ES a Sow 0p