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li EA Sin 2 PARA Pie Gong Show Country and western singer and guitar picker Bev Driscoll got applause from the audience and high points: from the judges. : on RE Ey oy BE on Bs: Eddie Canning, "The Entertainer". An original costume placed Eddie second overall. There's noc business like show business, so the old saying goes. And many 'of the more than 1500 spectators who crowded the New Arena Thursday night for Scugog's own version of the television "Gong Show' showed _that some of the acts at least, have no business in show business, Several got the thumbs down sign from the en- thusiastic crowd and were promtly gonged by the three judges. Others got appreciative applause and | high scores from the judges. And there was certainly | no lack of variety among the 16 acts: guitar pickers and singers, a couple of punk rockers, several different kinds of dance teams, a comedy act or two, a pair of football freaks, a guitar twanger who sounded a bit like Johnny Cash, an old man with a crock of wine and a mouth organ, and a couple of tallented young gymnasts who won the hearts of the audiences and judges alike. When the judges' final tallies were added up, top marks went to ten-year old Lynn. Bradbury who put on a gymnastic display high- Some high stepping and harmonica playing by the funn ing act of Mary and Her Lamb. lighted with leaps and flips. Eddie Canning, with a unique costume as '"The Entertainer", and another gymnast, Jennette Jackson tied for second place. Old Buck Hayseed. He should have stayed on the farm. The judges, Scugog Mayor Lawrence Malcolm, CHOO radio personality Bill Johnson, and Joel Aldred decided rightly enough that the other acts just didn't quite have it. * "RR os ; fr Two membe PORT PERRY STAR -- Wednesday, Aug. 10, 1977 -- 31 Whew! there's no business like show business | y and crowd-pleas- For many, it's the first & probably last venture into the world of entertainment. But the audience seemed to get a kick out of the "Gong Show" just the same. May- be next year. rs of the three muskateers (actually six) who went through an interesting song and dance routine. Manchester and area news and views by Mrs. Ruby Fielding Mr. and~Mrs. Harley Johnson, Diane and Julie of Fenwick visited Mr. and Mrs. Frank Johnson and Wesley also their son Greg- ory who is holidaying with his grandparents: last Mon- day. Es Mr. and Mrs. L.B. Rob- erts enjoyed a holiday at Sault St. Marie, Port Huron and a weekend in Bayfield, Ontario. : Mrs. M. Battae and Dorothy returned to Water- loo after spending twa weeks-at the Roberts home. Mr. and Mrs. W.J. Mit- chell visited Mr. and Mrs. Henry Jakeman of Bethany who will celebrate his nine- tieth birthday August 16. Recently also, the Mitchells visited Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Sanderson and enjoyed their slides of their two week holiday in England, Congratulations to Mr. and Mrs. Paul Christie who were married in Blackstock recently. Congratulations to Rebecca and Melissa Kahn on their dog Lassie who won 1st prize for the friendliest dog in the Western Mutt: Shot on Saturday, Civic holiday visitors with Mr. and Mrs. Frank John-- son and Wesley were Mrs. Frank Jones and family of Aurora, Mrs. Harold Holder and family of Willowdale, Ronald Torrens returned to his grandparents after 2: weeks in Montreal, - ey A mp -- LT RT tT CATRALL TI B Bs Sher wth J LOTS SP TE