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ti ret ali ELL v 9 t 5 i Ti------ A grand night was had by dll by Diane Lackie "And the rest," as the old saw goes, "is history." So is Saturday night's cabaret-style performance of 'A Night at the Grand", the most recent subscrip- tion series offering from Town Hall 1873. But what history! From the moment composer- performer David Walden began the show with a reference to the Hall's history, elegance, and class to his powerful closing duet with co-star Arlene Meadows, the full house responded non-stop to the most elegant and classy attraction ever to grace the historic Hall's stage. It was also a show sculpted around the 'grand' and stamped "made for Town Hall" in every sense. Accompanied by affable and skilled pianist Howard Bauer, their worthy straight man, with considerable musical credits of his own, Walden and Meadows bounced into their eclectic, mainly original repertoire by first vocalizing they'd 'Like to Sing.' The lively, sparkling wit seldom let up as they satirized virtually everything within the audience's ken -- grand opera, puberty, food, piano students, fitness, diets, sex, Christmas 'cheer', even retiring Premier Davis's un- mentionables in their wry "Bill's Song," a thinly disguised Gilbert and Sullivan parody. All was done in rollicking style with subtle, yet clever staging by Stuart Northey throughout. The remarkably adept tone and pace of the show might also be noted -- vivace, allegro, meno mosso, fortissimo, Church resume opposition to death penalty "Murder is an offence against God," and len- ding the sanction of the state to it still doesn't make it right. Working from this fun- damental position, the Executive of The United Church of Canada's General Council voted November 22nd, tn con- tinue its opposition to capital punishment. Members of the Ex- ecutive, representing the church's constituency across the nation, also shared in the sense of na- tional anger over the re- cent rash of killing of police officers. The church resolution ex- presses sympathy for the deep sense of hurt ex- perienced by the families and colleagues of the vic- tims of such crimes. It goes on to call for measures such as tighter gun control legislation to better protect the lives of police. The resolution warns, however, that to give in to "an eye for an eye' mentality, will serve simply to further brutalize Canadian socie- ty. Such a mentality, says the church, will escalate, not de-escalate, the level of violence. The church action maintains further that there is no evidence that the death penalty has ever been an effective deterrent to murder. pianissimo -- the whole musical range and scale was utilized and every- thing succeeded. It clicked just the way the entire ~Walden- Meadows recipe did -- a full cup of musical expertise as in the overpewering "Wagner- mania' (Meadows as a formidable Brunn- hilde), three-quarters of a cup of originality and wit in "Cooked on Classics' ('Phil and Dorothy's fracturing lobster to Lizst, et al), two tablespoons of ribaldry as David became 'Howard Coward' and 'Had it Removed in Roumania", three tea- spoons of Forties fav- ourites such as "Embraceable You" and 'All of Me' (where- in David went to pieces - literally), to a show- stopping dash of pathos as Meadows begged "Donnez-Moi, Donnez- Moi' while Walden furnished wistful piano backup. Voila -- the chef's masterly creation - named excellent and pronounced 'Grand'! One special favourite of the evening was classically-trained Walden's tongue-twist- ing version of "A Nice Cold Glass of White Wine" -- a.k.a. 'The Twelve Days of Christmas". Just try to get golden beers, bloody Marys, whiskey sours, even ouzo, all in one swift, soggy line and see how you manage. A second delight was the Walden-Meadows 'soap' "The Young and the Weightless". A love encounter with a massage -- that's message. And a third whirling commentary on relationships swirled in the poignant duet ""Carousel of Love" (Turn to page 7) PORT PERRY STAR -- Tuesday, Dec. 4, 1984 -- 3 a 3 Christmas Greetings Issue... The Port Perry Star is currently working on its Christ- mas Greetings issue which will be published on Tuesday, December 18th, 1984. As in past years, this special issue of the Star will contain many interesting and humorous articles and let- ters from local children about Christmas. There will be letters to Santa for the tykes, poems, short stories and. numerous Christmas related items. If you or your business would like to include a Christ- N mas Greeting in this issue, contact our office before Fri- Vy day, December 7th. We have a book of specially designed Christmas Greetings in many themes and sizes. For the best selection it would be wise to act promptly. Don't be disappointed, call 985-7383 today or drop by the Star office at 235 Queen Street, Port Perry. David Walden and Arlene Meadows may not be household names in Port Perry, but they will not be quickly forgotten by the capacity (rowd that attended 'A Night At The Grand" at Town Hall 1873 last Saturday night. The two talented performers, backed by Howard Baer on piano, sang and acted their hearts out for the av- dience and received a standing ovation at the conclusion for their efforts. Photos show David and Arlene during one of their more serious pieces 'Listen To The Child" (top), and at bottom during one of their humerous pieces "Bill's Song." (Davis, that is!) Crash kills local man Funeral services were held November 25 in Toronto for Alex Cor- mack, a well known and long time resident of Caesarea who lost his life November 21 in a tragic car accident near Cannington. Mr. Cormack, 73, had owned a summer place in Caesarea for 40 year: and lived there full time after retiring five years ago. He recently moved to a senior citizens apart- ment building in Cann- ington. On November 21, the car he was driving collided with a gravel truck at the intersection of Highway 12 and Durham Road 12, west of Cannington. Mr. Cor- mack died instantly in the crash. Mr. Cormack is sur- vived by three children, a daughter Barbara in Ajax, and two sons, Bill in Vancouver, and Bob in Pennsylvania. His wife died several years ago in Toronto. (From page 1) value system for assess- ment and the study shows that of 5977 resi- dential properties in the Township, 40.5 per cent will have a reduction in taxes and the remainder will see an increase. Properties in Ward 3 (Scugog Island) will experience the most impact as the study shows that 82 per cent will experience a tax increase. However, Mr. Parnell D.Crosier resigns from arena board Former Scugog Town- ship councillor Don Crosier has resigned his position on the Arena Board. Citing pressures from employment which pre- vent him from attending all arena board meet- ings, Mr. Crosier's letter of resignation was accepted by the Board and later by Township council. At the November meeting, the Arena Board sugges! :d that Doug Scott be appointed to fill the vacant position, and Scugog councillors agreed. Mr. Scott is very active in the Port Perry Minor Hockey system as a coach and is contact person between the local organizations and the Ontario Hockey Association. cautioned councillors that the increse (and decrease) in taxes for many of the properties will be small. And Ted Aldridge, also with the assessment office in Whitby, told the council meeting that the tax shifts will not be as dramatic as four years ago when the munici- pality first went to market values as a means of determining assessment. Essentially, what mar- ket value assessment does is help to ensure that two different prop- erties each worth $85,000 for example, end up paying the same taxes. With council giving the assessment department the green light to update to 1980 market values, Mr. Parnell said there will be open houses held Green light for tax man in the Township in Feb- ruary to explain to prop- erty owners exactly why their assessments have been increased. Mayor Jerry Taylor said that four years ago there were a lot of bitter complaints when some property owners found their assessments had been increased sharply. "Once you explained to them that the assess- ment was based on the market value of their properties, most agreed that the system was fair," he said. Ward 1 councillor Neil Hunter, noted that the property owner who has been over-assessed does not get reimbursed for the extra taxes paid, and likewise Township does not demand back taxes from the owner whose property has been under-assessed.