Halton Hills Newspapers

Georgetown Herald (Georgetown, ON), September 13, 1989, p. 25

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THE HERALD Wednesday September 13 Page TSN is moving to basic cable Globe will Fiddle on the Roof in traditional style this fall The Sports Network Canadas 24hour allsports TV service has just taken a step that could curtail beer sales in bars and taverns TSN celebrated its fifth birthday Sept by moving from the ranks of payTV specialty channels to basic cable In more than five- Canadian homes TSN is nov part of the basic cable package As of August TSN was being watched in about 1 8 million homes Hordes other Canadians would frequently venture down to a local bar to catch TSN telecasts of Blue Jay games or other events Now many of these Canadians have the option of staying home to watch the games When TSN was launched as a payTV channel 1984 it had 320000 subscribers The networks first coup came in its initial year acquiring the right to air Blue Jays games The Jays pen nant drive helped attract subscribers The network which offers a wide variety of both professional and amateur sports will likely more than make up in additional adver tising revenue because of the potential larger audiences what it loses in pay TV fees Independent survevs showed the majority of Canadians wanted TSN on basic cable said Gordon Craig TSN president Canada is a nation of sports fans and they demanded more sports on televi TSN is in the perfect position to respond to that request ad ding to and complementing the sports programming offered by conventional broadcasters With hours to fill each day TSN clutters up its off hour pro gramming with repeats of its prime shows but it does offer about 3000 hours of first run pro grams each year plus many specialty shows And Sportsdesk which airs five times dally is the most comprehonsive daily TV sports report in Canada ID 00 10 I WEEKENDS Ttl 11 Return 8731022 360GuefphStUnit51A KNOLCREST CENTRE J Georgetown UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT NEILS tMUSIC CENTRE WIDE SELECTION OF muscal Msnueirs aw AccEssoncs- SONG BOOKS AND SHEET MUSIC PRIVATE LESSONS FOR PIANO PERCUSSION KAWAI ONE FINGER PERSONAL AD LIB KEYBOARDS ABE HERE St Unit D GEORGETOWN Family Channel also celebrated a birthday Sept 1 its first The familyoriented payTV channel per cent of its programs come from The Disney Channel in the S now has more than 240000 subscribers Family Channel has surpassed its original target In an interview a year ago Susan Rubes who has just stepped down as president said hoped to have subscribers by the end of its first year now expects to hit the 300000 subscription mark by the end of its second year That 300000 mark is the level Rubes forecast a year ago as the breakeven point Lives Chevy Chases se cond movie is among the September video releases Chase reprises his role as the unconven investigative reporter I M Fletcher in this comedy A onehour special by The Kids In The Hall Dave Foley Bruce Kevin McDonald Mark and Scott Thomp son aired on CBC in December Rolling Stone magazine in Hot issue May hailed The Kids In The Hall as trail blazers who may change the face of comedy By BARB DUNLEAVY Herald Special Georgetown Globe Productions have started rehearsals for the fall show Audiences this year will be entertained in the traditional Globe fashion with the extremely popular Fiddler on the Roof Fiddler is the story of a Jewish family set in a small town in Russia at the beginning of the Rus Revolution played by Joe Delguidice and his wife Golde played by Bostyovanski arc raising their family of five daughters in the ways of Jewish tradition and they enlist the ser vices of played by Shirley Ashenden the towns mat chmaker to find suitable husbands for their daughters Tevye reflects on how much easier their lives would be if 1 Were a Rich Man Yentl finds the perfect match for daughter Christine Ford the person of Wolfe John Thomas the town s well todo butcher who is a much older man Izeitel however has other ideas as she is in love with her childhood friend the tailor Phil nen They succeed in convincing VIDEO PLUS of Georgetown Fruit 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Russian soldiers start to make their presence in town felt a third daughter Chava meets and falls love with Fyedka Mark Prince and this does not hold well with the Jewish traditions As time passes the families of are forced by the revolu to leave their homes and Fiddlers haunting finale will leave audiences with a feeling of having been treated to an insight into life of Jewish family at an historic time Other members of the cast who play a role in this heartwarming story are Frank Andrews Derek Mary Bilik Barb Dunleavy Vic Teresa Dzaman Jay Eastment Jack Ferguson Fred Fulton David Clover Jeanette Joan Jennifer Hewitt Gillian Hill Leanne Gillian Johnston Kirsten Becky Vera Macdortald Doug MacDougall Rod Macintosh Mar tin Shannon Marshall Keith Mills Jean Murray Jim Pace Scott Peterson Bob Jan Stewart Graham Stratford Edna and Mane Fiddler on the Roof will be stag ed at the John Elliott Theatre Nov 1619 Nov Nov 29 30 and Dec 1 2 Tickets will be available at Royal Real Estate at Guelph 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