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Page a THE HERALD Wednesday March The savage side of life Ironically one of the main themes in Marianne Wiggins new novel John Dollar is that violence lurks beneath civilizations thin veneer Just before she was to set out on a publicity tour to promote her book that thin veneer cracked Wiggins and her husband went into hiding Her husband is Salman Rushdie whose novel The Satanic Verses has sparked riots in several Islamic countries and death thr Ms against the author Last month Ayatollah Khomeini put a million bounty on Rushdies head and urged Muslims to kill the blasphemer When Wiggins wrote John Dollar a novel about the dark savage side of human beings she was living peacefully in London with her husband In an interview with The New York Times Book Review before the ordered her hus bands execution she explained she got the idea for John Dollar while rereading William Goldings Lord ol the Flies which revolves around the beastly behavior of boys marooned on an island Her novel set in 1918 is about girls marooned on the Andaman Is auds the coast of Burma A Tures eviewer called it one of the most disturbing novels hed read in years Wiggins or Rushdie could now write a much more disturbing tale without having 10 resort to fiction The annual Genie Awards honoring excellence in Canadian filmmaking will be televised live by CBCTV on March 22 Actoncomedian Dave Thomas is the host The contenders for best motion picture of the year include Dead Ringers is Portes Tovinantes A Winter Tan A Corps Perdu Co Dont Cry and The Out side chance of Maximilian Glick American children in growing numbers are following yet another Canadian based Pied Piper A number of Canadian enter tamers from to Sharon Lois and Bram have built large follow ings among the small fry m North America Now Bob Schneider already well established Canada among his awards is a Juno for childrens album of the year is gaining recognition in the US Schneider a 42yearold New York who moved to Toronto 10 years has been entertaining children through his recordings and TV and concert appearances 10MOUNTAINVIEWRD GEORGETOWN EVERY FRIDAY to 9 PRIME RIB OF BEEF Garlic Bread and Salad Included 8774166 THINGS TO DO PLACES TO GO lit FOR YOUR LISTENING AND DANCING PLEASURE MAIN ST a Entertainment Bob Spence Thomson News Service The who offers original up be fa ly oriented folk music returned from a US tour a string of performances that drew praise from various publications from newspapers to parent magazines Schneider is more than an award winning said the Christian Science Monitor Behind his shows which lure kids three to 12 ye old lies an implicit message tolerance and self confidence t at has leaped over ethnic barriers and turned handicapped audiences into eager show and sing choruses A onehour special Rock Along Bob Schneider and the Rain bow Kids airs May on CHCH TV in Hamilton That production is being offered to TV stations across Canada and in other coun tries With Bobs higher profile in the US we hope American stations will be interested in buying it said Schneiders Male choir performs From a horses mouth and Richard Adams fertile mind comes a novel about the American Civil War Traveller Hutchinson Publishers is an ironic revisionist view of the war as recalled by Gen Robert E Lees horse Returning to an animal pro tagonist for the first time 10 years Adams author of Down has the horse Traveller deliver a series of monologues to an amicable tomcat Traveller tells of battles retreats and casualties in this blend of history and fable The Canadian Male Orpheus Choir an all male choir of about 120 voices will be performing in Beth El Christian Reformed Church on Highway 7 just east of Acton on March 25 beginning at p m The choir of international quality will bring along about 80 members to the performance The well known choir has per formed domestically and overseas Established in the choir has toured to The Royal Albert Hall in London Hamilton Place on several occasions and recently with the Canadian Armed Forces Band It recently performed to standing ovations in Roy Thomson Hall The choir consists of 25 first tenors 29 second tenors 30 and 32 bass voices Members meet at least twice a week and the choir is comprised mainly of those whose are outside of music The choir is their labor of love donated to profit charitable works Voices which can be heard includes those of doctors lawyers steel workers and others On March the choir will make available some of their recordings Choir members while not regular ly mobbed by crowds of adonng fans may give out autographs to their fans after the performance Tickets to hear the choir may be obtained at several locations in the Acton and Georgetown area or by calling 5198533090 LIVE BANDS OF THE WEEK Come On Out To For Some GOOD COUNTRY FUN Thurs March 16th EAST MOUNTAIN BOYS FRIDAY SATURDAY MARCH 17th GOOD BROTHERS COVER CHARGE Don t Forget Wednesday Is Talent Night 1 PRIZE TRIP TO JAMAICA 8774161 Its The Georgetown 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