Page THE HERALD Wednesday February 13 1991 Entertainment Hundreds of children and their parents from Georgetown and Acton laughed along with famous children a television personality Mr Dress up Ernie Coombs and his sidekicks Casey and Saturday at Georgetown District High School during two hilarious shows Mr Dressup and his two famous puppets were in Georgetown as part of the Casey and farewell tour Famous puppets say goodbye By BEN DUMMETT The Herald Casey and Finnegan the two puppets made famous by the popular children television show Mr Dress up said goodbye to hundreds of Georgetown and Acton children Saturday al Georgetown District High School But it s the children parents who were probably saddened the most to see the rosy cheek pre schooler and her rumpled dog for maybe the last time The two puppets accompanied by Mr Dress up himself yearold Ernie Coombs per formed two shows at the high school on the weekend as part of their farewell tour Cancer benefit The Halton Hills Georgetown Unit of the Canadian Cancer Society is very excited about the fantastic response to their up coming special event The Spec New Age Vaudeville Show For 1991 which will be held at the John Elliott Theatre February 15th and The group wishes to clear up a misunderstanding regarding the donation of a beautiful print by Theresa of Pictures and Presents While Theresa has graciously donated this print Summer Rain by John Seerey Lester it will not be given away as a free draw It has been decided that tickets will be sold at a cost of each or 3 for The affable Mr Coombs said between shows it the older peo pie who grew up with Casey and who are not taking the puppets retirement easily For the past year the two have been making fewer appearances on the 25 yearold CBC pre schooler television show as a way of introducing new puppets said Mr Coombs When this first started to happen explained Mr Coombs we mostly received mail from older people They can imagine Casey and Fin not be a part of their lives New puppets already introduc ed on the show include Chester the Crow and Truffles a pink fluffy creature why Finnegan and Casey were leaving the spotlight Mr Coombs replied their mother is retiring Judith Lawrence the puppets creator and puppeteer wants to take on new challenges he said Mr Coombs appears to be ing the retirement in stride It been like working with somebody for years it s definitely something you take note of Mr Dress up grew out of a now defunct children s television show called Butternut Square He joird the Butternut cast in the mid s and this marked the beginning of the relationship bet ween Mr Coombs Casey and his canine sidekick In Mr Dress up first ed the airways said Mr Coombs As for Mr Coombs retiring children and parents shouldn worry I not ready to retire and I plan to go on as long as I enjoy what I m doing he said Grammy time once again New Radio City Music Hall will soon be crammed with people with gold producing voices And with those who hope that an accolade or two will spawn a heavy flow of gold into their pockets It Grammy time The 33rd annual Grammy Awards will be televised live Feb 20at8pm M C Hammer Mariah Carey and Phil Collins have each been nominated in both record of the year and song of the year categories In all there are 70 categories running the gamut from rock country and jazz to rap children recordings and music videos at a troubled land and its new leader airs Feb 19 at 9 on Man Alive A half hour documentary on a painter who walked on the moon airs in mid February on Alan Bean an astronaut on Apollo is the subject of the profile on Canadian Reflections Feb There is an old saying in Haiti that beyond the mountains are only mountains Now Jean Aristide is trying to convince Haitians that beyond the mountains there is hope for the future The poet and theologian who was elected as Haiti s president in December has already had to put down one attertfpted coup Peter of CBCTV s Man Alive ventured to Haiti to interview Aristide and a number of other prominent Haitians Beyond the Mountains a look PEOPLE DO READ THE HERALD CLASSIFIEDS CALL 877 TODAY TO PLACE YOUR AD aids NEW AGE a CAL INFO CENTRE TO A IN YOUR QUEST FOR SPIRITUAL GROWTH BOOKS FROM ASTROLOGY TO ZEN CRYSTALS DS NCENSE OVER 50KN0S CLASS CAL MED TATION MUSIC CLASSES TUMBLED STONES JEWELRY CERAMICS RUNES TAflOT CARDS ENLIGHTEN YOURSELF RESTAURANT 109 MAIN STREET SOUTH GEORGETOWN ONTARIO pi you can Cuisine El Friday Saturday Sunday at p Salad Bar Shrimp Beef Ham Pork Jumbo Shrimp Mued Peanut Hot Chicken Vegetable Brick Steak Ch cken Fried R Assorted Desserts 1095 person Children price Licenced Under L B O fast TakeOut Delivery Service 8 Wanton Soup Curry Hot I Sour Soup Beef A Broccoli Sweet Sour Chicken Bill Chap Sue Beef M ted Chow Mem B8Q Spire R bs Pock Deep Fried Chicken Wings