PAGE 21, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMIBER 2"3. 198 1. WIIITBY ERF'E PRESS JVhitby Free Press,,.,,, hENTERTAIN MENT ...with Barry Murkar The etwoks ae elingupcming TV season aggressively Fail is here officially, and with it îs the advent of the new television season. Such magazines as TV Guide are fuil of pic- tures and storles of the new fail fare, much of it No w OPEN= WHITBY FALCON T.V. SALES - REPAIRS TO ALL MAKES BLAIR PARK PLAZA 100 LU PIN DRIVE, WHITBY 668-60601 AUTHORIZEDYrr SPECIAL DAE AIL TV SERVICE CAILS WITH THIS AD ONLY 12511 FALCON T.V. BLAIR PARK PLAZA 100 LUPIN DRIVE, WHITBY 668-6060 426 SI MCOE ST. S. 723-0011 *CINEMA SHOWCASE that will disappear from our home screens before Christmias. The poor old CBC with its recent strike had a very tough fime putting together a faîl program, but knowing the CBC, it will come through, even Sunday skiers need flot neglect culture this winter. In a bid to appeal to those who go away on weekends the Oshawa Symphony Association has planned ifs six con- certs to t.ake place on Tuesdays. The first will take place October 20 at Eastdale Auditorium, Oshawa, at 8 p.m. when Swiss soprano Kathrin Graf joins the Sym- phony for one of her earliest performances of ber Canadian tour. As the Oshawa Sym- phony is a participant in the Wintario Haif Back program subscribers May receive a though it may not be with flying colours. The CTV Network has been tub-thumping ifs faîl season of first rate movies for some time, and we must admit that it does have some very good ones coming up. price by endorsing their old Wintario tickets and using them for a value of 50 cents each when paying for their sym- phony season's tickets. The 1981-82 season was planned by con- ductor Winston Webber to include'some light and enjoyable music for ail the family. A high- light will be an evening of familiar excerpts from the great operas with noted Canadian singers Mark DuBois, Paul Massel and Teresa Lee Ryan. Another important occasion for the associa- tion in its "silver anni- versary" year will be the premiere per- Along with what is good will be the usual Ioad of garbage sitcoms, but all you have to do, thank heavens, is tumn 'the dial if you feel a lit- te jarred in the sfomach. One of the new comedy programns for formance of a new musical work "Night Hymns on Lake Nipigon" by local com- poser, Dr. Stanley Osborne. For choir and orchestra the music will be performed by the Kingsway College Choir and the full orchestra in April, 1982. Local musicians in- terested in playing with the symphony should cahl 579-6711. Sub- scribers wishing good seats are advised to cal soon. this fail is Best of the West and the titie is a lit tie misleading. It comes on Mondays at 7 p.m. on CFTO. We tuned if in hast week, expecting a western series of very high cali- bre, judging from the titie, but soon learned thaf we were watching a new comedy sertes. Besf is the name of a man from Philadeiphia who took his wife and young son f0 a western town where he wanted to open up a grocery store. Frankly, we en- joyed If, even admitflng to a couple of real knee- slappers. The executive producer is Ealr Pomeranz, a Canadian, who hixnself venfured into comedy a few years back, and in our opinion was about as funny as looking at a pail of chopped worms. We think he may have a winner with this sertes, as long as the wrifers don'f make the mistake of previous gag writers, and shoot- their best bullefs in the first two or t hree episodes. Because of the many protests over the past year from the organiza- tions and individuals about the crime, violen- ce and sex that has been wending its way acros the home sereens, the networks have sald they want to return to good comedy, and this will be welcomed by millions Who are sick of stunt men splnnlng cars around, and leaping off tail buildings. The CRTC 18 holding tlght to the rules that local television stations must carry a percent- age of local program- ming. This puts quite a strain on small stations Who find if easy to buy canned junk fromn the U.S. With what may be, in the not too distant future, from Pay-TV, and already the compe- tition from home full- length movies on casset- tes, if should promise an improvemnent from our local television stations. For the sake of ahl of us thaf wafch felevision, even if only once a week, may the new season be one that makes if worthwhile to turn on the swltch. INVITATIONS Oven fresh RETZEL BOY il every day istebestYXJ ail the way! For an old fashioned Pretzel I i 110 BROCK ST. N. WHIT8Y, ONT. 666-3377 I I Él"È&Coupon 30$ sach Pretzel Uamumumu mbm.m ---- Getti'ng into the swing Joe Serfiex of the Whitby Badminton Club is seen here getting into the swing of things affer the club's summer layoff. The club wilI start ifs l3th season this month and is accepting new mem- bers on September 28 and October 1 at the Henry Street High School gym- nasium at 7:30 p.m. For more information cail 668-2115 or 668-1116. -Photo by John Houghton Oshawa Symphony'9s new winter season BODY E AýjT