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AUDUBON CHRISTMAS COUNT

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BIRD LOVERS are invited 10 take
part in this year’s Audubon
Christmas Bird Count.

The organizers (Vancouver Nat-
ural History Society) are looking
for people with feeding stations in
their gardens, who would count

NEVERLAND: The Adventures of
Peter Pan and Wendy will be pres-
ented Dec. 12 - Jan. 4 at Van-
couver’s Firehall Theatre. ,

This 1986 adaptation of the
J.M. Barrie classic about the boy
who could fly has been penned by
Patricia Ludwick, and features
Peter Pan’s playground with his
friends Wendy, the Darling clan,
Capt. Hook, Tiger Lily and of
course, that twinkling chatterbox,
Tinker Bell.

Keeping with tradition there are
battles with pirates, acrobatic fly-
ing and ticking man-eating croco-
diles,

Tamahnous Theatre, celebrating
its [Sth season, is now under the
helm of newly appointed artistic
director Kathleen Weiss.

Playwright Patricia Ludwick is
also an actress. In 1983, she was
nominated for best actress for
Blood Relations and her play
Alone was up for best new play at
that year’s Jessie Richardson
Theatre Awards. She has worked a
great deal with the development of
new scripts at the New Play Cen-
tre.

Directing Neverland is Susan
Astley, a founding member of
Tamahnous Theatre. Her
previous directing credits include
two of Vancouver’s biggest hits,
Last Cali: A Post-Nuclear Cabaret
and Sex Tips for Modern Girls.

Portraying Peter Pan will be
Experimental Dance And Music
dancer Peter Bingham. His arch-
rival, Capt. Hook, will be played
by Peter Anderson. The
choreography is by Experimental
Dance And Music.

Neverland opens Dec. 12 at the
Firehall Theatre, 280 East Cor-
dova, running nightly Tuesday to
Sunday at 7:30 p.m. until Jan. 4th.

There are no shows on Dec. 24
and 25. but there is a special Box-
ing Day matinee at 2 p.m.

For ticket information and res-
ervations call the Firehall Theatre
Box Office at 689-0926.

Bethlehem
star explored

THE PLANETARIUM’S annual
Yuletide presentation explorzs ihe
age-old mystery of the star of
Bethlehem. A_ blend of science,
history and traditional Christmas
music and imagery, A Star of
Bethlehem opens Dec. 16.
Showtimes are Dec. 16, 17, 18
and 19 at 2:30 p.m. and 8 p.m.;
Dec. 20 to Dec. 23 at 1 p.m., 2:30
p.m., 4 p.m. and 8 p.m.; and Dec.
24 at} p.m. and 2:30 p.m. Tickets
are $4 per person, with family
rates available. re

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the number of each species at-
tracted to their garden during
Sunday, Dec. 21.

If you wish to take part in this
bird count please contact Kevin
Bell at Lynn Valley Ecology Centre
(987-5922) for registration and in-

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there are over 35 other counts.

The results from this con-
tinent-wide count gives or-
nithologists an idea of any drastic
changes in species population
both locally and internationally.

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