67 - Friday, November 15, 1985 - North Shore News

Puppcorn puppets
will entertain
kids of all ages

LOIS WALKER and her Prime Minister Joe Clark.

Puppcorn Puppets will be
appearing November !7 at 1}
and 3 p.m. at North Van-
couver's Centennial Theatre.
Walker, producer and
host of Mid-Canada Televi-
sion’s award-winning Pupp-
corn Family Fun Show
(now known as Puppcorn
Place), will be the closing
performer in the Children's
Super .Scries of concerts
sponsored by the theatre.

The series was designed to’

introduce North Shore
children and their families to
top-name children’s re-
cording artists and television
performers.

A North Vancouver resi-
dent with extensive experi-
ence in creative arts educa-
tion, Walker has written and
produced numerous
children’s books, records
and cassette tapes.

Her 1980 television
special, ‘Invite a Puppcorn
to Christmas Dinner,’’ won
a national television award
as Canada’s Outstanding
Special: for Children. In
1984, she won a CANPRO
Award for outstanding
children’s television.

Her-stage show is a fast-
pace musical variety hour,
combining a mop-haired,
rag-bag collection of Pupp-
corn puppets: together with
Walker's considerable tal-
ents as a singer, songwriter
and storyteller.

Designed for three to 12°

year-olds and their parents,
the show has live, sing-along
music, original songs and
lots of ‘audience participa-
tion... -

She has staged over 1,000
shows across Canada and
the United States since 1978,
including. performances for
the families of Governor-
General Ed Shreyer, Prime
Minister Pierre Trudeau ‘and

Her recent performances at
Richmond's James Cowand
Theatre and the Surrey Arts
Centre were sellouts.

Though primarily used as
a visual aid, the Puppcorns
themselves are show-stealers,
but with a difference.
Walker makes all her cre-
ations from disposable
household items and part of
her show is spent teaching
and encouraging children to
make their own.

‘‘Learning to create your
own characters from scratch
is an experience children
remember long after the per-
formance itself,’’ said
Walker, who receives (and
answers) about 1,000 letters
a year from children.

“1 find it an absolute
delight and consider it a ma-
jor accomplishment to
receive feedback from
children who have seen our
show. It shows we’re having
a positive effect.”’

Tickets for the show are
available at the North Van-
ccuver Recreation “Centre
(988-6166), the Vancouver
Ticket Centre (280-4444) and

at the Theatre box office at.

showtime.

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ONE OF Canada’s most
successful performers, popu-
lar pianist Frank Mills will
perform with the Vancouver
Symphony Orchestra for ane
night only, November 18 in
the Orpheum.

Joining Mills will be his
music director and conduc-
tor, Eric Friedenberg, as well
as Ron Halderson on guitar,
John Hyde on bass, and
Gary deBoeck, drums.

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chord no matter what your
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Mills has ‘received a
Grammy nomination and
has been three time Juno
Award winner.

a STELLA JO DEAN stresses that the city &
lm owned lands in Lower Lonsdale constitute Wj
a one of the prime areas available in
m™ Canada‘and should be internationally
m advertised to attract a comprehensive
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ee community and provide amenities for the
a benefit of all citizens.

15 years of
independent
action on council

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a 62 Received Centennial Medal from Government &
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