Ald - Sunday, December 4, 1983 - North Shore News LAST CHANCE FOR ELLA! the great Ella Fitzgerald closing Saturday, December 10 Dave Clark photo ROCKER-TURNED-NIGHTCLUB-STAR Co, |, Burton Cummings opens a two-week Plazazz! stand Dec 14 SOUNDS FOR LOVERS Michael Jackson Tops At Daddy Long-Legs There is one adult dance spot in Greater Vancouver where music swings at the conversational level — period Daddy Long-Legs (Name Cwo..) Legs jumps nightly Tuesdays through Saturdays with hits from the nostalgic \ $ , glitterati nave a passion for a> Ee Y forties to the now-beat of the Eighties, offering both taped and “live” entertainment And there’s still sound-space for that romantic rapproche- ment. Manager Dale Read and disc jockey Jay Ostrikoff know their market. And, today. the . i aM . IN-DEMAND MODELS of Richard's Agency -- Jit Mun caster and James Comparell, both from Point Grey, found Dad dy Long-Legs a great place to unwind after a strenuous shooting day on the North Shore They later took in Ella at Plazazz' | & | th Shien PLAZA PARTY PLANNERS feady fo asst Chose “heduling private and corporate ente aio im tne hotet eather ducing oF after the holidays are Banque: and Catering Co-ordinator kotella deft Manager Tom JoOttame Mattes Both Tughly skilled oroftessianals can Be reached al 984 061" Tor Butler photo Michael Jackson who has two smasn singles on Legs top 10 play-list Here are the most re quested tunes in order of popularity 41 Billy Jean by Michnaei Jackson 2 Gloria by Laura Brannigan 3 Work Hard for the Money by Donna Summers 4 All Night Long by Lionei Ritchie 5 Beat It by Michael Jackson New York, New York by Frank Sinatra ~ Let’s Twist Again by Chubby Checker 1 Saw Her Standing There by The Beatles Hey by Julio Iglesias in the Mood by the van couver s Wildroot Orchestra (Request notepads are con vementiy placed at each Cable so tnat patrons May send ut for them favourites | Read annouced the coming attractions in lve entertain ment Scheduled are « Sibel Thrasher, featuring the Motown sound in the style of Diana Ross. 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The international Plaza has scheduled four gala parties for New Year's Eve For details, please see page Four. (Better make reserva- tions soon to avoid arsappeintmend. The New You? A Christmas fashion ex- travaganza is scheduled the evening of December 12 in Plazazz' Models from the Metamor- fose group will present clothes from: area boutiques. The show tnciudes a tecture demonstration by Ghitta Le jeune featuring “make-overs” using two people chosen from the audience Show-time is 730 pm with tickets at $15 available at Ashmore Travel off the hotel lobby Today’s Thought Nothing in the world can take tne place of persistence Talent will not nothing 1s more common than unsuc cessful men with talent Genius wil not unrewarded genius «s almost 2a proverb € ducation will noc. the world is full of educated derelicts Per siscence and determination atone are omnipotent The slogan Press On has solved and always will solve the pro dlems of the Numan 6.ace ANONYMOUS Mariken Van Nimwegen sketches Ella and Burton Back-to-Back! B.B. King, Marsalis Complete “Hit” List She 1s unique. An American institution in her own time. She ts instantly recognizable wherever she ap- pears, simply by the name “Elia” U.S. east coast music critic Tony Mastroianni perhaps described her best: “in the case of Elia Fitzgerald you have something unique There continues to be no one like her — no one who uses a voice so completely like a musical instrument, emitting sounds rather than words as she improvises with conven- tional instruments. “AS a sr. jer of popular SONGS S11e tS aS SUPrFeMe IN her- field as any prima donna in the world of opera. “What ts best about her is her ability to stray from the melody, sing around it and over and under it, yet never lose it and then be able to find her way unerringly back to it.” A Fitzgeratd performance spans the decades and tastes — from Duke Ellington, Paul Williams, Melissa Manchester, Carly Simon, Cole Porter, Stevie Wonder, Jonnny Mercer, Marvin Gaye, Harold Arlen to Antonio Carios Jobim: swing, bop, pop, bossa nova, biues, Brazilian, Broadway musicals and soul — as only Ella can do them. There are two Ella perfor- mances in Plazazz! scheduled nightly at 8 p.m. and 11 p.m. until Saturday. The few re maining tickets at $20 each (a rare bargain considering they went for $125 at the Grosvenor House in London) are available at all VTC and CBO outtets. But the best bargain of all, says International Plaza general manager Jonn Hale. 1s the dinner package: gourmet dining in The Heritage Room at $77.50 per couple, inctuding tickets to Ella. Call Renee Monk at 984-0611 for package reservations Another socko entertainer follows Etla rocker turned mgnhtclud star Burton Cumm- ings. formerly of the Guess Who. offers his evocative sing ing and ftawless keyboard work In Plazazz!' December 14 through December 31 Next up ts tegendary jazz gui tarist B.B. King, January 16 through January 28, followed by New Orleans ja2z2 trumpeter Winston Marsalis february 1 through February 11 Coming to Plazazz'! in sum mer are The Nylons and Hawdil Ss Socetry of Seven al GAZEBO GUESTS spotted in the informal off the top by restaurant were BC TV News Mour weekend anchor Pamela Martin and her husband Citve They popped in for ac heese and fruit snack and a refresning carafe of (oc nenauver Blanc de Blanc oe WINTON MARSALIS .. trumpet virtuoso B.B. KING ‘happy blues Tor Bute ON: