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ALTHOUGH SHE is one of Canada’s most popular ¢ children's entertainers, Charlotte Diamond says
she can never take her successes for granted. The local performer will be appearing | in North Van-

_ couver next Sunday at Centennial Theaire.

) PEOPLE try to. squeeze the most value out of their.
‘entertainment dollar-and performing artists vie for a ©:

a smaller audience share, competition. among enter-_
tainers has become a cutthroat affair. Even in the sup-
posedly innocent world of children’s entertainment.

Since the emergence of — :
superstars like Raffi, Sharon, Lois
and Bram, and Fred Penner, more
and more wannabes are trying
their hand at the booming kids’

‘market, which has meant that

_ even the most seasoned perfor-
mers can’t afford to just sit back
‘and let the work come to them.

» Just ask Charlotte Diamond.

The popular children’s enter-
-tainer has appeared on national
“TV, including the hugely suc- '
cessful Fred Penner Show, :and
~has been named Children’s Per-

» former of the Year by the B.C.
Chapter of the Canadian Academy.
of the Recording Arts and Sciences ©

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‘three years in a row. And yet she

knows she can never take any of
her successes for granted.
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field is very competitive and so

“you find that you have to always

keep working hard at it,” Dia-
mond said during a month- long
break from performing.

Although she was virtually
unknown as recently as six years
ago, Diamond has quickly become
a household name in houses with
children, .

Today she is helping redefine
children’s music with her in- ::
novative blend of French, Latin ’
American, and Spanish folk music,
which is often performed to pan-
tomime, comedy and ever sign :
language.

Giving upwards of 200 concerts
a year is not unusual for the
Richmond-based performer,
whose big little audience has ex-

panded into the thousands from '

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Mixed media works on display

LARGE MIXED media painting
on paper by North Vancouver
artist, Ann Forman are on
display at the Seymour Art
Gallery.

the gallery’s inaugural show
for 1993 deals with the theme
of nature, especially the fragility
of growth forests, inspired by

Forman’s recent European od-
yssey.

Forman has worked out of
ber Nonh Vancouver studio for
15 years and teaches water-
color and Japanese woodblock
printmaking at Capilano. Col-
loge.

The exhibit runs until Feb.7.