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GALAXY OF TOP PERFORMERS appearing this weekend on the 14th Variety Club
Telethon to raise funds for Vancouver's new Children's Hospital include many well-
known names in the entertainment world. Staged in the Queen Elizabeth Theatre, the

non-stop 21-hour show is being carried on BCTV (Channel 8, Cable 11) and continues
until late this afternoon, Sunday, February 17.

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Star cast for Telethon fund drive

Back this weekend on Variety Club’s 14th Telethon — which continues
non-stop until late Sunday afternoon — is Blake Emmons to apply the
finishing touches to a project he helped launch four years ago: the building
and equipping of Vancouver’s new Children’s Hospital.

The country singer, who
stil has strong ties in
Vancouver, is one of a
galaxy of stars appearing on
the BCTV network, and the

Queen Elizabeth Theatre
stage, during the 21-hour
Variety Club show.

Blake is on familiar

ground, sharing the spotlight
with some old friends he has
met in previous Telethons —
Rolf Harris, Bob McGrath
and Ronnie Prophet.
Producer Jerry Rochon, in
fact, has put together a
package that has appeal for
all ages and ail tastes for
Variety's 14th annual
Telethon. The 13 previous
Telethons have raised about
$6.6 million and provided
assistance to thousands of
handicapped children
throughout British
Columbia. ,
Emmons’ presentations
have a strong flavor of the
Nashville sound; Harris’
unique song stylings have
made him an international
favorite and he is extremely
popular jn British Columbia;
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Street star whose appeal
touches every child, and he
has a magnifscent singing
voice. Both Emmons and
Harris are familiar across
Canada through their CTV
variety shows.

The remainder of the cast
is high on both quality and
quantity.

Ronnie Prophet, who has
performed on the past two
Telethons, is host of the
award-winning Grand Old
Country show on CTV. His
album “Just for You” has
been certified as “gold” in
Canada.

ALL PARTS OF B.C.

For the first time,the
Telethon has _ performers
from many parts of British
Columbia. This is the result
of a 10-day talent tour by the
Telethon’s associate
producer, Michael Bennett,

who returned to BCTV's
studios with a package of
entertainers who survived
regional auditions.

Included are Jeanette
Grittani, a singer-composer
from Nelson; Tom Strong, a
whimsical balladier from
Prince Rupert; Casey Burke,
a country and western singer
from Victoria; Robert Hill, a
Prince George song writer
who also sings; Jeanette
Gallant, a singer and
guitarist from Kamloops and
Paul Finkelman, a singer-
composer from Victoria.

Sherisse Laurence and Cal

Dodd are making their
British Columbia debut,
although they are hardly

strangers to viewers in the
province, being the
ringmasters in the current
CTV hit, Circus. Sherisse is
from Selkirk, Manitoba.

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