42 - North Shore News - Friday. February 4. 2000

———- BRIGHT LIGHTS

NEWS photos Martin Millerchip

This sign and the large screen simulcasts from Toronto were as close to tre Genie
Awards as the academy's Susanne Rediig (from left), screenwriter and graphic design-
er Michelle Demers and freelance publicist Helen Yagi were going to get. But they and

the rest of the crowd didn’t seem to mind.

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Michelle Gibson (left) has, among
many other things, been the “voice” of
the Gemini videos for the past three
years while Judy Jackson-Rink is the
hard working manager of the academy's
western division.

Actors Brenda James and fork Holden
were busy giving eact .iher iwadaches
last week just off the Dovwarton Highway —
they were filming an Excedrin coniverciat.

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Actor Ruth Korchuk has appeared on
stage a couple of times in North Vancouver.
Besides film work she and David August
keep busy with a children’s pertormance
group called Out to Lunch Players.

Leo Awards producer Walter Daroshin
and Anne-Marie Duke were happy to
pose together as fellow North Shore resi-
cents. Anne-Marie'’s hubby is film and
television director Daryl Duke, but she is
well known in her own right for a lot of
behind-the-scenes organization and phil-
anthropy.

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lights

West Vancouver director
and president of the Union
of B.C. Performers John
Juliani arrived late from a
Savage God staged read-
ing of Romeo and Juliet.

Peter Cumpston of Sea
Coast Sound Lid. kept
the sounds happening for
the party.

Trying somebody else's
popcern was the Caprice
Theatre chain's Terry
Weir (right). The traditional
movie snack came cour-
tesy of WD World Travel's
Murray McGregor.

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Actor/director Stuart

Not everyone et ine party
was an actor! Technician
Kevin O'Leary (left) was
chatting to his union dusi-
ness manager ana former
North Vancouver resident
Etmar Thiessen.

Margolin is a multipie
Golden Glebe and Emmy
winner and was the guest
of honour for the evening.
He shared the podium and
MC duties with Brigitte
Proncheska, the western
vice-chair of the academy.

West Van interior designer Bita (from left) was having a
good time with friends Elfie Paviakovic and Colleen Gem.

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Stephen Elliott and entertainment fawyer Artene

Francis were the lucky winners of romantic weekend
door prizes.

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