| FEBRUARY, 2004 |
| HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY! |
| "BO
FA,BO
FA, BO
FA! "
In second and third place are Lisgar Collegiate and Holy Trinity. We sincerely thank Al Connors and his team. We thank the houseful of enthusiastic BOFA fans! BOFA
competes next at the C.I.G. Nationals the week
of April 13- April 17, at the National Arts Centre.
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| CONGRATULATIONS to PAUL HOPKINS, who joins The Stratford Festival in March with a role in Henry VIII! |
| MATT OUIMET will be heard on the soon-to-come Hyulp CD, with the temporary title of "a very serious message." Watch for it! |
| DENNIS VAN STAALDUINEN sang, and MATT OUIMET
played drums in The Electric Cake Cabaret musical,
Hearts and Music, at the National
Arts' Centre's Fourth Stage, Feb. 15.
" Hearts and Music celebrates the ups and downs of romance with a wide range of music from Broadway's hottest shows - Aida, The Full Monty, Thoroughly Modern Millie, The Last 5 Years, and more! " Check out this new professional musical theatre company in Ottawa:
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| In the Getting On With Life category, CONGRATULATIONS,
to these BOFA babies
( and friends):
DENNIS VAN STAALDUINEN, JESSICA HOLMES, STEPHANIE MOORE
and Shannon Doern, who, each with their respective
partners, have all bought their own homes in the last few months. |
| MATTHEW EDISON'S The Playwright's Crucible, is being improvised/workshopped on Tuesday, Feb 24, 8 pm at Tim Sims Playhouse with RAOUL BHANEJA too. |
| PAUL GRIFFIN's O-PRO is up March 3 - March 6 at Canterbury. |
| CONGRATULATIONS to BOFA 2004,
HAMZA, COLIN, ROBIN and JOSH, CARI, TOM, IRIS and NEIL, for their big win in their first round of the improv games last night at the NAC. They are currently in first place, roughly 40 points ahead. Buy your tickets for Saturday night's finals! |
THE STARS RETURN - THE DREAM
This show is a benefit for Canterbury's arts programme. Directed by JIM McNABB, produced by JUDY
KIRSH, with a cast of hundreds! AND a mystery guest! Tickets
$60.00 and $35.00. BOFA grads, MARTIN
GERO, KURT SMEATON,
as inimitable emcees, RAOUL BHANEJA
and his phenomenal blues, and the soaring voice
of NAOMI RACHLIS...
DEREK CARKNER and
his magical hands, and BOFA's one and only dancer,
TRISHA ALLISON! Andrew Mah, Shannon Mercer, Maureen Shea, Sarah Strange, Brad Sykes, Tannis Light Merimee, Sarah Strange, The Swing Sisters, Jen Gavin, Anne Merritt, Chris Brown… Also, on screen, in a compilation by JIM McNABB and DUNCAN VALLIANT SAUNDERS: Paul Hopkins, STEPHANIE MOORE, MAUREEN WELCH, and… also a very special music video by TYLEY
ROSS! |
| BOFA
2004 HAMZA ADAM, ROBIN TOLLER, COLIN MUNCH, JOSH ISSENMAN, IRIS LAPID, CARI LESLIE, TOM HAYS and NEIL SMITH compete in the Ottawa Regional preliminaries of the CANADIAN IMPROV GAMES, Wednesday, Feb 18 at the National Arts Centre. See the team for tickets - $9.00. WILD-CARD ROUND on Friday, Feb. 20, for teams
who placed OTTAWA REGIONAL FINALS, FEB 21, NAC. |
CHELSEA O'CONNOR plays Stanley, the Earl of
Derby, and the Duchess of York (Richard's mother) in Richard
III, directed by Ian Watson. Feb 13, 14, at Ryerson. |
| TYLEY ROSS is in concert at the National Arts Centre, Ottawa Feb 22. |
TYLER WESTERLUND and White Cowbell Oklahoma
tape for The Toronto Show Feb 19, in Toronto.
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JESSICA HOLMES is a regular on Royal
Canadian Air Farce, Fridays at 8 pm |
| JIM McNABB has been cast in Barefoot in the Park for Theatre Cambridge this July. |
Read about MARTIN GERO's successful writing
and improv on his website: www.martingero.com |
LEVON HENDERSON, recent graduate of VFS,
is working in Vancouver as an Assistant Director on a short for
the WCB-HRDC. Congratulations! |
| SARAH McVIE plays Macbeth's Lady MacDuff in this year's Stratford Festival. Previews from May 19, opens on June 4 and runs until Oct. 30. |
| MATT EDISON goes to England Feb 9, to work on The Domino Heart. |
STILL HAPPENING: |
| JEHAN KHOORSHED plays and sings live on Thursdays in Montreal, at The Cock 'n Bull. |
| BILL SOUROUR hosting at The iNSTiTUTiON |
| RAOUL BHANEJA, Train 48, Global every weekday. |
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STEPHANIE MOORE, Queer as Folk, SHOWCASE |
JENNIFER GOODHUE, Comedy Inc, CTV |
| MARTIN GERO and KURT SMEATON, doing improv at Clinton's, Toronto, Monday nights. |
| Canterbury calling… If you haven't done so yet, please check out JUDY KIRSH's new website for Canterbury grads. www.cacda.com Go to the site to register as a grad, donate, buy tickets, get information, join the Alumni Association, and just check it all out! |
| New CD's to buy:
Tyler Westerlund: White Cowbell Oklahoma, Cencerro Blanco
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No More Group of Seven at the AGO.
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