Arts Preview!

BY NADINE ARMSTRONG

The Hants Journal

NovaNewsNow.com

Get your Gospel on!

The United Church at 5477 Hwy #1 Ste. Croix will host an evening of Gospel music Sunday, Sept. 20 at 2:30 p.m.

The concert will feature Keith Ross and Jay and Tammy, his friends from Texas. Joining them will be Tina Mumford-Kehoe.

If anyone needs transportation, arrangements can be made by calling 798-4336.

Tickets ($10) can be purchased from Moe's Place Music or at the door. Cost is $10.

Pumpkin Fest Musical

Quick as a Wink gets into pumpkin fest spirit with the Pied Piper, a musical, Friday and Saturday, Oct. 2, 3, 9, 10 at the Royal Canadian Legion Hall, Fort Edward Mall, Windsor.

The musical, by Vera Morris and Bill Francoeur, is full of catchy, toe-tapping tunes and hilarious characters!

Rats are taking over Hamelin and nobody, including the greedy mayor, knows what to do. Even Ratzinger, the pest control officer, and his young assistant, Dilly, are at their wits' end.

Just when things can't get any worse, who should turn up but an odd young gentleman who calls himself the Pied Piper. Will he get rid of the rats? Will the mayor pay him? Will the children return to Hamelin Town?

This lively, delightful family musical is not to be missed! All tickets are available at the door: adults, $15; children under 12, $10.

In Windsor

Mermaid Theatre of Nova Scotia’s double-bill production, Goodnight Moon and The Runaway Bunny will begin a nine-month U.S. and Canada tour with a performance in Windsor Friday, Sept. 25 at 6:30 p.m. This will be the final opportunity for local audiences to catch the popular production until late 2010.

Tickets can be purchased directly from Moe’s Place Music Sales in Windsor (902-798-5565). Tickets are $11 ($9 for students and seniors); all taxes and fees are included.

Family show

The King’s New Clothes by Edith Weiss is a family show that is bound to be an unqualified hit with both the kids and adults.

This one-act comedy at CentreStage Theatre is about the events that befall a helpless Queen, a clueless King and a mirage of servants, maids and thieves. The King’s New Clothes plays Saturday and Sunday afternoons at 2 p.m. from Sept. 19 to Oct. 4. All seats are $5. The show will be playing in the upstairs theatre.

For more information, visit http://www.centrestagetheatre.ca/ or phone 678-8040 to make reservations.

Any Number Can Die

Chérie Zinck and Peter Booth star at CentreStage Theatre as rival detectives in Any Number Can Die, a fast-paced spoof on 1920s murder mysteries.

The show opens on Thursday, Sept. 17 (pay what you can) and continues playing on Friday and Saturday nights at 8 p.m. from Sept. 18 to Oct. 24. There will be a matinee Sunday, Oct. 18. Phone 678-8040 to make reservations.

New series

The Mermaid Imperial Performing Arts Centre in Windsor will kick off its annual Entertainment Series with a performance Sept. 19 by the popular bluegrass ensemble, The Grass Mountain Hobos.

This Prince Edward Island six-piece ensemble was a crowd favourite at the Kempt Shore Bluegrass Music Festival this past August. Tickets for the concert include a voucher for free admission to the Hants County Exhibition Friday, Sept. 18 or Friday, Sept. 25 and are $20 adults/$18 students and seniors. Available at Moe’s Place Music Sales, 129 Gerrish St., Windsor (798–5565).