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Life On Stage Continued from Page 7 When that position fell by the wayside with government cutbacks, a chance conversation with his sister landed him in the stores department of the Royal Jubilee Hospital, work that is both interesting and active. “One of the things I really like about the work at the hospital is it’s so physical,” with lots of walking and lifting. All of which keeps him in shape for the next adventure, says Rutter, who turns 65 in February. Because rather than look back at all the things he’s accomplished, he instead ponders the things he has yet to do. “I can’t imagine retiring; it’s just not an interesting prospect,” he says. “I don’t know what I’m going to be doing next year and I find that exciting, not worrying,” he says. “I’m looking forward to being surprised.” And as music rehearsals are set to get under way in a month or so for The Mikado, his fellow Gilbert & Sullivan members won’t be surprised to see him at all the music rehearsals – just in case. “I really like playing in front of a live audience; the curtain goes up at the end and
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“I don’t know what I’m going to be doing next year and I find that exciting, not worrying. I’m looking forward to being surprised.”
everybody stands up and claps.” Join Rutter for the opening of The Mikado this spring, March 19 to April 3 in Victoria and Sidney. The Victoria Gilbert & Sullivan Society is also hosting a fundraiser for the spring show with a British music hall-style revue in December. Visit www.gilbertandsullivanvictoria.ca for more infrmation.
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