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Dal Richards is ringing in his 78th new year as a musician (this year with Dawn Chubai, one of Dal’s Gals) 5 Rob Newell photo

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Start New Year’s Day off with a dip

By Deanna Cheng

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he 93rd annual polar bear swim at English Bay, a traditional feat of fortitude and fun, is the perfect way to welcome the new year (and clear the cobwebs left by the celebrations of the previous eve).

Join one of the largest and oldest Polar Bear Clubs in the world by registering for a free membership in front of the English Bay Bathhouse between 12:30 and 2:30pm on New Year’s Day. Donations and non-perishable food items will be accepted for the food bank.

Event highlights are the costumes and the Peter Pantages Memorial 100-yard swim race.

Swim coordinator Glenn Schultz says, “There are about two or three dozen people who do the race with roughly six to eight thousand [people] watching.”

It starts at 2:30pm sharp. “People get antsy when you hold them back,” he said.

From developing entry forms and new badges to cleaning the beaches to organizing police and traffic control, preparation for this event starts a couple months ahead.

Last year, there were 2,200 registered swimmers. In 2011, a new record was set with 2,246 registered swimmers.

Patrick Oleman, member of the Portland FC soccer team, gathered some friends to do it last year. Having done the swim a few times before at his reserve, this was his first time doing it in Vancouver.

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• Do not drink. Alcohol does not warm you up.

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• Do not stay in the water longer than 15 minutes. Body heat is lost 25 times faster in water than in air.

• Do not remove your clothing until swim time. The swim will be started by a flag and siren.

• Entrants in the 100-yard race are to meet in front of the line on the north side (Stanley Park side) of the enclosure.

• First three swimmers to touch the marker buoy by the lifeguard boat, give your name to the lifeguard.

• After you swim, pick up your commemorative button at the large polar bear or at the registration table.

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For $10, spectator passes allow family members not keen on adrenalin activities to warm up by the fire, enjoy warm apple cider and eat some s’mores (food and beverage will also be available for purchase) while watching Tickles the Clown and an hourly fire spinning show, culminating with the 9pm fireworks finale.

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Another player loved the spontaneity. She said, “It was a really cool way to bring a bunch of strangers together and create a community in Vancouver out of a very different thing... Just bringing people together in that way is kind of unique.”

As Oleman said, “Just have fun.”

Mount Seymour’s SnowPlay Park hosts a special family-friendly New Year’s Eve celebration from 6pm – 9pm on December 31 that includes tubing and tobogganing, live big band music, free s’mores and apple cider, and free party hats, sparklers and blowhorns for an early NYE countdown at 9pm.

Family First Night is one of Vancouver’s only family friendly New Year’s Eve events. The Snowplay area opens for the event at 5pm and will run till 9pm when they’ll have the NYE countdown.

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Raise your other hand if your smartphone has become an extension of how your brain works. For those who have both hands in the air comes the new YYoga app.

Developed by Vancouver’s Pound & Grain, the idea came from YYoga’s founding partner Terry McBride. “We all know that motivation is the thing that holds most of us back when it comes to fitness,” he says in a press release. ”This appworks [allows] people to create a profile and connect with friends so they can see who’s doing what. The idea? If you see that your friends are going to a class tonight, you’ll be more likely to go.”

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city’s best house and progressive DJs, Cirque performance artists, two floors of music + a VIP Mezzanine level, and a countdown you won’t forget. Toast to the great times to come in 2013 with a free glass of champagne at midnight.

9pm. $40-$50 at Ticketzone.com, Beat Street or East Side Urbanwear.

ELEVATION: Rise above it at a first-ofits-kind event in Vancouver. Two rooms of music and delight with 360° views of Downtown Vancouver, the North Shore, East Van and Burnaby from a 555ft vantage point. 9pm at Vancouver Lookout at Harbour Centre (555 West Hastings). $95-$120 at Clubzone.com.

FASHION TV PRESENTS NYE: Ring in the New Year in high style and glamour at Press Play’s NYE 2013 at Terminal City Club. Hosted by FashionTV and Press Play Entertainment. Have your own Hollywood moment on the ultraglam black-tie red carpet entrance; or if you’re feeling lucky, try your hand at live casinos. 9pm at Terminal City Club (837 West Hastings). $150 at PressPlayEstablishment.com.

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Hot apple cider and S’mores, music and much more. 5pm at Snowplay Park, Enquist Lodge (Mount Seymour). Prices vary, MountSeymour.com.

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your New Year’s Eve 3,700 feet above the twinkling lights of Vancouver. A multicourse dinner, live DJ and dance floor, party favours and complimentary glass of bubbly. 5:30pm (The Observatory) and 5:45 (Timber Room). $70-$100 at 604-998-5045.

HOTEL GEORGIA NEW YEAR’S BALL: Rosewood Hotel Georgia will

look to raise the bar for future parties by bringing to Vancouver one of the hottest celebrations to usher in 2013. 9pm at the Rosewood Hotel Georgia (801 West Georgia). $100-$120 at Clubzone.com or RosewoodHotels.com.

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Lace up your skates for a family-friendly New Year’s celebration at the Robson Square ice rink. Live music, stilt walkers, sorcerers, witches and a magic show. Be there for the countdown to an early New Year at 8pm. (800 Robson).

STEEL PANTHER: The legends of

Los Angeles’ Sunset Strip return to Vancouver to help “Rawk” in The New Year. 7pm at the Commodore Ballroom (868 Granville). $75 at Ticketmaster.ca.

POWDER BLUES BAND AND MIKE VAN EYES TRIO: Juno award-winning

Powder Blues, fronted by Tom Lavin on guitar, is joined by Mike Van Eyes, Vancouver’s boogie woogie rock ‘n’ roll piano player who has contributed his extraordinary talent to the legendary R&B troupe The Epics and the all-star rocker band The Trespassers. 7pm at Vancouver Fanclub (1050 Granville). $40$45 at VancouverFanclub.ca.

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year you stepped into the Winter wonderland of Narnia within The Keefer Bar. This New Year they transform the Keefer in the theme of Prince Caspian and a nautical adventure. Sweet Soul Burlesque troupe will perform three sets of magical Narnia-themed burlesque to ring in the New Year. 8pm at the Keefer Bar (135 Keefer). $25 at Clubzone.com.

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2013 in grand style aboard the Luxurious Pride of Vancouver. Your cruise includes a gourmet buffet, entertainment and dancing all in the true cruise ship tradition. With the romance of the sea, Vancouver’s spectacular skyline and the city lights at night. 7:30pm. $147.78 at Clubzone.com.

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ROCK THEATRE CO.’S NEW YEAR’S EVE VARIETY SHOW: A hip, Rat Pack

Masquerade and Carnival with top entertainment, the best party DJs, Super Disco Freq, Cherchez La Femme, Chapel Sound DJs, The Amigos, Mr. Pablo, as well as roving performers. All tickets include a raw seafood bar, carving station and chocolate fountain. 9pm at the Waldorf Hotel (1489 East Hastings). $60 at EventBrite.com, Beatstreet, Highlife, Red Cat and Zulu Records.

era-themed holiday musical, hosted by the always boisterous Madame Va-Va Voom (Anne-Marie de la Giroday). Enjoy a glass of champagne and a party favour for you and your friends and bring in 2013 with the momentum it deserves.

10pm at the Revue Stage (1601 Johnston). $30-$35 at VancouverTix.com or 604-629-8849.

NEW YEAR’S EVE 2013 JAZZ GALA:

SIN CITY FETISH NEW YEAR’S: Get your freak on to a sultry smorgasbord of retro and 80s, rock, industrial, dirrrty electro and dance tunes galore (djs Pandemonium and R-Lex with surprise guests). Indulge the exhibitionist or voyeur in you in the sinfully delicious Sin City dungeon, watched over by the Vancouver Dungeon Team. 9pm-3am at the Red Room (398 Richards). $25 at WantTickets.com.

Experience the unique taste of jazz and festive atmosphere during this thrilling night. Come join us at the ballroom of one of Vancouver’s finest hotels. Every ticket includes buffet dinner, champagne toast and the great vibe of a fabulous full-size jazz band. 8pm at the Sandman Hotel (180 West Georgia). $140 at Clubzone.com.

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Vancouver’s hottest annual red carpet New Year’s celebration in true Las Vegas fashion at the world-class Westin Bayshore Hotel Resort. Starring some of Canada’s best live performers, entertainers, celebrities, & DJs. 8pm at the Westin Bayshore (1601 Bayshore). $75-$150 at Clubzone.com.

landmarks in Vancouver is playing host to a NYE 2013 party for all those partygoers who want to be part of a classy New Year’s Eve celebration in town.

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NEW YEAR’S EVE BALL: Experience all of the best aspects of New Year’s Eve — the live count down, the champagne, the amazing vibe, at the Fairmount Hotel. 9pm at the Fairmont Waterfront (900 Canada Place). $100-$120 at Clubzone.com or Fairmont.com.

OPUS Bar’s NYE 2013: Sponsored

by Veuve Clicquot champagnes, two floors of fun from 10pm to midnight and a champagne bar and DJ until 2pm at Vancouver’s premiere boutique hotel (322 Davie). $100. Vancouver.OpusHotel. com

New Year’s Eve with Dal Richards and his Orchestra:

As champagne corks fly in the Whistler Ballroom at the River Rock Casino Resort (8811 River Road, Richmond), 94-year-old Dal Richards and his orchestra will break into Auld Lang Syne. Tickets include buffet, dance floor, party favours and champagne toast at midnight. 7pm; $99.50 single, $159 couple at RiverRock. com

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Tattooed Fireball, Melody Mangler. Press your finest threads, get your dance shoes on, and come on down to the finest live music gala in Vancouver. 8:30 at the WISE Hall (1882 Adanac). $25 (advance) and $30 (at door) at BrownPaperTickets. com, Red Cat, Highlife and the Wise Lounge. Info: WiseHall.ca.

Gala featuring Cousin Harley, Rich Hope and His Evil Doers and Burlesque’s

One of the best Vancouver holiday attractions for young kids, Bright Nights transforms Stanley Park’s Miniature Train park into a winter wonderland of over two million lights and a live-action tableaux. Riding the train is $10 adults, $7 (youth 3-17 and seniors). BurnFund. org

year, ring in the new year with DJs Flipout, Alibaba, Kizum, Zak Santiago, Daddy Mikey, Elmo Super Sound, Earl da Pearl, Latin DJ Jorge and El Nino. Four ballrooms, two dinner bands. Doors at 6pm, Hilton Vancouver Metrotown (6083 McKay Ave., Burnaby).

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Drop off your (undecorated) tree at 6804 SW Marine Drive, 9:30am to 4:30pm, from now until January 9.

BotanicalGarden.UBC.ca • If your tradition is to wait until the Feast of the Epiphany (the 12th day of Christmas) to take down your tree, on Jan. 6 bring it over to Kingsgate Mall (370 E. Broadway), by donation, from 5:30 to 7pm. Proceeds will be donated to the Mount Pleasant Elementary School to help send their students on field trips.

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As soon as he goes on stage, the connection with the audience is right there,” says Muriel Richards of her husband Dal, who has no plans for retirement. Rob Newell photo

Dal Richards is Mr. New Year’s He’s leading his orchestra for his 78th consecutive New Year’s Eve bash.

Next month help him celebrate his 95th birthday at a party at the Orpheum

By Martha Perkins

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al Richards is sitting on a leather couch in his three-storey loft in Gastown. While his wife Muriel slips downstairs to answer an email about one of his upcoming gigs and the photographer sets up his equipment, Richards is talking to Dawn Chubai about what it’s like to perform together on stage.

“You make me feel so young,” the bandleader says to Chubai, the Breakfast TV host who moonlights as one of Dal’s Gals.

Chubai smiles, channels her inner Frank Sinatra and sings, “You make me feel so young… you make me feel there are songs to be sung.”

The notes trail off but the smile stays. “We should do that song,” she says to Richards.

That’s when the transformation takes place. I swear that when you look in Richards’ eyes you can see that his brain is working out an arrangement for the song — which instrument will play what, what bar the singers will come in on. He can hear the song, he can feel it, and chances are that his fans will one day hear it exactly the way it’s playing out in his head right now.

There, in that moment, is the answer to the question that he’s lived long enough to be asked more than any other: How do you stay so youthful? What’s the secret to being about to turn 95 and knowing that the Orpheum will be packed with people wanting to help you celebrate?

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that takes place between him on the stage and the audience on the dance floor. One can’t live without the other: a performer needs a listener and a listener needs to be entertained. Every time he picks up his baton, or his saxophone, he lets the audience know that in appreciation for their presence, he’s going to do his best to make sure they have a good time.

At home, Muriel says, Dal is quite a quiet, private person. “But as soon as he goes on stage, the connection with the audience is right there. He’s never tired after a gig because he’s so happy.”

Chubai loves to watch the people in the audience respond to Richards and the music. People of all ages come to his performances but it’s the ones who heard the Dal Richards Orchestra in their youth, and perhaps danced while he played at the Panaroma Roof at the Hotel Vancouver, that catch her eye. “You can almost see them revert to their youth, because that’s what Dal’s doing. He seems to be ageless.”

Richards will give you a scientific reason why he truly is a “super senior.” It has something to do with telomeres that prevent his DNA from fraying as quickly as it does in most people. It doesn’t hurt that by living in Gastown, he and Muriel can walk almost everywhere. And when the photographer asks if it’s too much to ask Richards to go down one of the swirling staircases for the photo shoot — it’s an automatic reflex to treat a 94-year-old with gentle deference — Richards points out that going up and down those stairs helps keep him fit, too.

Richards is the last person to make age an excuse for not doing something. He’s booked for his 78th consecutive New Year’s Eve dance party, playing at the River Rock Casino on December 31 till one in the morning. “He’s booked for an event next October,” Muriel adds. Forget about the joke about being so old he doesn’t want to buy unripe bananas. “When I said to Dal, ‘Do you want to commit?’, he says ‘Sure, what the hell.’”

It won’t be surprising if he’s already starting to think of where he’ll celebrate his 100th birthday.

Early days

The Marpole where Dallas Richards was born in 1918 seems worlds away from today’s modern Vancouver. The family had a radio but it picked up local stations only. Young Dal had an adventurous spirit so he created his own “crystal set” so he could listen to stations from as far away as Cincinnati to Mexico City. In his autobiography, One More Time, he writes that it was magic to dangle “a long wire out the window as an antenna, poking a cat’s whisker wire into a chunk of galena crystal and moving it around until faint sounds came through the static in his earphones.” iPods as revolutionary devices? This was 1927.

Were it not for a slingshot accident that caused the removal of his left eye that same year, young Dal might not have dreamed about being one of the musicians he listened to on his crystal set. The future seemed bleak during the long hours he had to stay in bed.

Looking for something to take his mind off the loss of his eye,

his doctor noted that since Dal’s mother was a good piano player, could Dal have the makings of a good musician, too?

“That was my salvation,” Richards says. “It took me out of my depression.”

His first big “break” was a trip to Chicago in 1933 with the Kitsilano Boys Band, which also managed to make enough money for a transAtlantic crossing to London. Dal and his teenaged friends followed the “don’t ask, don’t tell” approach to getting into nightclubs where they’d sip soft drinks and listen to the bands. If he wasn’t hooked before, there was no way he’d give up the dream of being a professional musician now.

It would be wrong to look at big band music through a nostalgic prism. You’ve got to remember that in Richards’ days, this was the popular music. The music had energy and verve, the bands were hot commodities. Richards’ autobiography is filled with stories about lively, and sometimes raucous, club nights when the who’s who of jazz and big band music came to Vancouver to play.

In the 1950s, big band music’s popularity was weakened by the arrival of the Elvis Presleys, but the two styles of music had enough of a fan base to co-exist. It was the Beatles who sounded big bands’ death knell by creating the music that now filled the concert halls.

Bookings dried up and so, for the first time, Richards, had to go looking outside of music for work.

He enrolled in BCIT’s hospitality program and started a successful hotel career filling the rooms of Vancouver hotels. Of course, he

never stopped playing — when he was 90 he had 125 gigs — and if he could fill some of those rooms with musicians and the fans who wanted to hear them play, double bonus.

Over the years, he’s been given every accolade possible, from the Order of Canada and the Order of BC to keys to the city of Vancouver. Despite the applause, the number of people who ask to shake his hand or have their picture taken with him, he’s still the excited teenager eager to please with his music. “He just doesn’t have ego in his DNA,” his wife Muriel says.

He was thrilled and deeply honoured to be ask to carry the Olympic torch in 2010. He writes, researches and hosts a weekly radio show on AM 650, plays every summer at the PNE (where there’s a bench with his name on it) and draws in the crowds every New Year’s Eve at the River Rock. On January 13, you’re invited to help him celebrate his 95th birthday with a music-filled bash with the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra at the Orpheum. (Tickets are $30 and are available at VancouverSymphony.ca) “I don’t think about my age,” he says. “I don’t think, ‘Oh, God, I’m 94.’ I’m just grateful.”

At the end of One More Time, Richards writes, “Quit? No, I couldn’t handle that. Retirement is not an option. Besides, it would fly in the face of medical advice.

‘Don’t stop blowing your horn, Dal,’ my doctor says. ‘You may drop dead.’”

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En garde!

Sword play is a ‘thinking person’s art,’ says founder of Academie Duello

By Gen Handley

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o how’d I do today?” I asked. “I thought you did well,” he said, his eyes looking down at the wood floor.

“Yeah? Is there any chance I could beat you in a duel?”

His eyes moved up, looking at me directly in the eyes this time.

“No, definitely not,” he said somewhat apologetically.

This was the conversation I had with my instructor Clint Fernandes following my very humbling first lesson in rapier duelling at the Academie Duello, the conspicuous building on West Hastings. (Curious, you’ve probably peered in through the big windows, but maybe never have ventured in.)

Part museum, part training space, the school immediately impresses once you walk in through its doors. In a large open, well-lit room, the school is contained by bare brick walls that are adorned by almost every medieval boyhood fantasy imaginable — Arthurian long swords, shiny suits of armor, ancient-looking scrolls, regal crests and broad-headed axes.

The idea for Academie Duello was born in the underground parking lot of a Surrey apartment building where founder Devon Boorman and other teen sword enthusiasts would gather at night to practise and teach the art of European sword fighting.

But as the numbers of aspiring swordsmen grew to about 30, the building management

Writer Gen Handley’s first rapier duelling lesson at Academie Duello was more of a workout than he expected. Rob Newell photo became concerned (and probably confused) and eventually kicked the group out.

“It was very Highlander,” said Boorman with a laugh. “The interesting thing was that the parking lot had a really hard time with burglaries and the only night of the week that they didn’t have burglaries were the nights we were there. And as soon as we were gone, they started to get burglaries again. Really, what they should have done was to try to get us to come out on more nights.”

But from that rag tag group of urban swordsmen came a growing buzz about the Boorman’s unique lessons and soon after, connections began to build, leading to much more official Academie Duello in 2004. With a roster of close to 200 students, the Academie’s curriculum focuses on the weapons and martial arts of Northern Italy during the Middle Ages and Renaissance between 1400 and 1600. In addition to

the muskateerish rapier, the school provides instruction on a wide range weapons including the two-handed long sword (think Conan the Barbarian), the shield-compatible side sword (think Gladiator), the bow and arrow as well as the Vancouver-friendly umbrella, which utilizes the Victoria-era martial art of bartitsu for self-defense (think Sherlock Holmes or a drunk Merry Poppins).

My lesson in rapier fencing focused on proper posture and footwork, different lunges to hit my opponent as well as defensive moves against the same lunges directed at me. I was surprised, afterwards, how tired my arms, legs and mind were after the onehour lesson — the feeling was comparable to the mild fatigue after a light yoga lesson.

The more intense periods of the instruction required me to be alert on a number of levels, while engaging specific muscles not often used. It’s not as easy as that Zorro makes it out to be.

“Sword play is definitely a thinking person’s art,” Boorman said. “So you have to be somebody who wants to be mentally stimulated while you get a workout. And that’s who we get — we get people who don’t want to go to the gym because they think it’s boring, they want to do something that’s both physical and mental.”

Speaking to the animated Boorman, who has been practising Western and Eastern martial arts for more than 20 years, it’s clear in his eyes that the man has found his passion. He has extensive experience not only teaching martial arts and swordplay, but also a lot of years studying and researching the area, becoming a well-known authority in the area.

“I’m a pretty diverse martial artist, but I’ve found that working with the rapier has made me a better martial artist in everything I do because of how intricate that weapon is,” he said. “Now, when something falls off my counter at home, I catch it. I’ve had students tell me that when they’ve tripped, they just do a roll. Or a lot of people tell me that when they stand on the bus, they don’t hold onto anything anymore — they’re a rock because your core gets really strong and your balance is really powerful. The real-world benefits are learning what you’re capable of, of balancing your body and getting more fit and developing grace and dexterity — those are the things you want to get out of it.”

So based on this deep knowledge of sword combat, could you take on an orc?

Boorman laughed — although quite confidently.

“Well, certainly, as they’re depicted in movies, I think that orcs tend to be pretty unsophisticated in their sword fighting,” he said.

“So yeah, I think so — I could take an orc.”

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Blackbird Theatre puts a fresh spin on Molière’s tale of the world’s most notorious seducer

By Christine Lyon

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on Juan’s reputation as a depraved philanderer often precedes the legend of his unrepentant path to hell.

Though many versions of the Spanish folk story have been told, perhaps one of the best known is the 1665 comedy by French playwright Molière. It’s this satiric version that Vancouver’s Blackbird Theatre company will stage Dec. 26 to Jan. 26 at The Cultch.

Starring Peter Jorgensen as the master swordsman and seducer who tricks women into sham marriages, and Simon Webb as his servant Sganarelle, Blackbird’s take on Don Juan promises to be an unconventional one. When it comes to the sets, music and costumes, director John Wright says he has drawn inspiration from eras long before and after Molière’s time.

“What that means is that, although it was written in the 17th century, you may see the odd mask that comes from earlier,” he explains, adding the checkered stage floor is reminiscent of Renaissance Italy, and one costume was designed with a nod to the 1960s. Meanwhile, the soundtrack features a rock mass in Latin with electric guitar by composer Peter Berring and arias from Mozart’s Don Giovanni, the 18th century opera based on the legend of Don Juan.

Blackbird has presented a number of modern classics, such as Waiting for Godot (2011/12) and Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (2009/10), based in time periods Wright was content to reproduce.

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needs to be a bridge between the audience of our time and the play of whatever century,” he says.

For Wright, the former head of theatre and film at UBC and co-founder of Blackbird Theatre, Molière is one of the greatest comedy writers in European tradition.

“He’s a great master and, if you’re going to call yourself a classic theatre company, eventually you have to do Molière.”

Blackbird’s promotional tagline for the play promises “three songs, two duels and a trip to hell.” Professional fight choreographer David Bloom was called in to help the cast, including 24-year-old Pippa Mackie, properly wield their daggers, spears and swords.

“Even though they’re dulled down, you still have to be very careful,” says Mackie, a National Theatre School graduate who plays multiple roles in Don Juan. “It’s highly choreographed, like a dance would be … you have to know the steps.”

Swordplay aside, Mackie says she has the most fun when she trades her weapons for a corset and plays Charlotte, a peasant girl seduced by the irresistible titular character. It’s a chance for her to really dig into Molière’s prose. “[The language] is very clean and clear, not like in modern text where you can kind of just zip through it. You really have to give the words their proper weight,” she says.

While Wright describes the production as “pretty uproariously funny at times,” he hopes the audience gets more than just laughs out of it.

“It’s a play in which the central character rebels against everything, including God. So really, he’s an anti-hero, and that’s one of the things that makes the play very modern,” he says. “It’s fairly audacious and I don’t think you would see another production like it.”

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There’s nothing like Champagne to get a new year started

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s we dash towards the end of 2012, I’m going to end this year’s worth of columns with a bang! Well, a ‘pop’ actually, because we’re talking Champagne. In fact, it’s going to be more of an indulgence since you’ll have to reach a little deeper into your pockets for this week’s recommended wines.

If there’s ever an excuse to drink proper Champagne, the stuff coming from the French region sharing the

name, New Year’s Eve fits the bill perfectly. I recently had the good fortune to sit through a fantastic tasting of Champagnes with Trialto Wine Agency’s David Scholefield, a respected local wine guru who has spent the majority of his career importing wines from around the world. Trialto’s specialty is “Wines of People, Place and Time,” and these Champagnes offer all of those things — very special wines to cherish.

Don’t be afraid to break the bank this week — my next column will be on killer wines for under 15 bucks.

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In fact, go ahead and enjoy a handful while pouring yourself a second glass!

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This one is also 100 per cent Chardonnay, grown on chalk that translates well to the palate, mingling with fresh lemon curd and marmalade slathered on a fresh-baked baguette. Smoked salmon, goat cheese and seared scallops in brown butter would all be a treat!

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rom the 49th parallel of the Champagne region in France to the 49th parallel in Vancouver, comes a non-vintage, identified as Cuvee No. 735, from the Jacquesson cellars.

A recent tasting, at the Marquis wine cellars on Davie, showed a beaming, self-possessed, readyto-drink wine with yellow fruits, and white flower suggestions, complemented by a rather long vanilla cream finish. It’s a blend of 47 per cent Chardonnay, 33 per cent Pinot Noir and 20 per cent Meunier assembled from the 2007 crop.

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One man’s trash, another woman’s obsession

Jew’s harp expert Deirdre Morgan demonstrates how to play the ubiquitous world instrument. Inset: A handful of harps from countries such as Siberia, India and Nepal make up her large collection.

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By Kelsey Klassen

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he next time you see something shiny on the ground, perhaps you should bend over and pick it up. To hear Deirdre Morgan tell it, that simple impulse has led the Vancouver musician deep into communities in remote cultures of the world, on a fervent quest to catalogue one of the planet’s most prolific instruments.

But the surprise isn’t that Morgan, a classically trained pianist, has spent almost her entire 20s immersed in one very unique facet of world folk music — it’s how it all came about.

“This rusty one,” she starts, affectionately picking up a twisted, phallic piece of metal from among dozens on her coffee table, “I found it lying on the floor of a friend’s house seven years ago. Something about the shape caught my eye.”

Mistaking it for a bike key, she eventually determined it’s the instrument that makes that high-pitched, sproingy sound in the background of American jug band music. But she didn’t know what it was called.

Curiousity piqued, the young UBC ethnomusicology student brought the mystery home with her, starting where we all would — with a Google search for “twangy mouth instrument.”

Seated on a cream-coloured couch in her whimsical SoMa apartment, nestled in the sky-lit upper floor of an art-filled sharehouse dubbed The Main Artery, Morgan is at ease, joyous even, as she recalls all the twists her life took after seeing the millions of search results that popped up on her screen.

While she rearranges the piles of musical equipment in front of her, her long-haired cat Chili makes the rounds, investigating the interview before plopping down on a choice bit of armrest. Morgan’s piano squats, gently-used, in the corner next to her bed while just above her, and decidedly hard to miss upon arrival, is the galactic star of her tumbleweed collection — which she found (for free) on Craigslist at the peak of an eight-year enthusiasm for the desert drifters.

“I have a bit of an obsessive mind about certain things,” she concedes, somewhat bashfully, as she methodically disinfects her entire 75-plus piece Jew’s harp collection.

The Jew’s harp or jaw harp or mouth harp, (or any one of a plethora of other names for it), was the strange metallic instrument she found that day. And she is cleaning her collection all these years later because, having become Vancouver’s foremost expert and player of the instrument, she often demonstrates them at music festivals, and she naively told the public at a recent event that they could try hers... only to watch in horror as every person who passed by put one in their mouth.

The collection is as expansive as it is nuanced. Lined up on the table, the harps range in millimetres by length and curve, with the largest spanning a person’s palm, and the smallest no more substantial in size than a flash drive.

Subtle differences, from ethnic engravings, to rich metallic tones and the shape of the frames, allow Morgan to list off each country of origin effortlessly.

She calls her assortment modest, citing a 3,000-piece museum in Siberia (where children are taught to play the harps in school and carry them on strings around their necks) and the inimitable collection of an aficionado in Japan. But for a 28-year-old girl’s bedroom in Vancouver, it’s a delight.

The fact that she even discovered this exotic instrument on our rather culturally isolated shores is a strange twist of luck befitting the mysterious history of the harp.

Theories abound as to how it spread so widely throughout the world, but it is largely accepted that it originated in Siberia and travelled down the Silk Road trade route, into India, Afghanistan, Europe, and, with the colonial era of conquest, South America and South Africa.

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She stops mid-explanation, her striking Welsh beauty splitting into a grin, to add that she thinks there is simply something so universal about the instrument, primordial even, that people just figured it out independently of each other.

And then she picks one up and starts to play. Held with the lips against the teeth, she strikes up an Indian rhythm — high and plucky, The ORIGINAL a quick little percussive melody.

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Rich tones, from human voices to the thunder of galloping horses, are created by simply by flicking the flexible metal tongue in the middle, and changing the shape of the mouth, throat, or stomach.

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The Jew’s harp, is it stands, is only called so in English circles, and academically has never actually been linked to Israel or the Jewish community at all.

The evocative name, which may have originated from the French jouer (to play) is a harmless misnomer that persists in North America even today. Morgan, in fact, presides over the Jew’s Harp Guild as the Monday, December 31 executive director, organizing the North American Jew’s Harp Festival in Bay City, at The Dockside Restaurant Oregon, each year, and is on the board in the Granville Island Hotel of the International Jew’s Harp Society — Featured Entertainment: both volunteer positions that stem from The Steve Kozak Blues Band – Restaurant her community involvement, not only as a musician, but as an academic (she did her Girl On Wax DJ Crystal A’dare – Lounge masters thesis on the subject) and amateur Purchase Event Tickets priced from $24.95 – $129.95 filmmaker (she’s making a documentary).

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At home on the edge of the world Vancouver performer Emelia Symington Fedy fondly remembers the Christmas she was not eaten by cannibals

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When Dec. 24 arrived, the locals showered the pair with food and gifts, though they wondered why this Western couple would want to spend their most important holiday with people who don’t celebrate Christmas.

That night, lying on their grass mat, Symington Fedy and her boyfriend heard something in the jungle.

“We can tell it’s a large group of people, we can tell they don’t want to be heard,” she said.

“I see the shadow of a man in a loin cloth holding a torch, creeping up to my hut.”

She and her boyfriend looked at each other, terrified, and both thought the same thing — cannibals.

“They’ve been lying to us,” she thought. “They were feeding us food because they were fattening us up. This is their Christmas feast!” And, come to think of it, isn’t salty meat the tastiest kind?

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By Rob Brezsny • Week of December 27 ARIES (March 21-April 19): In The Matrix, the heroes are able to instantaneously acquire certain complex skills via software that’s downloaded directly into their brains. In this way, the female hacker named Trinity masters the art of piloting a military M-109 helicopter in just a few minutes. If you could choose a few downloads like that, Aries, what would they be? In 2013, I expect that your educational capacity will be exceptional. While you may not be able to add new skills as easily as Trinity, you’ll be pretty fast and efficient. So what do you want to learn? Choose wisely.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Are you familiar with the fable of the golden goose? The farmer who owned it became impatient because it laid only one gold egg per day. So he killed it, thinking he would thereby get the big chunk of gold that must be inside its body.

Alas, his theory was mistaken. There was no chunk. From then on, of course, he no longer got his modest daily treasure. I nominate this fable to be one of your top teaching stories of 2013.

As long as you’re content with a slow, steady rate of enrichment, you’ll be successful. Pushing extra hard to expedite the flow might lead to problems.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Here are some of the experiences I hope to help you harvest in 2013: growing pains that are interesting and invigorating rather than stressful; future shock that feels like a fun joyride rather than a bumpy rumble; two totally new and original ways to get excited; a good reason to have faith in a dream that has previously been improbable; a fresh supply of Innocent Crazy-Wise Love Truth; and access to all the borogoves, mome raths, and slithy toves you could ever want.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): In “Actuality, Reminiscence, and Fabrication,” artist Deborah Sullivan includes a piece called “Penance 1962.” It consists of a series of handwritten statements that repeats a central theme: “I must not look at boys during prayer.” You probably have an analogous rule lodged somewhere in the depths of your unconscious mind — an outmoded prohibition or taboo that may still be subtly corroding your life energy. The coming year will be an excellent time to banish that ancient nonsense for good.

If you were Deborah Sullivan, I’d advise you to fill a whole notebook page with the corrected assertion: “It’s OK to look a boys during prayer.”

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): For years, the gravestone of Oscar Wilde was covered with kiss-shaped lipstick marks that were left by his admirers. Unfortunately, Wilde’s descendants decided to scour away all those blessings and erect a glass wall around the tomb to prevent further displays of affection. In my astrological opinion, Leo, you should favour the former style of behavior over the latter in 2013. In other words, don’t focus on keeping things neat and clean and well-ordered. On the contrary: Be extravagant and uninhibited in expressing your love for the influences that inspire you — even at the risk of being a bit unruly or messy.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): In 2013, I hope to conspire with you to raise your levels of righteous success. If you’re a struggling songwriter, I’ll be pushing for you to get your music out to more people — without sacrificing your artistic integrity. If you’re a kindergarten teacher, I’ll prompt you to fine-tune and deepen the benevolent influence you have on your students. If you’re a business owner, I’ll urge you to ensure that the product or service you offer is a well-honed gift to those who use it. As I trust you can see, Virgo, I’m implying that impeccable ethics will be crucial to your ascent in the coming year.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): After Libran poet Wallace Stevens won the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1955, Harvard Uni-

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Should you stick with what you know or else head off in the direction of more intense and unpredictable stimulation?

I’m not here to tell you which is the better choice; I simply want to make sure you clearly identify the nature of the decision.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): In 2013, I will try to help you retool, reinvent, and reinvigorate yourself in every way that’s important to you. I will encourage you to reawaken one of your sleeping aptitudes, recapture a lost treasure, and reanimate a dream you’ve neglected. If you’re smart, Scorpio, you will reallocate resources that got misdirected or wasted. And I hope you will reapply for a privilege or position you were previously denied, because I bet you’ll win it this time around. Here are your words of power for the year ahead: resurrection and redemption.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Based on experiments at the Large Hadron Collider, a team of physicists in France and Switzerland announced that they had tentatively discovered the Higgs Boson, which is colloquially known as the “God particle.” What’s all the fuss?

In the San Francisco Chronicle, Leah Garchik quoted an expert who sought to explain: “The Higgs boson is the WD40 and duct tape of the universe, all rolled into one.” Is there a metaphorical equivalent of such a glorious and fundamental thing in your life, Sagittarius? If not, I predict you will find it in 2013. If there already is, I expect you will locate and start using its 2.0 version.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): In 2013, I pledge to help you bring only the highest-quality influences and self-responsible people into your life. Together we will work to dispel any unconscious attraction you might have to demoralizing chaos or pathological melodrama.

We will furthermore strive to ensure that as you deepen and fine-tune your self-discipline, it will not be motivated by self-denial or obsessive controlfreak tendencies. Rather, it will be an act of love that you engage in so as to intensify your ability to express yourself freely and beautifully.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): “Genius is the ability to renew one’s emotions in daily experience,” said French painter Paul Cezanne. Many of us replay the same old emotions over and over again — even in response to experiences that are nothing like the past events when we felt those exact feelings. So a genius might be someone who generates a fresh emotion for each new adventure.

Here’s another possible interpretation of Cezanne’s remark: It can be hard to get excited about continually repeating the basic tasks of our regular routines day after day. But a genius might be someone who is good at doing just that.

By both of these definitions, 2013 could be a genius year for you Aquarians.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Home is not just the building where you live. It’s more than the community that gives you support and the patch of earth that comforts you with its familiarity. Home is any place where you’re free to be your authentic self; it’s any power spot where you can think your own thoughts and see with your own eyes. I hope and trust that in 2013 you will put yourself in position to experience this state of mind as often as possible. Do you have any ideas about how to do that? Brainstorm about it on a regular basis for the next six months.

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Crystal and Midler have decent chemistry and even exhibit some genuine whimsy in a touching scene where they perform an a cappella duet of The Book of Love. Sadly though, the rest of the movie is chock-full of clichéd bits, classic overacting courtesy of the overbearing Tomei and terribly weak writing. One of the film’s failed attempts at comedy includes Crystal being hit in the crotch with a baseball bat before proceeding to vomit on a young child; a painfully Thor Diakow jarring example of the lowbrow comedy the actors are forced to endure throughout the film.

Crystal and Midler may provide some laughs and there is a decent comedy buried somewhere in this schlocky muck but Parental Guidance closes out 2012 on a rather silly and unnecessary note.

ing with a defence attorney (Rosamund Pike), Reacher digs for the truth and burrows his way to an underground figure (Werner Herzog) who’s so hardcore that he once chewed off his own fingers to combat frostbite.

While much has been made of Cruise failing to measure up to the 6’5” frame attributed to Reacher in Lee Child’s novels, it’s actually his bearing that proves more problematic. Radiating confidence and competence, Cruise deprives us of the enjoyment derived from discovering what a character is capable of. Instead, we’re left to get our kicks from Reacher’s old-school methods which see him shunning cell phones and refusing to resort to Google searches when cracking skulls can elicit the same results.

It’s fitting then that the highlight here is a time-honoured car chase. And as Reacher’s vintage American muscle car rumbles along, repeatedly picking up speed only to crash into an obstacle and emerge a little wonkier, it’s apparent that this sequence is also the perfect encapsulation of the film as a whole. — Curtis Woloschuk

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Starring Hugh Jackman, Russell Crowe, Anne Hathaway Directed by Tom Hooper Abandoning the hallowed halls of Buckingham Palace for the squalid slums of 19th Century France, Tom Hooper (The King’s Speech) also forsakes his workmanlike brand of filmmaking in favour of a bombastic shooting style befitting a “musical phenomenon.”

The camera swirls, swoops, and tilts incessantly, while fisheye lenses stretch and distort the barrage of images. Given all this visual mayhem, one would hope that the familiar songbook might serve to anchor the proceedings. However, Hooper’s decision to have his cast sing live on set (rather than lip sync) only furthers the discord.

Consequently, this adaptation’s strongest moment arrives when the camera settles on Fantine (Anne Hathaway) for several minutes as the tuberculous-ridden prostitute bellows the impassioned I

Dreamed a Dream. Not long for this world, Fantine grants custody of her young daughter Cosette (who grows up to become the warbling Amanda Seyfried) to Jean Valjean (Hugh Jackman), a reformed prisoner in search of redemption. Locked in a relentless-if-glacial pursuit of Valjean is Javert (Russell Crowe), a policeman seemingly oblivious to the fact he’s devoted two decades to bringing a bread thief to justice.

Given that Hooper doesn’t much care if his actors are singing in key, it’s unsurprising that he exhibits similar disregard to ensuring that his film maintains a consistent tone. In his clumsy hands, the supposed comic relief supplied by Helena Bonham Carter and Sacha Baron Cohen treads closer to corporal punishment. If nothing else, we share some of the suffering endured by the French revolutionaries in the film’s final hour. However, there’s to be no reward for our sacrifice. — Curtis Woloschuk

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EDUCATION

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EDUCATION

BECOME AN OPTICIAN IN ONLY 6 MONTHS Optical Dispensing is a high-growth industry with good pay and job security. Train for a “Career With Vision�. START YOUR OWN BUSINESS!!

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BC B.C.COLLEGE COLLEGEOF OFOPTICS OPTICS #208 - 10070 King George Blvd., Surrey, BC www.bccollegeofoptics.ca

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PYRAMID CORPORATION is now hiring! Instrument Technicians and Electricians for various sites across Alberta. Send resume to: hr@pyramidcorporation.com or fax 780-955-HIRE.

Reach Out To QualiďŹ ed Candidates Today!

FINANCIAL SERVICES

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HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES

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Canuel Caterers

Some great kids aged 12 to 18 who need a stable, caring home for a few months. Are you looking for the opportunity to do meaningful, fulfilling work?

PLEA Community Services is looking for qualified applicants who can provide care for youth in their home on a full-time basis or on weekends for respite.

Training, support and remuneration are provided.

Funding is available for modifications to better equip your home. A child at risk is waiting for an open door.

PERSONAL SERVICES

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HEALTH PRODUCTS

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FINANCIAL SERVICES

If you own a home or real estate, ALPINE CREDITS can lend you money: It’s That Simple. Your Credit / Age / Income is NOT an issue. 1.800.587.2161.

WE Vancouver Thursday, December 27, 2012

HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES

HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES

329 PAINTING & DECORATING

353 ROOFING & SKYLIGHTS

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PETS 477

FIVE STAR ROOFING

www.paintspecial.com Running this ad for 8yrs

GL ROOFING. Cedar shakes, Asphalt Shingles, Flat roofs, WCB Clean Gutters. $80. 604-240-5362

PAINT SPECIAL 3 rooms for $299, 2 coats any colour

626

Mainland RooďŹ ng Ltd.

(Ceiling & Trim extra) Price incls Cloverdale Premium quality paint.

NO PAYMENT until Job is completed. Ask us about our Laminate Flooring & Maid Services.

25 yrs in rooďŹ ng industry

Northstar Painting Ltd.- The Residential Specialists. BIG jobs, Small jobs - We do it all! Interior and Exterior Projects. Master Painters at Students Rates. WCB Safe, Reliable, Efficient & Quality Paint. 778.245.9069

Family owned & operated.

Fully ins. We do Cedar Shakes, conversions, concrete tiles, torchon, fibreglass shingles, restoration & repairs. 20 yr labour warr.

604-427-2626 or 723-2626

Bluenose Pitbull Pups genetics/ razoredge UKC reg, 6M/1F, 9wks $500-$1500. 778-237-2824.

www.mainlandroof.com

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NEED A GOOD HOME for a good dog or a good dog for a good home? We adopt dogs! Call 604856-3647 or www.856-dogs.com

RUBBISH REMOVAL

RECYCLE-IT! PLUMBING

• Hvac Gas Fitting • Electrical *Free Est. *Licensed *Insured 24hr. Emergency Service

C & C Electrical Mechanical

604-475-7077

Recycled Earth Friendly

548

SCRAP CAR REMOVAL

AAA SCRAP CAR REMOVAL Minimum $150 cash for full size vehicles, any cond. 604-518-3673

Auto Financing 1.800.910.6402

The Scrapper

560

220.JUNK(5865)

Serving The Lower Mainland Since 1988

PETS PETS

CANE CORSO MASTIFF all blues 6F 2M, ultimate family guardian ready to go $1000 (604)308-5665 CATS GALORE, TLC has for adoption spayed & neutered adult cats. 604-309-5388 / 604-856-4866 CATS OF ALL DESCRIPTION in need of caring homes! All cats are Spayed, neutered, vaccinated and dewormed. Visit us at fraservalleyhumanesociety.com or call 1 (604)820-2977

GREAT GIFT IDEA!!

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Use promo code COOLGIFT For 10 % off! www.chillspot.biz

German Shepherd/Lab pups, 4F/1M, 2 blk, 2 wht, 1 mix, Jan 1.

(604)316-2757. No Sunday calls

13-003B 2000 FORD EXPEDITION V.I.N.: 1FMPU18LXYLA81652 Registered Owner: LEE, JIN HO Indebtedness: $4019.68 13-003C 2005 SUZUKI GRAND VITARA V.I.N.: JS3TX92V254110104 Registered Owner: WIWCHAR, DEAN MICHAEL Indebtedness: $1814.40

13-003F 2003 HONDA ACCORD V.I.N.: 1HGCM72653A801549 Registered Owner: GUO, YUAN Indebtedness: $4668.16

DreamTeam Auto Financing “0� Down, Bankruptcy OK Cash Back ! 15 min Approvals

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13-003G 1994 JEEP YJ SPORT V.I.N.: 1J4FY19P4RP443047 Registered Owner: WEST, CHRISTOPHER ANTHONY Indebtedness: $4464.32

1-800-961-7022

HOMES WANTED

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CALL US FIRST! 604-626-9647

WAREHOUSEMAN LIEN By virtue of WAREHOUSMAN’S LIEN for SIGNAL WAREHOUSING, we will dispose of the following units to recover the amount of indebtedness noted plus any additional cost of storage, seizure and sale.

RENTALS 706

APARTMENT/CONDO

Day of sale is Thursday January 3, 2013@ 12:00 NOON. Absolute Bailiffs Inc. 20119 113B Avenue, Maple Ridge, B.C., V2X 0Z1 Contact: Sheldon Stibbs (604) 522-2773.

13-004 MISCELLANEOUS TILE Registered Owner: BEACH BUM TILES and GERRY WALTERS Indebtedness: $5563.97

HOT TUB (SPA) COVERS. Best price. Best quality. All shapes & colours available. 1-866-652-6837 www.thecoverguy.com/newspaper?

Chihuahua pups- males, 6-8 lbs full grown. L/C. 10 wks. Vet checked 1st shots. $550/ea. (778)708-6771

13-003A 2006 CHEVROLET COBALT V.I.N.: 1G1AM15B067632885 Registered Owner: CHONG, JOSEPH BAK Indebtedness: $6863.36

13-003E 2005 JAGUAR S-TYPE V.I.N.: SAJXA01T05FN34996 Registered Owner: AYMONG, AMYOT MICHAEL Indebtedness: $3878.56

MISC. FOR SALE

BIG BUILDING SALE... “�THIS IS A CLEARANCE SALE. YOU DON’T WANT TO MISS!�� 20x20 $3,985.

25X24 $4,595. 30X36 $6,859.

35X48 $11,200. 40X52 $13,100.

47X76 $18,265. One End wall included. Pioneer Steel 1-800-6685422. www.pioneersteel.ca.

WAREHOUSEMAN LIEN By virtue of WAREHOUSMAN’S LIEN for DRAKE TOWING LTD., we will dispose of the following units to recover the amount of indebtedness noted plus any additional cost of storage, seizure and sale.

13-003D 2003 PONTIAC VIBE V.I.N.: 5Y2SL62883Z415346 Registered Owner: ARROWLOU, YUALCHEN ACHMAD and ROYAL BANK OF CANADA Indebtedness: $5420.80

FURNITURE

AT LAST! An iron filter that works.

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Canuck Roofing All Roof Repairs Any job big or small. Free Est. *WCB *Insured *BBB 778-772-1969

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www.recycleitcanada.ca

Haul Anything...

353 ROOFING & SKYLIGHTS

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Text info: 778.786.8271

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HOUSES FOR SALE

BEAUTIFUL 5 Bdrm, 2 1/2 Bath home built in ‘05 on a large corner lot that backs onto an elementary school. 2nd floor boasts a spacious open area with plenty of nat. light that could be an office or fam. rm.

2-car gar., rear patio, A/C, Stove, DW., 3 new APPLS; fridge., W&D. Formerly valued at 261K. Interested in sale, trade or credit of $149.9K towards a house, cottage or land in ONT. See ad #430956976 on Kijiji GTA, or search “Buckeye� under “Real Estate�, or call 905-439-7773.

Avail. for viewings by appt. Dec. 26-Jan.5.

CARS - DOMESTIC

MATTRESSES starting at $99

604.587.5865

477

818

AUTO FINANCING

MERCHANDISE FOR SALE

On Time, As Promised, Service Guaranteed!

604.

810

TRANSPORTATION

PUGS, 2 fawn female, ready now. $400. 2 male/2 females, ready Jan 2. $600. (604)796-2727/799-2911

JUNK REMOVAL • Estate Services • Electronics • Appliances • Old Furniture • Construction • Yard Waste • Concrete • Drywall • Junk • Rubbish • Mattresses & More!

FULL PLUMBING SERVICES

ACREAGE

603

TRANSPORTATION

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All kinds of re-roofing & repairs.

Free est. Reasonable rates.

(604)961-7505, 278-0375

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REAL ESTATE

Day of sale is Thursday January 3, 2013@ 12:00 NOON. Absolute Bailiffs Inc. 20119 113B Avenue, Maple Ridge, B.C., V2X 0Z1 Contact: Sheldon Stibbs (604) 522-2773.

STEEL BUILDINGS/METAL BUILDINGS 60% OFF! 20x28, 30x40, 40x62, 45x90, 50x120, 60x150, 80x100 sell for balance owed!

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WE ARE OPEN NEW YEAR’S DAY!

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20

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Expires January 30, 2013.

ALL YOU CAN EAT

Lunch Buffet: MON-FRI $12.95 / SAT & SUN $14.95 Incl. Chai, Coffee and Juice 11:30-4

805 W. Broadway

Dinner Buffet: MON-THURS t FRI-SUN $16.95, 4–10 PM

Expires Jan. 30, 2013

Draft Beer Pints $3.95 – Pitchers $12.95

604.874.5800

40 items to choose from!

Room for Groups up to 70 people

WEEKLY SPECIALS 100% BC Owned and Operated Prices Effective December 27 to January 2, 2013.

We reserve the right to limit quantities. We reserve the right to correct printing errors.

Grocery Department

Dempster's Bagels

assorted varieties

2/6.00

6 pack • product of Canada

Meat Department PRICING

Organic Biodynamic Gold Delicious Apples from JMJ Rothe Orchard in Oliver, B.C.

9.99lb/ 22.02kg

assorted varieties

WOW!

Produce Department

Canadian Prime Rib Roasts

Tyrrell’s Hand Cooked English Crisps

3/6.99

150g • product of UK

WOW!

PRICING

reg 3.79

Sockeye Salmon Fillets assorted varieties

2/7.00

9.99lb/ 22.02kg

assorted varieties

from 2/6.00

250-270g • product of USA

170-297g • product of USA

Earth's Choice Organic Fair Trade Coffee assorted varieties

regular or spicy

9.99

3.99

9.99 12.99

from

473ml product of USA

5.99

500g or 4 pack product of Canada

Twinings Tea

assorted varieties

2/7.00

WOW!

PRICING

20 bags • product of England

4.99

20% off regular retail price

reg 6.49

395-410g product of Germany

Genesis Today Acai 100

Bakery Department 3.79

4.99

Double Chocolate Chunk or Oatmeal Cranberry Cookies

600g product of Canada, Mexico, USA and Chili

Avalon Organic Sour Cream

Sable & Rosenfeld Olives & Stirrers

2/7.00

assorted varieties

4.99

500ml

product of Canada

250-500ml • product of Canada

5.99

2/7.00

680g • product of USA

7.49 12.99

355ml

4.99

184g • product of USA

525g

WOW!

PRICING

30.99

12 day program

reg 36.99

Lose weight and feel great with the Wild Rose 12 day cleanse. It’s effective, well tolerated and easy to use.

WOW!

Choices Markets’ Wellness Library

PRICING

Look for our

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Let Choices be your partner in wellness with our series of healthy living guides.

Available at any Choices location for $11.95 plus applicable taxes.

PRICING

2011, 2012 Awards.

Your Loyalty has helped Choices achieve these awards. Thank you!

www.choicesmarkets.com Kitsilano

Cambie

Kerrisdale

Yaletown

Rice Bakery

South Surrey

2627 W. 16th Ave. Vancouver 604.736.0009

3493 Cambie St. Vancouver 604.875.0099

1888 W. 57th Ave. Vancouver 604.263.4600

1202 Richards St. Vancouver 604.633.2392

2595 W. 16th Ave. Vancouver 604.736.0301

3248 King George Blvd.

South Surrey 604.541.3902

709ml

Organic Shikakai has been used in India for millennia as a gentle conditioning cleanser for both skin and hair.

Multiseed Brown Rice Bread

assorted varieties

assorted varieties

Dr. Bronner’s Organic, Fair Trade Shikakai Hand & Body Soap

Wild Rose Herbal D-Tox

Rice Bakery

Mary's Organic Crackers

Organicville Organic Gluten Free Pasta Sauce

package of 12

946ml

Acai is known as the Beauty Berry as it supports healthy hair, skin and nails with essential fatty acids and protein.

500g

assorted varieties

9 or 12 pack product of Canada

41.99

Organic Wholewheat Bread

Bemner's Frozen Fruit

7.49

4.49

bags or bins

Health Care Department

reg 6.99

Cascades Bathroom Tissue

product of Canada

Red and Green Organic Lentils

Dr. Oetker Casa di Mama Frozen Pizzas assorted varieties

PRICING

9.98lb/ 22.00kg

Bulk Department

Gruyère & caramelized onion or alsatian bacon & onion

4.49

2/7.00

WOW!

large • reg 14.99

Tartine Flatbreads

assorted varieties

assorted varieties

Organic Italian Porcelain Garlic from Don Kepke in Creston, B.C.

small • reg 11.99

Coconut Bliss Frozen Coconut Desserts

Danone Oikos Greek Yogurt

3/3.99

PRICING

Perfect for your party!

Baked Brie Cheese

227g product of USA

400g product of Canada

WOW!

Deli Department

Flamous Organic Falafel Chips

product of Canada

Fair Trade Organic Hass Avocados from Pragor Coop in Mexico

previously frozen, value pack

Popcorn Indiana Kettlecorn, Popcorn and Chips

Kraft Philedelphia Cream Cheese

1.28lb/ 2.82kg

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