WCT - Buddy | The Buddy Holly Story Program

In co-production with Thousand Islands Playhouse (Gananoque, ON) & by arrangement with Alan Janes Presents

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Late Seating Policy: Patrons who arrive after the performance has begun will be seated at an appropriate interval in the program.

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Recording Policy: Due to copyright regulations, the use of cameras and other video or audio recording of this performance by any means is strictly prohibited.

Services for Patrons: The Sagebrush Theatre now has hearing assist listening systems.

Both the Pavilion and Sagebrush theatres are wheelchair accessible and equipped with wheelchair-seating locations.

Please see the House Manager for details.

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in co-production with Thousand Islands Playhouse (Gananoque, ON) & by arrangement with Alan Janes Presents

BUDDY

THE BUDDY HOLLY STORY By

ALAN JANES FEATURING

NAYELI ABREGO Maria Elena / Marlena Walker ISAAC BELL 4th Cricket / Tommy Allsup SHELDON BERGSTROM Big Bopper / Decca Producer / Felix Katz / Murray Deutch MONTGOMERY BJORNSON Hipockets Duncan SCOTT CARMICHAEL Norman Petty / Clear Lake MC NATHAN CARROLL Buddy Holly MASAE DAY Mary Lou Sokoloff / Shirley / Peggy Sue NICK FONTAINE Jerry Allison / Ritchie Valens HAL WESLEY ROGERS Tyrone Jones ALEX WARD Joe B. Mauldin MEREDITH ZWICKER Vi Petty The Hayriders, Jingle Singers, and Musicians are played by members of the company.

CREATIVE TEAM JAMES MacDONALD Director KRAIG WAYE Music Director ROBIN FISHER Set & Costume Designer REBECCA PICHERACK Lighting Designer BEN MALONE Sound Designer AJ LAFLAMME Stage Manager MADISON HENRY Assistant Stage Manager Setting: Lubbock, Texas, Clovis, New Mexico, New York and Clear Lake, Iowa, between January 1956 and February 1959 Run time is approximately two hours and 25 minutes (including intermission). buddythemusical.com Western Canada Theatre is an active member of the Professional Association of Canadian Theatres (PACT), and engages, under the terms of the Canadian Theatre Agreement, professional artists who are members of Canadian Actors’ Equity Association.

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ARTISTIC DIRECTOR’S NOTES Working on a show like Buddy – The Buddy Holly Story is a great joy as a director. To spend time in the company of the music of Buddy Holly and his contemporaries is inspiring; to hear it played every day by an amazingly talented group of actor/singer/musicians is a gift. Theatre artists are some of the most dedicated, hard-working professionals you will ever meet – this show is an opportunity to see them at their virtuosic best.

Buddy is the most successful “jukebox musical” of all time, and its success gave rise to a whole new genre of shows paying tribute to classic musical artists, including Million Dollar Quartet. These shows tap into a certain nostalgia, but their real appeal lies in allowing us to identify with the youth and spirit of these gifted musicians. Great theatre tells us a story with which we can identify, and there’s a little Buddy Holly in all of us – optimistic, irrepressible, naïve, ambitious.

Buddy Holly rose fast and packed an astonishing amount of achievement in his all-too-short career.

He was a visionary and revolutionary in his own quiet way, demonstrated through his songwriting, his innovative production techniques, and his performance style. His popularity crossed generations due to his honest, aw-shucks appeal, but he was also recognized by the music community for his experimental genius and for his prolific output. Buddy was also one of the first artists to truly break down the barriers between genres in rock and roll, accepted in the African-American community as readily as he was in the southern U.S., a feat unheard of at the time. This is largely because he incorporated the influences of African-American music and created his own songs, as opposed to the outright theft practiced by many of his contemporaries.

It’s a pleasure for me to continue to be part of a highly successful collaboration between Thousand Islands Playhouse in Gananoque, Ontario, and Western Canada Theatre in Kamloops. Though separated by thousands of kilometres across our great country, we are united in creative ambition and wonderful, supportive audiences. Aside from being an opportunity to share resources and talent, it’s a unique collaboration forged out of the desire to bring outstanding Canadian artists together to play on a national stage – to the enjoyment of all of us!

Rave on!

James MacDonald Artistic Director, Western Canada Theatre

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ABOUT OUR CO-PRODUCER The Thousand Islands Playhouse has been Canada’s Dockside Theatre for 37 years, producing plays on the shores of the St. Lawrence River in Gananoque, Ontario. TIP produces a broad repertoire of pieces interpreted with a uniquely Canadian perspective, with the goal of enriching the local community. The organization actively develops new works and creative voices and mentors the next generation of theatre artists through professional development and training. Brett Christopher, who you may remember from the WCT productions Boeing Boeing and In A Blue Moon, was appointed TIP’s Managing Artistic Director in September 2017.

BUDDY QUOTE “To guys of my age at the time, if you were the least bit interested in music, Buddy was the one…

Elvis was fantastic, but because Buddy had glasses and looked a bit like a bank clerk, you could say to yourself, “Well, it’s not just for guys who look like Elvis.’”

- Keith Richards

Buddy Holly in 1959 - AP

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SONG LIST ACT ONE ROSE OF TEXAS FLOWER OF MY HEART READY TEDDY THAT’LL BE THE DAY ROCK AROUND WITH OLLIE VEE EVERYDAY SHOUT NOT FADE AWAY PEGGY SUE WORDS OF LOVE OH BOY

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ARTISTS’ BIOGRAPHIES NAYELI ABREGO Maria Elena / Marlena Walker At WCT: Debut Elsewhere: Nayeli holds a Bachelor of Music in Vocal Performance - Music Theatre from NYU. Select credits include Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story (Thousand Islands Playhouse), All You Need Is Love...

And Rock And Roll (RuBarb Productions), 80s Solid Gold 2, The Wedding Singer (Stage West), The Most Happy Fella (Skirball Center for the Performing Arts), Ragtime (Centrepointe Nepean Theatre), Swan River (Skeleton Key Productions), and The Ghomeshi Effect Tour (Perspective Collective Theatre). Nayeli also performs her own compositions and arrangements as a soloist, most recently in Central America at the National Theatre of El Salvador and at Central American University (UCA). Find Nayeli’s music on Spotify, iTunes, and more! www.nayeliabrego.com. Instagram/Facebook: @NayeliMusica ISAAC BELL 4th Cricket / Tommy Allsup At WCT: Debut Elsewhere: Once (Neptune/Grand Theatre/Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre); Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story (Grand Theatre, London, ON); and The Wedding Singer (Hart House Theatre). Other: Isaac is thrilled to be appearing in his first show at the Western Canada Theatre and is over the moon that the show is Buddy Holly’s. A musician and guitarist since the first time he picked up his dad’s old guitar, he hopes you enjoy the music and the story as much as he enjoys playing and telling it. And, as always, he lovingly asks that his mother not steal his headshot until closing night.

SHELDON BERGSTROM The Big Bopper / Decca Producer / Felix Katz / Murray Deutch At WCT: Santa in Elf – The Musical Elsewhere: Rob Ford The Musical (McCaig/Regan); Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story, The Tempest, Lend Me A Tenor (Persephone Theatre); Much Ado About Nothing, Macbeth (Shakespeare on the Saskatchewan); The Volstead Blues, The Last Resort, A Closer Walk With Patsy Cline, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, Calamity Jane (Souris Valley Theatre); Shrek, It’s a Wonderful Life (RuBarb Productions); The Producers, All Shook Up, Don’t Hug Me, Shady Business (Stage West); Hairspray, The Imaginary Invalid, See How They Run, A Closer Walk With Patsy Cline (Mayfield Theatre); A Christmas Carol, Oliver (Citadel Theatre); Seussical (Alberta Theatre Projects); My Fair Lady, Oliver, The Sound of Music (Drayton Entertainment); Kiss Me Kate, Kiss of the Spider Woman (Talk Is Free Theatre); Jungle Book, Elf: The Musical (Neptune Theatre); Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story (Thousand Islands Playhouse).

Film & Television: The Humanity Bureau, Corner Gas, The Incredible Story Studio, InSecurity, Held Up, The Impossible Elephant, I Downloaded A Ghost, Without Malice, SuperGrid, A.R.C.H.I.E. and A.R.C.H.I.E. 2 11

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By Eugene O’Neill

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ADVISORY

This play contains mature content

MONTGOMERY BJORNSON Hipockets Duncan At WCT: Debut Elsewhere: Million Dollar Quartet (Theatre NorthWest); Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story (Thousand Islands Playhouse); Million Dollar Quartet (Chemainus Theatre Festival); Jocasta Regina (Theatre Inconnu); Snow White and the Seven Dwarves (Kaleidoscope Theatre); Casino Royale (Outpost 31); The Weir (Jarvolution Theatre); The Mystery of Edwin Drood, Pride & Prejudice, The Graduate (Victoria Theatre Guild); Into The Woods (Bathurst St. Theatre); Kiss Me Kate (SIMTS); Kiss Me Kate, Biloxi Blues, Oklahoma (OBHCTS); Carmen, and La Boheme (Pacific Opera Victoria). Director/Musical Director credits include Female Transport, Humble Boy (Victoria Theatre Guild); How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, Robin Hood and the Bearded Nun, and Can Can (OBHCTS). Many thanks to the cast, crew, and staff at WCT! SCOTT CARMICHAEL Norman Petty / Clear Lake MC At WCT: Ring of Fire Elsewhere: The Ballad of Stompin’ Tom (Sudbury Theatre Centre); Million Dollar Quartet (Chemainus Theatre Festival, Drayton Entertainment, Mirvish); Ring of Fire (Chemainus Theatre Festival); Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story (Sudbury Theatre Centre, Stage West Calgary, Arts Club Vancouver, Theatre Aquarius, Magnus Theatre); The 39 Steps, Twelve Angry Men, I Love You You’re Perfect Now Change, You’re a Good Man Charlie Brown, The Melville Boys (Rose Theatre Brampton); Elf: The Musical (Chemainus Theatre Festival).

Other: Scott is happy to be back in glorious BC – and visiting an old Buddy! Scott is an actor, musician, and director who works in film/ TV, as well as theatre. Scott feels fortunate and thankful to be in an industry that has introduced him to so many wonderful people and places in his life. Love to Cecily. And as always, Scott’s favourite role is Dad to his son, Jaden.

NATHAN CARROLL Buddy Holly At WCT: Sid in Vimy.

Elsewhere: Hook Up (Tapestry Opera/Theatre Passe Muraille); Once (Grand/RMTC); Terry Fox in Marathon of Hope, Honk! (Drayton); The Wizard of Oz (Young People’s Theatre); Chasse Galerie (Storefront); The Drawer Boy (Port Stanley); Once (Mirvish); Two Gentlemen of Verona/The Tempest (St. Lawrence Shakespeare); Floyd Collins (TiFT/ Patrick St.); Salt-Water Moon (Common Roof); The Sound of Music (Citadel); and The Book of Esther/Bordertown Café (Blyth). Nathan has been a member of three Dora Awardwinning ensembles (Once, The Wizard of Oz, and Chasse Galerie) and is a graduate of George Brown Theatre School.

Upcoming: Next to Normal (Musical Stage Co./Mirvish).

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MASAE DAY Mary Lou Sokoloff / Shirley / Peggy Sue At WCT: Debut Elsewhere: Masae is an actor and musician based in Vancouver. Recent theatre: Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story (Thousand Islands Playhouse); Once, Dracula, A Pretty Girl/A Shayna Maidel (Chemainus); The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe (Carousel); The Country Wife, The Duchess of Malfi (Ensemble Theatre Festival); Mozart & Salieri, and Ebenezer: A Christmas Ghost Story (Seven Tyrants). As a musician: The Tempest (Bard on the Beach) and Seussical: The Musical (Carousel). Live sound design for The Glass Menagerie (Fire Escape). Selected Film/TV: Supernatural, Girlfriend’s Guide to Divorce, and Ms. Matched. Other: Masae is a graduate of UVic (BMus); TOOBA, and Studio 58.

ROBIN FISHER Set and Costume Designer At WCT: Costumes for Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat; Set and costumes for Fiddler on the Roof.

Elsewhere: Set and costumes for Torn Through Time (Manitoba Theatre for Young People); Avenue Q (Citadel Theatre); The Dining Room (Soulpepper); The Boy in the Moon (Great Canadian Theatre Company); The Black Bonspiel of Wullie MacCrimmon (Globe Theatre); Hand of Bridge/Telephone (Canadian Opera Company). Set: Cottagers and Indians (Tarragon Theatre); Acquiesce (Factory Theatre); and Munschtime! (Young People’s Theatre). Costumes: Dream a Little Dream (The Grand Theatre); Mamma Mia! (Globe Theatre); and The Wizard of Oz (YPT).

Robin is the recipient of three Dora Mavor Moore awards and the 2015 Virginia and Myrtle Cooper Award for Costume Design. www.robinfisher.ca.

NICK FONTAINE Jerry Allison / Ritchie Valens At WCT: Debut Elsewhere: It’s a Wonderful Life (Patrick Street/Gateway Theatre); Rock of Ages, Fun Home, Avenue Q (Arts Club Theatre); A Little Night Music, The Best Laid Plans (Patrick Street); Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story (Globe Theatre); The Master Builder (Yorick); and The Eighth Land (Pi Theatre).

Other: Graduate of acting programs at Capilano University and University of British Columbia; recipient of the Beatrice Wood Acting Scholarship, plus four Ovation Awards and a Jessie Award nomination for outstanding performances; proud husband and father of an extremely extroverted son. Thank you for supporting live theatre.

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MADISON HENRY Assistant Stage Manager At WCT: Select Credits: Stage Manager: Kamloopa, Armstrong’s War, The House at Pooh Corner, Bird Brain. Assistant Stage Manager: Meet My Sister, A Christmas Carol, Million Dollar Quartet. Apprentice Stage Manager: The Comedy of Errors, Mamma Mia!, Made In Italy, A Closer Walk with Patsy Cline, Mary Poppins.

Elsewhere: Stage Manager: Kamloopa (The Cultch & Persephone Theatre); TH’OWXIYA: The Hungry Feast Dish (Axis Theatre Company).

Assistant Stage Manager: Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story (Thousand Islands Playhouse); The Wizard of Oz (Project X Theatre). Other: The gang’s all here! Maddy is so happy to be reunited with this fabulous team after what feels like a lifetime apart. Big thanks to James, Dawn, AJ, and Brett and the TIP Team for having her be a part of this wonderful show. She is grateful - as always - to her family for their encouragement, and to Greg for his constant support. Enjoy the show!

AJ LAFLAMME Stage Manager At WCT: Debut Elsewhere: The Overcoat, Declarations, Liv Stein, Chimerica, Julie, London Road, The Arsonists, Red, Another Africa (Canadian Stage); The Boy in the Moon, A&R Angels (Crow’s Theatre); Musik für das Ende (Soundstreams); Onegin (Musical Stage Co./NAC); The Ballad of Stompin’ Tom (Sudbury Theatre Centre); Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story, Maggie & Pierre, You Are Here, Into the Woods, Pirates of Penzance (Thousand Islands Playhouse); Rocking Horse Winner (Tapestry Opera); All Shook Up (Globe Theatre); The Unplugging, Bingo! (Factory Theatre); Waiting Room (Tarragon Theatre); A Beautiful View, The Africa Trilogy (Volcano Theatre); It’s a Wonderful Life, Kim’s Convenience, Spoon River, La Ronde, True West (Soulpepper); Tosca, La Traviata, Die Zauberflöte, Le Tragedie de Carmen (Highlands Opera Studio). Upcoming: Next to Normal (The Musical Stage Company).

BEN MALONE Sound Designer At WCT: Debut Elsewhere: Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story, Million Dollar Quartet, A Closer Walk With Patsy Cline (Thousand Islands Playhouse); 9 to 5 The Musical, The Wizard of Oz, The Wedding Singer (St. Lawrence College Musical Theatre Program); Sweet Dreams (A Tribute to Patsy Cline); Rhinestone Cowgirl (Dolly Parton Tribute); You Give Me Fever (Peggy Lee Tribute); Country Jukebox (Greatest Country Duets); Wichita Lineman (Glenn Campbell Tribute); and Oh, Canada, We Sing For Thee (Tribute to Canadian Artists) (Leisa Way Productions).

National & international touring with Sarah Slean, The Tenors, EmilieClaire Barlow, Ben Caplan, Our Lady Peace, Matthew Good and others. Other: Toronto resident, Hamilton native, and graduate of the Theatre Arts – Technical Production program at Sheridan College, Ben has entered his second decade as a sound engineer and designer for concerts, theatre, corporate shows, and many other live events.

Ben has relished the opportunity to work with this top-notch company and hopes you have as much fun watching the show as he has had designing it!

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JAMES MACDONALD Director At WCT: Vimy, GLORY, A Christmas Carol, Million Dollar Quartet.

James is also the Artistic Director of Western Canada Theatre.

Elsewhere: 36 productions at Edmonton’s Citadel Theatre, including Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf, Venus in Fur, Vimy, and Billy Bishop Goes to War; Julius Caesar (Stratford Shakespeare Festival); The Old Ladies (Shaw Festival); A Few Good Men (Citadel/Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre), Miss Shakespeare (Escape Artists, Vancouver), As You Like It, Much Ado about Nothing, (Canadian Stage, Toronto). James is the founding Artistic Director of the River City Shakespeare Festival and the former Program Director of the Citadel/Banff Centre Professional Theatre Program.

REBECCA PICHERACK Lighting Designer At WCT: The Birds and the Bees, Only Drunks and Children Tell the Truth Elsewhere: Bed and Breakfast, A Grand Time in the Rapids (Thousand Islands Playhouse); Fun Home (Musical Stage/Mirvish); Kiinalik: These Sharp Tools (Buddies in Bad Times Theatre); Infinity (Volcano/ Tarragon/NAC), James and the Giant Peach (Young People’s Theatre), and Fish Eyes Trilogy (nightswimming). Other: Rebecca has received three Dora Awards for Excellence in Lighting Design.

ALEX WARD Joe B. Mauldin At WCT: Elf – The Musical, Million Dollar Quartet, Mamma Mia! Elsewhere: You’re a Good Man Charlie Brown (Project X theatre).

Other: Alexander began his studies of music at an early age performing violin, eventually taking up bass, piano and organ.

Since graduating from the Beattie School of the Arts, Alexander has performed with the Provincial Honour Band, District Honour Band, Kamloops Big Band, and various community groups. He has been a steady member of WCT and has performed with many local groups alongside professional musicians.

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KRAIG WAYE Music Director At WCT: Million Dollar Quartet (Music Director), Ring of Fire Elsewhere: Music Director credits: Buddy – The Buddy Holly Story (Thousand Islands Playhouse); Once, Ring of Fire (Chemainus Theatre); Million Dollar Quartet (Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre, Western Canada Theatre, Chemainus Theatre – Canadian premiere); Acting credits (selected): Once (Chemainus); Million Dollar Quartet (Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre/WCT/Chemainus – Canadian premiere); Ring of Fire (CTF/WCT); Fitz Happens (Port Dover/Port Colborne – world premiere); Buddy – The Buddy Holly Story (Drayton/Stage West Calgary/Theatre Aquarius/CTF); The Wedding Singer (Stage West Mississauga – Canadian premiere); Songs for a New World, The War Show, The Last Resort (Rose Theatre); A Christmas Carol (Upper Canada Playhouse); Twist and Shout (The Grand Theatre/Drayton); Forever Plaid (TNB, Drayton, and Rose Theatre); Men of Country, Heart and Soul (Petrolia). Other: When not in the theatre, Kraig is an accomplished multi-instrumentalist, singer, songwriter, and studio producer/session artist. All my love to Stephanie and Cæleigh. Thank you for supporting Canadian theatre. RAVE ON! HAL WESLEY ROGERS Tyrone Jones At WCT: Debut Elsewhere: Originally from just outside Edmonton, Alberta, Hal has worked across Canada. He earned his BFA in Theatre Performance from Simon Fraser and studied musical theatre in New York City at The Circle in the Square Theater School and has been working professionally since.

Hal originated an ensemble role in the Canadian premiere of the musical Hadestown (which opens on Broadway this spring) with a cast of super talented Canadians, Broadway veterans and a Tony-nominated creative team. Select Vancouver credits include A Charlie Brown Christmas (Carousel Theatre); Fame (Bring on Tomorrow); The Best Laid Plans: A Musical (Touchstone/Patrick Street); Jesus Christ Superstar, The Rocky Horror Show, Rent (Fighting Chance Productions); and Dreamgirls (Arts Club). In Edmonton: Hadestown (Citadel); Jesus Christ Superstar, Hair, Hairspray (Mayfield Dinner Theatre); and Rent (Two-One-Way Tickets).

Thunder Bay: Rocky in The Rocky Horror Show (Magnus). Upcoming: Sister Act at Mayfield.

MEREDITH ZWICKER Vi Petty At WCT: Musical Director/ Mrs. Claus in Elf – The Musical Elsewhere: Meredith is delighted to be back in Kamloops with this phenomenal cast and crew. Other favourite shows include The River (Magnus); Dean & Jerry: What Might Have Been (Upper Canada Playhouse/Lighthouse); A Christmas Carol (Orillia Opera House); Les Liaisons Dangereuses (Sudbury Theatre Centre); Frankenstein, Private Lives (Theatre New Brunswick); Spamalot, Chicago, Noises Off (Stephenville); Samaria (Das Letzte Kleinod-Germany); The Sound of Music, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, and Gypsy (Neptune); TV & Film: Cardinal and Falls Around Her. Meredith holds a BA in Music and Theatre from Dalhousie and an MFA in Acting from York. Many thanks to James, the cast, and whole WCT team for their talent and good humour, and much love to her husband Caleb for supporting her adventures near and far. Let’s rock and roll it.

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BUDDY HOL Charles Hardin Holley, better known as Buddy Holly,

was born September 7, 1936 in Lubbock, Texas. The Holleys were a musical family, and as a young boy, Holly learned to play the violin, piano and guitar, becoming a gifted instrumentalist. In the fall of 1949 he met Bob Montgomery at Hutchison Jr. High School. They shared a common interest in music and soon teamed up to perform as the duo “Buddy and Bob.” Initially influenced by bluegrass music, they sang harmony duets at local clubs and high school talent shows. Holly’s big break came when they opened for Bill Haley and his Comets at a local rock show. As a result of this performance, Holly was offered a contract with Decca Records to work alone. However, early success as a solo artist eluded him.

Holly formed his own band, “The Crickets,” and began making records at Norman Petty’s studios in Clovis, New Mexico. Among the songs they recorded was “That’ll be the Day,” which takes its title from a phrase that John Wayne’s character repeatedly says in the movie The Searchers.

Holly’s music was sophisticated for its day, including the use of instruments considered novel for rock and roll, such as the celesta (heard on “Everyday”). Holly was an influential lead and rhythm guitarist, notably on songs such as “Peggy Sue” and “Not Fade Away.” While Holly could pump out boy-loves-girl songs with the best of his contemporaries, in other songs, he featured more sophisticated lyrics and more complex harmonies and melodies than had been previously shown in the genre.

Many of his songs feature a unique vocal ‘hiccup’ technique, a clipped ‘uh’ sound used to emphasize certain words in any given song, especially the rockers. For an example, at the start of the raucous number “Rave On”: “We-UH-ell, the little things you say and do, make me want to be with you-UH-ou…”

Holly also managed to bridge some of the racial divide that punctuated rock, notably winning over an all-black audience when accidentally booked for New York’s Apollo Theater.

After the release of several highly successful songs, in March of 1958 he and the Crickets toured the United Kingdom. In the audience were teenagers John Lennon and Paul McCartney, who later cited Holly as a primary influence BUDDY QUOTE (the band’s name, The Beatles, was chosen partly in homage to Holly’s “John (Lennon) and I started to write Crickets). because of Buddy Holly. It was like,

“Wow! He writes and is a musician”. In Holly’s personal style, more controlled our imaginations back then, John was and cerebral than Elvis’ and more Buddy and I was Little Richard or Elvis.” youthful and innovative than the - Paul McCartney country and western stars of his day, would have an influence on youth culture on both sides of the Atlantic for decades to come, reflected particularly in the New Wave movement in artists such as Elvis Costello and Marshall Crenshaw, and earlier in folk rock bands like The Byrds and The Turtles.

From buddythemusical.com

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LLY’S STYLE

Buddy Holly and the Crickets - Redferns

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Buddy played the music I love, the music I grew up on—countrywestern, rock ‘n’ roll and rhythm and blues—three separate strands of music that he intertwined and infused into one genre, one brand.

Buddy wrote songs that had beautiful melodies and imaginative verses. And he sang great. He sang in more than few voices. He was the archetype—everything I wasn’t and wanted to be… He looked older than 22. Something about him seemed permanent, and he filled me with conviction.

- Bob Dylan

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BUDDY QUOTE “Of all the music heroes of the time, Buddy Holly was the most accessible, and he was the real thing… He was one of us” - Eric Clapton

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CELEBRATES INTERNATIONAL WOMENʼS DAY

Hey, Viola! WORKSHOP

Who was Viola Desmond, the newest face on our $10 bill? What was the fire within this black Canadian businesswoman that gave her the confidence to refuse to leave the whites-only section of a Nova Scotia cinema in 1946?

Songstress and performer Krystle Dos Santos, backed by an incredible band, brings the life of Viola Desmond to the stage in this new cabaret, Hey, Viola! Krystle draws on the eraʼs dynamic and inspirational music that filled the life and home of this trailblazer of the civil rights movement.

Through timeless hits like “Feeling Good,” “Sinnerman,” “Smile,” and “Donʼt Let Me Be Misunderstood”, audiences will discover how the actions of one woman played such a huge role in a movement that Krystle herself continues today.

Join in the creative process by attending this workshop of a play in development

Pavilion Theatre | MARCH 7, 7pm | Tickets: $10

Celebrate International Womenʼs Day (IWD) and the incredible, talented women of Kamloops!

This showcase of local talent includes a diverse range of acts, from singer/songwriters to dancers, musical theatre to comedy, burlesque to a shadow play! The exciting mix of amateur, emerging and established artists is drawn from our local community. Local comedian and matchmaker extraordinaire Tara Holmes will host. Check wctlive.ca for the full line-up.

The Kamloops YMCA-YWCAʼs Violence against Women Intervention and Support Services are WCTʼs charitable partner for The All AʼBroad Community Cabaret, with proceeds to benefit the Y’s Women’s Emergency Shelter.

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MUSIC CREDITS The use of the songs in this production is by arrangement with: ‘Flower Of My Heart’ Holly House Inc. ‘Ready Teddy’ Unichappell Music Inc. ‘Blue Days Black Nights’ Unichappell Music Inc. ‘That’s All Right’ Unichappell Music Inc. ‘A Teenager In Love’ Unichappell Music Inc. ‘That’ll Be The Day’ MPL Comm. Inc. MPL/Wren ‘Peggy Sue’ MPL Comm. Inc. MPL/Wren ‘Maybe Baby’ MPL Comm. Inc. MPL/Wren ‘Not Fade Away’ MPL Comm. Inc. MPL/Wren ‘True Love Ways’ MPL Comm. Inc. MPL/Wren ‘Looking For Someone To Love’ MPL Comm. Inc. MPL/ Wren ‘Listen To Me’ MPL Comm. Inc. MPL/Wren ‘It’s So Easy To Fall In Love’ MPL Comm. Inc. MPL/Wren ‘Well Alright’ MPL Comm. Inc. MPL/Wren ‘When You Ask About Love’ Acuff Rose Music Inc. ‘Words Of Love’ MPL Comm. Inc. ‘Oh Boy’ Wren Music Co. c/o MPL ‘Rave On’ Wren Music Co. c/o MPL ‘Heartbeat’ Wren Music Co. c/o MPL ‘Changing All Those Changes’ Cedarwood Publishing Co. ‘Think It Over’ Cedarwood Publishing Co. /Southern Music Publishing Co. ‘Everyday’ Southern Music Publishing Co. ‘Mailman Bring Me No More’ Southern Music Publishing Co. /Beinstock Publishing

BUDDY QUOTE “If anyone asks you what kind of music you play, tell him ‘pop.’ Don’t tell him ‘rock ‘n’ roll’ or they won’t even let you in the hotel.”

- Buddy Holly ‘Peggy Sue Got Married’ Southern Music Publishing Co. ‘Shout’ Sony/ATV ‘Why Do Fools’ Windswept Pacific Ent. ‘Chantilly Lace’ Donald Daily, Glad Music Co. / Fort Knox Music Inc. / Trio Music Company Inc. ‘Raining In My Heart’ House Of Bryant Pubs. Inc. ‘It Doesn’t Matter Anymore’ Management Agency ‘Johnny B Goode’ Isalee Music Co. ‘Rock Around With Ollie Vee’ Hill And Range Songs Inc. All other songs, arrangements and incidental music by Paul Jury

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WESTERN CANADA THEATRE STAFF VENUE SERVICES Shevaun Fortune, Venue Services Director Allison Bregoliss, Volunteer Coordinator Morgan Benedict, Front of House Manager Front of House Staff: Amanda Breuer, Brian Charbonneau, Nicolle Dupont, Maxwell Gallagher, Bert Keeper, Jakob Kopytko, Christine Leroux, Krystine Lucas, CJ Renee, Liz Spivey

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BOARD Tim Rodgers - President Grant Chu - Past President Gordon Miller - Vice President Lori Bregoliss Marilyn Crossen Beverley DeSantis Wesley Eccleston Sharon Frissell Honorary Life Artistic Producer Founding Artistic Director § Honorary Life Chairman * Honorary Life Member

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BUDDY QUOTE “In 16 crowded months, Holly had created a blueprint for enlightened rock stardom that every newcomer with any pretence at self-respect still aspires to follow. He was the first rock ‘n’ roller both talented and strong-minded enough to insist on the artistic control his musical heirs now take for granted. He was the first not only to write his own songs but also to arrange them, directing his backup musicians to his own exacting standards. He was the first to understand and experiment with studio technology, achieving effects with echo, double-tracking and overdubbing on primitive Ampex recorders which have never been bettered.”

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BRAVO! Western Canada Theatre gratefully acknowledges the following government agencies, corporations, foundations, and individuals for their generous financial contributions through sponsorships and/or charitable donations. We are very thankful to everyone who plays their important part in helping us to bring the highest quality of work to the broadest possible audience. Listings based on annual contributions from January 1, 2018 to January 31, 2019.

Funders The City of Kamloops Canada Council for the Arts Department of Canadian Heritage Canada Cultural Spaces Fund Government of Canada The Province of BC British Columbia Arts Council Foundations BC Interior Community Foundation RBC Emerging Artists Project Presenting Partner Kelson Group, Ron & Rae Fawcett Season Sponsors CFJC TV Home Hardware Kamloops This Week Stone Hazell & Company Wayside Show Sponsors 98.3 CIFM B-100 British Columbia Lottery Corporation Schoening & First Memorial Funeral Services ideaLEVER Kami Countertops Kamloops Airport K97.5 New Country 103.1 New Gold Overland Press Paul & Company Radio NL The Riverland Inn & Suites Simply Computing TNRD Watson Engineering Ltd. Mainstage PWYC Sponsor BEST WESTERN PLUS Kamloops Hotel

Diamond Companions ($10,000 and above) Michael E. Black & the Late Denise E.L. Fortier Platinum Patrons ($5,000-9,999) Rae Nixon Gold Patrons ($3,500-4,999) The Bostock & Fallis Families of Monte Creek Heritage Fund Silver Patrons ($2,000-3,499) Roland & Anne Neave Peter H. Baron Russ & Jane Reid Copper Patrons ($750-1,999) Bill Adams Dr. Jill Calder & Dr. Robert Walter Elizabeth Benczkowski Marilyn Fallis Mirella & Bob Holden Charles Izowsky & Judy Moser Guy & Jeanine Parker Edith Pletzer Kim Senklip Harvey Bud & Daphne Smith David & Rosemarie Stoltze James & Barbara Wentworth Patrons ($500-$749) Anonymous Ben & Lorene Anders Grant & Nancy Chu Lois Crown Jessie & James Fedorak David & Jaylene Hanna Lois K. Hollstedt Charles Izowsky & Judy Moser Debbie Kowbel Gwyneth Lamperson James MacDonald & Tracey Power Donna Marchand Len & Laurie Marchand June McClure Master Robert W. McDiarmid & Justice Sharon Matthews Thomas & Sharon Moore Judy Moser Colene Palmer Murphy & Katharine Shewchuk Nancy Stewart

Investors ($200-$499) Anonymous Francis & Helen Barnett Evelyn Baziuk R.C. Bidnell Richard & Fearon Blair Jack & Pauline Braaksma Ed & Patti Bruzzese Ken & Brenda Lorne Christian Ian Dalgleish & Melisa Hunter Dan & Denise Douglas David & Laura Farrow Glen & Sara Farrow Allen & Sharon E. Frissell (In Memory of Evelyn Gollar) Lois K. Hollstedt Jo-Mary & Bob Hunter Rob & Lila Jennejohn Fred & Nancy Leake Ray LePage Donna Marchand Terry & Joan McQuillan Tanya Mihura Jim & Beverley Mundle Jake & Marg Ootes Colene Palmer Mary Ann Peressini Sheila Pierson Tim Rodgers Ray & Susan Sewell Craig & Sharlene Sharpe Kent Stasich Marijke & Al Stott D. Waldon Trisha Watkinson Dave & Maryanne Whiting Jack & Marilyn Zuke Benefactors ($100-$199) Wendy Bainbridge Michael A. Baker Mike & Mary Elizabeth Baker Barry & Judy Brown Maureen Brown Mavis Chalmers Kathy Chan Margaret Chrumka Sally Cornies & Hap Ryan John & Jean Crowe Jeffrey Cummings Joan Cummings Fredrick Cunningham

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BRAVO! - continued Melanie McIntosh (In Memory of Roxanne Dauncey) Donald Dalgeish Kathy & Sinclair Dalgleish Pat Decker Rhonda Diaper Ross & Judy Dickson Bob & Pat Esdale Shirlee Ezowski Reno & Marie Fabbro Ronald & Doreen Fairhurst Ruth & Michael Fane Marvyn Fitzpatrick Ali Floyd Blake & Linda Fox Louella Garner Jim & Joan Rosemary Gordon L. J. Hall Susan Hammond Coleen Hansen Lucy Heslip Rosemary Hibbard Dave & Dorothy Carl Hilton Darrel Jones Sharon Kika Bob & Pat King Ted & Maryann Kowalsky Ron & Glenda Miles Terry Lake Kirsten McDougall Doris McNutt Murray Mitchell Vic & Sally Mowbray Dennis & Maxine Mucha Wendy Nielsen Jeannine & Bob Nishiguchi Maria Paccagnella

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BUDDY QUOTE “I play Buddy Holly every night before going onstage. It keeps me honest.”

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