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The Toronto Sun n Friday, September 7, 2012

Intimate 1500-Seat Theatre State-of-the-Art Sound

DANCE TEMPTATION
September 13 - 23 (excluding Sept. 18)
September 13 & 20 Showtime: 8:30PM September 14 & 21 Showtime: 9PM September 15 & 22 Showtimes: 3PM & 9PM September 16 & 23 Showtime: 7PM September 17 & 19 Showtime: 3PM

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PLACE TO BE FOR ENTERTAINMENT

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Rhythms N Rhymes

EDYTA LIWISKA & ALEC MAZO

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Tickets start at $35

You know them as two of the hottest professional dancers on the hit television series, Dancing with the Stars! Now, see Edyta liwiska and Alec Mazo, as they blow you away with their impeccable precision and breath-taking choreography when Dance Temptation takes the stage at Fallsview Casino Resort.

HARRY CONNICK JR.

Tuesday, September 25 Wednesday, September 26
Showtime: 8:30PM
Tickets start at $95 Award winning, Harry Connick Jr. takes the Fallsview Casino Resort stage in his first Canadian Casino performance.

BOB NEWHART
Friday, September 28
Showtime: 9PM Tickets start at $35 Comedian Bob Newharts career has spanned two successful television shows, fourteen feature films and sold millions of albums worldwide. Relive his timeless classics like The Driving Instructor, Sir Walter Raleigh, and The Submarine Commander, live, at Fallsview Casino Resort!

Saturday, September 29 Showtime: 9PM Sunday, September 30 Showtime: 7PM

Tickets start at $90 Country music sensation, Reba, takes the stage to perform such hits as: Turn On The Radio, Consider Me Gone, Little Rock, Whoevers In New England, Is There Life Out There and Fancy.

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Not only do Irene Torres & the Sugar Devils do a lovely job brining jazz, blues and soul together on their selftitled EP, but theyre creating a buzz for their live show. Last month, the group won the Toronto Blues Societys Talent Search and you can find out what the hypes about when they play at this weekends 14th annual Southside Shuffle Port Credit Blues & Jazz Festival. It kicks off today and more than 80,000 are expected to soak in the vibes. It all happens on four stages in Memorial Park and considering whos performing, you might want to camp out on the site for the next three days. You can see the lineup on the festivals site (southsideshuffle.com), but here are my recommendations. Irene Torres & the Sugar Devils play Saturday and Sunday. Theyre at the Brogue Pub (136 Lakeshore Rd. E.) at 9 p.m. Saturday and at Roc N Docs (105 Lakeshore Rd. E.) Sunday. The Devils are big fans of the New Orleans sound and drummer Drew Austin says their experiences in the Cres-

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cent City inspired the music on the EP. Its quite normal to hear many artists in New Orleans playing a wide variety of styles in one night and a lot of music down there is a mix of everything, Austin says. We wanted to capture that gumbo nouveau sound. We can touch on all the styles of music that excite us, whether it be funk R&B, jazz, blues or a slow-burning Latin number like Before You Go because they all fit under the beautiful canopy of New Orleans music. Thats why we love New Orleans music and why we choose to study it and perform it, he says. Its an amalgamation of cultures and styles that continues to challenge us as players and envelope us as listeners. Austin says the band members hail from different backgrounds, both culturally and musically, and the music that were creating is combining traditional and modern sounds. The grooves are timeless, the arrangements are fresh and always evolving and there is a great balance of melodic and harmonic development. If youre heading to the fest this weekend, I highly recommend packing a longboard or wearing comfy shoes since youll be stage hopping a lot. One of my favourite singers, Harrison Kennedy, is at the Mississippi Find Your True South stage at 1 p.m. Saturday. If you miss him, swing by the Holmar Plumbing stage in Dave deEyre Square at 1 p.m. Sunday. The 24th Street Wailers play the Stonebridge stage at 3 p.m. and ace harmonica player Carlos del Junco and his Blues Mongrels blow in at 4 p.m. Id hotfoot it back to the Mississippi stage to catch Chris Whiteley and Diana Braithwaite at 5 p.m. and Pianorama, featuring Curley Bridges and Julian Fauth, at 7 p.m. Fathead is at the Stonebridge stage at 9 p.m. and a tribute to The Band happens at the same venue at 11 p.m. Sundays best bets are blues belter Shakura Saida wholl tear up the Stonebridge stage at 4 p.m. followed by the legendar y Downchild Blues Band at 6 p.m. Your feet will be tired by the end of the festival, but your soul will be invigorated. Have a great time! NOTE: Daily admission is $5, a weekend pass is $10, a daily family pass (4 people) is $10 and children under 12 get in free.

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