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Brilliant: It's a rare joy to hear Van Morrison turning over a song, testing each phrase as though he were looking for gold, says Chris Dafoe of concert at CNE
Brilliant: It's a rare joy to hear Van Morrison turning over a song, testing each phrase as though he were looking for gold, says Chris Dafoe of concert at CNE

Brilliant: It's a rare joy to hear Van Morrison turning over a song, testing each phrase as though he were looking for gold, says Chris Dafoe of concert at CNE

Date8/27/1990
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Original Toronto Star caption: Brilliant: It's a rare joy to hear Van Morrison turning over a song, testing each phrase as though he were looking for gold, says Chris Dafoe of concert at CNE.
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0069545F
The French school. Part I : l'écho de Paris : a selection of familiar phrases which a person would daily hear said around him if he were living among French people : with a vocabulary of all the words and idioms used in the work
The French school. Part I : l'écho de Paris : a selection of familiar phrases which a person would daily hear said around him if he were living among French people : with a vocabulary of all the words and idioms used in the work
1843
Controversy rages over whether a CNE landmark and one of its oldest restaurants should remain closed during Blue Jay games to give new stadium concessionaries more business. Gregory Dallas (above), owner of the 60-year-old Dugan's, says he's been asked to shut down an hour before each game.
Controversy rages over whether a CNE landmark and one of its oldest restaurants should remain closed during Blue Jay games to give new stadium concessionaries more business. Gregory Dallas (above), owner of the 60-year-old Dugan's, says he's been asked to shut down an hour before each game.
6/20/1977
Rap in the 'burbs: DJ Jazzy Jeff and The Fresh Prince's rap show at Superstars last night was filled with comical references to suburbia, critic Chris Dafoe reports
Rap in the 'burbs: DJ Jazzy Jeff and The Fresh Prince's rap show at Superstars last night was filled with comical references to suburbia, critic Chris Dafoe reports
2/18/1990
Chris De Burgh says 'Lady in Red was based in part on his joy at discovering that the woman he was ogiling across the room at a party was in fact his wife
Chris De Burgh says 'Lady in Red was based in part on his joy at discovering that the woman he was ogiling across the room at a party was in fact his wife
5/20/1992
Flawless! Reader says that saying the July 22 concert by Chris De Burgh, above, was 'virtually flawless' should mean that the concert was great, not boring, as a Star review said
Flawless! Reader says that saying the July 22 concert by Chris De Burgh, above, was 'virtually flawless' should mean that the concert was great, not boring, as a Star review said
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Larry Evoy (Edward Bear) offered 20,000 rock fans the ideal music for an ideal Sunday afternoon, says critic Peter Goddard of concert on Nathan Phillips square. The predominantly teenage crowd also listened to Chris Kearney group.
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5/18/1975
Yea. To Principal John Plumpton of Jane Junior High School in North York for trying to get more students to read books. Twice a week staff and students are given 50 minutes of the day just to read - anything they like. Some of them may discover that reading is a joy, even though it's a little more work than watching a TV scree. It's a nice idea.
Yea. To Principal John Plumpton of Jane Junior High School in North York for trying to get more students to read books. Twice a week staff and students are given 50 minutes of the day just to read - anything they like. Some of them may discover that reading is a joy, even though it's a little more work than watching a TV scree. It's a nice idea.
11/11/1977
It's still there: The Bee Gees still had that unique mix of cottony-vibrato and fluffy harmony in concert at the CNE Grandstand last night, critic Mitch Potter says
It's still there: The Bee Gees still had that unique mix of cottony-vibrato and fluffy harmony in concert at the CNE Grandstand last night, critic Mitch Potter says
8/16/1989
Practice York Yeoman, Chris Morrison with ball
Practice York Yeoman, Chris Morrison with ball
9/20/1995
Needs work: The news . . . says we're out of the recession, carpenter Chris Zarich says
Needs work: The news . . . says we're out of the recession, carpenter Chris Zarich says
9/6/1991
Trivial testing: Enjoying answers in Trivet Pursuit are Trivial Pursuit inventors Scott Abbott and Chris Haney
Trivial testing: Enjoying answers in Trivet Pursuit are Trivial Pursuit inventors Scott Abbott and Chris Haney
2/17/1983
Electric Blue bill. Premier William Davis liked the electric-powered van Ontario Hydro has bought for testing in its operations during the next two ye(...)
Electric Blue bill. Premier William Davis liked the electric-powered van Ontario Hydro has bought for testing in its operations during the next two ye(...)
9/24/1980