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BLIND DATE WITH A BI-WEEKLY
FAMILY MAGAZINE REPORTER!!!!!
BY DUTCH TREAT
THE RECENT BLIND DATE WITH A STAR!
SHINDIG, HELD EVERY YEAR TO BENEFIT
CHILDREN’S LITERACY, RAISED SOME IM-
PORTANT QUESTIONS.
Things like, can the stigma faced by children
with learning disabilities be overcome?
Is it ever too late to help a child learn to read?
The answers to those questions are: yes and
no.
Other, more complicated questions must
also be addressed.
Questions like, isn’t the exclamation point
after Star! a bit much?
Does 101.3 The Bounce morning co-host
Jordan Knight know that her name is already
being used by one of the New Kids on the
Block? If so, is she trying to be ironic?
How does one become a “business
humourist” like Bill Carr?
Does John Gracie realize that since the
deaths of Ray Charles, Miles Davis and John
Lee Hooker, the privilege of wearing sunglasses
inside is solely reserved for Stevie
Wonder? (Terry Kelly gets a pass, too — ed.)
What sick sonofabitch decided to give away
free wine but charge $2.75 for a soda water?
Some of us are trying to complete our 12
Steps, for Chrissakes.
Why was Halifax Regional School Board
superintendent Carole Olsen sitting over at
the McInnes Cooper table and not with the
other celebrities?
About 450 people turned up at the World
Trade and Convention Centre on January
18 for the 10th edition of the event, and, let
me tell you, the stars were out in full force.
Stars like political has-been Alexa
McDonough! Canadian Idol has-been
Dwight D’Eon! Some wine snob guy! A canoe
paddler! The big bald guy that does the
political cartoons! The other guy that does the
political cartoons!
For those unfamiliar with the concept, guests
pay $125 apiece and are matched up, in groups
of 10, with any one of 47 random celebrities.
The guests and their celebrity are then whisked
away to one of 43 participating restaurants to
spend a delightful evening. If you’re wondering
about the uneven number of restaurants and
celebs, I’m advised one lucky group of 10 had
Brad, Peter and Moya from the C100 Breakfast
Club all to themselves!
Learning Disabilities Association of Nova
Scotia mouthpuppet Matt Currie tells me the
recent event was one of the most successful
to date, raising a total of $45,425 for its LINKS
Children’s Literacy Program.
Does Frank Know?
atlanticfrank@eastlink.ca
24 ATLANTIC CANADA FRANK FEBRUARY 16, 2010
What are yoose,
stupid?
EITHER I’M REALLY
THICK OR THEY’RE
THAT GOOD:
Grafton Street Dinner
Theatre actresses Kelly
Edwards (left) and Cyndi
Locke affected New York
accents to flog raffle tickets
for a trip to the Big Apple
courtesy of Fraser & Hoyt,
and I still wouldn’t know it
was a put-on if they hadn’t
told me the difference.
My suit jacket is made from
material developed by NASA and
will withstand temperatures of up
to 2,000 degrees Celsius. My
bowtie is from Sears.
Tease and
comb maven/
frosted
cupcake
specialist/
self esteem
expert/
experimental
fabric
connoisseur
Fred
Connors.
Atlantic
Frank
Twitter
follower/
CBC Radio
personality
Costas
Halavrezos.
WILL BE QUIRKY AND
LOVEABLE FOR SALARY AND
BENEFITS: “I guess you could
say I’m still looking for a
home,” says Heidi Petracek on
life after the cancellation of
her CBC television series
Living Halifax in early 2009.
Another disappointment
followed in the fall, when Heidi
looked poised to replace
outgoing Q104 morning
straight-woman and news
reader Lisa Blackburn, but
ultimately lost the job to
Jessica Rankin.
TRADE YA?:
Trade Centre
Limited sales
honcho Paul
Cody and Jill
Black.