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BRO SUNDAY, JANUARY 17, 1999, THE HERALD 5B Twain charms throng in high-energy outing By LEILA COBO-HANLON Herald Pop Music Critic Its 6:15 p.m. There are than 10,000 screaming whove SOUTH standing BERT AND CHARLIE AT DECO FEST Entertaining crowds at Art Deco Weekend, the Miami Beach tribute to the citys colorful architecture now celebrated by art lovers from afar, Jude Parry plays Charlie Chaplain and Glenn Witcher plays Bert Williams. The very tall referee is Martin Masters. Festival events on Ocean Drive run until 6 p.m. Monday.

scheduled to take place in Miami (the second one is today at 4 p.m. with special guest Elton John, who I assure you wont need six takes to do anything), was festive, with hordes of teenagers pressing against the stage while whole families spread out on blankets among the crowd. They were willing to sit through on-stage hair dressing, second takes and banter, all for Twain, who proved to be a dynamic presence with a voice good enough to sustain this kind of action no small feat. Bolstered by a youthful and dynamic nirte-piece band which includes the hippest trio of violinists youre likely to find, Twain romped through hits like Man! I Feel Like a Woman and Honey I'm Home. And she had just the right amount of attitude to carry out flip tunes like That Dont Impress Me Much which, sung by the wrong person, can fall flat.

The tempo of the show wavered only with the Backstreet Boys, who despite the support of their screaming fans, were absolutely uncommitted in their interpretation. Following that, the appearance of Celtic troupe Leahy for Don't Be Stupid (You Know I Love You) seemed absolutely inspired And Twains grand finale, (If You're Not In It For Love) Im Outta Here, was a winner, as much for the song as for the gesture of including the percussion section of the Miami Central High School Band. This wasnt a concert, it was an event. And Twain fans shouldnt miss the follow-up. more fans been in Park AFTER And theres ITS It 1C Shania Twain onstaee with Tthe Backstreet Boys, who just cant sing their parts right for their duet with Twain, the hit song From This Moment On.

Six takes and 30 minutes later, and thanks to some impromptu coaching from Twain, its a wrap. Such are the pitfalls of a television special, but delays and repetition are a small inconvenience for those who want to be a part of the action. For when Twains special airs nationwide in February, the screams heard on television and the faces seen on screen will all belong to the fans who paid the price of admission to watch and be a part of Saturdays taping of Twains show. And with the exception of episodes like the Backstreet water torture, it was a great act, courtesy of a singer who knows how to temper her fantastic looks with enough girl-next-door charm to win over fans of all ages. Indeed, the ambience in Saturdays show, the first of two shoots CHUCK FADELY Herald Staff New law upsets gun show vendors called the law draconian.

After making sales and running checks on customers, Akkawi and other gun dealers must pay a local dealer to hold the gun during the cooling-off period. After the waiting period, customers would pick up their firearms at a store that has an arrangement with the gun dealer. Akkawi said he typically sells 120 to 150 guns, ranging from 100 to $3,000, during the weekend shows and was anticipating a 10 percent decrease in sales. His smaller competitors were more grim, saying they were expecting the ends of their dealerships, because gun laws were also tightened in counties with the states most populous cities: Broward, Orange, Hillsborough. The guns shows promoter was more optimistic about the effects of the new ordinance and the constitutional revision.

Weve known about this loophole and weve wanted to do something about it ourselves, said Southern Classics promoter, Victor Bean. state last year in support of the November referendum to amend the states constitution to allow counties to pass stricter gun law ordinances. In Miami-Dade, 84.7 percent of voters approved the amendment. The Miami-Dade commission in December followed up by mandating a five-day waiting period and criminal background checks for weapons sold at gun shows, flea markets and firearms exhibits. The new law also lengthens the waiting period at regular gun stores from three days to five.

Penelas, Rundle, Miami City Manager Donald Warshaw and Police Chief William OBrien took a brief tour of the gun show Saturday as gun dealers and customers shook their heads at the sight. He the mayor is anti-guns, I just cant believe it, said Martin Amaran, a 33-year-old Miami resident. Im not going to vote for him again. Inez Rosado, a member of the South Florida Fire Arm Owners, passed out copies of the new ordinance at the entrance of the show and By ANALISA NAZARENO Herald Staff Writer A new law that requires background checks on people buying weapons at gun shows got its first test in Miami-Dade on Saturday and it was greeted with praise from law enforcement and strong criticism from gun dealers and customers. Because of the efforts of many people, we can proudly say that the streets of Miami and Miami-Dade County will be safer, Miami-Dade Mayor Alex Penelas said outside the Coconut Grove Convention Center, where the Southern Classic Gun Knife Show began Saturday.

Thats not the perspective of Khaled W. Akkawi, the president of Apopka-based Weapons Unlimited, the largest gun dealer at the show. This is all politics, Akkawi said. The new law doesnt do anything but inconvenience me and my customers. Penelas and Miami-Dade State Attorney Katherine Fernandez Rundle traveled the Pianist gives probing, polished performance Slain mother, son return to Broward for burial Margate man improving after airboat accident the pair lived before moving up north.

Funeral arrangements by McWhite Funeral Home, 3501 W. Broward Blvd, are still pending. ping. Karen Clarke, 30, and her son Leroy Brown, returned to their relatives in Broward in caskets. Mother and child will be buried in Fort Lauderdale, where The bodies of a mother and her 8-year-old son arrived home Saturday, one week after they were killed in their Bridgeport, Connecticut duplex after returning from grocery shop who played the extensive violin solos with flawbcs ease.

And the orchestra, which sounded as if it was well-rehearsed, performed with far greater cohesion, consistency and accuracy than at its season opener in October, when a Mozart symphony (No. 32 in major) sounded frayed around the edges. Instead, this is the level of performance that the Symphony of the Americas should regularly achieve. The Symphony No. 40 in minor, which came after intermission, is a monumental work but with sunshine in its shadows that eluded Brooks-Bruzzese.

The playing here was a little less assured, not quite as suave as what had gone before. But, more importantly, Brooks-Bruzzese squared the edges of phrases and made the symphony sound more workaday and deliberate than it should. It was earthbound rather than airborne. The encored Overture to The Marriage of Figaro, however, was invigorating. By JAMES ROOS Herald Music Critic Anton Nel, the South African pianist currently on the faculties at the Eastman School of Music and the University of Michigan, made his South Florida debut playing crystalline Mozart with the Symphony of the Americas at Broward Centers intimate Ama-turo Theater Friday night.

He played Mozarts Concerto No. 21 in major with supreme security, immaculate polish, and a tone of wonderful depth in which every note had its full and unique value. His scale passages were as even as a string of matched pearls, he had complete command of the classic style, and James Brooks-Bruzzese gave him an idiomatic, sympathetic accompaniment. It was a deftly probing performance, without exaggerations. The opening Serenade K.

185 on this all-Mozart program, far from being a simple serenade, is actually a major work in seven movements, and it also had a superlative soloist: Robert Rozek, The 22-year-old man who lost his leg after an airboat accident Friday was upgraded to serious condition Saturday at Broward General Medical Center. He is doing better, a nurse said. Robert Robbie Martin of Margate and friends were riding in the Everglades before dawn Friday morning when their airboat capsized, trapping Martin under- neath the engine cage. A propeller blade cut his leg, nearly severing it. Doctors were unable to save the limb.

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