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The Calgary Albertan from Calgary, Alberta, Canada • 11

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Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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v- -v Hi npf p--1 tf- Kb 4 'Wk- Of'-WW vj- 4 w4 hi- ft- THE ALBERTAN Thursday April 23 1970 11 Trade Winds attraction Red Slipper cabaret opens The Red Slipper Cabaret rolling a scroll-type parchment opened la it week at the Trade you have a primarily beef aelec-Winda Motor Hotel (66th and tion from ateak Dianne to Fon-Macleod Tr SE due Burgoyne with a tremend ous variety of hora The atriking thing about the menu ia that aa well as com- Waitreaui coiffed In red plumage pranced through the Gay cessful filming earlier this season with Dustin Hoffman Calgary may be gaining a new image Meanwhile back in the Tavern at the Carriage House Rudl and the Romantics are entertaining nightly monton has become a confirmed Calgarian and currently is a director of the Calgary Tourist and Convention Association From the international booking in his hotel he is waging his own special white hatter cam-' paign How do you say White Hatter in French? This summer Mr Hober will be using the expression often as French tours are coining West and have asked to be put in The Trade Winds PRIMO'S MEXICAN FOODS Nightly Entertainment TRIO LOS 3 AMIGOS From Mexico OPEN SUNDAYS 5:00 pm fa 11:00 pm Child Specials Fully Licensed MEXICAN FOODS Ph 244-2714 1114 1 St SW From the south a unique group of people who collectively buy their own planes (DC-Ss' etc) have chosen The Trade Winds to come for a weekend in the summer From what the Trade Winds blow your way and what is blown in to the motor hotel on Macleod Trail SW there is variety and style at every turn The Carriage House will be housing Tab Hunter among other Hollywood celebrities this summer during the filming of his latest picture After the suc- plete dinners there is a strong trend toward a la carte The Captain's Table has a separate dessert carte similar in style to their full wine and liquor carte In asking why there is a separate dessert carte the answer came back that desserts are on their way out This makes sense for in dining with other couples cheese may be ordered but seldom desserts today Some will defy the death of the dessert and for them the Table is ready with cherried jubilee an all-time favorite there On weekends Don Loraas and his Trio play in the dining lounge and are fast gaining popularity in town The singer Tom Owens an immigrant from Ottawa who came to Calgary to be with the Young Canadians group lends strength to the trio When we mention variety of clientele that includes the family with children on Sunday Encouraging families to dine out The Table serves children at half price on Sundays from 5-9 pm Down the ball from the Captain's Table the winds blow you to Lounge where you can snuggle into a cozy nook lit only by a Moroccan brass lamp The Smith Brothers (cough dropless variety) entertain nightly from 6 pm Downstairs the Cove Tavern is full The Bow Valleys are currently playing nightly and the popular Sonora Brass is coming soon A1 Hober originally from Ed Nineties decorated room serving a healthy crop of customers Bartenders moustached and suapendered worked hard behind the tall oak bar The Red Slipper has shown a definite trend upward in decor and effort in cabaret rooms Instead of long rows of tables in a large barn-like room crying for any decor the Red Slipper vibrates In brilliant red period wallpaper with large mirror bordered with lights A simple menu inside a paper red slipper again shows effort on the part of the Trade Winds are something Albertans have been waiting for since liquor came says A1 Hober the manager Mr Hober baa spent most of his career in the hotel and entertainment business both in Alberta and in the United States and can recognise a trend and make use of it Presently in the cabaret The with Cliff Lord are playing The rhythm is varied and the group is growing in musicians and music variety Next an stage will be the Vagabonds The Red Slipper is the fourth entertainment room in the Trade Winds Mr Hober is proud of the variety of dining and entertainment as well as the clientele which has grown tremendously since he took over in' 1962 The basic theme of the Trade Winds runs through the hotel and reaches the peak of elegance in the Captain'! Table Dining Lounge The room is luxuriously decorated in wood beams and brick No loud colors but soft yellow on grand wooden tables For drinks never underestimate the power of the Trade Winds Hot Toddies slings (Sinpagore or Shanghai) and flips are all part of the evening unless you want to stay with the conventional I was told most women are more prone to the slings and flips than men The menu is one of the most convenient and modern I have held before my hungry self Un- INN The Albertan Brie Cable Reflection of the Gay Nineties Vivacious Goldie Dunham brightens the Gay Nine- period serves guests in the recently opened cabaret ties decor at the Red Slipper Lounge with a smile lounge at the Trade Winds Motor Hotel on the Mac- Goldie dressed in the white-silk-and-garter style of the leod TraiL 4104 4th ST NE 274-3391 ENJOY THE SONG STYLINGS of "THE DRYLANDERS" NIGHTLY In the PROP ROOM from 1:30 11:30 YE OLDE MILL TAVERN featured nightly KOUNTY KUZZINS CANTINA ROOM SKIP FRASER very night CABARET WAIL STREET JOURNAL THURS FRI SAT Andy Stewart booked Scots stars in concert CROSSROADS THURS FRI SAT DANCE TO THE S0UHDS OF SOUL COMPANY Dress Restriction Friday A Sat have made him a national figure Mark Simpson studied the piano at the Royal Scottish Academy of Musk in Glasgow and the Royal College of Musk in London Reports have it that he is looking forward tremen dously to hia Calgary visit MC Jimmy Worran needs no introduction Tickets are available at Glens Musk This will be his second visit to Calgary Joe McBride entered the musical field by chance At 21 he broke his leg and while convalescing took the opportunity of singing for the musical director of the Carl Rosa Opera Company He was immediately engaged He was the singing star of the BBC series At your Request with Sandy McPherson and his television appearances on Scottish television Winners Circle Saturday is concert day for all Scots And everyone else who likes Scottish music at its best Andy Stewart heads the list of star studded entertainment for the White Heather Concert at the Jubilee Auditorium back in Canada after a very successful season in Ayr and has a number of recent radio and television appearances to his crediL Others on the concert bill are Jennifer Shaw who has been with the Andy Stewart Show since 1967 when she signed up at the Metropole Theatre in Glasgow She won junior talent competitions at the age of 13 and went on to do successful radio and television shows north and south of the border before joining Andy Stewart Jimmy Blue ia an accomplished accordionist and appears frequently on White Heather Chib He has LOUNGE FRANKIE CECELIA KLAAS CRAATZ TRIO 1 ROOM SUNDAY BRUNCH 10 em 3:00 pm EVENING DINING 5 pm te 1 1 pjn Daily SUNDAYS 5:00 te 9:00 pm RESERVATIONS 249-3181 Show Act and Song Stylings SL I 11pm Join Us For Lunch Under the Maple Tree 13Tg DO LOqTKSq featuring gypsy and hit romantic guitar SONGS IN 7 LANGUAGES Returns by public demand ENTERTAINING NIGHTLY FROM AND 9-1 1 PM ij-Ote' jBuyoneofmy SNAKPAKS RIlwroCK LOUNGE "ROSALIA" PIANIST AND VOCALIST Return engagement of an outstanding entertainer from the Philippines APPEARING NIGHTLY Thursdays April 23rd Only! It's Colonel Sanders' Canada-Wide RHVITOCK PINING ROOM DINE DANCE EVERY FRI AND SAT' ANDY STEWART ENJOY YOUR BUSINESS LUNCH AT SHERWOOD APRIL LUNCHEON SPECIALS CANADIAN POT ROAST OR MINCED SIRLOIN STEAK Prepared from the finest properly oped Alberta beef served with garden freth vegetables heme- $125 JOIN US FOR THE JOLLY HOUR 5-7 pen in the Jody Friar lounge Entertainment til Ils30pni daily with WALTER KHADIKIN ENJOY FINE DINING EVERY NIGHT 'TIL 1:30 AM IN THE ROBIN HOOD DINING LOUNGE FAMOUS FOR ROAST HIP OF PRIME ALBERTA IEEF SOUP CRISP 'N GREEN TOSSED SALAD YORKSHIRE PUDDING RAKED POTATO WITH SOUR CREAM AND GARDEN FRESH VEGETABLES COMPLETE DINNER MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY $325 TOP SPOT FOR BREAKFAST EUSINESS LUNCH BIRTHDAY PARTIES BOWLING PARTIES BANQUETS AND WEDDINGS SHERWOOD INN 255-7756 5809 Macleod Trail South GLORIABERDAHL ROY WARHURST AND HIS ORCHESTRA YN RIIWTOCK DINING ROOM SUNDAY BUFFET EVERY SUNDAY with Eleanor at the Baldwin Organ toured Canada USA Zealand and Australia Ron Whale is a multi instrumentalist and vocalist who has also been featured on BBC Jane Fonda stars in Klute Klute an original screenplay has been acquired for filming by Warner Bros it was made known by John Calky executive vice-president in charge of production who disclosed at the same time that arrangements have been made for Alan Pakula to produce and direct and for Jane Fonda to star Klute with screenplay by Andy and Dave Lewis is described as a contemporary story of a call girl and a smalltown policeman on a manhunt AVAILABLE AT ALL OUR CALGARY LOCATIONS TODAY ONLY! 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