i Sat, Aug | 1-29 oy -Calga sit , Jul 22+ Sop 9 ie ee aie ul f i What's happening in and around the Saanich Peninsula Peninsula News Review » laying with ajazz trio at the Blue Peter may be m& along way from por-: traying ‘Annie’ in the Yukon- based musical production Beaver Creek Rendezvous and - singing for the Sultan of Brunei, but Nancy Ruth i is glad to be home. A 1984 graduate of Park. - land Secondary, Ruth (fondly remembered as Nancy . Thornton-Trump in her early _ days asa up-and-coming local “young actress) has returned to Sidney after a 12-year artis: tic sojourn that has included. singing with The Love ~ Hunters (WEA recording“: ~ artists) in Singapore and _ eight; years of classical vocal - (raining (1982-90) under the ® - tutelage of Elizabeth Miller ~ oo and Tatsuo Hoshina. ~ asked if she could be ready to : sing for the Royal family of © . Bruneli in three days. She was: . “given some tapes and meme-.: rized the material in Japan- ese, Malay and Indonesian. whte in Southeast Asia, oo "LOS CABOS. ae From Vancouver . Sat, ‘Aug 1- - 29 depts Posada Real {Harel Room) B39. pee 7 Nights from: 44 PENINSULARNEWS REVIEW * Catch the. sweets sounds of Sidney’ s own Nancy Ruth, playing jazz each Enigay at. the Blue Peter. - Ruth and three other singers ~ Back on ‘the West Coast, worked nine-hours gigs = “aad playing with Inner Har every day for a month in the © ~ bouy, arhythm and blues “Royal Palace, often waiting by. band; Ruth landed the Teading -. the stage in full costume =. -role of ‘Annie’ in Beaver Creek “ready, to perform’ when the Rendezvous, an ‘annual musi-- 3 cal production that’s part of * “tories walked in ing, or other: Ona ‘stopover in ‘Singa- pore, | Ruth was offered a gig ” After Gee Sensecubive years “with Beaver Creek: ‘Rendezvous, . _ her own writing and record a _ing projects... ~ And today she’s putting the expected, and included some ° ; _ finishing touches on her de. touring and recording: - MAZATLAN | From Vancouver — _ Sal, Aug) 29 igs we esses “(4 Nights) bay Sat, Aug 12900 Playa Mazatlan. (Garden View oom) cy. s M Nights from 7 Nights se 11179 : ip prc from #1059 : e coccvesesenscassocser® squnconsonsceococccoseenren: n cruise, Jine sum - » Ruth left in:1997 to concen- S ‘with a popular: Malaysian rock - trate her artistic efforts on - band, The Love Hunters. The job lasted longer than Ruth’ Mon, Oct 5 - 19 Mare Hawaiian Monarcly*(ciysatin vw *749 “Includes Honolulu Welcome Packagel but self-titled CD, expected to . be released locally some time ~ in September. . “I decided'to try and base © ~ myself here, now that I have --made.some contacts in the music industry, and espe- cially in Vancouver,” Ruth’ . said from aboard the 39-foot . sloop she’s currently living - aboard at Shoal Harbour. - Produced with Juno . Award-winner. Rick Kilburn ‘SS for XNTRIK productions, Ruth's upcoming rock n’ roll - ‘CD includes the talents of mu: Sicians Harris Van Berkel (Skywalk), Miles Hall (Rankin - Family, Jann Arden), Randall Stoll (k.d. lang), Jack Duncan (Chicago), John Rieschman « (Gypsalero) and Mark Ferris - (Plant/Page tour). Backup ~ vocals are by 80s heavy metal : “queen Lee Aaron. : Bau iyes! > uth said the project i is areflection of her own : desire: “Knowing what hear the multi-talented '* ” singer/ songwriter perform with The Nancy. Ruth Trio (a “. three-piece j jazz combo with. : _ Ivan Elieff on piano and Clint. Ryder on bass) every Friday -at the Blue Peter. 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