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Celtic Echoes Spectacular Irish Music & Dance Show

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Last Updated on Tue, 14 May 2013 09:16

Sponsored in part by CKUA and Alberta Foundation for the Arts

Celtic Echoes is back for another music and dance spectacular at the Empress Theatre in June!celtic-echoes-2013

Showdate: Saturday, June 1, 2013
Doors open at 6:00 pm
Showtime: 7:00 pm
Tickets: $25.00 each

To order tickets online visit: http://www.celticechoes.ca/dates.html or call Celtic Echoes at 403-251-5980

Tickets can also be purchased by visiting the Empress Theatre administration office in Fort Macleod.

This show is festival seating only.

 

Johnny Rains with guests Armond Duck Chief & Kiitokii

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Last Updated on Wed, 08 May 2013 10:39

Johnny Rains is back! 

 "On The Verge of A Journey".....
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Johnny Rains, with Special Guests, Armond Duck Chief, and Kiitokii will be entertaining at the Empress Theatre in Fort Macleod, Alberta on May 17, 2013, @ 6:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m..  The initiative of the showcase, a Wine Glass Studio Production, is to seek and urge the peoples support of the three Artists, who are "On The Verge of A Journey".  The true art of the peoples' support is a traditional philosophy based on endurance, determination, and perserverence bestowed upon the artist, or individual going on a journey.  Wine Glass Studio genuinly encourages the three individuals to endure in their art and focus on making dreams become a reality. 

The Program is filled with entertainment for the entire family. Also incorporating traditional and fancy dancers as part of the opening act in honor of the spirit of life. 

Presented by Johnny Rains along with special guests Armond Duck Chief and Kiitokii

Showdate: May 17, 2013
Showtime: 6:00 pm to 10:00 pm
Tickets: $20.00

Click here to purchase tickets!

   

"Reign of the Empress" Centennial Book

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REIGN OF THE EMPRESS

Hard cover coffee table book

1912 - 2012
'A wonderful book telling the story of this theatre's rich and exciting past!'

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Book is available for purchase at the following locations:

Empress Theatre Administration Office, Fort Macleod
Fort Museum, Fort Macleod
Galt Museum Gift Store, Lethbridge
Save-On-Foods North, Lethbridge
Stubbs Pharmacy, Lethbridge
Club Cigar Store, Lethbridge
Chinook Country Tourism Association, Scenic Drive, Lethbridge
Iron Horse Galleries, Nanton
Kootenai Brown Pioneer Village, Pincher Creek
Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump, Fort Macleod

The Empress Theatre Society 2012 Centennial Committee engaged Peter J. Scott as the writer/researcher for its book to commemorate the history of the Empress Theatre. The book entitled "Reign of the Empress 1912--2012" IS NOW AVAILABLE and is available at the Empress Theatre office in Fort Macleod as well as in several outlets throughout Southern Alberta.

Scott, who has spent 39 as a journalist, says he is excited to bring the history of this vaudeville theatre to his readers. "The Empress is such a well-known landmark in southern Alberta," says Scott. “It creates a sense of wonder in its patrons and performers."

He uses a variety of existing historical items ranging from photos, posters and handbills, programmes and media articles. The Empress Theatre has some materials from 1988 to the present. It was a challenge to find items from 1912 to 1988.   Through the help of many people through personal interviews, memories, letters and photos, Scott brought the early days of the theatre to life.       

The book was published in June 2012, one hundred years after the theatre opened in June 1912. The price is $34.95 plus GST throughout southern Alberta and beyond.


 

"James Lambert clutched at his coat collar as a defence against the January weather as he strode down Main Street in Fort Macleod, heading from his office one street over toward the Silver Grill restaurant, a warming cup of coffee on his mind. It was also his intent, on this rare break from the daily concerns of his contracting firm, to seek out a copy of the latest Macleod Advertiser, published just that day. With business thriving in the burgeoning prairie town, Lambert’s time to relax with the newspaper, any newspaper, had been limited of late, a rifling of its few pages the most for which he ever found time.

As a conscientious businessman, he would have been checking that day’s edition to ensure his ad had been included and printed as per his instructions. The item Lambert sought in today’s edition was of primary importance. As he ordered his coffee and eased into the café’s steamy warmth, he found it in the only appropriate place such vital community news could be printed: at the top of page one. As he read, he wondered if Thomas Martin had had a chance to read the Advertiser’s story. Pleased with the account, and enjoying the added glow of seeing his name prominent in the piece, Lambert returned to his coffee and gazed at the empty lot just across 24 Street, a perfect piece of real estate right at the heart of the main thoroughfare. Here he would construct Martin’s theatre once Williams finished the drawings. With luck and a chinook or two before winter’s end, he and his crew would have it ready for occupancy by summer, perhaps even as early as June."



Please consider purchasing this book in support of The Empress Theatre Society a not-for-profit organization. 

Price: $34.95 +GST     Shipping, if needed, $12.50 +GST per copy

The book can also be purchased online by clicking the link below: 

Click here to purchase book!