42 Friday, August 16, 1985
THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
THE KNITTING NOOK
• Expert Knitting Lessons, Yarns, Etc,
• Custom Patterns & Designs
• Hand Made Sweaters & Finishings
WEST BLOOMFIELD PLAZA
$51.811111
6668 Orchard Lake Rd,
MAVIS
pResioeri
MUSIC
Did You Remember
to send someone a
gift subscription to
THE
JEWISH NEWS?
Manilow Magic Enchants
At Pine Knob Concert
BY ANNE Y, MEYERS
Special to The Jewloh Newo
(.1XeTX)
7a, *eta
Clea
When you register your wedding at our
Birmingham and Farmington Hills locations
only, you will receive a complimentary
HUDSON'S Gift Book,* Choose from over
50 gifts, including:
I
• AM/FM Clock Radio
• Telephone
• B & D Drill
• Disc Camera
• Casio Watch
• Barbecue Hibachi
Also when you register with a party of six or
more, the Groom's tux rental is FREE, Dress
your men in designer styles by CALVIN KLEIN,
PIERRE CARDIN, YVES ST LAURENT,,
BILL BLASS, LORD WEST, AFTER SIX,
and THE DYNASTY COLLECTION,
*Must bring in this ad, Offer expires 8/18/85
BIRMINGHAM
1678 S, Woodward
North of 14 Mile Rd,
6445055
FARMINGTON HILLS
Orchard PlarP Mall
Orchard Lake Rd, S, of 14 Mile
855.0400
Barry Manilow belts out a ballad during a concert appearance,
Manilowmania or Manilove is
alive and well, It is an interns-
tional phenomenon, and it has a
hearty Detroit branch, It is this
love/mania that supports a
three•night•stand at Pine Knob
Music Theatre and brings ex-
cited fans to wait in line hours
early to see their idol, Barry
Manilow,
Not every fan is a member of
the local fan club, The Beagle
Bagel Club, but they come to
see him because they really
liked him. Few people are in-
different about him — it seems,
you either adore him or abhor'
him, Binoculars are everywhere
at Pine Knob, even in the first
few rows, And it's been ten
years since Mandy, his first
single, but the fans are still
there ten years older and iron.
strong In their devotion,
Manilow and his ten•member
band immediately charmed the
crowd and delighted them Into
hysterical screams,
"I can tell it'sgoing to be a
hot crowd tonight," Manilow
said, "A hot one tonight," This
brought screams from the fans
as he began singing Not To ,
night,
Throughout the years Man•
flow has polished his stage
urinous, H. is .poramak1o,
bigger.than.life, but at Wm::
time ho is down to
pokes fun at his own
Inas, about other publie
so,
and the general -Matsnp,
He moonwallui scrum the stage
says, "Bat your heart out
Michael 4 Jaekson,"
Even in the large theater
Manilow tan create a mood with
his charm, Manilow eat at his
white piano and started
Walotui In New Etigluntl, per ,
haps one of his meat romantic
ballads, You ;timid has a .pin
drayuntil the IAA nolo,
'then 119 014;kiy 444N14014 the
Age A0ip , put on tholor,
let
He jumps from one song to the
next with a keen sense of timing
and passion, The fans favor the
old ones, but still scream with
excitement for new ones from
the Copacabana movie and
Paradise Cafe album,
As has been the case for ten
years, one of the show high.
lights was Mandy. "It's been ten
years since I recorded Mandy,"
Manilow said, "Thank you so
much for sticking with me for
ten years,"
"We love you Barry," shrieked
a crowd of women from the
lawn,
Throughout the show. Manilow
talked to the audience like ho
was with a small gathering of
friends, He is able to establish
an intimacy that reaches to the
furthest point on the hill, He
talked about his new movie, his
tour, his recent trip to Bngland
and he complimented the beau-
tiful surroundings of Pine Knob.
He joked about his expert-
snoop in England and his wet,
ing with The Prince of Wales
and Princess Di,
But, he modestly left out the
fact that he too is a kind of roy,
alty to the British, When he or,
rived at Seathrow Airport In
London in 1902, the British fans
gave him a royal welcome that
!no British paper described as
# fervor Karol), matched sins*
the heyday of Presley and the
Beatles,'
"I've learned a Jot," Manilow
told the Pine Knob crowd at the
and of the night, "Especially
this PA Year J'4 like to tall
you what J Loarnod, Maybe
someone needs to War it, 1 did.
"Nobody's joitig to cow save
You WM i0 save your'
waif,
'Nobody's going to On, you
— YOn gene fight tig
Mom
*kWh' .jme. kit 4440
VWY iwu aim to ego 408110)
W
WAN
J$
awa
t,
"Nobody
ivi ,what you
ABA --• 4104
maw IA)
VW", AO Yati MOO dmft