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Friday,
March 7, 2003
BRANDON,
MANITOBA HOSTS ONE-HOUR SEASON FINALE SPECIAL OF ROYAL CANADIAN AIR
FARCE!
Watch
out Maintoba! Here comes Roger Abbott, Don
Ferguson and Luba Goy, the irreverent trio
that makes ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FARCE the country's most
popular homegrown weekly comedy show. Air Farce descends
on Brandon, Manitoba, with their Chicken Cannon
and Canadian Moment Doughnut Shop sets, topical comedy,
impersonations of the powerful and famous, headline lunacies of the
week and local guest stars. The hour-long special
will be taped before live audiences at Brandon's
Western Manitoba Centennial Auditorium on Tuesday,
April 1. There will be two tapings, at 5pm
and 9pm.
Enter
the Air Farce Funny Farm Story Contest!
Entry deadline: March 28th at noon.
You
could win a chance to be part of Air Farce's one-hour Brandon special
by entering our 'Funny Farm Story' contest. Just haul
out your best 'Funny Farm Story' and call the CBC listener line in Winnipeg
at 788-3797 or across Manitoba at 1-877-666-6292.
Or,
Click Here
to enter on the CBC Manitoba website.
More information about additional events with the Air Farce gang can
be found by visiting CBC Manitoba's special page dedicated to the event.
Click here to visit.
ROYAL
CANADIAN AIR FARCE LIVE TAPING DETAILS:
WHERE:
Western Manitoba Centennial Auditorium, Brandon, Manitoba
WHEN: Tuesday, April 1st at 5pm and 9pm
TICKETS: SOLD OUT!
The
show will be broadcast on CBC Television Friday, Apr 4 @ 8PM.
A
FEW QUICK BRANDON FACTS (AND LINKS BELOW):
Brandon
is in Western Manitoba, near the Saskatchewan border, on Canada's prairies.
Known as "the wheat city", Brandon has a population of 42,000.
In the nineteenth century it was known as "the Horse Capital of
Canada."
Brandon
is very close to the geographical center of North America (situated
north of Rugby, North Dakota). Brandon is 197 km west of Winnipeg, 365
km east of Regina, and 100 km north of the U.S. Border.
FOR
MORE INFO ON BRANDON, MANITOBA VISIT THE
CITY OF BRANDON WEBSITE AND BRANDON.COM.
(LINKS OPEN IN NEW WINDOWS).
