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Featured Photo(s) - January 2006

 

Michael Carl O'Neil

presents...

A BLAST FROM THE PAST

Michael Carl O'Neil's

Charlie Chaplin...

A blast from the blast - Michael Carl O'Neil's Charlie Chaplin at Lulus in the 1980's!

with

REFLECTIONS

coming from performances

at the Lulu's Reunion

with

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

 

Greetings!

HAPPY NEW YEAR 2006!

One always moves ahead, but one never forgets

how skills such as walkaround developed...

Michael Carl O'Neil's own Charlie Chaplin - New Years Eve in previous days at Lulus!

Thanks to Zane Culliton for photos!

 

Had a wonderful opportunity to go back to the past this

New Year's Eve which brought about this

REFLECTION:

From 1987 to 1993, l had the pleasure and honour of working as Charlie Chaplin at Lulu's Roadhouse, Kitchener, Ontario


Master of Ceremonies, Mr. Kenny Hollis wrote in a reference letter

''Most of these artists if contacted would give Michael an excellent recommendation; although in doing so, please refer to him as Charlie Chaplin as most don't know his real name!".

This was a fact to many l was always called Charlie for this reason no one knew my actual name and Charlie personality was very strong to people.

Lulu's Roadhouse, was a wonderfull place for a mime artist to develop his craft.

The high energy and rhythmic atmosphere made gesture and body movement a powerful tool. I was able to use the music to set rhthym and beat, much as a dancer in a ballet reacts to music.

Final note, one thing that a lot of peope do not know is on my first try out at Lulu's in 1987,to my shock and surprise I recognized Adam from way back when at that time in his 20's, he almost ran me over with his motor boat as a boy. We became friends and I use to hang out with him and his grandmother. When I asked "What are you doing here Adam?"he said"my father is the owner and that is my introduction to Lulu's.

 

Below is a favourite newspaper clipping:

(Kitchener Record - March 1987 by Bob Rittinger)

One of the articles from Lulu's!

Gloves and all

with

World Heavy-Weight

Boxing Champion:

Lennox Lewis!

More reflections to come...

 

In the meantime, here's to continuingly

improve my craft with

a favourite mime character

now known internationally as

CHARLIE CHAPLIN's CANADIAN TRAMP!

May this year 2006

bring you and yours much

peace, good health and also with great importance...

LAUGHTER!


For more information on the Lulu's Reunion:

http://www.lulusreunion.com/

 


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