Daily Archive for October 26th, 2006

Actor says goodbye eh?; Performer, show partner sells share of city’s premiere entertainment attractions

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From the Niagara Falls Review:

There’s plenty Jim Cooper will miss about Oh Canada Eh?, the patriotic dinner show he co-founded 12 years ago.

The songs won’t be one of them.

“When you’ve sang the same songs about 1,700 or 1,800 times, it might be nice to put some of them to bed,” he says with a laugh. “And the strange thing is, they’ll probably go completely out of my head within a couple of weeks.”

He’ll find out soon enough. Tonight, Cooper takes the stage for the final time, walking away from one of the most successful entertainment ventures in the city’s history.

Captain sailing into retirement

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From the Niagara News:

After 32 years behind the helm of Maid of the Mist steamboats, Richard Schuyler is sailing into the sunset.

Schuyler, who has steered a boat through the mist of the Falls since 1974 is retiring.

The Niagara Falls native, and captain, departed on his farewell trip on Tuesday October 24 at 4:37- the last boat to head towards the Falls for the 2006 season.

For 32 years, Schuyler would start his day at the Maid of the Mist at 9 a.m. putting in an 11-and-a-half-hour shift, running 22 trips to the Falls during the peak times of summer.