One talent, 10 flavours of country, and spaghetti.
Award-winning celebrity impersonator Bonnie Kilroe is bringing her one-woman, multi-celebrity show, Country Queens to the Sicamous Legion Friday, May 2. The audience will be treated to a spaghetti dinner by the legion, served with music and antics from the likes of Shania Twain, Patsy Cline, Crystal Gale, Reba McIntyre, Dolly Parton, complete with fantastic costumes, fabulous melodies and physical comedy, all in an intimate setting.
For the past decade, the Vancouver-based entertainer has been strutting her stuff to the enjoyment of local, national, and international audiences, in theatres, convention centres, casinos, cruise ships, and “less exotic stages,” earning plenty of accolades and awards along the way, including the 2012 Sunburst Celebrity Impersonators and Tribute Artists’ Transformation award (for artist “who least resembles their celebrity but looks most like them after make-up, wig, etc.) and Most Unique Act award.
“I have some fantastic costumes, some amazing costumes, and it is incredible how, for some reason, everything I put on I kind of look like that person, and a lot of it is the changing of the voice and the changing of my facial expression,” Kilroe told the news, explaining how she brings her shows together. “I have a kind of natural knack for picking up people’s voices and mannerisms.
“The Country Queens’ show is less of that with some of the characters because nobody really remembers what Tammy Wynette necessarily even looked like or what she wore. It’s more about the voice. But then characters like Dolly Parton and Reba McIntyre have very strong signature personalities that go with the look.”
Kilroe says comedy is a big part of her show, and warns that “laps will be sat on.”
“Men will be brought up and women will be brought up on stage with me,” said Kilroe. “I like to make it very down to earth and at home, and have a lot of fun. I get people to sing with me.”
This will be Kilroe’s first stop in Sicamous, and she’s looking forward to it. So is Sicamous Royal Canadian Legion Branch #99 president Murray Williams, who says seating will be limited, and he encourages people to buy their tickets for the dinner/concert ASAP.
Dinner is at 6 p.m., showtime is 7. Tickets are $25 and include the meal. For more info, call 250-836-2224.