Date: Fri 30-Jan-1998

Publication: Bee

Author: SHANNON

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ON THE ROAD/SHANNON HICKS

Put this into the I Told You To Just Be Patient file: SARAH McLACHLAN will

indeed be returning to Connecticut, this time to the Oakdale in Wallingford,

on March 31. The good news is, this time she will be able to play a full

concert on her own, without the abbreviatedness of the sets she was playing

during last summer's Lilith Fair dates (not that those sets were

unappreciated). The better news is, the second Lilith Fair is in the works and

just might return to The Meadows this summer, which would mean another visit

from the multi-talented McLachlan.

Tickets for the Oakdale show are going on sale Saturday morning (Jan 31),

through the Oakdale's box office. LISA LOEB will be doing the opening set.

Also coming to the Oakdale, HARRY CONNICK JR, February 2.

On the local music scene, SEDGEWICK has four shows coming up in the near

future, including one the band is hoping to see a good-sized turnout for, this

Friday night (Jan 30), at Bassetts Coffee House. The coffee house is on Route

7, just off the "four corners" intersection with Route 25, in the old Saga

location. Not difficult to find. Shows start at 8 pm.

In addition to this Friday, Sedgewick will be performing at Bassetts on

February 19 and February 28. There is no charge to get into these shows... how

much more incentive do you need??! (besides the fact these guys are good, I

promise!)

Also in February, the band will be at Bank Street Coffee House in New Milford.

That show is on the 7th, which is next Saturday, and it will be starting

around 8:30. Again, no charge to get in.

At Toad's Place in New Haven next month, TODD RUNDGREN will be performing on

the 15th, "with a twist," according to the club's schedule. The OUR LADY PEACE

show on the 26th is open to all ages. DICK DALE, Surf Guitar King himself,

will be at the New Haven club April 19.

Another reminder: Local bands, you guys can get announcements of your schedule

and performance dates added to the concert calendar as easily as everyone

else. Just call me at the office, send in a notice, or send some email to

shannon@thebee.com. This is a service to you and your fans, and probably the

easiest way to get your name and schedule known.

WFSB/Channel 3 news anchor AL TERZI was having a tough time getting into Cuba

to cover the Pope's historic visit last week. Apparently the station had some

problems with "Cuban bureaucracy," said FSB's news director.

The station had flown Terzi and a photographer to the Bahamas, because it is

illegal for commercial flights to enter Cuba directly from the US. However,

once Terzi had reached the Bahamas, the station learned its paperwork, which

had been submitted to the Cuban Consulate in New York, had not been through

all the proper channels from the Consulate to the Cuba end of the deal. So

Terzi and the photographer/cameraman were stuck, waiting for their connecting

flight to Cuba to be approved, and unable to provide live coverage for the

station. Which meant they were stranded in the Bahamas... (meanwhile, JIMMY

BUFFETT was in there, covering for Rolling Stone , and MARTHA STEWART was

there doing her Martha Stewart Thing... probably looking for ways to stencil

the Popemobile).

Why don't I get these assignments?? Until next week, I'll be seeing you... on

the cold roads of Connecticut, nowhere near the Bahamas!