Husband and wife comedy and music duo Bernie & Red are celebrating 50 years of marriage in November with a special anniversary tour.
On Nov. 29, they will perform in Abbotsford at the Matsqui Auditorium in a fundraiser for the Abbotsford Branch of the Royal Canadian Legion.
Originally from Liverpool, Bernie & Red met as teenagers and soon married and settle into life. Bernie worked as a salesman, and Red was a stay at home mother of two, but there was something missing.
They were looking for adventure, a rural lifestyle, fresh air and open spaces, so they moved to Canada to get “back to the land.”
It wasn’t until they moved that they began to take music and entertaining seriously.
Prior to that, it was just a few songs sung by Red to Bernie’s guitar accompaniment at family gatherings. They soon found that the Canada of the 1970s was fertile ground for their unusual mixture of music and comedy.
To start with, entertainment gigs had to fit in with Bernie’s cow milking schedule, but before long, Bernie quit milking cows and they began performing full time. It wasn’t long before they were travelling worldwide, via their cruise ship performances.
This 50th anniversary tour has seen them perform throughout North America in more than 50 concerts.
“Musically we’ve chosen songs that have special memories for us, but nothing is really obscure, these are songs that all people of a certain age will know,” Bernie said.
Tickets are $10. Show begins at 2 p.m.
For more information, call 604-604-853-1711, or visit www.bernieandred.com.
