Barrage is a high-octane fiddle-fest that features an international, multi-talented cast performing an eclectic mix of music and dance.

The show is at 8 p.m. on Thursday, May 6 in the Guido Theater at the Ford Community & Performing Arts Center. Tickets are $25-35.

With its latest show called Animado!, Barrage will perform for one night in Dearborn, a show perfect for the entire family.

With the allure of Riverdance and the power of Stomp, Barrage has entertained millions of people around the world, including audiences in North America, Europe and Asia.

Dearborn audiences will see the performance titled Animado, which means “lively” in Spanish.

Since its creation in Calgary, Canada, Barrage has been featured at many international events and has played for presidents, prime ministers and princes. The group has also had its productions aired on several international networks including PBS, the BBC and CBC.

For more information about Barrage, visit the group’s website at www.barrage.org

Buy tickets by calling the Box Office at 313-943-2354, online at www.dearbornfordcenter.com or at The Center at 15801 Michigan Ave.

So what else might be on the chopping block for the city of Dearborn as it wrestles to find a way to overcome a $10 to $20 million shortfall for the budget year that begins July 1?

In an interview this Sunday in the Dearborn Press & Guide, Dearborn Mayor John B. O’Reilly, Jr. says “we’re looking at everything”, including the potential sale/privatization of the following:

•Camp Dearborn

• Ford Community & Performing Arts Center

• Dearborn Ice Skating Center

•Dearborn Hills Golf Course

• Dearborn Towers in Clearwater, Fla.

• And the elimination of the city’s curbside leaf collection program, which we reported HERE earlier.

Other items discussed here earlier include the closure of six of the city’s public pools, which has generated significant controversy in several stories posted HERE.

City officials claim that closing the Crowley, Hemlock, Lapeer, Summer-Stephens, Ten Eyck and Whitmore-Bolles pools would save Dearborn $132,000 a year in operational costs. In addition, the city claims future savings of $3.8 million by not pursuing investments necessary to keep the pools in a safe and healthy condition.