They're back by popular demand!

Members of the talented Caisey family were so encouraged by the success of their first show at the Ruth Seaton James Centre for the Performing Arts last September that they're putting on another one, this time in the Harbour Room of the Fairmont Hamilton Princess hotel on January 27.

The event, billed as "an afternoon delight", has as its theme, "Let's Fall in Love".

"Everybody wants to fall in love, including yours truly," says singer-dancer Mrs. June Caisey.

The latest Caisey Family Productions variety show will include almost everyone who performed in the previous one, plus Bermudian pianist James Richardson.

Female entertainers will be; dancers Casey Daniels and Taitu Wilson, singer-dancer June Caisey, and singers Phiemma Caisey and Bethanne Raynor, while the males are: dancer David Grant, dancer-choreographer Jevon Easton-Vanderpool, singers Taur Caisey and Desta (Zion) Wilson, singer-percussionist-guitarist Dennis Moniz, tap dancer Mitchell Trott, guitarist Sean Caisey, and pianist James Richardson.

The band includes Toni Bari (keyboards/singer), John Lee (bass) and Andwele Simons (drums), while popular entertainer Gene Steede will again emcee.

John Lee & Company are handling sound and lights, while Rotimi Martins is stage manager.

What promises to be a memorable winter afternoon will begin with tea or coffee, finger sandwiches and cake at 4 p.m., followed by the entertainment programme.

As always with Caisey Family Productions, once expenses are deducted, all proceeds will be donated to charity - in this case the Multiple Sclerosis Society.

The news that this organisation will be the beneficiary has been received with delight by its members.

"Seven years ago we became a registered charity, but it is very difficult to get funds," past president Mrs. Heidi DeSilva says. "We are a very, very small group, and half of our members have MS or family members with the disease, so we think it is very generous of June and her family to do this for us because when we are not feeling well it is so hard for us to stage events and raise money ourselves."

Noting that the Society's main fund-raiser is the carnation campaign, Mrs. DeSilva says that between one third and one half of that revenue goes to the Canadian MS Society to help with research into the disease whose causes are unknown and for whom there is, as yet, no cure.

In outlining some of the problems MS sufferers experience here, and the challenges the Society faces to assist them, Mrs. DeSilva says about half the members are on a medication, the cost of which was formerly met in full by the insurance companies. Then they changed their policy, as a result of which patients were suddenly faced with an extra monthly outlay of $340.

The Society also provides financial assistance for sanitary products, as well as crutches, and wheelchairs for patients who otherwise could not afford them because they cannot work.

"If employers find out you have MS they let you go immediately," Mrs. DeSilva says.

Because summers are particularly punishing for MS sufferers, the Society also supplies air conditioners and fans, and assists with electricity bills where the former are necessary.

Financial assistance is also given towards overseas medical travel expenses, and food and expenses for needy individuals.

The Society also assists with transportation costs for MS patients. Mrs. DeSilva says it costs $80 round trip by taxi for two members of the Society to attend meetings, and she adds that the general experience is that drivers won't take wheelchairs. Because of these and other demands on its resources, the Society needs all of the financial assistance it can get, and is grateful for gestures such as the Caisey's.

Tickets for "Let's Fall in Love" ($35) are available from the People's Pharmacy and Kit 'n' Caboodle.

"The cost may sound steep, but for everything we are offering we think it is worth it, and of course it is also for a worthy cause," Mrs. Caisey says.

Asked what would persuade her extended family to put themselves through another major concert just four months after the first, the singer-dancer has a ready answer.

"We all love to entertain. It is the most wonderful, rewarding feeling anyone could have."