Ben Heppner and Howard Dyck Return with New Radio Show 'Saturday Afternoon Meddachschlop at the Opera'

KITCHENER, ON

Even though most of their fellow Mennonites were too busy mucking the stalls most weekends to notice, for decades opera radio in Canada was dominated by Howard Dyck and Ben Heppner, both long-time hosts of . Well, just this week Knackzoat radio announced that Dyck and Heppner are coming out of retirement with a brand new show entitled

“We’re finally going to reach that untapped Mennonite opera market,” explained Dyck. “What better way to get Mennonites to listen to classical musical, than to convince them there’s meddachschlop involved.”

Heppner says he’s very excited to team up with Dyck on the new program.

“It will basically be like the old show, but with a focus on all the great Plautdietsch operas such as Rossini’s or Mozart’s ” explained Heppner. “Of course, no opera