SS Castlegar News Moy 2.1985 ENTERTAINMENT GOOD DAY EH DOUG! HAVE 43 ON ME! LOVE BOB MAPLE LEAF TRAVEL SALE! Puerta Vallarta TWO WEEKS FOR THE PRICE OF ONE! ree SDD roan tnchados on, betel ond trenslors. (From Vancouver) For more information coll (NESTA OR SHIRLEY 365-6616 Open Twos. - Fri. We.m. 4:30 p.m Trey Armee Saturday OPEN FOR LUNCHEON the new Crown re Ww ru tliiiiit Local rock ba nd has vision By ADRIAN CHAMBERLAIN Staff Writer Thousands of little known rock bands regularly play their versions of top 40 music all over North America — making the rounds of local bars, school dances and town fairs. Some achieve regional, or even national fame. Most fizzle into obscurity. But these musicians — whether they be in neander- thal, gut-crunching garage bands or stream-lined synthe- sizer groups — harbor a common dream: Success. International stardom, recording contracts, country-wide tours. Pounding out their original tupes amid flashing lights to screaming fans in football stadium-sized concert halls. A Castlegar rock band may be “breaking away from the pack to achieve this dream. Earlier this year, the four-man group Vision won a battle of the bands contest in Vernon, called Star Search '85. Held at Silver Star ski lodge, Vision was selected as the best of 10 bands from the K » North Ok and V: » based on presentation, material, quality and originality. The prize, worth $2,500, was a 20-hour recording session at Nova Recording Studio in Vernon, and 1,000 copies of a single — to be distributed to 250 radio stations across Canada. Vision recorded its two-song 45 record April 27 and 28. Bass player Phil Koochin, 32, said the constant LICENCED DINING ROOM 4~p.m. Dolly FAMILY DINING Reservations for Private Parties — 365-3294 Located | mile south of weigh scales in Ootischenio For that special evening — Get away trom it oll istered booth and relax! Hide away ino cory, WEACCEPT COMIECO & WESTAR MAL THCKE! : |. Phone collect This Week in DEXTER’S PUB MON THRU SAT of the two original tunes — Heart in My Hand and Standing Too Close — during two 12-hour sessions was a gruelling experience. “It was hard, actually. We didn't have a lot of time. We had two days to cram everything in,” he explained. “it was too intense, kind of.” Keyboard player Kevan Ehman, 20, agreed. “You lose your objectivity.” But the band is for the most part pleased with its first record, scheduled to come out in July, which it describes a mainstream commercial rock. Once the record receives nation-wide radio play, it's up to Canadian listeners whether Vision's first serious attempt at the big time will succeed. Manager Jack Hamelin says the record won't be released in stores “unless there's a big demand for them.” For most of the band, Vision is still a part-time venture. Koochin, who has short hair with a small pig’s tail at the back, lives in town and works for the City of Castlegar. Ehman, also of Castlegar, is a bank teller. Guitar player Larry Relkoff, 23, of Grand Forks, who's had part of his hair dyed platinum-blonde, works in a lumber mill. Only drummer Troy Reid, 20, who sings lead on most songs, doesn't work except with the band. But if the record takes off, the band agrees they would likely have to base Vision in a larger centre like Vancouver. “We've got plans to get out of here,” Reid. Playing in a regional bar band is hard work, doesn't pay especially well, and can be expensive. There's the light show, instruments, and a host of electronic sound equipment — ranging from amplifiers to sound monitors to mixing boards. emphasizes ROCK AND ROLL . . . Vision played recently at a soccer club dance held at the Castlegar Recreation Relkoff said that today a band’s equipment is only second in importance to the music itself — people will complex. (From left) Larry Relkolf, Phil Koochin and Kevan Ehman. such as Genesis. “Nobody here is a real punk freak or a heavy metal CosNews Photo actually walk out ona band if their gear doesn't appear to be up to snuff. Ehman said Vision now makes enough money to cover expenses. School dances pay about $1,000 on the average, but there's time and cost involved in transporting equipment and setting it up for a single gig. Bar dates usually pay only $300 a night, but bands typically play for a week in a row, so equipment doesn't have to be taken down, moved, or set up again. Members of Vision stress that one of the reasons the band is among the most in the K is freak,” said Ehman. Playing at a soccer club dance at the Castlegar Recreation Complex last weekend, Vision proved why it came out on top at the battle of the bands contest. The music is tight, professional, energetic and powerful. Band members take turns singing songs and each proves to have a good voice, although Reid's singing — strong, clear and intense — is perhaps the best. While many rock bands’ original songs can't measure up to their cover tunes, Vision's two originals are an because its members get along well — not only musically, but on a personal level. Koochin says there's no “big ego conflicts” in Vision that break up other bands. “We'll all really, really good friends,” Koochin said. Relkoff agrees. “Kim Mitchell (formerly of Canadian rock band Max Webster) said never think too highly of yourself, because there's a guy down the street pumping gas who's 10 times better than you.” Vision also has a common musical goal — to “strive for music that’s really commercial, that's really marketable,” says Koochin. The band plays covers of bands like Huey Lewis and The News, VanHalen, Bryan Adams, Modern English, as well as “progressive rock” Too Close is a middle-of-the-road hard rock song in the REO Speedwagon — Journey vein. Heart in My Hand is a slower rock ballad. Both songs are immediately listenable; the type of thing you hear on the radio. Which is what Vision is aiming for. The band has a good time on the stage. The strongest impression is that of four guys doing what they obviously love to do: play rock music. And perhaps that makes the question of whether Vision will become the next big thing in rock and roll irrelevant. Before the performance, Koochin said the band previously had sometimes lost money on appearances, but went ahead just because it wanted a chance to play. “T've been in a band since I was 16,” he said. “it’s like a disease. You can't quit.” CASTLEGAR MINOR HOCKEY DANCE Fri., May 31, 9 p.m. - Castl r. ity C 1 a. m. By BOB THOMAS TICKETS $3 COUPLE, $2 SINGLE Tickets ovoilable — Phormasave, Mohawk, Castlegar Sports Center, or from any of the cuecutive mom bers. Also at the General Meeting. Advance tickets needed. Disco music provided. MEETING WILL BEAT P.M. AT COMPLEX, FRIDAY, MAY 31. In 1986, the eyes of the world will be on B.C as we host the largest themed exhibition ever presented in North America. The B.C ion will show what British Columbia is made of through exhibits programs, performances | and events in an 1-acre complex at the heart of the Expo 46 site. Over 140 young people will have the opportunity to Pavil- help welcome an expected 15 million Expo visitors | to the B.C. Pavilion Students hired to host | visitors at the B.C. Pavil- | ion will be responsible for | welcoming, directing and informing guests, as well as assisting with special groups and delegations, and liaising with other pavilions. Applicants must be @ Should be currently enrolled or recently graduated from full- time college or university program Available from April 15 - Oct. 13, 1986 Prepared to participate in 2 to 3 week training program prior to Expo's opening @ Sccond language will be considered an asset Reasonably priced accom- modation and travel | subsidy available for out-of-town employces Further information | and application packages available at your Campus Career Placement Centre. LOS ANGELES (AP) — In today’s transitory film world, Howard W. Koch has set a record: 20 years as a pro ducer at the same studio. What's more, he recently signed a contract for three more years with Paramount Pictures. Pop Shoppe. CASTLEGAR CHRISTIAN ACADEMY EDUCATION FOR THE WHOLE CHILD Mental, Physical, Emotional and Spiritual Offering full curriculum with Basic Computer and required French. Now taking applications for limited enrollment for 1985/86 school year. “I feel that I'll be part of Paramount until I die,” said Koch, a vigorous 69. “I want to be part of the team, no matter who's pitching up front.” Koch himself was the pit cher when he began his Paramount career in 1964. He lasted two years and two months as head of production before he was asked to turn independent producer by the late Charles Bludhorn, whose Gulf and Western conglomer ate had acquired the com pany Koch wisely asked for The Odd Couple as his first pro duction, and the Jack Lem. mon-Walter Matthau comedy proved a runaway hit. It holds the long-run record at New York's Radio City Music Hall 14 weeks. R.R. 1,8. 15, C.16, Castlegar, B.C. The admi (Old Brilliant Schoo!) Phone 365-7818 (9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.) and Michael Eisner JUMB PAVILION EXPO GIANT CASH BINGO: istrations of Stanley Jaffe, Robert Evans, Frank Yablans, Barry Diller have Honourable Don Phillips | Minister Responsible Thomas G. Rust Commissioner Castlegar Aquanout Swim Club is hoving an ALL PAPER CASH BINGO Saturday, June 1 at Castlegar Community Complex. Two $1,000 jackpots and over $6,000 in cash prizes. Early Bird 6 p.m, regular bingo 7 p.m. Advance tickets, $10, available at Wool Wagon, Macleods. Central Food and Kel Print UNIVERSITY WOMEN'S CLUB 20th anniversary banquet, May 29. Current, former and prospective members welcome. Call Marilyn ot 365-5121 for intormation and reservations 24\ FAMILY NIGHT OUT Featuring spaghetti dinner at the Robson Holl. Friday May 31 trom 4 to 7 p.m. Bean jar, cake rattle, door prizes Everyone welcome. Adults $5 per plate, children 12 anc under $3. Sponsored by Robson Recreation gal CHAMBER NO HOST LUNCHEON come and gone at Paramount, and Howard Koch remains. He's an amiable, hard- working man who knows the movie business from the ground up, starting as an as. sistant director on The Keys to the Kingdom in 1944. Koch offers his own secret of sur. vival: “I guess I have more friends than enemies.” Friends he has in numbers. They range from Frank Sinatra, for whom he pro- duced television specials and four movies, to prop men he labored with on countless movies and TV segments. A onetime president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and pro- ducer of the annual Oscar telecast, Koch is a tireless worker for good causes. The other day Koch talked over lunch in his office suite at Paramount, recounting his hits as well as misses. “I guess the biggest hits were The Odd Couple and Airplane! I've had my bombs, too. Star Spangled Girl was one. On a Clear Day with Barbra Streisand was not profitable, nor was Dragon: slayer “I produced and directed Badge 373 with Robert Du- vall,” he said. “We decided blacks had been heavies long enough so we changed to Puerto Ricans. The picture had to be pulled in New York Koch perennial producer because of stink bombs in the theatres. It still hasn't played on television.” DID HOLLYWOOD WIVES Other Koch productions include Plaza Suite, Last of the Red Hot Lovers, Once Is Not Enough, Some Kind of Hero and A New Leaf. He recently was represented on television with the ABC ser. ies, Hollywood Wives. A stocky man with a de ceptively quiet voice, Koch said: “I look at Hollywood differently from most people here. It's a part of my life but not part of my social life. Ruth (his wife for 47 years) and I have the same friend ships since college.” Koch's middle name stands as Winchell. His cousin was columnist Walter Winchell, who shouted on radio: “Good evening, Mr. and Mrs. Amer- ea and all the ships at sea.” himself from screenwriter Howard Koch. “T still can’t get away from him,” said the producer. “The other day I was in the men’s room at Santa Anita (Koch owns a racing stable), and a guy said to me, ‘Mr. Koch, I'm a film buff, and I wonder if you could get me a copy of the original script of Casab- lanea.” It was co-written by the other Howard Koch. No need to get married ANNIVERSARY ROSE. . . en First Brownies plan- ted 75th anniversary rose at Raspberry Lodge recently No Payments until August 1, 1985 Hurry — Sale Ends May 31, 1985 in commemoration of three-quarters of a century Guiding in Ca : School District report By GORDON TURNER and MARLANE KING Woodland Park School is an active school. Besides its academic programs, the staff and students publish two newspapers a year, organize cross-country ski trips, put on two track meets, participate in a swim program during the spring, hold an annual spring carnival to raise funds, get involved in a number of team sports, and entertain the parents with a Christmas concert each year. Principal John Plotnikoff had as one of his goals for the current school year the improvement of students’ handwriting and printing from Kindergarten through Grade 6. The teachers, during their professional development day on March 1, studied techniques for teaching better handwriting and printing skills. Film- strips and resource materials were brought in, and the teachers themselves felt they had improved their own handwriting. The results have been encouraging. Student samples of handwriting and printing on display were outstanding. Primary pupils take samples of their work to the principal for acknowledgment and praise. The printing coming from Lorraine Deans’ Grade 1 students, for example, is a tribute to the dedication and care taken in this school te produce excellence. The Grade 3 students and the Kindergarten students at Woodland Park have a connection that is unique in the district. The Grade 3s get together regularly with the Kindergarten children to read books to them. One Grade 3 student reads to one Kindergarten. The idea is to encourage reading. The Grade 3s improve their oral reading skills in a “real” or “natural” reading situation. There is a tremendous pride of achievement and an increased self-confidence in the rade 3s as a result of their reading to those who can't read yet. The Kindergarten children love to be read to by older children, and will more likely pursue reading as an important activity in thier lives. The teachers, Mrs. Davene Bird and Yvone Marr, are overwhelmed “I can't say enough about the advantages to this supplement to the reading program,” says Mrs. Bird. Woodiand Park staff, in conjunction with their active parents’ group, has developed a cross-country ski program that has added a key outdoor activity to the gymnasium sports. The parents’ group purchased class sets of skis, poles, and boots. The field behind the school is ideally suited to cross-country skiing. These skis are used at lunch hour, after school, and during P.E. classes throughout the winter season. Phil Donaldson and Mrs. Morris su; the programs and have initiated several field trips to the Nordic trails at the golf club. A photography club for the intermediate grades is a worthwhile project organized by Marylee Banyard. Students learn the various techniques for taking photographs, processing them, and printing them. By the end of a year in the club, students understand the art of photography, the function of the dark-room, and have dabbled in the use of light-sensitive paper. The students add their photos to the school newspaper and to a year-end slide presentation. The highlight of the year — and the activity that all Woodland Park students look forward to as they move through the grades — is the year-end field trip that the Grade 6s get to go on each year. Throughout the year, the students and staff raise funds for their extravaganza. Then, in early June, the students and their teacher, Mr. D flee the fining space of the for a major boat trip on Kootenay Lake and a camping and outdoor education experience at Midge Creek. Besides the obvious academic-related skills such as weather charting, graphing, identifying plants, and writing up a logbook, Mi naldson believes the trip “pulls the kids together,” and the teachers often discover “aspects about the children the classroom situation didn't reveal.” The relationship between student and teacher somehow becomes more “human” because of the shared experience “out there, and that attitude is carried back to the classroom when the students return.” Save $60! 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