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By DEBORAH SCHARF
Traditionally, I have al-

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ellower sounds of a Carly
‘imon, or a Billy Joel, to the
lasting sounds of the local
{hand live in-concert.
= So it was out of character
Svhen I decided to take in the
local talent in the Battle of the
nds sponsored by the elec-
Rronic students at Selkirk Col-

lege.

% The participating bands, in
‘order of appearance, were
travel Tunes from Trail, Sha-
Hlowlax from Vancouver, Mel-

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CASTLEGAR NEWS, Thursday, April 19, 1979

Plenty Talent in ihe Kootenays

"Nelson, Nightwing from Castle-

gar, Fine Line and Steel, both
from Trail,

Each band played for 30
minutes and, according to or-
ganizer Max Tinsley, was
judged on stage enthusiasm,
“tightness” — how well they
performed as a unit, and
general audience reaction.

Prizes of $300, $175 and
$100 went to Stee), Melvin and
the Pyramids, and Shadowfax
for first, second and ‘third
places, respectively. Prizes of
$50 each went to Mike Barrin-

. ger of Fine Line for best solo

performance on the flute and

saxophone; Darryl McGee of
both Steel and Fine Line for
best drummer; Gerry Miller of
Travel Tunes for bass; Mike
McMann of Steel for best
rhythm; and for best vocalist,
Chris Catalano of Travel Tunes.

I have always contended
that just as “beauty is in the
eye of the beholder”, so, too, is
“good music in the ear of the
listener." ‘I would not have
thrilled to the idea of judging
the participants! however, hav-
ing been given this opportunity
to cover the Battle of the
Bands, I must confess ‘that
despite my intention to remain

totally unbiased, I did have
expectations as to who I
thought should have placed in
the top three. i

My selections would have
been: Shadowfax, a profes
sional group from Vancouver
who recently played at the
Devil's Den Cabaret; in second
place a local Castlegar group,
Nightwing, which, 1 was most
disappointed to learn, was not
given any formal recognition by
the judges. If intuition serves
me correctly, I think we'll be
hearing more from them in the
future. And, in third place, my
choice would be the versatile

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ASILEGAR.NEWS, Thursday, April 19,1979 C7

syin and the Pyramids from
Melvin and the Pyramids from
: _ Nelson.

Special mention for her
talented performance should go
to Sharon of Melvin and the
Pyramids for her rendition of
the Pointer Sisters satel hit,
Fire,

Also deserving of special
mention for their vocal talents
are lead singers Tom Eatman of
Shadowfax and Les Krauss of
Nightwing. ©

A special thanks should go
to the electronics'students for
organizing the Battle, and to
Bob Griesel and George Cappel-
letto of Libra Music for pro-.

. viding the sound equipment.

In short, there is much
talent around us here in the
Kootenays, and more oppor-
tunities should be made avail-

; able to our local bands to
INNERS of $175 cash prite for Second Best Pyramids of Nelson, display and develop. these tal-
Bond are Melvin, centre forefront, and ‘the ' —News/MirrorFoto A) lew Keroitt, en's.

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