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Im late 1986, Toronto pianist Michael Jones was,
surprised to find his third album of tranquil solo
improvisations, Sunscapes, on the Billboard record chart,

Having gone from selling two dozen records to friends |
five years ago to sales of more than 200,000, he decided to,
gambel: he quit his day job as a management consultant, |
bought a motor home, and embarked on a year-long tour of
the United States. i

Jones realizes that it's no coincidence his musical carper
soared with the advent of marketable New Age music,

“For artists, it presents a real dilemma,” Jones says,
“because for me if it weren't for the New Age phenomenon,
my records would still be stuck in the miscellaneous section
of pop instrumentals where nobody would find them,

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28, hos received rave
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Age music evolved into a genre in 1986.

Originally found in health food stores and alternative
book shops, New Age was the term given for records said to
help people relax or meditate. With plenty of hype from
record companies, New Age became a trendy new form of
entertainment. .

Retailers hailed it as a way to get baby boomers and
other people disgusted with flavor-of-the-month pop music

— third.

In Grades 4-6 the winners
were: Chris Verigin — first;
Zador David Zappayigna —
second; and Meagan Crosby
— third, with honorable
mentions to Lark Lampman,
Danielle Henry and Jan Hol-

back into the stores.

holistic hipness.

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Even though New Age has made stars out of artists
YD such as Swiss harpist Andreas Vollenweider and helped
Jones, most musicians ‘fislike being categorized under a
tetm that has connotations of shallow consumerism and

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they want to sell records but they want to avoid creating the
kind of backlash that killed art rock and jazz-rock fusion in

the 70s.

Jack Monaco, promotion’manager of A and M Records
in Canada, says “my job over the next year is to penetrate
this market further, but at the same time distance the

artists from the terminology of New Age.
SERVED PURPOSE

““w“I think the term initially served its purpose as a retail
hook but it’s very misleading when you consider the art.”

In Canada A and M distributes California-based

Windham Hill Records, the best-known and the most

profitable label lumped under the genre. The label made
more than $25 million US in 1985 and was expected to top
$30 million in 1986.

December, George Winston's first album of solo piano
for Windham Hill, is considered the highest selling New Age
record at sales of more than 25,000 in Canada.

Colt laughs
at doom ~-

HALIFAX (CP) — For

five years, Pat Colt has Walt Disney, the

Far from the lavish sets of
Halifax

learned t@ laugh in the face of
doom — with the help of toy
bugs, dancing squid, frazzled
cats and sneezing dragons.
Colt, 36, is the creative
talent behind Doomsday
Studios Ltd., the only full-
time animation production
house in the Maritimes.

FEATURE TOURS:

STAMPEDE AND
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JULY 2-9, 1987

Variety of 3 Valley Gap (with Western BBQ); serenic Lake Lovise
and Jasper; Sno Coach Tour of Columbia Icefields; to the Wild West
excitement of Calgary Stampede, and relaxing at Radium Hot

Springs on the way home.

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studio is only a two rooms
hidden among the aging Vic
toria buildings in the city's
core.

Its one frosty window
looks onto an alley where
pigeons stand under heating
vents and stare in at the
strange goings-on at Dooms-
day.

Colt’s only co-worker in the
cartoon factory is a giant
black animation camera she
calls “Jabberwocky.

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In Grades 7-9 Ken Chernoff
was first with Kory Walsh
second, Suzane Powell third
and honrable mentions to
Chris Ross and Casey Me-

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tebehera will go ahead*with
their one-day strike ‘next

Judds re-record hit

NASHVILLE, TENN. (AP) — Don't Be Cruel, a list Presley on the credits so the performer would receive

B-side tune that Elvis Presley carried to the top of the
rock charts, is back as a country hit.

The Judds, an award-winning mother-daughter duo,
have recorded a country version of Presley's 1956 hit.
Their rendition has zipped up the country charts and is
the first single released from their new Heartland album.

“You can’t compare them,” says Naomi Judd, who
with her daughter, Wynonna, makes up the duo. “We're
talking about ‘the king’ and paupers. He always will be
the king. I really don't think there will be anybody to
touch the likes of Elvis.

“We weren't trying to pay homage to Elvis. We just
wanted to record a great song .. . It allowed us to use the
standup bass and acoustic instruments. It lends itself well
to harmony and has a strong melody hook to it.

“We strive to accentuate the positive side of life and
here’s a girl saying, ‘I'm a good girl, treat me nice, don’t
be cruel to me.’ ”

Naomi Judd’s boyfriend, Larry Strickland, formerly
sang backup for Presley as a member of the Stamps
Quartet.

“Elvis used to give him clothes,” she said.“Wynonna
and I are probably the biggest Elvis fans in the universe.”

Don't Be Cruel was written by Otis Blackwell, who
also wrote other hits for Presley including Return to
Sender, One Broken Heart for Sale, (Such an) Easy
Question and All Shook’ Up.

WROTE SONG

Blackwell, who sold the song to a music publisher for
$25, also wrote the hits Fever for Peggy Lee, and Great
Balls of Fire and Breathless for Jerry Lee Lewis.

Although Presley is listed on the record as the
co-writer, Blackwell was the sole composer but agreed to

writing royalties.

Blackwell said the new version was great.

“T hear that a lot of jocks (disc jockeys) are getting
calls from Elvis fans,” he said.

Don't Be Cruel was the B side of Hound Dog, a blues
song originally done by Big Mama Thornton. Together,
the two songs were No. 1 on the pop charts for 11 weeks
beginning in late summer 1956.

Despite the 30-year break between Presley's version
and the one by the Judds, the Jordanaires quartet sang
backup vocals on both recordings.

“I like the new one, but of course it’s hard to capture
an original on anything,” says Neal Matthews Jr., one of
the Jordanaires. “They've done a good job of updating it
and making it fit their style. They didn't try to copy Elvis,
which I appreciated.

“The feel Elvis put in it made it good. And it was
simple. The beat he put on the back of the guitar adds
something to it. It was a positive song and this helped it.
It almost had a spiritual beat to it and we liked it for that

reason. Elvis liked spiritual and gospel songs
Another Jordanaire, Gordon. Stoker, said Wynonna
Judd reminds him of Presley.
“She's a female Elvis,” he said. “She has the same
feel, the same heart that Elvis had originally. Elvis put a
lot of feeling in everything, and she does too. She has a lot

of heart and soul.”

Brent Maher, who produced the new version, said
comparisons of the two songs are inevitable. “I
everyone takes it as intended,” he said.
of the great songs and feel like we're bringing it to life

again.”

Music historians have reported that Don't Be Cruel”
was one of Presley's favorite songs.

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The Activity Room at
Stanley Humphries second
ary school is a busy place
these days as the Drama
Club is putting the finishing
touches on its final produc
tion for the 1986-87 season —
The Clumsy Custard Horror
Show (and Ice Cream Clone
Reyhe).

Don’t.be misled by the
title! There is nothing scary
about the play. In fact, it is a
delightfully silly comedy
which will entertain young
and old alike.

Written by William Glea-
son, The Clumsy Custard is a

science fiction-fantasy-melo-
dramatic farce, with a hero, a
fair maiden in need of res.
cuing, an evil villain, and lots
of slapstick comic relief.

In the Kingdom of Zob
Proper all goes not well. King
Dumb (James Head) is trying
to find a suitable husband for
his daughter, Princess Prince
(Christine Moyer), a picky,
but level-headed girl

Unfortunately, in the
underground caverns of Zob
Improper, the evil arch
villain Lord Dacron (Jason
Strelaeff) is scheming to have
the princess for himself. He

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nearly succeeds, but in a nick
of time a hero in size 13%
high tops appears to save the
day!

It is none other than
Swashbuck Valpariso (Jeff
Badger)! Accompanied by his
faithful (but rather peculiar-
looking) side-kick Worfle
(Chris Sharp), Swashbuck
sets out to save the day. But
Dacron is crafty, (and very
clever with ice cream); there
are spies in the court, turkey
spiders in the dungeon. and
of course, the Clumsy Cus-
tard.

The antics of the stalwart
heroes as they seek to rescue
the fair maiden provide an
evening of entertainment for
the whole family,

The Clumsy Custard runs

Neill. Winners for the Grades
10-12 category were Michelle
Henry first and Kimberly
Belton second.

All winners will be pub-
lished in the upcoming Os-
prey's Nest, a yearly anthol-
ogy put out by the Writers’
Guild which goes on sale
starting this Friday, together
with other works by Guild
members, at the Lions’ an-
nual trade fair.

Presentation of the win-
ners’ plaques was made pos-
sible by Dale Bobby of
Castlegar Safeway, Bryan
Reid of Plaza Super Valu and
Carvil Moorey of Anderson
Insurance Limited.

Valdy
in town

Canadian folk singer Valdy
will be performing for one
night in Castlegar on Thurs
day at the Sandman Inn.

Valdy, born Yaldemar
Horsdal in Ottawa, Ontario,
began to play music at age
eight.- After five years of
piano lessons he discovered
the instrument that has
helped him to become one of
Canada’s foremost perform-

ers.

Valdy’s guitar virtuosity
and melodic voice result in
the individualistic style
which marks him as a truly
international artist.

Valdy is a Canadian poet
singing straight from the
heart.

Valdy's place Canadian
music industry circles has
been established by the re-
lease of 16 singles, drawn
from his recordings, a re:
lentless touring schedule, a
host of television specials and
appearances on variety and
talk shows.

His four gold records, two
Juno’s and many prized wri
ter awards have secured
Valdy his place among the
nation’s most respected
troubadours.

Tuesday while resuming
talks with the Social Credit
government on Bill 20, the
controversial Teaching Pro-
fession Act.

Leaders of the B.C, Tea-
chers’ Federation approved
the walkout this weekend in
response to the government's
move to proceed with pass-
age of the ‘islati

also for the public because I
think that we have to stop
and take some time to thake.
sure that everybody is in-
formed about this legislation.
“It's probably the most
serious thing that has ever
happened to education in our
province (and) clearly the
government is escalating the

progress of the bill.” /
The B.C. legislature be-
gan second reading debate of
the bill Friday after giving
inciple late

Earlier Friday, Brummet

have the right to strike,
while jati would

pologized for any fi
that led to a premature an-
nouncemient by ‘his ‘ministry
that teachers would take part
in consultations Monday.

He told the B.C. School
Trustees’ Association con-
vention here that perhaps
some errors were made and
“if there is any undermining
of the discussion process or
negotiation process I can only
apologize.”
also said the

But, at the same time, the
federation’s executive com-
mittee agreed to attend re-
newed discussions with the
government and school trus-

S,

Federation president Elsie
McMurphy described the
walkout as a study session to
inform teachers and the

pproval in p'
Thursday to Bill 19, the In-
dustrial Reform

government won't delay or
ithd: the legislation des-

Act, another subject of heat-
ed protests by the labor
movement against the gov-
ernment of Premier Bill Van-
der Zalm.

Education Minister Tony
Brummet said Friday a tea-
chers’ strike would be illegal
but ds the

public of the i of
Bill 20.

“I think that this study
session is a critical one, not
only for B.C. teachers but

government has already ac-
knowledged that teachers
have the right to withdraw
their services.

Car insurance

down for

By CasNews Staff

Automobile insurance
claims are higher across B.C.
for the first three months of
1987 compared to the same
period last year — except in
the Kootenays — the Insur-
ance Corp. of B.C. reports.

First quarter claims in the
Kootenay region dropped by
six per cent, compared to an
overall 17 per cent increase
for the province.

Lower Fraser Valley re-
corded the largest increase —
up 24.8 per cent. Greater
Vancouver was next, up by
20 per cent, followed by
Cariboo with a 13 per cent
hike, Victoria and Vancouver
Island with a 12.7 per cent
rise, Okanagan up by eight
per cent, and Northern B.C.
up by just two per cent.

First quarter claims for the
province totalled 137,000
compared to 117,000 for the
same period in 1986, ICBC
said in a news release.

Bodily injuries, the most

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costly type of claim, are up
by 27 per cent provincially.
Of the regions, the Greater
Vancouver area is the worst
off, with 4,154 injury claims.
That’s 58 per cent more than
the 1986 first quarter total of
2,718.

1986 was ICBC's busiest
and costliest year ever, with
a total of 539,000 new claims
reported. Claims payments
average $2.5 million every
working day.

pite the protest.

Bill 20 grants teachers the
right to organize either as
associations or unions at the
local level. If they choose a
union with full collective bar-
gaining rights they would

submit contract disputes to
binding arbitration. ‘

The legislation alsd ¢s-
tablished a college of teach-
rs to oversee certification of
teachers and professional de-
velopment and to set pro-
fessional standards.

McMurphy said nobody
asked the government to im-
pose the college on the ed-
ucation system and the issues
it purports to address are al-
ready addressed by a variety
of structures already in
place.

“To add yet another bur-
eaucratic structure with
more cost and: less demo-
cratic access is really off-
ensive to teachers and to
many other members: of the

Teachers set to strike

educational community.”
The teachers’ . fe i

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make membership in‘the fed-
eration voluntary and is crit-
ical of Victoria's plan to ex-
clude principals and vice-
principals from bargaining

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