with one man - musician and band leader, Dal Richards. For over 50 years, Dal Richards and his Orchestra have delighted Canadians with the memorable dance music of the BOOKS EAD BETWEEN THE LINES BOOKS ABOOK is BOOKS A GIFT THAT CAN BE BOOKS OPENED AGAIN & AGAIN Gores AFINE PLACE TORELAX 362-5333 Geen 7 days a week as a band leader prompted former Vancouver Sun Leisure Editor, Alex Mac Gillvray, to refer to him as “Town favourite, Dale Richards, the Dance Band King”. Fira was in Castlegar Sereiay the Dal wae haavily involved in the Variety Club firsyiever ‘Telethon’ and. recalls vividly the excitement and enthusiasm it rated, they gee the Variety, Club this year will be donated back to the Children's Centre $0. construction can be completed,” Dal ‘snid. The Dance Band King wiil again be involved with this ne gene: “We had a lot of tak peo we of the Variety Club, bev this year, is donating money to the Castlegar Children's Centre. The Variety Club of British Columbia has had Dal's dedica- tion to its work in various a i since its i ple invol in that first telethon My most vivid memory was when the producer told me to start playing . which is sched take place February 15 and 16 on BCTV. With the return of the big band sound in the late When the Saints Go Marching In 10 i before 1965. He has served as Musical Director of the Telethon, Assis- tant Chief Barker, Executive Director and as Conventional jor. “Now I've been given the fancy title of Variety Club's B.C. Ambassador,” laughs the 74- HAIRLINES 1444 Columbia Ave., Castlegar, B.C., 365-6700 Mon. - Set. Wed. é& Thurs. ‘til 8:00 pm Your Dining Guide Get on the TRAIN for the Chicken Burger Special & includes a choice cut of breast meat, on a sesame seed bun with lettuce, tomato special sauce. Also includes your choice of golden caey french fries, our delicious jo-jo's or our freshly made salads. for only $3.99 1. s53 So get on the train and head on down to Chicken Time Fora great affordable meat at an affordable price! Celgar & Cominco meal tickets accepted ‘The people of Castlegar must real- 1980's, Dal had two hit records on the charts, ‘Swing is In’, Volumes Two. closing and to ize that all the money One and keep playing until we went off the air. We Variety CLu! must have sd played it 50 it was getting pretty monotonous, but the produc- ers insisted it they donate to the “it's very grati- fying that people this year still appreciate the Big Band sound, will be donated back which hasn's times. I thought tthe Children's Centre’ — DAL RICHARDS tainment Hall of Variety Ambassador Fame, Dal and his changes at all,” Dal continued. A member of the B.C. Enter- would build excitement and keep the phones ringing. He was right!" An astonishing $66,000 was pledged that first year. “That was an incredible amount of money at that time and I was amazed that it could be raised in just 22 hours to help B.C.'s special children," said Dal. While visiting Castlegar, Dal agreed to media interviews and spent time with Katrine Conroy, the of the Ki Orchestra have compiled an astonishing number of “firsts” in Vancouver's enter- tainment industry and have Played many memorable engage- ments. The Dal Richards Orches- tra was given the honour of opening Empire Stadium in 1954, the year this nostalgic facility played host to the British Empire Games. The group also played at the B.C. Lions Football game when the team first entered ry Columbia Childcare Society, which is attempting to complete construction of the Children's Centre. “The people of Castlegar must realize that all the money which the Canadian Football League and has since become a league favourite at the annual Grey Cup dinners. It was the Dal Richards Orchestra that played at the opening of the Queen Elizabeth Theatre, the opening of Pacific Dal Richards, The Dance Band King Coliseum, and at the gala cele- brating” the dedication of Vancou- ver's Art Gallery. Dal Richards and his Orchestra became unoffi- Dal, who has been playing professionally for 50 years, is continually in high demand for shows and appearances. The Dance Band King plays every ment at the Mandarin Hotel in i as part of the Canada Day festivities celebrating Singa- pore Airlines inaugural flight peel Vancouver and the kend and loves it as much now as he did then. "I'm really enjoying myself now because I don't have to do it for the money,” he laughed. oes Folk-rocker Bruce Cockburn aims for U.S. Audience "STERLING NEWS | SERVICE. 2816 C ja Ave. AT FREEJACK WARNING — Some vieterce ——. 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So it's a nice shot at getting ahead.” Known for his fluid guitar work, honed in his'early days at music school in Boston, and for his outspoken lyrics, Cockburn resisted heading south of the border with Canadian contempo- raries like Joni Mitchell and Neil Young. Instead he toured steadily in Canada, Europe and Japan, building a following for his radi- Teresa, Happy 4th Birthday From Auntie Lori & Uncie Ken Cody, Happy Sth Birthday, From Auntie Lori & Uncle Ken ‘Shelly Dobos, Happy Belated 20th Birthday, From Lana Annie, Happy 9th Birthday Love, Auntie Pear, Uncie Randy, Carrie & Steven Mom, Happy Birthday Love, Rick & Teresa Dad, Happy Birthday Love, Carrie & Steven Lyte Lamont, Happy 4th Love Grandma & Grandpa Manning birthday greetings must be phoned in Paper is published. Pick Up Your Royal Treat At The HAPPY BIR THDAY THIS WEEK'S WINNER IS INDICATED BY LOGO Phone in your bithday wish 8. we will pint fee of charge. 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But recently, the 46-year-old singer has had shots at winning ' overumlarger U.S: audience -~ with.spots-onate.Night with David Letterman and tour dates throughout the United States. “Basically I am aiming songs at people like me,” Cockburn said. “I don’t see myself chang- ing on account of the business aspects, but there will always be changes because that is part of the business of writing.” A native of Ottawa, he played the city’s small folk clubs before moving to Toronto in 1980. At a recent concert in Ottawa, Cockburn and a four-piece band churned out a series of punchy rock songs, complete with a light show and strident guitars. Backstage, however, Cock- burn looked almost professorial with owlish glasses and a suit jacket as he shepherded family Jones and lead singer Jackson Browne, has received favorable reviews. The New York Times, for one, called it “the finest album of his carecr.”’ = -—- The album is the first he has recorded outside of Toronto. “It seemed time for a change. If you become overly familiar it becomes habitual and not as interesting, so we went else- where for the sake of keeping honest,” he said. With songs like Kit Carson about the taking over of Indian lands and Mighty Trucks of Midnight about the movement of industry, Cockburn continues to express political concerns. “We have get to get ourselves involved in political processés, otherwise nothing interesting will get done, but I am not really trying to sell a message,” he said. He says writing a song with a does not I members into a private dressing room. His latest album, “Nothing Like a Burning Light,” recorded with well-known studio musi- cians such as organist Booker T. hinder or help sales. One of his most widely played songs, the angry “If I Had a Rocket Launcher” , was writ- ten after a trip to Central Ameri- ca as an observer with the international charity OXFAM. Cockburn hopes his songs, already performed by singers as diverse as Anne Murray and more recently Grateful Dead guitarist Jerry Garcia, will con- tinue to be noticed. “There has never been much attention to my stuff over the years. I hope this is the begin- ning of a trend,” he said. 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