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he Castlegar Sun

WEDNESDAY, May 3, 1995

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ENTERTAINMENT
An exhibit of new works by
Rita Lind Morrison
will be showing at the Langham in Kaslo
May 2-22
Wine and Cheese Opening Reception
May 6
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Cathy & Karen -
for helping to
make the Pasty Cline
Tribute a success.

- Barbra Dee

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Reliving the Patsy Cline legend

How nice it would be to roll
back the years!

More than 35 years ago I used
to accompany my parents to
country music shows in a small
Saskatchewan town. In those
days, we called them cowboy
music shows, Singers like Little

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Jimmy Dickens, Wilf Carter, the
Sons of the Pioneers—even the
legendary Kitty Wells—travelled
through with their shows.

Though my parents took me to
some of these shows and my Dad
sang songs like “Bimbo” and
“How Many Arms Have Held
You” at amateur hour shows, I
don't remember all the country
singers from those times, My
interests shifted over to rock ‘n
roll with the likes of Elvis,
Buddy Holly, Roy Orbison, and
Little Richard.

Somewhere in the midst of
those greats who were just begin-
ning their careers, another coun-
try artist was fashioning an
inimicable style—Patsy Cline.
Most of us liked her music
because it crossed over toward
pop and it spoke of the anguish of
love—which we thought we were
experiencing

Recently. Living Legend Pro-
ductions and Mustang Produc-
tions combined to bring Patsy
Cline to Castlegar. No, they
couldn't bring her back from the
honky-tonk heaven she found via
a plane crash way back in 1963.
But they did talk Barbra Dee
into recreating the Patsy Cline
role and going on tour through-
out the West Kootenays and the
Okanagan

Barbra Dee, who became Patsy
Cline for this tour, has performed
this role and others throughout
western North America.

She has done stints as Patsy
Cline on other musical legend
tributes—such as those for Ricky
Nelson and Roy Orbison in
places like Pomona, California,

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Barbara Dee belts out a Cline classic at her Castlegar
show that paid tribute to the country legend.

and Las Vegas.

At the Castlegar tribute, Dee
got off to a rocky start. Her
herves were showing and she
needed a list of songs to follow
the routine.

For the first half of the show,
even the patter she gave us about
Patsy Cline’s life seemed tenta-
tive. Maybe she was uneasy
because the necessary western-
style dress with fringes didn't do
her figure justicé. I guess the
idea -WwasTo"simulate the early
Patsy Cline who wore such cow#
girl duds.

The wonderful Patsy Cline
songs beginning with “Walking
After Midnight”, however, car-
ried her through. Dee has a
good voice

From “I Fall to Pieces”
through “I Cried for You” to
“True Love”, her voice ranged

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from sultry lows to the higher-
pitched notes of ache and sad-
ness. If you listened to the voice
and forgot the presentation style,
you could imagine you were with
Patsy Cline herself

A transformation occurred
after intermission. Donning a new
outfit, the elegant gown style that
Patsy Cline fancied in her later
career, Dee seemed to pick up
confidence in her role as Patsy
Cline. The nervousness disap-
peared ane Dee titaity eave Ol
Patsy Cline to believe in.

Perhaps the songs in the second
half were better suited to Dee's
abilities. Beginning with Cline
standards such as “Back in Baby’s
Arms”, we were treated to ener-
getic renditions of “Rose of Old
San Antone” and “Bill Bailey.”

Always though we were wait-
ing for the classics and Dee didn’t

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fail us. “Faded Love” and “Sweet
Dreams of You” were just as I
rremembered them.

\ Perhaps the best piece of the
evening was Dee's rollicking ver-
sion of “Just a Closer Walk With
Thee.” Patsy Cline had a spiritual
side to her, but she liked to
change a tune to suit her voice
and style. Dee's exhuberant han.
dling of this number brought
down the house.

This part of the show captured
some of the feeling of the Patsy
Cline routines I've heard so
much about. i

Although many people point to
Cline’s vocal talent as an expla-
nation for her stardom, it must be
remembered that she was clectri-
fying in concert. She had show-
manship, rhythm, and a dynamic

routine that altered country music

performance.

Barbra Dee's voice has enough
range and power to bring Patsy
Cline back, but Dee definitely has
to work on developing the trade-
mark stage presence of Cline.

The backup band, called the
Country Gentlemen, was top-
notch. Not only did the band
deliver a smooth synchronized
country sound, but each of them
could sing.

John Cole from Trail was on
bass guitar, John Beck from
Rossland was on keyboard, Den-
nis Iachetta from Trail was on
drums, and Bob Hutchinson from
Castlegar played lead guitar.
Handling backup vocals was
George Turner from Fruitvale
All of them sang excellent ver-
sions of oldtime country songs.

But we all came because of the
Patsy Cline ‘legend. She was a
gutsy performer wlio lived a
tough life and made it to the top
by the time she was 30.

Long after her death at that
early age, her albums (now CDs)
continue to sell well. Hundreds
of singers like Reba McIntyre,

k.d. lang, Emmylou Harris, and
Se ch have sung

Cline’s songs.

Barbra Dee reminded us what
a great voice Patsy Cline had and
what heart-wrenching torch songs
she turned out in the late 1950s
and early 1960s.

We were all-“crazy” back then,
and the recent Patsy Cline Musi-
cal Tribute touched emotions
long since buried.

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Wednesday, May 3, 1995

The Castlegar Sun

Here’s to you, Jim!

EDITOR’S NOTE: Castle-
gar resident Jim Chapman was
recently honored as Castlegar's
1995 Citizen of the Year at a
banquet held at Taylor's Place
where more than 40 people
turned out.The following is a
tribute to him by Kiwanis club
member Alexia Turner.

I am honored this evening to
tell you about Jim Chapman. Jim
is a very close and special family
friend, He was, in fact, one of the.
first people whom we met when
we moved to Castlegar some 14
years ago.

Apparently, Jim liked to sit on
the deck of the house that we pur-
chased and watch the moon rise,
and did so frequently before we
moved into our house. One
evening, shortly after we moved
into our house, this man wan-
dered up the back steps.

He said something like this, “I
always sit on this deck and watch
the moon rise. I plan to continue
to do so. My name is Jim Chap-
man and here I am.”

Since then, Jim has entertained
my family many evenings with
his stories.

Long before my family knew
Jim, he was an active member in
this community. Citizens such as
Dave Riddington from Genelle,
Jim Penman, Walter Holobuff,
Moe Zibin, Thelma Ehman, Fern
Schwartzenhauer, Henry Kury-
luk, West Kirkwood, Vi Plot-
nikoff, Jack Charters and Judy
Wearmouth helped me put
together the following.

Jim moved to Castlegar from
Fort St. John in 1966, and he
began his community work short-
ly thereafter.

One of his first projects along
with two other people was to
organize a Lions Club for Castle-
gar. The Selkirk Lions Club was
chartered on Nov. 22, 1970 and
Jim was their charter president
for the first 18 months. And what
@ progressive club the Lions Club
is—I believe that the Lions Club

was the first service club in
Castlegar to have a female mem-
ber. Jim has served at most posi-
tions within the club, but is best
known as the coordinator of
events and projects.

The Lions Club developed
Pass Creek Park in their first year
or so, My..sources tell me that this
was Jim's idea, that he worked on
the crews, and personally
installed the water well and an
electric pump.

Jim was involved with Castle-
gar’s KC Days in the 1970s, I'd
like to read to you from The
Castlegar News, Thursday, May
8, 1975.

“The Selkirk Lions Club,
which in the past has sponsored
several activities in past KC Days,
at its meeting Tuesday night
named Jim as co-ordi-
nator of their club's event, which
they would like to see take place
under the suggested Mini KC
Days format.

Mr. Chapman told the Castle-
gar News he would not be chair-
ing the total festivities for the
area, but wants every club or
group interested in getting
invol to send a rep i
to a meeting called for this Mon-
day in the Hi Arrow Arms Con-
ference Room at 7:30 p.m.

Mr. Chapman says as far as he
could see, the only events that do
not appear to be taking place are
the Queen Pageant and the parade
“Who knows,’ he said, ‘maybe
we'll even end up with a parade,’”

Do you remember that inter-
view Jim? For the newcomers,
KC Days is now Sunfest.

As a member of the Lions
Club, Jim helped put in the lawn
bowling green for the senior citi-
zens. Walter Holubuff remembers
him and Jim working side by side
trying to get the turf level for
bowling. Jim also helped start
Castlegar’s first Day Care Centre
(site of the present day Hobbit
Hill). Apparently, it was Jim who
convinced Celgar to donate the

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nize the Centre's first interim
board of directors.

When I think of Jim Chapman,
there is one thing that I always
associate with him and that is the
Canadian Frog Jumping Contest.
Jim organized this event, solicited
prizes and trophies and some
years even paid for frogs. I know,
because I remember my family
leaving at five in the morning to
go get frogs for Jim. I must add
that he also put his wife Ada to
work during the contest. She
would do the recording.

In addition, Jirn helped to initi-
ate the first two referenda for the
Arena Complex. The Lions Club,
with Jim's convincing, provided
the money for both the advertising
and the running of the referenda.

Jim also served as a director of
the Castlegar Wildlife Association
and was instrumental in relocating
herds of elk from Banff and
Jasper to the Castlegar area.

Jim had input into locating the
old Dewdney Trail prior to recon-
struction of the Dewdney Trail
route. He and close friend Bud
Schwartzenhauer staked the route
from Nancy Greene Lake to the
Paulson Bridge before turning the
work over to others.

Jim has been an active mem-
ber of the Castlegar’s Writers
Guild throughout the years. He
was a founding member of the
club 15 years ago and has been
its treasurer for many of those
years. Through his prompting,
the club organized short story
contests for children, and he has
pushed the club to set up read-
ings at the local library and at
Stanley Humphries

Jim has been one of the main
readers at these events. He has

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Citizen of the Year for 1995, Jim Chapman, with his wife Ada. Chapman was hon-
ored at a dinner last week at Taylor's Place Restaurant.

also helped to create several
anthologies to make the work of
local writers available. Perhaps he
is best known as the author of The
Horseman of Shandro Crossing
One of the activities that Jim
should be recognized for is hig
ongoing work with the Canadian
National Institute for the Blind
For 20 years Jim has been a volun
teer with the CNIB, and he is cur.
rently the Community Coordinator
in Castlegar, as well as sitting on
the advisory board of the Southern
Interior District of the CNIB
which operates out of Kelowna

Jim acts as an advocate for
blind clients who live in this
area and is very committed to
this activity.

Jim has only recently given up
his position as the City of Castle-
gar’s representative to the Castle-
gar Library board. I'm sure that he
attended all meetings faithfully.

Jim recently received a com-
mendation from the City of
Castlegar for his work as the
city’s liaison. He did serve as a
council member for one three-
year term.

Jim sure could get worked up

SUN PHOTO /Gordon Tumer

about the types of bulbs in the
street lights.

Jim currently serves on the
Castlegar Community Health
Council.

Often outspoken, Jim is the
type of individual who not only
puts an idea out to others, but
who works enthusiastically to see
that idea become reality.

I’m proud that he is a family
friend, and I know he’s a worthy
recipient of the Castlegar Citizen
of the Year award.

Congratulations, Jim, and best
wishes to you, Ada

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