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By FRANK ISERNIA

Sun staff writer

What do Country Music stars
Rodney Crowell, Clint Black and

and dreams that fill each contestant
ating in the Bud Talent Search

at Banjos Pub.
From the opening instructions
by contest hostess, CKQR radio

you answered that they are big
name country music stars you’re
quite right. But’ if you added that
they rose from obscurity to national
fame playing in small clubs in small
town U.S.A, and Canada, you're
obviously a country trivia buff. -
A majority of today’s biggest
names in show business began
their careers with the same hopes

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was... one for the money, two for
the. show, three to get ready, and
four, go cats go.....as_ an awesome
night of local talent shook, rattled

* and rolled Banjos Pub last Thurs-

day night. Week number three of
the Budweiser Country Talent
Search was now underway to seck

out two finalists to represent our -

province at the National Finals to
be staged in Hamilton, Ontario, on
the weekend of Sept. 13.

Backstopped by the talented
house band, San Jose West, five
enthusiastic hopefuls mounted a
serious bid to be chosen the best
performer of the night with their
sights aimed at sharing the over
$70,000 worth of cash and promo-
tional prizes, that includes up to 50
hours of studio time, (enough to
record a single, including all tape
costs and engineer), a Concept
video produced by CFIC TV 7, to
be used as a vehicle to promote the
newly recorded single, thousands
of dollars worth of cash in the
Canadian competition in Hamilton,
and much much more. The first
place winner will also receive, in
addition to the $10,000 in cash, a
performance opportunity in front of
thousands of country music fans at
the Big Valley Jamboree in Craven,
Saskatchewan, in July, 1992, and a
trip to the home of country music,
Nashville, Tennessee to appear on
Nashville Now.

But before these dreams can
become reality, these aspiring per-
formers must first make it through
eight weeks of open competition
and then onto the local finals April
18 and 25. The competition is held
every Thursday evening at Banjos
Pub. If you are interested in com-
peting call 365-6933 for further

__information. Contest mules permit a __

q maximum of, five contestants per

‘The two top contestants from the
regional competition (Lower Main-
Jand, and Interior) will advance to
the Country Music Conference to
be held at Vancouver in June.

The atmosphere at Banjo’s was
i il San Jose West,
guitarist Bob Hutchinson, bassist
Ray Morrison, and drummer Den-
nis Iachetta brought the full house
to life at 9 p.m. with a polished set
of some of the biggest country hits.
From the opening number to the
final song of the 30 minute set, the
crowd jammed the dance floor with
some good old fashioned country
two-step and the latest in Country
and Westem dancing. Those who
didn’t get up, were rocking in their
seats. They loved it.

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Castlegar competitor Wally Gleboff.

Half-hour later, the room
became almost silent as the con-
testants were introduced to the
anticipating crowd, and the five
judges comprised of Glen and
Debbie Briggeman, Ken Chemoff,
Barbara Parker, and Jamie Kee-
gan.

The show was underway.

Castlegar’s Sandra Roos was
contestant numero uno, and
opened ber audition with a Loretta
Lynn number. Nervous at first, she
settled down and poured her heart
and soul into A Coal Miner's
Daughter followed by a good
solid effort of the Judds smash hit,
Grandpa, that she dedicated to ber
grandfather,

Second on the. entertainment
roster was Crescent Valley's Sid

* Bridges performing Roger Miller’s

King of the Road, and George
Strait’s Amarillo by Morning.

‘Wally Gleboff of Castlegar, while
straying from the country format,
received excellent revues from the
crowd with his vocal versions of
Otis Reddings’ Dock of the Bay,
and the Rolling Stones’ Paint it
Black.

Slocan Park resident, Tom
Pawlin, accompanied his vocal set
with some good acoustic guitar
numbers,

But in any there

During the course of the com-
petition what became evident was
that no matter how serious the
competitors were, having fun was
still a priority.

“You've got to have fun, win or
lose,” said Morison, “once you're
in, get at it. I'm kind of happy to
win, and if I can keep this up, I'd
like to record some tunes and origi-
nal material.”

This is the fifth year of the com-
petition, and it has grown to
encompass 15 venues and 12 radio
stations throughout the province.
Locally the Castlegar Sun, Radio
Station 760 CKQR, and host Ban-
jos Pub are involved in the spon-
sorship of this talent search. .,

The talent search is sanctioned. 2

by the B.C, Country Music Associ-
ation, and the Canadian Country
Music Association.

This year, some of the rules have
changed in the quest to improve the
event. Since the talent search is
administered by the B.C.C.M.A.,
organizers feel that it is only fair
that the Association be supported in
its efforts to promote and develop
country music at its roots and that is
why all competitors must be a
member of the B.C-C.MLA.

In order to make it easier for
non-members to Participate their is
fee. That

can be only one winner, and Thurs-
day night was no Ross-

fee however, has been reduced for
entrants for the Talent

land’s Greg Morrison stole the
show with an outstanding perfor-
mance and audience participation.
He did a superb rendition of Willie
Nelson’s Remember Me and his
voice sustained George Strait’s
Down and Out impeccably.
Monison will now be eligible for
the semi-finals in April.
‘The winners are judged on suit-

+ ability of material, rapport with the

audience, stage presentation, voice
quality, i ty and artistic

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Show only.

If the fun and excitement that
occured at Banjos, last Thursday is
any indicator, future competitions
will be a blast.

All you need are a few ingredi-
ents to participate—an interest in
music, a longing for fun, and a
drive to win. But win or lose, in the
final analysis you'll know you
gave it a shot. Just imagine, one
day we could be listening to you
on the airwaves. In this world noth-
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‘inancial questions answered

Bvery ‘time I finish a speaking
tour, somebody wants to know,
"What kinds of financial questions
are people asking these days?”
Over the past three weeks, I
have spoken some 6, 000 people at

15 money seminars. Their ques- '

Hoc covered a wide variety of top-
cst

"Should we contribute to RRSPs
or pay off the mortgage?

‘If your taxable income is more
than $29,000 and the money will
cam a good rate of retum in the
RRSP over a long term, go for the
RRSP — and apply the tax savings
to your mortgage.

"What's the best way for my
Sather to liquidate his $1.2 million
business, then put the funds in my
hands?”

He should try to sell the shares
rather than the assets to benefit
from the $500,000 capital gains
exemption, but consider both the
cumulative net investment loss and
altemmative minimum tax implica-
tions; there are no gift taxes when
he gives you money. ,

"I'm a single woman with not
enough pension and investment
income to live on when I retire,
though I do own my home. Any
suggestions?”

Could you rent out part of your

Joint savings, because I pay less tax
than my husband would, Is that
legal?

Your case illustrates why the

Mike

| Grenby
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spouse in the lower tax bracket
should always do the saving and
investing, And as long as you can
trace back the source of the capital

won, you can declare the invest-
ment income,

"I can buy back some pension
for a period when I worked in
France, before coming to Canada,
Can I. transfer funds from my
RRSP to make the buy-back in
before tax dollars? And when I get
the French pension, can I use this
money for the $6,000 spousal RRSP
contribution?”

You may transfer RRSP money
only to a pension plan registered in
Canada. But you ‘may use your
French pension income for t he
spousal rollover.

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