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By NANCY LINGLEY
Sun Editor »

For Serge Plotnikoff “music is
a good hobby.” So good, in fact,
that be’s ‘been at it for “well over
30 years.” i

His hobby bas brought him an
award for songwriting as well as
having ‘produced. several
recordings, the latest being the

recently released The Best of.

Serge Plotnikoff.
“As this is p

“good song that a major artist is
going to record.”

Tho nearest he ever came to
that, said Plotnikoff, was when
George Hamilton IV was
interested in recording an album
written by Canadian writers and

Plotnikoff's Beautiful British
‘Columbia, was to be one of the

selections,
“But at the last minute, his

Plotnikoff writes all his own
material and has been writing
songs since he was 13 years old.
He figures he’s written well over
100, “but only a few have been of
good commercial quality,’ he
admitted...

He released his very first ‘78
rpm at age 17. On it were his
compositions Springtime in Blue
Kootenay Valley and West of the
Beautiful Rockies,

record d to go
with a different format,” said a

. disappointed Plotnikoff, who had

twice p d with Hamilton as

the best I’ve done to date, Twill

be circulating it among other
Canadian and U.S. artists,” said
Plotmikoff. “I love music, I love
‘writing songs. I want to write a

a guest artist when the recording
star appeared at the Creston
Valley Blossom Festival and at the
Castlegar Arena about 10 years
ago.

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“At that time I thought they

were great,” he said. “I guess you |

kind of progress as you go along.”

In 1971, Plotnikoff composed,

Beautiful British Columbia in
conjunction with _ B.C,
Centennial,

“It was well received and Played

on many stations in the province |

and abroad,’ noted Plotnikoff.
Shortly after that, Plotnikoff,
along with fellow musicians Doug
Rutlege of Castlegar and Milly and
Bernard Voykin of Grand Forks,
released an album called The
Chosen Ones. through Radar

'Best" released p

on‘ his ‘own., recording it at
Offerman Music Studios in Nelson
in the early 1980s.

“You don’t really make money
at that,’ he said. “You do make
enough to get your expenses back
and keep going at it, though.””

Another Plotnikoff album in
which Candles was the feature
gong received “a fair amount of
alpiay in parts of Canada,” he

if é

Within the past two years,
Plotnikoff re-recorded two peace
songs that he wrote in the early
1960s, Bells of Peace and Sing,

: Children, Sing, which were co-

produced with Jon Jarrett at the
former Soundtrack Studios in
Nelson.

These two songs have been
included on the new cassette.

“I feel they're kind of timely
for the current world situation,”
said Plotnikoff. “There seems to
be wars and unrest everywhere.”

The pair of. Peace songs feature
local backup singers Nat Voykin,
Edna Ann Cl

Vv

British Columbia was included in
eae recording as was another

in the Rain, which also received a
fair amount of airplay for the local
artist. -

It was also around this same
time, in the mid-1970s, that

Plotnikoff wrote North to the -
. Yukon.

That song took second in a
competition sponsored by the
Yukon government which at-
tracted over 65 songwriters.

After the release of The Chosen
Ones, Plotnikoff released the
Beautiful British Colurnbia album

and Vi Serge’s wife.
“She's very supportive,” says
Plotnikoff of the mother of his two
adult sons. “This is the first time
that she’s done actual backup, but

: she’s helped write lyrics to some

of my compositions.”

Plotnikoff describes his music
as “easy listening and crossover
country.”

Although be did play with a
band known as “Buddy Marr and
the Versatiles” “for about 10
years, as a weekend thing,” in the
‘60s, Plotnikoff says he hasn't
made any public appearances in
the last little while.

‘SUN STAFF PHOTO / Nancy Lingey

Sice Plotnikott. "Lam what I am."

“I'd rather be in a recording

studio writing and recording. °

That’s where I feel the most
” said Pl
“This way I’m-:still at home. I
don’t think I'd like to be on the
road.
“The music along

the sales manager for CKQR
Radio where he has been
employed’ for the past 20 years,
“ever since ire after they

opened,” he sai
The Best =e Serge Plotnikoff is
available at various outlets

th the West K:

with any of the arts, is a difficult
business 'to be in, unless you’re a
Gordon Lightfoot or Anne
Muray,’” he went on. “Especially
if you’re from a small town like
Castlegar. It’s my hobby, it’s

+ what I like. But I still have to

work for a living.”
Plotnikoff makes his living as

Boundary area.

‘And, no, it has never occurred
to Plomikoff to change his name
for the sake of his art.

“I’ve never considered
changing my name,’ he replied to
that obvious question.

“I am what I am. I haven’t bad
any problem that way.”

Selkirk College Exhibition - A cultural foothold in Castlegar

* By JIM ZEEBEN

Sun correspondent

communication students. The
works included black-and-white
photos, ill ions, designs, and

It was a chance for students
to show off their artistry, but one

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instructor managed to end up
hidden away.

Selkirk College held its bi-
annual Graphic-Art.

adisplay of

final show of this school year for
the man who originated the event
back in 1981. “I’d say this one

in the department. “It was s the best
one I've seen since I’ve been
here,” says Ron Woodward,
Department Head of Graphic
Cc ats

‘December 6-8,

1102 3rd St. _ 365-8312. people attended the -show's
opening night to view the creative

visions of this year’s graphic

ii the school’s
“Bonnington Basement. About 200 ~

” Free beer and’ wine were **

served as well as pizza and snacks
donated to the college by local
merchants.

December's exhibit was the

was ful,” says Jeremy

Addington, who's taking a break

from teaching after this semester,
He has taught

get to the refreshments,
Addington had to go into the
vacant room and through the
connecting door. “The door
locked behind me,” he said.

One of his students, Iris

at local colleges for 11 years.

“Actually, the tum, out was pretty
\good. Though Selkirk College *
“needs a better exhibition’ space,”

says Addington.
Instead of a proper gallery,
the exhibit is held in classrooms

off by vit

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set-up i for
the three day affair. Because of
the location of the temporary
walls, Addington found himself in
an embarrassing situation midway
through the show. “I was going to
get some more wine out of the

He.

Haut, the story. “I’m
talking to this guy about one of

calling ‘Iris... Iri:
ignored it,” she says,
spreading across ber face. :
“Jeremy must have Kea
back there 10 minutes because be:
couldn’t find anybody to open
the door. Finally, as quiet as cant
be, he very calmly said, ‘Tm
locked in here. Can you please got
next door and let me out.’” Haut
continues, “Anybody else might
have let him out quietly—not me.
Itold everyone he was stuck int
the comer and I wouldn’t let him!
out until be promised me an A+.”, :
she says laughing. *
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By BERNICE GARGUS

Sun correspondent

We're not the fortunes, we're
not the four notes; we're the four-
tunes!

Last Thursday, Selkirk College

hosted the capella vocal group
‘The Fourtunes in its main lounge.
The group is based out of
Vancouver and is doing a mini-
tour of the interior.

“It’s nice to have a college
audience,” said soprano Susan
Ausiley after the performance.
“We do a lot of elementary school
shows, so it’s refreshing to be
here because we can bring out
some sepertoire we don’t do for

"Some more adult themes,”

"added alto Panla McMath.

The group performed a variety
of music; from'a “passionate”
madrigal, to Ben

fifteenth-century
+ 5 BL King’s |.“Stand> By. Me”, ,
- followed by the’ Indigo Girls’

“Closer to Fine.” The ‘group also
did a number of songs

females and serenading them
Tenor Tim Everet even Sat. on
young woman's lap.

Bveret took the lead to the seas
“Blue Christmas” and in his
introduction he complained of
being alone for the season, adding
be was available.

The group, which has been
together for three. years, secmeg.
comfortable with its style and

material. Bach member took tums
doing lead parts: for different
songs;.one of the more humorous
being. bassist: Don Reiben’: fy
version of: Johnny. Cash’
“Buming Ring of Fire”, in which
be adopted the stance’ of the
black-draped country’ star, peering
out from: behind his prarren
as though his invisibis cowboy hat

tumed out for the show, and the.
group was happy with the Sowa

“It's a difficult form of. music," ‘
says McMath, “It’s fun but its

* trioky; it relies on just. voice—you,

have to keep the tonality and be iri

some of the. younger

the audi greatly app is
The Fourtines interacted‘ with

- the students at vatious tim

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Wednesday, December 12, 1990

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