HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 1987-05-27, Page 31THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, MAY 27, 1987. PAGE 31.
Brussels Pipe Band history told at dinner
band held its 35th anniversary Saturday night in Brussels. Charles Procter [centre] made the presentation
to Tom MacFarlane [left] and Ross Bennett.
totheearly teens. Tom MacFar
lane and Ross Bennett are the only
original members still with the
band. Many of the original kilts and
jackets are being worn by some of
the members. They get passed
around as the waist measurements
of a few have enlarged in recent
years.
“Over the years the members
past and present will have had
many happy memories of their
time spent with the band. We play
for the pleasure of others as well as
for ourselves.”
Stars nominated for Tonys
Continued from page 1
A party was held for Legion
members and their wives to
introduce the band and get their
approval. We were accepted and
our first parade was in May. A
church parade for the OddFellows
Lodge.
“A majorette was added to the
band, Joyce MacFarlane, in June
and at the same time Archie Mann
was accepted as a piper.
“To complete our uniforms
more money was needed, so we
held parades on the main street of
Brussels and Ethel and took up a
silver collection. We organized
bandtatoos, inviting other pipe
bands to come on an exchange
basis to keep down expenses. A
dance was always held after with
the admission of 50 cents and those
in uniform got in free. An orchestra
in those days only charged around
$50.00.
“Anyone taking a car to a tatoo
was paid five cents a mile and that
was from the front door of the
Art and nature combined
Continued from page 30
limited edition print of wolves to
the “Back the Biter” auction),
although he also does a lot of
“fine” art. The other artist in the
family, 19-year-old Laura, was so
interested in animals she had a
tough decision to make between
studying for a career working with
whales or studying art. She
eventually chose art.
The Lucios hope to put their twin
loves together in the near future.
This past weekend they listed their
home in Mt. Brydges for sale and if
all goes well, they hope soon to
have a property along the Maitland
in the area where they want to
operate a wildlife sanctuary and art
studio.
Jason appears to be on the verge
>f doing what his father has been
inable to do until the last year:
pend fulltime on art. Larry
ecently quit work after 20 years
dth various London-area indu-
tries as a supervisor. All those
ears working indoors only en-
anced his love of outdoors, he
lys. Still those years gave him a
oader insight into life and people
id gave him the money to do some
the things he wanted to do.
There is a large market for less
tailed decoys, but for the finely
afted work of the kind Jason
es, there is a small, but very
ect and lucrative market. His
her estimates his Mallard Duck
uld be worth $2,000-$3,000from
kind of selective collectors who
for
ALANYOUNG
AND
BRENDAMILLER
turday, May 30 No minors
really know what they’re buying.
Jason’s wins at the World Cham
pionship have started making him
known across the continent (he’s
signed a deal to give endorsements
to the company that makes the
burn-pencils which he uses for the
fine-feather detailing).
For the future, Jason will
complete high school (the family
hopes that he’ll be enrolled in one
of the area high schools this fall)
then plans to go to the University of
Guelph to take a degree in wildlife
biology. Thestudieswillhelp in
two ways: to increase his know
ledge of wildlife for his carving and
to give him more training if the
family can pursue its plan for a
wildlife sanctuary. Using the
Guelph trimester system he’ll
concentrate his studies in the
months when wildlife isn’t plenti
ful and spend as much time as
possible out observing wildlife and
doing his carving.
While he has started out in
wildfowl he won’t confine his work
to waterbirds. He’s currently
working on a carving of a flicker
and hopes to do all the birds of prey
and song birds eventually. At the
patient pace he takes to emulate
perfection that sounds like it will
take a long time for the collection to
be completed. Looking at Jason’s
early work makes a viewer even
more impatient to see more of this
beautiful work.
Legion and back to the front door.
This was paid whenever the band
had enough money.
“The first Robbie Burns dance
was held in January of 1954 and the
profits from that dance were
around a hundred dollars. That
year we set a price for the band to
play at parades of $50 plus
expenses.
“In October of 1956 it was
decidedtoacceptnew members
into the band that weren’t veter
ans, as some of our members were
leaving town, or retiring. The new
members were required to know
how to play several pieces and were
voted on before being accepted
into the band.
“The Belgrave band ceased to
operate in the early 60’s and some
of their members came and joined
our band. They were Albert Cook,
Garner Nicholson, Bill Nethery,
Jim McCallum and Lorne Wall.
“A mass band was formed in
1966 from area pipe bands and ours
of 67 members to go to Sherrill,
New York for four days to take part
in their Golden Anniversary cele
brations . It was quite a celebration,
as some of the people there had
never seen a pipe band before.
“In 1977 and 78 we went to
Standish, Michigan with the Wing
ham Legion for their Loyalty Day
Parade. We have gone nearly
every year since, as Brussels
became a sister city to Standish.
‘ ‘The last band tatoo was held in
1977. Now we are asked to play for
Centennial parades, fall fairs,
legion functions, etc., yes we even
play at wedding receptions. The
Robbie Burns dance is still held in
January, and we have the Ceilidh
in October each year.
“Through the years the band
has changed in size and shape.
From 12 to 23 members and some
still taking lessons. We have men,
women, girls, boys, mothers and
grandmothers. Ages range from 79
Two Stratford Festival artists
have been nominated for 1987
Tony Awards.
Festival Associate Director
Brian Macdonald received two
nominations for “The Mikado”.
He was named in the best director
of a musical and best choreography
categories. For the Festival in
1987, he is directing and choreo
graphing “Cabaret” which opens
the 1987 season June 1 in the
Festival Theatre (previews began
May 16).
Ann Curtis was nominated in the
best costume design category for
“Me and My Girl”, the smash
musical hit that earned a total of
13 Tony nominations including
best musical. For the Festival this
season, she is costume designer for
director Robin Phillips’ production
of ‘ ‘The School For Scandal’ ’ which
opens June 5 in the Festival
Theatre. School matinee perfor
mances of the production began
May 6.
The Mikado, with design by
Susan Benson and musical direc
tion by Berthold Garriere, was first
produced as part of the 1982
Stratford Festival season and was
revived in 1983 and 1984 at
Stratford. This past winter Ed and
David Mirvish, together with Brian
Macdonald, co-produced an Amer
ican tour of The Mikado that led to a
subsequent five-week run on
Broadway.
Me and My Girl began in British
repertory theatre, subsequently
transferring to London’s West End
and then to Broadway where it has
been a major hit for the past several
months.
Tony Awards are given for the
best achievements of the 1986-87
Broadway season and winners will
be announced June 7 in ceremon
ies televised by CBS-TV from the
Mark Hellinger Theatre in New
York.
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The children of Neil and Marie McGavin invite everyone to join
them in a celebration to honour their parents’ 25th wedding
anniversary at Brussels, Morris and Grey Auditorium on
Saturday, May 30/87
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