The Lucknow Sentinel, 1997-01-08, Page 3Recording w efit
area women's alters
by Jennifer. Vand'ernieer
Itt a little more than two
„.„,,months, an idea for a comp
ptlation recording has
mushroomed into a
fundraiser for area
women's shelters.
.Songs toShelteris a
recording featuring f
female singer/songwriter's
mostly from. the Grey
• Bruce area. -
• . Proceeds from the . sale
of cassettes will be Bonet
.•ed to the three area Shel-
ters., the Women's House
•of Bruce ' County, .the
Owen Sound. Women's
Shelter ..and the new
C;hippewas ' "of. Naw.ash
• Crisis 'Shelter at Cape-
Croker
.If all 500 tapes of the
first production run ,are
sold,'there will be just
over $3,000 to donate. If'
the group decides to ..`
• increase to .1,000,tapes,.
'! .the. unit cost will be lower •
-.and: there will': be more
money to donate.
The idea for the record
•ing came from Lynda
Aldridge,. an •A1,le'nford•
resident. She organizes
several singer/songwriter
showcase series and
through them, met *nany
. possible participants.
We liked :the idea iof
women helping women at,
the 'grassroots. level„,,
Aldridge said
The. 10 women come
from : all over, including
Port Elgin to Belgrave.and
'k'oronto.. Actress Florence
`McGregor • is: from ..
Toronto: 'She' became
involved through her ties
to -the Roxy Theatre.in
Owen: Sound. •
• Aldridge works' with
',Port; Ell gin's: M•airy Anne
• Watson-Bonsall'as project`.
co-ordinators: They have
been working closely, with
• Shauna Konelsky, the pro-;
d leer/.engineer from
Saugeen Township:
Koneisky. has a private
project studio in her home.
It :is meant.as a' song writ
ing ':facility :but she Can
record 'professional demo
tapes at aprice consumers
can •afford. She also .has
COUNTY DOLLARS;
6FLOW,•INTa''
GODER!CH
". Atthe Jan. 2 meting oe
Huron Comity 'Council,,
some good news. came
down 'the pipe for two
Goderich'industries.
Champion:' Road.;
`Machinery, in:Goderieh'
was awarded a $94,000
contract t� provide Huron
County with, snow plow'''
equipment, and Edwards
Fuels, also .of Goderich,
wasawarded a $505,000
• .contract' to: supply the
Board of Education with
fuel and furnace oil.
The Board of Education
b currently purchases fuel
from Clinton.
•
the capability to produce'
compact discs,
Each of the women
plays her own instrument
and•contributed their own-
song to the recording.
• Aldridge said• there is a
variety of music. ”.
"That's what's unique
about it," Konelsky, said.
"Everyone's bringing their
own music into this.
All the recording is
beink done at Konelsky's
studio. She works with
assistant engineer Trevor
MacKenzie and her cat.
Wiebe.
As of January 3, halfof'
the:, job was done. The
group hopes. to have the
master cassette completed
this month for production.. '
"Shauna promotes her
technical talent.. dill . L
songwriters getto promote
their work. It's win, win,
win," Aldrid$e said.
The 'final product i.s.
expected by early March,
in • time for the
Ittternation:al` Women's
Day dinner in Port Elgin.
The Songs for Shelter
grou has. n e ending
on f ndrai'sing to ollect.
the, none to pay f'. r the
production of the ca set
Donations can be ado
through the Herstory`com-
mittee in Southampton.
About $`700 has a lready
been pledged to the pro
jest.
For more information
call Watson-Bonsall at.
832-6253 or Aldridge at
934-2257. •
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