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died in a car accident in Mexico on May 4,
1976.
His second album may not make Bob
Burchill of the Dublin area rich in monetary
terms, but it's brought a wealth
of compliments from across the country.
Writing in the Ottawa Journal Brian
Chadderton called Burchill, "Canada's
answer to Jimmy Buffett and Jesse Colin
Young."
The album was recorded at Radio
Waterloo's studio this summer and sales
have been enough to send it into its second
pressing. But like many young performers
who record their own albums privately
instead of with a big record company,
getting air time on radio stations can be a
problem and Chadderton calls it depress-
ing that radio stations are likely to ignore
the record.
But the album wasn't hurt by a
favourable review in RPM, the bible of the
Canadian music industry which said "Bob
Burchill and friends give a relaxed and
thoughtful performance portraying the
long tough struggle to meet the challenges
of life far from the security and warmth of
home."
Dec. 5 will see Burchill off to
Stockholm, Sweden to perform at the
Stockholm Cultural Centre and several
nightclubs. He expects to return to Canada
in January.
Earning a living in Canada from acting
has never been an easy thing to do, and
earning a living and living where you want
to is even harder, even when y9u're one of
the top actresses in the country. So when
Pam Hyatt decided she wanted to live in
Stratford even though she had no great
opportunities for a job there, she did what
many an actor before has done: she applied
for a job driving a taxi cab in the city.
Miss Hyatt was a member of the 1977
Stratford Festival company but will not be
returning in 1978. She is fighting hard,
however not to give up either Stratford, or
her career. She wants to stay in Stratford
because she likes the city and her two sons
are enrolled in school there. She'll continue
to communte to Toronto and Montreal to
work on radio and television shows and in
commercials.
She figures handling a cab in Stratford
should be easy after driving in the
madhouse traffic of New York.
"I don't support any 'country right or
wrong stand' but 1 do favour some form of
protection nationalism to ensure against
our country being swamped by the U.S."
says avowed nationalist artist Greg Curnoe
of London. One of Canada's best known
artists, he was speaking at a recent panel
discussion at The Gallery/Stratford.
Curnoe claims that some great Canad-
ians have been overshadowed by the
American influence including old-time
fiddler Jean Cation, painter Paul -Emile
Borduas and historical economist Harold
Innis.
"There are too many flunkies in the
Canadian establishment who prefer to
listen to experts from elsewhere who have
no respect for our traditions." he said.
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And all the Little Children
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