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Home My WebLink AboutHuron Expositor, 2005-06-15, Page 66 - THE HURON EXPOSITOR, June 15. 2005 DECADENCE tir interior Decorator Debby Somerville ' Wall Coverings .i' Prints and Artwork * Pittsburgh Paints i Quilts and Bedroom and Paint Supplies Accessories I Draperies and Blinds .i Bathroom Fixtures if Furnishings and Accessories • Lamps '2' Candles * Area Rugs .i' Gift Cards Open Tues -Sun 10 am to 6 pm Located in the "little olde church" in Varna 75779 Parr Line, Varna 233-3232 AA Want a FREE oil chang Join the TMP Oil Change Club! Buy 3 oil changes and you'll get the 4th oil change Free! With each service Oil Change Club Members also receive... FREE 25 Point Inspection FREE Exterior Wash FREE Interior Vacuum OIL CHANGE CLUB MEMBERS OIL CHANGE $2495* Includes chassis lube, oil replacement with up to 5 litres of Quaker State 10W30 premium motor oil, oil filter replacement. 'For most domestic cars and Tight trucks (excludes diesel engines) LIMITED TIME OFFER TEATERO MOTOR PRODUCTS AUTOMOTIVE SALES & SERVICE 220 Main Street S. Seaforth 527-2291 Tuesday Tunes folks record 'Old Tyme' fiddle tunes on CD By Susan Hundertmark Expositor Editor After five years of sharing Old Tyme fiddle tunes with the community Tuesday afternoons at the Seaforth Community Centre, the Tuesday Tunes folks have recorded their music on CD. "We were near the end of the season this year and I thought we just had to be recorded," says Tom Melady, one of the originators of the event. "It is such a joy for me to see all those fiddles playing away. Most of us are self- taught and don't want to be professional musicians. We just do it because we enjoy it," he says. While as many as 40 musicians, many of them seniors, gather in Seaforth every Tuesday throughout the winter to share their music and to perform to a community hall packed with as many as 300 dancing seniors, 29 musicians came together to record the CD, Tuesday Tunes LIVE! "Over the five years, we've developed a fairly steady core group and I was always impressed by the calibre and quality of the musicians but the 29 are just a portion of those who have played," says Melady. John Zettel, who along with his wife June and Tom Melady, produced the CD which was recorded at Schinbeins Music in Mitchell, says more musicians arrived to record than were expected. "When we asked for a show of hands, only 15 put up their hands but when we got to the studio, there were 29," he says. "It was fairly crowded in the studio but we just lined chairs around the wall. We walked in at 1:30 p.m. and walked out at 6:30 when we'd recorded 29 songs," adds Melady. the first Thing They'll Cut Is The Price. But Only UntiI June 30th. Save Save $100. 5400. ...When you buy a Cadet CLT 538 lawn tractor with; • 16HP engine • 6 -speed CruiseMatk transmission • 38" cutting deck • Standard mulch kit ...When you buy a Cub Cadet GT 2550 lawn and garden tractor, with; e 21 HP V•1WIn engine • • Wansmission �Heavy-duty shaft drive • 50" cutting deck 'Subject to available inventory. See dealer for data*. ZALGiRif FARM EQUIPMENT Cub CadC* SEAFORTH 527-0120 EXETER 235-2121 www.teamvincent.com John and June Zettel and Tom Melady hold up copies of the CD, Tuesday Tunes LIVE!, a recording of 29 musicians performing the Old Tyme fiddle tunes they've shared at Seaforth Community Centre for the past five years. While the group didn't organize the songs they'd perform before arriving at the studio, Melady says they had played together for so long that everything went together smoothly on recording day. "We were well practised so we just let `er rip. We'd been playing together for 12 or 13 weeks," he says. Just like they did each Tuesday at the arena, musicians decided on the spot what feature song they'd Iike to play and the rest just followed along. "Each time, we did a little practice run so they could get .the volumes right," says Zettel. Both Melady and Zettel say the way they learned to play is typical for the group. Melady says he picked up one of the guitars in his family's home and began to play so he could join in with his mom Frances as she played old tunes on the piano with her brother. Zettel says he picked up his dad's fiddle and after "squeaking and squawking" for awhile, learned how to play fiddle tunes while listening to well-known Canadian fiddler Don Messer on the radio each evening. "When we were young, music was a greater form of entertainment because there was less to do," he says. Melady says two of the musicians, Warren Whitmore and Alec Murray are in their 90s and playing fiddle and harmonica on a recording for the first time. "This is a preservation of history here. This CD would be a great thing to hand to a grandchild or son or daughter," says Melady. The two say it's been exciting watching the musicians grow in their skill and comfort level at performance. "Some have matured. There are some you couldn't get in front of a mike at first. Then, they started coming up with someone else and now they walk right up to the mike to play. With the skill development, the shyness goes away," says Zettlel. The musicians come from "far and wide" throughout Huron, Perth and Middlesex Counties. They include Tom Melady, John Zettel, Jack Herold, Arnold Bruce, Jack Adair, Warren Whitmore, Alec Murray, Harold Knowles, Gladys Van Egmond, Don Kelly, Leen Van De Baan, Andrew Patrick, Jim Love, Don Nicholson, Harold Mills, Jack Youngson, Jim Delaney, Marie Flynn, Lois Hodgins, Morley Snyder, Dave Wall, Glen Diechert, Gwen O'Rourke, Joan Vandermey, Mary Coultes, Mary Hehn, Keith Tyndall, Doris Walker and Ethel Adams. While the CD was made more for fun than profit, Melady says each of the musicians will receive a few copies and will be able to order more. Also, anyone who attends Tuesday Tunes will be able to buy a copy at the event or call the Zettels at 345-2226. War reenactment, complete with German uniform, will occur, says Historical Society By Cheryl Heath Clinton News -Record Editor The show will go on. That is the word from Debbie Bauer, president of the Huron :.County Historical Society, after' a Crediton -based historian and self -published author wrote letters to the editor at various local newspapers, including The Huron Expositor, which decried the society's plans to host a Second World War reenactment, replete with an actor donning an authentic German uniform. Though it has been reported in broadcast media that the show is cancelled, that information is erroneous, confirms Bauer. "They are not actors playing a role. They are reenactors and this is a passion for them," she says. "The plan is to have several people on site, depicting various wars and eras." The show, which is being made possible in part thanks to society member Bill Dineen who is a "reenactment enthusiast," will be as "authentic as it can possibly be," says Bauer. Bauer notes society members did hold a meeting to discuss whether the depiction of an authentic German uniform would cause conflict but decided it would not. She reports receiving only positive feedback since the letter to the editor was published and that the only person who has spoken against the plan is the letter writer. "I haven't been contacted by any war vets," she says. "I have received some feedback and it's all been positive." Bauer adds it is unfortunate the letter writer did not contact the sooty first instead of the local media. The show will be a part of the historical society's annual dinner meeting, which is set for Oct. 28 at the Goderich branch of the Royal Canadian Legion. Letter writer W. 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