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Home My WebLink AboutTimes Advocate, 1989-04-26, Page 11Northern Pikes visit South Huron By Michelle "Ellison EXETER - The students of South Huron District High School were entertained on Thursday by four talented Canadian musicians. Bryan Potvin, Merl Bryck, Jay emko and Don Schmid make up the Saskatoon -based rock group The Northern Pikes. The group is now on the tail end of an eight-month tour where they have been performing at high schools, bars, teen clubs and fairs across the nation. The Pikes met in Saskatoon in high school, but it wasn't until 1984, when two of the band mem- bers were attending the University of Saskatchewan, that they released their first independent album. Af- ter a second record the next year, they signed with Virgin Records. Their debut album Big Blue Sky and its hit single Teenland brought the band enough recognition to open for Duran Duran and David Bowie at Exhibition Stadium in August 1987. Their most recent album Secrets of the Alibi has released two sin- gles onto the charts. Thursday's South Huron concert was poorly attended, but proved complete with wall -rattling- volume and a fantastic light show. The Pikes performed a variety of high energy dance tunes, keeping the sparse audience on their feet for the full 90 minutes. It has been a long eight months for the band. Lead guitarist Bryan Potvin said, he couldn't remember where they were the night before South Huron's concert, let alone where they were headed. What they all remembered was that Sunday it would be all over: no more bus rides, restaurants or interviews, at least for a while. The Northern Pikes have toured the U.S. with Robert Palmer and find their music goes over well anywhere. "People are people," said Potvin, who secs no reason for the group to give up their Canadian status to "make it big" in the music indus- try. The band's drummer, Don Schmid observed "If you're good at what you do, you'll conte out on top." For now, the band plans to relax and enjoy the leisure time they don't get on the road. They already have material ready for their next al- bum due for release in January. Most importantly, the group feels it is essential to stick together and "always be concerned about the mu- sic first and foremost". Big loss Student council president could not put her finger exactly on any one reason why the Northern Pikes concert attracted such a small audi- ence. She estimated only 150-200 students arrived for the event. At $10 a ticket, the poor turnout meant heavy losses from the coun- cil's funds. "There was a lot going on," said Ellerington, who speculated the - mid -week timing, combined with grade 13 test season, and other school events took away many peo- ple who would have otherwise at- tended. The concert was never planned as a money-maker for the council, but the $2,500 loss from the event left a bigger dent in the budget than ex- pected. Ellerington said the Pikes were naturally concerned by the small au- dience. "I think they were a Mule disap- pointed when they first went out," she said, but added the band warmed up to the situation and called the re- maining fans "a good crowd". In retrospect, Ellerington believes the event should have been opened up to the community and the sur- rounding schools, despite the ad- ministrative hassles it would have caused. . Nevertheless, she said the council has enjoyed very successful fund- raisers throughout the year, and has been running a pessimistic budget, so she doesn't think the loss will hurt the knit l's finar :es too much. School board grants TORONTO - School boards in Huron and Perth Counties will re- ceive nearly $9M for school con- struction and renovations, Jack Rid- dell, MPP for Huron, announced Friday. Making the announcement on be- half of Minister of Education Chris Ward, Riddell said the $8,838,000 which will go to the Huron Board of Education and to the Huron -Perth Separate School Board is part of $1.1 billion that will be spent across the province on school con- struc;ion over the next three years. It is part of the largest school build- ing boom in Canadian history, and one of the greatest construction un- dertakings in Ontario since the Sec- ond World War. The Huron -Perth Separate School Board will receive $8.27 million to build a new high school in Strat- ford. Huron County Board of Educa- tion is receiving half a million dol- lars to upgrade heating systems at Central Huron Secondary School in Clinton and Usbornc Central Public GIC Rates 2 .3 % *NO FEES •NO CHARGES •FUNDS TRANSFERABLE 1 Yr. VIA CHARTERED BANK INVESTMENTS' 524-2773 ooe.ech 1-800-265-5503 School near Exeter, and for roof re- pairs at Godcrich District Collegiate Institute and at Howick Central. 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