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Home My WebLink AboutTimes Advocate, 1991-12-11, Page 10Page 10 Times -Advocate, December 11, 1991 Positively Stompin' set to open in Exeter this Saturday�� By Ray Lewis EXETER - New to the country music scene, but not new to the Ca- nadian music scene, Positively Stompin' is set with a new demo re- lease comprised of some home- grown talent. During their second cross - Canada tour with rock and roll's UIC, drummer Murray Heywood and lead vocalist Ted Triebner spent their days busking and build- ing a repertoire of original and tra- ditional music. Upon completing the 1989 tour, the Exeter duo left UIC after eight years and headed for the studio to lay down some of their own work. "We had done most of the writ- ing for UIC," agreed Triebner. "And we had a lot of this music rolling around in our heads." While touring they were influ- enced by everyone from Johnny Cash to the Ramones. They learned a lot about the music indus- try, and discovered this was the type of music they wanted to make. "It definitely has an edge to it, and we consider it to be countryish or to have a Steve Earle flavour," said drummer Heywood. "But we're not Conway Twisty." — Now more than ever, the duo has Saintsbury by H. Davis SAINTSBURY - St. Patrick's cel- ebrated the Holy Communion Ser- vice and the Childrens Advent Presentation at 11 a.m. Sunday, De- cember 9 with Ryan Carroll read- ing the lessons. Sarah Walker and Harley Davis assisted Rev. Emery in the lighting of the second candle in Advent, Sa- rah Walker then recited a poem "Within the circle of God's love". The offertory hymn was played by Courtney MacGillivray. Hazel Davis, Sunday School Su- perintendent welcomed everyone to the Sunday School portion of the service which began with "The Old, Old Story". Those taking part were Ryan Car- roll, Courtney MacGillivray, Crys- tal Davis, Jennette Walker, Sarah Walker, Katie -Scarlett MacGilliv- ray, Harley Davis, Caleb and Cor- bin MacGillivray, Travis and Starr Davis. Senior helpers were Lisa Carroll, Julie Carroll and Scott Jef- feries. A closing prayer by Jennette Walker and several piano selections and recitations ended the childrens part in the service. The passing of the Peace and the Holy Commun- ion, the blessing and recessional hymn was the ending of a beautiful service. After some Christmas carols, Santa Claus arrived at St. Patrick's to the delight of all and passed out gifts and treats to the children. Crystal Davis was presented with a gift for perfect attendance from Rev. Bm—►, - A social time followed. Cheryl Carroll provided the music for the service. Personals Mary Davis was Sunday evening dinner guest with her grandson Jef- fery Young and family. Sunday, December 15, St. Pat- rick's Holy Communion Service will be at 8:30 a.m. with Marguer- ite Greenlee reading lessons Zepha- niah 3: 14-20, Philippians 4: 4-9, Holy Gospel Luke 3: 7-18. Rosc Cunningham to be server and Mar- garet Carroll lay assistant. found a definite direction tochan- nel-eir musical energy, and are hoping to soon hear some of their work on the radio. "If you want make a living at it you have to aim for the radio," said Heywood. "But with our other group, the mainstream radio desire was strictly taboo? While in the studio they decided to go for a bigger sound, recruiting seasoned guitar picker and high school chum Chris Mittleholtz. Heywood and Mittleholtz fondly recalled their early childhood, when they spent time jamming to- gether. The two would take turns practicing at the other's home, car- rying Heywood's drums back and forth in a little red wagon. "I carried my equipment like that for a while too," said Mittleholtz. "But I had to find another mode of transportation because everytime I went over the curb the tubes fell out of my amp." Finding themselves in need of a bass player to provide some bottom end, the group asked Mittleholtz's younger brother Jeph to join in. "Really he was just the only guy we could find," teased Mittleholtz. Questioned about their name, the group echoed they were not a Stompin' Tom Connor's tribute band and the story behind their branding is rather amusing. Triebner and Murray spent some time touring as part of the Save The Rails Campaign. At the end of the program listing the acts it read, and possibly Stompin' Tom" refer- ring to the duo. For a while they joked about it and people called them Possibly Stompin'. When Mittleholtz re- turned to the band from a prior commitment, the name had been changed to Positively Stompin'. Triebner's reasoning? "We're sure now," he laughed. "But seriously, it's actually pretty descriptive of our music." They still play a bit of Stompin' Tom in their act, but don't want to be labelled as a tribute band and are gradually breaking away from his music. Things are definitely looking up for the band since their days with UIC. They now travel in a motor home in contrast to trying to sleep. seven in a van. In addition to their new demo tape, Positively Stompin appear on a compact disc entitled the Moose Compilation. The CD has just been released by Polygram records and features 16 Canadian bands. Since honing their show, they have opened for the likes of Johnny Paycheck, The Razorbacks, The Beatfarmers and will be opening for the Good Brothers in the near future. The group spent last week head- lining at Kipling's in London, and were featured as part of a benefit concert for the Thames Valley Children's Centre at Call The Of- fice. This Satuiday, they will final- ly return home for a performance at Lester's Roadhouse. 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