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Home My WebLink AboutTimes Advocate, 1995-03-29, Page 11Residents receive manicures ZURICH - "Brigadoon" starring Gene Kelly, Van Johnston and Cyd' Charisse was the Monday afternoon movie of the week at Blue Water Rest Home. Rev. Gani Lazaro, Zu- rich United Church held Bible Study in the chapel on Tuesday af- ternoon. Tuesday evening the Christian Reformed Church, Exeter enter- tained the residents with hymn singing under the leadership of Pe- ter Visscher. Joyce Pepper was pia- nist, Annie Zandbergen read "What is Life" and Willie Visscher read "Sweet Certainty of Spring." The Dutch selection of the evening was "Pryst Den Lueer Met Blyde Gal - men" or for us Anglo-Saxons "Praise God with all Your Soul." Loreen Devine, Tenant BWRH Apartments, Bonnie Keller, RNA and Kim Geoffrey, NA served cookies and refreshments to the res- idents and their guests. St. Peter's Roman Catholic Church, St. Joseph were hosts of the March Birthday Party at the Home on Wednesday evening. Har- riet Vandeburgt was chairperson, Dianne Miller played guitar for the girls' choir. Danielle Durand, • Christy Miller, Mary Lou De- nomme, Jessica Jeffrey and Shelley Brandon each played piano solos. Natalie Vandeburgt recited "The Owl and the Pussycat" and Chrissy and Michelle Miller and Shelley Brandon sang "A Dream is a Heart Beat When You're Fast Asleep" Harriet and Dianne also sang "When Irish Eyes are Smiling" and "Till We Meet Again." Of the 65 residents at the Home, nine were celebrating their birth- days this month - Edith Smith, Es- ther Makins, Catherine Riehl, Leo- nard Erb, Mae Bulak, Elizabeth Gingerich, Eleanor Brown, Rose Denomme and Rose Merner. The church group brought cup cakes and Harriet, Dianne, Mary Du - charm, Patty LaPorte and Mary Ellen Fickling helped serve the res- idents and their church members. Brian Nichol, Student Minister assisting Dr. Rick Horst, Interim Minister.at, gaven/Carmel Presby- terikn Church?Exeter/Hensall con- ducted Thursd y 'afternoon Chapel Service. Fr. Matthias Wronski, St. Boniface Church, Zurich celebrated Mass. Friday afternoon women from Big V Drug Store visited the Home to make many residents feel special and beautiful for spring. Those re- ceiving free manicures were Esme Rigler, Alice Knowles, Esther Ma- kins, Ruby Fulcher, Edith Smith, Edna Johnston, Ellen McGonigal, Beatrice Eagleson, Annie Martin, Muriel Carson and Henricus (Har- ry) Maas. Leslie Haddon and Amy Relouw from Big V gave each resi- dent their tender loving care. Sunday afternoon the Goderich Harboraires visited the Home to en- tertain under the direction of Paul Howe and Peg Haslett as pianist. In Business for Youself? 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Jos Bervoets, the proprietor of Four Seasons Jewellery Design, has recently returned from Nashville where he recorded three singles. Bervoets has been involved with music since he was four years old, growing up in Holland. His sib- lings were performing long before their younger brother was dis- covered by an agent who couldn't help but hear the small child strum- ming madly in his room on his uku- lele. "I was always sent out of the room when the promoters would come to our house and 1 would be sitting in my bedroom playing my ukulele like crazy. At one point in time I was discovered." After he came to Canada in 1972, Bervoets formed a band in London which played popular rock music of the era. He was the vocalist of the group which covered songs by groups like Bad Company, ZZ Top, Pink Floyd and Yes. When Bervoets met his wife Tin- ka and they had two children, he slowed down his performing career to focus on jewellery design. He musician travels to Nashville continued to play in folk groups but his lifestyle had changed dramat- ically. A marriage encounter week- end two years ago, inspired Ber- voets to write music again. "I haven't stopped since," he said. The three songs he recorded in Nashville with the help of a friend in the business are Tell Me Why, / Need You and Hey You. Bervoets hopes the (jotter will be the one which will r very big. • "I hope to have a CD ready to go within the next year," he said. He describes his style as classic rock, with country and folk over- tones. Influences in Bervoets' early career include bands like Muddy Waters and the James Cotton Blues Band. In fact, he learned how to play the blues harp from James Cotton who later gave him his col- lection of harmonicas. Bervoets wants to make a differ- ence to the upcoming generation. He is now very careful with the lyr- ics he writes. Once a CD made, he hopes to re- lease in Europe and Canada. Closer to home, Bervoets has organized a group of local talent including Jim- my -Lee Fuller, a guitarist who lives in Exeter. "He is just an incredible musician, " said Bervoets. His personal beliefs are similar to Fuller's which comes across in the work. "I don't want to bring any neg- ativity within my work. I want it all to be positive. Positive mental attitude is what's going to give us results," he said. He hopes they can do workshops at the high school and the public school to let students see what can be done. Creativity and positive thinking drive the music Bervoets makes. The process of writing again has helped him to grow as a person and become stronger. "By writing down the, things 1 believe in, 1 pretty well have to live them or else I am just a hypo- crite." He is also demonstrating by ex- ample to his own children what can be accomplished. 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