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research, a .genetic
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cancer, 1 lam second hospital was seeing the
biggestOM k disease young CF childre . Ile:
In tbeworf remembers two youngster
bast dnesday,. Kevin in. particular, .Nancy end
was, in the Goderich am, .Jason, both of whom bad
>tforming at Brookside been on oxygen singe
Sch�lal, Calbor
p ne "It made_ me-, feel
ublic.
Central School, St. Marys responsible,' a says• "Elite
Separate School and. the . there was something had to
Kinsmen Centre He was do,"
also. pivotal hi_.s album, Kevin's strong " feelings
Peaple Like You. "11 albucn .--stemmed pay . from the
was recorded a year ago fact that in comparison to
with tine financial backing of - many CF sufferers, be Is
theFor't Erie Kinsmen Club. quite well off. "I. consider
It officially went on sale... myself fortunate because I
September 1 and since that feel fine and. I'm doing a lot
time, 21,000 copies have been of things that many with CF
sold raising $200,000 for CF cant •A.lot of"them are very
research. •" It : is being • in- lumted. They have trouble
dependently distributed by welld4glet alone running."
Kinsmen and Kinette Clubs During his twoo-week stay
across Canada so:that.all the
profits will go' toward the.
Canadian ,Cystic Fibrosis
Foundation: (Raising . funds
for CF hag:.been'em national
Kinsmen project for 10 years
and they are now paying all
of Kevin's promotional
expenses.)
Russ Little, one ' of
Canada's , foremost musical
directors, produced the,
album -' waiving his usual
37,000. • to $8,000 fee ; and
arranged for free studio.tune
worth nearly $9,000. He also
convinced a recording
engineer to contribute his
skills to the project.
Kevin has written and
performs all the songs on the
album. himself. He first
became interested in singing
at 'the age of seven when a
teacher entered him in a
school.' singing. event and he
won . for his grade. He took
voice lessons from age nine
to twelve. At age 13 he
received a guitar for
Christmas and.also wrote his
first song. He made his first
95 record that year too with
the Mercy Brothers singing
background.
The idea to record a CF
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in ,hospital, Kevin, became
good friends with.. 3ason.
After Keviin recovered, -he
returned to Sick Children's
to visit the `:seven. year-old.
But when he got. t° Jason's
room, he . wasn't 'there. So
Kevin askeda nurse about
his little friefdonlyto be told
the startling news:; Jason
was dead, a victimof CF.
It wasn't '" long after that
Kevin contacted Art Frewin,
a life member of the Kin-
smen Club of Stoney Creek
and now his. manager, and
the two of them came up with
the idea of an album (Art
and Kevin had met three
years earlier at a District 1
fall council where Kevin
sang. Since, thew -Kevin had
stayed overnight at the
Frewin house many times
while performing at the
.Kinsmen Club of Stoney
Creek's high school dance-a-
thons to aid CF "research.)
Once having conceived the
idea about the alb
and Art went to,a tog
the "Bins n Cl of Fort
Erie. Art exp • fined to the
members that, they wanted
to record an album for CF
and Kevin then salig three of
album came to Kevin in a his songs for them: kThe Fort
round about way. A few Erie Kinsmen asked Kevin
years ago, he was in the CF and Art to leave the room
unit at Toronto's Sick .. while they discussed the idea
Children's Hospital with and minutes later called
pneumonia, a a life- them backinto the room and
threatening -condition for a told them they. .would give
CF sufferer. He had to stay them $10,000..
in hospital for two weeks . Kevin says his goal is to
hooked up to an IV while raise enough money to cover
receiving medication. While all areas of CF research.
it was a depressing time • While . it is known to bye
personally for Kevin, one of caused by a genetic disorder,
the things that upset him the gene cannot yet • be
most about being in the identified. Ocie inveery, 2Q
ighteen-year-old Kevin Denbok of Collingwood was in the
Goderich area last Wednesday performing and promoting
his album, People Like You. The album, which went on sale
September -1, has sold 21,000 copies and raised $200,000 for
persons is a carrier of the
defective gene and if two
such persons marry, there is
a one in four chance they will
have a CF child.
Kevin says funds have
been slow in coming in for
CF research because CF is a
silent killer°. -
"We" lead a basically
normal life. CF isn't
something you can actually
see. It's a breathing disorder
that causes a mucus build-
cystic fibrosis research. Here, he sings to some of the
students at St. Marys Separate School. (Photo by Joanne
Buchanan) mw
up.. As you get older, it starts
to slow you down. It's a silent
killer. The life expectancy of
a CF child is 21," he ex-
plains.
xplains.
It's true. Except for the
occasional cough, Kevin
lookslike any other perfectly
healthy • 18 -year-old. Going
from town to. town, .per-
forming and promoting his
album, is tiring but he says
the response onse has been great.
He has appeared: on That's
'M $
Life, Kids' World, What's
New and Thrill of a Lifetime.
He has been interviewed by
various newspapers, radio
and t.v. stations. He has
given a concert for the
Governor-General of Canada
and has sung with Andy Gibb
in Toronto. He has plans to
by on the Alan Thicke Show
d' also the Tonight Show
(backed by Joan Rivers, the
celebrity chairperson for CF
in the United . States.) " In
February he will begin atm
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of Western. Canada.
People Like You is
available , in cassette or
album , for $8.99 from any
Kinsman or Kinette. On
January 22, the Dungannon
Kinsmen and Kinettes will
hold a sno-pitch and on
February 13 they will hold a
bowl -for -breath. Also on
February 13, the Goderich
Kinsmen will hold a ski-a-
thon. All proceeds from
these, events will go toward
CF research ,y
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