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Wingham Advance-Times, 1980-07-23, Page 12Thome Wipghaan Adv iaR"±f t! y• . 1 \4 00011119,14.—The few young people who managed tOrtatce it tthe Zon concert Friday evening at the. ,Wltlgham'Arena were happy with the performance as 'i GEORGE BROWN • s Gdtrfe Personal Notes Mr. and Mrs. Melville Denis spent Friday last week visiting at Mount Brydges with Mr. and Mrs. Russell Oliver and also visited other relatives in Strathroy. .They, were ac- companied by Mrs. Olive Currie who had been visiting. 'rnVoririe andwas returning *her home tAilsaa Craig. ' Mr.: and Mrs., ,Raymond Gowdy lifitt.tidal* : and Kent Strongspent a week holidaying at Cochrane and also enjoyed a trip to 1J0000, nee' . ' '"Miss ,Angela Breckles of " Kinlough spent a few days with her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Lorne Mann. Recent., guests, of Mrs. -Vernon Barlow were Mr. and Mrs. Charles Kirk,' Bruce, 'Linda and Lese of Sarnia, > Moyer and Vernon of Stratbroy,Misses Jeanie and Tammy Moyer,.. Ingersoll, 14ss• Heather Moyer, Lon- don, 41Wrence Barlow and ' :ia 'tinnily, Ethel, Wells Barlow; •Markdaler Mr. , and Mrs. ,Int . Barlow and family, Binlington, homer Barlow, Maureen and Jim of `Listowel, Mr. and Mrs. Jeff Barlow and family, Mark' dale,:: Mrs: Jack . Barlow, tughter Janie and gran dson of Hell's Caves, New York,, Mrs. Lena Speiran, lir. and Mrs. Sinclair Barlow and Bruce, Brussels, ; Myrtle Smith and .GardonCoo of Owen Sound, Brian Rini arid Miss Lynda McArthur Kamloops, British Columbia. ;Mr. and Mrs. Jack F€rguson have returned from a three-week trip to the western provinces and Vancouver Island. Visitors last week with Mr. and Mrs. Martin Scott were Martin's cousins, Walter Scott and Mrs. Scott of Black Diamond, Alberta, and Mrs. Margaret Reid, Tiverton. Miss 'Kim Pehlke of Monkton spent holidays last week with her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Taylor. Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Mundell attended the MacDonald reunion held in Teeswater on Saturday. Recent visitors at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Martin Scott were `Mr. and Mrs. John Stephens, . James, Heather and John Jr. of Ridgeville, Manitoba. Mrs. James Walker and Karen of Edmonton spent a few days with Miss Margaret Dane and on Wednesday left to return home, ac- companied by Mrs. Lorne Walker. iss Shirley Bennett of T onto is spending a couple of weeks with Chester Bennett. Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Leinmiller,, Tim and Angela of Kurtzvil1e, Ken Tem- pleman of Kitchener, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Tem- pleman, Mr. and -Mrs. Robert Templeman, Mr. and 1 Mrs. Don . Templeman and families visited Sunday with Mr. and. Mrs. Wesley Gallaway. Mrs. Edward Bolander spent the weekend with her sister, Mrs. Nellie Dredge of Palmerston, and visited her • brother, Fred Cherry, in Palinerston Hospital. Miss Wendy. Stilelgrove of Zurich is spending a week's holiday with ' Miss Tammy Dickert. Miss Sherri Van Ee, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Adrian Van Ee, RR 2,. Gorrie, is a patient in Palmerston hospital. Mr. and . Mrs. °Elmer Fairish • accompanied Mr. and Mrs. George Adams of Wroxeter and visited Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd_ Robb of Goderich onSunday. Robert. Snell of Guelph is holidaying with his grand- parents, Mr. and Mrs. Blake McMillan. they cheered and clapped sporadically. The group put on a fine production of singing, playing and stage show. Zon satisfies small, responsive crowd Although organizers ob- viously wet a disappointed with the poor turnout for the Zon concert Friday evening at the Wingham arena, those who made it to the show came away satisfied as Zon offered a lively performance of good rock'n roll. At first the small crowd wasn't sure howto,reapt to the five -man band that played . tp the audience rather. thanfor it. Despite the band's requests that listeners movecloser to the stage ;and participate by clapping .their`hands in time with the 'music, it wasn't until - thy' exploding pods flashed that the rock concert mood was felt. , The two -set performance had a large percentage ;of original material4fror the group's first' twarailhiriis and its third, which win be released in September Despite a lack of well- known hits in the program, crowd, members were pleased with the production as they grad_nally cheered and clapped at will. The band not only sang and played well but also presented a exciting .stage show. The lead . singer especially -was dynamic . as he moved around the stage With cotifrdereCe. Although Zon put on a good performance, some aspects of the crowd's behaviour were difficult, to accept as . smoke bombs were set during the show. In order to discouratge this the • group threatened to stop playing. "We can't perform . while inhaling that," complained the lead singer. Thesound system too was more than the arena could handle, but that didn't seem to bother anyone as people were huddled in front of the stage by the end Of the first set .. LOOK WHAT 1 GOTI—Paul Wheeler was pretty pleased with the giant ball of candy floss to which he was treated on the midway at the Wingham Funfeat. 4 • n, At.....1ti W-u.,gr:.,iN.d4.ntN,Jr.. J'.'VP..... .. n a L b.r-• n.af"rlyi Ib reds al ba year hundreds. flocked to Dur' primal Canadian 43 en . Banjo 'e event, whl last Friday and ,offered a wide vaarfet'y activities, in - eluding a five -category njo eompetitJlon, free five - and tenor workshops, a .beef barbeque and dance. Forty' ba jo players from Oa arjo, . Michigan, New York State and Connecticut pertMpated.in the event for tropld..and cash prizes. clespit +Saturday's intense heat, .the . Durham and Diatriet Community centre was filled 'with people waiting for the evening finals to begin, . twenty-one con- testants were selected from the orinal 40 as finalists to compete in one of the five categories: under 16 years -014, lakes, plectrum, tenor and. Gve-string. Enthusiasts whistled, howled, stomped their feet and clapped their hands to old time banjo tunes like _`Alabama. Jubilee', 'Home Sweet. -Home' and 'Swanee River'. The crowd was also treated' ., to a sprinkling of more current hits like `Fiddler On the Roof' and the theme frojn 'The Godfather'. Vince `Mountford, emcee for the evening, kept spirits high with his humorous comments and encourage- ment of a few sing -a -longs., The audience was enter- tained by male and female players of all ages and back- grounds. Jeffrey Masin from Waterford Connecticut has been playing the banjo for nine years. The 21 -year-old, who captured second place in the tenor division, resembled a professional performer as he managed to dominate the stage and generate audience par- ticipation. Jeffreyy explained he spends his time traveling around the United States, playing on street corners and river said he talent ' After :the planned .to Florida and then,i forma;.,; The Conk was hopping tbt" banjo final$ whh Up With Christo of Thunder .Bay .1 a $50 first pr zefor the And. 16 division, g1►#tieSharOU Mcleod West Hill, woln $25 for second place. For •t the second year •m a row;Sally Shortt, Oshawa, took first place in die. ladies com- petition. She was awarded $100. Jean Cleland, Pontiac, Michigan, won $50 ' forn. second, Winner of the plectrum l#; r Who won $iOo. Ja ie\ rllf401101 son. of Ptckeirlug captured first Place F tenor eaOry winning winr $200, while J . y Masin won mond'. .• tile five -s conn petition, first plane Was awarded to ` Don Me Nana {t of Toronto , , poo and' lnd.placa went to Raaney Chadburn, North Bay, .or $100. Judges for the event were Bill Stewart of London, Tim Allen and John Monahan, both Jro'm Toronto, and V,mee:Sudovsky, Rochester. 42nd Brown reunion held at Fordwich FORDWICH — The 42nd annual Brown family' reunion was held Sunday at Fordwich Park, with members later, gathering at the senior citizens hall for games and contests under the leadership of Mrs. Don Brown and Mrs. Gordon Oldfield. After a bounteous smorgasbord, a short business meeting was held. President Clayton Brown of Waterloo welcomed guests from London, Kitchener - Waterloo„ St. Jacobs, Brampton, Dundalk, Cor- betton, Hanover, Harrisfon and Gorrie. He also extended birthday greetings to several members who recently celebrated birthdays. James Brown of Sault Ste Marie, at 99 Years, is ' the oldest living member of the family. Lindsay Brown of Gorrie is 90 and Gordon BFovlin of Beamsville is 85. Ain are;brothers. Small gifts were presented to Lindsay Brawn, the oldest member attending; Mark Napier of Waterloo, the youngest; and Marjorie Nichol, Brampton, for having a birthday closest to the reunion date. Greetings were also ex- tended, to Mr. and Mrs. George Morris, Almonte, 65 years married, and Mr. and Mrs; Gordon Brown, Beams - 57 years married, Winners of various con- tests were Mrs. Gordon Oldfield, Corbetton, and Lionel Nichol, Brampton. 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