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\\ illia threatens Hank in T.(;.l.h,
Good show by Chilliwack
By Janet Tench
After spending two years in the studio Bill
Henderson and Chilliwack are on their Tub
and Club tour, Chilliwack (John Roles -
guitar, Robbi Ray. - keyboard, Brian
Newcombe - bass, Jerry Adolphe - drums,
and Claire Lawrence - saxaphone) with Ron
/Oland Brent Pasdermic on sound and lights
WV respectively, monitored by Carey Conrad,,
put on a good show for the small crowd at
Bumpers in London. The crowd, however,
was jubilant, cheering loudly for such
favorites as "Don't Stop", "Fly By Night",
"Watcha Gonna Do (When I'm Gone)" and
"My Girl'. From their 10 p.m. start • until
their 12:30 finish the band didn't slow down.
Bill Henderson, with eyes' agleam and foot
a -tapping presented a boyish grin
throughout. He was glad to be there. But
why?
' I sat down to figure out. what I was going
to do with my life. I couldn't do coliseums - I
had only toured once in five years. I wanted
to get back the connection with • people.
Songs have to come from someplace. They
are what you feel. Being with people spurs
them out of your.."
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The glistening water gushed rapidly ovE..
the jagged rocks. The constant flowing of
the cool aqua -blue liquid spilled over the
rocky falls. The ripples in the water rolled
reluctantly from side to side as they
descended into the vibrant sunset. -by Tam-
my Dowell, Gr. 8 Clinton Public School.
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Since the Tub and Club tour which begah
in December of 1984, Bill Henderson has
written several songs. As one can hear in
Look In Look Out, Chilliwack's last album,
the band is experimenting with different
rhythms.
"We'll be doing more ,of that. We'll get
more diverse."
As is obvious in concert, Bill Henderson, is
a talented guitarist - moving from blues to
hard -edged rock in one song. What first' got
him interested in rock'?
"Elvis. I never saw him when.I was a kid,
but I heard the records. "Hound .Dog" and
"Heartbreak Hotel" were really exciting,•It
really turned me on. And my parents sup-
ported me."
Since that time Bill„ Henderson has seen
the top'of Canadian charts and the
bankruptcy of Solid Gold Records, who put
out his last album. But he isn't Worried. '
"It would have been difficult if I'd madeit
right from .the start. It's not easy going
down. Everyone is , insecure. When you're
big, ALL you get are pats on the back. But
I've had enough .ups ,and downs to see both
sides of it. I calculate what needs to be done
and do it.”
OPEN HOUSE
for John and Nellie
Van Rlinhuys
50"
WEDDING ANNIVERSARY
Sunday, April 28, 1985
at the home of
Martin and Beverley
Va1;1Ninhuys
4P -9 PM
"Best Wishes Only Please"
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C'LINTON NEWS -RECORD, WEDN,I SII AV, A !R1I.24,19> Page 31
J3attered dreams a play theme
By James Friel
BLYTH - The battered dreams of lost '60s
souls in the cool and pragmatic '80s is one of
the targets of T.G.I.F., a Theatre Circle pro-
duction presented April 18, 19, 20 at the
Blyth Memorial Hall.
The play also takes pot shots at marriage,
work, sex, family, anything it can set its
sights on, and the audience at the April 18
opening show enjoyed the resulting
ricochets. It's also unabashedly idealistic.
The play is set at Hank's Bar and Grill, a
comfortable place for the locals to slide
under their tables while listening to country
music and submitting the waitresses to a lit-
tle slap and tickle.
Not surprisingly, Mandy, the attractive
young waitress played by Robyn Sheppard,
has plans to get out of Hank's place to pur-
sue her dream of being a singer. During the
six months she's worked for Hank, harass-
ing him for a Friday night chance to show
Euchre party
By Isabel Scott
I3RUCEFIELD - The Oddfellows Euchre
Party was well attended on Friday evening.
The winners were Beatrice Welsh, ladies'
high; Gladys Alexander, lone hands and
Ruth Jenkins, low. Men's high was Barbara
Moffat; lone, Art Alexander and low Harold
Soleman. Lucky draw winners were Bob
Welsh and Elmer Trick. The next euchre
party will be on May 3.
Personals
Mr. and Mrs. Bill Pepper have returned
after spending the winter months in Florida.
Wesley Ham, Huntsville spent the week
with his mother Mrs. Alice Ham.
Mr. and Mrs. Peter McLaughlin, Toronto,
visited April 19 with Mr.' and Mrs. Ross
Scott.
Mr. and Mrs. Bob Dalrymple have return-
ed after spending the winter months at Ar-
cadia, Florida. Visiting on the weekend
were Rob and Bonnie Marshall and family,
of Nottawa.
Grace McBride was able to be home from
the hospital.
Happy 25th Anniversary
Mom and Dad
Love Scott
her singing skills and he reneging on pro-
mises almost as soon as they're made, the
two have developed a mutually antagonistic
relationship, lovingly tended.
Anthony Schatsky's rendition of the
perpetually frenzied Hank is the perfect foil
for the girl who had everything but broke
away because she is sure there is something
more.
Hank was a teacher until' three very long
years ago. Mary Lou, waitress and Hank's
right han.1 at the bar, was married to a man
intent on chasing dreams. That man went
into partnership with Hank and they bought
the bar.
It made perfect sense to Hank - if the kids
he taught drove him crazy in five hours,
then there must be a pile of money in selling.
booze to the parents tortured by the little
monsters the other 19 hours.
Hank's dream of success, of being a
somebody, was washed out, when Mary
Lou's husband disappeared with $8,000 im-
perative to the tavern's operations. Since
that time only Hank's financial acrobatics
have kept the place going.
Acting as mediator between the idealistic
young woman and the crusty shelled old sof-
ty is Mary Lou. Her dreams are reactivated
with the return of husband Ed, high school
sweetheart and deserter.
Mary Lou is weary but still nursing the
idea that things will somehow work out.
Things• could be worse is her philosophy as
she constantly deals with an interfering
mother and suddenly has her emotional
stability ravaged by Eddie's return from
two years with a blond bimbo.
Mary Lou is played with just the right
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amount of laid back humor and deep seated
worry by Barbara Muller, an actress whose
film credits include The Millionaires. Im-
proper Channels and The Kidnapping of the
President.
The fourth character is Willie T. Nashville
(the "T" stands for Texas), played by Ian
MacDonald, a country singer whose one hit
sold 12 copies and plays on CKNX. Mr. Mac-
donald also wrote all the songs for T.G.I.F..
Willie manages to stir things up in the bar
with his head shaking,"Well howz about
that" sense of humor which periodically
borders on the bizarre. Pie's also present
while other crises come to a head, notably
Ed's return and Mandy knocking out Hank's
bank manager with her plastic serving tray
in retaliation for being groped, which -on-
vinces Hank he has finally run out of luck.
He directly influences Mandy's dream of
singing and his presence works in tandem
with the penitent Ed's return as a catalyst
for the dream sequences.
The set is abstract in that the more con-
ventional three walled room used by
Theatre Circle in its first production is in-
stead a series of dividers. This allows for
greater flexibility for the performance of
the dream sequences, the interruption of the
characters' dreary reality with the perfec-
tion of their wishes.
The play itself is uneven. The audience
laughed through much of the presentation
but some of the jokes receiving a careful
build up fell short of their promise.
This season Theatre Circle seemed to be
experiencing some of the growing pains in-
volved in realizing the ambitious
parameters the group set for itself.
I HAPPY 16th BIRTHDAY
NANCY
Who has never been
kissed by a human being.
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