B14 Terrace Review — Wednesday, July 3, 1991

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~ A FAMILY BAND? Christine Inkster a

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nd sons James, Kyle and Drew often get together for a sing-

"gong, All the children (Chrystal was at school) enjoy singing, particularly into mum’s microphone

This is the first in a series of col- |

umns provided to the Terrace
Review newspaper by members of
the Happy Gang News team.

The Happy Gang Centre is the
name of the building which houses
the activity centre founded by
Branch 73 B.C. Old Age Pension-
ers’ organization. This project
started in 1978 with a committee
of interested members being
formed. Through the co-operation
and determination of Branch 73
members, and the support of the
entire community, the Centre was
completed and officially opened
September 13, 1980.

Fitness Week saw 33 seniors
hike at the Japanese Gardens at
Northern Light Studio and down

the hill from the cemetery to
Aileen Frank’s for strawberry
shortcake with cream and ice
cream.

Mabel Hobenshield and Fred
Berghauser won the Zone play-offs
in cribbage in the Zone 10 play-
offs and will go to the B.C. Senior
Games in September.

As a result of the Terrace carpet
bowling play-offs, Mary Ann
Dilley will replace Alice Troelstra
as zone representative in the zone
play-offs.

The quilting group has been busy
this past month and will soon have
a Queen size quilt ready. Bids on
the sale will be taken when it is
completed.

Assistance is needed for Court

Watch. This program is designed
to see that young people are
informed and aware of their rights
in court. Lou Gair, Bev Greening
and Aileen Frank are co-ordinating
this worthwhile voluntarism. —

The kitchen ladies at the Happy
Gang Centre would be glad to
accept a little extra help during the
summer months. Don’t be shy...
volunteer. Lunch is served to
members, as well as the general
public from 11:45 a.m. - 1 p.m.
Monday through Friday; Pancake
Breakfasts on the first Saturday of
every month, and a number of
other activities. Membership is
available to anyone over the age of
19. Join today.

FURLONG BAY’S INTERPRETIVE PROGRAM began last weekend with a lecture by Norm Perry
of the Ministry of Forests on Old Growth Forests. Here, he and Parks interpreter Maureen Atkinson
talk with tourist Detlef Bolz from Lubeck, Germany. Bolz was on a one-month vacation in Canada
and commented on his visit to date, "Canada —- my feelings are nagative and positive. Everything
is much more here, everything is greater here. You can breath free, feel the forest, feel nature.
Everything Is so spread out, So much space ts just wasted. That's the negative. But it’s very
beautiful here in Canada and the forests are enormous."

by Betty Barton

Christine Inkster is the mother of
four, a wife, a Brownie leader, into
soccer and Karaoke, and a regional
contestant in ihe recent Bud Coun-
try Talent Search. _

Christine first sang on stage last
November when Jackie Munson
asked her to lead a Karaoke night
in George’s Pub at the Northern
Motor Inn. She’s been doing it two
evenings a week ever since. Before
that, she says she’d only sung for
family and friends and at barbe-
cues. Christine, always vivacious
and outgoing, says, "At Karaoke,
you just get everybody going. I
sing at the beginning and encout-
age others to join in."

At the Regional finals of the Bud
Country Talent Search in Kelowna,
Christine was honoured when the
president of the B.C. Music Asso-
ciation congratulated her for "get-
ting the crowd going the most."
Christine didn’t go on to the Pro-
vincials, but she did well and
enjoyed the opportunity to see
others perform. She says every-
body was so nice, the back-up
band was very professional and "I
was so excited I made it that far,"
she says enthusiastically.

She found such a different crowd
to perform to in Kelowna, in a
very different venue, "It was all
very prim and proper in a theatre."
She laughs when she recalls an
initial thought on stage, "J know
you're out there. I can hear you
breathing." She says she was so

nervous, “I had to keep peeling my
tongue off the roof of my mouth!"
Christine sang one of Myra Trel-
enberg’s original songs at the
Regionals, It was called Just One
More Time and it inspired her to

Who is.. ee “ ie eee
Christine Inkster?

sing her heart out. She's already
written two songs herscif in the
last couple of months, one about
her daughter Chrystal, age 8. "I do
it at night after the kids have gone
to bed," explains Christine, "Tm

_always shaking apple cores and

crayons out of my guitar."
Christine says that she does it just
for the enjoyment, not for competi-
tion and playing the guitar calms
her down.

Christine started her musical
career with a set of drums in a
band in Telegraph Creek. Then
when she was 16, her mother
bought her a guitar. She generally
sings country; some Tracy Chap-
man, the Eagles and she particular-
ly enjoys ‘jams’. Her mother,
brother and Jackie went to the
Regionals to see Christine perform,
"My mum’s got me one foot in
Nashville. I just try to do my best.
I'd love to do an original video for
BCTV through Skeena Broad-
casters — Inside Track."

Christine would also like to start
an all-woman band here in Ter-
race. Or, perhaps she and her
children will form a band when
they get older. Her son, James, age
5, knows the whole John Foggerty
tape and while this interview was
being done, James, Kyle (3), Drew
(2) and Christine sang from the
album. |

Greg would prefer a whole
hockey team to a band. Christine
teases, "He doesn’t even sing in
the shower." Still, he goes to gar-
age sales and buys old musical
instruments and encourages the
children to sing and play. They
enjoy singing into a microphone
system that Christine has at home.

Congratulations, Christine, on a

good showing at the Regionals,

R.E.M. Lee Hospital
Foundation,

4720 Haugland Ave.
Terrace, B.C, V8G 2W7

A thoughtful way to remember is with an In Memoriam
gift to the R.E.M. Lee Hospital Foundation. Donations are
gratefully accepted at the above address. Please include
the name of the deceased, your name and address, as well
as the name and address of the next-of-kin for an
acknowledgement card. Income tax receipts are available.

Sing your way
to the top of the charts

Come out to Karaoke Night and sing along
a the lyrics as they appear on video.

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Sundays 8 - 12 midnight & Thursdays 9 p.m. - 1:00 a.m
Join the chorus at George’s Pub!
Northern Motor Inn, 3086 Hwy 16 E.,

Terrace phone 635-6375

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