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Don't miss Frank Milis in con-

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on Saturday, March 14 at 8
pm

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TERRACE — Are you a
singer, dancer, musician,
actor. or someone interest-
ed in the technical aspect
of stagecraft, @.g. sets,

props, etc?..
‘We need you to help de-
velop:a floor-show for the -

Terrace Diamond Jubilee
costume ball on May 2.

Terrace’s new,

t-

in Terrace

TERRACE — Frank Mills
will be in concert at the

- R.E.M. Lee Theatre on

Saturday, March 14 at 8
p.m. Tickets are available
at Carter’s Jewellers, Ter-
race,

Poet, composer and

‘ musician, Frank Mills has

an undeniable talent and

ostume |
floor show

ay 2

Please attend our meet-- |
ing on March 11, 1987 at: §
7:30 p.m,. in the Terrace: -
Little‘ Theatre building on
‘Kalum Street.-

_ See you then.

‘For further’ info. calt
Marilyn Kerr 635-5333 or
Merry Hallior 635-9717,

art group >
shares ideas

TERRACE — On
Wednesday evening,
March 25 the first get-
together of the ‘‘Art
Group” was held in the
Emily Carr Studio at Nor-
thwest Community Col-
lege (NWCC).

The group was gather- ©

ing in order to meet other
artists and share ideas and
creativity,

Some future plans are
to paint or draw together
with perhaps a model or
on-site painting when the
weather permits. Artists
expressed a need for an
ongoing place to gather
and paint or draw once a

week.

There is no criterea for

‘being a member, only a

desire to paint or draw.
Some artists were begin-

-hers and others had

painted for years. Anne-

: Marie Nehring, the artist

who. conducted the Ex-
ploration in Light Work-
shop at NWCC this past
weekend attended and
shared an idea or two with
the other artists who came
on Wednesday evening.
Everyone enjoyed sharing
some of their experiences
and look forward to the
next meeting. oo.

New artists, whether
very experienced or begin-
ners, are welcome to. join
in, either on a regular or
an occasional basis, The
“Art Group” will be
meeting regularly on

| Wednesdays at 7:30 p.m.

at the Emily Carr Studio

at NWCC, For more:

information, call Terrace
Parks and Recreation.

_ attempt was ‘Love™ Me,

an appeal: which spans
generations and strikes a

common chord: with all.
. Musical preferences.

- Born in Montreal, he
studied music at McGill
University making. his
public debut as a pianist
with the whispery group,

The Bells. They earned .

hits with ‘Stay Awhile”
and: “Fly -Little White
Dove Fly’’. His first solo

Love me Love”, a self-
penned vocal composition
which also achieved. chart

positions in North Ameri-.

can markets. : .
.“Music Box Dancer’?

released in 1978 propelled _
international

Mills into ir
success; he was able to
penetrate. and dominate

. the charts at a time when
radio was’ saturated with _
disco and rock. The piece

became a hit in 26 coun-
tries and garnered a rare
award given by Broadcast

- Music Inc., to mark one
million logged perform. .

Talented poet, com poser
and musician to

ances of.
Dancer’? in the United

_ States.. This achievement
means the piece has been .

performed on radio in.the
United States for at least
50,000 hours of broadcast
timet

Mills. has received a
Grammy nomination and

chas been a three time Juno

Award winner. In 1979 he .

was Instrumentalist of the

Year and. Composer of the

Year for ‘‘Peter Piper’’,
and in 1980, he again won
Instrumentalist of the
Year and was awarded the

Terrace’s 60th anniversary celebration will surely fitl this year’s social calendar with plenty of
activities that are geared to keeping the city's spirit allve for another 60 years. The recent open-
ing night event, which took place in late January, will ba followed up by a huge costume ball.

which will take place in May.

Sounds of success

The Mothballs, well known in Terrace for their old “swing music”, entertained at the fourth an-
nual Senior Citizens’ Sweetheart Dinner and Dances. The event, a successful one, was spon-
sored by the Kinette Club of Terrace. °

Photo by Daniele Berquist.

perfor

“Music Box.

Performing. Rights Organ: .
_ ization of Canada’s (PRO
Canada) - highest. honor,

“The -William Harold

Moon Award” in recogni-
‘tion of his musical crea-

tions. On his first tour of
Japan in 1980, he was
awarded that country’s In-
ternational Artist of the
Year (1979) Award,. as

_ well as a plaque signifying
‘massive sales of the ‘‘Poet

& I album. Also to his
credit, both the single and
album, ‘‘Music Box
Dancer’’, are certified
gold in the U.S. (1 million
copies), three platinum

and six gold albums in.

Canada.

: Mills owns and oversees
his own music publishing
company, a production:

company, and is co-owner .

of Music Box: Dancer.
Publications Ltd. The
sales of the sheet music to
*‘Music Box - Dancer’?

alone are well over.
2,000,000 copies, and. it.
continues to be a best.

seller, A prolific writer, he. -

has done eight albums of -
original material. Feelings. < ....-
and emotions motivate |

Frank’s music and. the

secret of his. success -is’
deceptively simple — he

likes people. The adula-
tion he receives: is well
deserved and results from
the drive and determina-
tion that comes from pur-
suing something he firmly

believes in — middle of

the road music. He has
come to terms with him-
self as an artist, his- style
has progressed to a
sophisticated level of com-
position, but he has not
lost touch with the basic
sound that is the root of
his popularity.

The crowning of the new King and Quesn of Hearts took place
during the recent Sweetheart Dinner and Dance sponsored by
the Kinette Club of Terrace. The new Queen for 1987 is the
lovely Aurore Schuimelster and the new King is her huaband
Jos, Gifts from various merchants were donated to the Royal

couple.

Photo by Canlele Berquist.

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