24 Terrace Review — Wednesday, July 13, 1988

On tour

Legendary
stars come
back to
rock local
fans with
memories

It’s been a year since 1,200
Terrace residents jammed the
arena to hear and see the
Legends of Rock ’n’ Roll, a year
of memories waiting to be
refreshed. And thanks to the
Terrace Northmen Rugby Club,
those memories were relived
when the Legends returned last
Friday to give everyone a fresh
injection of nostalgia. The lights
dimmed, time was rolled back,
and fading memories of
‘‘middle-aged teenagers’? were
revived as superstars like Bobby
Curtola, The Platters, Buddy
Knox and The Coasters sang
their million-seller hits from the
fifties.

by Tod Strachan

Bobby Curtola, Canada’s

- “Mr. Personality’’, opened the
show singing hits that instantly
brought the audience to their
feet, hits like “‘Fortune Teller’,
“Walkin’ With My Angel’’ and
“Wildwood Days” that bring
back memories of a simpler, less
complicated time. A time which
Curtola says created music that
was just ‘‘fun’’ to listen and
dance to — music that didn’t try
to analyze the social conscience
of the day. Music, according to
Curtola that will “live forever’.

And this feeling of ‘‘fun’’ was
demonstrated over and over
again as the audience swooned
to the magic of the Platters, who
sang immortal classics like ‘The
Great Pretender’’, clapped and
cheered when Buddy Knox pick-
ed up the rhythm with hits like
‘‘Party Doll’? and ‘‘Hula
Love’’, and rocked with
youthful freedom to The
Coasters favorites, ‘‘Charlie
Brown’? and ‘‘Yakety Yak”’.

Knox says that this pure and
simple fun was lost in the mid-
sixties when drugs invaded much
of the music industry and musi-
cians tried to change the world.
Music became serious in a
political sense and morals were
cast to the wind. But the fun is
back, says Knox, rock ’n’ roll is
back to stay and today’s youth is
beginning to feel the experience
of pure and simple fun.

The Legends of Rock ’n’ Roll
began as a cabaret-style show at
Expo 86 when 43 superstars
from the 1950’s joined forces to
entertain over 60,000 fans. Dur-
ing the show, a poll was taken to
determine the top four favorites
of 35 of the best acts, and pro-
moter Les Vogt then put
together a 1987 tour of 35
western Canadian cities. The
success of that tour encouraged
Vogt to repeat the circuit in
1988, and if the Terrace
response is any indication of the
popularity of the tour he may do
it again in 1989.

Just before leaving town last weekend, a fe
Ryan and Gord Shaben (a
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took the time to thank Jim
o made the Terrace Bandshell a reality.
d were pleased to hear it had been com-

Low tide for Friendship Society funding | a

Attendance has dropped
drastically at the Kermode
Friendship Society Bingo, which
the board fears will mean Socie-
ty donations and activities will
suffer.

Normally Kermode donates
$1,500 to the Salvation Army
Hamper Fund; this past year
that was reduced to $200. The
board would like to donate
$1,800 to the Elders’ trip coming

Penalties
set by
province

TERRACE City resident
Donald Sabourin of 4703 Scott
Ave. paid his taxes a day and a
half late this year and was levied
-a $135 fine by the city. Now he
would like to know why such a
stiff penalty would be levied for
such a short period of time.

“T am at a loss to understand
what this penalty is supposed to
cover,’? writes Sabourin. ‘‘I
have lived at this address for
four years, and have had my
taxes increased every year. The
city, however, has not done the
slightest work to improve the
area or services. No culverts, no
weed-trimming, no ditch clean-
ing, and potholes big enough to
lose bicycles in.”

“The only clearing of weeds
and brush in the ditches was
done by my 74-year-old
neighbor who borrowed a trim-
mer from City Works — and
had to repair it before it could be
used, Like any other consumer,
or property owner, I object to
paying for goods and/or services
not received.”

Even after his complaints
however, Sabourin will still have
to pay. Council has referred the
matter to the city treasurer and
asked that he explain to
Sabourin that a 10 percent fine
for late payment of taxes is a
provincial regulation and must
be paid. No motion was made
regarding his complaints of city
maintenance.

up in August, but don’t know if
they will be able to do so. ‘‘Top-
ping up’’ the Challenge 88
minimum wage salary of the
summer day camp supervisor to
$6 an hour was another financial
goal Kermode won't be able to
accomplish.

Children’s activities including

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the summer day camp and Cubs
also benefited from funds raised
through the Tuesday nig.t
bingos.

Also at the Friendship Socie-
ty, the recent Annual General
Meeting saw the election of
several new board members.
They are: Vera Henry, vice

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} Teena Marchand, Jeff Martin, Julie Krause,
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f Northern Drugs in Terrace.

all were local high school students.

e have been working dou-
plete their senior year of studies; then, on
hool, to learn the special responsibilities
and rewards of being employed in a regular job.

~ Now, with school behind them and the rest of their life before
them, we'd like to say “Congratulations,
gradst And thanks for a job well done.”

Our people make us better

president; Sadie Parnell,
secretary; and volunteer board
‘members Bob Jackman, Ter-
rance Armstrong, Valerie
Burgess and Tom Brophy.
Former and returning board
members are Greg McQuarrie,
treasurer Sarah Bevan and presi-
dent Jackie Penner.

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