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Townships week #1 thEf mam Friday, January 8 The Lines mm .j> z, ^, m .: ?'.w*: * : 2—TOWNSHIPS WEEK—THE RECORD—FRIDAY, JANUARY 8, 1982 Opry stars make move to Hollywood silver screen Country music , ^ By DAVE Ak ntVAULHOLLAND More and more country artists are making the transition from the radio stage of the Grand Ole Opry to the sound stage of a Hollywood movie set.The wider acceptance of country music has made artists such as Willie Nelson and Dolly Parton big draws at the theatre box office.Mel Tillis has cast himself upon the silver screen in W.W.and the Dixie Dance Kings, where he played good ole boy number two, and in The Cannonball Run, where he played a stock car driver.But Mel says those appearances were just warm-ups for his next movie, The Texans, which will be shot this summer.“It’s a modern western,” he says, play the sidekick to the head honcho.My movie appearances so far have been mostly cameo roles, but this time I get to do some real acting.” The 49-year-old singer-songwriter says working 250 days a year on the road (“which is total insanity”), means he hasn’t remained on the set for an entire movie.For The Texans, whose other stars have yet to be named, he’ll set aside time to complete the shooting schedule.However, Mel has no intention of abandoning his personal appearances.“It’s hard to turn down a show,” he says, “Because I can remember when I wasn’t invited to play those towns.” He’s invited these days, to the tune of between $17,000 and $20,000 a night.+ + + Carroll Baker has North America covered.Brand New Tears For An Old Heartache is her current single in Canada, while Ain’t Nothing Like a Rainy Night has been released in the U.S.But Carroll’s U.S.record company, Excelsior, is up for sale and her manager, Don Grashey, says if the label isn’t settled by the end of January “we’ll go somewhere else”.George Hamilton IV takes seriously his well-earned title as International Ambassador of Country Music.Not long ago the 44-year-old singer travelled more than 4,000 miles to give one performance, when he guested on the first International Festival of Country and Eastern Music in Budapest, Hungary.George flew from his home in Charlotte, North Carolina, to Budapest and made the return flight the following day.Playing in a communist country is nothing new to him.Years ago George performed in Prague and Moscow.+ + + Album of the Week: Sneezy Waters Sings Hank Williams; Sneezy Waters; Sawdust Records; SW-6.This album is not the soundtrack of the stage play or the film of Hank Williams: The Show He Never Gave.Nor is it Sneezy Waters impersonating Hank Williams’s voice.This is Waters interpreting 10 of Williams’ songs.His flat-out, country-blues tenor captures the stark-naked, emotional impact of Williams’ vulnerable character.Whether it’s a good time honky tonker or a lonely lament, Waters remains true to Williams’ spirit, but gives the songs new life by adapting them to his straight-ahead style.As in the stage production of The Show He Never Gave, Waters has an uncanny empathy with Williams’s temperament.Virtually all country artists have sung the music of Hank Williams.Some doit extremely well, but I have yet to hear a singer capture Williams’s roller coaster, emotional makeup, from euphoria to manic depression, as well as Sneezy Waters does.Sneezy Waters ’ latest album is unlike his Hank Williams show ?D y Music Chart LAST WEEKS NO.TITLE ARTIST WEEK ON 1.Young Turks Rod Stewart 1 10 2.Waiting For A Girl Like You Foreigner 3 11 3.Physical Olivia Newton-John 2 12 4.Trouble Lindsay Buckingham 5 8 5.Harden My Heart Quarterflash 6 9 6.Let’s Groove Earth Wind & Fire 8 9 7.Why Do Fools Fall In Love Diana Ross 4 10 8.Take My Heart Kool & the Gang 10 8 9.Leather And Lace Stevie Nicks 11 8 10.Turn Your Love Around George Benson 12 6 11.Don’t Stop Believin’ Journey 9 9 12.J'Aurais Toujours Faim De Toi Police 15 7 13.I Can’t Go For That Hall 8.Oates 16 5 14.Desire Ronnie Griffith 7 11 15.Under Pressure Queen 8.Bowie 18 7 16.Our Lips Are Sealed Go Go’s 14 6 17.Someone Could Lose A Heart Eddie Rabbitt 19 6 18.Cornin’In 8.Out Barbra Streisand 20 5 19.Working For The Weekend Loverboy 21 6 20.Centrefold J.Geils Band 23 6 21.Shake It Up Cars 25 4 22.Heart Like A Wheel Steve Miller 13 9 23.Cool Night Paul Davis 26 4 24.Oh No Commodores 17 12 25.Yesterday’s Songs Neil Diamond 28 4 26.Waiting On A Friend Rolling Stones 29 4 27.Every Little Thing She Does Police 22 16 28.Titles Vangelis 33 3 29.In The Mood Medley Ballroom Orchestra 31 3 30.Let Me Love You Once Greg Lake 36 3 31.Wind Him Up Saga 34 3 32.Come Go With Me Beach Boys 35 3 33.Lunatic Fringe Red Ryder 32 6 34.She’s Got A Way Billy Joel 38 2 35.Tainted Love Soft Cell 39 2 36.The Friends Of Mr.Cairo Jon 8.Vangelis 24 15 37.More Than Just The Two Of Us Sneaker 40 2 38.Sweet Dreams Air Supply PL 1 39.Hooked On Classics Royal Philharmonic PL 1 40.All Our Tomorrows Eddie Schwartz PL 1 Naughty Rodeo Song a hit by word of mouth EDMONTON (CP) — A small Edmonton record company which turned a dirty country and western song into a major Canadian hit is taking the record into the larger and more lucrative United States market.The tune, called The Rodeo Song, is liberally sprinkled with well-known, earthy expletives and is in the great tradition of songs you can’t play on the radio.But Garry McDonall, head of Damon Productions Ltd.of Edmonton, says the album that contains the cut has gone double platinum, meaning more than 200,000 copies have been sold in Canada.“Probably we’ll get a Juno nomination,” says McDonall.“Whether anyone will vote for it is another matter.” The song was written by Gaye Delorme, a former Calgarian now living in Vancouver, and recorded in 1980 by Garry Lee and Showdown, a bar band from Leduc, Alta., just south of Edmonton.The song rarely gets air play in its original form but Damon sells a doctored version for radio use with 45 beeps covering the offensive words.WORD OF MOUTH McDonall considers the song an underground hit since its popularity grew mainly by word of mouth.Most sales have been in Western Canada and Alberta was the key to the record’s platinum status.Damon is using much the same strategy to crack the U.S.market.The song has been sent to key radio disc jockeys and has been played by Dr.Demento, a California-based deejay with a syndicated FM program.McDonall is also running a careful advertising campaign.A three-column ad in The Rolling Stone magazine is a mail-order sales pitch for “Canada’s naughtiest song,” modestly touted as “the greatest underground record ever!!!!” McDonall says the record will also be highlighted in an upcoming issue of Billboard, the music trade weekly.But McDonall is not depending on the $60,000-campaign to hype the record.As in Canada, he hopes its U.S.popularity will grow by word of mouth.The band will help spread the word soon with a tour of the northwestern U.S.TOO HOT TO PASS UP One problem has been finding distributors willing to handle the album, which aside from The Rodeo Song, contains a selection of country standards.But McDonall thinks the record is simply too hot to pass up.McDonall, a 44-year-old veteran of the music business — he’s done everything from playing to broadcasting and selling — is taking his hit song in stride.“The Rodeo Song is totally a windfall,” he says.McDonall runs two record labels from his 24-track studio: Damon, which produces country and western, and Mustard Records, which focuses on contemporary songs.He’s had minor hits before: Georgia Eyes, a country tune by Mary Saxton, and Leaving For Maui, a pop number by a band called Footloose.A K-Tel distributed album by The Emeralds also went platinum.But The Rodeo Song could eclipse them all. TOWNSHIPS WEEK—THR RFicnun—FumAv iamiiakvb iqoo_-j Lots of white stuff means long lines for local ski hills TOWNSHIPS WEEK—THE RECORr»—KRinAv iamiiakvb iqu‘)_ n Long lift lines are a common weekend sight on Townships ski hills.A.S t* - *1 * ill \m PSL»', .* *¦! v i v- ?• > ^ ¦< iM i :li> % .K’ * V'v' Pi'"* IStSHè:; II® ¦¦ i* r rr i-M The holiday season is over and for most of us battling moguls was a piece of cake compared to fighting the hordes of people who descended on the slopes during the last few weeks.All resorts in the Eastern Townships and in Eastern North America reported larger than average crowds not only compared to the last few seasons of poor snowfall but even with three or four years ago when there was lots of snow.While many mountains don’t keep actual statistics of how many they serve on a given day, business was very good.At both Sutton and Orford there were days when the mountains had to turn people away from the parking lots because they couldn’t handle anymore.Other centres either didn’t have quite the same deluge or were able to handle it, but said so far 81-82 looks like a very good year.Cross-country enthusiasts hit the boards en masse and through any fields or stretches of wood one could see ski tracks.Ski shops have been part and parcel of this year’s renewed ski boom and most stores large and small report sales are up strongly.If you want to do something with the snow besides shovel, there are still some bargains left on the racks.Shop around when buying new equipment because many stores are still peddling gear from two or three years ago and are willing to sell it for almost cost price so they can get in newer models.If you point out to the seller the goods are last year’s model or earlier he will probably be willing to knock down the price a bit.There are a couple of aspects of big crowds at the hills which aren’t too pleasant for the average skier.Long lineups and finding a place in the chalet are two of the more obvious ones which, although Don't leave home without us • All Airlines • Electronic Reservation System • Tickets VIA/RAll - AMTRACK • Travellers Insurance ! LLOYD • All your travelling needs with your AMERICAN EXPRESS CARO (exclusive at Escapade) • Travellers' Cheques, U.S.$.Can $, Pounds Sterling, French Francs • Automatic Ticket Printing • Ticket delivery by mail (For industries, and businesses by messenger) City ol Sherbrooke only • Group Travel (education, industry, tourist) • Air Charters on demand trom Sherbrooke airport • Bus Charters from Sherbrooke Voyages Escapade li AMERICAN Travel 119-121.FRONTENAC STREET SHERBROOKE.QUE J1H 1J7 (819I569S344 GALERIES QUATRE SAISONS 900.13th AVENUE NORTH I' y/ ss Service SHEraRoo*E-QuE' j,E Skiing By ANTHONY ROSS tiresome, are impossible to avoid.But there is one phenomenon of crowded slopes which especially sticks in my craw and is avoidable: that is the jackass or jackasses who decide to use skiers stopped at the side of the hill as slalom poles.The practice is very dangerous and has resulted in more than a few accidents.If someone does try to use you as a human gate refrain from impaling the would-be World Cup hero with your pole or ski and report the incident to the ski patrol who can and should turf the jerk off the mountain.STANSTEAD MINT-MARATHON On the cross-country scene there will be a minimarathon sponsored by the Club de Ski de Stans-tead January 16.The race route will be on the club’s trails for a distance of approximately 20 km.There will also be a 5 km.race for those who feel that is all they can handle.Registration will be on race day from 9 a m.to 11 a .m.at the Motel 55 in Stanstead.At that time, entrants will receive their numbers and additional information.Registration fee is $1 for members and $5 for non-members.Starting time is noon.Medals will be awarded to the first three finishers in each class.The classes will be divided by age and sex so that everyone will be racing against others of equal ability.There will be checkpoints at strategic spots along the race route to monitor the racers and help anyone in trouble.The results of the day’s racing and the giving out of the medals will take place at the Motel 55 at approximately 4 p.m.Motel 55 is situated just off the Stanstead exit of the Autoroute 55.For more information call 876-5261.Also plans are well underway for the annual Canadian Ski Marathon February 13 and 14.The 16th annual two-day event from Lachute to the Rideau Canal always attracts thousands each year and entry forms can be picked up at your local ski store.More details will follow in a later column.Too fat?Too thin > Too tired ?Too often ?Do something for somebody.Your body1 Fitness is fun.Try some.paRTtapacnon > FIRST AID TIP DISLOCATIONS • Dislocations are normally accompanied by pain, tenderness and swelling at or near the joint, deformity or abnormal appearance; and loss of movement • Do not try to return the bones to a normal position as such action might greatly damage the nearby nerves and blood vessels • Support the injured part in the most comfortable position using padding and bandages or slings •Obtain medical aid • Cold compresses may help to limit swelling.CHEECH & CHONG'S « : ;i r rs.»s - .Doug Jones.selected favorite poems FOR UFA 1.1 \ •vr is v Let a - hr Arm*.brr»»i, shi«ukl< Smew' .»vd thighs From the ydW of love* Her HfMUoJente cye\ I'he ache of her 'jokers.The whips of her hair.And flu- l'i n**- wSirc he Mov«J lure .uiJ there i pray the world i* never tell me whi that i m to dir ir *hcV t-> Wave me AJM 5M'T i A.J.M.Smith, For Healing Earle Birney, My Love Is Young TOWNSHIPS WEEK-THE RECORD—FRIDAY, JANUARY 8, 1982-5 V Alden No wlan Al Purdy F.R.Scott Ralph Gustafson P.K.Page W e’re appealing to the wealthier collector “Marc St.Pierre (the individual in charge of the graphics reproduction) got permission from Laval University to use their graphic studio in Quebec City.There we finalized the technology.Doug Jones was in communication with the poets and for the next two years we kept track of their whereabouts - first to organize the drawing expeditions and later to have them sign their texts.” The poets chosen for the book were Doug Jones himself, A.J.M.Smith, Alden Nowlan, Ralph Gustafson, Frank Scott, Al Purdy, Irving Layton, Earle Birney, P.K.Page, Phyllis Webb, John Newlove, Margaret Atwood, Leonard Cohen and Michael Ondaatje.Rosengarten, a sculpture and artist, was trained at Sir George Williams University and St.Martin’s School in London England.Although he had spent North Hatley poet Doug Jones: Lines of the Poet a ‘heroic exercise’ By Timothy Belford North Hatley poet and teacher Doug Jones calls the production of the Lines of the Poet “a heroic exercise” and he’s probably right.The very act of arranging for 13 poets to be in the same place at the same time as artist Morton Jones Rosengarten, particularly when these places were all across the country, necessitated scheduling the equal of most major railway lines.Jones laughs now as he looks back on the two years of labour that went into the book but when Rosengarten first approached him with the suggestion that he edit the volume he confesses to being dubious.“I didn’t think John Brinckman (the publisher) would put up the kind of money he did.Between that and tooting around the country as Morton had to do, I didn’t think it would work.” Jones who had known Rosengarten for a number of years, in fact since he had first arrived in the Eastern Townships to teach in the early 60’s, “I attended some of Morton’s drawing classes” he says, took the first step in the production of the volume which was to select the poets that would be included.“I started with a number of poets whom I thought were major poets.That included Scott, Birney and Layton among others.I then thought of others who were younger but still again major in their own right like Atwood and Ondaatje.” This done, Jones had to go through the difficult task of selecting the right poems.“Knowing that each writer could be represented by only one poem, and having decided that the poem should be relatively short, I was happily relieved of the obligation to choose the best or most powerful or even the most characteristic of the author’s work.I could choose what I like,” Jones adds.Having been selected, most of the poets, according to Jones were quite happy to take part in the project, or as Jones himself put it “the majority of the poets were very agreeable.Something between intrigued, helpful and a little disturbed.” Once they had agreed however, the fun began as Jones had to keep track of their movements and arrange suitable times and places for Rosengarten to draw them.Even after the sketches were completed, the work wasn’t over since it had been decided to have the poets sign their pages.“We decide that it would be a good thing to have them sign and everyone one but A.J.M.Smith, who unfortunately died before the project was completed, did.” This in itself sounds a little easier than it was in reality, since Rosengarten eventually had to take the pages to Greece to obtain Leonard Cohen’s signature.In his introduction to the book, Jones sums up the link between the poems and the portraits and in doing so captures the essential nature of the book.“So let the poems themselves be their introduction.Let them delight us even as they remind us, in the words of a still younger poet, Sharon Thesen, of ‘the hopelessness of what we are.’ That is the classic business of art.As it is of Rosengarten’s portraits.” over 20 years doing portraits and had in fact drawn many of the proposed subjects for Dorothy Livesay’s magazine CV II, The Lines of the Poets was by far the biggest project of this nature that he had undertaken.The first portraits were taken to St.Pierre in Quebec City where they were proofed and all final details worked out on the lithographic stone.Later St.Pierre took a position teaching at the Swain School of Art and Design in New Bedford, Massachusetts which meant Rosengarten had to add several trips to New England to his already heavy itinerary.“Each time I had a couple of drawings I would drive to New Bedford.it took days to proof each one.We worked with two stones throughout most of the project.After proofing we would return to Montreal and Marc would pull the edition and then efface the image so that we could use the same stones for the next session.” Effacing the stones insures that The Lines of the Poet will in fact be a genuine limited issue.The fact that each copy contains the signature of the poets and each page and volume are numbered also removes the possibility of reproduction.Rosengarten realizes a book such as Lines of the Poet is not for ordinary consumption and will need a special selling technique.“I think the book is going to need that type of publicity.You’re appealing to wealthier collectors.They’re not going to buy it until it’s accepted by the media.” The publishers of the book unveiled this unusual collection early last year at a special press conference at the National Arts Centre in Ottawa.They also sent out brochures describing the volume to Universities, collectors’ book stores and a variety of individuals.One place where the book can be purchased is Edward’s Books and Art in Toronto.Rosengarten also cautions that the present price will probably go up to $3,000 this year.Rosengarten summed up the project best himself at his Way’s Mills home last week when he repeated what he said in the book’s introduction calling the task “an intense situation demanding much from both artist and model”. 6-TOWNSHIPS WEEK-THE RECORD—FRIDAY, JANUARY 8, 1982 Sad Elvis biography filled with trashy half-truths Kaleidoscope By RICHARD LONEY “Elvis” by Albert Goldman ( McGRAW-HILL RYERSON): $19.95, 598 pp.Usually biography is a celebration of life.Albert Goldman’s Elvis is a sordid ticket of interment which is played out with a savagery that goes miles beyond the old biography adage of revealing a famous personage “with warts and all”.Goldman seeks to denigrate every aspect of the greatest rock singer in history’s persona-his person, parents, wife, daughter, friends, interests, and ultimately, although it fails miserably, the man’s music.Goldman the rock critic, to whom Bill Haley is a “moon faced, spit-curled clod”, has a scorn for rock music which overpowers any objectivity this sad book might have had.The fact that Bill Haley is not even indexed, though frequently mentioned in the text, attests to the type of “scholarship” which created this abomination in print.The news that Goldman has taught in “virtually every college in New York City” says as much for American educational standards as it does for Goldman’s laughable People magazine style-he misuses Carlyle’s phrase at least twice in talking of Elvis’s wardrobe, dropping the latin phrase “sartor resartus”, but in a completely unsuitable context.That this book and its publisher conspire to call this unadulterated tripe a “biography” is one of the larger jokes in the history of publishing.Elvis ranks with Photoplay and Modern Screen, or the National Enquirer as slander jobs-there is absolutely no documentation provided for this attack on the singer’s life.There is no sign of a letter, or anything more than overheard, half-truths, as told to so-and-so, reported by such and such a source.A trashy collection of misinformation, Elvis is developed structurally by a series of -oh yes, and then there was the time that the King bought pick-up trucks for all the guys-anecdotes are neither substantiated by documentation, nor made credible by the following illuminating bit of detail.According to the shrewd, astute Goldman, “Elvis had purchased ten Mercedes sedans which he planned to give away like three-speed bikes.This tab added up to $85,000!”.Can anyone so naive or as stupid about the purchase price of a Mercedes be believed about anything?What Elvis amounts to is just one writer’s personal slander on a popular music figure.The documentation is all hearsay and based on “interviews” with friends of Elvis.Most of it is really based on the testimony of disgruntled, fired and rejected Presley hangers-on who bore the Boss a grudge.Here it all is, transformed into Goldman’s malapropish linguistic lambasting, as he might phrase it himself.When it comes to the rock criticism offered in the book, Goldman goes to great lengths to impress the reader with his credentials.But what appears is a string of smooth, smarmy cliches about music that appear to be plagiarized pastiches of the cutesie Time magazine school of quirky prose that are far removed from the incisive criticism of Greil Marcus’s Mystery Train" ~ whose chapter on Elvis’s music is the most perceptive yet written.Goldman implies a scholarly, erudite stance when dealing with the music of Elvis-then he mistitles the first hit single’s flip side as “Blue Moon Over Kentucky” , after three or four pages of declaiming about the song’s significance and status in the rockabilly hierarchy.Such an error grievously undercuts anything Goldman could go on to parrot about the roots of rock.Then in deathless prose that is supposed to prove beyond a doubt Goldman’s familiarity with every frame of the Elvis cinema and song catelogue, he has him come into the finale of “Jailhouse Rock” and sing-yep, you guessed it - “Loving You”! ! Got a flash for you Albert, the song was “(You’re So) Young and Beautiful”.Goldman completes this faux pas with the following jibe aimed at “music buffs”-“when he strikes up Loving You, you’re supposed to be overwhelmed with joy, but if you’re a music buff, you note with disgust that Leiber and Stoller have failed, as usual, to write a good ballad: The song sounds like a saloon version of Love Me Tender.” Note with disgust indeed.In the final analysis, when the “About the Author” blurb on the back pages of Elvis reveals that Albert Goldman was also the writer of a couple of gems called “Disco and "Freak Show", it is apparent as to just what sort of company the book Elvis belongs in.Sadly, the major newspapers, and even the once-respected rock journal “Rolling Stone” have recognized the trashy aspect of Elvis and have capitalized on the topicality of the hatchetjob on Elvis.“Rolling Stone’s” editors, however, admit that their Goldman excerpt netted them the most overpoweringly negative pile of mail in the mag’s history.Elvis Preley’s private life was no more blameless than Will Shakespeare’s, but like the Bard, Elvis will be remembered for his art, and not for the dirty linen hung out by the sleezy Goldmans of the publishing world.Small glass is enough to sample Often I am asked the question how I learned about wines.I’m afraid the answer usually fails to impress those who ask the question however, since it is relatively mundane.The only way to really discover anything about wine is by drinking.When I say drinking I don’t mean one or two bottles a week because, unless you have a phenomenal memory, it is almost impossible to remember enough to accurately compare different wines.What one has to do is drink more than one bottle at a time, side by side, so that an adequate comparison can be made.You don’t have to drink the entire bottle however, since a small glass of one or two ounces is sufficient to give you an idea of the three important characteristics - smell, taste and appearance.As well as drinking, being raised in the Niagara peninsula as I was helps because I was constantly exposed to the wine industry in all its aspects.If you weren’t born near a vineyard the next best thing is travelling.With the large number of countries actively engaged in the production of wine it is easy to plan an interesting vacation that will take you to wine regions throughout the world.Another important, and for most of us easier way to learn, is through books.Most book stores now have entire sections devoted to wine where you can pick up good books for beginners such as Hugh Johnson’s World Atlas of Wine or Grossman’s Wines and Spirits.For those who have advanced beyond the neophyte stage, more detailed volumes like Wine bits BY TIMOTHY BELFORD Alexis l.ichine’s Wines of France are also readily available.One extremely interesting volume I received in the mail recently is called The House of Sandeman.This slim, hard covered text outlines the history of the famous Sherry and Port firm of Sandeman which has been producing fine wines in Spain and Portugal for over 200 years.Although Sandeman was purchased by Seagrams for $40 million in 1980, it stil produces delightful wines in the traditional way and as a source of information concerning the Sherry and Port industry the book is excellent.Best bets Three wines I have come across recently that might be of interest are the Val d’Adige 1980 an excellent dry white table wine from the north east of Italy which sells for a mere $3.60; Rustego from the house of Montresor, a full-bodied red wine again from Italy at $4.50 a bottle; and Castelnovo which is made in Quebec by Les Vins Corelli and sells for $3.90 in your local grocery store.Too much bench time slows you down Get active Get m shape and put yourself in the clear.Fitnessisfun.Try some PdRTICIPBCTIOn i IMS U t AW 4MMM tLM X O.Not ready for a kid?How about a If you’re not ready for 3 a.m.feedings, and you don’t want a pet, maybe you’d like to adopt a fire hydrant.The man to contact is Fire Chief Billy Butterfield in Valparaiso, Ind.No previous experience is necessary.Butterfield wants local residents to pick their favorite hydrant in their area, shovel snow from around it in winter and chop down nearby tall weeds in the summer.The idea is to make life easier for firefighters who need easy access to the hydrants in an emergency.Not to mention making life a little warmer for our small yellow friends.Erika Roe has discovered the quick way to fame and fortune — streaking.The 24-year-old bared her40,/2-inch bust during an intermission in a televised rugby match Saturday between England and Australia in Twickenham, southwest of London.Police rushed onto the field to cover her up but no charges were filed.Three days later, Roe hired a business agent to help her handle the rush of offers — including one to model double-breasted men’s suits.She's already appeared on a national television program and her photograph has adorned almost of all of Britain’s national newspapers.“It’s great fun to be famous,” said Roe, a book store assistant.But Roe draws the line at posing nude for girlie magazines — although one offered her 1,000 pounds (about $2,300 Canadian)."My reputation is worth a lot more than that,” she said.Keeping up The Royal Doulton of Rolls-Royces?Two Japanese companies have unveiled an automobile engine they say consumes 30 per cent less fuel — because it’s made of ceramic.The designers, Isuzu Motors — in which General Motors holds a large share — and Kyoto Ceramics, said the experimental three-cylinder, 2,000 cubic-centimetre diesel engine is an entirely new type which does not need a cooling system.But you can’t stick it in the dishwasher either.It sure beats a battered jalopy full of cigar smoke and muddy water.North and West Vancouver know how to get you home with class — a fleet of Cadillacs driven by cabbies wearing suits and ties will soon start cruising the streets.The B.C.Motor Carrier Commission announced this week that Sunshine Cabs Ltd.has been granted a license to phase in 25 Cadillacs over the coming year.“Home Jeeves and keep the change .It wasn’t your average wedding in white.The groom said: ‘You have corrected me, you have humbled me, and that’s not easy, and you have caused me to take some ridiculous risks .Jan, you are very strange.” fire hydrant It all happened at San Francisco’s Glide Memorial Church, where Rev.Cecil Williams was married to poet-choreographer Janice Mirikitani.There were no “I do’s”.Instead the happy couple vowed that together they could better fight racism, repression and social injustice.Have you heard the one about the new program planned by Toronto’s Royal York Hotel designed to introduce out-of-towners to the mixed blessings of the city?When the bell-hop opens the door of the room it’s already occupied — by a man or woman doing nothing but sitting there saying: “One club, two hearts, three no trump, four diamonds .” It seems in Toronto you have to take the bidder with the suite.That’s last year’s winning joke in the Great Toronto Joke Contest.You think yours is funnier?Deadline is Jan.19, care of columnist Joe Slinger at the Toronto Star.Three “ein prosits” for political awareness! A man who doesn’t exist was voted one of West Germany’s most popular politicians in an opinion poll published Monday.The respected Emnid Institute placed “Minister Meyers” on a list of government officials submitted to voters for a routine popularity test.The non-existent minister was voted sixth most popular, ahead of such political heavyweights as Defence Minister Hans Apel and Interior Minister Gerhart Baum.The days of speaking softly are gone.Today’s secret of political success?Shut up — and be loved. TOWNSHIPS WEEK—THE RECORD-FRIDAY, JANUARY 8, 1982—7 QutbecWxniex by Cornelius Krieflioff.new collector plate.The Sawmill-King’s Landing by James Keirstead.mm&m ¦W: ,,K#: '* Plate collector to displayfuture plate designs By Beverly Musty LENNOXVILLE - Plate collectors and art enthusiasts are invited to spend an informative afternoon at the Lennoxville Town Hall on Sunday, January 10 at 1 p.m.The second meeting of the Eastern Townships Collector Plate Club will feature guest speaker, R.Henderson, president of Canadian Collector Plates, the Canadian manufacturer responsible for the "Discover Canada’’ series of collector plates, as well as a couple of new series which will be introduced in early 1982.Canadian Collector Plates own all the original artwork they reproduce onto plates except the masterpieces hanging in the Royal Ontario Museum or the National Gallery in Ottawa.Henderson will display two original oil paintings by James Keirstead; The Sawmill-King’s Landing which was reproduced onto a 10-inch fine bone china plate as plate number 1 in The Discover Canada series, and The Grist Mill, Delta which will be plate number 4 in that series.James Keirstead is considered one of Canada’s finest landscape artists with a growing international reputation.Keirstead, who now lives on a farm one mile north of Kingston Mills has held 40 one-man shows from coast to coast since 1963.Keirstead loves painting old barns, mills and meadows.Each year he makes a trip to Nova Scotia, arriving at the coves at daybreak to capture the morning moods with the fog and mist laying on the handcrafted fishing boats.The King’s Landing Historical Settlement on Saint John River in New Brunswick is a living, working community where everyday tasks of farming, family life and transportation are carried on.One of the attractions is the working waterwheel sawmill, reproduced in The Sawmill - King’s Landing first heritage series.Henderson is also bringing two Cornelius Krieghoff reproductions - “Quebec Winter” and “The Fall Scene”.Apparently, Krieghoff painted the four seasons but these two are the only ones that can be found.These two are hanging in The Royal Ontario Museum and there is only one reproduction in the world for each of these paintings.They will be on display at the town hall.“Quebec Winter” is the second plate in the Discover Canada series.Krieghoff, born in Holland in 1815, came to Canada in 1836 and quickly adapted and enjoyed the life-style of the French Canadian habitants in Quebec."Quebec Winter” portrays his love for the people of Quebec and the landscape beautifully.You witness the snow-clad woods of the Lauren-tians between the red-tuqued habitant with his sled load of firewood, and the hunter with his Indian guide.Originally painted in the round, makes this plate particularly suited for reproduction on a fine bone china plate.The third issue of the Discover Canada Series is a charming and classic Victorian masterpiece.“Before The Bath”, painted in 1892 by Paul Peel, is in the collection of the Hospital For Sick Children in Toronto and a generous share of the proceeds from the sale of this plate will be donated to that hospital for research.Born in London, Ontario in 1860, Paul Peel left home in 1881 for Paris, the undisputed center of the 19th century art world, where he won the gold medal for his painting “After The Bath”.He was the first North American, and the only Canadian artist to receive such an award.Paul Peel adored his children and in 1888 he began painting a series which received international attention."Before The Bath” portrays human warmth, humour, and the sweet innocence of his young children.There are a few new series in the making and although the plates are not released yet, collectors will have the opportunity to see the original paintings including “Anne of Green Gables” and “Seasons of Childhood” both by Will Davies.Henderson is going to demonstrate for the collectors how an original painting is reproduced on to a plate, as well as a wealth of information about the series, the artists, and how his company was founded.In addition to this, there will be approximately 150 different collector plates on display by other renowned artists.No admission fee will be charged.Please no children under 12 years of age.Coffee and cookies will be served.Before the Bath by Paul Peel.Plate sales to benefit children's hospital.1 t 4 8-TOWNSHIPS WEEK-THE RECORD-FKIDAY, JANUARY 8, 1982 WHAT'S ON By Timothy Belford Starting a new job is always difficult and even though Nelly Young left me with the basics of perhaps the best entertainment guide in the Eastern Townships there are bound to be a few gremlins in the works.All I can ask is that you bear with me as I adjust.Producing an entertainment supplement takes the co-operation of many people and since I can’t possibly be aware of everything that is happening around the townships I’ll need your help.If you have an event that needs publicity or know of a concert or exhibition worth hearing about drop me a line or phone The Record and let us know.Theatre Bishop’s-Champlain’s Centennial Theatre will feature ROSEMARY LANDRY and DIANE LOEB in concert Wednesday, January 13.The two internationally-known singers will present an evening of duets from the works of Haydn, Dvorak, Saint-Saëns and Rossini.Landry, a soprano, has been overwhelming Canadian critics lately and has been referred to as “a singer who succeeds the vocal artists who dominated the classical music scene for the past 25 years ”.In the past year she has appeared in the Canadian premiere of Mozart’s Zaida and in Massenet's Manon.Landry is also scheduled to tour Japan later this year.Diane Loeb is a veteran of international performances having appeared with the Canadian Opera Company in Cinderella, in the French production of The Barber of Seville and with Opera Geneva in Albert Herring.Meanwhile in Montreal, Centaur Theatre will be present-int Sharon Pollock’s BLOOD RELATIONS from January 7 to 31.Set in Fall River, Massachusetts, the audience is invited to share the memories of the infamous Lizzie Borden who was acquitted of the axe murder of her mother and father in one of the most famous trials of the 19th century.Pollock, one of Canada’s foremost playwriters, is familiar to Eastern Townships theatre goers for her work at Festival Lennoxville which included a production of her play One Tiger to a Hill.Also of interest to the local audience is the fact that the play is being directed by newly-appointed Festival Artistic Director Scott Swan and the costumes and sets are being designed by local resident and well-known designer Guido Tondino.Music Next week is a double spectacular for Chez Rene.On Tuesday January 12, the Meadow Street bar will feature LEVON HELM AND THE CATE BROTHERS.Helm, long a favourite with local audiences, appeared not too long ago at La Poupee much to the delight of his fans.There will be two performances one at 10:30 and one at 12:30.The exciting and startling thing is that the entire evening is free of charge.Considering that Helm has been bringing in as much as $9 per ticket elsewhere, this is one night you can’t afford to miss.On Wednesday January 13, Rene’s will feature an exciting new Jazz-rock group with the unlikely name of TIGER’S BAKU.Lead by horn player Toru Okoshi, the five-piece band boasts members with experience with such diverse groups as Blood Sweat and Tears and the Buddy Rich band.Again there will be two shows — one at 10 :30 and one at 12:30 and again, amazingly enough, admission is free.At the Rising Sun in Montreal, for those of you willing to battle the winter weather, jazz singer KAREN YOUNG will take the stage next Thursday and Saturday, January 14 and 16.Exhibitions After the flurry of pre-Christmas exhibitions of all sorts we have hit a relative lull, however for those interested in art, particularly Quebec art, there is still time to catch the impressive show at the Sherbrooke Art Gallery on Frontenac Street.Newly-appointed Louise Allard, has mounted an impressive showing of the works of 35 Quebec artists which can be viewed until mid-January.Included in the show are works by COSGROVE, AYOTTE, LAFLEUR, DALLAIRE, TOU-PIN, LEMIEUX, COBURN, LEDUC, BELLEFLEUR, LECLERC, RIOPELLE, PELLAN and both MARCEL and JACQUES BARBEAU.Gallery hours are Monday to Wednesday from 10:00 to 17:00, Thursday and Friday from 10:00 to 21:00 and Saturday from 10:00 to 16:00.The Capitol features two Cheech and Chong movies this week.S' : » %i