The record, 19 juillet 1991, Supplément 1

RECORD/IMN HAWAi.ESHKA TOWNSHIPS WEEK arts and entertainment magazine July 19, 1991 P * « m • The young and talented Mountain Dew Country Band 2—TOWNSHIPS WEEK—FRIDAY, JULY 19.1991 WHO’S WHO____________ -—-—-—-c_ A good Jolly is worth whatever you Pay for it By Tadeusz Letarte “I pray Thee make my column read.And give me thus my daily bread.” Don Marquis Was there once a Golden Age of newspaper columnists?Or as the golden scribblers of today simply drowned in the Dreadful Sin?That thought comes from rereading three of the masters — Don Marquis, George Ade, Ambrose Bierce — and suddenly realizing they all sprang from the American midwest — Marquis from Illinois, Ade from Indiana, Bierce from Ohio — and all wrote about the same time — Marquis in New York, Ade in Chicago.Bierce in San Francisco.Must have been something in the soil.Marquis created Archy for the New York Sun when he returned to the office late one night and found a gigantic cockroach using his typewriter; “He would climb painfully upon the framework of the machine,” he wrote, “and cast himself with all his force upon a key, head downward, and his weight and the impact of the blow was just sufficient to operate the machine one slow letter after another .He could not work the capital letters, and he had a great deal of difficulty operating the mechanism that shifts the paper so that a fresh line might be started.“We never saw a cockroach work so hard or perspire so freely before.After about an hour of this frightfully difficult literary labour, he fell to the floor exhausted and we saw him creep feebly into a nest of the poems which are always there in profusion.” Archy, of course, is a metaphor for the perspiring columnist — banging his head on one slow key at a time, the most despicable of vermin, the free verse poet yearning for expression and recognition and doomed to be unsatisfied in both, barely finding enough to eat yet contemptuous of the rich and successful.Archy’s inspiration was Me-hitabel, a disreputable alley cat long past her prime, no better than she should be yet “toujours gai.” “dance mehitabel dance caper and shake a leg what little blood is left will fizz like wine in a keg.” But Archy was speaking of The Boss, Don Marquis himself, when he wrote of someone “so lucky that he runs into accidents which started out to happen to somebody else,” because Marquis struggled with the daily newspaper grind, with alcoholism and poverty almost all his life.He lost a small son, then a wife, lost a daughter, and a second wife, made a fortune on his play, ‘The Old Soak’, but lost it on another and was never convinced his work would outlive him.George Ade made a fortune writing plays, too, but started out scribbling columns for a Chicago paper calaled the Record.The columns became so popular that collections were published as ‘Fables in Slang’.They contain such masterpieces as The Fable of the Caddy who Hurt his Head While Thinking which begins; “One Day a Caddy sat in the Long Grass near the Ninth Hole and wondered if he had a Soul.His Number was 27 and he almost had forgotten his Heal Name.“As he sat and Meditated, two Players passed him.They were going the Long Round and the Frenzy was upon them.” Another was The FAble of Sister Mae, who Did as Well as Could be Expected - “Two Sisters lived in Chicago, the Home of Opportunity.“Luella was a Good Girl, who had taken Prizes at the Mission Sunday School, but she was Plain, much.Her Features did not seem to know the value of Team Work.Her Clothes fit her Intermitently.” And The Fable of the Statesman who Couidn t make Good-, “Once there was a Fluff whose Long Suit was Glittering Generalities.“He hated to work and it hut his Eyes to read Law, but on a Clear Day he could be heard a Mile, so he became a Statesman.“The Habit of Dignity enveloped him.Upon his brow Deliberation sat.He wore a Fireman’s moustache and a White Lawn Tie, and he loved to talk about the Flag.” Ade insisted he was a realist and not a moralist while kidding the pretension of fables teaching moral lessons; “Moral: For Parlor Use the Vague Generality is a Lifesaver.Moral: To Insure Peace of Mind, Ignore the Rules and Regulations.Moral: If the Woman thinks he’s All Right, you keep on your own Side of the Fence.” ?.:?Ambroise Bierce was the eldest of the three and fought with such distinction in the American Civil War that he was brevetted major — which meant he had the job but not the pay.In San Francisco, he became the centre of a literary circle which included Bret Hart e and Mark Twain, wrote short stories and poetry, and a column for the San Francisco Examiner where he dipped his pen in despair and compiled his Devil's Dictionary; “Liar, n.A lawyer with a roving commission.“Lickspittle, n.A useful functionary, not infrequently found editing a newspaper.“Quill, n.An implement of torture yielded by a goose and commonly wielded by an ass.“Hearse, n.Death’s baby-carriage.” Bierce was forever backing up his outrages with bogus experts and citing verse by such famous names as Gorgo Rep-sky, Sukker Uffro or Polio Doncas.“Existence, n.A transient, horrible fantastic dream.Wherein is nothing yet all does seem: From which we re wakened by a friendly nudge Of our bedfellow Death, and cry: ‘0 fudge!’ ” Bierce married a wealthy miner's daughter but divorced her in 1904 (W’omen would be more charming,” he wrote, “if one could fall into her arms without falling into her hands ”), cut himself off from friends, family and finally his country in 1913 when he disappeared into Mexico seeking "the good, kind darkness.” Oneof Pancho Villa’s bandits reported Bierce had joined th em, received a fatal wound in a battle with the fédérales and was buried in the desert.Another said he committed suicide by walking straight into enemy fire, another that Villa ordered him executed for criticising his tactics with his acid tongue, another that he had drifted on to South America and disappeared into the Bra-zillian jungle.“Moral : A good Jolly is worth whatever you Pay for it.” SAnew ¦spirit of A national program lo encourage giving and volunteering Theatre presents GREAT SUMMER FARE! 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Geraldine Parker, nursery-school teacher Kevin Jensen, Leslie and Doris Heath and Loni Campbell a local artist.The Anglican Church leased the committee a large attractive room in the church hall for $100 a year.Committee members then moved over 4000 books from the town hall to this new room.Leslie Heath built 600 feet of shelving and insulated the windows.All committee members donated materials and provided labor to paint the room and bookshelves.People from the community donated a fine large table and chairs, a desk, filing cabinet and periodical shelving.Paul and Marcel Boiteux provided material and labor to insulate the ceiling — the materials and labor to run a heating duct from the furnace to the library room.The next problem was to find a source of up-to-date books in English and French.The committee discovered the BCPE, a private, non-profit corporation, set-up and financed by the province of Quebec to assist small towns (under 5,000) in establishing and stocking libraries.Municipals ties that establish a free public library may receive a minimum of 1,000 recent books which are rotated annually, plus periodicals, audio cassettes, films, and works of art.The village needed only to sign a contract with the BCPE and pay a yearly fee equivalent of under $2 per inhabitant.The committee immediately approached Hatley town councillors who agreed to join the BCPE and make an annual donation to help pay for the costs of heating and electricity.The committee must now Meet world-known Canadian This Saturday from 1 to 4.one of Canada’s most popular doll artist.Heather-Anne “Meg-gan" Moriarty — founder of Meggan’s Doll House — will be at the Knowlton’s The Homestead collectibles boutique to meet with the public.“Meggan” is among one of the first women in North America to revive the almost-lost art of porcelain doll-making.She has been developing her craft for 20 years now, and since 1986, her dolls have been winning the hearts of collectors across Canada.Since 1989, she has been the only Canadian doll artist to be invited to represent Canada at the most prestigious doll collecting event in the industry, The World Showcase of Dolls, produced by the Walt Disney World company in Orlando, Florida.This event draws doll lovers and creators from all over the world during four days every December.“Meggan’”s works of art have also been displayed in Japan — shown as examples of fine Canadian craftsmanship.This weekend, “Meggan” will be previewing this year’s World Showcase collection: a group of three dolls she has been commissioned by Disney to create.The first is Sugar and This $400 "A Special Day” porcelaine doll made by “Meggan” Moriarty will be given away to the lucky winner of the day’s draw in Knowlton.“Meggan” Moriarty appears with her 1991 world showcase collection of porcelaine dolls: Zoe and Cresta Bear, Sugar and Spice, and Peaches and Cream.She'll be in Knowlton this Saturday.Well-known Normand Hudon is among one of the many artists who will contribute to Saturday’s art auction in Halley.A gigantic booksale will also be held to benefit Hatley's new library.build an endowment fund of $50,000 so that the interest can pay a part-time librarian.All past attempts at establishing a library failed because the community depended on volunteer help.This time, committee members are determined to have a permanent, paid, part-time librarian.They believe that if the library opens two half-days a week, and holds special cultu- ral events they will meet the community’s needs.The committee members realize that the village cannot pav even a limited salary and so it must raise the endowment fund.The first event in this fund drive will be a book fair and art auction to be held in the Anglican Church Hall in Hatley this Saturday.See What’s On for details.porcelain doll artist Spice, a limited edition doll of which only 10 will be made; the second is Peaches and Cream, an edition of 150 dolls; and Zoe and Cresta Bear, a one-of-a-kind doll to be auctioned during the World Showcase of Dolls.All visitor to The Homestead will have the opportunity to participate in the draw to win “A Special Day” doll.The Homestead is located at 11 Lakeside Rd.in Knowlton.For more information, call Bev or Henry Musty at (819) 569-2671 or (514) 243-4153.(No pesticides used on the fruit) F ramboisière Bellevue Pick your own or already picked It's better to call for your ready picked raspberries Buy a case of 12 baskets — 550 ml.get 1- 550 ml.free.4137 Ch.North Hatley Ctiez Colombe Rock Forest - 5 p.m.Everyday 562-6181 4—TOWNSHIPS WEEK-FRIDAY.JULY 19.1991 STAMPS Canadian stamps depicting paintings: great collectibles In a previous article of paintings on Canadian stamps, the painters of the Group of Seven and Tom Thompson were the main people discussed.There are, of course, many other fine painters whose works were used in the design of Canadian stamps.One such artist was Emily Carr.She was an eccentic person who studied art in San Francisco, London and Paris.Canada, which was a young nation at that time, was just too busy to pay attention to painters.Those Canadians who did, still preferred the European style of art.This didn’t seem to bother Carr at all for she went on about her life as she liked.She was attracted to the Indian way of life, and many of her best works are taken from west coast Indian’s carvings and totem poles.In 1971, Canada Post issued a stamp to commemorate the 100th anniversary of Emily Carr’s birth.The design is a reproduction of one of her pain- ffg> 1 ggi Ü Paul Kane Canada7 Indian Encampment on Lake Huron — by Paul Kane.tings entitled “The Big Raven Recently, Emily Carr was once more honored when Canada Post issued the fourth stamp in the Masterpieces of Art series featuring one of Emily Carr’s finest canvases entitled “Forest, British Columbia”.Stamp Corner By Peter McCarthy This painting, painted between 1931 and 1932, hangs in the Vancouver Art Gallery.Like the remainder of this series.the stamp is printed on foil covered paper — making it a delicate stamp to handle.?One of my favorite paintings on stamp is entitled “Return From the Harvest Field”.This costly and very much sought after stamp was issued in 1969 to commemorate the birth of one Aurèle de Foy Suzor-Côté (1869-1937).Suzor-Côté spent a great deal of his early life studying and painting in France.On return to his native town of Arthabaska, Quebec, he painted his interpretation of rural life in Quebec.His work was even honored by the French Academy in 1901.The stamp itself is a collectible item because of two distinct varieties.The first is the bird in the sky variety that JilSmai The Biggest Secret in the Northern Kingdom of Vermont EWILIE MIG POSI “Always the lowest prices in Town" Gasoline $-1199* 1 ’ U S Funds GUNS • SPORTING GOODS • SHOES Gifts and most anything you could ask for, including ANTIQUES / GIFT SHOP / MUSEUM FLEA MARKET every Saturday and Sunday (Beginning May 25 to Labour Day) CvqatetteS come DOWN AND Sit US! Rwrte St East, Evansville, Vt.05*60 (3 miles from lake Willoughby) 754-6305 is located in the upper left portion of the sky and the other variety is the Green Line At Knee.A wide variety of shades also exists.For interested parties, the original painting hangs in the National Art Gallery in Ottawa.?Cornelius Krieghoff adopted Canada quite by accident.Krieghoff landed in New York in 1837 where he met a little French girl, Louise Gauthier, who was visiting that fair city from Longueuil, a town on the south shore of the St.Lawrence River opposite Montreal.Krieghoff had a difficult time making a living as a painter because, here again, the people of the area just weren’t interested in paintings of Canadian landscapes.In order to put food on the table, Cornelius was forced to take a job as a sign painter.In 1853, John Budden entered Krieghoff’s life.John Budden urged the Krieghoffs to move to Quebec City where he felt the people would respond to Krieghoff’s work more favorably.Budden had apparently sold some of Krieghoff’s paintings through an auction firm.The years 1854 to 1860 were the artist’s most productive years.Then for some reason or other, between 1860 and 1867 Krieghoff lost all interest in painting and his work declined in both quantity and quality.Finally, around 1866, Krieghoff moved to Chicago lo live with his daughter and son-in-law.Krieghoff came back to Canada in 1871 for a visit.His old friend John Budden urged him to take up the brushes once more.It was during this very short period that inspiration once more took hold of Krieghoff and saw him produce his best work, among them, “The Blacksmith Shop” which is reproduced on the stamp honoring this fine artist.Shortly after, in 1872, upon returning to Chicago to be with his daughter E Canada srsrrr, 8 3 f Canada Cornelius Krieghoff is reknown for his paintings of our winters.This painting is entitled The Blacksmith Shop.Emily Carr painted Forest in British Columbia.and son-in-law, Cornelius Krieghoff died of heart failure.The stamp itself is a real gem to collect.It offers collectors several varieties, the most prominent being the broken doorframe.This is a constant variety that appears on every stamp in the second vertical row from the right.In addition there is the extra log variety, the hole in the roof, blue ice on roof, and the branch under the sleigh variety.Each of these comes tagged and untagged.Then comes the shades.A close study will reveal in the coloring, especially in the yellowish portion of the sky.That could be the result of the different degrees of fluorescence found in this stamp.It’s a beautiful stamp in the study of a topical or thematic collection.Although Krieghoff’s paintings are claimed to be a depiction of Quebec rural life, many of his severest critics however, do not concur.The painting “The Blacksmith Shop” hangs in the Ontario Art Gallery in Toronto.?Another famous Canadian artists is Paul Kane.Kane came to Canada from Ireland as a young boy.and settled in what was York, which is now Toronto.He had a natural talent to drawing and worked as an apprentice in a furniture manufacturer as a decorator.He, like Emily Carr, was interested in the Indian’s way of life in Canada.Kane returned to the major European art centers in 1841 and didn’t return to Canada until 1850.His interest in the Canadian Indian brought him to travel the country.He depicted their lives and cultures on canvas.The governor of the Hudson Bay Company eventually became one of his patrons and George William Allan commissioned him to paint 100 canvases.The bulk of this work now hangs in the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto.Kane also wrote a book entitled Wanderings of An Artist Among the Indians of North America about his travels across Western Canada.Paul Kane died in 1871 at the age of 61.Canada Post issued a stamp in 1971 commemorating the 100th anniversary of his death, depicting of one of his finest paintings as the design, entitled An Indian Encampment Among the Islands of Lake Huron.This too, is a fine stamp to collect.Not only does it have shade variations but, there is also a variety known as the Torn Tepee.This can be found in the top of the foremost tepee to the left.Canadian stamps that depict paintings of Canadian artists are absolutely fabulous collectible items.In two articles, the surface has barely been scratched of the material available and of the great artists that produced it.At some future date, we’ll explore the subject a little deeper. TOWNSHIPS WEEK—FRIDAY, JULY 19, 1991—5 FEATURE Mountain Dew keeps people two-stepping By Caterine Cheng SHERBROOKE — Last Saturday, the Mountain Dew Country Band set their own rè-cord: they played from 8 p.m.till 4 a.m.during a dance benefit for Sawyerville's fire department.“We played for eight straight hours, taking 15 minute breaks every hour.There was about 300 people coming in and out; they kept cheering on so we kept playing,” says band leader Peter Mackey.He and three other high school friends, now aged 25 and under, have been performing together weekly for over four years — in bars, at weddings, private parties, fairs, or benefit dances — throughout the Eastern Townships.“We had pretty good luck.We hit the market at a good time,” said drummer Chris Drew.“We like to get people involved and see them enjoying themselves,” songwriter and guitarist Wendell Pehlemann adds.“We’re very dedicated to our practices that I’m almost impressed.If one misses a practice, he better have a good reason.I’m the one who usually misses them because of my job,” said music composer and lead guitarist Cliff Hutchison with a laugh.Hutchison is an underwriter for London Life Insurance, Pehlemann is a draftsman for Everest Equipment, Drew works as a carpenter for his father and Mackey works as a carpenter and blacksmith for contractors.They still find time to play music because for them, belonging to a band is a dream come true.“It’s every musician’s dream,” Pehlemann says.YOUNG AND SENSITIVE Although each of these four, young, sensitive men have fulltime jobs, each has faithfully managed to show up every Thursday evening at Pehle-mann’s house in Bury where “it’s secluded and we can play as loud as we can.Nobody bothers us,” Hutchison said.“If we practice in town, it (becomes) an impending party,” he explained.The members of the Mountain Dew Country Band, who usually wear jeans, cowboy boots, hats, and different-colored shirts when they perform, chose a name that hope “sounds country,’ but don’t just play country music, says Mackey.They also play country-rock and rock music.“We play the crowd.We play for everyone regardless their age.If there are more young people we play more rock music, if they are older, we play more waltzes,” Drew explains.“We just want them to have a good time and get everyone dancing,” Mackey adds.Each member contributes different talents to make up the band: Hutchison,of Massawip-pi, composes music by ear and makes his guitars; Pehle- mann, of Bury, composes lyrics “day and night;” Drew, of Lennoxville, is the only one who can read music; and Mackey, also of Lennoxville, is a self-taught lead singer.They play everything from songs they compose to songs by Randy Travis, Garth Brooks, Travis Tritt, Kentucky Head Hunters, and George Strait’s, just to name a few.“We play the best we can — as close to the artist as possible,” Drew says.“Country music,” Pehlemann said, “is about feelings and emotions.” “The songs relate to every day life,” Mackey added.“People can relate to the songs and probably had the same experience,” Pehlemann continued.Most of the songs Pehlemann writes are sad.He says his source of inspiration is “personal experience,” including the times he breaks up with a girlfriend.Hutchison says that the songs they sing are mostly sad “because when you’re happy you’re too busy to write, therefore we don’t write happy songs.” Pehlemann says he compiles words and feelings together on paper and then shows them to the three others.“He plays it according to how he feels, and then we give our opinions and try different beats,” Mackey said.“Country music is designed for the lyrics.Rock music is more for the instruments and sound,” Drew explained.During the four years they’ve been together, their greatest challenge was “to get Cliff to like country music,” says Pehlemann.Hutchison says that “at first I had a strong preference for rock music.I guess playing country is different.Now I’ve acquired the appreciation for it.” Hutchison now admits that he likes country music a tiny bit more than rock music.He says he even bought a Ford pick up truck, cowboy boots, and “a felt cowboy hat for 50 bucks, a year-and-a-half ago.” Drew, who is the only one who doesn’t own a cowboy hat, still has a preference for rock music because “from a drummer’s point of view, it’s more challenging.” It was Mackey, though, who made their dream come true; he’s the one who called the others up.“I sang in church choirs and always thought it would be nice to become famous in music,” he said.“We were all athletic but more music-oriented,” Drew said.Hutchison recalls he “used to walk around with a guitar all the time.” In 1985, when the principal of Galt High asked Hutchison to play the guitar for their annual musical, he waited until he was before a full- dress rehearsal before he told the him he ‘couldn’t read notes.’ His solution was, ‘Let me hear it and I’ll follow.’ So he learned over 20 songs on the spur of the moment.Because Mackey sang in the musicals at Alexander Galt High, Hutchison found out Mackey could sing.Meanwhile, Phelmann played base in another band, and Drew took four years of percussion classes.Drew is the youngest and most recent member of the band.He replaced their first drummer Sam Evans three years ago.Drew had played solo in a Galt concert and was “the only one who had a full-set of drums,” Mackey said.It wasn’t before long that they got together.Pehlemann says that one thing that distinguishes them from other bands is that they “have a real drummer.” “Usually, bands have electronic drummers.They have less members and have a bass player,” Drew said.The advantage of having a “real” drummer is that it leaves them more room to improvise, said Mackey.They say they “would love to go on tour for a year” and gutss they would probably have more opportunities in the States.“But we would have to have a guarantee,” Pehlemann says.The others nodd. 6—TOWNSHIPS WEEK—FRIDAY.JULY 19.1991 ENTERTAINMENT Life after Anne: Meagan Follows By Stephen Nicholls CP Arts-Life Editor LOS ANGELES (CP) — With a blue jeans kind of style and a hankering for film work, Megan Follows has taken to California like a coyote to the desert.The freckled-faced, auburnhaired 23-year-old, who became a household name in Canada by portraying Anne of Green Gables in two TV miniseries, has begun a new chapter in her life.She has left behind the dreamy storybook world of Green Gables and has set down roots in Los Angeles — not just as a resident actress but as a wife and homeowner.On April 21, she tied the knot with film technician Christopher Porter, whom she describes as “a really great guy” from Chester, N.S., in his early 30s.She and Porter met a couple of years ago while working on the feature Deep Sleep in Vancouver.In January, they bought a 77-year-old hilltop home in the Silver Lake district of east Los Angeles, where they live with their eight-month-old black lab, Jessie.“I’m happy here,” says Follows, looking California casual in jeans and a baggy cotton sweater, lounging in her living room on a lazy Saturday afternoon.“I really like where I’m living.” IN ANNE’S SHADOW Sitting under the chocolate-colored wood beams that characterize the California craftsman style, Follows reflects on her new lifestyle and on the Green Gables role that seems to have overshadowed just about everything else she’s done.The daughter of Toronto actors Ted Follows and Dawn Greenhalgh, Follows notched her first role at age nine in a Bell telephone commercial where she made faces in a school-bus window.She starred in the series M att and Jenny, and had numerous other TV performances before appearing in the Academy Award-winning film Boys and Girls.At 14, she appeared in a special Facts of Life episode intended to serve as a pilot for a new NBC series, which would have starred Follows as the lone girl in an otherwise all-male household.The series didn’t fly.She was later cast in a shortlived CBS series called Domestic Life, in which she played Martin Mull’s daughter.Next up was Hockey Night, where she played a lonely female goaltender in a somewhat hostile environment in Parry Sound, Ont.THEN CAME ANNE And then came Anne of Green Gables, for which she won a Gemini Award, followed by the sequel, which earned her another Gemini and an American ACE cable-TV award.Since then work has been a little sporadic — a couple of feature films, a bit of theatre, some TV movies — but she feels she has been forging a strong personal life, which is just as important.“I think self-esteem is often built when you are successful and when you have people telling you how wonderful you are, what a great performance that was,” says Follows.“If people all of a sudden don’t like you because you’re not the flavor of the month — your hair’s not right or your height’s not right — if you don’t Singer Vikki Moss still hurt by By Stephen Nicholls CP Arts-Life Editor LOS ANGELES (CP) — Tears glisten in the corners of her aquamarine eyes and her silky voice cracks.Picking at a steaming dish of Szechuan chicken at a trendy eatery, singer Vikki Moss has been talking about her breakup four years ago with hockey superstar Wayne Gretzky.Until now she’s been cool.But as talk turns to Gretzky’s apparent bitterness over the breakup, she loses it.“Something that will never be in the past is how he dealt with it,” she says softly, peering childlike through straw-blond strands of strategically straggling hair.“I’m very hurt about that.” Gretzky, she says, hasn’t spoken to her since the two called it quits in June 1987 — a move Moss says resulted because she wasn’t ready to get married and start a family.A year after the breakup, Gretzky married American actress Janet Jones and, soon after, was traded by the Edmonton Oilers to the Los Angeles Kings.“I’ve written him several congratulatory notes — his .feats with L.A., or his kid, or a condolence card ’cause I heard his grandma passed away,” says Moss.“He acts like I never existed in his life.To a lot of our mutual friends, my name is never mentioned.“How can someone obliterate a piece of their life — seven years?” Meanwhile, for 28-year-old Moss, life after Gretzky has meant a new husband and a Centre d Arts Orford ,