The record, 13 septembre 1996, Supplément 1

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Sutherland Schools Pipe Band lead a parade of performers at Townshippers' Day Arts: and Entertainment Magazine RecnrE September 13-20,1996 2 - The Record - TOWNSHIPS WEEK „ September 13-20 [TALK OF THE TOWNSHIPS | Hell’s Angels working against the stereotype Aspiring to be gods if angels fell Aspiring to be angels men rebel.Alexander Pope Judging by the number of bikes roaring into Lennoxville lately, there should be a good turnout tomorrow for the Sixth Annual Toy Run sponsored by the Hell’s Angels.Rain or shine, everyone's to meet at L’Ami Denis by 1 p.m.Bring your bike and a new toy for the sick kids at CHUS (now CUSE).All welcome, even those Japanese baby bikes that you can carry home in your arms when they get tired.A real biker, of course, rides Tom Gordon will Who’s Who By Tadeusz Letarte a stripped-down, souped-up Harley high in the handles and so low in the seat it feels like riding the engine bare-back, 1200 CCs between your knees answering to every whim, wind in your hair, flames shooting out of your ass and the open road ahead.FREEDOM The lure of the motorbike is the lure of freedom and most people, for all their lip service, are afraid of freedom and want safety and security.A wild man on a motorbike scares the hell out of them.Which is why a biker must ride as if everybody on the road is out to kill him.The guy in the family Ford is safe but the guy on the bike is totally vulnerable.There are no fender-benders for him, every accident is potentially fatal or crippling, and if the impact doesn't get you, there'll be a lumber truck to run over you before you stop sliding.The Hell’s Angels were founded almost 50 years ago in Fontana, California, a bedroom community east of Los Angeles.Some say that the name came from a World War One bomber squadron stationed near L.A.whose personnel used to rise on their off-hours.Others trace it to a 1930 Jean Harlow film about the Army Air Corps.Either way, the motorcycles made a lot of sense in Southern California where the terrain is unusually flat, the weather always mild and the highways long.Even Los Angeles cops ride Harley Davidsons.HOLLISTER INCIDENT But on July 4, 1947, the little California town of Hollister held bike races and hill-climbing trails and was totally unprepared for the more than 3000 bikers who showed up.They wanted to celebrate, the local cops were out of their depth and things got a little wild.A photographer for the San Francisco Chronicle who'd corné up for the races sensed a better story in the riot and shot a big-bellied slovenly brute leaning on his Harley with a beer bottle in each hand.Life magazine ran it on their cover and warned against a new menace loose in the land.Stanley Kramer turned the Hollister incident into The Wild One in 1954 starring Marlon Brando and Lee Marvin and the image of the outlaw biker gang was born.Our Hell’s Angels have been trying to live up to that image ever since - not always successfully.In 1993, the club sued Marvel Comics for damaging its ‘goodwill’ in a comic book called Hell’s Angel.And tomorrow will be their sixth year collecting baby dolls and teddy bears for sick little boys and girls.play piano in program of vocal chamber music Soprano Gagné heads lineup at Bandeen Hall LENNOXVILLE — On Friday, Sept.27 at 8 p.m.in Bandeen Hall, Soprano Michele Gagné is joined by Martin Carpentier, clarinet, Jocelyn Veilleux, horn, and Tom Gordon, piano, in a program of vocal chamber music.The 19th century repertoire that will be heard during this concert joins the voice and wind instruments in a lyric union to form a hybrid genre of “Songs with and without Words” by composers Schubert, Lachner, Reinecke and Spohr.Soprano Gagné is a singer who has acquired a national reputation in Lied, oratorio and opera.Her repertoire includes works of the 19th century with piano and small ensembles of which Lieders by Brahmns, Schubert, Spohr and Wolf.Recently within the Music Chez Nous concert series, Gagné performed the Italianische Liederbuch by Hugo Wolf and in Jan.1995 she performed with the Penderecki Quartet.During the Fauré International Conference in May 1995, she sang Fauré’s Chant d’Eve.She has become a Townships’ favorite through her performances with l’Orchestre de chambre de l’Estrie, the Choeur symphonique de Sherbrooke and Ensemble Musica Noua.Operatic appearances as Adèle in Die Fledermaus with the Montreal Symphony Orchestra, as well as at the Graz Summer Festival preceded her establishment in the Townships.Recent triumphs were as AN EVENING OF FUN ON SEPTEMBER 28 AT CENTENNIAL with LORNE ELLIOTT Music & Comedy “Delightfully quirky and unrelentingly hilarious".(The Ottawa Citizen) Intelligent Humour and Great Music ‘The Worms attack life’s inanities with satirical songs.They’re very good at it.” THE ARROGANT WORMS (The Toronto Star) @ Desjardins chSuo LaTribune Brafll THÉÂTRE CENTENNIAL THEATRE soprano soloist with the McGill Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Maestro Paul Sacher and a concert of Baroque music in Rimouski.She recently recorded l’Ame Saule by Canadian composer Isabelle Panneton.Gagné’s frequent performances for Société' Radio-Canada have gained her a national audience.The young clarinettist Martin Carpentier is rapidly making a reputation as a rising star among Québec instrumentalists.Following studies at McGill and Montreal Universities, Carpentier was an invited participant at the first international masterclass given by Karl Leister in Berlin.Clarinet solo with l’Orchestre symphonique de Sherbrooke, rOrchestre symphonique de la Montérégie and l’Orchestre symphonique de Laval.Carpentier is equally experienced as a sololist and chamber musician and has performed with the Montmorency Quartet and is a regular member of Calvivent.In the sum- mer of 1994 Carpentier performed in a series of recitals with Gagné and Tom Gordon.Carpentier has recently been heard on Radio Canada in a recording of the Mozart and Brahms clarinet quintets.Jocelyn Veilleux is a graduate of the Montreal Music Conservatory and was awarded the Premier Prix for both Horn and Chamber music.In 1992 he obtained his Masters in Performance at the Université de Montréal.Veilleux is first born for the Orchestre de chambre de l’Estrie, the Sherbrooke Symphony Orchestra, the Laval Symphony Orchestra and the Mont-Royal Symphony Orchestra.He has also performed many times with les Violons du Roy and the Jeunes Virtuoses de Montréal.Last March, he performed Mozart’s Second Concerto with the Laval Symphony Orchestra.Tom Gordon is a pianist and musicologist with particular interest in 19th century art, song and the music of the 20th century.He has performed throughout Canada as Lieder accompanist and is heard frequently on both CBC and Radio-Canada.Tom Gordon is also cofounder and artistic director of l’Ensemble Musica Nova, a music performance collective which presents both contemporary and historical 20th century music.With a doctorate in musicool-ogy from the University of Toronto, Dr.Gordon has published extensively on the music of Igor Stravinsky.Previously a research associate at the Stravinsky Archives in Basel, Switzerland, Dr.Gordon has been a professor at the Department of Music at Bishop’s University in Lennoxville since 1983.Tickets for the concert are available at the Centennial Theatre box office (819-822-9692) or through the Department of Music at (819-822-9642).Admission prices for adults and seniors are $8 and $6 respectively and $3 for students.Clegg’s Derby concert raises funds for Haskell Free Library and Opera House DERBY LINE, Vt.— Renowned singer-songwriter Douglas Clegg will perform at the Derby Elementary School Sept.20 at 7 p.m.to help raise money for the Haskelî Free Library and Opera House renovation project.An award-winning musician, Clegg is expected to present a lively and entertaining evening of songs for both children and adults.He plays piano, guitar, mandolin, vio- lin, and accordion.This the second fundraising effort of the year by Derby Elementary School students.Last June the children raised approximately $240 in a massive penny collection to help pay for the $750,000 fire-safe-ty-handicapped accessibility project now in full swing at the Haskell.‘These boys and girls are terrific,” says president Patricia Walsh of the Haskell board of trustees.“They pitched right in and started raising money for their library and cultural center, we’re all very proud of them, and very grateful for their community spirit.” Tickets are available at the Derby elementary school (873-3162).Seating is limited, please reserve early for Friday, September 20, 7 p.m.Adults: $5; children, $2; family plan: $10 for 2 adults, $1 per child. The Record - TOWNSHIPS WEEK - August 9-r6, 1996 - 3 TALK OF THE TOWNSHIPS_________________ Muhlstock has found the infamous fountain The fountain of youth.That mystical, magical, secret source which everyone looks for yet few find.The mythical spring is what set Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de Leon off in the early 1500s, searching for the island of Bimini, north of Cuba, which legend had it contained the fountain whose waters had the power to restore youth.But good old Juan had it all wrong.He was looking to recover lost youth, whereas the most youthful people today remain young because of their inner attitude.You’re only as young as you feel, they say, and the most vibrant individuals say they feel very young, forever young.One person who’s truly found the fountain of youth is visual artist Louis Muhlstock, who was in Sherbrooke last weekend for the vernissage of his latest exhibit at the Musee des beaux-arts.The Montreal artist is 92 years old, and a more eager, active, dynamic, delightful and funny man you’re not likely to meet.Saturday afternoon, the expansive main hall at the museum was filled with art lovers eager to see this good-natured artist with the boyish charisma.He said it is a shame that most artists are the subjects of retrospective shows only after they’ve died, and expressed how grateful he was to be alive to enjoy this show.Muhlstock said the secret to his vitality is simple, and offered some sound advice to one and all.“Don’t retire,” he said intently.“Keep occupied.Retire into something.Something to give you pleasure.I tell people, when I retire, I’m going to start to paint.” Muhlstock in fact paints every day.“Even Sunday,” he said quite seriously just before he got his second wind and continued to bound around the museum signing autographs, telling jokes - and flirting with all the ladies.Oh yes, there’s no rest for the wicked and Muhlstock is a devil.If you’re not careful, he’ll try and convince you that he’s even older than you think.“The exact birth date was April 23, 1904.From April to July there are three months.I was nine months old when I opened my eyes, so three months later I was already one year old,” he explained quite compellingly.“So on July 23 this year I was 93, and now I'm 93 plus.” The exhibit, curated by Monique Gagnon Tremblay, began at the Musee de Quebec in Quebec City a year ago and is currently on tour.It highlights the first three i a Jfe ,& 99 Days of Summer By Sunil Mahtani decades of Muhlstock’s career, from 1930 to 1960 and features both figurative and abstract works.Gagnon-Tremblay, who wrote her thesis on Muhlstock in 1986, said by choosing a period and sticking to it, the show does justice to his early career.“And I think this is the work that will stand out even more.I think it was extremely strong,” she said comparing his earlier, more figurative paintings to his more recent, abstract pieces, which mix paint and ink on paper.“These are good too,” she said of his series of Inscapes, or paysages intérieur, which he exhibited at the Bishop’s University Artists’ Centre in Lennoxville three years ago.“But it’s another thing.He did the two together for a long time.” Muhlstock parted with two works on Saturday.He donated one painting, a nude from 1962, to the museum for its permanent collection, and an Inscape to be given away to a visitor to the show.People viewing the Muhlstock exhibit may fill out a ballot for a chance to win the work.Yet another Muhlstock work was given to the museum on Saturday.This time the donor was Dr.Jacques Olivier, a retired Montreal pathologist who worked in Sherbrooke 35 years ago - at Sherbrooke Hospital, Hotel-Dieu and Saint Vincent de Paul.In the spirit of nostalgia and supporting a vital Sherbrooke institution, Olivier gave the museum a portrait of a young girl, one of a series of four Muhlstock did in the 1930s.Olivier also lent a Muhlstock painting titled Nature morte d’automne to the travelling exhibit.This is not the first time Olivier has lent a Muhlstock work for an important Sherbrooke show.In 1945, the now-defunct Sherbrooke Junior Chamber of Commerce held an exhibit of paintings and sculptures called A Century of Canadian Art, which also featured Frederick Simpson Coburn and Osias Leduc.One of the paintings Olivier lent the chamber for that event was none other than Nature morte d’automne, and it was the first time Muhlstock’s works were shown in Sherbrooke.Everything came full circle last weekend as both Muhlstock and Nature morte d’automne were in Sherbrooke once again.As for Juan Ponce de Leon.Well, he landed on the eastern shore of what is now Florida.He named it so because he discovered it on Easter Sunday (in Spanish, that’s Pascua Florida, or flowery Easter).Juan colonized the sunny state-to-be, but he never did find the fountain of youth.Yet, due to his efforts, thousands can actually visit the Fountain of Youth today.It’s not a spring.It’s a park.In Saint Augustine, Florida, where Juan landed in 1513, proving you should always try your darndest to find whatever it is you’re looking for in life.Even if you don’t discover exactly what you set out to, you’re sure to stumble onto something you’ll be remembered for.The most important thing, as Muhlstock says, is keep active.Townships Magazine Returns: The only English-language television program produced in the Townships returns on Monday for another season of local news and arts coverage.Hosted by Walter Trudeau and Terry Kirouac, the show will broadcast three times weekly in the Sherbrooke and Lennoxville area - Mondays at 9 p.m., Wednesday’s at 3:30 p.m.and Fridays at 6 p.m.Viewers in Richmond, North Hatley and Magog can watch it on Mondays at 4:30 p.m.I return to the show with a new segment called Art Attack!, a fast-paced, dynamic showcase of arts in the Townships.To bridge my arts coverage in the Record and on Cable 11, my column will now also be called Art Attack! Next week’s show will feature a baloon ride over Sherbrooke and a Piggery season review with artistic director Greg Tuck, as well as interviews with Marjorie Goodfellow of the Townshippers’ Association and Line Henripin from Espace Estrie.To update the 99 Days of ?-.A"' Monique Nadeau-Saumier and Louis Muhlstock (second from left) surrounded by friends at the vernissage of his exhibit at Musee des beaux-arts in Sherbrooke Summer, those involved with the show told me what special activity kept them busy over the past week.Friday, September 6 - Day 85: “I went biking on the Bromont-Granby trail.I love bicyling - maybe beause it resembles riding horseback.I grew up with horses and starting competing when I was three.” - Terry Kirouac, Townships Magazine host.Saturday, September 7 - Day 86: “I went shopping in Katevale at this beautiful store called L’Air Victorien.The owner makes everything there by hand and she lives next door to her shop.” -Sylvie Dubreuil, Cable 11 office manager.Sunday, September 8 - Day 87: “I spent the day - and the night - working.I interviewed Carol Bennett, a lovely woman who turned her life around by attending literacy classes.She’s 50 years old and she’s looking forward to a rewarding future.She’s an inspiration.People like her make my job worthwhile.” - Sunil Mahtani.Monday, September 9 - Day 88: “I talked to my cows.I have 12 Highland cows, six mothers and six children, and they have grown magnificently well over the summer because it was rainy and cool and that’s what’s good for them.I told them they were beautiful.” - Marjorie Goodfellow, Townshippers’ Association.Tuesday, September 10 -Day 89: “I spent some time with my two-year-old son Vincent and my wife Chantal.” - Walter Marc Trudeau, Cable 11 producer.Wednesday, September 11 -Day 90: “I sang to my sunflowers.I planted them late so right now they’re starting to be in full bloom.Singing helps them grow and keeps them in bloom longer.” - Lyne Henripin, Child Assault Prevention Project of Espace Estrie.Thursday, September 12 -Day 91: “I taped the first two episodes of Townships Magazine.I’m happy to be back.It was fantastic, very exciting.I’m also looking forward toTownshippers’ Day and meeting old friends.” - Walter Trudeau.Here’s your list for the following week: Friday, September 13- Day 92: Catch the new Donald Morrison musical Disputes of One Kind or Another at Theatre Lac Brome in Knowlton.For a tasty treat before or after the show, Cafe Central has the best veal scalapini and souvlaki around.Just don’t have them together.Saturday, September 14 -Day 93: Celebrate Townshippers’ Day in Stanstead.Organizers have an entire day of entertainment lined up for your pleasure.Sunday, September 15 - Day 94: Visit an artists’ studio on the Ateliers ouverts tour around downtown Sherbrooke.Colorful banners marking the various sites will welcome you.Monday, September 16 - Day 95: Eat veg today, it’s a healthy alternative.Tuesday, September 17 — Day 96: Want to brush up on your boot scootin’ boogie?Head on over to Heroes Memorial School from 7 to 9 p.m.tonight.Cost is just $5 per lesson.Tel: (514) 266-3462.Wednesday, September 18 -Day 97: Catch the early show at Cinema Carrefour de l’Estrie in Sherbrooke.Minnesota Blues and Maximum Risk are both playing in English.Thursday, September 19 -Day 98: Take a walk with a friend while the weather still makes it reasonable to do so.Friday, September 20 - Day 99: We finally hit it! The final day in our extended summertime as The Record looks for its own fountain of youth heading into the final stretch of its 100th birthday next year.Write us today and tell us what you really think of all the changes.Be honest, we can take it. 4—The Record—TOWNSHIPS WEEK— September 13-20, 1996 [TALK OF THE TOWNSHIPS Benefit concert hits Sherbrooke Saturday night Kumbaya music festival on the road across Canada By Betsy Powell TORONTO (CP) - About , this time each year singer Molly Johnson corals a few dozen of Canada’s best-known musicians to perform in the annual Kumbaya Festival, a benefit concert to help people living with AIDS.For the past three years Kumbaya has been staged on a single day in Toronto.This year Johnson is putting the multi-media event on the road, hitting 17 cities along the way.“I’ve always tried to make this a national event by having MuchMusic broadcasting it nationally,” says Johnson.“But I just felt somehow that we weren’t really getting into enough faces.” The cameras will still roll at MuchMusic for a live broadcast when Kumbaya kicks off tonight.Performers include Kim Stockwood, Tom Cochrane, Wild Strawberries and Bruce Cockburn.Cockburn will make his first Kumbaya appearance at the launch.It’s something he always wanted to do but his touring schedule conflicted in the past.“Sadly and strangely, we still have to convince people that they should be thinking about AIDS,” he says.“It’s a big mistake to think this is just some- thing that affects gay people and drug users.” After Toronto, Kumbaya is now on the move with a lineup that changes from city to city as it crosses the country to Oct.2.So music fans in Sherbrooke will see Wild Strawberries, Bass is Base, Kevin McDonald and Angel at the Granada Theatre while Jann Arden, Captain Tractor, Beautiful Joe, Devon and Joel Feeney take to the Thunderdome stage in Edmonton.Last year’s Kumbaya, held at the Molson Amphitheatre at Ontario Place, was deemed a success even though only half of the 16,000 seats were filled.But then 8,000 was the same attendance figure for previous Kumbaya shows held at the smaller Forum venue.And money raised matched previous totals.Still, Johnson admits Kumbaya 1995, which lasted more than seven hours and featured 60 performers, wasn’t the triumph it could have been.“Eight people died in the air-show 15 minutes before we went to air, hence a lot of my opening acts, (Rush’s) Alex Lifeson, people like that, actually saw that happen,” she says.“So not only did it put a sort of cast a pall over the whole day but everything (roads in the area) was closed.” It was already late one recent morning and Johnson, whose basement is Kumbaya headquarters, had been too busy faxing and answering phone calls to change out of her pajamas.She’s expecting a baby, her first, in time for Christmas.“I have no time for throwing up,” Johnson says in her smoky voice.Tickets for Saturday night’s show in Sherbrooke are available at the door and at Melodie music shop.- Mystic, Chin and Ivana are Bass Is Base, part of Saturday nights line up in Sherbrooke ,v4MWlf