award was State-of-Mind, new
band on the Vancouver scene. ‘hey
played a good set, although the
miring was a little off. All in all
they are a good band and could
make it commercially with a lot of
hard work.

Their style ranges from a
melodic jangly guitar pop reminis-
cent of REM to a straight forward
pop rock INXS. Musically the band
is proficient but they need to liven
up their act.

The,first runner-up was Rock
Party. They are a blues-bluegrass-
boogie rock band that played a
scorchin’ set. Getting past their
"I’m gonna bent up your mother"
biker looks, revealed a group of
fine musicians with a lot of soul.
They even back a political issue,
the environment, with their song,
"Man is a fool again." The guitarist
played some amazing blues riffs to
the throbbing rhythms by the drum-
mer and bassists. They were fast

and loud, real loud. But I guess that
comes from eating Won'l'on soup

(the bassist) or SpumSpum, Eggs,
and Spam (the drummer) for break-

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fast.

With those two bands taking
top honors, I guess it’s time to lay
the other winners on you. Well here
they are:

Best Demo : Emily Stop

Best Song : Perfect, Emily
Stop

2nd-Sth runner-up Bands (in
alphabetical order): Emily Stop,
Freewater, Knockout, Shy
Thunder, Stoaters

Best Demo Performance : The
Running

Best Demo Production : Sez-U

Best Demo Presentation : Son
Of Man

Plus there were other awards
for individual musicianship :

Bassist : Gord Johnston, Rock
Party

Drummer: Atie Marrkolbarra,
Rock Party; Eli Paull, State of Mind

Guitarist : Robert Ford,
Stoaters

Keyboardist: Doug Schmit.
Stoaters

Vocalist : Chris Gielburg, Shy
Thunder

 

by Louise Richardson

Al Purdy, long considered a _ oe

great Canadian poet, filled The
Western Front to capacity with an
expectant crowd of literary ad-

mirers.

Well known for his witty
chauvinism, he began the program

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by Louise Richardson
Do you like Fairy Tales? On
March 9, at the Oakridge VPL, a
group of confirmed adolescents
(ages 10 through 48) were
enchanted by P.K.page reading:
from her first fairy tale, A Flask of Sime
A traditional story with a Prin-f&
cess, a hero, a quest and many fan-j
ciful characters and adventures, we
were transported into the tale im-%
mediately. Page’s poetic skill, her¥
voice, tone and inflection, al
worked to weave a spell which took
us to the imaginary land of Ure.
But this is not an-only-for

  

  

hildren experience. “ Page’ s rich
£:knowledge of symbolism, nuance
and novelty combine to make this a
; delightful story, no matter how tall
‘tea you are. A passage about losing
#221 time and searching for it under and
behind rocks is especially inventive
and true.
Her reading was witty,
humourous and entertaining. We

After this we were treated to a
wide variety of his work, including
the title poem of the Governor

a _ General Award winning book, The

Caribou Horses.
His originality and vision was
repeated again and again with more

all relaxed and forgot the respon-
sibilities awaiting us beyond the
magic, story circle, a measure of

' the strength of her creative talent
and our common need to let go and
play much more often than we
usually do.

with a cutting tribute to Margaret
Atwood. Asked later if this poem
attacked Atwood herself, or her
position, he answered that he had
sent her an earlier draft and she’d
called it "Shit, all shit." But he
received a conspiratorial laugh
from the audience when he said his
poem was mocking the celebrated
status the media has bestowed upon
her, not her personally.

current publications, including a
poem about a turtle, "Adam, But
No Eve," inspired by his trip to the
Galapagos Islands. t

His ability to simplify large,
global subjects, without negating
their importance, but to bring them
into everyday, contemporary life,
continually attests to his talent and
skill as a poet.

     

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Poet Al Purdy

 

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