Bf Shadb he Vancouver Art Gallery was pleased with the success of its most recent exhibition — Correspondences: Jack Shadbolt, a retrospective of the career of western Canada’s toremost senior artist. BRIGHT LIGHTS At the opening, 200 showed ior drinks and nibblies, and everyone seemed to have a great time, al- - though one lady was miffed about having to pay for a glass of wine. Williamson and gallery owner Diane Farris. So bachelors, if you want to meet gorgeous, successtul, dy- namic single women start buving art, Farris looked rested and healthy alter two vacations — one at The Oaks spa in Ojai, and a working holiday at ‘Documenta’ in Kassel, Germany -- the famous art festival which features 200 artists trom all points of the globe (nine Cana- dians were chosen this vear, in- cluding locals Rodney Graham, Stan Douglas and Attila Lukacs). Shadbolt was there with his wile Doris. Both looked hale and hear- ty, but, ! thought, a lithe hored avith the fuss Ina short speech, Shadbolt said that his psychic and artistic energies are still strong and that he’s still building tor “high mo- ments of art.”’ In other words, 1 guess, he has no intention of retir- ing. One thing’s for sure — 5.400 “6 Can you believe Cher married this guy? That's like me marrying Sid Vicious.” it and disappeared into the crowd. - How utterly rude, especially if . fFumors about the dire state of the gallery's finances are true. Two of West Van's premier ‘hunksters-were there — Shawn _ : Poze and Patrick Joyce turned up with Louisa Flinn and her .. :* baby Madeline. : ~ West Van computer systems consultant Richard Coughlan was there with his long-time squeeze, | Paimer jarvis’ Wendy. Moriarty; “and West Van's Penny Christie -)* came. with newly-e.-Torontonian, Lynn Kelley Piper (an art buyer). happily-newly-single retailer Ash! ing Delahunt, architect Gair THE VANCOUVER Ari Gatiery’s recent exhibition of Jack Shadboit’s work was attended by Palmer North American firefighters and their wives, mainly from the U.S., will never forget Vancouver. The firefighters, here for their bi-annual convention (Chicago is the 94 venue), were absolutely awe-struck by their visit to the Lower Mainland, which included a fun-filled day at Grouse Moun- tain. Perhaps the highlight of their visit was an evening at ‘*Fireworks * Fiesta."’ the Vancouver Museum's party surrounding the Benson & Hedges Festival of Fire. On the night of Canada’s com- petition, the firefighters took over the museum ’s Vanier Park lawn and, led by entertainer Ron betas Jarvis’ Wendy Moriarty (left) and Penny Christie. | Wednesday, September 2, 1992 — North Shore News ~ 34 it retrospective at VAG as photos Louise Aird JACK SHADBOLT and wife Doris looked hale and hearty at the opening of the. Vancouver Art Gallery’s recent retrospective of the artist's career. : / Haywood, heid a hugely fun par- ty. Americans are so much more receptive and jovial than Cana- dians (send vour Ictters to . Canada; the winner of the competition, put on one of the best fireworks displays i’ve ever seen. For those of you who missed it, the music was eclectic — sort of whirling dervish-ish — but it was brilliantly orchestrated, and the colors! The Brits’ show included lots of gold, which made for an elegant performance, but the Canadians had tons of pink and purple — new colors — and their bursts were bigger. When the Australians competed (they should’ve stayed home — yawn), the Bank of Montreal took half of the museum space to host 350 customers and 75 employees as part of its 175th anniversary celebrations (it’s Canada’s oldest bank). OO Naturally, the senior VP for BC, West Van's Harri Janssen, was there with his wife Judy, and the party's host was West Van’s Scott Hean, another B of M senior VP (who I hear, ladies, is single). Fireworks Fiesta was a great success. However, boos go to gatecrashers (literally) who broke through the fencing on the finale night — and to those people who talked incessantly through each fireworks performance (it’s like watching a movie, folks). But kudos go to th seum’s Monica Sayers for running the show on the four fireworks nights — and to the local firefighters who volunteered countless hours to serve the dinner. Don't know why I goto con- certs — Em too old and cranky. But | wanted to see the Allman Brothers. It was at the Plaza of Nations, which is a surprisingly great . venue, but I had to play Wicked Witch of the West to avoid having my camera confiscated. Then, in the beer garden, some guy grabb- ed me and snapped off three of my fingernails and, while 1 stood staring at my throbbing hand, another tattooed inebriate bounc-. ed off the six-foot CFOX puppy E and spilled beer in my hair. Ugh. The Ailman Brothers, if you think about it; have more staying power than the Rolling Stones. . - The audience age ranged from 20 10 50, Gregg Allman’s bran- dy-soaked voice can still hush a stowd, and the Rolling Stones couldn’t do a 30-minute acoustic set. : Allman, the other remaining original Dickey Betts, and their __ band, performed old favorites —" Blue Skies, Midnight Rider, Seven Turns, Southbound, Melissa and ~ Hoochy Koochy Man, among.:._ . others, and the crowd adored ~ them. : 7 Allman has yet to cut his hair, | guess only his mother knows. what he really looks like — and Cher... Can you believe Cher married this guy? That’s like me marrying Sid Vicious. . . : Discovered the latest fashion at the concert. If you’re under, say 25, you wear Birkenstocks, the: : rattiest clothes you can find, never brush your hair and avoid bathing... at all costs. And you don’t dance... - — you just spin around alot. .* it’s the new Young-Hippy trend, a reliving of the ’60s. But the one clean-cut, 40-year-old , veteran of the Saltspring Age, had the last word — ‘Don’t know _ why they bother,”’ he said. ‘It wasn’t that much fun.” BACHELOR SCOTT Hean (left) of the Bank of Montreal hosted 2 party at the Vancouver Museum when the bank’s 175th anniver-. sary coinci d with the Fireworks Fiesta. Fellow senior VP Harri Janssen attended the festivities.