32 - Wednesday, January 27, 1993 - North Shore News

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Canada south to California,
Wisconsin and lowa, (She per-
forms two concerts this Sunday,
Jan, 31, in North Vancouver at
Centennial Theatre.)

Diamond's growing popularity
has a lot to do with her ability to
capture kids’ imaginations with
songs like Four Hugs a Day, lama
Pizza, and Dicky Dinosaur. But it
hasn’t come without a great deal
of work.

Being in control of her career

: has always been a priority, so .

much so that she and her husband
Harry, who gave up a 20-year-old
career as a commercial fisherman
to. manage Diamond's career full

,. time, oversee every angle of her =

“ career, from booking tours to

distributing her recordings.

It seemed like the natural thing
to do. After all, when friends”
complained they couldn't find -
copies of her second album, Dia-

--mond in the Rough, in local re-
‘. cord stores, what else was she to
. do but drop a deal with A&M Re-
..cords and open her own record older sister, who died two years
~ company, Hug Bug Records? . - ago from cancer, would put on
.-< Says Diamond: “I haven't. « ... puppet shows for the neighbor-
» “waited for someone else to - hood kids on a makeshift stage.
. discover me. I’ve done it al” ‘That early exposure to the arts
‘ “myself.” “ "was to have a huge influence on
.."” Sometimes, however, it seems her career and i inspire an eclectic ,
like a bottomless pit with no end» .”. sound. -
“of paperwork in sight. - , . If there was one thing she learn-
« . But this way she can tailor her..°--.‘éd from those childhood years it |
"touring schedule ina way that -was that music was the one thing . -
“allows her to spend more time ’.’. ‘- that binds families together. :
-« with her family. Diamond. has two.” 2."lsaw that families could ges
teenage sons, Matthew, 17, and” together and have a lot of fun with’
“Thomas, 14, both of whom help’. : music. We did it, and it didn’t." S
“out in the songwriting process. . have to be perf ‘

If one thing could be’suid to | “ Diamond says she has never
‘have catapulted her into. her c een afraid of taking risks: Good
teer, itwas the birth of her: : thing, because without those stee-

» Childrene. 2" ly nerves she wouldn’ t be where
_:. Diamond would make. up D fun he is today... ;

songs and lullabies for them and For one thing, her fearlessness

“collect records by such famou allowed her to put herself out ona |
children’s entertainers as Pete, |.’ limb. . :
Seeger and Woody Guthrie. (One? ee) 1983 ‘she began ésting out
thing that attracted her to.» =... ‘her material on schoolteachers, ©
children’ ‘$ entertainment, she says,‘ parents and students, and with a

wa lttie’ adjusting | here, a little fi ne

44 I’ve seen some
performers lose their
audience because
they're only singing
to themselves. 99

— Charlotte Diamond

form with Seeger in 1982. “He
- was so comfortable with the au-

dience it didn‘t matter that he had
_a great singing voice as well.’’)

Music, and folk music in par-
ticular, had alwa’ ays been a big part
of her life. Raised on traditional
Scottish and trish music, her
mother could often be heard sing-
ing in the Diamond home, and
Auntie Lottie’s voice was always é a
regular at family gatherings.

And Diamond was artistically
resourceful as well: she and her

: 7a 5% alcohol content = ‘about the
.Same as bread or vanillaice. *
cream) marketed by Lifestyles are.

water in resta

Social ‘events
His company now handles close

to 100 diff rent de-alcoholized
roducts.; is

They range. from bottled mineral

waters to dealcoholized beer, *
‘champagne, white and red wines.”
he beverages distributed by ©

‘Lifestyles are now available in
host of Lower Mainland restau-
rantsand major retail chains such \:
as London Drugs, The Bay, Super:
Valu’ and IGA. - :

McRae’s non-alcoholic bar at’.
“Park Royal serves a dual purpose: :
“it provides Lifestyles with an in-
-'viting venue in which to present its
* products to clients, and it: :
‘establishes a traditional bar at

mosphere free of alcohol. =
“That atmosphere. maintains the:
‘amaraderie of bar patrons sonar:
ing refreshment and 5 swapping :
small talk with a bartender ‘and
each other to the backdrop of an °
averhead television broadcasting *
sports events. But it comes without ..
that unpredictable and oftenun- |:
‘ pleasant, sidekick,‘alcohol. 3)",
‘The de-alcoholized beverages L

‘rior taste, they have about two-

~ thirds less calories than their alco- °

* holic counterparts.-.° i:

‘ “| “Alcohol is removed from the

- products | using special cold fi Itra- oy

“thon. <2 . ie
- The'system results i in the reten- : |
‘ tion’of the more subtle flavors of * -

“fermented beverages that can be.

“lost using higher temperature

_ methods of removing alcohol. -

The Lifestyles’ products are
* refreshing to drink and bear the |
complexities of alcoholic bever-
‘ages, but they pack no unpleasant

. Side- or after-effects; © 00)
‘Lifestyles’ beer selection ranges 's
from Molsons XL and Labatt’s
"($2.50 each) to Bitburger. Drive. © ;
from Germany ($3) and Whitbread
White from England ($3.50). a

Wines offered at the bar are:

-:. produced by California’s Ariel and :
Fenn Valley wineries.”

There are a host of whites. i.
‘(chardonnays, sauvignon blancs,
‘gewurziraminets, $2.50 to $3 per

glass; $7. 50 to $18 per bottle);

“ not only of high quality and supe- a

tuning there, i in no time she had
built up a burgeoning repertoire.

The result was 10 Carrot Dia-. -; °

mond, her first recording featuring
the now-famous Hug Bug Band, °
and by far her biggest success.

The record went on to win
gold-record status and Set the -
stage for five successive.albums,
including her latest recording,
Bear Gruff.

And to the relief of parents, her
songs aren’t the sugary-sweet
repetitive type with unimaginative
lyrics. They deal with everything.
from boosting self-esteem to help-
ing young children cope with
chronic pain.

“In 1989 when ! was in
California a primary teacher told
me how one child was singing
May There Always Be Sunshineto
the other kids because they had

- been frightened by the earthq-

uake,

“It made me realize that we
have to always reinforce how
much we love our children.”

Diamond says kids today are

much more discriminating in their

musical tastes, ‘You have to be
really honest with them:/:she says..
“lve seen some performers lose -

their audience because’ ‘they’ reon-

ly singing to themselves
Now hoping to expand further.

“into TV (Diamond is working « ona
“proposal for a children’s series ~-

which she plans to pitch to the |
networks in the near future) the
: squeaky-clean, youthful-looking

“performer still has trouble believ-’

ing how things have worked out:

“V've been totally blown away ®.
by it. Sometimes | have to pinch
myself to make sure iv $ not all just’ -
a dream.” a .

| was curious to kno what her
teenage sons think of having a
' Barbara Streisand to the munchkin
set fora mom.. .

Sometimes Matthew’s friends .
- will pass him in the school hallway
‘ and scream out, ‘Lam a Pizza,’.
“< laughs Diamond, “but t think

there's a degree of respect from:
their friends — just in the fact that
‘Ive. done something different. ”

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» fgabemet sauvignon,'$2.50 to $40
er lass, $8.to $18 per bottles:
tyles also stocks a good
selection of bottled waters,.00 |
* primarily from Italy ($1.50 to’ $2)

“anda Single, entry from: Wales

($2.50
And ‘he bar produces a range of

“non-alcoholic cocktails =)
“' everything from Orange Creamsi-.:

- cles ($1.95) to Chi Chis ($2.95) and
Champagne Cocktails ($3.50) —

and Magic Coffees ($2.75 for a half
.. dozen varieties, including Spanish
and B-52);.0.. #2

There is also a small food menu .
featuring pastas from Umberto’s -
‘and sandwiches filled with meats
from Peter Black the butcher, a

“fellow Park Royal market tenant. ,

McRae originally considered.‘
‘Granville Island as the site for his -

“ Lifestyles bar, but the ever-popular
Vancouver island had no room for
his non- ralcoholic venture.” gee

“The North Shore does, and it.
* Could be of great. mutual benefit to :
Lifestyles an North Shore resi
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" West: Vancouver teachers have been without.a col
“lective agreement. since ‘June: 30,°.1992.:We ‘hav
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