HE COMMODORE Ballroom was the recent site of

one of the best concerts I've been to in ages. The

evening began with the Vancouver introduction of
Boy On A Dolphin, which is being touted as Britain’s hot-

test new band.

The core consists of four Shef-
field boys who play ... well, think
Simply Red, Xavier Cougat, Sergio
Mendes and the Gipsy Kings all
playing at once. .

Boy On A Dolphin is on a win-
ning streak.

They wowed Whistler au-
diences; West Van's Michael
Meade is featuring them on
BCTV’s The Performers; super-
agent Sam Feldman has just sign-
ed them; former Loverboy guitarist
Scott Smith has taken them under
his wing and organized their tour;
and, although their eponymous
CD was recorded in Sheffield, it
was mixed in Bryan Adams’ West
Van basement, with former
Loverboy Mike Reno doing
backup vocals.

Not too shabby.

Their CD is now in stores and |
highly recommend that you pick it
up.

wekk k

Another excellent just-released
CD comes from the headliner at
the Commodore that night —
North Van's Barney Bentall with
his Legendary Hearts, who've just
released their third album, Words
Inside. .

1 know that Bryan Adams is a
Canadian institution but | prefer

BOY ON a Dolphin sax. player
‘Pete Hiley.

Bentall — the fact that he isn’t as
famous must be attributed to a
marketing problem. .

Adams doesn’t seduce or inspire
total adoration in his audience the
way Bentall does, although I’m
sure that Adams too has had more
than a few pieces of underwear
flung his way.

And there was major groupie
action, with a few girls managing
to run up and throw their arms
around Bentall’s drummer, North
Van's jack Guppy.

Bentall, just back from a-Cana-
dian tour, during which he and his
band “froze (their) you-know-
whats off,” had to put on a strong
show after the rave reception Boy
On A Dolphin got. And he
delivered.

You can’t beat four guitars, great
harmonies and great songs (as a
bonus, Colin James’ sax player
John Ferreira backed them up).

This was topped by the appreci-
ation of a roaring ‘crowd which, by
the way, included North Van's jon
Paul Holt (Guppa’s hairdresser),
there with his wife Julie and son
Oliver; West Van financier Martyn
Element and his wife Barbara; and
North Van hunk Doug Copithorn,
who has given up his modelling
career and is now a full-time pilot
in Campbell River.

At concert’s end, | spotted

Dolphin singer Andy Needham

Louise Aird
BRIGHT LIGHTS

scanning the room, trying to figure
out Bentall’s success recipe.

Perhaps Bentall should write a
how-to manual.

kek

There's lots of Hollywood action
happening at the moment.

In the course of just one lunch at
Le Meridien lately, | spotted big-
guy actor Brian Dennehy gener-
ously tipping the bellman.

We knew he was nice, now we
know he’s not cheap.

Also spotted mega-hunk, ex-thir-
tysomething and ex-Michelle
Pfeiffer husband Peter Horton,
here directing the ABC TV pilot
Birdland. another mega-hunk
Rutger Hauer, who's here filming
the feature Arctic Blue, co-starring
Cathy Moriarty; Another World
cast member jasmine Guy, here
filming the TV movie Boy Meets
Girl and Marg Stark, the Boston
journalist who wrote Roommates,
a book about people living with
AIDS.

Finally Richard Gere, who's
here filming the feature Intersec-
tion with Sharon Stone, looked at
rental homes all over town before
choosing a hideaway in North
Van. :

Gere’s wife, supermode! Cindy
Crawford, is staying there with
him.

I'm going to be very civil here. |
will not say precisely where they
are, nor will | make any rodent
jokes...

wkekek
-.And on the subject of famous
people, should-be-Hair-Club-
For-Men member Prince Edward
was here to preside over the re-
cent Duke of Edinburgh Awards
ceremony and the opening of Vic-
toria’s Commonwealth Games
volunteer centre.

Contrary to reports that he im-
mediately returned home, howev-
er, I’m told that he and his en-
tourage took two floors of a
Whistler hotel and spent a week
skiing and partying!

Maybe he’s not as dull as he
looks.

BOY ON a Dolphin founders Jon Reilly {iett) and Andy Needham. .

Two notes of congratulations —
to Park Royal Hotel General Man-
ager Mario Corsi, who was nam-
ed Restaurateur of the Year by the
B.C. & Yukon Restaurant and ~
Foodservices Association; and to
North Van‘s Chris Anstee, who
was given the Frank Baker Memo- |—
rial Student of the Year award.

Anstee, who started as a Park
Royal Hotel busboy over 10 years
ago, has known Mario all his life
— obviously, the Corsi knack has
rubbed off.

The management,and staff
are pleased to announce that
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on April 2nd, 1993.
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