at

ery happy Sunday morn-
ing to a young fellow
who’s making his mark in
his chosen career very
early in life. John O’ Neill has lived
all his growing years in a beautiful
mansien on Onslow Place, with
his mum and dad and six brothers.

Joy Metcaife
tells all ...

Four of the brothers are now
lawyers, engineers and devel-
opers, but John and brother, Rob,
stayed in the family’s hotel and
catering business.

Rob is president of Coast Hotels
vzhile John, who is a grad of UBC
Commerce and New York’s Cor-
nell University, is vice-president of
marketing, sales and development
for the chain. He’s also a director
of the B.C. Tourism Industry.

The item is that the Canadian
Travel and Tourism Industry
gathered in convention at the

Hyatt last Thursday and named
John O'Neill the winner of the
1989 Canadian Hotelier of the
Year award.

And this week, the good-looking
bachelor just moved into his own
apartment on Duchess. Top Ca-
nadian hotelman — and he’s only
27 years old!...

Now this fellow might be just a
wee bit older but experience has
to count! Oh, and what a grand
and glorious evening it was last
Saturday for the delightful
leprechaun of a gentleman by the
name of William Clancey!

William is the fellow who has
been in the provincial limelight for
years and years, particularly as the
right-hand man to the late
premicr, W.A.C. Bennett. Lately
hz - heen doing consulting work
tor 2 aumber of companies, main-
op wath the Hyatt and their cor-
povate clients.

It was at the very impressive
concert at the Vancouver Trade &
Convention Centre, launching the
B.C. Government’s $12 million
“Year of Music’ and called Road
Show ‘91, that Premier Vander
Zaim made it official.

He named the 25-year resident
of West Vancouver, Bill Clancey,
as commissioner of Road Show
‘91! Creative director for the six-
month project of bringing the best
in entertainment to the people of
the province, will be West Van’s
Roa Woodall.

Other North Shore notables at
the party were Comcore Public
Relations Dave Laundy and his
family; Lions Bay's P.R.’s Bill and
Donna Greenwell; pretty PR lady
Pauline Buck and her husband,
Bill Buck, who has just left his
position with the Crane Library at
UBC after 15 years to continue his
acting career full-time — and
that’s gutsy!

Young and Rubicam’s Mike
Hurst, who was just back from
Europe with Labatt’s, was there
along with his artist wife, Anne;
the just-retired president and CEO
of Western international Com-
murications, Ray Peters and his

Fay and her partner, Gerry
Altman, are the founders of First
Night, the family-oriented New
Year's Eve blow-out.

They have changed their pro-
gram this year so that it will begin
earlier for young families, with a
costumed parade from the Van-
couver Art Gallery, down Howe
Street, to Canada Place where
there'll be a gigantic fireworks
display.

This year, too, thanks to
Brinkhaus Jewellers, there wil! be
a huge clock mounted at the VAG
to tick off the official countdown.

But because First Night has
grown so much over the past
couple of years, Gerry and Fay are
desperate for volunteers. So it
you'd like to become involved in
this mammoth project, you can
call North Van's Cathy Jackson at
631-8182.

Both Fay and Gerry hope to be
able to expand their New Year's
Eve celebration to the North Shore
next year. Let’s keep our fingers
crossed!...

On Saturday night’s elaborate
concert program that launched
Road Show “91 were such stellar
celebrities as premier guitarist,
Liona Boyd, folk singer Rita
MacNeil, composer David Foster
and West Van's Anna Wyman
Dance troupe...

More Joy
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i7 - Sunday, December 3, 1989 ~- North Shore News

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Catch the beat ... The B.C. government’s Year of Music was of-
ficiaily opened Saturday evening with Road Show ‘91 at the
Vancouver Trade and Convention Centre, where WV’s William
Clancey was named commissioner of Road Show °91 by
Premier Bill Vander Zalm (top photo). The cencert included perfor-
mances by Liona Boyd (above) and David Foster (left).

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