wonderful time was
had by all at the 7th
. : ‘Annual B.C. Motion
‘Picture Association Wrap
Party when about 800 peo-
/.ple gathered in the Hyatt
Regency ballroom to cele-
-brate the success of B.C.’s
film industry.

White, was catching up with NSS
co-owner Paul Bronfman who,
with his wife Judy, had flown in
from Toronto for the party.

| spotted West Van producer
Tom Rowe, with bis, wife, CBC
Radio's Vicki Gabereau; North
Van writer Carol Milne; West Van
artist Spar Street; a newly raven-
haired West Van producer Steve
Cheikes; and. North Van actors

Brent Karl Klockson and Roger —

Barnes...

jim Byrnes was there, of course
— he is now starring in Canadian
director Sandy Wilson’s . unfortu-
nately titled Harmony. Cats,, and
Neon Rider's Danny Virtue was
there with. his ‘pal and partner,

y West Van's Winston Rekert.

‘Louise Aird
BRIGHT LIGHTS:

- According to BCMPA Chairman
David : Dewar, 1992's achieve-
ments are indeed cause for cele-
bration ». 92. surpassed all

“previous. years with over 60 pro-

-ductions ‘filmed in B.C.; our-mo- .

tion picture industry now ‘employs
5,000 people;'and B.C. is now one.

of the largest production centres in.

North America.
~And there’was a bonus this year

Pat Rekert (in Versace), by the

way, shared best-dressed honors

with .Gins Doolittle (in .an’ ex-
quisite pink beaded sheath), who
is one of the Beacon Group part.
ners coordinating the construction

- of a massive 146-acre film studio

and condo communily at
Semialunoo.

- On the subject of dress, there
were a lot of ;Club Z numbers
there, but. the. worst-dressed
woman also gets credit-for best ef-
fort — she obviously had nothing

decent to. wear so she wrapped -

—‘funds raised at the party went -

10. the: newly. established Motion :

PAUL: .-3RONFMAN (left), co-owner of North Shore Studios, with
Bill: Wi ite of Production supply company Willlam F. White. 3 =

if n-of. B.C.,' which
vis’a: benevolent. society:formed ta
“support members of the local mo-
_ tion picture community...
change, ‘this function i
tly'a party — no big cefemony
just. “dinner, prizes, ; funny-
money gambling and.a Breat deal
f. schmoozing...”
Afew words were said by oiga-
nizers' and ,the emcee, West Van's

, Jackson Davies, who spoke of the =

‘rumor, :that ; Mike. Harcourt: is; in-.
“sterested «in: ‘doing. ‘Davies’ -stunt:
work, « 5

There. were. ‘lots of North. Shore °
people ‘there. —' Bill White.’ of
North Shore - Studios’ aioe
“supply company, William : Fe

t

_ herself

in _ strings : /of Christmas
lights. fe

- Other than that, there’ s nothing

‘to tell. No one misbehaved, there .
were no egregious displays of bad
“manners — everyone just partied
“and had a great time. ».

te te ok

; Speaking. of North: Shoreites. in
. the” biz,
businessman ° Harald | Ludwig

|; hear that West: Van

temporarily threw his. hat into the
ring. -

Apparently, to help. out -. his
friend, ’ West Van : producer ‘ Bill
* Vince, Ludwig. flew, to an obscure
hamlet in southern Alherta to: play
two. -parts® an American
_ businessman. Tokyo karaoke .

photos Louise and

THE NEON Rider TV series was represented at the B.C. film in-
‘dustry’s annual wrap party by Neon Rider star Winston Reckert
(left, with wife Pat Reckert) and serles producer Danny Virtue.

bar and a cowboy, for which he
wrangled his own cows.

kkk

On the: subject of cowboys,
North Van’s Whitecap Books
hosted a party to launch the
publication of. NV native Rosa-
mund Norbury’s © Behind the
Chutes: The Mystique of the
Rodeo Cowboy,

Norbury spent a great deal. of
time with the rodeo circuit. and

clearly became very fond of her

: subjects,

Despite the grammatical ‘errors,
‘the book’s collection of touching .
sepia-tone photos and explana: :

tions of all things rodeo is a good

read — if you're. interested in, or

curious about, rodeo.
At the party, Norbury greeted a
huge crowd at Carios ‘n” Bud’s

’ Restaurant, where guests munched

nn Tex-Mex food and listened to
C&W tunes about.
- loves, horses and trucks “— some-
one even managed : to organize
line-dancing.

So I'm trying to get ‘through the
crush and | hear a familiar voice

fost or. sick -

man’s voice said “Thank you,

Faye.” | turned around and who's .

standing there but Faye Leung! «_
She was wearing a’red, green
and gold traditional Chinese - silk

dress and a straw cowboy. hat with.

red plastic roses sticking out of it.”
Next. to her was her © ever-
gracious, always-smiling husband,
Mr. Faye: Leung,, who had - -also
donned a cowboy : hat ~ ‘now
that’s devotion.

As she handed me her card

which reads ‘Faye’ Leung Can

sulting & Marketing Inc.” (22722), |

asked her what she was doing |
’ there,'and she told me that she has
always supported rodeo and all:

the people who love it. Well color
me speechless, Earl...

say” “You do good drag.” A.:-

“BEHIND. THE Chutes’. author
Rosamund Norbury. :

My new 1993- diet. must, © it
seems, include crow. Had | been’
paying attention, |, would have re--
alized that the. once-small: group
behind the International Arts Cen-
tre had grown to include many.
people whom | would never refer +’
to as “social climbers.”

This group is more than steamed
by my remarks af last’ week,’
especially since it now includes «
people who are friends ef mine, all:
of whom wasted no time in calling
to remind me that my sense’ of’:
humor is much different from.
everyone else’s, and that , others a
take my remarks more seriously
than | do. So, aside from offering*

apologies for badly hurt feelings,

can only say, “Oops.”

: “the

‘rodeo epirit “at. whiveers

Books’ : launch of Norbury’s

- SATURDAY JANUARY 23, 1993

~ Social Hour:

6: 00 p.m. n Pine

“Benevolent Associati on:

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