23 - Wednesday, June 26, 1985 - North Shore News

avid Raven goes it alone

ROCK AND ROLL has a habit of separating the

rock from the role.

David Raven has been
through the centrifuge of the
pop music industry. Though
his various sidemen, the
Escorts, whose 1981 *‘Shot In
The Dark’? album — with

photo sum ted

David Raven plays the Rusty
Gull June 26 to 29.

By TIMOTHY RENSHAW

Raven was a commercial and
critical success, and most
ticently, duo partner, Laurie
Paul, have been stripped
away in the process, Raven
hus retained the rock. He re-
mains a singular talent.

His involvement in Van-
couver’s music scene goes
back to 1969, when he arriv-
ed, at age 15, from Capreol,
Ontario. He has since built
an impeccable musical
reputation, both critical and
popular, playing solos, duos,
trios, and quartets; all with
equally positive critique:
“*Raven is the real thing’’.

He has replaced human
back-up with the tatest
technological back-up of
drum machine and syn-
thesizer in his latest solo in-
carnation. Raven’s move
away from the social com-
plexities: of fronting a band
are permanent he says, “‘I

Join the
Griffin band

YOUTH AND- adulis both
have an opportunity, ‘to stay
in practice and ‘have fun
making music at the Wm.
Griffin Community Centre
this summer.

Griffin's Community

Concert Band for adults has.

been playing for over a year
on Wednesdays from 8 to 10
p-m. and begins the summer
session July 4. Cost is $36,
and players of all instru-
ments are invited.

The Youth Band is a new

addition forthe summer on-.

ly and is designed to keep
young people in practice
over the holidays. Emphasis
is on fun while the band
meets Thursdays 1-3 p.m.
starting July 4.

Cost for this program is

-$30. Conducting both’

‘groups is Rob Descotes a
popular North Shore music
teacher and performer.

Registration is now being
accepted at Griffin or call
986-2255. for further infor-
mation.

can’t see myself playing in
bands fulltime again, there's
just not enough satisfaction
in it for me.”

The financial realities of
dragging around the excess
baggage of a four-member

Acting out

OPEN STAGE ASSOCIA-
TION has just received a
Federal Government grant to
set up a Summer Theatre
School based on the North
Shore.

The money will pay the
salaries of three theatre stu-
dents.

Open Stage interviewed 32
applicants from UBC,
Langara College, and North
Shore secondary schools.
Chris Dorey, a 21-year-old
graduate from Carson
Graham’s Theatre Depart-
ment; Sean Wardell, a grade
12 theatre student at West
Vancouver Secondary; and,
Joanne ~DaSilva, an 18-
year-old graduate fror
Argyle Theatre Department
were selected.

The three will help Open
Stage’s: Summer School
director Coryne Hockley
and administrator Ann

’ Johnson to run the program

at North Shore
Neighbourhocd House.

Open Stage is offering
three classes: ages, five to
eight: nine to 12 years; and
13 to 16 years, Classes will
run for two, four-week ses-
sions starting on July 2 and
July 29,

Pianists compete

BRITISH. COLUMBIA will
be well represented by four
North Vancouver youths at
the Canadian Music Com-
petition finals this summer.
Aspiring pianists Jor:athan
Tang, Judy Tang, Betty
Tang and Nicholas Maloff

will join twenty-four other .

British Columbians in Win-
nipeg July 6-16 to compete
for top awards.

The young prodigys will
perform works by Kuhlau,
Hyden, Chopin,
Rachmaninoff and
Beethoven.

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Salmon Steak
Chicken Pot Pie
Salisbury Steak
Liver and Onions
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Join us
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4:00-8:00 pm

Entree includes fresh
daily vegetables
and choice of potatoes.

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right beside Eaton’s

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back-up band have also sunk
home to Raven: ‘‘the amount
of money to support a band
like that, with crew and
agent, is just not here, there
just aren't enough clubs in
Canada."

The primary class features
costume, makeup, and
clowns; intermediate
features mime, movement,

’

Raven's sound is a distilla-
tion of rockabilly, R&B, reg-
gae, and funk presented with
the fire and soul of one ge-
nuinely possessed.

For all those who are hav-
ing trouble remembering

what this means in rock and
roll terms, it’s time for a
recharging of rebel spirit
courtesy of David Raven.

He wil] be appearing at the
Rusty Gull pub, Wednesday
to Saturday.

@ summer

and improvization; and the

senior class features script,
camera,
terization.

and charac-

Classes run Monday
through Friday at North
Shore Neighbourhood
House.

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-[ Four select entrees to choose from .

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