SECTION ENTERTAINMENT T.V. ° W.G.O. NEWS photo Terry Peters SUSAN Erudell, of North Vancouver, sings one of the selections tram Rocking Horse Dreamy a cassette tape of lullabies for small chiidrea produced by Trudell and her family | avarotti im concert Departs Feb. 28 Return Mar. 3 gh te “day! bq ita se Loa Verpar Ite abt foares poo tae Ab tho b Larriacrcys leacders Co cof ter rhc d ede e Commedia tice °4'79°... Sire. Holntays Book through PRESENTATION HOUSE THEATRE rs een ' ofioe noe ' 1 . ro Pade Cade pe ty, Ln y NOW BOOKING DECEMBER 28 JANUARY 2. ] Poows Weeloesdery Eb ooudory ' idea, wToap day tw potty Mes rn Me Gianiwlle Aavced only Reserve by phone 083 20)1/ Produced by Erica Producthouss “hayes Vth Nye vobht Gece tee 136-727 December 21, 1984 Newsroom 985-2131 to sleep With lullaby tape A SINGER, who is also an ex-preschool teacher expecting her first child, seems the perfect can- didate to produce a tape of children’s lullabies, and Susan Trudell of North Vancouver has done exactly that. Where most artists would be insulted at putting their audiences to sleep, Trudell’s success depends on her voung audience drifting into slumberland while listening to Rocking Horse Dreams. The slow, quiet tunes have been chosen specifically for their soporific qualities. The tape includes traditional and popular lullabies, froma half-tume version of Twinkle Twinkle Little Star to Teddy Bear's Picnic to Brahms Lullaby and Russian Lullaby. The title tune was written by Susan's tather, Pat Trudell, a professional pianist. He did all the background music for the tape. Other family members also helped out. The _ re- cording was done tn a cous- in’s mobile recording studio in Trudell’s parents’ home, while her husband, brother and cousin did the mixing Trudell’s teaching days al Queen Mary preschool first gave her the idea for the tape “Hd sit with my guitar and sing, with the children Plaving thei instruments There seemed to be a bit ofa gap for really xgeonotle mature fos musi Of a peeshoolenrs She says NANCY WEATH Trudell’s target market ts “tall these new babies and older mums."" But she’s also discovered in’ working with mentally handicapped children that “the way to reach them ts through music According to Trudell special children have enough inner anxieties that boisterous music 1s sometimes too much. ‘‘Gen- tle music 18 better to bring them down and relax them,’’ she says Trudell is from a theatri- cal family Her mother was an acrobati dancer, her fa- ther 1s stitl employed as a pianist, now working in the George V pub tn the Georgia Hotel, and Susan has been active for many vears on the North Shore in| community theatre and North Shore light Opera She 1s planning another album along the same lines as Rocking Horse Dreams, possibly in the spring, and then she wants to do ‘‘some thing tor older children ”’ The 30 minute cassette is available at BC Plavthings in North Van, Phe Tox Bow Sam the Record Man. aor by calling = YXO KKO? It $9 YX CONES DEC. 27-29 THE QUESTIONNAIRE’ New Tetedgl: "oypyaer tol RA will. thie. 212 Carrall St. (Gastown) 681-2814 hem, | FY f ‘.