"excitement to. » the. day. ;

BOOZE, NOT DOPE

was hardly even any evi-

dence of dope. Saturday’s.

crowd was not hippies but
everyday kids up from the
.city, for a good time. This
was a drinking audience.

Booze was in abundance
but there were only isolated.

instances of it getting out of

“sides of Nancy Greene Way,

over the ‘music festival site on 1 Grouse, the aide sige

“Cars: were parked ‘both

to the Grouse - car. park but

inactive. .

Dancing was ‘minimal and ;

for most of the day the

scantily dressed women tak-:

hand.
An RCMP: spokesman
said: ‘‘Grouse didn’t want a

drugs or liquor problem.
They were doing searches

and checks on the way. up but -

it wasn’t the RCMP. ae

Of the overall
reaction, he said:
went pretty smoothly and we

| had no Problems.”

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“Things —

ing in as. much of the ‘a Ss.

blazing sun as they could.

The atmosphere was given : “
a sense of direction. ‘by. ‘the. from: days of ‘Guess “Who, :
always popular Pied Pear.

opening — music «..act,

The: Pear thrive on ‘such

impressive to see how just

_ two guys playing simple,
goodtime music can raise the.
energy level of thousands of |

people: A welcome change of

material less’ known ‘than.
‘their -well worn songs of

usual did much to help.

The ingredients, were there
for reminiscences of B.C.

| festivals from other summers

not so long ago, in that Home

| Town Band were also play-

ing. -

But somewhat surprising-
ly, and
singer Shari Ulrich did noi
join the Pear for the
reformation of the dynamic
Pied Pum kin. Nor did Home
Town Band get in to backing

Valdy, also on the bill, whe |

gave them their origins.
Shari’s taken on a new

image from the mellow fiddle -

player of Pumkin and is now
a fully fledged rocker, very

much at the forefront of the
| band.

She had no difficulty even
following on after Canadian
star Murray McLaughlin,
who received enormous re-
sponse, and she held the
audience in the palm of her
hand.

Compensation

te was. perhaps, ‘Valdy, &
_ standing there i in‘shorts, who |

captured, the. feeling. of ‘the. =
there were not even any. of © his ..sim

-. the anticipated tie-ups ‘at. the :
- Sky. Ride. terminals. ° _ an

“And he was right. Théte |:

appealing: singing. ‘style and. i on
his, . Pees written |  spetaly Ao
Perhaps it was the. stimu-
lus being useé - alcohol - ‘but:
the audience. seemed almost

Tell 1 ‘It ‘On: The: “Mountain” .
_ summed up the good feelings |
_ and appreciation that other}
_ performers: clearly felt: from ql

! being: there.’
audience seemed content to ..

sit in groups among the hay, ae .
glancing towards the stage, :
- upwards to the‘hang gliding . ’

ry laid: down.
contest and: all. around at the.

- hear. Numbers: from his solo: :
“career,

Scared’’,
"that’made’ him. what: he: is,

“playing” ‘at’ Vancouver -that-”

outdoor music and it was

people - ‘had a great time,
even if rather tame.

disappointingly, |

lichard rockets ‘there a |
was: “Burton: ¢ ummings, who.
| great. show with ”
just: what everyone wanted to.

~ such’ .. ~m
as: well” ae “those |

suchas ‘*American Woman”’

-were: - coincidentally :
night and must have seemed
very different. without the
presence of Cummings.

Allin all, a day of excellent. |
‘music and one where most. .

In fact, it went just as the
promoters had © promised,
although even. they were

_ clearly a little surprised that |
everything went SO smooth-' §
ly. -

And the folks at Grouse.
Mountain? Well, they’ re > just.
delighted.

_ Said manager Gary Kiefer: °
‘Initially, we were very
skeptical of any music
festival or rock festival. The
main reason we are doing
this is because of the two bad
winters. .

“Tam pleased with the re (i yen ANI a :
crowd and out of the whole ct im |
6,000 people there are maybe Mees
25 who have given us a yy
hassiec.”"

' Now, like so, many other § | _ |
‘people, the folks at Grouse
are looking for even bigger §& * NON SKID
and better music festivals at [| 7
. Paradise . Bowl throughout

the summer’s long. week-
ends.

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