16 - Friday, July 15, 1988 -— North Shore News

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Parrot trains for silver screen

WHO SAYS
peanuts? .

This local polly wants more than
just a cracker.

Reuben, a rare hybrid macaw, is
in the middle of hot and heavy
training for a cameo role in an up-
coming movie, and a North Van-
couver couple are coaching him all
the way.

The whole project is rather
‘hush-hush’’ at the moment, and
Golinksy says he can’t reveal the
name of the movie as yet. But a lot
will depend on if Reuben can just
relax and be himself.

“He’s still very much a big
baby,’’ comments Golinsky, who
with wife Mary Alice trains birds
for T.V. and movies from their
Lynn Valley studio. ‘‘But he’s re-
ally a ham,’’ he says of the one
year old bird.

Reuben, however, shouldn’t
have much trouble with the role,
coming from @ long line of birds in
entertainment. Reuben’s Greenw-
ing father was also a star who ap-
peared in the T.V. movie, Clan of
the Cave Bear.

What Reuben now has to learn
how to'do is ride on the back of a
dog in order to create comic relief

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SMILING REUBEN the macaw expects to soon be a movie celebrity —
the bird is to appear in an upcoming feature film.

for his new role. He also has to
learn how to talk, which could be
“ta bit tricky,’’ but the Golinskys
are keeping their fingers crossed.

Reuben will be in training for
fifteen minute periods, two to
three times a day. The process is
based on a reward system, so every
time Reuben succeeds at something
he gets a sunflower seed treat.

It all sounds like fun, but the
Golinskys’ job isn’t always easy.
‘Nature has to bend to meet the
director’s demands,”’ says Mary
Alice, but directors don’t always

get what they want. Creating
swarms of birds or getting birds to
talk can often be hard to do.

The Golinskys’ company, “A
Tropical Parrotdise’’ in Lynn
Valley, has been going strong for
eignt years now. Some of their
previous clients (birds, that is)
have appeared in movies such as
Haunting Passion, starring Jane
Seymour.

The couple also visits hundreds
of parrots on a house-call basis,
providing beak, nail and feather
trimming, health and nutrition tips.

Tang family excels musically

WITH A host of awards for
musical excellence, three . North
Vancouver youngsters are on their

_way to the top Of the ranks for

young Canadian musicians.
Jonathan Tang, 10, and his

sisters Betty, 16, and Judy, 13,
started music at an early age and
have garnered awards for top
achievements in their levels.

“I'm very proud of them,’” said

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Taking piano lessons since he
was five years old, Jonathan, after
one year of lessons, took nine
grades of piano examinations by
the time he was 10 years old, winn-
ing two silver medals from Toron-

_to’s Royal Conservatory of Music.

Under the guidance of their
teachers, the three form a perfor-
ming group called The Tang Fami-
ly, which started its numerous

public performances in 1986,

Despite coming from a_non-
musical family, the children have
excelled.

‘*We (the parents) had to strug-
gle to get by early on,’’ their father
said.

“So there was no chance for us to
go into music. There was no time
for it.”

TV game show needs kids

NORTH SHORE youngsters with
time on their hands this summer
can audition as contestants for the
new BCTV kids’ game show called
5-4-3-2-Run.

Game show producers are look-
ing for more than 200 contestants
ages eight to 14 who fit the bill as
bright, energetic and outgoing.

Host Andrew Cochrane — a

familiar face from Switchback —
dishes out the questions. A correct

‘answer gets contestants closer to -

the expected prize lineup of bikes,
computers, stereo systems, micro-
scopes and cameras,

A.wrong answer could mean be-
ing dumped with confetti, popcorn
or the infamous and much-feared
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