‘AY CARROLL, one of the original members of the 1950s vocal group ~The Platters says he has “nothing left to prove in the “music industry.

. He’s turned his energy to “helping up-and-coming young “artists prove themselves.

oy For the past few years he has , ‘seen much raw local talent walk- : ing through the doors of his per- forming arts centre, Lorac ’ Productions Ltd. in Vancouver.

“Aspiring entertainers come to ‘learn to dance, act, sing, record rand work a stage.

Producer-director Carroll

. works as a vocal coach at Lorac. ©

Over the years he’s also kept -alive his version of The Platters,

“ These days, the group special- ‘izes in performing or fundraising events,

“The two sides. of Carroll. — the performer and the teacher — come one on Saturday, March

19;‘atthe Robson Square Conference Centre. Ballroom, -when The Platters and guest - entertainers perform to raise money for the Hand:in Hand Fine Arts Society. _

- Carroll is‘a director of the

society, formed just last month:

mt

“yee with Bev. Delich’ and Lisa

= Holender.: “i’s;in our constitution, to fos-.

encourage and develop new .°

talent in the performing arts and | ‘0. promote: and assist in the edu- “cation of the performing arts. It ‘came together Feb. 7 of this year. ama call it my own Factor grant. If you're a musician or a writer or something of the sort, to try to pet a grant, i it’ 5 worth your life,” @ said. “Carroll does not forget that” ‘others helped him to:get his. Through Hand in Hand he and fellow instructors at Lorac

are offering a helping hand up to -

' struggling artists who show promise. Coupled with Carroll’s -corinections in the music indus- try, promises can be realized.

“= “P want to foster budding tal- “entand believe me I’ve come up

with some talent you wouldn’t believe, | didn’t believe it. “There's a girl singer, her

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one of our winners and | feel per-

sonally she’s going to do very,

very well. The girl is a phenome-

nal singer and | predict she’s

poing to be a star coming from ere.

“She's a working single moth- er and she has to work to keep things together, but I’m going to help through Hand in Hand. We're going to provide some sponsorship and help her go all

. the way with her recording and where necessary.”

The resources at Lorac are made available and Carroll’s connections can help to make the difference.

.. “When i came along a lot of different people helped me. My

. godfather was Count.Basie. Nat King Cole was engaged to my aunt.”

“I came from a musical back-

ground. My mother was a key- -board player — Alice Childs. She had her own trio in Chicago.

“So | was connected with that _and even now, | take a lot of my ‘students to meet 8.B. King. He's a very good friend of mine.

“\ know a lot of A&R men ’ with the record fabels and espe- cially in the States. A few | can

call personally and can say, ‘Listen to this.’ ”

Meanwhile, Carroil and Bev ‘Delich listen to new artists com- pete in talent shows held weekly every Thursday to the end of March at the Big Bam Boo Club in Vancouver.

The winner of the Lorac-spon-

- sored talent competition secures a spot on the Arsenio Hall Show.

For more information about, The Platters Tribute Gala Ball to

raise money for Hand in Hand call 732-1150 or CBO at 280- 2801.

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