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page 14. Whitby Free Press, Wednesday. May 26,1993 K-lA (KAYWANA), aka Whitby resident in a photo from the caver of bis new Martin James-Grimtmold, pleads for a job single, iGet a Job.' Photo by Mark Reesor, Whltby Free Press Philharmonice choir formed Ille Durham Philharmnonic Choir, a new community choir based- in Oshawa, will -begin rehearsing in September. The choir will be directed by local musician and choral director Robert Phillips -- a founder of the choir. Phillips has been involved with numerous church and commumity choirs over the past 10 years, and is a graduate of Mount Alison University and University of Toronto mnusic faculties. Fnday, May 28th TrHE MODERN DA Y BRA VES OPENING BAND THE GROOVE DADDIES Saturdaýy,May 29th THE LIFE Sunday, May 3Oth SUNDAY NIGI-T JAM hosting band EASY ACCESS 250 wing night An organizing conmittee met in March to establish a new adult mixed choir that would develop musically by stressing the fundamentals of good choral singing, and grow in number by reaching out to the community. Plans cali for weekly rehearsals of rnostly standard sacred and secular chra music of both larger and smaller proportions, and the presentation of two or three local concerts per year. Anyone with choral singing experience and interest is invited to contact Phillips at 721-9290 for PROSECT OF WITB a*PUB a 2nd Floor Dinng* further infbrmnation. Soprano, alto, tenor and bass positions are avamlable. Stea-u on ......y The 'Stearn-Up' and opening of Pickering Museum'Vllage wil i be held on Sunday, May 30. The theme for this year's open- ing day is 'Gardening the old- fashioned way,' featuring work- shops on growing herbs, manag- ing insects, heritage plants, pre- servicg produce and com posting. There will be perennials, herbs and bedding plants for sale. The gas and steam barn will Usteam Up" with working milîs, traction engices, authentic scale models and vintage cars. 'Get A Job a musical statemelit By Cerl-n *McKean "Yor remsand your goals.. you cen't have al of t but "your ari eram ciY9tr,," ssK-la (Kaywana), a'Whiby arnri local 1h o has pro duced his first recording on an independent label. pr The Whitby resident, also known as Martin Jaxnes-Grimmond has written about a dilemme which he takes very serious'ly -- unemploymeflt - but the song expresses optimism and humour. 'Get A Job' reflects the way that people feel about obtairdng, securing and keeping a job. It is an attempt to convey, through music, the feelings of what is hoped woul1d be a vanishing breed -- the 'Involuntary Domestic Engineering Technician,' or unemployed person. "Itfs basically the way that people feel. I'm not making a vicious attempt to trv and make fun of it (the unemployment situation)," says Grimmond. Grimmond wrote the song in February at the Whitby Mal shortly after he had a conversation with an unemployed mani who was trying his luck on Lotto 649. 'Get A Job,' written on the back of a 649 ticket, is a "mix between country music and rock'n' roll." Grimmond had the song recorded in Oshawa GET A JOB and notes that he'd like to "gsome ai pu lay.and Please Mr. Buinusaman if you will, som nes pblihin. la there a vacancy thati1 can lli? The 38-year-old gradu- Surely there'a aonjething that 1 can do ating computer technoIogY To hclp m pull m\Xfa mily through. student et the Cereer Development, Institution Don't want to beg, steal or rob says. that "1've been a Al 1 really nced is to get a job. musicien aIl my hife," but edds that he would like to Dear Ms. Editor if you pleasc eventually get a job in 'm down on my bended kneca teleommuicatons. Won't you put my stmry in your magazine "Iflemmurncthe ras , So mne page, somewhere, it may be sen eny musicien would like You can aign it John Due 1i1jimbob to play music ail his life. Any old namne wiIl do, just get me a job. I'dlike to be able to inake some living from it I'm trying as hard as I can (music)," says Grimmond. To get myselfback together again Grimrnond became a leeing my mmid, justL stayin' alîve keyboard player after Plas Lord, rend me a 9 to 5 learning how te plaý,te by the newspaper every day piano when he was 1 But the classiied ads keep on shrinking K-la, who previously awýay lived in Scarborough has Barcly got enough for a boeur and a amoke been a Whitby resi deiýt for No money means no honey and that's no four years end seys that joke "it's great to be here." Car't aftord a haircut so I look like a sleb Grimmond Wa.5 l11lbcegraterul iW you'd CeL me a job. impressed with the small town which is like "home." 'm trying the bat I can The sorigw*iter was borri To get mysl back tohrether agai n and raised in Guyana, Leing my mnd, just stayin' alive South America. Wont someono give me a 9 taS5. 've grown attached to Mr. Important Covernment Man Whitby and I wvaft to Show me your great ecenomic plan make a musical state- cet a lotta bills -- running out of ime ment not only about Don't know how long 1 can hold the line. VVhtLy but the entire Don't want to beg, steal or rob Durham Region. I want t Ail I need is ta get a job. put it on the map," he says. 'luase don't make me beg, steal or rob Grimmond is married l'ut your trust in me and Cive me a job. and has two children, a boy 3, and a girl, 10. "k'hey're both musically inclined ... My daughter wants me to write a rap song for her," jokes Grimmond. ý 'Get A Jo' is directed et people who are "whatever age you bring yourself to be getting a jdb...or in a situation where you have a job but realize what the unemployment situation is." "Ids love it, " Grimmond says enthusiastically, adding that children who are between ages 4 and 10 like the sound of the 'Pie song, which was written and edited between Feb. 24 and 27, "is flot meant to be a dance song. . Grimmond stresses that 'Get A Job is his expression of "a concerri in everyone's life." Grimmond's stagre name, K-la, is after a South American hero who was courageous. "I've always thought that I should use a came that is related te my roots,* says Grimmond proudlyr. Grimmond explains that he won t be a student anymore in about 16 days and that he'll probably ficd himself in the same position as many others -- unemployed. "Hopfuly, smewere loc the lice, the creators of jobs and the seekers of jobs can get together,- says Grimmond. E r- 112 Colborn Street East (At Green) %Vil i tby, 666-3034 LIVE ýNTERTAINMENT Firiday, May 28th & Saturday, May 29th 9.00 pm to 1:00 11-ni NIGHT SHIFT