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rfchePERALP Entertainment page Home Newspaper of Halton Hills page 17 Til llhKALI April Page SECOND SECTION PEOPLE Bryans a Sensation on the jazz scene FROST Herald Staff Writer Dixieland jazz is really a cheap term Tor what wc play says Bryan Day I prefer to call it traditional or New Or leans Bryan a long term resident of Georgetown is presently playing with the Sensation Jazz Band as a bass player His musical career however is not really grounded in jazz but in good old fashioned rock and roll I started playing guitar when I was years old I studied with the Ontario Con of Music when it was located above the old Cotton Brothers store the Main street After a year I quit became they t teach any chords and I was beginning to play more innovative things Bryan said Gene or the old Dcadbeats taught me for a while until he was in vol v In a car accident By the time he recovered and got around to seeing me again he felt that I had progressed past the point where he could help me Bryan said Bryan began playing In his first band at the tender age of 14 in grade eight It was called and Jay Mates and Bryan claims that nobody will re member It The first band that I played in and that was popular around town was Montana Rock Bryan said We actually made money at it which was something new for all of us Today one of Bryan main interests musically is singing This arose from a time when he played in a folk group at the The Lane a iter hotel In Kitchener It packed solid with patrons every Saturday between four and aeven The reason The Sensation Jan Band Georgetown native Bryan Day Is bass guitar player In the band which New Orleans oriented Jan Also playing In the band are Georgetown resident and trumpet player Brian Gravllle clarinetist Trevor Hodgson Don Edwards on banjo Gary Brellhaupl on drama and trombonist Len Coiling Herald photo by Stephen Frost Collieries and choirs entertain on Welsh tour EDITOR S NOTE Enid Williams The Herald Hills Arts Council column lit recently returned from a abort holiday In Wales where she attended many productions and perform Greetings from South Wale from Newport to viewed a typical mining with the Ebbw River running red from the steel works at down to village on the way to the sea at one time had two collieries in operation one named after the village and Ihe other Nine Mile Point both now defunct Whereas the collieries of this village are not alive music is viry much vibrant as display the male voice choir with the Band the Welsh Guards This week will long be remembered and treasured as an entiling delight by this writer The male voice choir boasts 4 voices The choral members were altered in royal blue dress suits white shirt and bow tic They were an example of disciplined concert decorum The high lights of the choir perform a nee being diction blend expression in Welsh and versatile dynamic magnified the choral tions to an illuminated lustrous performance Initially members of the Welsh Guards are soldiers but they also have the opportunity to attend the Royal Academy of Military Music where they develop musical skills and are chosen to be a member of the band The discipline courtesy to one another and manly demeanor was observed as welt as the pride in being a member of the Welsh Guards The Welsh Guards Will be trooping the colors at Buckingham Palace starting April this year have been informed that next year in the month of June Her Royal Highness Queen will present the Welsh Guards with new colors This military band has completed active service as sildurs in Northern Ireland and art now looking grateful Twice a year at home in Wales I hi Welsh Guards band lours the schools in this country giving rls for I hi young I smart In red adorned with braid and buttons together with navy sirge trousers the band of Guards opened the music at centre Journey to mis which was The woodwind wi n i lodious and the brass used sunn soft touches nevir osirshurinwing the woodwinds is Ibt hand built to a powerful erestiniln A selection from the King and I followed was light refreshing tuneful through the medley A solo on flute in March of the Siamese Child was rendered by an outstanding young during the playing of Hello Young overs were tnu ted a beautiful solo on clarinet with he bund support ing with sensitive expression A member of the kind came forward and played a solo rendition of I You So for his eighty yearold mother had never heard her son play in the band since he Joined the Army He played great reeling and audience was filled with emotion as he completed the tribute to his mother A fun loving interpretation of FumcuU gave great scope to the brass and percussion sections The light and shade in this piece was controlled as well as artistic At this time the male voice choir opened a group of pieces with Chorus of Robbers from I by Verdi the ehursane it was not difficult tn follow the story of rape arson theft and murder for sang with such meaning expression The dynamics win outstanding onlinumg contrast of Italian with three folk songs they sang light ly nor and rich bass a Welsh piece the house down followed a delightful song Thi Old Woman rendered with simplicity gentleness in balanced eonlroll were treated with solos Williams a young number of the band who sang A Stranger in I id im with gnat filling rtcd the lund follow love in aroused the iiidiinu to fir more Tin uards band played a live ly numb r ed A Hot Turn in the ism fashioned on A Hot Tinn In lit Old Town Tonight Tin first of the nu mm hided with I hi i ihoir and Kind ruKlinni Hymn of the Id which was indeed Opening the second hair with wntlin by of tin Wi Ish Guards the hand a beginning as though liny were marehing thin into a lighter segment with strings woodwinds as the ham built to a rohusl inindo while playing Men of Ha rice In this ton position included fourteen The choir returned with from rrnani by Verdi sinking with si rycliar dynamics and noted expression A rendition of Steal Away was touching and artistic us the choir sang with hills and valleys ixpirss iw of originated lis southern United Slates Tin bind of Welsh Gil irds continued the me with three lions One Belle of the Hall in swaying time iii l hi of then audience roared with I the band had great fun pi lying Circus Gallop tin hand played the third sell lion Country and rn touch of nostalgia I hi writer as the edit y i memories of Thi bind and choir together the programme with Cit I Tread by The with rfrtl dielion the I Hid nd together meshed i re oving music The win true timbre of the basse ind i pit promt ml Kit is the ih ill In It 11m hand we nisi lists mil i nit i pi s Kind wlmitlm lri mi oil ih whuhovtrwhe lined Tin mi pi mist for i ehmr inn pit minted it thi Thi r rliu Hudson had imiipkli of tin vol its mid ixbibititi real ii i I Tiylir if kirn of tin I only i the of wonts whili mutual hut impressed the Wilt risinl d siiplincd slyli 1 and the kind throughout the Tin high school that featured Jorge Lasso and Bryan playing a tic guitars and singing and Pete McCormick and Colleen and Donna Bums doing strict ly vocals Wc got together Just lo have a good time It was such a non serious thing and every thing just seemed to fali to gether Bryan says The group entered two folk competitions and won them both the Kawarlha Folk Fes lival and Folk One in the s we learned the song that won for us Scarborough Fair by Simon and Garfunkel the day before the festival Bryan claims At Folk One we lear ned Tell It- Ail by Kenny Rogers and the First Edition the same day of the compel lion That evening was one of the biggest thrills of my us career The band which never did have a name was very popu lor around own and ployed In Mariposa Preview and at the Whistle Stop a folk club In Toronto Looking back on it now I wish the group had stayed together because I really be lieve that we could have gone somewhere Besides it com bined two aspects of music I really enjoy singing and guitar Bryan says Perhaps the most well known local band that Bryan has been in is Station House The band itself went through many changes over the years especially after Gig Hillock its founder left to study at Berk ley School of Music in Boston The band final mix cons is ted of John Wilcox Kevin DeRoo Bruce Gregg in the brass section Bryan on bass guitar Brent on lead guitar Larry Thompson on the keyboards Larry as vocalist and Pete MeCor as the percussionist Wc got together for a friend s wedding after the group had broken up for a while Wehadsomuchfunlhal we stayed together for quite some time after that Bryan says Station House was not only popular in town but out of own as well The band played a number of engagements in Toronto and Water loo As well as playing they did a number of recordings at studios in Toronto One song fans of the group remem ber is an up tempo version of Beatles song Blackbird Bryan himself has done a lot of background vocals for different musicians In the city Even though his main Inter est lies in vocals Bryan is presently devoting his const energies towards the Sensation Jazz Band a Bryan became involved with the band at the last Pioneer Days in town Brian Gravel dropped by Union Gas where he works and asked him if he could fill in on bass He been playing with them ever since Playing bass In a jazz band Is quite a bit different then playing bass in a- rock and roll band Your fingers arc always moving It s really hard on the fingers at first he says The band plays at the Lan caster House every from to and built tip a great following The Lancaster is one of Kitchener older hotels and exudes atmosphere in large The band in upper part of the hotel which is fashioned after seaside pub With the jazz band playing and the whole room moving with feel a patron might well imagine that he is on a ship in harbor of New Orleans came in here by accident one Saturday saw this bond play and 1 been back since says one fan You have toget here at p to get a decent scat on most weekends When wc first started the crowds were minimal In three weeks we went to a standing roomonly capacity I have never played in a band that lias been accepted so fast Bryan soys The band will be playlnp with two other Canadian based Jazz bands the Climax Jazz Band and the Silver Leaf Jizz Band aboard the Trillium on Lake Ontario June Wc vc got HO people busing from to attend he One thing that you notice about our fans is hat they arc all ages and everyone has good time Because jazz is played a minimum of amplification rarely get any complaints about be too Bryan says That s something people like in a band being able to over the music Annual savings Generating energy and fun Actonian harnesses the wind By GEORGE Herald Special Mike Brozic has put a harness on the wind Using parts gleaned from junk yards Mr has erected a 40foot windmill which he expects to blow a big hole in his annual hydro bill A selfemployed industrial sign maker who lives just north of Acton Mr launched the project during Christmas 1378 by collect ing information That kepi him busy in his spare time until April 1979 when I sunk the footings point of no return Getting information on windmill power generation was the hardest part of the job he said in a recent Interview I bought every book I came across on windmills You got lo spend a lot of money on books Most of the books how ever were only for small windmills he added And without an electrical back ground making a windmill generator would be difficult His windmill when completed will generate walls of power he use lo fire two forced air electric furnaces in his self built home l estimates the windmill will save him plus per year on his hydro bill and should pay for itself In two or Ihree years Three and two good aircraft generators arc at the heart of the windmill which will generate direct current as well as alternating current at But winds above miles per hour would cause windmill to blow itself apart so there be a control to lei the props turn free in high winds Mr is also planning lo construct another wind mill of the vertical type will look like a drum with four vanes to catch the wind from any direction Smaller than present one it will be able operate in high winds be said Although he has collected a lot of Information a bout do- it yourself windmill power generation he says he is not planning In write a book about It His advice to someone attempting windmill power generation Work hard at it and you will accomplish It Go to anyone windmill Any one who has one will gladly share information with you Things don happen on their own You vc got to make them happen Mr t believe it is possible to become completely self sufficient in power production But if I cut it down per cent I m laughing he said His next project will be solar energy collection and he already has solar panels on his covered pool However he believes that windmill generation has more future than solar in this climate As he stated there re more windy days than sunny in a Canadian climate and you need the power when it windy Mr brings in uncommon enthusiasm Ins projects The work Is good for you and great for your mind II keeps in motion He believes that wind and solar power generation are the only alternatives to the future Mother Nature gave there for grabs Next winter when the wind blows Hut Mike is lauglilig Mike In frool of the which be built himself mad which he estimates will cut bl hydro bill by per year The was made with three helicopter and two aircraft generator Mr bat plans to build a second windmill of different type Herald photo