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2 tho acton free press wednesday july 24 1968 fresh tracks by barbara mcintosh doom in my last tortn of school i was enthusiastically working on an ovordio english essay whan my transistor was drowned out by a laid si run egads a rod alarl and im still a child ill novor oscapo im out of subway tolwns what a time to havo a room on the third floor whom am my gord llghtfoot records holp thon my journalistic instincts look ovor thlscould bo hot stuff grabbing my camora i raced to the balcony it was an alrrald warning all right i could see the slrun turning round and round en the top of the physics building down tho si root iis an air raid i shrlokud to my roommale sprawlod on the ton bunk eating an orango cut the oxcltomont its probably a physics exporlmont she kept on eating no its the real thing what will wo do hey its an air raid i screamed to a man on the stroot below smartalec studont he snapped and kept on walking its an alrrald i cried to tho world isnt anybody inter ested a city work crew wont on painting a crosswalk some coeds gossiped at tho corner a line of traffic wilted sllontly for a groon light whit apathy i shrlokod will caro ill call chum brian sklnnor pas un mot de paris the national postal sir i la is having international repercus sions on the frei press youth page we have no written word from the touring acton students a latter with their candid im pressions of paris is no doubt sitting in some mallbag in tlu french capital perhaps it will get through in ttim for next week several students have made transaltantlc calls home in the past week protesting about french food and emphaaixlng that they are nevertheless having a great time one girl had apparently written to herparents and posted it before the strike unfortunately in nor haste she forgot to include the address on the envelope so it was returned to bar in paris if the tour is progressing ac cording to schedule the students are no doubt bathing in schnapps omewbere in germany by now band camp holiday record number go a rocord numbor of acton music students havo had the op portunity of attending tho ontario youth music camp in boavorton this summer tho camp i spon sored by tho ontario chaptor of tho canadian bandmasters as sociation valarlo coins barry buchan an paul youngblut brunda ir win lusllo coins sean ahernu and randy cokor roturnod on sunday after one wook in boav orton tho week previous john klngsmlll and bob ellurbyat- tonded tho sessions last year only two wont from actmi band camp is a summer holi day with a difference it offer tho fill range of recreational activities plus thp musical ex perience of hand rehearsals jin- dok the trees and expert guidance top musicians from across ontario offer tholr talont and experience during the past week the students studied undor dr ward colo associate pro fessor of tho family of music at tho unlvorslty of toronto and rocontly appolntod musical dir ector at tho university of alberta in caleary two weeks ago the musical director was robert lowry a member oftho educational branch of the conn music company tho musical program include a concert band rehearsal every day in addition to private study ensemblo practice and sectional rehearsals each sunday tho stifdunts pit ssraclki concert for tho parents list friday ijklit 114 stromjput in a eiiost appearance at awed- dlnp reception and on saturday a group performed in an old poopks hamg in boavorton according to dr goargc 8lilot loader of felons cltltonibnd tkoy all onjoyod it vory much i hope tho number to no will increase next year mr ellloi and several of the parents attended sundays con- coft in tho camp joe petric picks up six medals in canadian music league i dialed and waited breathlessly botorc i could ask what tlmo to expect tho ond a voice boomed chum no it is not an airbaid the alarm has been set off by accident this isa recording yeah man thank god for chum i gasped and dashed back to toll my roommate it isnt an airraid after all probably a physics experiment she sighed and kept on oatlng it isnt an alrrald after all i shrieked ovor the balcony to the world a couple looked up at me and shrugged tholr shoulders tho city work crow wont oh painting the crosswalk suddenly tho siren stopped the transistor was playing its a turn down day i turned to my roommatu woll it was just a mistake but tho real thing could happen you know and we have no organization nobody ovon know what the siren moant and nobody soemod to care this whole cltv could have been wiped out and nobody would havo been prepared for it but mo and chum she sat up throw her orange peelings ovor the balcony and sighed look its no sweat if it had boon for real this city would have gone in thret minutes you might as well forgot about it do your nails oat an orango and smile and shes right i had momentarily slipped out of charactifrd we are the bomb generation ror the last 10 years we have lived in the constant realization that man nou has the means of destroy ing himself in a matter of minutes and we know that there is reallv no oscapo we rarely think about it its as much a part of our life as snow in the winter and old age so what tho heck hhhhiiaiaimmhmklhklalallililhhathalhhbialklkfalalalhalaia joe petric and his accordion camo homo with five gold modals and one silvor from tho canadian music league festival in toronto july 1720 joe has been studying the accordion for the past 11 years and is now in tho grade nine and ten level this was his first year in tho conservatory and his first time in cml comp t- itlons cola metals were awarded io firs place winners and also to thqse who received a uifkn 91 approximately 2500 players from the three centroskltchoner slmcoo and hamilton attended tho compi titlons naturally there were many students from tho smaller towns hat are included as a part of the three divisions six young accordionists from acton slay dthe lull four days and a few others wont to toronto for a specific day judges for tlto competition wore hip palmer and dill hues of 1ixs who have wrlltensov- orit books for the accordion or over joo placed first in thi jtiey performed a twohour con senior solo wtli3bprcentthlrwcr in tho open solo with 93 percent and third in the assistant toachxr division with og percent in addition he playcm with the kltchoner senior orchestra which ejnerged the grand champlonwlth b8 percent the kltchonor open band division who cam in first with ogporcont and tho kitchener band class b which camo in second cnrl on saturday night for i lie audfonca and received a standing ration joe who is 15 vors old and going into grade 11 in acton district high schdol this fall is wall known around fown for his talont ort iheaccordlon ho acts as an assistant teacher with mr llarrerrwtio gives conser vatory lessons in acton ymca accordionist joe petric won a total of six modals at tho canadian musicians loaquc competions in toronto staff photo the trials of a playground instructor can only bo 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