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THE HERALD Wednesday April Page 27 The New Kids are growing up Now that the New Kids On The Block have cornered the teeny- bopper market they may aim at the old folk senior high school students The Bostonarea pop music group has sparked more shrieks from the soprano set than any group since the Beatles The quintet has captured the adulation of not only early teens but of teen girls Bob Spence Their recent Canadian concert tour has left thousands of young girls with strained vocal cords Even 12 and lJyearolds can only scream for so long The New Kids with their elaborate choreography sugar dripping lyrics and wholesome im age are a carefully packaged event Each of the quintet the average age is is already a millionaire Their breakthrough second album Hangm Tough has passed the 16million sales mark Maurice Starr is the man behind the Kids Seven years ago he form ed the New Edition five black per formers whose hits included Candy Girl He began auditions in 1984 for a new group a group that became New Kids On The Block Given the demographics of the country and the history of the music business I figured that five GOOEY GOOD TRYOURNEWl DELIVERY SERVICE Guelph St B7316S1 Home of The Best Country Music For Years FEATURING FROM p m- 1 a m DANNY BAKOWSKI ThursdaySaturday FAMILY 226 Queen St E Brampton 4516000 white kids could be very big he told The New Times If New Edi tion was as big as they were I could imagine what would happen if white kids were doing the same thing HEARTSTRINGS Joe Mclntyre Jordan Knight 18 Jon Knight Danny Wood and 20 singing the songs Starr writes are now plucking at the heartstrings of millions of young girls Some of them very young m deed Among the privileged few with special backstage passes contest winners or daughters of people who knew someone who knew someone who knew so meone at the recent New Kids concert in Hamilton was an eight yearold A few minutes before the concert began the young girl was crying covering her ears to reduce the pact of 18000 children screaming for their heroes When the young child and others with the special passes got to meet two of the New Kids though the tears were replaced by an ear smile When Jordan Knight picked her up and hugged her she became so ex cited she could only emit a steady The average age of the fans at this particular concert was about 13 That average may climb Step By Step the New Kids third album tentatively scheduled for May release is more mature says Rob Mitchell Canadian publicity manager for CBS Records the New Kids label I havent heard the album yet Mitchell said in an interview but the word we have gotten is that it is more of a stretch more ballads more mature The New Kids have written some ON of the songs Its a sign of their evolution said Mitchell A onehour New Kids On The Block special Hangin Tough Live In Concert makes its Canadian premiere on the Family Channel April It was taped during the groups 1989 world tour since It is the second most successful syndicated show In North American behind Wheel of Fortune And his annual salary is reportedly more than million So what did groomtobe Trebek do when he wanted the closets and bathrooms In his Hollywood Hills home expanded before his mar riage to a Los Angeles commercial real estate agent He got down on his hands and knees and did the work himself Alex may have reached the elusive twin goals many people strive for fame and fortune but the articulate TV personality is not adverse to manual labor who grew up in Sudbury has become a household name because of the large audiences Jeopardy has been attracting He has been the host of the game show JR OVER 30000 BOOKS IN STOCK ALL COMPUTER CATALOGUED We Buy Sell New Used Records Tapes CDs and Books Nintendo RENTALS hTh DIVISION OF LTD 8771234 AIRPORT SERVICE 8779311 PARCEL DELIVERY the HERALD MUSIC TRIVIA CONTEST You Could Win A New Tape Of Your Choice InStock Items Only 1 AST WEE wnwER QUESTION Who Is Ellon John Song Cradle In The Wind ANSWFR Written About NAME ADDRESS PHONE NO Deadline For Entries Monday at Noon Please Send Your Entries To the HERALD ST GEORGETOWN 162B St Georgetown 8774473 HAPPY EASTER FROM YOUR FRIENDS AT BURGER KING St Georgetown 8773642 or VALUABLE COUPON- BUY A WHOPPER AND REGULAR FRY GET A WHOPPER FREE i Valid at Georgetown location only Not valid with any other offer EXPIRES APRIL 30th J VALUABLE COUPON BUYACROISSANWICH AND A DRINK GET A CROISSANWICH Valid at Georgetown location only Not valid with any other offer FREE EXPIRES APRIL I