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P E I i 2 The Canadian Statesman. Bowmanville, October 30,1935 Section Two A V Spotlight on Coby Veenstra by Diane Pickett Coby Veenstra would probably not consider herself herself a "real" composer. She has no technical training, and plays the piano mostly by ear. However, her love of music and singing inspired Mrs. Veenstra to write down the hymns she has been composing for children over the past ten years. This compilation has recently recently been published under the title, "Sing a New Song". While a teacher in Christian Christian schools, Mrs. Veenstra found the selection of hymns for children rather paltry and so began to make up little songs for her classes that were original, and a bit more meaningful than "Allelujah, clap your hands!". Many colleagues copied her songs for their own classes or Sunday School groups, but it was not until April this year that Mrs. Veenstra sat down and began to write out her compositions compositions in book form. Often the project was an extremely frustrating one. Without techical training, Mrs. Veenstra would sometimes sometimes have to abandon a melody that was perfect in her mind because she didn't know how. to write it down. But after spending as many as 18 hours a day of painstaking concentration on the notes and the lyrics of her hymns, Mrs. Veenstra found that she was learning as she went. There were still days Sine AleW ai ■m Jêjà The Town of Newcastle Fire Department announced announced the winners of a draw for a number of merchandise merchandise prises offered during Fire Prevention Week. Visitors to the four fire halls were offered a chance to win smoke detectors, fire extinguishers, a hat and scarf set and meals at McDonalds. The following is a list of this year's winners: Stefanie Cooper, of Bowmanville, Bowmanville, won a smoke detector; detector; Erin Rutherford, of Orono, R.R. 1, won a fire extinguisher. extinguisher. Mrs. Chris Goad, of Bowmanville, won a fire extinguisher and Vicky Prophet, also of Bowmanville, Bowmanville, won a McDonald's Year of Cheer. Other winners were Kelly Ogilvie and Jan Engel, of Bowmanville, who won a hat and scarf set and a smoke detector, respectively. respectively. Emer Ryan, of Nash Rd., won a year's subscription subscription to the Bowmanville Statesman. Merchants contributing Youngster Selected to be "Fire Chief for a Day" i i I p , " Merchants contributing Derek Kaufman climbs aboard one of the Town As a result, he received a personal tour of the prizes this year include of Newcastle's fire trucks after winning the "Chief Bowmanville Fire Hall and dinner with tne* ire McGregor Hardware, State f()r a Day » con t es t sponsored by McDonald's Res- Chief at McDonald's. Shown here, with Derek are T^mhor "iwrpnnrraid'^^Res- taurants. Derek's name was drawn after he par- Gregg Corden, Platoon Chief (left) and Chief Jim taurants, and The James ticipated in a fire safety program offered by the Aldridge. Publishing Company. restaurant chain during Fire Prevention Week. FOR MAYOR RICKARD, Gamt B. Coby Veenstra, composer of the newly released children's hymn book, "Sing a New Song", is seen here with her sons Len, 11, (left) and Mark, 9. Len did some great illustrations for his mom's book and Mark contributed the lyrics to one of the songs. when one mistake would send three hours of work into the waste paper basket, but her hymn book was coming coming along more quickly. Her three children, Jessica, Jessica, Mark and Len, were her critics, and they didn't hesitate to turn their thumbs down at some of the songs. But they were the best judges, says Mrs. Vee nstra. The collection is "singable" and that's the bottom line for children. The collection consists of 80 hymns suitable for children children from five to twelve years of age, and three minimusicals minimusicals that give the youngsters an opportunity to "act out". The hymn book finds its greatest use during the Bible Club meetings Mrs. Veenstra hosts at her home in Bowmanville on Thursday Thursday evenings. And it is also used occasionally in the Sunday School at Emmanuel Emmanuel Reform Church in . Whitby. Mrs. Veenstra had her book printed privately under the name "Cricket Music Ministry". She chose the cricket as an emblem, over other more biblical symbols, because it's more suitable for children. Mrs. Veenstra says: crickets sing all the time without thinking, thinking, like kids they don't sit down to be pious. Anyone interested in obtaining obtaining a copy of this special special book for children should call Mrs. Veenstra or drop International 'fcuthtëar1985 in at Dykstra's Delicatessen where the books are also available. available. 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