/'·--- .czj.~ TheCrait _~r March 12, 1997 ____,, EXPRESS Page 7 CLAYTON ROBB'S dangerous health hazards that You're sure to see someone you know Connection NewAnlsans WoHgang Kasseckert Wood FurnttureDesign l ~ 1 """ GOLF Albcrta·s PGA Teacher of the Yar 1996 The proven conditioning & training program for ALL golfers. 11-leterm "L/VlngCIJ/flJre" C anadian folk channer Garnet Halley's comet, which came through on TV! Proceeds go to three agencies • Condition yourself for the golf $randsfor an appreciar/On0/ Rogers is arriving in town on season by improving your in I 910, would cause. All the acting is in Nelson, Trail and Castlegar that a baanonlous env.ifOl'Vnent. strength, flexibility, endurance Thursday to play at the top-notch and is directed under the provide child care and support ser- Nura Designs and balance. Capitol. Rogers is a real entertainer- hand pain1ed apparel • Beginners learn swing funda- capable hand of Nancy Harris. Harris vices for families. mental without being confused not only is his voice rich and haunting is a member of the Centennial Arris This week the Civic features What with swing mechanics. Morgan Bardell • Intermediate and advanced and his songs beautiful, but his wit Team and did a similar historical pro- it is Friday and Saturday night.· 100% cotton-dyed 811dsill< golfers "Iron Out" swing faults. and sto- duction 20 years ago, called "Voices." They're bound to pack the place with screened - tablecloths, • 8 lessons. 4 week program - OnStage ries are he show is playing on March 18 their big sound and danceable tunes. pillow silps, napkins successfully taught in Calgary for 15 years, now available in w h a t wi m a k e T and again on the Friday of that week at the Capitol Theatre, beginning at 6:30 and 8:30 p.m. U nique band Cordelia's Dad is performing Saturday. They do acoustic versions of traditional Lionel Demandre The Willow Web Handwoven willow basketry Nelson. Program taught at Summit Health & Fitness, by Tim Campbell, Maximum Golf instructor for 5 years. MARCH 18 - APRIL 17 h e American ballads, old popular songs evening entirely respectively. LVR students are getting a taste of something special to kick off their and fiddle tunes. Yet this group of young musicians has a contemporary I ~Sf 441 Baker Street 352-3006- ~. I $100 plus gst Mornings and evenings Register now 354 1297 or 354-0100 4 memo- spring break: Dustbunny Coleslaw. approach which gives the music a '--~- - • -/ r ab I c. This is not something hiding in the new edge. They've received rave SallySmith Rogers' back of your fridge, says local busker reviews all over North America and show is and singer-songwriter Doug Smith. the Georgia Straight put them in the ... advertise in a n It's an eclectic rock and roll band fea- "Top Ten of I 995." They're playing the EXPRESS Express event and begins at 8 p.m. turing Smith, vocalist Nancy al Utopia. 354-391.0 Mark your calendars for March McKinley, Shawn 18-if you haven't heard, it's Vandecar on bass Nelson's 100th birthday. Why March and guitar and 18? Well that's the day the official Alton on drums. "letters patent" were issued by the They're playing at New Democratic Party Fundraiser government, saying that Nelson could LVR's Courtyard A DINNER AND EVENING WITH do business as a city. So our little Theatre on Friday, municipality was already a hustling, bustling place by then. Having begun starting at 7 p.m. Tickets arc avail- able from Oliver's, DAVE BARRETT as a mining town, it was not the rela- Sponsored by Nelson/Creston New tively decorous city it is today. Gravity Free CD, Democratic Party Constituency Association Nevertheless, cultural events were in the Ecocenlre and LVR. After that we FRIDAY, MARCH 14, 1997 great demand and the Nelson Opera PLACE: HUME House was born. won't be seeing ROOM, HEIUTAGE INN, NELSON, B.C. akc a step back in time on Smith's familiar T Nelson's birthday and sec the Capitol's An Evening at the Old Nelson Opera House. Having face for awhile because he's leav- ing on a busking No host bar: 6:00 p.m. Dinner: 7:00 p.m. (buffet: hip of beef and vegetarian) Price: $25.00 per dinner seen a preview I can tell you this is a tour of the highly entertaining show. The colour- Northwest to pro- FOLLOWED BY SPEECHES mote his album For tickets: The Book Garden, 566 ful, capable cast perform skits-some Don't Pet it Yet. Josephine St., Nelson, BC 352-1812 real, some surreal-and songs to une in to Eddy Music, 488 Baker Street, Nelson, BC evoke the mood of the opera house in the early 1900s, as well as the current events at the time. It's based on the first 40 years up to 1935 when the T Kootenay Kids City Telethon on Tri- or phcne: 352-1687, 352-5224 352-5288, 359-5958 Shaw Cable this theatre burned down. Some of the Sunday, from noon skits arc taken from newspaper arti- cles, some arc made up. Hilarious antics square well-bred ladies against to 8 p.m. Karen Agnew will be Want your those from the local whore house. A charming couple (Fran Patterson and MC-ing the first ha! f of the show; tax return Ron Galloway) sing a heart-wanning song recalling the early days of their Fran Patterson wi II do an excerpt from Shirley Sally Smith photo OPERA STAR: Karen Agnew rehearses her role as "Our Lady of the Arts"-a hilarious caricature of an electronically romance-guaranteed to make any touple very sentimental. A snake oil salesman from Spokane tries to sell Valentine; lots of local talent will over-cultured wealthy housewife at the turn of the century. This is just one of many highly entertaining filed? perform dance, skits in An Evening at the Old Nelson Opera House, antidotes to what he warns are the held on Nelson's 100th birthday March 18. music and skits. Whether you prepared your tax return manually Opportunities arisefor singers,songwriters or with tax software, by Sall\' Smith Powell River, B.C. is hosting the Contemporary we can do it. Singer-songwriters: There seems to be a theme emerging Songwriters Workshop in May. Participants will work in support of your too often taken-for-granted talents. w2ith accomplished Canadian songwriters James The Queen's Hotel is running a JO-week Singer- Keelaghan and Nancy Reinhold. Artists can apply lo attend Nelson: but must send in tapes of their original recordings and be Songwriter Competition. Anyone who can sing and has a 354-4210 o.ress Ef repetoire of original songs can enter. Bring your own between 18 and 26 years old. The deadline is March 24. Trail: instruments. There will be lots of small prizes each week Call Tyl van Toorn at the BC Festival of the Arts, (250) and a grand prize of $600 at the end. Winners will also get to tape their winning song in the studio. The competition 920-4118 for bcfa@vanisle.net. more information, or e-mail 364-1617 Castlegar: FILE started on March 3 and will continue every Monday night until April 14. The JAM BC Musik Network is looking for grassroots B.C. music talent who want some worldwide promotion on 365-5244 Kaslo: H&R BLOCK The competition had its first winner last week: Brad the Internet. It's a new website that will be officially launched Apr. 1. Check out their web page for more infor- 353-2832 Fenton from Kaslo qualifies for the finals in April. Eight new entries will be competing this Monday. mation: www.kamloops.com/jambc.