Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - February 2, 1976, Winnipeg, Manitoba F. Winnipeg free press monday february 2, 1976 13 a review women dangerous All affirms Chilliwack is acceptable but lacking in spontaneity by Barbara cans1no a Chilliwack concert is for people who want to sit for an hour and listen to Basic Rock and Roll music by a Basic and seasoned Rock and Roll band which has had two or three Basic and seasoned top of the Chart hits. Sunday night at the play House the Chiu Wack concert was predictably ?.dequate one hour plus one encore of steady driving music to a hard Rock beat. One or two highs no real lows. On stage and off there was a consistent Energy level but no real spontaneity or Pas Sion. No real wonder. On stage and off the Odds were not in favor of spontaneous enthusiasm. What with the transit strike the weather and the concert postponement Only 500 people showed up for the concert. Lead vocalist Bill Hen Lerr son Sang be there s no Audi ence there just Ain t no but there was a s h o a and an acceptable show but More in the nature duty than love. Chilliwack was committed to the commitment of per forming a set with ingredients by Rote some intricate work on guitar a reasonable dose of Rock Star Charisma lonesome Mary crazy talk groundhog. And the audience was committed to its commitment to Chilli Wack s offerings. At the end of the concert the hard Core whooped up enough noise for an encore though several people were walking and the encore turned out to be the most energetic and Happy song of the night Rock and Roll music Sung with appreciation and life. Chilliwack is a four Man band composed of three guitarists and a drummer. As a foursome the band was to Gether. What it lacked in spontaneity it almost made up for in Well timed dynamics both musical and physical. The Solo spotlight was on Bill Henderson and How Ard Froese. Together and Solo they displayed guitar expertise versatility and a certain theatricality. Marianne was an instrumental concert highlight. Henderson performs Lead vocals. While most of Chilli Wack s songs require an Abil Ity to shout rather than sing. Henderson proved that he has an emotionally far reaching voice in if you want my love a song from Chilliwack s new Roc Kerbox album. Henderson also has Rock Star dynamics. Facial ones anyway. Henderson is a bit of a ringer for Jagger. At least Between the nose and the Chin. And he uses the likeness in a More than occasional series of Fang bar i n g gum Baring snarling and Mouth munching. It s not original but it works. If you looked like e. G. Robinson and ended up in the movies you would be wasting it All with a Virginia slim in your Mouth. Chilliwack did t quite come on with a bang be cause they had to Check out their equipment for some Vancouver weather related reason. Equipment checked and House Down which took much too Chilliwack devoted most of their set to Strong hard Rock. They played old songs and new the Well known and unknown. For the most part instrumentation took Prece Dence Over the lyrical mainly b e c a a s e you could t make out too Many of the lyrics. Last Day of de Cember from the new Roc Kerbox album was a new year s Resolution to be Good to Mankind but Loo Rock loud to find out How to do it. Crazy talk warranted More a review enunciation and style than most numbers and the con Cert closed with a belted out showmanship version groundhog. But the most effective song was ironically the slowest if you want my an unusual Lour de Force for Hen Derson and not a totally unlikely candidate for the top thirty. The concert opened with a half hour set by harlequin a four Man Rock baud from Winnipeg. Harlequin played non Stop Standard Rock music for 20 consecutive minutes. The second part of Harle Quin s set was devoted to songs and instrumental composed by the band members. Harlequin s strength Lay in their smooth Well executed transitions which changed the mood and beat subtly effectively sometimes quite magically. More often than not though harlequin s lyrics were inaudible and the band seemed More like a vehicle for the serious Talent of their Lead guitarist. Canada can provide food for 50 million Ottawa up although agriculture in Canada is severely Resl Rickerl by climate and soil the country can realistically support Between 35 and 50 million people Accord ing to an agriculture depart ment spokesman. Or. R. L. Halstead said however that by allowing 10 bushels of wheat per person annually it is possible Canada could support a population of to million people. However that would not be a desirable situation. We must not disassociate ourselves from the global problem of he said recently during a panel discussion on limits to population growth at the University of Ottawa s festival of life science seminar. Ronald Ritchie a Canadian member of the club of Rome said that group s report on world population trends was pessimistic. The problem of. Over population has been solved in some parts of the world he said but1 there Are other countries where growth rates Are extremely High. In Canada and the . In come Levels have increased and birth rates have declined but it s not working that Way in the third world or. Eit Clu e said. Or. Clement Markert a Yale University geneticist said the global population if allowed to increase at the present rate would reach 150 billion in two centuries too Many for Earth to Sii stain. There s no doubt about the Long term prognosis. The birth rate must go Down or the death rate go or. Markert said. Ration s vocal renditions showed excellent style by Ronald Gibson the Winnipeg Art gallery presented Howard Hatton baritone in recital sunday afternoon before a Small audience. Carol Arnason was the pianist and the program from the 17th to the 20th Cen Turies contained some time less examples of the Singer s Art. Or. Hatton on the staff. Of Oberlin College has a Light baritone always Well controlled. He sings with taste and technical matters Are always Well looked after. Of the first group of Early Arias the Handel Arias showed excellent style and the coloratura in the aria from Samson was very Well done. The Middle Section was a Fine contrast. The 17th Cen Tury Charpentier s Ruisseau qui Norris Dan Sun. Bois produced a Fine Legato and this Lovely aria was most successful. The Lully aria was upset by an Accident but the Monteverdi aria from orfeo showed us the developing aria still in recitative style. Then came the four serious songs of Brahms. Here we needed a Darker color particularly for the first. Although diction was always exemplary the Gen eral impression was not really satisfactory. The piano was inclined to drag in Ich Wandtke in Rich and while the lyrical Section of Wenn Ich Mit menschen was very Good the great truths of St. Paul did not really come through due to the Lack of a dark heroic tone. Following the intermission we had really sensitive sing ing in too songs of Faure and Debussy s setting of three Ballades of Francois Villon were very successful. Or. Hatton Sang with taste and miss Arnason s playing of Debussy was very effective whereas her playing of Faure was too much like German lieder. The last group contained five Short songs by Charles i v e s evening was quite Beautiful and Ann Street most effective. As an encore or. Hatton Sang Vaughan Williams Bright is the ring of words. The ending of this song was quite exquisite. He showed that he Kruis what to do with a song even if the voice Lias lost some of the splendour it once had. Miss Arnason plays Well she knew the accompaniments very Well. She needs now to show that she can adapt to the Singer s most changes of rhythm or mood and then she should go far. Maternity benefits in effect Ottawa up a new Law effective Friday pro Vides a More flexible Benefit period for working women who qualify for. Maternity benefits under the unemployment insurance act. The provision passed last june by parliament length ens the time period during which benefits can be collected. Now an eligible claimant can collect benefits for 15 consecutive weeks during a period starting As Early As eight weeks before the expected birth of the child and ending As late As 17 weeks after the actual birth. Under previous legislation the collection period was restricted to eight weeks before the expected birth the week of the birth and the following six weeks. San Juan puerto Rico Jan. 24 a world heavy weight boxing Champion Muhammad All says women Are dangerous because they have the Power to destroy great men. He then intimated he did t intend to be a Vic Tim. Alii said Cleopatra Delila and Mary to Kopechne some what ruined the lives the men with whom they were associated. Cleopatra was in Strumental in the defeat of Mark Anthony Delila Cut the hair and source of strength Samson and Mary Joko Pechone was the fatal victim in a traffic Accident involving sen. Edward Kennedy. Everything rotates around women in this said Ali. And although he admitted being tempted by females he said i m a married Man with four the 31-year-old Champion is in training for a feb. 20 title defence Here against Jean Pierre Coopman. His wife Belinda is not with him and he refused to comment on having other female companionship Here. Local journalists have seen him with a very attractive unidentified woman. In Manila for his fight with Joe Brazier the Champion was accompanied by Veroni Ca porsche who was identified in the philippine press As mrs. All. Belinda arrived a Lew Days before the fight had an argument with her. Hus band and returned to the United states. Lounging comfortably in his hotel suite in san Juan shortly after his first Day of training Ali said my first wife married me with two dollars and divorced me with then he turned to the future saying his purpose in life was starting. He talked about promoting Black Unity in the United states for social and political reasons adding that he would need at least million a year to do what i i want to build a Hospital in the South Section of Chica go where at least Ono million Blacks live. 1 live he said. We Only have a 150-bed Hospital there now and the new Hospital will Cost at least Ali said that he has already set up the Muhammad Ali International import and Export co. Through which he will sell products ranging from textiles to electrical married 70 years Max and Eudokia Woychuk celebrated their 70th wedding anniversary Jan. 24 in their Arborg Man., Home. Or. Woychuk 92, and mrs. Woychuk 86, were married Jan. 24, 1906 in the Ukraine coming to Manitoba in 1909, where they ran a farm for Many years in Arborg. They have four surviving children 10 grandchildren and nine great grandchildren. Solem elected mrs. 0. J. Solem has been elected 1916 president of the women s auxiliary to the Ca Nadian National Institute for the Blind. Other officers include past president mrs. J. L. Mclnnis first vice president mrs. Ii. F. Stephenson second mrs. 0. H. And third vice president mrs. J. B. Brown. Equipment to third world countries to help finance the Hospital. He said to Felt love and Comra Deric with the people of the third world especially those of the Mideast and added its funny How a Boxer can be better than a Paris doll go co every Fri. 12 noon till dancing every. Night except Friday Henry Brothers free in room movie of the latest attraction in every suite Constellation dance till 2 . Winnipeg s Only Moulin Rouge All girl review cite Centre wish to announce the introduction of chef Ron s luncheon Buffet in their popular Dine in elegant surroundings open Mon. To Fri. Inclusive 12 noon to . 2 195 per person for your listening pleasure Audrey Leigh for group its Viva -0100. Marion hotel 393 Marion Street dancing in the pub lady Susan Crystal Dawn exotic dancer Bah quit facilities available for Waddings receptions Windup pm. 233-1477 a review Rebroff packs concert Hall by Ronald Gibson the Centennial concert Hall was Well filled on sunday eve Ning for the concert of Ivan Rebroff the russian Basso. In a program of folksong mostly in russian we heard that extraordinary voice again and marvelled at its Beauty its Power and its Range. Assisted by a quintette of four plectrum instruments and a piano accordion the presentation was extremely Well rehearsed Singer and players were always at one and everyone had his music from memory. Rebroff s voice ranges in pitch from Low d to High i full voice and then he has that additional falsetto Register smoothly joined to his fundamental voice. The Lone is always Rich in Quality whether falsetto or real and capable of great expansion. How cannot really say because the technique used included an amplification. After the first item the Levels were adjusted the ringing was suppressed and the result was a big sound if lacking any Subtle nuance. Ivan Rebroff is a genial Host and his English is very acceptable. However there was a rather stagy Way he had to gain rapport with his audience but everyone seemed to react amiably to his Blandishments. Among the stratagems lie uses is to sing at a cadence a very Low note on a covered Vowel then open the sound to make a telling Crescendo. His technique includes trills very neatly executed in falsetto. What musical Impact of this concert every russian song seemed to be in a minor Mode Mak ing for a continuously dark color. Often the choruses gradually gathered Speed and the oomph accompaniments became rather Dull after an hour or so. However the Cohe Sion of it All was admirable. Of the Many songs we knew Only the Birch tree and the Cossack song and these provided much warmth on a cold night. Rebroff s Patter singing is a Model always Clear always pointed always adequately furnished with controlled. We feel that some sort of printed program was merited if Only to Tell us his origins. In the imlach night beverage room now appearing flying Tiger dancing nightly Large dance floor exotic dancer daily noon 6 . Fri. Sat. Afternoon girls Parade every week Viking Jim Blease Concord s Cher ago exotic Jamboree Friday from thai noon it afternoon All week sunny Day Lac Hattei All Day with exotic dancers Raquel from noon till 6 . White Star 9 . Till in fix can can lounge Mike Edwards Thun. Fri. Sit. Fluffy exotic dancer banquets open for Inlo Mitlon till phom 943-1544 1 . Beverage room to glider exotic dancer noon 5 6 Blue Anoel outs Jet base sat stay 2 to 530 no banquet rooms facilities 2 function room 25 to 400 final two performances tonight 8 . Tuesday 8 . Winnipeg Arena Side at o clock touch the and it turns into a snack a free drink a floor show and dancing. Song while to do liter the Nutte monday to thursday happening served monday to thursday shrimp dinner Pepper Steak . Back ribs combo 7 of. Sirloin includes salad bar bread Choice of baked or French Fried potatoes. Beverage 153 Donald at York 1870 Pembina Highway infernal parting sunday 4 . Till 9 . Mon. To thurs. 5 . -11 . Fri. Sat. S . Till Midnight Good seats available As late As show time come directly to Arena prices j3 j4.50 55.50 youths 16 under off tonight and Tura. Tickets Avaiu ble at Winnipeg Arena . Attr4ctions ticket offices Eaton s downtown 8th floor Elton s Poto concourse Lombard place University Centre u m Sii. Celebrity Box office at the Bay and Una cloy shopping Centre open store noun tickets May to charged for do. Hit 1134223 k7im421 Cau 331-0334 tuesday family special when you buy a shift Box one at the regular Price of you get free 8 Al. Of. Salad French Fries for 3 Hole Chicken 16 locations to serve you h ;