Page 10 December 1981 Cassiar Courier ICON GER; REWIEW @NOSTALGIA UNLIMITED. Being “nostalgic is remembering when you could say, ‘He’s so gay’, without destroying someone’s reputation-or seeing suspicious eyebrows raised: ‘And how do you know?’. ‘Nostalgia Unlimited’, with soprano Judith LeBané and baritone Stan. Kane, assisted by pianist Donald Gwinn and - technician Clare Crawford, took us on a short and pleasant trip down memory lane, with songs from the thirties, forties and fifties. The perform- , ance was well done; though not brilliant. The music came from Broadway/Hollywood musicals, the war-years 1939- 1945, and the American pop music of the ‘sing along with Mitch’ wintage, Apart from three serious eas in the second half, the performance went smoothly. The aud- ience - responded more enthusiastically to the flaws than it did to any other part of the show: I wonder why it is that performers today’ can en- dear themselves to an audience far more quickly by making a goof than bye giving a NIG per- formance? The music was enterainive and uplifting it’s the kind of music just about everyone enjoys and re= members. And so do I —as far as it goes. My mis- giving is that it doesn’t go very far at all. Listen- ing to.a whole evening to the kind of music Sig- mund Romburg said speaks ‘not to the head or feet, but to the heart’, was rather like drinking beer that’s all head: you keep waiting to get through the froth and down to something sub- stantial. i ( to go any time of year is a breeze. of rain in 30 years. a minute.) Or balmy. So see a travel agent. July and August aren’ t _ my only good months. ‘When you know me like your travel agent knows me, 2, deciding where BY AIR -—.SEA CRUISES ~ RAIL — BUS — HOTEL RESERV— ATION — CAR HIRE AND RENTAL — PASSPORT — VISAS — TRAVEL INSURANCE AND OTHER TRAVEL SERVICES BUDGET CHARTERS AVAILABLE FOR ALL SEASONS TRAVEL OFFICE HOURS: 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. WEEKDAYS, 9: 20 a. a.m. to 1:00 p.m. SATURDAYS (OPEN DURING LUNCH HOURS) CLOSED ALL DAY SUNDAY ~ My misgiving goes deeper than that. It’ s not Aust : that the music is uniformly light; gay, carefree, frothy; but that its genial glitter seduces us into forgetting (with our heads) and enjoying (with our feet) that the heart is being fed with sent- . imental romanticizing that falsifies the truth. about human suffering and war. For just about - all the music — not just the ‘war songs’ but-the musicals as-well — was about war: not about war as it is, but about war as an emotionally charged backdrop: for tear-jerker sentimentality. “Music. that speaks not to the head or the feet but the heart’ is just too glib. The moral catastrophe of | the twentieth century is precisely that the media the politicians, the corporate empires and the en- tertainment industry have been able so success- fully to divorce the emotions (the heart) that we are conditioned into accepting just about any- ’ thing -- even the ‘possibility of nuclear war — so long as we feel good about it. Entertainment that perverts the will” and deadens: the mind ‘by seduc- ing the. emotions is, at bottom, immoral. But oh how eager we are to be seduced; how gladly we welcome anything that will turn off the mind so that we don’t have to think, but just enjoy! Consider. What is the ethics of music that takes human evils like women being forced into prosti- tution (‘The Vagabond Prince’) or the white sup- remist subjugation of the blacks(‘Showboat’) and makes of them sentimental entertainment to bring a self - indulgent tear to the Cover-Girl eye? What ethics motivates shows that can take human Because a travel agent can tell you where to ski my slopes in Ty or waterski in January. About a place where l’ve had less than two inches When I’m not having typhoons i in Tokyo. The season for marlinin Tanzania. - When and where I’m stormy. {After all, | have 2, 000 thunderstorms asta Your travel avert icmowe more about me than anybody else on me. Meret Travel a Lid 164 ELLIOT STREET CASSIAR 778: z20 77 ( Trailer next, to Curling Rink ) _ perverted _ ‘struggles for freedom from oppression— ihe Riffs - against the Spanish (‘Desert Song’) or the Metis against orange Ontario (‘Rosemarie’) — and turn them into mushy blancmange to drug well-- ‘heeled American audiences? I wonder how much this entertainment contributed to the painfully . slow progress of civil rights in the United States: the mind is deadened to the truth, and the will is into inaction, when the emotions are seduced because the movies — from ‘Showboat’ to “Mrs. Minever’ —. make you feel so good and _cosy and nice when you look at racial violence. An aside: Have you Canadians ever really watch- ed ‘Rosemarie’? I. can’t. It fills me with embarassment and anger to think that this tra- vesty of Canadian History is just about all most Americans of the Nostalgic age know about Can- adian history. And it disturbs me to think that ‘most English Canadians probably learned’ most of what they know about the Metis and Louis Riel from the same source. An evening’s entertainment and escape is some- thing we all need, especially when, like now, the times are out of joint: and “Nostalgia Unlimited’, with its delightful music aided by Mr. Kane’s col- lection of slides, provided that. But it needed © something to increase its reality quotient. One wished that ‘Wish me luck as you wave me good- bye’ might have been balanced by something from the anti-war protest - of the sixties, like ‘Where have all the flowers gone?’ or that Rom- berg could have given way to Jacques Brel and Rodgers and Hammerstein to Kurt Weil. Because, . Virginia, when the next war comes (and too late our minds and wills awaken from the seduction of the emotions by which we are being condition- ed for it), the song notwithstanding, there won’t be bluebirds or anything else we Tecognize, fly- ing over the white cliffs of Dover in that shimmer— ae tomorrow. _ Seasons “OPEN HOUSE FRIDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1981 1:00 P.M. — 5:00 P.M. EVERYONE WELCOME MARVEL TRAVEL SERVICE LTD. WILL BE CLOSED THE FOLLOWING DAYS. * DECEMBER 24, 26, 1981 & JAN. 1, 1982 DEC. 24 & 31, — CLOSED AT NOON Please if you are travelling on or around these dates be sure to pick up your tickets in advance By cps cia sams . - He GOOD HOPE LAKE SCHOOL FIELD TRIP “82” The Good Hope Lake Schoo! has planned a Field Trip for ‘the spring of 1982 and ‘are now trying to raise money by. donations, beer bottle drives, etc. li you would like to make a donation or have any helpful’ ideas to raise funds for this school trip, contact Doug Kerr at the Good Hope Lake School. MOCCASIN TELEGRAPH ** Rocky is back — and he is still single girls. Boom Boom headed back East to visit her family What's left?? Riddler and Lunch Pail Louis have cut their vacation short in the sunny south because they © heard we will-have a mild, short Winter up here. ee *e ** There was a strange sound heard coming from the Rec Hall — a song was being sung — “The Bone Head has gone, boo hoo, boo hoo!” Carene said there was another romance blossoming here but wouldn’t give out the names. Bob and who?????? tid Local dog roundup was small this year. ** Andre and Linda were seen putting a new roof’on their teepee. ‘The single group met again this month. It was noted that there has certainly been a rush for membership in the group, with three new members joining — all + HE males, The two female members, being outnumbered by the four males, say that they should still be able to get their way. Hey, Tom T. has returned! Competi ition, Rocky. The huge community of Good Hope Lake is divided into three sectors — Gastown, Highways ‘Camp and Sesame Street. Whatever happened to Sesame Street? It has become a ghost town, Nick and Linda P. have headed south to await the ar- rival of their baby. Shins y GOOD HOPE | _ LAKE NEWS. by George Holman ~ BQN VOYAGE Jim Jensen has transferred to Alexis Creek, where he will serve as road foreman with the Ministry of Highways. - Jim came to Good Hope Lake from Fort-St.-John and worked with the road crew here. He was a machine oper- ator for eight years and spent the past two years asroad _ foreman at Good Hope Lake. Jim, his wife Evelyn and children Jason and Juanita, will be missed by all here at Good Hope Lake. NEW FACES it : Ken Graff (Rocky) has returned for another busy winter “season of sanding and snowplowing the roads. Rocky re- turns after a whirlwind tour of the south, which took up more time than he figured (2 years). ‘Welcome back, Rocky. HHHKREKHHKKEE Mike Danielson (Tiny) of Dease Lake joined the Good - Hope Lake Highways crew. Mike was working with the Dease Lake crew this past summer. He came-here to gain experience on the road crew. Welcome aboard, Tiny. . HKHHHKKRKKHKHHE Good Hope Lake Ladies Social Club held a Rummage and Bake Sale, which was well attended. The Ladies held this sale to help raise money for the children’s Xmas Fund. ~ The door prize, a pair of handmade mukluks made by i Verna Callbreath, was won by Kellys Bauidsen of Good Hope Lake. The Good Hope Ladies Social Club extend their thanks to all those who donated and helped make the sale a success. Ho idaus — “ Cassiar Courier December 1981 Page 11 Good Hope Lake School Trustee BURGESS LONGSON Burgess was elected as school trustee for the Good Hope Lake area for a one year term. RETIREMENT ey Marion retired after twenty-one years ith ine Ministry of Highways. ‘Ernest came from Telegraph Creek and worked as a road grader operator on the road crew working ‘out of Good Hope Lake. — Ernest and his wife Lois raised seven children and now plan to retire back in the Telegraph Creek area. Best wishes to Ernest and Lois in their retirement. Se to everyone in Cassiar Country ichson Go d Mine —