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i THE WINDSOR STAR, FRIDAY, MAY 7, 1982 B3 people ooooo oooooooooeooo WINDSORS. FEATURING JAZZ SWINGI Rocky Iosmvm'i Musk Motors with Jimmy Amors FRI. SAT. NIGHTS. Mugb tool's Swlngtet with Gsrry Irosooga SAT.

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THE FRIENDLY TAVERN ON A 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 SfatQqgeis Mohawks lively jazz deserved more fans lOOOOOOOOOOOOOO i FZIER STEVENS ON JAZZ Don't Be Disappointed I Reserve Now For Mother's Day, May 9 INTIMATEJIANOlOUNGEJORiYOUR reached the finals to be held in Hamilton May 1 1 through 1 5 at the Convention Centre. Anyone interested in developing college jazz band is constantly faced with the problem of shifting personnel as students graduate. Howard once tried to solve that problem by running a big band around Toronto basically composed of graduates from Humber College and his own Mohawk Band. WHILE IT garnered consistently good reviews, he found it impossible to maintain because of temperamental problems within the band plus the sheer volume of administrative work. Thats the rjal problem in leading a band rehearsals and being on the stand are easy compared to all that.

But his enthusiasm hasnt dimmed either for the Stage Band Festival or for his own Mohawk Band. That enthusiasm is somehow communicated by the band in its playing, so its a pity more people didnt turn out for this free concert. The audience wasnt exactly sparse, but there was plenty of room for more the verve and lively presence of the band was certainly worth listening to. Some added spice for jazz in Windsor this week tune in to CBE Radio 1550 AM at 8.05 p.m. Saturday to hear Gerry Brannigans Big Band and Quartet On the road to promote the Canadian Stage Band Festival, their 10-day trek took the Mohawk College Jazz Band into Northern Ontario, Winnipeg and last evening, Windsor, for a one-night stand at Cocos.

And its all part of that burgeoning interest in jazz at the high school, college and university level. Perhaps Torontos Humber College was the first in Canada to project a wider image with its public recognition and its appearance at the Montreux Jazz Festival in 1979. Its two albums also drew critical praise. But Hamiltons Mohawk College Band under the direction of Jim Howard has been cornering some of the same kind of attention. ITS FIRST set at Cocos last night started with a freshsounding arrangement of Some Time Ago and, while the rest of the music was sound (with particularly good work from the five-man trombone section), it wasnt really until the last two numbers in the set that the band showed its real potential.

Earlier on it produced a stiff re-creation of Glenn Millers In The Mood the notes were all in the right place but the necessary bounce wasnt. But when it came to a more comtemporary sound, the band seemed much more at home. They romped through am a Buddy Rich stomp and closed the set with a volcanically loose version of The Source. Both these pieces were clearly new and the band revealed its real zest, driven by a rhythm section that also turned in good solos. Jim Howard has been building the jazz program at Mohawk College for five years now and this band is a real credit to him and the program.

HOWARD IS a real enthusiast for student involvement in music. Hes been associated as an adjudicator with the national Stage Band Festival for a number of years and maintains that, across the country, student participation and musicianship has been constantly improving. Hes been involved with the regional competitions this year in various areas of Canada 175 combos have 161 Riverside Dr. W. ABOVE GENOS Appearing TONIGHT and SATURDAY MITCHELL WALTERS Showtime 9:30 p.m.

Doors Open 7 P.M. 2 SHOWS SATURDAY 8 P.M. and 1 1 P.M. FOR RESERVATIONS CALL 252-6848 or 736-6876 CBS jettisons Golden Globes LOS ANGELES (AP) -CBS has dropped its option on the Golden Globes Awards program because of poor ratings and a belief there are too many award shows," Bernie Sofronski of CBS entertainment said Wednesday. The network had telecast the awards show for two years, but Sofronski said that de- After too many years of being surrounded by helmeted friends and looking at the back of my boyfriends helmet, 1 7-year-old Pam Cote has struck out for herself.

Ive always liked the sense of freedom about a motorcycle," she said, explaining why she bought her bike. hj JfKewia production and great promotion and it dropped to a 24 share. He said CBS would telecast the Tony Awards telecast from New York on Sunday, June 6. Sofronski said he thought the proliferation of awards shows was diluting the importance of awards and that the networks should emphasize the pure awards shows. He said he meant those which represented a branch of the arts, such as the Oscars for motion pictures, Emmys for television, Grammys for records and Tonys for the stage.

spite heavy promotion the shows were disappointing in the ratings. There are more and more awards shows, he said. I cant remember all the names. The reason we picked up the Golden Globes was because it was an event where both the motion picture and television world came together. I was amazed at the turnout of celebrities.

We thought it was worth a try and we made a big effort. 1 1 98 1 we got only a 26 share (of the audience). We tried again in January, gave it a big Bionic sax player raring to go Thats arm had to be amputated. Thats okay, the sedated musician replied. I didnt feel like playing anymore anyway.

Today DeMarco feels like playing all the time. As the world's first bionic saxophonist, he feels like blowing songs of joy for the miracle that has rehabilitated his life. THE MIRACLE occurred last Nov. 22 when Dean Charles, a physiologist-engi neer from the University of Alberta, flew into San Diego, where DeMarco was then living, with an electronic arm connected to an electronic tenor saxophone. After 30 minutes of practice DeMarco was blowing nimble versions of Jesus Loves Me and Take the ATrain.

Now, six months later, he can play the tenors full 2'h-octave range. Next fall DeMarco will appear on the EDMONTON (CP) It wasnt the happiest Dec. 5 birthday for Frank DeMarco six years ago. The 48-year-old musician and music teacher was admitted to an Edmonton hospital, suffering with cancer. Surgeons had to remove his left kidney and his left arm below the elbow.

As DeMarco was wheeled out of the operating room a doctor said he was sorry the 2482 DOUGALL 969-9010 MOTHER'S DAY BUFFET With Our Compliments: A Flower for Mother on Her Special Day Serving 12 to 6 For your dining pleasure we feature a selection of superb entries complemented by a salad table second to none. REMINDER: May 782 begin our Friday Smorgasbord 6-9 p.m. LAKEWOOD S5K OF ST. CLAIR BEACH 13438 Riverside Dr. E.

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The couple is now divorced. For the next 20 years he played with such musicians as Tommy Ranks, Bobby Curto-la, Patti James and George McFetridge, took education at the University of Alberta, taught music and worked on construction jobs. DeMarco said that after the operation I had no more energy, I was in a lot of pain, I was could ever replace the thrill of playing. Now, he said, I couldnt care less if I had an arm or not. I dont worry anymore about living or dying because all my life has new meaning; now I know where Im play any place.

Im just out to help every amputee who wants to be XMJFFTS -TAVERN 8V10T0R INN ROYALE TAVERNRN 1 APPEARING THIS WEEK 306 Dalhousie Amherstburg Treat Your Mother to a SPECIAL MOTHER'S DAY DINNER at: DUFFY'S TAVERN Featuring: Alaskan King Crab Steak Shrimp Porterhouse Hours: 1 1 A.M. to 9 P.M. For Reservations Call 736-4301 Each Mother Will Receive Special Tribute The show lost one of its sponsors, Kimberly-Clark, after Asner, who plays the gruff and fathery city editor on the scries about a metropolitan newspaper, announced that he was supporting efforts to send medical aid to El Salvador by means of the leftists. The American Civil Liberties Union of Southern California and a group calling itself the Los Angeles Federation for Progress said Thursday that the real reason CBS dropped the program was not the publicly stated reason low ratings but the controversy over Asners political views. We would have hoped that we would never return to a time when an actor could be threatened with not working because of his political views, said ACLU Executive Director Ramona Ripston.

A DEMONSTRATION is planned for Monday night at CBS Television City. Though stars once popular in the CBS lineup like Asner and Loni Anderson wont be back in the fall, CBS remodelled schedule will feature the return of some familiar names, notably Bob Newhart and Sally Struthers. CBS took over the No. 1 position in prime- DENVER, Colo. (AP) Actor Ed Asner said he doesnt know whether his political activism prompted cancellation of his Lou Grant TV series, although two groups who think that was the case say theyll protest at CBS Studios in Los Angeles.

In New YorK CBS announced it is cancelling Lou Grant, WKRP in Cincinnati and three other series as it attempts to bolster its No. 1 standing in prime time by adding seven new programs for the 1982-83 season. I really dont know; perhaps Ill find out later, Asner said of speculation that the show was dropped because he supported efforts to send medical aid to El Salvador, via the leftist insurgents in that country. I do know there has been a lot of doublespeak at the network level recently. One CBS jackass even said that since my feelings about El Salvador were made public, the stories on Lou Grant had taken a more strident tone.

Thats ridiculous. I wouldnt do that even if I had the opportunity." THEY HAVE taken a very important and essentially unbiased show off the air a show that tried to deal impartially with the prob- Dave Miller Banjo Gary Lundy Piano Fred Sersen Bass Evg. Starting Next Week "THE SAINTS" ROYALE TAVERN 4877 Wyandotte Street East 9453871 SPECIAL BUDGET DINNERS and DAILY LUNCHEONS For Reservations Call 7364301 lems of our world, the actor said at a news time from ABC toward the end of the 1979-80 conference in Denver, where he was attending season. Mother's Day SPECIALS $3.95 $4.50 Virginia Ham $4.25 Doop Fr. Louisiana Ri nr Gulf Shrimp 4.60 Doop Fried Golden A 1 "IF Yellow Perch L.

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IN ADDITION to Lou Grant and WKRP, CBS said House Calls, Mr. Merlin and Nurse would not return. CBS said the 1982-83 season also will include several madc-for-TV movies, notably Svengali with Peter OToole and Carol Burnett in Beatrice. In addition to Newhart and Gloria, CBSs new comedy programs are Square Pegs, Mondays with Sarah Jessica Parker and Amy Linker as high school freshmen. the Denver International Film Festival.

CBS network executives denied that Asner was the cause of the cancellation. Its because the ratings fell off so drastically (in the 1981 -82 season) over the previous four seasons, said Barrie Richardson, vice-president for press information of CBS Entertainment. The show was rated 21st just before Asner made his statement Feb. 1 5 about El Salvador. The next week the show ranked 56th and in the following periods, 58th, 53rd, 41st, 37th and 41st.

Actor Robert Walden, who plays feisty reporter Joe Rossi on the show, said in Los Angeles he believes the economy, not Asners politics, was behind the cancellation. SOMEHOW WERE all a victim of the times, he said, adding he felt the show had a' lot of substance and he was saddened the network had dropped it. V..