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economist suntribune entertainment thursday dec 16 1999 whats in a name markham band takes inspiration where they can get it arielswotm gets excellent wposwv on teen w show its kids stuff 88572m281 this message brought to you as a community servcieof the economisvtribune byrobynjoffe special to the liberal riels worm got its name from a dog the pet belonging to markham band members and founders mike and jennifer strype was named ariel after the little merma ids heroine when the poor thing got worms the brother and sister suddenly had a name for their band people say its disgusting mike says the band was formed a year and a half ago and started out as a brothersis ter act mike wrote all the songs played the music and sang backup while jennifer was the lead singer now while mike still writes all the songs and jennifer is still the lead singer xjnfoy le- skstive season ai jay lor uree unarms lloiere le perfect tree isust ie 6ejinninq 9056401325 wwwcnrfcimasireesonpal iatlortreefarmtmf mis 3m9y claremont 4 seasons golf club for this very special occasion auinclusive with all the trimmings wine dinner dance bar more 630 pm 2 am hie best of dancing on large floor 119056492436 150 per person cash or credit card stop in and pick up invitation brochures reserve today transportation available a jb a i fuis i e- n b- b- b of b si m m m i li i ib a ifhurs dec 16 m m dec 17 f jamfemjrii john 6gfcan visit o call for dei 29401 i corner of hwf 7 and there are three other members in ariels worm jordan cooledge mike stocco and vince villa round out the group people who come to see us live love it we do a great show jennifers just all over the place mike says we put on a good show the band has played clubs like lees palace the horseshoe tavern and the el mocombo in toronto six months ago mike sent a demo tape of ariels worm in to john mccullough music supervisor for tele vision shows such as dawsons creek party of five and time of your life i havent been in this long enough but while your hearts in it put in all you can do it while youre young mccullough selected the song beginners luck from the 12 tracks list ed and it was heard on this years american thanksgiving episode of dawsons creek during the opening scene where jen lindley and pacey witter are talking in a supermarket dawsons creek airs on mondays at 9 pm on global and wednesdays at pmonthewb not bad for a band that doesnt even have a label yet but they arent worried about the small details theyre alwaysaddingnew songs to their repertoire mike says he gets two or three new ideas for songs each week and out of those usually comes up with 10 pol ished songs per month he says that although he sometimes writes songs for people or situations hes seen beginners luck was actually writ- band members of ariels worm from left jordan cooledge mike stocco jennifer strype vlnce villa and mike strype one of the bands songs was recent ly featured on the television show dawsons creek and the band has appeared at venues like lees palace the horseshoe tavern and the el mocombo ten for the first season of dawsons creek but he says he prefers writing the personal songs the personal ones are the ones that stick with you he can still write from personal expe rience without writing a personal song bumpy ride is about drunken idiots at parties and how annoying they can get hes happy with the way ariels worm is progressing hopefully well just play a lot of gigs have people just come to shows build a fan base ariels worm can be reached by e- mail at arielswormvilliagemazeca and it has just started its own website which will be up soon when asked to give advice to other struggling musicians mike laughs i havent been irithis long enough but while your hearts in it put in all you can do it while youreyoiing dont give up either everyones going to have crit ics thats who you learn the most from markham youth group active in community by jennifer kee correspondent grade 11 and 12 students from middlefield collegiate institute are host ing a charity food drive for the markham food bank the drive which began dec 1 is due to the dedication of the members of the markham youth leadership program a new credit course in the school initiated by viceprincipal steve shantz f its the first in a series of community events initiated by the students weve dropped off giftwrapped boxes at no frills fdrtinos and the milliken mills community centre says 905 305show monday thiounhsatniday 11am to 6pm 7bsj stmntti- 16yearold famidahalani the idea was to riot limit the drive to the school and to raise awareness and spirit in the community as well the drive is expected to last until today in the school and to dec 23 in the cornriiunity and the enthusiastic group has big plans for the upcoming year they aim to visit shelters and help serve food to the less fortunate and theyre cleaning up town parks and col lecting the tabs from pop cans that will eventually give someone a wheelchair breakfast program since they have discovered that so many kids are not eatingbreakfast before they go to school mylp has also started a breakfast club that involves the surrounding feeder schools in association with the feeder school idea the students are talking with younger kids about issues theyll face as they grow older jopics like bullying high school racism arid assertiveness will be covered seminar format at the end of all this community involvement mylp will host synergy 2000 in may a conference where stu dents integrate everything theyve been doing over the last few months so far teenagers have a bad image in the community and we want to change that perspective by showing that we are good citizens that display leadership sayshalani t v fm v t v mm