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_ Great clarinetist Cuesta at Wasaga soul, or thrilling sym- phony audiences with his special symphonic arrangements, or en- tertaining 30 million delighted fans of the Lawrence Welk Show with one of his brilliant clarinet solos, the tall, darkly handsome Great clarinet jazz player Henry Cuesta is appearing al the Wasaga Golf and Country Club until Aug. he Cuesta was born to make music. Whether he's playing the jazz that delights his To Louis Tremblay Louis Tremblay receives his Bicentennial Citizenship Award, last Friday,-from Simcoe East MPP AI McLean. Behing McLean is Progressive Conservative candidate in Simcoe North, Doug Lewis. Recipients of an Award of Merit, given by the Tay-Victoria Harbour Bicentennial Com- mittee, were Dennis Esterbrooks, Marjorie Bressette, Carl Evans, George Latondress, Doug Jackson, Rose DesChenes, Margaret Evans, Catharine MacKenzie, Ella-Murray, and Dorothy Rogers. Marjorie Gervais was the other Bicen- tennial Citizenship Award recipient. Bicentennial citizen Marjorie Gervais was one of two recipients, last Friday, in Victoria Harbour of a Bicentennial Citizenship Award, presented by local MPP Al McLean, on behalf of the Tay-Victoria Harbour Bicentennial Committee. Louis 'Fremblay was the other recipient. Florence Belcher is the recipient of an award given by the citizens of Victoria musician enthralls all of his audiences' with the power of his talent and the magnetism of his velvety golden sound. When the Selmer Corporation, largest makers of musical nstruments in the vorld, recently decided o award him a golden 'eyed clarinet (for the irst time in its history), t was no accident. It vas simply recognizing something which critics and audiences alike have known for a long, long time. Henry Cuesta is one of the world's great clarinet artists. He comes by his prodigious' talents naturally. He was born into a musical family in Corpus Christi, Texas, where his father, Miguel Cuesta, a_ classical violinist, began 'eaching him violin at in early age. When he was nine, his mother ook him to see a movie n whic Henry's cousin, Ernie Caceres, played with the famed Glenn Miller band. 'he ex- perience changed his life. Enchanted with the sounds, he switched to woodwinds immedia- tely, and proved so gifted that he was selected to play with the Corpus Christi Sym- phony Orchestra while still in high school. After graduation, he attended Del Mar College, graduating just before being drafted during the Korean War. (Assigned to the 7th Army Band, Henry distinguished himself with a last-minute triumphant perform- ance of Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue, with the Stuttgart (Ger- many) Symphony, when their resident clarinetist found himself unable to cope with the demands of the work. ) It was after his army duty that Cuesta em- barked on the most profoundly affecting experience of his life, eight years playing with some of the finest big bands of the day, Jack Teagarden, Ted Lewis, Shep Fields, even one memorable _ perform- ance with the great Paul Whiteman. Rooted in the classical traditions of his fater, nurtured in the contemporary and symphonic music of his youth, his musical education became fully rounded. 'Touring the United States and Canada, performing night after night, playing everything from Dixieland jazz (which he loves) to Latin rhyth- ms, Cuesta developed his own dazzling, technically brilliant, highly personal style. He decided to follow his own star and left the bands in 1963, returning to Toronto, a city he had come to love during his Teagarden days. He quickly established himself as the town's favorite musical per- sonality at the Skyline Hotel, and during the next few years, Cuesta and his jazz group became the mecca for all visiting msuicians, including Goodman himself on one occasion Another visitor was cornet virtuoso, Bobby Hackett, who listened to Cuesta's soaring im provisational jazz and liquid tones, and ad- vised him to get in touch with Lawrence Welk, who was then looking for- a star clarinet player. Henry mailed Welk some of his recordings: 'Two days later, the maestro asked him to join the band as featured soloist. Married since 1961, to the former Janette McFater, a Scottish lass from Toronto, Cuesta is the father of three children, Marion, Lucinda and Henry, Jr. He is a devoted husband and father, and his wife and children are the center of his life. But when you see him close his eyes, and lose himself in his music, you know that music Is his life. Meet a local resident - from 1648! Sainte-Marie among the Hurons (1639-1649) Hwy 12, Midland Presents "Reflections - 1648" August 6-70th 10 a.m. - 6 p.m. (last admission 5:15) Factor | Water Beds Pine & Oak Bedroom Furniture SAVINGS UP TO -- (Sugg. retail value) 1 DAY ONLY Sat., Aug. 11, 7 a.m. - 4 p.m. Craftwood Custom Furniture 6 Centennial Drive, 549-281 1 Penetanguishene This is a special ! week of Historic Interpretation with costumed staff portraying personalities from the 17th century A fascinating experience for the entire family MINISTRY OF Hon Reuben C. Baetz, Minister TOURISM & John R. Sloan, RECREAT D : 3 Gate JON eputy-Minister : Wednesday, August 8, 1984, Page 5