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Andre Gagnon the popular mophead whose driving rhythms Wow and Piano in the Sun are heard on just about every radio station in the country is going classical Well mellow Maybe my disco period is over he says Like Picassos blue period But theres plenty to keep him in front of huge au diences along the way from popular music to the concert hall Currently on weeks tour of six Western cities from Winnipeg to Vancouver Gagnon has just finished major film score is about to record his second CBCTV Superspecial is cutting his 11th album and plans to write an opera this summer Im tired he said during break in soundmixing studio in Montreal where his work for the feature film Running is in its final stages Shot in New York and Mon treal it stars Michael Douglas and Susan Anspach and is to be released in 450 theatres simultaneously in November But after saying he is tired he went on to describe the work ahead more than enough to give the lie to any thought he is tired either as composer or as pianist which he says is his first vocation HILD PRODIUY Born in 1942 the last of 19 children in musical family Gagnon was child prodigy who played the piano at and composed at His training was as classical pianist but his ac tivity has almost all been in the popular music field star ting as accompanist to such Quebec singers as Monique Leyrac Claude Leveillee and Renee Claude Now Gagnon is star in his own right consistently sellr ing at the biggest theatres winning Juno awards as best instrumental artist of 1977 Andre Gagnon rising star In the Canadian pop music scene and for the bestselling album Neiges which sold more than 500000 copies Small of stature with map of black hair and an engaging grin iagnon built his popularity almost entire ly within Quebec and in Paris until last year when he made his first concert tour of English Canada He sold out Massey Hall in Toronto toured Western Canada and made his first CBCTV Superspecial While he converses in English without apparent difficulty he says carrying show before large English Johnson disputes report by OTTAWA CPI CBC Presi dent Al Johnson challenged the governments television regula tions body Wednesday to join the corporation in plans for second national network ser vice to spread the use of ana dian programs Johnson described as unfair report by the anadian Radiotelevision and Telecom munications Commission CRTC this week which said the RC is not coping with the competition from LES net works He said the CBC had blazed the trail in developing ana dian shows which now occupy more than 70 per cent of li TVs prime time schedule and the figure is soon to be raised to 80per cent The real problem Johnson said in an interview on the BC radio program As It Happens RTC is that the Rlt has authorized so many cablevision companies as to cause shift in the pro grams available to anadian viewers It has done this Johnson said without compensating shift iii revenues toward production of more and better anadian pro grams L7 networks spend twovtofour times the money on programs that anadian net works can afford There should be second na Iioiial network service run on cable to carry more anadian programs principally repeats of programs already broadcast so that viewers will have iiiorc opportunity to see the taiiadiaii shows he said He challenged the RTC and leaders of the cable companies to join forces with us in organizing such service Trial lawyer wins cash in first novel contest TORONTO ItII trial lawyer who is president of the British Columbia ivil Liber ties Association has won SSIMMI for his first novel about the heroin drug trade in Van couver the books publishers announced Wednesday William Deverell 42 won the competition over 275 other manuscripts for his book Needles said Anna Porter president of Sea Books the massmarketing paperback publishing company started jointly by McClelland and Stewart and Bantam Books in 1977 sponsors of the Canadian contest Deverell who also worked as reporter and editor with The Canadian Press in Montreal and Quebec City for three years in the late limos and later with Saskatoon Stanlliocnix is the second winner of tlic annual contest Aritha Van llcrk won the award in 1978 for her novel Judith Devcrclls book will not be published until October Devirel who has acted for both the defence and the pro secutioii in more than 1001 cases dealing with rape murder and drugs describes his book as good entertain ment courtroom drama with thrillcraspccts Its about the heroin under world in Vancouver the West Coast which he says has more heroin prosecutions per capita than any other place in North America for the whole family FREE with the purchase of bucket or barrel of Kentucky Fried Chicken EVERY SUNDAY IN MARCH III IAVIELO RT IAIIIE 0N7 TEL norm OARRIE ONT TEL 755 IVKEI COLLINOWODO SYI MEAFDID 0N1 TEL gt3 aocxwonm win KING IT MIDLAND DIV TEL 570$ llwics nu iillw llllll HI punters III you to inloiii hwy Sunday IIIIIIIIIIIIUIII Man it you till pit It 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gt1 HA wstA aisiwfiimim AA eluding Le Saint Laurent minirhapsody that was the title number of his 1977 album It sold 100000 copies during its first two weeks on sale Le Saint Laurent has long slow waltz middle sec tion which wouldnt sound out of place on program of music by the National Arts entre Orchestra which prides itself on its playing of Mozart works Movements which Gagnon says is pure music not based on any storytelling scenario will be the title number of his new album appearing on the record stands this fall Also this fall CBTV is expected to show his second Supcrspecial with Ann lit chburii and Frank Augustyii dancing to his music Nelligaii It is tribute he wrote about four years ago to Emile Nelligan the Mon treal poet of the late 1890s who died in 1941 after speir ding the last 42 years of his life in mental asylum Ms Ditchburn the IlOttORIilplltlrfiilIlttl of the National Ballet who became an overnight movie star in Slow Dancing in the Big ity first heard iagiioiis music on radio in Toronto She went to Ottawa Ill 1973 to see and hear him in pcrloriiiancc at the National Arts Centre after which she asked him to compose music for ballet tllIOIAINININ That was the collaboration which produced Mad Shadows based on book by contemporary Quebec author Marie lairc ltlais It has been kept in the National Ballets repertory for three years and though iagnons original score has been re orchcstrated it is to be pvt formed next summer at or vent iardcii opera house in London iagiioii lives in an old Vic toriaii house in the St Louis Square part of Montreal which was Nelligans WA Producttom present is EVENING SHOWS PM 111555 twiflti 4w gflfilflt At RIO13 MA 25 Weekly TV series films local shows Starting this Saturday CKFRTV is presented three episodes of the Faces of Small Places series filmed in Sinicoe County March 17 at pm the show looks at the Eastview Secon dary School Choir in Barrie The choirgt100 students directed by Dave Wittich has played throughout Canada and the United States bring several honors to the school The show will focus on the chairs ac tivities and why its one of the best choral programs in the province The following week March 24 Faces of Small Places inter views Donald Beauchamp of Perkinsfield who raises Siberian huskies Beauchamp is member of Noerog Sled ders Canadian organiration Director turned actor stars in Toronto play TORONTO li Director laudc Jutra doesnt refuse things he likes thats why hes appearing in John lalmcrs The Iits 1975i as stage actor iutra who directed Mon iicle Antoine and Kamouraska says hes bothered at not being director at time when anadas movie scene is finally bidding strongly for international attention have spent years of my life developing tmoviei projects writing and tailoring them to producers satisfaction and when they are ready the pro ducer says Thats alright but Claude nady have other things Julra has in his last few years with CBC directed richlytextured dramas that have won praise and awards including Ada Dreamspeaker Seer Was Here and the coming The Street based on Mordecai Richlers book of the same name BCs given me an enor mous freedom he said And rich material too All had to do was say Yes and thats an incredible relief After Mon Oncle Antoine and Kamou raska was offered three movie scripts all with killings in the snow and said those two were enough of that RC ofa fcred me much more but now its time for the to get out of that TV work BEGINNERS INTERMEDIATES COME AND SEE FREE DEMONSTRATIONS OE All COURSES THURS MAR 291h8 PM AT BARBIE YWAYMCA For further information Call 7268421 YIIIVIYIIM CA TCH THE SA TURDA NI TE FE VER IOWEEK DISCO COURSE lOWEEK SOCIAL BALLROOM Forecast crisp and yummy FRYDAY lllRGE FRIES FOR THE PRICE OF SMALL FRIES Large fries Sinai fries What scoop Now you can enjoy large order of Burger King french fries for the price of small fries These yum yum fries are crispy crunchy goldengood and oh so tender inside So hurry After all how often do 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