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(ARB escent ree IT TT THE TIERNEY BRASS SECTION . . THE OSHAWA TIMES, Seturdey, July 9, 1966 YA BERNARD TIERNEY AND HIS BAND OPEN SEASON ee: AND THE MAESTRO BIG SOUND AT BANDSHELL HERE The big-band sound is filing the air at Memorial Park. Ber- mard Tierney and his 13-piece orchestra started Tuesday even- ing stands at the McLaughlin Bandshell this week. The concerts are sponsored by General Motors of Canada Ltd., and the Toronto Musicians Association as well as a grant from the adio and Transcrip- tion Fund. Guest artists will be featured each week. Concerts begin at 8:30 p.m. Mr. Tierney began his music- awa in 1928 and four years later organized a band composed of two saxaphones, violin, trumpet, banjo and drums. This first Tierney band play- ed for church socials and dance hall engagements until it join- ed the Officers' Training Centre band and Mr. Tierney was ap- pointed assistant director. 'Only four members of the original band poined the army band: the others we sort of lost along the way,' said Mr. Tierney. They are: William Ashew, In the army band, Mr. Tier- ney spent nine months on the road at Vernon, British Colum- bia; Vancouver, Brockville and finally Kingston where he was discharged from the army aiter four years. "T recall doing jitney dancing at Cobourg,'"' says Mr. Tierney. He said such dances had an ad- mittance charge of 25 cents and 10 cents a dance. "There were no breaks, no in- termissions; we played all night,"' he added. Tierney's band is still mainly a "jobing"' band. 'Six years ago, Mr. Tierney approached General Motors and the Toronto Musicians Associa- tion to sponsor the summer con- certs presently at the bandshell. He has been conductor of the summer series since its start. The '"big-band" conductor feels strongly that big bands are still very popular. "I believe there stil is a place for big bands in spite of the inroads elctronically ampli- fied guitars and organs have al career at 10 in where he studied violin. He came to Canada and Osh- TH HAA Hie mn nt Pound For Pound, Inch By Inch, | ter - of - factly. "But my mind Actor Smartest Man In World | By HAL BOYLE | NEW YORK (AP) -- Pound | for pound and inch for inch, | Michael Dunr may well be the | smartest man in the world. | But undoubtedly he is the) most successful dwarf in show} business since the late Tom Thumb. Michael is 31, weighs 78, stands three feet and 10 inches in his stockings, and has an in- telligence quotient of 178. "Theoretically, I'm a genius," said Michael, peering owlishly through thick - lensed glasses over a plate of parsley at Dow- ney's, his favorite Broadway saloon. "Being a so - called genius doesn't mean you can do any- .thing. But it is of some help to anyone. It. makes your mind more fun."' For his role as the philosophic traveller in the movie Ship of Fools, Dunn became the first fellow his size ever to be nomi- nated for an Academy Award. He recently completed work on a second film, You're a Big England iA PE GUTH AAR of Oshawa. DUAR SUPCEATEAL CAA ETRED PRAIA tat Boy Now, and has two more lined up. PLAYS DETECTIVE Also in the works are a/| Broadway play and a television series of his own called Master- mind, in which he plays a de- tective who is "more cerebral than muscular." "IT am not a_ professional midget -- I'm an actor," said Michael, whose theatre pals call him "Gremlin" and "The Purple Avenger."' "There is a difference. A midget gets carried onstage in a basket, pops out, says a funny line and runs off. { don't think that takes much talent. "My lack of height is inciden- tal. It would be foolish to say that people don't notice it, but I transcend it." : Michael suffers from achon- droplasia, a congenital but not hereditary disease also known as fetal rickets, in which carti- lege fails to develop properly. DID WHAT HE WANTED Roy Smith, Mike Kupnicki and Bernard Tierney, all residents "I knew by the time [ was onto was ment after BERT aHtE SGC three or four that I would al- ways be small,' he said mat- gave me a good edge. "I never got hung up emo- tionally because my _ parents wisely let me do what I wanted to as a child. 'I played football and basket- ball and got my nose broken a few times. I'm still a good Playing at conventions in Tor- a regular appoint- made in the dancing habits of the inroads electronically amipli- said. the war and Mr. TUR a ] swimmer and a very dirty wa-| light - hearted about being a ter polo player. | small man in a tall world. Unable to achieve a career as | "How you take a handicap de- a concert pianist, he started | pends on how you were raised. singing in night clubs at $5 an/] never was brought up to feel evening; now on occasion) that my short size made me makes $2,000 for a single tele-| any less of a human, or to as- vision performance. sert my difference in order to Using special rigs, Dunn is | gain respect. The idea is to be able to drive a car or fly an;the most human being you airplane. He is cheerful and! can." ROSSLYNN FEATURING: Creative & Practical HAIRSTYLING For Appointment 723-3925 60 ROSSLAND W. We'll Launder His Shirts to Is your man extra particular about the way his shirts are done? We finish each one of his shirts. to 'perfection every time. OSHAWA'S SHIRT SPECIALISTS ! tk DELIVERY 4 CASH & CARRY ACADIAN CLEANERS 299 BLOOR W. Pas 728-5141 a