c2 tribune august 17 1988 best available copy d j doles out the hits for most celebrations bv bruce stafley jeff stover is stouffvilles music man the 21yearold started taking piano lessons at age 11 hes now turned his love of music into a near fulltime pursuit his disc jockey service spin ners sees him spending much of his spare time at dances and other functions spinning records until the crowds too tired to dance anymore employed at schell lumber edward street stouffville by day jeff gathers his records tapes and sound equipment and heads out as far as hamilton for evening and weekend assignments hes disc jockeyed for the greens restaurants gala new years eve extravaganza does dances at stouffville district secondary school and was kept busy during the recent strawberry festival but he had to draw the line when it came to providing music for his own recent wedding reception i tried to figure out how i could do it myself setting up all the records and tapes in advance and all that but it couldnt be done he claims jeff says he became hooked on music in his early teens when he started playing in a band with a couple of friends we did it just for fun he recalls id play the piano he got involved in the technical end of the variety show when he went to sdss then took a theatre arts course at niagara college in welland there he learned sound and audio techniques it was while at college he started disc jockeying when he graduated in 1986 he pursued it further its been crazy since then he says its hard to believe there is so much out there hes managed to find time to keep his playing skills sharp in between work days at schells and dj jobs he played piano and synthesizer for the 25th anniver sary edition of music mania the towns annual variety show and has contributed eversince and he still plays for fun with mark king the music teacher at the music stand in markham but he finds himself busier and busier with spinners it started as a weekend thing but now its the main thing hes booked as far ahead as november 1989 as more people hear about him and the job he does jeff claims hes put together around 4000 worth of sound equipment with another 1500 tied up in records and tapes and things are on the move my wifes brother recently started working with me id like to expand to the point where its living lighting s3 9a0 req 39999 r j 8 light rcq 31999 199 over 60 stores in canada living lighting canada we make your lighting available at al ontario living lighting locations including 226 wellington st markham over 60 stores in i living fi5sn hwy 7 mccowan 2949557 fulltime theres enough work out there jeff maintains his specialty is music from the 1950s i love doing 50s dances peo ple are surprised that i know so much about the 50s but ive studied up on that music he says jeff believes in giving people what they want when the barnswallows got everyone up doing the limbo at the strawberry festival i went along with it everyone enjoyed it he adds he recalls how the festival was a time of nonstop work for him he was responsible for the sound at various functions such as the outdoor church service sunday morning i didnt get to bed until 2 am and i was back at the park at eight in the morning setting up equipment he admits hed like to have an occasional weekend off but i cant turn the customers away he derives a great deal of satisfaction from seeing people enjoy themselves at functions where he works it was great at the greens new years party he says even the kitchen staff were out dancing theres a great sense of ac complishment when the dance is over and everyone has had fun he adds off furniture orders n off in stock upholstery and furniture summer stock clearance its the opportunity of summertime 30 off the enduring quality of kaufman of collingwood dining rooms bedrooms family rooms and more order now for free delivery in the early autumn and you can save even more on instock upholstered items by barrymore butler and roberts vogel and concordian up to 50 in some cases free immediate delivery is included too theres never been a better time to take advantage of our free instore design service the kaufman furniture gallery ltd where beautiful homes begin markham trt kaufman fufwturt canary highway 7 utt aail of ucccwan elaonjoe 471 555 whitby tha kaufman pomttuft ganaty highway 3 eet of twcliton rd telephon4m17 mlssissauga tm keutran howl canary 227 dundei siren waal watt of rtn mitu prtwy telephone i2it0