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by Betty Barton

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Ted Taylor was one of five
_judges in the recent Country
Music Talent Search held over a
period of several weeks in the
Northwest. Ted has been judg-
"ing this competition since its in-
ception four years ago.
Ted was doing a weekly jazz

show on CJFW when Stephanie .

Webber asked him if he'd like to
judge the country music com-
petition. Ted is still doing his
jazz program seven years and
250 shows after he started (when

CJFW first went on the air). Ted.

has also been involved in the
Northwest Music Festival for the
past seven years, doing thrice-
daily radio reports of winners in
the different music festival
events. ,

Taylor, an avid and active
musician for 25 years, studied
‘privately with an instructor from
the Berlin Academy of Music.
This gave him a thorough
theoretical background. He also
played .trombone professionally
and in the Armed Forces for
many years. He still teaches
music theory and one of his stu-
dents is Karin Ljungh (one of
two winners in last year’s North-
west Country Music Talent
Search and the driving force
behind this year’s competition).
Taylor says, ‘‘When she gets her
teeth into something, she
doesn’t let go.”

: Taylor has been writing songs
for years. His current project is
a song for a niece getting mar-
ried on May 19, written for a
10-piece back-up band. He says,

“Some real great people are go-

ing to do it with me.” They will
tape the music and lyrics for
presentation at the wedding
reception. .

“It surprises me the amount
and quality of talent we have
with such a small population,
This is largely due to people like
Jim Ryan (music and band
leader), Terrace doesn’t have to
‘take a back seat in the music
, scene,’’ Taylor says.

The only time in his life that

‘Ted found music to be

Ted Taylor?

somewhat of a detriment was
when he joined the Air Force
during World War II. Because
of his musical background, he
was hired as a band
member/leader. The less ex-
perienced band members prac-
tised day in and day out, with

Ted and a few of the other ex-

perienced musicians becoming
proficient pool and table tennis
players, when they weren’t prac-
tising.

Ted became a navigator in the
Air Force, but never saw action
because the Armed Forces need-
ed his musical expertise and
navigational training skills at
home, |

Ted Taylor and his wife first
came to Terrace in 1971 from
Vancouver to provide consulta-
tion to owners of a chain of
men’s clothing stores. After
determining that Terrace was 2
place they'd like to stay, the
Taylors bought then-Don’s
Men’s. Wear and re-named it
Taylor’s Men’s Wear. Ted ran
that for a number of years. Then
he managed the music depart-
ment of Sight and Sound, and
later moved on to Tillicum Key-
boards.

Now that he’s semi-retired
from the business world, Ted
Taylor, 76, has the time, energy
and expertise to dabble in music
again,

In the Country Music Talent
Search finals this year, four of
the five judges were musicians,
which really improves: the quali-
ty of judging, says Taylor. He
feels that a singer like Kathy
Hanson doesn’t happen too fre-
quently. ‘‘She has a great stage
presentation and a_ beautiful
voice, full of rhythm. Best quali-
ty voice I’ve heard in a long
time. She can acquit herself in
any competition.”

Taylor explains that each
judge independently assesses
each contestant. Ted would like
to see a meeting of minds,
though, on judging criteria
(which would have to come from
a provincial or national level) by
the sponsor Budweiser. The
highest score of the five judges

Ted Taylor is a man of many

talents - from music to the military to men’s wear - and back to music.

Taylor was one of five judges in the recent Northwest Country Music Talent Search. Says Taylor,
"I'm always looking for challenges."

Terrace Review — Wednesday, May 2, 1990 B13

Photo by John Dando

added together determine the
winner, both of the semi-finals
and the finals. Ted Taylor sup-
poses hell judge again next
year.

He says he will take the sum-
mer off from music instruction
and CJFW because it interferes
with his golf, “I’ve always look-
ed for challenges. This is what
keeps people going.”

Teenage Mutant
Ninja Turtles
’ Cowabunga, Shredhead
‘Animated. Produced by Walt
Kubiak. Rating: Ages five and
up. Running time: 47 minutes.

The Turtles are out to do
battle with the evil Shredhead
in these two stories. With a
replicating machine that pro-
duces exact clones, Shredhead
is sure he can rule the world.

But the Ninja Turtles keep
getting in his way. Surely there
must be someway for an evil
genius like himself to get rid of
those pesky critters!

I must be getting old. |
thought a Ninja Turtle was a
small Japanese car. So much
for my supposed intelligence.

This is a cute video,

Little Monsters

Starring Fred Savage, Daniel
Stern, Howie Mandel. Produc-
ed by Jeffrey A. Mueller, An-
drew Light, John A, Davis,
Directed by Richard Alan
Greenberg. Rating: PG, Runn
ing time: 103 minutes.

Remember all those monsters
back when you were a kid, the
ones that lived under your bed
and in the closet? Your mom
and dad said they weren’t real,
except in your imagination,

Well, maybe they lied.
There’s a monster under
Brian’s bed. A big one. Only
Brian (Fred Savage) isn’t about
to put up with it, So he sets a

trap.

What he catches is an ugly
monster named Maurice. But
you can't judge a book solely
by its cover. Maurice may be
ugly, but he’s really an okay
guy.

He takes Brian down into his

. world, then offers to teach him

the fine art of scaring the be-
jabbers out of little kids.

It’s kind of fun. Especially.
where the school bully is
concerned. But little boys
shouldn’t play with monsters.
You never know what you’ll
have to give up in exchange.

I really enjoyed this movie.
It’s about time someone un-
masked all those monsters
crawling around under our
beds!

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