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.. MONDAY, MAY +, 1971 §

Versitality is key t
Friendship Company

BY MARK HAMILTON

“Versatility is the key to the
Friendship Company,” says Ed
Lafave,

Lafave brought the
Friendship Company to Terrace
Friday night and provided an
enjoyable evening of comedy

and song for the small crowd :

that attended the concert and
show.

The comedy was straight :

farce with heavy slapstick
over-tones that particularly
amused the younger segment of
the audience.

Moderator George Hicks,
played his part to the hilt, ad
libbing and keeping the

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audience going with his jokes -

and banjo playing.
The Company's
young members

talented
worked

through a routine of skits in the -

first half of the their show,
ranging from the early days of
_larkerville through a barber
shop quartet lo a modern

meeting ir an alley between two -

rather lipsy gentlemen.
The first portion of the show

ended with a sing-along of the .
tribute to British Columbia.

Friendship Company and the
audience

in a rather novel °

contest to see who could out- -
- Company once again delighted

The audience responded with ,
enthusizstic clapping bul the -
Compar.’ had no trouble out- -
‘played it came across as a

The first half of the show was -
a remarkable bit of work by the .
young musicians, in particular, |
George Hicks, but the lack of a :
subsiantial audience made it «

sing who.

singing the small crowd.

difficult for the actors
perform their best.

to |

The second half of the show -

made up for any flatness in the
opening section,

The group sang songs from
their current album, B.C.'s

Centennial album and treated |
Terrace ta a sneak preview of .

their next aibum,

The group comprised Ed
Lafave group leader; lead :
singer, and composer of the

Company's songs;

Gerry —¢

Giselman, lead guitarist and ?

composer; Ray Stewart on
drums; Ray Eberly, bass
guilarist, Bob Mitchell, piano
and vocals; Phil Van Horne,
organist, and Lynne Lafave and
Gail Laughiin, back-up singers
with the group.

The members of the
Friendship Company have
spendid musical credentials
and it was obvious in their
songs.

Two of the musicians mothers
have taught with Uhe Dominion
Conservatory of music and one
is following in the footsteps of
his father who played bass
Buitar wilh name performers.

The Friendship Company’
opened the second half with a
ballad of the past set in
Barkerville and based on true

events in the hey-days of the

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Ed Lafave

ghost town. They then worked
through a routine of numbers
paying tribute to various
aspects of British Columbia
from

enjoyable concert with their
personal Centennial song
“That’s Where I Came From" a

A dance was held after the
show and the Friendship
the audience with their
distinctive style,

No matter what song they

the past to the present, |
The group ended a very ;

distinctly Friendship Company
sound,

music; polkas, to modern rock

and roll.

The versitality of the
musicians showed during the
dance as they adapted to
situations caused by electrical
problems in the Community
Center.

: Ed Lafave switched from
vocals to guitar work and
provided. the crowd with a
lively mix of polka tunes.

‘  [t was an enjoyable evening

’ but there were problems.

‘An electrical problem all but

; silenced the bass guitar for the

i night, Patch work repairs by

; the band kept it going.

Another problem was the
| Stage. There was no apron on

; the stage so the Company could

| not use their full compliment of

| tights. The foot lights that were

; used almost set the place ablaze

‘ when the curtains were closed

and touching the lights,

The small audience was the
evenings’ one disappointment..

the show. There were a few
more for the dance,

Ed Lafave described the night
as one of his biggest
disappaintments in his career.

The thoughts of Lafave were
| echoed by the rest of the troup
who found it hard to get in the

The group played all types of .

; another tentative booking for
. Terrace on July 20,
Seventy people showed up for ,

right mood for a top rate |

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performance.

The Friendship Company are
presently touring our province
and a lot of work by Lafave has
made it possible for B.C,
residents to hear such a top
notch band.

It took Lafave two and a half
years to gather musicians of the
caliber he was looking for and
then to get ready musically.

The result of this effort is a
polished band with a
distrinctive style.

The musical background of
Lafave himself is impressive.

Lafave has been a songwriter .
for many years and has had
such performers as George
Hamilton IV, who had a number
one song serveral years back
that was penned by Lafave,
record his songs.

The groups first album,
put together by Lafave when he
realized that no one was putting
out a B.C. Centennial album,
has so far sold thirty thousand,

The Friendship Company has ‘

THE MIDDLE CLASS

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Japanese shows 57 per cent con-
sider themselves members of

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..- The Friendship Company delight the audience with a skit

.-On stage are from left to right Bob Mitchell, Ray Eberly,

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