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~ Monroe,

There ain’t no drag
about Slowdrag

FOR THOSE: in love
in love with bluegrass. Join
Slowdrag for an evening of
bluegrass .music that goes
Straight to the heart at Mount
Elizabeth Theatre in Kitimat
on Saturday, Feb. 12 at 8
p.m.

With its keen “focus ‘on
old time, traditional
retro original material.Slow-
drag is as rootsy as it gets,
This band of stage veterans
can barre! through a rockin’
honky tonk number as easily
as they spit’an original dusty
tune that weeps as much as it
rolls. ‘

Performing double duty
on guitars and vocals, Ko-

ralee Tonack and = Craig
McKerron — take ‘turns on

lead and harmony vocals.

Their duets are the heart
and soul of Slowdrag, voices
combining in a unique. and
seamless blend to recreate
the powerful-harmonies of a
bygone era. | |

Joining Koralee and Craig
onstage is Paul Bergman'on —

upright bass laying down a

- solid. anchor for Slowdrag’s

rural sound.
Paying -homage to the

‘golden era of ‘bluegrass,

Slowdrag’s original tunes
are steeped in the tradition
of bluegrass greats like Bill
the ' Carter Fam-
ily, the Louvin Brothers and

Legion News

.or just

and

SINGING THE BLUES: Slowdrag pays * tribute to ao

golden era.

a

Hazel Dickens. The humble
words, pure sounds and cl-
egantly sparse instrumenta-

‘tion impart the bluegrass
tradition of stark) contrast’

— alternately sweet and rug-
ged, tender and hard, playful
and mournful. —
A mainstay of the BC
bluegrass scene, this Fraser.
Valley based group has per-

formed at many festivals,

theatres and halls across BC
and Alberta, including: the
Vancouver Folk Festival,
Merritt Mountain’ Festival,
Victoria Rootsfest, the WISE
Hall, Vancouver East Cul-

tural Centre, Vancouver Sun,

Concert Series and Capilano
College Performing Arts
Centre. On the radio waves
Slowdrag has performed on

CBC’s Richardson's Round-
up and North by. Northwest
and CFRO’s In the Pines.
Come on out for a laid
back, swinging time with
your favourite Valentine on
Saturday, Feb. 12 at Mount
Elizabeth Theatre, starting

‘at.8 p.m. sharp.

Tickets are on sale now at
Book Masters/ Toys 4 U/Ra-
dio Shack and theatre lobby
evening of the performance.
For more information on

_this and any. of our remain-.

ing concerts please visit our
website: www. kitimatcon-
certs.com or call Michael

and Hazel Jeffery at 632-
4008 or Heather Lundstrom

632-4542.
»- = Contributed by the Kiti-
mat Concert Association

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The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, February 2, 2005 - B3

Annual General Meeting
of the
Terrace Public Library Association

will be held at 7:00 p.m. on

Thursday, February 17, 2005

in the Willy Schneider Meeting Room
Elections to the Board of Trustees will take place and
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THE BRANCH operations *
“well at. the moment; however there is one
is: our“ decline in

small concern, which

membership.

Our membership committee is doing all
they can to bring in new members, and find
out why some members have yet to re-new

their 2005 membership...

We had a full house for the Neil Diamond
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visitors are eligible for some kind of mem-

bership in our organization.

So those of you who are interested, come
on down to the branch. There is always.
someone there to answer your questions.

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’ Men’s and Ladies Singles and Doubles on

Saturday.

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live music starting at 8 p.m. with the Honky

Tonk Outlaws playing.

There is a full schedule of events slated ”
for February, so keep your eyes on the notice
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8 starting at 8 p.m.

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