Band director retires

WHEN HE PUSHES, his

‘ musicians rise to the occa- ‘ sion,

And that is what makes

. community band director

, Jim Ryan such a wonderful

‘. teacher, says Caro! Lomas,

_ band) member for eight . years,

“Ryan, who started the

community band in 1983, is * retlring after 15 years of | Ron-stop giving to *~ musicians in Terrace.

“He understands the

: ability of the players,” - Lomas said. “It's a trust — ~ his trust and belief that we '. ¢an play anything.”

', But. according to Ryan,

when he hands his players

tough music to learn, all he - has to do is coax them a bit.

-- “7 tell them ‘Don't be sil- : ly, this is highschool

material’,’* he said, laugh-

ing, -Ryan does it all, He plays

a variety of instruments

(piano, flute, clarinet and - saxophone), sings (to the

horror of his musicians!),

_ composes and directs.

“ {t's a joy,”’ he.said of his ~ devotion to music. “It’s ‘been my whole life.”

- After “he retired from the . Navy and armed forces band, Ryan moved to Ter- race-and taught band to stu- dents band at Skeena and Caledonia for 10 years. When he retired from teach- ing, he decided to build a “community band.

“There were all these

"great kids pouring out of

‘highschoo)] bands and they “had.no place to play,” he

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DEVOTED TO MUSIC: Jim Ryan, director of the community band, is retiring after 15 years. He will, however, continue to lead the Symphony.

band has won awards at the Provincial Music Festival in 1986, 1987, and 1988, At the National MusicFest

said. He said he wanted to offer decent material to learn, Today the band has 40

Canada in 1991, the band was awarded a geld medal standing by internationally renowned judges.

Ryan explained the reason for the band’s success is community support.

‘Without the community, there would be no band or symphony. We have some very generous people in this town. T’ve been very spoiled,”’

Ryan said he was retiring to take it casy.

“It takes a lot of energy to be out front,”? he said. “To draw energy out of them, you have to put that energy into them.”

And due to liver problems, Ryan said he couldn’t give the band the energy it needs to survive.

*{ hate to leave them but it’s time someone else took the reins. I’m going to miss it very much.”’

Ryan will continue to direct the Symphony Or- chestra, which he started five years ago.

Ryan’s final concert is Nov. 14 at the Pentecostal Church at 7:30 p.m, The band will also play Nov. 11 for Remembrance Day.

members. Ryan said his players range in age ‘*from the newly graduated to the nearly dead” and vary in musical abilities; most players simply joined for the enjoyment of playing and performing together.

The band doesn’t hold auditions or limit in- strumentation.

Since its inception, the

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Nov. 11 events

10;15 Parade gathers in Safeway parking lot.

10:20 Parade marches off to Twillicum Theatre,

10:45 Service starts, includ- ing an address by Legion padre Rev. Lance Stephens and a message by Legion president John Groot. After- ward, the parade marches to Cenetaph at City Hall.

11:30 Ceremony of laying of the . wreaths at the Cenotaph.

Children on Parade will be served snacks at the Happy Gang Centre afler the laying of the wreaths, Parents are asked to pick up their chil- dren no later than 1:15 p.m.

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