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Chronicle Staff Not the icyâ€"cold spring waters of the Grand, the threat of rain or even goodâ€"old. common sense could stop the 90 intrepid â€"adventurers who took part in Conestoga College‘s annual boat race Saturday. According to race organizer Janelle Zettel. coâ€"ordinaâ€" tor of the college‘s Doon Student Association, 31 "boats" were entered in the race, which began at Kaufman Flats in Waterloo. Entries included 24 canoes and kayaks, and Brilliant soloist here for Bach‘s St. Matthew Passion Bach‘s moving "St Matthew Passion‘ will be performed Good Friday evening. April 20 at 7: 30 p.m. in the Centre in the Square Under the direction of Howard Dyck. the Kitchenerâ€" Waterloo â€" Phitharmonic Choir. the Kâ€"W Symphony Orchestra and six nationally and internationalty acelaimed solaists will join forces to bring this beautiful musical setting of Christ‘s sufferings on the Cross to the greater Kitchenerâ€"Waterioo region for the first time in several vears Seth McCovy. of Rochester‘s Eastman School of Music. will join the Choir for the first time to sing the part of the Evangelist. Both MceCoy and Janice Tavlor. who will take the mezzoâ€"soprano role. will sing the "St. Matthew Passion‘ in Things got a bit crowded Saturaay as 90 people in 31 craft raced to start Conestoga College‘s annual boat race. Coral Andrews Chronicle Special! . The Dice are the next heavy rollers from this area, and they just scored a headâ€"spinning grand slam with the music moguls. This innovative threesome have always done thinlg'z their way or not at all. Leadsinger Gary Lima a cohorts Trevor Russell and Hayden Viaiva have been through the rock and roli ringer in the past seven years from dealing with adverse fans on an off â€"night to being fired for the wrong image, to watching record deals virtually disappear before their eyes. . Those days are long gone, and the Dice, like their musical contemporaries Messenjah, have hit the big time. So both Lima and Errol Blackwood have fulfilied wiildest ambitions, in their respectiveâ€"music spectrums. The Dice ‘ain‘t gonna lose no more‘, to coin a famed Lima lyric, because their first «lbum simply entitled The Dice is a viny! smash. Recoriled at the famed Hit Factory in New York, Gary and‘his boys have one of the top producers in the music industry today at the belm... . â€"__ . ... 0. 000 _ The Dice on a roll of their own Parade of ‘floats‘ in boat race w92 Kitchener Waterioo just two days after taking part in Lincoln Centre‘s (New York) perfor mance of the work. For the third year. Gary Relyea will again perform with the Kâ€"W Philharmonic Choir. on this occasion as Chris tus Lichti will perform the soprano and baritone roles â€"respectively. Theâ€" Rockway â€" Mennonite collegiate Girls Choir will take part in the performance as well James MeLean of Toronto will sing the tenor role while K Ws Donna Trifunovich and Daniel Tickets priced at $10. $12 at the Centre in the Square Ticketron outlet 2 00 seven "junk"® vessels â€" that is, anything else that floated excluding canoes and kayaks. The race was open to both College students and members of the Kâ€"W community. Winning the canoe class were Jim Boshart and Steve Kennel of Kitchener, who have taken part in the race for the past eight years and won it five times. The duo covered the l5â€"mile watercourse in two hours and 44 minutes. words seasoned with starkness, wit, and sardonic love philosophy. But tenderness appears when he‘s in the mood, and the sparks fly when this gutsy frontman bellows his beliefs. Lima‘s forever a man of his word, in life and music. There isn‘t a pretentious bone in his wiry Saturday nights ‘hot licks‘ show at the Coronet, was rock hard proof as Lima stomped and strutted his way through the night, demonstrating the band‘s ability to hlow any other band off the stage. Producer Kimsey knows a good thing when he sees it, and the skilled innovater has taken raw, primal talent with its persistent streak of reality, blended, polished and nurtured it so that the initial reaction is WOW! Lima‘s vocals are still roughâ€".but the intention is words seasoned with starkness, wit, and sardonic love â€" and Ain‘t Gonna Lose, which could now be tagged as philosophy. But tenderness appears when he‘s in the Lima‘s swansong of the past. Both have been greatly mood, and the sparks fly when this gutsy frontman improved and tightened up for maximum impact. bellows his beliefs. Lima‘s forever a man of his word, in Other noteable tracks include the raunchy, When I life and music. There isn‘t a pretentious bone in his wiry want (When I need), (with special thanks to Mick Jagger body . for inspirational dancing), Crying In The Rain, the Saturday nights ‘hot licks‘ show at the Coronet, was bewitching Lose Your Soul, and new video single Chayâ€" rock hard proof as Lima stomped and strutted his way . la. through the night, demonstrating the band‘s ability to Theâ€"Coronet crowd had quadrupled by the end of this blow any other band off the stage. exciting evening, as Lima led the dancefloor with one Producer Kimsey knows a good thing when he sees it, wild number afterâ€" another %m’m and the skilled innovater has taken raw, primal talent vmmdmwswmu . and with its persistent streak of reality, blended, polished Supremes oldie My world is empty without you. and nurtured it so that the initial reaction is WOW! Russell handled bass with taunting finesse, and Lima‘s vocals are still roughâ€"but the intention Ii$ v;a1ygy‘s fierce of the skins accentuated the stronger ‘g:' the Dice‘s fiashâ€"inâ€"theâ€"pan image of â€" Mmmmmmmm yesteryear has vanished. 5 f Yet The Dice have added a fourth and striking new The striking: formerly used a lot.of offâ€"theâ€"Will, ~ aujtsriet from New York,.circles. Gerard Papma gives To bonci woronl a noee gioe oo smy arsie Fopa‘a: the band stimuleting flavor and dimension, that w:mnmumcm sometimes lacked in the past. a Mn s o 0. cemma i Gan c oc o2 C4Acs sdth KT 4. thae Otaine and Citw Taking first place in the junk category was a team of 30 and $15 are un sale Box Office and at any Elora Theatre presents prizeâ€"winning â€"â€" Our Town _ Elora Community Theatre pres _ called both hauntingly beautiful and ents Our Town. Thornton Wilder‘s _ memorable > it7e i a n i , s and Mayz 3 ut hi R l\‘vn Albanese, whp is new to the Show -li;n.c\ ate & pm Elora group bulv brmgs many years a id SX of experience with him Our Town is a warm, humorous and touching look at small town life Ticket prices are $5 for adults, $4 and a charming step back in time to _ for students/ seniors and group rates the turn of the century. It has been _ are also available. One o? sé(ven "junk" entries to attempt the sixâ€"mile voyage down the Grand River Saturday. Melodee Martinuk photos e WATERLOO CHRONICLE, WEDNESDAY, APRIL five Conestoga students, Peter Milas, Maria Van Hulson, Stuart Trapp, Dianne Nelson and John Thompson, who completed the shortened sixâ€"mile junk course in two hou.s and 51 minutes. Zettel ad-(ie-(ifltil"l;l’ two of the innovative junkers were unable to complete the race. This is the 17th year the Conestoga student association has sponsored the race, which Zettel said is held as "just a fun thing to do at the end of the school year." Last year the race attracted 36 entries. The play is directed locally Ken Albanese, who is new to Elora group but brings many y of experience with him 18, 1984 â€" PAGE 21 Iy by o the vears and