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call "going to the bank." If it's really important, we will look at my old stuff or Duncan's old stuff or Ri? ta's, Occasionally we will bring back--we will do a "Remember the Miner" or "Home in My Harbour.",,, I'm circulating the work tapes now among the produc? tion committee. That's the medium list. The long list is my shopping bags full of tapes! People send in tapes from all over now. Over the last couple of years we have consciously opened it up to say, well, we should not ab? solutely limit ourselves to Cape Breton. If a song is valid for the fishery in Cape Breton as it may be for the East Coast--and whether it's by Stan Rogers or Dun? can Wells--it doesn't matter whose name comes after it. We did "Make or Break Har? bour" that way last year. And I suspect we'll have a Lennie Gallant tune in the show this year. We should do the best stuff that we can. Max was handing me CD's and tapes, Steve MacDonald was handing me tapes. (Like, "Consider this. Consider that.") Then I have my tape recorder on my fridge in my kitchen (listening to the radio). And there's a song I've been thinking about for years called "Hard Times Come Again No More." It may be a Depression song. Beau? tiful melody. I thought, I'd really like to try that this year.... In fact, Ronnie MacEachern gave me one last week. It's called "Maggie." He said, "You know, there's this really sweet bal? lad. And it's like hundreds of years old." 1989 Cast. Front row: Doris Mason, Maynard Morrison, Heather Rankin, fiddler Marcel Doucet. Middle row: Max MacDonald, Bette MacDonald, John Mollis (wind instruments). Back row: Fred Lavery (guitar), Steve Gaetz (drums), Berkley Lamey (bass). So there's Ronnie MacEachern stopping by to stay over one night on his way up north--a couple times over the last few months, in fact--kind of laying this one on me. You know, we're old friends; we played together in Buddy and the Boys, Ronnie, of course, was involved--! mean, the first words you hear, from any of the Cape Breton Boarding Kennels MODERN HEATED FACILITY FOR DOGS AND CATS • Open 12 Months • Indoor - Outdoor Dog Kennels • New Cattery Separate Building from the Dogs ' • Certification of Vaccination Required aSg|&Sk;~ 737-2281 R.R.#1, GLACE BAY, N.S. Wl?l'h ?? • • - • ? • ? All Types of Collision Work! Specializing In Spot Repair J SYDNEY'S COMPLETE COLLISION REPAIR CENTRE 539-2848 • 539-1033 61 BEECH • SYDNEY BIP 6R7 A&W; Agnew Surpass Balloon City Bank of Nova Scotia Biao's Fast Foods Bi-Way Bojou Carlton Cards Cole's Book Store Eclipse Fun Villa Arcade Gals & Guys Hairworks . Gem Photo Goldsil Heather Bowling Centre, Jeans Experts KFC Mark's Work Wearhouse 539-7222 Metropolitan 562-1134 562-3129 Munroe's Barber Shop 562-7620 Northern Reflections 564-6788 539-6760 Olympic Shoe Repair 564-8112 562-2322 Pets R Us 562-3846 Quick Break 539-1908 Radio Shack 539-4617 564-6531 Reitmans 562-3177 539-6053 Sam The Record Man 539-6282 Shoppers Drug Mart 562-1144 Sobeys 562-1762 539-1811 Sony Store 562-8811 539-2288 Sport Card Corner. 562-3531 539-7273 Suzy Shier 539-5538 562-2695 Tim Horton's 539-4287 567-1217 Ultramar 562-1919 564-6322 Vanelli's Mrs 539-7882 539-0441 Zellers 539-5600 HOURS OF OPERATION: Monday through Saturday 10:00 a.m. -10:00 p.m. MALL OFFICE • PRINCE ST., SYDNEY, N. S. B1P 5K6 • 539-6912 HEAD OFFICE ' 115 KING ST., STELLARTON, N.S. BOK 180 ?? 755-4440