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Hockeyfest is a made-in-Brantford success story COLLEEN TOMS || BRANT NEWS

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ockeyfest organizer Ralph Spoltore admits he is a dreamer.

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But never in his wildest dreams did he envision Hockeyfest growing to become so big, so fast.

“Obviously I have dreams and ambitions and I’m very proud to be where we are,” he said. “But I think in our second year, we’re probably about three years ahead of where I thought we would be. And I’m a big dreamer.”

With 22 bands scheduled to perform over three action-packed days, Hockeyfest promises to be one of the biggest music festivals in the province this year. And it’s bound to put Brantford on the map, Spoltore says.

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“I think we are going to be a signature event for the province,” he said. “My goal is to have the community really feel proud of this event. This is something that is going to be right out there and in your face.”

Hockeyfest kicked off in 2010 with what Spoltore dubs “an auspicious beginning.”

With only five months to book acts for an as-of-yet unheard of event that would complement the annual Walter Gretzky Street Hockey Tournament, Spoltore managed to cinch big name bands like Our Lady Peace, The Trews and Marianas Trench. But the $350,000 budget had to be carried on the backs of Spoltore and his organizing crew.

Over 1,000 people filed into Lions Park on the first night of the festival, braving a torrential downpour and bolts of lightening to catch a roster of local musicians.

Another 5,000 were expected to view the headlining acts Saturday night. Instead, 8,097 jammed Lions Park grounds.

“The community really embraced the event as their own and that was huge for us,” Spoltore said. “Really, this is Brantford’s music festival.”

That support resulted in a turnaround for Hockeyfest.

“This year things have changed,” Spoltore said. “People saw what a great event this is, what a great package it is.”

The festival was one of 15 Ontario

events to receive the maximum funding of $400,000 from the province’s Celebrate Ontario Funding.

“Of the 15 events that got the maximum funding 14 have been in existence for 12 years,” Spoltore said. “It’s so hum humbling. For little old Brantford to be able to register that kind of hit, we should be proud.”

The tourism-based grant en enabled Hockeyfest to add a third day of music geared towards youth and to create Hockeyfest Village where interac interactive displays, Hockey Hall of Fame trophies, and autograph signing sessions with 30 to 40 NHL players and alumni will take place.

“The idea is for people to come to Brant Brantford and see what Brantford is all about,” Spoltore said. “This is really going to give the local economy a shot in the arm. Half-amillion dollars was generated last year for the local economy and $4 million is pro projected this year.”

Hockeyfest promises to be a truly Cana Canadian event that celebrates the country’s favourite pastime and fetes local and Canadian talent. It will also pay homage to Brantford’s hockey hero Wayne Gretzky.

“I want to honour Wayne at the festival every year and to do that everything we sell will end with 99,” Spoltore said. “He got the ball rolling and now his dad Walter is a living legend as well. The invitation for Wayne to come to Hockeyfest is always open. It would be an honour for us.”

After months of planning Spoltore is excited to see how Hockeyfest pans out.

“For me, I can’t wait to see Dry County and I can’t wait to hear Martina McBride’s voice. I want to see the crowd’s reaction to The Trews and Finger Eleven,” he said.

“Three Days Grace has a song called Riot and I already know what the crowd’s faces will look like when they sing it. I’ve got this vision of how this is all going to roll out.”

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Tickets to Hockeyfest’s Sunday show are $19.99 including tax and can only be purchased along with a Friday or Saturday ticket.

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Street hockey tourney is a world record event COLLEEN TOMS

Hockey Tournament quickly surpassed

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Shewchuck’s original goal.

As word of the tournament spread it attracted the attention of renowned film producer/director/actor Kevin Smith, who brought several players from the United States to the 2009 tournament that consisted of 192 teams. Smith played goaltender for his own team and donated $10,000 to the legacy fund.

“He was doing a stand-up comedy show in Toronto when he first heard about the tournament,” Shewchuck recalled. “He always talks about Wayne Gretzky and is a huge fan of hockey because of the team building and life skills that you learn.”

Ironically, Shewchuck had no idea who Smith was when he first approached her about getting involved in the tournament.

It wasn’t until her co-workers filled her in that she realized how famous he is.

“Nobody would imagine that Kevin Smith would come on board,” she said. “He has

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hen the first Walter Gretzky Street Hockey Tournament kicked off in 2007, 40 teams and 400 players hit Brantford’s streets to honour their hometown hero and raise money for the city’s Sports Legacy Fund.

For three days youth and adults alike vied for tournament bragging rights while taking part in Canada’s favourite pastime.

It established the tourney as a made-inBrantford event with global appeal.

“My vision always from day one was that one day this tournament would be a signature event for the community,” tournament founder Pat Shewchuck said.

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taken us from a small event to a major event in two short years.”

As awestruck as Shewchuck’s co-workers were when Smith showed interest in joining the tournament, he was equally awestruck by Gretzky.

“He had read Walter’s book and said he was inspired by how a man like him had such a setback and rose above it to give so much back to the community,” Shewchuck said.

When Gretzky showed him a collection of hockey paraphernalia collected during his son Wayne’s legendary hockey career, Smith was beside himself.

“He was like a kid in a candy store,” Shewchuck said. “He said: ‘Pat I can’t thank you enough, it was like a dream come true for me to meet Mr. Gretzky and see the history of Wayne.’”

In 2010 the Walter Gretzky Street Hockey Tournament became much more than organizers had ever hoped, or even imagined, when 205 teams and 2,096 players helped put it in the Guinness World Record book.

“Can you imagine? The world record,” tournament namesake Walter Gretzky enthused. “I’m just so excited. I just thought it would be a nice little tournament, but now this is worldwide and first class. It’s awesome!”

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For Canada’s most famous hockey dad, the Walter Gretzky Street Hockey Tournament is a remarkable tribute to a sport he holds near and dear to his heart.

“When I was a teenager we would never have thought about a street hockey tournament. We didn’t even know there was such a thing,” he said. “There always was street hockey, when the kids would set up their nets on the road and yell ‘car’ whenever one drove down the street. But it was never an organized event like this. That’s only something that has happened within the last 10 to 15 years.”

When Shewchuck called Gretzky to say the 2010 tournament had set a world record, he was amazed.

“I don’t know who was screaming louder, her or me,” he said.

Organizers won’t attempt to set a world record again this year, but they have high expectations nonetheless.

“A new organization is taking it over this year and it is going to be, in my opinion, awesome,” Shewchuck said. “With the cross-promotion of Hockeyfest it is going to take the tournament to the next level.

There will be a lot more elements this year to provide even more enjoyment for people.”

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That same year the Walter Gretzky Street Hockey Tournament took on a festival air with the introduction of Hockeyfest, a twoday music extravaganza featuring headliners Three Days Grace, The Trews, Marianas Trench and several local bands.

For Shewchuck, the incredible growth of the event is mind-boggling.

“I didn’t believe this would happen in four short years,” she said.

It was Smith’s idea to go after the Guinness World Record and Shewchuck rose to the challenge, issuing a call for players to help break the record previously set by Ladysmith British Columbia with 192 teams and 2,010 players.

That call was far-reaching and attracted teams from throughout Canada and the US, including California, Nevada, New York, Ohio, Illinois, Florida and Quebec.

Smith himself brought seven teams to the tournament, covering the transportation and accommodation costs out of his own pocket. He also donated another $10,000, this time to Gretzky’s favourite charity, the Walter and Wayne Gretzky Scholarship Foundation for the Blind Youth of Canada.

“He pays for all of that himself,” Gretzky said. “Isn’t that incredible.”

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She’s not sure what “a Hockeyfest” is, but she says she’s looking forward to it.

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Martina McBride LAUREN BARON BRANT NEWS

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merican country music sweetheart Martina McBride will headline Friday night’s country show, performing a mix of her fan-favourite hits and debuting songs off her new album, due out in August.

“We have a lot of fun on stage,” she said.

“We go out there and my whole thing is I

her heart and soul into her music.

“I love to sing, I’ve always loved to sing. I feel like it’s what I was put here to do and I’m really grateful to get to do that.”

McBride began her music career as a

ing things interesting. Her latest album is a departure from her past.

For one thing, McBride has made a switch in record labels from RCA Records Nashville to Big Machine Label Group’s

young girl from Kansas who had the gift of

Republic Nashville. She also has a new

singing. With persistence, luck and help

producer, Byron Gallimore who has

from her fans, McBride has released 10

worked with the likes of Faith Hill and Tim

studio albums, with more than 18 million

McGraw and she even recorded her latest

in sales and released 24 top 10 singles.

album in Atlanta rather than Nashville.

“I wear a lot of hats when I’m in Nashville

want to share a great night with the audi-

She’s a four time Country Music Award

ence and leave them with a great memory.

female vocalist of the year winner, a three

between everybody at the record company

It will be a lot of fun.”

time American Country Music female

and you’re a parent doing everything here

vocalist of the year winner and two time

and you walk into your house and you

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After so many years in the business and so many accolades, the singer is still keep-

see everything that needs to be done that wasn’t done the night before,” McBride said.

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time if there was a song we wanted to redo or go back and try was great,” she said.

“It is such a different way than I’ve

“In Atlanta it was great to be able to get up every day and just focus on making music.”

Having that time to devote to the record has given it a cohesion, McBride says her other albums haven’t had.

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recorded before which is just in bits and pieces spread out over several months and fairly distracted, so this was great.”

The biggest change on the new album is a personal one. This is the first time McBride has written the majority of songs on an album.

“I wrote a lot for this album. I think it shows a personal side of me and maybe a

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little more because I wrote so much more for it,” she said. “I just really decided with this record to write. First of all, all three of my daughters are in school now and I felt like I could go to work every day and they are taken care of.”

Being able to take on the role of majority songwriter is something McBride didn’t feel like she could do in the past.

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“I think over the past few years your confidence grows as a writer and you feel the more you do it the better you get. It’s like anything else in life. I went into this project with a new confidence in my writing.”

Her first single off the album, Teenage Daughters was a tongue-in-cheek take on raising her two daughters Delaney, 16 and Emma, 13. She also has a 5-year-old daughter, Ava. “It came really easily and I think it’s great to show a more personal side of me, especially at this stage in my career with my fans and I think they will really be able to hear a lot of different sides of me that we haven’t seen before.”

The song, with lyrics like “She rolls her eyes when I’m funny. But she’s sweet when she wants money and her freedom,” even got the approval of her toughest critics: her daughters.

“They actually really love it,” McBride said. “When we finished it Delaney came in the room and we played it for her and a quarter of the way through she broke out into a big smile, so it passed the teenager test.”

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Three Days Grace Three Days Grace doesn’t take success for granted LAUREN BARON BRANT NEWS

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anadian rockers Three Days Grace take their job very seriously.

“We’ve been around for almost 10 years and we’ve built a huge fan base and we have a lot of radio singles but we don’t take that stuff for granted,” said Neil Sanderson, the band’s drummer.

“We take our live shows very seriously. The energy level is high. We feed off the crowd.”

The Norwood, Ontario band will bring that energy this June when they headline Hockeyfest’s Saturday rock show, rounding out a night of non-stop rock including Finger Eleven, The Trews, Bleeker Ridge, Fozzy, The Envy, INAMBUSH and Slow Motion Victory.

Sanderson promises an upbeat show that is typical of the multi-platinum rockers.

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“Three Days Grace has always been about the live show. That hasn’t changed, especially in 2011 when there’s so much contrived stuff out there,” Sanderson said.

“We value our musicianship and staying real and I think that’s something that people are really looking for. Realness and music.”

The only thing that Sanderson says has changed over the last 10 years is the amount of sleep they get.

“We’ve been through some pretty tough stuff just going down the wrong paths and not being totally healthy all the time,” Sanderson said. “It takes getting older to realize you’ve got to sleep and stay healthy.

It’s the same feeling when we get up on stage, we are just a little more responsible.”

The band first formed back in 1992 under the name Groundswell when its members were still in high school.

“The third day of Grade 9 when I was 14

we formed the band,” Sanderson said. “I knew that I wanted to be in a band in high school and I thought that was going to be a cool thing to do and I was on the mission to form a band as soon as I got there.”

He hooked up with vocalist and guitarist Adam Gontier and bassist Brad Walst, and after a brief breakup in 1997, the band reunited as Three Days Grace. Guitarist Barry Stock joined the band in 2003.

“We would play any stage that would have us as long as we could,” Sanderson said.

Eventually the band relocated to Toronto to take music making seriously. It’s there that the band wrote its first hit single I Hate Everything About You. “We wrote it at about 4 a.m. up in Toronto and found ourselves playing that everywhere,” Sanderson said. “That’s when the hard work really started. Just because you get signed doesn’t mean it’s going to happen.”

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already looking forward to its next album. in a number of charities, including the Her“We’ve got a little studio set up on the bie Fund that helps bring children around bus,” Sanderson said. “We have our next the world to the Hospital for Sick Children record probably half written. We have a in Toronto for life saving surgeries. good start.”

“We don’t take our fortunes for granted But it’s not just music the band is workwhatsoever. We realize we are very lucky ing on. Through all the triumphs and the to be healthy and have the greatest jobs in CAMPBELL AMUSEMENTS - JOB 0000147 - BRANT NEWS HOCKEYFEST losses, Sanderson said Three Days Grace the world,” Sanderson said. “There are a lot AD (4.833” wiDe x 4.778” high) never forgets to be thankful for what they of less fortunate people in the world and have. if you can make a difference with just one To give back, the band is heavily involved person, not to do it feels selfish.”

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But with hard work it did happen for the Ontario rockers.

I Hate Everything About you reached No. 2 on the Mediabase Modern Rock chart and was in the top five of the Mediabase Mainstream Rock Chart.

Their self-titled platinum debut album was released in 2003 and spawned two more hit singles, Just Like You, which reached No. 1 and Home, which peaked at No. 2.

Their sophomore album, One-X, debuted in 2007 at number five on the Billboard album chart and soon reached double platinum status. It produced three No. 1 songs on the Mediabase Mainstream Rock chart with Animal I’ve Become, Pain and Never Too Late.

That same year Billboard ranked Three Days Grace as the No. 1 active rock artist of the year, No. 1 Rock Artist of the Year and No. 2 Modern Rock/Alternative artist of the year.

They promoted their albums, touring alongside fellow rockers Nickleback, Staind, Seether and Breaking Benjamin.

During that time the band was confronted with the illness and death of family members and after two years of touring front man Gontier checked himself into the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health.

The band’s latest album, Life Starts Now, is a reflection of that time and represents the band’s new direction.

“Life Starts Now is a pretty good example of that last few years of our lives, having to confront death and people getting sick and it makes you realize that you’re dealt a hand of cards and you either play what you’ve got or get out and I think that shows up on the record,” Sanderson said.

The gold-selling album has already produced four singles, Break, The Good Life, World So Cold and Lost In You. All of them, Sanderson said, come from the heart.

“We’ve always used music as a form of therapy. If we can put into words what a lot of other people are feeling that’s even better,” Sanderson said. “The great thing about music is that it’s always up for interpretation. We might be writing about our own lives but if we can say something that allows people to relate that’s what art is.”

The band is currently touring to promote the album, playing with fellow Canadians My Darkest Days and the California-based Avenged Sevenfold.

Even though they are touring and playing shows night after night, the band is

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Tokyo Police Club Never enough for Tokyo Police Club LAUREN BARON || BRANT NEWS

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okyo Police Club will never be satisfied.

The Canadian indie-rock band

Graham Wright.

It’s not just performing that the band

“It’s awesome obviously,” he said. “All

does while on tour. Wright said they are all

that stuff is cool and to hear it repeated

big hockey fans who find time to hit the ice

back when people list it off feels very

whenever they can while on the road.

impressive but there’s always more we can

“I played hockey as a kid, but we picked

released their first full-length album,

do. We are never satisfied. Satisfaction is

it up again recently while on tour,” he said.

Elephant Shell, in 2008 and quickly sold

boring. I like ambition.”

“We take some time in the morning or

out shows in New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Toronto.

They’ve made appearances on The Late Show with David Letterman, The Late Late

That ambition has kept the band on tour

when we have a day off and rent some ice.”

for the better part of the last year, travel-

That doesn’t mean they’re good at it,

ling across Canada, the U.S. and Europe.

Wright said, and because of that he’s not

They’ll wind down the summer with a

sure he’ll participate in a game of street

Show with Craig Ferguson and made a

handful of festivals, beginning with a spot

cameo appearance on the television series

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embarrass myself. But, if someone hands

do, The Artist Life, The Ascot Royals, Scotty

me a stick and needs me to get in there, I’m

James and headliner Sublime with Rome.

good to go,” he said.

The release of their sophomore album, Champ, in June 2010 brought even more notoriety with the band performing their

“We’ve been touring for a long time and

hockey while in Brantford.

“We’re not that good and I don’t want to

Wright said touring as Tokyo Police

single Bambi to close out the 2011 Juno

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Club, which also includes singer and bass-

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ist Dave Monks, guitarist Josh Hook and

our stuff,” Wright said.

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Finger Eleven Finger Eleven guitarist star-struck by Gretzky LAUREN BARON BRANT NEWS

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inger Eleven guitarist Rick Jackett can’t wait to meet Walter Gretzky at Hockeyfest.

“He has the best son and hockey player in the world and he himself is an icon,” he said. “I still get star struck by everybody.”

The alternative-rocker is a self-professed hockey fan who played the sport up until he turned 16.

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on a Friday night or party on a Friday night,” he said. “The truth is I was a pretty good hockey player, but a much better guitarist.”

And it’s a good thing. After giving up time on the ice, Jackett, along with band mates Scott Anderson, James Black, and Sean Anderson formed what would soon become Finger Eleven.

Drummer Rich Beddoe joined the band in 2000 before the release of the band’s first mainstream album The Greyest of Blue Skies.

Five albums later and countless North American tours, Jackett said the band is

right where they want to be.

“We all really, really like making music we enjoy, making the music we make as a band. It’s what keeps us here. It’s in our hearts and souls,” he said.

The band will follow headliners Three Days Grace during Hockeyfest’s Saturday show.

“Festivals like this are always fun because people are always there for the same reason: To party with friends,” Jackett said.

“We know what songs we want to play and we’ll do our best to play them tight and do the best show for the crowd.”

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The band is currently taking a break after spending months on the road to promote its latest album, Life Turns Electric, which was released last October.

It isn’t a restful break for the Burlington rockers, who have spent the last month writing songs for their next album.

“We are just perpetually working. We sort of continue to write and sometimes the next ten ideas become the next record and sometimes they go into a vault. We try to always be creating,” Jackett said.

Even when they’re not in the same room

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as each other the band is still hard at work writing music together.

“We use the internet to write music right now. It starts at Rich’s house with the drum beat then he emails it to James and he does his thing and then when he’s done he sends it over to me,” Jackett said.

“It’s great because we can get together and jam for five hours but after that everyone goes back to regular life, but this is a way that we can stay constantly working.”

While the thought of constantly working might seem daunting to many people, Jack-

ett said he wouldn’t have it any other way.

“Me personally, I don’t even think about it. I always try my best to create something.

It’s all I really have to do with my life at this point in my life – perform and when I’m not on stage it’s create.”

That doesn’t mean being a member of Finger Eleven is all work and no play. The boys manage to find time to let loose and have fun.

“You get on a bus with your friends and your band and you play rock shows every night, it’s like a long, long house party. It’s a lot of fun and a lot of music all the time.”

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Aaron Lines Hockeyfest blends Aaron Lines’ passions COLLEEN TOMS BRANT NEWS

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aron Lines can’t think of a better venue to perform at than Hockeyfest.

“As far as my life goes, shows can’t get more perfect than this one,” the Fort McMurray Alberta native said. “I’ve never actually played an event like this and I’m really looking forward to it because it mixes both of my passions. I played hockey my whole life.”

As a kid, Lines couldn’t wait to lace up his skates and hit the ice. Playing Junior B hockey even entitled him to a hall pass or two while other kids were stuck in the classroom.

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But his passion for the game was overshadowed by his love for music.

“It got to a point where, in my later teens, I realized that music was kind of calling me a little louder than hockey,” he said. “So I ended up quitting junior hockey.”

The fact that Brantford is known as a hockey town made an impression on Lines, who still manages to sneak in a game most every week.

“The first time I was there was about 10 years ago on my first Canadian tour,” he recalled. “I was opening for a guy named Paul Brandt and I’m a big hockey fan so it really stuck out as a place we visited.”

People attending Friday night’s country extravaganza will hear some of Lines’ biggest hits, including songs like Cheaper to Keep Her, Moments that Matter, You Can’t Hide Beautiful and These Are Those Days.

“We always just try to have as much fun as we can and keep it up-tempo and get people singing along,” Lines said. “I’ve had some songs through the years and some hits that people love to follow along.”

Hearing the crowd resonate with his music is a highlight for Lines.

“There are some songs I don’t even have to sing if I don’t want to,” he said. “Those are the most fun, when the crowd recognizes a song and starts singing along.”

Slower songs will also be on Lines’ Hockeyfest play list, along with some acoustic numbers.

“I grew up playing in bars and cafes where it’s a lot more of a personal kind of atmosphere and I try to do that as much as

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possible. It feels like you are sitting around a campfire,” he said.

Lines writes many songs that reflect his personal life. He was inspired to write I Never Even Heard You Cry following the birth of his daughter.

“Cheaper to Keep Her was another one,” he said. “The guy that I wrote it with had just gone through a divorce, so we took that and ran with it.”

Songs about his life have proven to be his most successful because they are true to who Lines is and how he feels.

“I write best when they are not made up; when it is about something that is true to my life. Moments That Matter, for instance, is about me trying to be closer to my family.”

It wasn’t until he released his third album, however, that Lines realized he wasn’t being true to himself. Rather than try to live up to what others expected, Lines started to follow his heart.

“I was young, and lucky to be young, when I got my first record deal. But like most kids I didn’t really know who I was,”

he said. “It wasn’t until my third record when I realized that my best work happens when I write songs that are true to me. I started worrying less about what other people think I should write and more about what I want to do.”

Lines is currently working on new songs but said his main focus is his two daughters, aged three years and eight months.

“I’m just trying to make sure that I don’t miss any moments with them. I still write songs, but it’s something I do when they have naps. I hear from people how fast childhood goes,” he said.

He introduces music into his children’s lives whenever possible.

“Doctors say music is a good thing for kids because it helps develop their brains.

They can hear me practice and hopefully it will help them develop at the same time.”

When he comes to Hockeyfest, Lines will play in a country music line-up that includes some of the people he admires most. “(Martine McBride) and I were on the same record label (RC) about seven years ago,” he said. “She’s fantastic, just world class. I’ve had a chance to tour with a lot of people over the years and she just blows you away when you hear her voice.”

When he isn’t performing on the Hockeyfest stage, Lines plans to kick back and take it all in.

“It’s so nice to be a part of the event with so much good talent,” he said. “I’m friends with a lot of those people too, so just to listen to some good music while at a show that I’m performing in is great.”

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hey call their fans the “red neck mafia,” and as far as members of local group Dry County go, they wouldn’t be where they are without them.

“It’s amazing, it’s what keeps us going,” guitarist Randy Solski said of Dry County’s fan base. “We always say as long as people want to listen to us, you’ve got a band that wants to play for you.”

For 10 years Dry County - made up of Solski, lead singer Jeff Gallagher, Don Laframboise on keyboards, Keith Silver on bass and drummer Ric Wilson - has rocked the local music scene with its energetic take on southern rock that leaves crowds breathless and clamouring for more.

“We are a very high energy show,” Solski says. “We do pretty much an all original show.”

With no government grants to help the band gain sure footing in the music industry, Dry County has hammered its own niche in the local entertainment scene and far beyond Brantford’s borders.

“We’ve had to do absolutely everything on our own; we’ve financed everything on our own, absolutely everything from making music to CDs,” Solski said. “We self-produce and self-record, every ounce is done by the band

and we really pride ourselves on that. There is no third party filter for our music; it comes right from our hearts to the listeners ears.”

But that hasn’t made the road any easier.

“You fight a lot of obstacles because essentially, you are battling the big machine.

We are out there competing with bands that have the big push so we’ve got to do everything within our means to get our product heard,” Solski said. “It certainly is difficult but the biggest thing is to keep at it and don’t quit.”

There are benefits to being self-financed and remaining independent, however.

“What we want to say, we say,” Solski said. “A lot of stuff on the radio right now is the same damn thing. As a producer of the project, when I produce I want to make sure if you tune in on the radio mid-song, within seconds that sound will be instantly recognizable as Dry County.”

Lucky for Dry County, the things they want to say and the way they say it are what many people want to hear. Because of that the band maintains a steady following of regulars while also drawing new fans to most every show it performs.

“It really does get to the point where you start to see familiar faces from show to show.

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Dry County prides itself with having the largest family in the world,” Solski said.

“Our fans are rabid but we also see 85 per cent new faces. When you are playing to thousands of people a night you might know 150 of them, but the other 850 are new and they’re liking it too.”

Solski credits the band’s philosophy with helping it maintain and attract such a dedicated following. Rather than rant about the problems in the world, push their views about government or wax melancholy about hard times in their personal lives, Dry County opts to keep things light.

“We’re trying to make music fun again.

We know you guys are here because you want to forget about the work week and we’re here to help you with that,” he said.

“We’re a humorous band, we are a lot of fun and we try to put that out to the people.

When you go out to hear a band you don’t want to hear about someone’s problems.

It’s a release and it should be fun.”

That’s exactly what people can expect when they hear Dry County on the Hockeyfest stage during Friday’s Country Night.

The band will be sharing the venue with friends Aaron Lines and Doc Walker and

count themselves lucky to be among the likes of Martina McBride.

“Martina is a whole different league than any of us,” Solski said. “She’s an 18 million seller. For a petite lady, she is a monster in the business. That’s as close as we may ever get to it.”

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olin MacDonald says he is a big hockey fan, but he doesn’t claim to be a good hockey player.

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“I always really liked it and I played it when I was growing up, but I was never really good so that’s why I took up guitar,” he said.

MacDonald and the other three members of The Trews can be forgiven for choosing a music career over Canada’s favourite sport. Since initially forming a rock band in 1998 called One I’d Trouser, this group of musicians from Antigonish, Nova Scotia has maintained a forward momentum that earned them many accolades in the music industry, not to mention a huge fan following.

With Juno nominations beginning in 2003 following the release of their first fulllength album House of Ill Fame, the group has consistently earned Juno nominations including Group of the Year in 2009, Rock Album of the Year in 2009 and DVD of the Year in 2010.

This year, The Trews garnered two East

Coast Music Awards – Fans Choice Video of the Year for the compelling Highway of Heroes and DVD of the Year for The Trews Acoustic.

They also make their return to Hockeyfest by popular demand, and fans won’t be disappointed.

With the release of a brand new album dubbed Hope and Ruin, the Canadian favourites are sure to ignite the same mania that greeted them when they hit the Hockeyfest stage during the festival’s 2010 debut.

“We just really liked the crowd. There were tons of people right, and everybody was cheering and singing along like a great rock and roll show. We really loved it,” MacDonald said of last year’s event. “It was like a regular true show, just a true show.”

For MacDonald and the rest of The Trews – brother John-Angus on guitar, bassist

Jack Syperek and drummer Sean Dalton – the best shows they can possibly play are the ones that ignite the crowd to an almost fever pitch.

“You have to put it out there and hopefully bring it back to you,” MacDonald said. “You create this whole circle of enthusiasm and energy and it comes back to you. You have to have that from both you and the audience.”

MacDonald admits the band had little time to catch any of the Walter Gretzky Street Hockey Tournament during last year’s festival, but said they hope to change that this time around.

“We were in the studio right before the festival last year so we just sort of showed up in time to play the show,” he said. “Maybe we will get there early this year because we’re not in the studio that day, and try to

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catch some of the tournament.”

Meeting Walter Gretzky would be a thrill, he added.

“I’d like to meet Walter,” MacDonald said. “I’ve never met him and he’s an icon so I would definitely like to meet him this year.”

Whether they have a chance to mingle before the show or not, MacDonald said fans who liked the show The Trews put on last year will like it again this year.

“They can expect more of the same, only better, but they’ll decide that for themselves when we’re there.”

In the meantime he encourages fans to buy The Trews latest album Hope and Ruin that was released April 12.

“Everybody should go and get it, everybody,” MacDonald said. “They’ll find it in all record stores and on iTunes.”

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ans of Chris Jericho won’t be disappointed when Fozzy takes the stage during Hockeyfest’s Saturday night rock and roll line-up.

“We’re very much a heavy party band so to speak,” Jericho, the lead singer of Fozzy, said. “We have a great reputation as being a very energetic live band. People just have a great time.”

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performer who is living his dream.

“When I was a kid it was all about music and wrestling,” he said. “I had two dreams when I was a kid. I wanted to be a musician and I wanted to be a wrestler.”

Not one to limit himself to any one thing, Jericho put his all into both of his loves.

“I guess the biggest thing about myself is that I never put boundaries on anything,” he said.

After a successful wrestling career that spanned 20 years and earned him 29 championships between the World Wrestling Federation/World Wrestling Entertainment, World Champion Wrestling and Extreme Championship Wrestling, including six time world champion, Jericho said good bye to the ring when his contract expired in Sept. 2010.

The first ever undisputed WWF champion said he will now focus more of his attention to Fozzy, a band he formed with Rich Ward in 1999.

“I stopped in September because there was so much stuff happening with Fozzy and I wanted to take advantage of it,” Jericho said.

“In the last three or four years I think Fozzy has turned a corner. We have a huge international fan base that we didn’t even know existed until we went overseas in 2004.”

Since then Jericho and Fozzy band members Ward, Sean Delson and Frank Fontsere have toured extensively through Europe, including England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales, France and Germany. This summer they will return to Germany and Denmark in addition to touring Canada and the United States.

Jericho downplays suggestions that he is a wrestler who dabbles in music.

“I’ve been a musician as long as I’ve been wrestling,” he said. “Before people used to say ‘you’re a wrestler playing in a band’ but now people don’t really care what I do outside of the band. People who don’t really like our band are people who haven’t really heard it.”

Hockeyfest ticket holders can expect to hear a collection of their favourite songs from all of Fozzy’s albums including its 2010 release, Chasing the Grail.

“Our new record Chasing the Grail was a huge hit for us and those songs lend themselves to a live atmosphere for sure,” Jericho said.

Jericho is the author of two best-selling autobiographies, A Lions Tale and Undisputed: How to Become the World Champion in 1,372 Easy Steps.

No matter what he’s doing, every facet of Jericho’s career has been based on performing.

“Whether I’m an author, a musician or a wrestler it’s all about creative arts. The different things you do for each job still ties back into the entertainment/show business background.”

While Jericho admits his schedule is hectic, the married father of three says he prioritizes when needed.

“There are times when my family takes precedent over anything else,” he said.

“There are times when I have to pick what I enjoy the most and what is most important at the time. Right now I just want to continue doing what I’m doing and play with Fozzy.”

Jericho recently finished writing songs for a new album to be released by Fozzy in the coming year.

The American born performer grew up in Winnipeg, Manitoba and says he is excited to include Canada, and Brantford’s Hockeyfest, on his touring schedule.

“We’re excited about it,” he said. “I’ve been to Toronto and a lot of different areas around (Brantford). We just know it’s going to be a great festival.”

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After Nowell’s death, their record label considered not releasing the band’s major label debut album. The album was eventually released, but the album’s original title, “Killin It,” was changed to a different title and their self-titled album was released in July of 1996.

The album entered Billboard’s Top 20 in

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childhood friendship in Long Beach, Calif. in the late 1980s turned into one of the biggest American rock, reggae and ska bands of the last 20 years.

Sublime With Rome is the headliner of Brantford’s Hockeyfest Sunday show.

Sublime With Rome’s Eric Wilson (bass) and Bud Gaugh (drums) grew up in the same neighbourhood. A University of California drop out named Bradley Nowell

(guitar and vocals) soon joined the pair’s small punk rock band, introducing them to reggae and ska. Sublime played their first gig in a tiny club on the Fourth of July in 1988 in Harbour Peninsula, Calif.

The band focused on playing parties across Southern California in the early 1990s.

Sublime released four studio albums, one live album, three EPs and one box set during their career.

Nowell died of a heroin overdose in 1996 and the original group split up.

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1997. Its first single, “What I Got,” became number one on the Modern Rock chart. During that year, the album had three more hits: “Wrong Way,” “Santeria” and “Doin’ Time.”

The music videos from the album hits, including “Santeria”, “What I Got”, and “Wrong Way”, received consistent play on MTV. The surviving members reformed the band with Rome Ramirez as Nowell’s replacement. Soon after performing at Cypress Hill’s Smokeout Festival, a Los Angeles judge banned the new lineup from using the Sublime name. Nowell owned the rights to the name and the band was not allowed to use it without permission from his estate.

The lawsuit was settled in 2010 and the band now plays together as Sublime With Rome.

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Dr. Mulder’s Springtime Checklist Finally Spring is here! Sadly for many of us that signals the end of hockey season. Just as we needed to prepare for hockey in the fall, our dogs need to be ready for their summer of activity. Here’s a handy check list to make sure they enjoy their outdoor season of fun. ✓ Burn off Winter Calories: Like many of us, if we are not consistently active, our muscles and ligaments are not as strong as when we are fit. The extra pounds can lead to knee ligament damage (ACL tears) for heavy dogs who are weekend warriors. ✓ Play Fetch but not with Tennis Ball: Dogs who love tennis balls love them a lot! They always carry them around in their mouth. Problem is that the fibers on the ball surface mix with sand and gradually file off the teeth. Try a street hockey ball instead. ✓ Bee Stings: If your dog has an allergy to insect stings, be sure to have a supply of Benadryl and check with your vet for the appropriate dose for them. For others, ice packs are very effective.

Remember the cool mornings and evenings slow down the bees and they can be found struggling on the sidewalks. Much easier to catch and eat that way! Don’t use tweezers to remove the stinger as it can squeeze out the last bit of toxin into your dog. ✓ Grooming isn’t just for Good Looks: Long haired dogs who have a hard time keeping clean need to beware of Fly Strike. If fly eggs get laid around a stinky mat, maggots are next! Be sure to remove any burs tangled in the hair. If you don’t, they will. The burs can stick into the back of their tongue. Think twice about a shave down though. In the hot weather (>102F) dogs can get hotter if they are shaved off. A well groomed haircoat can insulate them from the extreme heat while they cool themselves by panting. For more moderate temperatures, shaving can help but be careful about sun damage to the hair follicles and sunburn. ✓ Leptospirosis Vaccination: Your dog may be tempted to drink from puddles. Not a good plan if they do not have vaccines to protect against this nasty disease spread by raccoons. ✓ Parasite Protection Plan: From ticks, fleas, and worms, spring and summer are ideal for the spread of parasites. Particularly for families with young children, make sure you scoop up regularly and have a plan to keep your family protected. ✓ Heartworm Protection: Just Do It! Brantford is famous for “The Great One” and for its high rate of Heartworm disease. No matter what, keep your dog tested and protected against this terrible disease.

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hat can people expect when hometown band Slow Motion Victory hits the Hockeyfest stage?

“Craziness, absolute mayhem. We are

going to smash the face of Brantford,” says front man Toby Bey. “We’re more than ready to do this. Believe it or not, we’re even going to try to acquire an orchestra.”

Being in a line-up that includes Three Days Grace is a real coup for the fledgling band that got its start just over one year ago.

“We’re ecstatic. It’s an opportunity of a lifetime for a band of our size,” Bey said.

“The best part is Three Days Grace is one of my favourite bands. It’s an honour and a privilege at the same time to share the stage. Hopefully we can chill with them and get some insider tips. They are doing phenomenal, those guys are living it.”

Slow Motion Victory is living it pretty well too. The band was thrust into the limelight when fans voted them into the final ‘wildcard’ spot of Much Music’s season three disBAND Discovered.

Made up of Bey on vocals, Quentin Carter on guitar, bassist Kyle Bowlby, guitarist Jesse Carter and drummer Justin Cray, it didn’t take long for Slow Motion Victory to hone its musical chops and find its niche.

Initially formed in 2009 the band took a brief hiatus from writing and performing to find its way in the world.

It paid off in a big way, earning the band a $25,000 grant that will result in the shoot-

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ing of a ‘highly professional’ music video.

The band also just finished wrapping up production of a brand new single In the Beginning, under the guidance of producer Dan Brodbeck, 2010 Producer of the Year

Juno recipient. The band’s new video, to be shot the end of May, will feature In the Beginning.

The fact that Slow Motion Victory is achieving so much so quickly isn’t lost on Bey. He says his “won’t take no for an answer,” attitude has helped to secure Slow Motion Victory a spot in a highly competitive industry.

The way the band members gel and the energy and enthusiasm they emit, were other factors. Growing up in Brantford didn’t hurt either.

“Growing up in Brantford was kind of a blessing in disguise,” Bey said. “One thing Brantford consistently did was make it known that you have to work to get out of a rut. I wanted a better life for myself and show my friends in Brantford there is definitely more out there.”

Now Bey is on a mission to make Brantford proud.

“Brantford is my pride and joy, it’s my hometown. I want to make everybody proud and kind of be like the next Wayne Gretzky.”

When they play to their friends and family during Friday night’s rock line-up, Slow Motion Victory intends to be a tonic for whatever is ailing the audience.

“Our music theoretically is like medication,” Bey said. “It’s medicine for people who may be facing an emotional crisis in life. They can just forget about everything else and get into it.”

Hockeyfest fans can purchase Slow Motion Victory’s newest CD at the festival.

The new CD will have a digital release on iTunes June 1 and a hard copy release June 18. People can follow the band on Twitter under SMVLovesYou or check them out on Facebook and myspace.

Bleeker Ridge Made up of two sets of brothers, lead singer Taylor Perkins, guitarist Cole Perkins, guitarist Dan Steinke and drummer Dustin Steinke, Orillia Ontario’s Bleeker Ridge is a hard rock quartet that is coming on strong.

After seven years of dedicated rehearsals, songwriting and gigs the band landed a dream record deal with Roadruunner Records to cut their album Small Town Dead with legendary producer Bob Marlette.

It all started with a chance meeting at a local jam night in Lagoon City in 2003. From there Bleeker Ridge went from playing Joe

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Walsh and Jimi Hendrix covers to writing originals that led to the release of two independent CDs. “We’ve always been into songwriting more than anything else, even when we were 13,” Taylor said. “We’re all about trying to come up with rock ‘n roll songs that can still be melodic and heavy and touch people with the lyrics.”

Small Town Dead proves just how far the band’s songwriting has come with all 12 songs written by Bleeker Ridge, including four co-writes.

The lyrics to Small Town Dead, the album’s first single, are personal for Bleeker Ridge and will hit a chord for anyone who grew up outside a big city.

“From talking with friends and kids I meet, I find that being in a small town like mine, everyone has the same outlook – there’s never anything to do,” Taylor said.

Bleeker Ridge is now ready to hit the road and bring their new songs to fans.

“It’s been five or six years of writing songs and it’s all been leading up to this moment of getting on the bus and just going for it,” Dan said. “That’s what we live for – playing shows.”

Tara Oram Top 10 season five Canadian idol finalist Tara Oram hits the Hockeyfest stage on the heels of a hot new single and video release from her 2011 sophomore album Revival!

Well known for her CMT produced reality show, The Tara Diaries, Oram has racked up numerous awards since releasing her first album Chasing the Sun. That album earned her three top 15 Canadian Country singles including a 2009 JUNO nomination for Country Album of the Year, an ECMA win for Country Recording of the Year and the Rising Star Award at the 2009 CCMAs.

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The Reason

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no gimmicks. It’s just us; we’re just about honest music. We’re real guys and people

verybody needs something to believe in.

And Hamilton-based band The

Reason will show music lovers at Sunday’s bonus show exactly what they believe in when they hit the Hockeyfest stage.

“It’s all about the job of playing live for us,” says vocalist Adam White. “There are

can tell we believe in what we do because we do. If it was because of some other motivation than just the love of music and creating, people could tell.”

That love of music will definitely be evident with a no-holds barred performance by band members White, James Nelan (guitar), Mike Caputo (guitar), Ronson (bass)

and Steve Kiely (drums), that is meant to deliver exactly what fans want to hear.

“We give it our all because you’re there to play,” White said. “You’re not there to dance around and look cool, you’re there for those 45 minutes and that’s what your whole day should revolve around. It’s what your whole band should be about. We’ve got something to believe in and it’s what (fans) believe in too.”

The Reason will revisit Brantford – the band was here last in 2005 – on the heels of a three-week tour out west. It will be a hectic end to a fast-paced tour, but that’s what the band lives for.

The band intends to play some of its newest songs from its recently released album Fools, a name the band derived from past experiences, says White.

“Our band has been around a long time and went through a big learning curve on our last record,” he said. “We started doing videos, dealing with managers and lawyers and trying to get on the radio. We listened to a lot of people’s advice that probably weren’t the best people to be giving advice.

That’s why we called it Fools, because we learned a lot from that last album.”

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debut EP, a fusion of Brit indie rock and Motown.

Over the last two years the Ascot Royals have travelled across Ontario and Canada’s East Coast alongside high profile Canadian bands like The Tragically Hip, Sam Roberts, Hollerado, Down with Webster, The Reason and Ubiquitous Synergy Seekers.

A year into performing the band won Toronto radio station The Edge 102.1’s

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recorded an episode of Master Tracks at Metal Works Studios in Toronto in 2010.

From local roots to playing alongside

The band recently began working on

some of Canada’s superstars, indie rock

their follow-up seven-track EP that will

singer Jeff Copoc used maturity to distin-

band The Ascot Royals has come a long

showcase the band’s fusion sound that

guish it from the band’s first album. “I was

way since its inception in 2008.

draws on everything from rock to funk.

17 when writing [Seeds of Paranoia]. It was

Helping with the album is music producer

about a bunch of different things, and [part

keyboardist Ben Chauveau met guitar-

Lorne Hounsell, who has worked with Bed-

of] a heavier phase, more sad.”

ist Joey Vinegar at McMaster University.

ouin Soundclash, k-os and Olivia Newton

Copoc adds that “with this album we’re

They recruited Chauveau’s brother Jimmy

John.

maturing as a band, as am I: a little more

The band formed in Hamilton when

Discussing INAMBUSH’s new album, lead

Chauveau as vocalist, university friend

The Ascot Royals’ next stop is Hockey-

heavy and a little more complex, but we

Jesse Gilroy as bassist and recently ac-

fest, their second performance at the sum-

continued to stick to our roots with this

quired drummer Sam Stark.

mertime festival.

latest release.”

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steinson, Dave Wasyliw and Murray Pulver will join a stellar line-up for Friday night’s country show that includes headliner Martina McBride, Aaron Lines, Tara Oram, Sarah and Jeff and local favourites Dry County.

Fans can expect many of their favourite songs, including tunes from Doc Walker’s sixth album Go, a follow-up to 2008’s smash hit Beautiful Life.

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Canadian singer/songwriter Scotty James is making waves this summer during his “Wanna Be Loved Summer Beach Tour” in support of his highly anticipated first EP ‘Crazy.’

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Sarah & Jeff With their high-energy show and catchy country tunes Sarah & Jeff have been winning fans as they offer their take on a whole lotta’ country and a little rock ‘n’ roll.

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Voted in 2009 as the band to watch by the Punkorama awards, The Artist Life have proven they are out to make a huge impact on the punk/rock/punk pop scene.

Made up of Ian Blackwood on vocals and guitar, Dean Richards on guitar and vocals, Jake Parsonson on drums and Justin Zoltek on bass, The Artist Life will join the likes of Sublime with Rome and Tokyo Police Club on the Hockeyfest stage for Sunday’s bonus show.

The band, which recently released its first full-length album Impossible on April 26, has just returned from a Canada-wide tour.

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ubtle pairings of flavours and textures pack a delicious punch with this panseared lemon mushroom lake pickerel prepared by head chef C.J. Sero of Al Dente.

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ate with a new spring day. The decadent coconut cream pie cheesecake that followed added a richness that would quickly satisfy any sweet tooth that may have been hungering for more.

People who want to try this recipe at home won’t find a shortage of pickerel, which is currently in season, says Sero.

“Pickerel is a really nice tasting white fish because it has such a sweet flavour,” he said. “When it’s accompanied by the lemon mushroom sauce, it really complements the sweetness of the fish. It’s not a big and heavy meal like eating a steak.”

Dusting the fish with cornmeal creates a crispy crust that goes nicely with the flakiness of the fish itself. The flavours and textures of the meal are further enhanced with the addition of grilled peaches and cream corn, again offering a crispy sweetness that gives this meal a springlike essence.

“This gives a really nice mix of colour to the plate with the addition of the grilled corn,” Sero said. “You have your yellows and white mixed with golden brown and an

almost light black colour from the grill. It gives you that barbecue flavour so the meal has an outdoorsy like quality.”

The addition of rosemary to the potatoes continues with that fresh theme.

“The rosemary gives a real nice flavour to the potatoes when it’s accompanied with the olive oil. It really accents the flavour of the meal and brings out the taste of the grilled asparagus that accompanies it,” Sero said.

He suggests serving this meal with a crisp pinot grigio to complement the lemon flavouring of the mushroom sauce.

Ray Gallant, owner/operator of Al Dente, offered up his delicious rendition of Coconut Cream Pie Cheesecake for dessert.

With a perfect blending of all the right decadent ingredients (he wouldn’t offer up all of the secrets without having to kill me, however) this cheesecake is to-die-for.

“This was actually Lorrie’s idea,” Ray said. “I can’t take all of the credit for this.

My wife loves cream pies and said I should try doing a combination of cream pie and cheesecake.”

Since then, Ray’s creations have gone

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PREPARATION:

u Dust both sides of pickerel in cornmeal and add to pre-heated and oiled frying pan, searing about two minutes per side. u Place pickerel in 425 degree oven for about six to seven minutes.

Lemon mushroom sauce: INGREDIENTS:

u Sweat 2 finely chopped shallots in 1 and 1/2

over “like crazy.

“People call and say if we have it they’re coming for dinner, if not, they’re not coming,” he laughed. “It’s a coconut cream pie cheesecake which is a mouthful to say and eat. We plan to do a cream pie cheesecake line with chocolate, banana and lemon cream pie cheesecakes. I think it’s a really nice combination of the creamy texture of a cheesecake and the lighter flavour of a cream pie.”

tbsp. butter until translucent.

u Add 1 cup quartered button mushrooms and sauté until mushrooms are golden in colour.

u Add 1/2 cup pinot grigio wine and reduce until wine is almost syrupy.

u Add 2 and 1/2 cups heavy cream and reduce until sauce will coat the back of a wooden spoon (about 20 minutes.) u Add juice of lemon and tblsp. of freshly chopped parsley. u Reduce for 5 min. and serve over fish.

Pan seared pickerel: Sous chef Susan Suderman coats the pickerel with cornmeal.

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INGREDIENTS:

Rosemary roasted potatoes:

u One six to seven ounce pickerel filet per person,

u Chop Yukon gold potatoes into bite-size pieces and toss in olive oil, rosemary, salt, pepper and CONTINUED ON PAGE 34 > paprika.

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u Roast in 425 degree oven for about 45 minutes

Ray Gallant sprinkles coconut onto his Coconut Cream Pie Cheesecake.

covering the potatoes for the first 20 minutes.

u Uncover potatoes, stir and return to oven uncovered for another 25 minutes or until fork tender and golden brown.

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Corn and asparagus: u Blanch vegetables in boiling salted water and then place into an ice bath until ready to grill.

Grill vegetables to heat through.

Coconut cream pie cheesecake: u Begin with your favourite cheesecake recipe for the base. (Ray uses a coconut cheesecake on a graham cracker crust as a base for this.)

CREAM PIE TOPPING INGREDIENTS:

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anada’s iconic hockey dad Walter Gretzky couldn’t imagine not being involved in the community.

“It’s just a way of life,” he said. “Everybody

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Given all of the events, charities, organizations and individuals Gretzky involves himself with, it is clear he is living his life to the fullest.

“I just enjoy being around people, being around kids and their parents,” he said. “If they need help with something, I help them if I can.”

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“More people know me in some areas than Wayne,” he said with a laugh. “I go to the hockey games in Toronto and sit at the very bottom of the bleachers and they line up down the hallway to get my autograph.

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Gretzky also wrote Gretzky: From Backyard Rink to the Stanley Cup; was awarded the Order of Canada and was named honorary Lord Mayor of the City of Brantford. His fame has never kept Gretzky from reaching out to the community and he tries to honour as many requests as he can, always ensuring he is approachable and ready to lend an ear.

“I just want to make sure that everybody lives the life I live with my family. Some people can’t even afford a hockey stick for their kids,” he said.

Wayne helps out by sending his father autographed prints that are donated to various charitable events and auctions.

Some requests place an emotional toll on Gretzky, such as when people come to the door asking him to visit their dying relative, or ask for help covering the cost of medical treatment.

“This is the hardest part of being Wayne’s father, when people knock on the door and say ‘it’s personal,’” he said.

Walter coached his own sons and those of many others in the community over the years. He continues to support minor hockey in many ways, including attending the annual Walter Gretzky Hockey Tournament to hand out trophies to winning teams.

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