Forever Young - April 2016

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Remembering Woodstock | KC and The Sunshine Band | Jelly Jar | Jim Santella

APRIL 2016

Plants that Rock

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KC and the Sunshine Band

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Remembering Woodstock

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On the cover: Top: Local band Jelly Jar performing at Buffalo’s 31 Club. Photo by Anthony Chabala. Bottom, left: Bethel Woods sunset. Photo courtesy of Bethel Woods. Middle: KC and the Sunshine Band performs in concert. Right: The “hippie” bus on display at Bethel Woods. Photo courtesy of the Bethel Woods Museum

Life & Leisure 5 7

Humor: Just a Regular Check-up...............................Ted Rickard Crossword...............................................................StatePoint Media

Food 8

Maple Pie........................................................................Julie Andrews

Home & Garden 9

Rock the Garden.........................................................Carol Ann Harlos

Arts 10 April Theater Preview........................................................Donna Hoke 12 History in Stitches.......................................................Rebecca Cuthbert

Cover: Rock and Roll 18 KC Shines Bright.........................................Wendy Guild Swearingen 20 Jelly Jar................................................................... Anthony Chabala 22 Classic Jock: Jim Santella..............................................Elmer Ploetz 23 Call Him Mr. Conrad................................................ Jana Eisenberg

FY Expo 24 Join Us at the Expo!..........................................Wendy Guild Swearingen

Getaways 28 Remembering Woodstock............................................. Jennifer Merrick

Lady Luck

Being Well

13 The Triple Crown.................................................. Dennis Occhino

30 Ways to Go ............................................................... Cathi Stack

Ever y Issue: Calendars 3 | Bingo Buzz 14 | Classifieds & Companion Corner 32 | Noteworthy 33

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From the Editor

If we’ve learned anything from the likes of Mick Jagger (72), Debbie Harry (70), and Harry Wayne Casey (65), aka KC of Sunshine Band fame, it’s that rock and roll knows no age limit.

I saw Debbie Harry (of Blondie) peform at Artpark last summer shortly after her seventieth birthday. You’d never know it. Her voice, while not as high as in the 1970s, was strong. Dancing around in a hot pink mini dress, she performed all the fan favorites and some strikingly lyrical and interesting new songs.

That’s the beauty of rock and roll; it will move you no matter how old or young you are. Real rockers never stop growing and creating. I interviewed KC before he performed at University at Buffalo last fall, and I was struck by the joy in his voice as he described reconnecting with his creativity

and performing for mulitgenerational crowds.

You don’t need to spend a fortune on tickets to the Rolling Stones (collective age 286) to see a great show. Western New York is full of rockers, like Jelly Jar, that regularly get people out on the dance floor. Check out a local band and find your groove.

Rock on,

Wendy Guild Swearingen wswearingen@buffalospree.com 783-9119 ext. 2253

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FOREVER YOUNG APRIL CALENDAR and find mutual support and 1+ Erie County STAY FIT DINING resources, 7+ Buffalo GENTLE YOGA, 11 12 encouragement. Peer Support (enter at

PROGRAM offers a hot noon meal at 45 locations in Erie County. Menus and site list at erie.gov/stayfit or 858-7639.

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Kenmore KENMORE ARTS SOCIETY Art show features work by Colleen Siuda McMahaon on display through 4/30 at Schofield Residence.

3333 Elmwood Ave., Kenmore. 8741566

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West Seneca UNITED CHURCH MANOR’S LUNCH PROGRAM is looking for volunteers in the West Seneca/Cheektowaga area.

Information: 668-5804.

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Lockport T.O.P.S. CLUB, weekly meetings 9 a.m. Saturdays at Odd Fellows and Rebekah Nursing Home, 104 Old Niagara Road. Call 433-1693.

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Buffalo MEDITATION, 2:30 p.m., El Buen Amigo, 114 Elmwood Ave. Free every Sunday. Meditation unites with creative arts and pain management. Practitioner Sondra Holland welcomes people of all ages. Wear comfortable clothes. For information, Sondra: 947-5092; store: 885-6343.

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Tonawanda T.O.P.S. CLUB, weekly meetings on Tuesdays, 9:30 a.m. at Blessed Sacrament Parish, Claremont Avenue. For information, call 836-7255.

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Farnham T.O.P.S. CLUB (TAKE OFF POUNDS SENSIBLY) weekly meetings held Tuesdays at Holy Cross Lutheran Church, 10633 Church St., starting at 9 a.m. Call 934-9619.

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Buffalo TAI CHI: MOVING FOR BETTER BALANCE 10:30 a.m. every Tuesday, Tosh Collins Senior Center, 35 Cazenovia St. For more information, contact monicazucco@ gmail.com.

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Buffalo HEADWAY SUPPORT GROUPS, 2635 Delaware Ave. For individuals who have sustained brain injuries as well as their families and caregivers; exchange information and

Suite B), first and third Tuesday, 6:30 to 8 p.m.; Caregivers Support (enter at Suite B), first Tuesday, 6:30 to 8 p.m.; Women’s Survivors Support (enter at Suite E), first Tuesday, 1 to 2:30 p.m. Info: 408-3100 or headwayofwny.org

5+, 7+ WNY IDEAL WEIGHT

CLASSES taught by Ida Shapiro are offered every Tues. at 6:15 p.m. at Zion United Church of Christ (Koening and Parker, Tonawanda) and every Thurs. at 6:15 p.m. at St. Gregory the Great (Maple Rd., Williamsville). Over 40 years experience. 636-3698.

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WNY RESPITE SERVICES for those with Alzheimer’s and related dementia on first Tuesday, 5:30 p.m. in Williamsville, and third Saturday, 11 a.m. in Amherst.

Location info: (800) 272-3900.

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Tonawanda YOUR THYROID & WEIGHT, ARE THEY RELATED, Jack Saia, DC, DPSc, a Doctor of Chiropractic will talk about the complex relationship between thyroid disease, body weight and metabolism on Wed., April 6 at 1:00 p.m. Schofield’s Mondello Wellness and Family Center, 3333 Elmwood Ave., Town of Tonawanda.

All programs are one hour. Call 9953851 or visit SchofieldCare.org

a.m. Thursdays, Tosh Collins Senior Center, 35 Cazenovia St. Bring a yoga mat. Info: 828-1093

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Cheektowaga T.O.P.S. (TAKE OFF POUNDS SENSIBLY) MEETING, Thursdays at 9 a.m., St. Luke’s Lutheran Church, 900 Maryvale Drive (corner of Union Road). Come for the love, support and friendship. For information, call Karen at 247-2334

Depew BREAST CANCER NETWORK OF WNY Monthly meeting second Tuesday, 6 p.m., Bella Moglie Bldg., 3297 Walden Ave. Call 7060060 or visit bcnwny.org. Professional support group will be held at 8 p.m.

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Buffalo NATIVE ROOTS WORKSHOP, Discover the benefits of native gardens. Tifft Nature Preserve, 2 p.m., 1200 Furhrmann Blvd., Buffalo. $5 nonmembers. 825-6397

8 Buffalo 20TH ANNUAL JURIED 12 MEMBER EXHIBITION Opening Reception: April 8, 2016, 7 to 9 p.m. On view:April 8 through May 6. The Western New York Artists Group, Artists Group Gallery, One Linwood Ave., Buffalo, 885-2251 orwnyag@wnyag.com

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Hamburg ALZHEIMER’S CARE-GIVER SUPPORT GROUP for males at Wesleyan Church, 4999 McKinley Pkwy. 2nd Tues. 626-0600, alz.org/wny

Orchard Park ALIENATED GRANDPARENTS ANONYMOUS, INC., meetings 1 p.m. the second Tuesday of month, 4295 S. Buffalo St.

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Williamsville MCGUIRE GROUP MEMORY CARE SUPPORT GROUPS: General Support Group is second Wednesday, 3 p.m. at Harris Hill Nursing Facility, 2699 Wehrle Dr., Williamsville; Daughters’ Support Group is also second Weds., 5 p.m. at Harris Hill

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Williamsville WOMEN’S LYMPHEDEMA SUPPORT GROUP, 5:45 p.m. the first Wednesday of each month. Sheridan Surgical room, 4510 Bailey Ave., Williamsville. Call 908-4149.

6 Amherst FREE RESPITE CARE

PROGRAM, 10:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., Trinity Old Lutheran Church 3445 Sheridan Drive. Held first Wednesday of the month, for those caring for loved ones with Alzheimer’s or any form of dementia. Guests are partnered with a volunteer (trained by the Alzheimer’s Association) and they participate in various activities in a secure environment.

A morning snack and nutritious lunch are provided. For more information on registering for the program, call 8364868.

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FOREVER YOUNG APRIL CALENDAR Monthly support groups coordinated about architecture and history of local disease and make an appointment 20 WNYNATIONALALLIANCE in conjunction with the Alzheimer’s neighborhoods. Elderwood, 580 Orchard for a free bone density test. Maureen Association, with caregiving tips and coping mechanisms. For more information, call 632-3700 or visit mcguiregroup.com

20 Tonawanda BONE DENSITY

TESTING and Prevention of Osteoporosis will be held on Wed., April 20 from 1– 3 p.m. Hear an overview about your risk for this silent

McCabe, RN, of Catholic Health’s WomenCare will present. Schofield’s Mondello Wellness and Family Center, 3333 Elmwood Ave., Town of Tonawanda. All programs are one hour.

Call 995-3851 or visit SchofieldCare.org

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West Seneca WHAT’S NEW IN BUFFALO? Chuck LaChiusa, president of Explore Buffalo speaks

Park Blvd., 677-4242 or elderwood.com

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West Seneca FREE BEREAVEMENT SUPPORT SESSION, hosted by The McGuire Group for anyone coping with grief, sadness or loss at 5 pm at Seneca Health Care Center, 2987 Seneca St. Held third Wednesday of the month. Those interested in attending can call 828-0500.

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6:30 p.m. @ St. Andrew’s Parish

All new Remodeled community space with stone hearth gathering area

275 Essjay Road | Williamsville, NY 14221

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ON MENTAL ILLNESS (NAMI) held third Wednesday of the month at 7 p.m. in two locations for families of people living with mental illness: St. Paul’s Evangelical Lutheran Church, 4007 Main St., Amherst. Southtowns: Lake Shore Behavioral Health, 3176 Abbott Rd., Orchard Park.

St. lindyfix.com, swingbuffalo. com.

WEDNESDAYS N. Ton. DANCING WITH DOTTIE

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FRIENDS

country-style line lessons, 7:30 p.m. @ Pendleton Center Meth.

Church, 6864 Campbell Blvd.

688-6026 or 625-8306.

THURSDAYS Kenmore JACKIE’S THURSDAY NIGHT DANCES @ Brounshidle Post, 3354 Delaware Ave. Lessons: 7 p.m. Open dancing: 8 p.m.

691-8654.

Ongoing WNY BELLYDANCE CLASSES 560-1891, nadiaibrahim.com.

Kenmore JACKIE’S DANCE Monthly dance.

Call 691-8654 for details.

WNY BALLROOM SOCIAL DANCE, Argentine tango and belly dance instruction with Carol Allen; N. Collins and Amherst.

337-3092 or callen8801@aol. com.

West Seneca BALLROOM DANCE classes @ 1761 Orchard Park Rd., 771-3110, ballroomiliana.com.

WNY DANCE W/ ERIN BAHN 997-7190 or erinbahn.com.

ARGENTINE TANGO IN BUFFALO Dancing & Classes www.traviswidricktango.com Contact Travis @ 716.517.7047

LIFE & LEISURE

Just a Regular Check-up

BY TED RICKARD

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o sooner do we of the Social Security set get a sudden bounty of leisure time then we get ways to fill it. One of these ways is visiting doctors or any one of a Rolodex full of other “caregivers,” or those so designated in the saccharine vocabulary of the medical bureaucracy. In my case, this demands accompaniment by my own personal lifetime caregiver. She remains convinced that the only medical practitioners worthy of the name since Hypocrites, are Dr. Halloran, who delivered our children and usually arrived in a faint atmosphere of garlic and fine vintages from a first class restaurant, and Dr. Stein, who sent his athletically unambitious kids through prestigious schools with the fees he charged for setting our kids’ broken bones. Both doctors, however, retired about the same time we did, although in considerably more upscale fashion, which is fair enough considering the number of times they arrived, with all the welcome timing of the cavalry cresting the hill, at a moment of high family crisis.

Their replacement, however, just isn’t the same. Dr. Don has credentials displayed all over his office between expensive-looking prints of architectural drawings— Palladio’s villas, I’d like to think, although it might be City Hospital, for all I know. Dr. Don has obviously attended the annual convention on Effective CareGiver Communications, since the trophy in his waiting room says he was Class B Runner-Up in the golf tournament at such an affair this past winter in Palm Beach.

There’s a lot of time to read trophy inscriptions at Dr. Don’s office and fill in all the blank spaces on the appropriate forms—both medical history and the all-essential insurance qualification—being instructed in capital letters to PRINT. There’s a drug company souvenir ballpoint pen tied to the clipboard with a piece of filthy string to reinforce the point. Most of Dr. Don’s practice appears to be as geriatric as we are. Apparently, we need things spelled out for us.

By actual count—and there is plenty of time to count—there are sixty-three blank spaces to be filled in on the form. There is also an enormous temptation to make things up. I can imagine a long list of vague and obscure diseases—the kind of things found occasionally

in the interior of the Amazon, but mostly on the Internet—and I’d be tempted to list some of them if I could spell better.

The medical history asks when I’ve been treated for different things. I can remember only by tying them to something else—for example, the year Missy was born, which was also the year of the Big Blizzard when I sprained my back, or the year we bought the ‘64 pre-owned Chevrolet. I can also remember the year we made the last payment on the ‘64 Chevrolet.

It was an entirely different decade.

Much earlier, I can recall a flattened nose in an ill-advised challenge to a bigger kid named Terry O’Donnell.

That was back around VJ Day. I don’t recall the medical attention, but every time I get a head cold, I

sure do remember Terry O’Donnell!

“When did I have the stomach flu?” I ask our family’s real primary caregiver, who is deeply engrossed in a magazine.

“The day after your high school reunion.” A significant pause follows the response. “And it wasn’t the flu.”

Some things are best not dignified with a response. “I mean the time we all had it and your mother came over with a case of 7-Up.” “1973. The week the washing machine broke down.” It didn’t take her a moment to remember— precisely. “Your high school reunion was two years later.”

“Who took care of us then?”

“My mother.”

I decided to leave the space blank.

There were, after all, plenty more to fill in. “What are you reading?”

I asked her. Diversion seemed like a good idea. I hadn’t spotted the golf trophy yet.

She flipped back to the first page to read the title. “Getting Ready to Breastfeed,” she told me and immediately resumed her reading with utter absorption.

“Oh,” I said. Which seemed to cover the subject.

The golf trophy is good sized—a foot or so high. It looks like bronze, but I think it’s really plastic. I’ll ask Dr. Don when I get in to see him— if I remember. I’m sure he’ll know which. I certainly hope so. FY Ted Rickard’s book, Anything Worth Knowing I Learned from the Grandkids, is available from Amazon.com

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LIFE & LEISURE 26. Comment to the audience 27. Pine product 29. *____ of March, or March 15 31. “The ____ Go Marching” 32. Part of eye containing iris, pl.

33. Marilyn Monroe’s given name 34. Pronged, as in three-____ fork 36. “Cut that out!”

38. Ivy League school 42. Bills under mattress 45. Like “The Martian” mission 49. DiCaprio to his friends?

51. Nature spirit in Greek mythology

THEME: THINK SPRING ACROSS 1. Boat load 6. Line of work 9. Stairway alternative 13. Hitler’s mistress 14. High or low card 15. Country on Samoan Islands 16. Stiff hair or bristles 17. Kan. neighbor 18. Holy See loyalist practicing different rites 19. *Daylight ____ time 21. *Spring is a symbol of this 23. Much of this about nothing?

24. “Stop!” to marchers 25. Feather glue 28. World’s largest continent 30. To show off 35. Functions 37. Jittery 39. End of a poem 40. *Before you spring clean you make one?

41. Manet’s and Gauguin’s contemporary 43. Seaside bird 44. ”Spring to mind” or “Spring into action,” e.g.

46. Table mineral 47. Equal 48. Correspondence friend

54. Ooze out 56. Movie trailer, e.g.

57. Cocoyam 58. Leg muscle 59. “Do ____ others as...”

60. Frosts a cake 61. Formally surrender 62. Lion’s warning 63. Strong desires 66. Horror movie series 68. One of a set of dice

50. Part of ROM 52. *Spring is a cure for ____, acr.

53. As opposed to “want” 55. Pine juice 57. *Vernal event 61. *Japanese spring blossom 64. Knucklehead 65. Wear and tear 67. Made cow noise 69. Old hat 70. June honoree 71. Muscat resident 72. #23 Across, pl.

73. Mama sheep 74. Relating to Scandinavia DOWN 1. *Masters Tournament network 2. Mars, to the Greeks 3. “Pro” follower 4. Exotic jelly flavor 5. Iroquois tribe 6. “More ____ for the buck” 7. *It dissipates in spring 8. Striped equine 9. Raja’s wife 10. Gulf V.I.P. 11. Castle’s line of defense 12. Beaten by walkers 15. Difficult to detect 20. Red-____ like Rudolph 22. Hermey the dentist, e.g.

24. Wasted-looking 25. *Popular spring flower

The solution for this month’s puzzle can be found on page 32.

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FOOD

Maple Pie

BY JULIE ANDREWS

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or those suffering from cabin fever this time of year, Maple Weekend provides a great reason to get out and enjoy local farms and woodlands. During New York State Maple Weekend, members of the New York State Maple Producers Association invite families and friends into their “sugar houses” to experience the world of pure New York maple syrup. there were some tears of joy welling Located at 160 farms and up. Maple pie is the kind of thing museums across New York State, you have once a year. It is not low Maple Weekend offers a delicious, carb, low fat, low calorie, or low fun-filled outing that has a little anything. It is, however, unbelievably something for all maple-lovers to rich and delicious. taste and experience. This year’s One year at a local farm during Maple Weekend (April 2–3) is a Maple Weekend, my husband celebration of all things maple. This grabbed a thirty-two-ounce bottle of family affair is perfect for all ages and maple syrup and exclaimed “let’s get features loads of activities, including this!” I knew immediately that with pancake breakfasts, maple farm that much syrup, I was going to have tours, demonstrations, and tastings. to make a Canadian maple pie. This Visit nysmaple.com to find one of easy recipe comes extremely close to the many locations where you can the original I sampled years ago. ‘Tis take part in this special event. the season to go out and grab some I’m not one to miss Maple fresh local maple syrup—and maybe Weekend because real maple is my · Custom Recovery try a new dessert. favorite flavor for any confection.

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Instructions In a medium saucepan, whisk together the maple syrup and heavy cream.

In a separate bowl, whisk together the cornstarch and water.

Heat the maple mixture over medium to medium-high heat while whisking in the cornstarch liquid.

Bring this mixture to a boil and cook for two minutes, stirring constantly. Cook at a low boil being careful not to scorch the bottom.

The mixture will thicken.

Pour mixture into the prebaked pie shell and refrigerate until set.

Store pie in the refrigerator. FY Julie Andrews is a registered dietician and writes a bi-monthly food column for Forever Young.

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ew of us like to think about death and dying, it’s not a topic that most of us wish to dwell on. As funeral professionals, we know how difficult the death of a loved one can be. If you have been involved in a funeral before, you know that there are many decisions to be made. Often in a short amount of time and during a period of grief. Advaned planning reduces stress for you and your loved ones, when the time of death does occur.

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HOME & GARDEN

Rock the Garden H

ow can this month’s garden column fit in with this month’s theme of rock and roll? Gardening rocks, that’s how. Rock and roll is involved with a blues beat, a rhythm. Gardening involves a response to the rhythm of nature.

Modern rock music usually involves a snare drum to provide the beat for the musicians and singers. I like to think of a gardener in the role of a musician who provides the artistry, chooses and arranges the plants, and who creates a “song” by putting it all together. Anyway, I play the guitar.

CAROL ANN HARLOS There are several wonderful plant cultivars called “Rock & Roll,” such as Rock and Roll® alstromeria, which has variegated leaves, yellow fading to white with a green edge. The flowers are a brilliant red! It flowers in the garden from spring through autumn.

Who could want more from any plant? You just need to keep pinching out dead flower stems.

If you have heard of Peruvian lilies the plant is actually alstromeria.

You are probably familiar with some types of alstromeria already if you ever buy or are given a flower bouquet; they are the little lilies.

They are very commonly included because alstromeria are a very long lasting cut flower (up to three weeks!). Alstromeria grow from tubers and are not hardy in Western New York. You can start them indoors in the spring to give them a jumpstart before transplanting to your garden. You may enjoy growing alstromeria in containers. Plant them in a sheltered site, in partial shade or full sun, any time between May and August in soil amended with compost. Simply dig them up at the end of the season and keep them in some slightly moistened peat moss in a cool basement. Replant the next year.

The beautiful Rock & Roll rose Photo courtesy of © Weeks Roses

And then there is Rock & RollTM rose! This old fashioned fragrant rose has large cream-colored buds. When the petals unfurl into large flowers you can see red, ivory, and burgundy stripes. The leaves are dark green and this gorgeous grandiflora grows several feet tall. Scrumptious!

How about astilbe hybrid “Rock & Roll”? (You may have heard astilbes called “false spirea” or “false goat’s beard.”) For the greatest success, select a site with light to full shade and moist, humus rich soil. Astilbes may tolerate full sun as long as soil remains consistently moist, but this can prove difficult. I remember years ago growing a group of astilbes in shade only to have my neighbors remove their huge pussy willow. The

astilbes became crisp unless they were constantly watered. I moved them.

Astilbe “Rock & Roll” has the purest white flowers and lots of them! Like all astilbes, it has fern­like leaves and is handsome even after the flowers have faded. Astilbe “Rock & Roll” is a compact stocky plant that attracts butterflies. Like all white flowering plants it is striking in the evening garden. FY Gardening rocks. Don’t you agree?

I love to hear from you: caharlos@ verizon.net or herbgardener.net.

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ARTS

April Theater Preview

BY DONNA HOKE

Lend Me a Tenor Lancaster Opera House

By Ken Ludwig Director: Kevin Leary Cast: David Bondrow, Robb Zimmerman, Tom Zindle, Ricky Needham, Chrissy Vogric, Priscilla Young-Anker, Marisa Caruso, Emily Yancey

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ancaster Opera House patrons have traditionally liked comedy and farce, so [artistic director] David [Bondrow], decided to give them one of the best,” previews Kevin Leary, who directs this month’s production of 1986’s Lend Me a Tenor, winner of three Tony Awards. “This type of comedy—well-written farce— survives because audiences like to laugh. I’m as big a fan of Ibsen as the next, but sometimes I don’t want to think about the tragic ills of society. If I wanted that all the time, all I need to do is pick up a newspaper. Audiences by and large like to participate in entertainment that removes them from the world for a little while and enjoy mistaken identity, people hiding in closets, sexual innuendo, and people choking each other on couches.”

Indeed, Lend me a Tenor was first presented at LOH by RSDP productions in the 1997–98 season and starred Peter Palmisano (star

of this season’s All My Sons at Irish Classical Theatre Company). “It was a success,” says Leary. “We thought it wise to revive this tried-and-true comedy within the current season that also features three area premieres and a world premiere work. This is my first experience with Ludwig and I’m really looking forward to it.”

Bondrow tapped Leary to direct because he is an “artistic force. He has choreographed all of our recent mainstage musicals, performed in Singin’ in the Rain and My Fair Lady, and last season he directed a highly praised production of The Glass Menagerie, featuring Barbara Link LaRou and Adriano Gatto. Kevin has a great eye for staging and an incredible sense of timing, essential qualities to pull off this high-octane farce.”

Pacing is the key to achieving the high-octane, cautions Leary: “With comedy like this, pacing and choreography are key. Add to that the complexity of doors, backstage, props, and people... you need the road map of choreography to maintain the pacing.

Farce has to be so tight; it requires more stamina and discipline than drama.

These beats are tight and specific and even slightly veering off course can cause trouble down the road, both for the actors and the audience.”

Which means when a womanizing

opera singer gets knocked out in a hotel room and is joined by a jealous wife, scheming impersonator, and ambitious bellhop, and there are people running around in their underwear, getting drunk, screaming, and slamming doors, you better fasten your own seat belt and get ready for the ride.

Lend Me a Tenor runs April 1–10 at Lancaster Opera House (lancopera.org, 683-1776).

The Mark of Cain Subversive Theatre

By Gary Earl Ross Director: Gary Earl Ross Cast: Greg Howze, Dee Lamont Perry, Lawrence Rowswell, Candace M. Whitfield, Murry Galloway, Tami Hopersberger, J. Tim Raymond Gary Earl Ross, 2015 Artie Award winner for Outstanding New Play, returns this season with another world premiere. Like the World War I-based Guns of Christmas, The Mark of Cain is inspired by history, this time in our own country during a time of stark racial tension.

“Ossian Cain, a widowed black doctor with a new young wife and baby buys a home in a white part of

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It is 1925, and the Klan has grown in the North after the success of Birth of a Nation. Someone organizes a white mob to threaten the house with rocks and taunts. During the confrontation, a white man is shot, and the entire family is arrested for murder.”

The play is based on two historic incidents from the 1920s. The first is the Ossian Sweet case, which occurred in Detroit and from which the Ossian Cain story is derived; hired by the NAACP, Clarence Darrow led the defense for two trials. The second incident is closer to home. “In 1924, the KKK desecrated Catholic and Jewish cemeteries in Buffalo, and began to recruit members through a downtown office,” Ross shares. “At the urging of Mayor Francis X. Schwab, police officer Edward Obertean infiltrated the Klan and stole the membership list, which the mayor posted on the doors of City Hall. Many of those on the list left town or committed suicide.

Several weeks later three Klansmen forced Obertean’s car off the road. In the subsequent gun battle, the cop and one of the Klansmen died.”

The result of weaving these two tales together is a representative trial drama that, like Inherit the Wind, is historical but not necessarily factual. Ross was inspired to write the play after playing a role in the New Phoenix/Subversive co-production of Inherit the Wind in 2011. For Cain, the actor/writer takes on the role of director.

“The difficult thing about directing your own work is the writer’s natural tendency to think the writing is flawless,” Ross says. “As a director, I’ve learned to listen at table reads and rehearsals for lines that clunk. I’ve also learned to listen to actors when

ARTS lines make no sense to them. Another difficulty is seeing the difference between your initial vision as a writer and the way things take shape with actors, set designers, and the like. The director and the writer are sometimes at odds over their visions, even when they are a single person.”

In the end, the goal for all involved is to make the play’s intention clear. Sums up Ross: “The play asks a question that is particularly relevant in a meanspirited hyper-conservative political environment laden with birthers,

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immigration opponents, high profile racial killings, and demands to take back the country: What does it take for someone to be seen as American?”

The world premiere of The Mark of Cain runs March 31–April 30 at Subversive Theatre (subversivetheatre. org, 408-0499). FY Playwright Donna Hoke’s world premiere, Safe, closes April 3 at Road Less Traveled Productions.

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• American Repertory Theater of Western New York runs House of Blue Leaves until April 2 (artofwny.com, 634-1102).

• Safe, a world premiere, closes April 3 at Road Less Traveled Productions (roadlesstraveledproductions.com; 629-3069).

• Theatre of Youth continues The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe through April 3 (theatreofyouth.org, 884-4400).

• Fully Committed finishes its run at Irish Classical Theatre April 3 (irishclassicaltheatre.com, 853-4282).

• Buffalo Quickies closes April 9 at Alleyway Theater (alleyway.com, 852-2600).

• Of Mice and Men continues at New Phoenix until April 16 (newphoenixtheatre.org, 853-1334).

• Jewish Repertory Theatre continues Compulsion or A House Behind through April 24 (jewishrepertorytheatre.com, 888-718-4253).

OPENING THIS MONTH • Produced my MusicalFare, Avenue Q opens at 710 Main Street April 4 (musicalfare.com, 839-8540).

• O’Connell & Company opens Women on Fire April 7 (oconnellandcompany.com, 848-0800).

• How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying opens at MusicalFare April 13 (musicalfare.com, 839-8540).

• The Yeats Project opens at Irish Classical Theatre April 22 (irishclassicaltheatre.com, 853-4282).

• Kavinoky opens Quartet April 29 (kavinokytheatre.com, 881-7668).

• Pulitzer winner Farragut North opens April 29 at Road Less Traveled Productions (roadlesstraveledproductions.com; 629-3069).

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History in Stitches

BY REBECCA CUTHBERT

D

o you know how fabric was dyed green before the 1860s? Who inspired the “crazy quilt” craze of the late nineteenth century? What a “sampler” is?

You’ll know all of that and more once you visit the Buffalo History Museum exhibit Quilts: Techniques & Styles, open now through January 2017.

This three-part exhibit was co-curated

by Western New York’s “Quilting Goddess” Linda Hunter and Walter Mayer, director of Museum Collections.

Hunter, a lifetime quilter and founding member of the Amherst Quilters Guild, helped select quilts from the museum’s impressive cache. More than forty carefully chosen quilts will be displayed throughout the three rotations, but the museum’s assortment of quilts— most donated by generous community members—is more than three times that number.

“Since its founding in 1862, I would say that about 99 percent of the artifacts in the Buffalo History Museum’s collection have been donated over the course of the last 154 years. Our 150 quilts are not exceptions to this phenomenon; all were donated,” says Mayer. “Case in point, in 1987, Julia Boyer Reinstein donated her vintage collection of eighty-seven quilts made in WNY.” With Hunter’s extensive quilting experience, she was able to offer Mayer valuable insight into the what and how of quilt display.

“We started looking at quilts over the summer,” Hunter explains. “We wanted to make sure we showed visitors quilts that were representative of what the museum’s collection has to offer but that were also representative of different kinds of quilts made in different time periods. And, we had to make sure each quilt’s condition was such that it could be hung or displayed. We didn’t want to damage the quilts by hanging them, and fabric becomes fragile over time.”

Hunter says that all of the quilts were 12

reinforced with muslin backings, thanks to museum volunteer coordinator Joyce Bruyere and other members of the Kenmore Quilters Guild. In fact, Hunter says, many quilting guilds are taking part in the exhibit, in one way or another, because Mayer and other museum administrators want the exhibit to stitch history to our modern world. A brand-new community quilt will even be added to the museum’s collection by the end of the exhibit.

“In the museum world there is a trend to see ‘museums as community.’

We thought Quilts: Techniques & Styles provided an excellent opportunity to implement the trend by involving WNY quilt guilds with the exhibit,” says Mayer. “Participating guilds designed quilt blocks that reflect the community in which they live. During the duration of the exhibit, the quilt will be assembled and quilted in the gallery.

Once completed, it will become part of the museum’s collection. Feedback from guests indicates they enjoy the quilting demonstrations. Visitors value the chance to ask guild members quilting questions ranging from the very basic to highly technical ones.”

“I love that we have taken something made over a hundred years ago and turned it into something contemporary by pairing it with an interactive exhibit,” Hunter says.

“It’s a wonderful way of letting the public see a little more about these quilts and the art of quilting. The displays even discuss what certain symbols in the quilts mean,” says Mayer. He hopes guests who view the exhibit will come to appreciate the art and technique of quilting, even if they’ve never picked up needle and thread themselves.

“I would like guests to learn what comprises a quilt, the various techniques

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Quilts at the Buffalo History Museum Photo credit Rebecca Cuthbert

used to make a quilt, and how those techniques are expressed in numerous styles and designs,” Mayer says. “Also, I want visitors to come away from the exhibit with a greater appreciation for the time, effort, and artistic expression that went into making these quilts.”

Although the quilts take center stage in this exhibit, other fascinating items are on display as well, including a nineteenth century sewing box made of satinwood with a rosewood inlay, in which the original owner would have kept her sewing notions and other prized possessions. Additional curiosities include antique sewing tools, miniature furnishings, and more.

“There are several aspects of the exhibit that I think make it unique and somewhat different from a standard quilt exhibit,” Mayer says. “The historical room display allows the visitor to experience a vintage quilt in context with bedroom furniture of the period.

Clothing from the museum’s collection featuring quilting is on display, and an interactive touchscreen enables guests to explore features of a Victorian Crazy Quilt in an engaging manner.”

Crazy quilts are showcased in the first rotation with accompanying placards to educate guests. As Hunter shares, crazy quilts are not “actual” quilts, because they do not comprise three layers quilted together. Instead, crazy quilts are made of randomly arranged fabric scraps sewn onto a foundation material, which results in a brilliant collage of color. The focus of crazy quilts is the embroidery—

intricate and detailed, this stitching was the flourish with which each quilter “signed” her masterpiece.

“This elaborate embroidery and needlework trend came over from England and was really made popular

by Queen Victoria’s daughter,” Hunter says. “Everyone was just enamored. In Victorian times, more was more.”

The display will be changed twice more, not just to show off more of the museum’s collection, but because the quilts must be protected from light sources.

“This is due to the possibility of light damage leading to color fading and stress on the quilts from hanging,” says Mayer. “Rotation of the artifacts will minimalize any adverse effects on the textiles.”

The exhibit’s second opening will take place April 20, and the third and final opening will be on August 17.

Funding was generously provided

by Erie County and the Museum Association of New York. Special thanks go to Guy Latona, exhibit construction; Christopher Vanderlinden and Thomas Rogers, technology; and Joyce Bruyere, volunteer coordinator. Buffalo History Museum, 1 Museum Court; for more information call 873-9644 or visit buffalohistory.org. FY Rebecca Cuthbert lives in Fredonia and is a frequent contributor to Forever Young and Buffalo Spree.

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fter a thirty-seven year hiatus, we finally had a Triple Crown victory in 2015 when American Pharaoh crossed the wires first in the Kentucky Derby, the Preakness, and Belmont Stakes. show promise. Contenders succeed by entering selected races where points are earned for the first four finishers in each race. The horses

DENNIS OCCHINO Now retired from racing, this extraordinary thoroughbred is today on a stud farm in Kentucky where he awaits the company of 175 mares that he will attempt to impregnate this season at $200,000 a session. His first encounter was February 12, when he was paired with the mother of Bodemeister, who finished second in the 2012 Derby. Trainer Bob Baffert trained Bodemeister and American Pharaoh.

So what awaits us on the first Saturday in May this year? Of the thirty-five prep races, there are seven remaining this month where three year olds can enter the race of their choice in an attempt to qualify for the twenty-horse Derby field, and there are a number of horses that

Race Spiral Stakes Florida Derby Wood Memorial Bluegrass Santa Anita Derby Arkansas Derby Lexington

with the most cumulative points have a shot at the Derby run. Here is the final prep race schedule for this month:

Track Turfway Park Gulfstream Park Aqueduct Keeneland Santa Anita Park Oaklawn Racing Keeneland

Here’s a list of the top ten competitors on the leaderboard according to points made as of

Date April 2 April 2 April 9 April 9 April 9 April 16 April 16

Points Awarded 50-20-10-5 100-40-20-10 100-40-20-10 100-40-20-10 100-40-20-10 100-40-20-10 10-4-2-1

March 7. The total amount of earnings in stakes races serves as tiebreakers:

Horse Trainer Points Earned Mohaymen Kiaran McLaughlin 70 Gun Runner Steve Asmussen 51 Shagaf Chad Brown 50 Nyquist Doug O’Neill 30 Mor Spirit Bob Baffert 24 Sunny Ridge Jason Servis 23 Mo Tom Tom Amoss 22 Laoban Eric Guillot 22 Forevamo Al Stall Jr. 20 Zulu Todd Pletcher 20

Stakes Earnings $760,350 $249,200 $240,000 $1,700,000 $336,800 $525,600 $288,326 $92,000 $210,000 $79,200

Where to Watch and Wager All area racetracks: Buffalo Raceway, Batavia Downs, Finger Lakes, and Fort Erie simulcast the prep races and the three Triple Crown events where you can wager on site. The thirty-five OTB (Off Track Betting) branches in Western New York are also ready to take your bets on race day. If you would rather watch and wager in your pajamas you can do that too. The prep races are televised on the horseracing network TVG and TVG2. NBC carries all three Triple Crown races.

If you would like to place some bets from home, try the Internet. Unlike other forms of gambling, betting on horses online is legal. Three sites that I recommend are based and licensed in the United States. They are betamerica.com, twinspires.com, and tvg.com.

Exotic Wagering An exciting way to bet is to wager on more than one horse in each race.

For example, a $1 Exacta Box— betting that two horses will finish first and second in either order. Total bet = $2.

A $1 Trifecta Box—betting on three horses for the first, second, and third finishes in any order. Total bet = $6.

A $1 Superfecta Box—betting on four horses to finish first through fourth in any order. Total bet = $24.

A $.10 Superfecta for $2.40 wins one tenth of the dollar prize.

Get ready for a real adrenalin rush and good luck! FY Have a gaming question? Contact Dennis at Doaks39@gmail.com.

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COVER everything about it was somewhere I’d never gone before. I felt myself reborn or reawakened or something. I’m always writing stuff and jotting things down and messing around with stuff. It just seems like on the eve of my fortieth anniversary—I started in 1973 and this was 2013 now—here I am feeling that same energy that I felt forty years ago that I hadn’t felt in a long time.

So, I did that song and I asked him to send me another one and the same thing happened with that one, like boom, boom, boom. Then I started playing them for the band members and they gave me some tracks and I went back into my notes and some things that I’d been messing around with, little demos and stuff, and just started making this record.

Included in this new record of original material, I picked some cover songs, because I feel those are more recognizable to the audience than some obscure track of one of my favorite songs from an album.

KC Shines Bright

BY WENDY GUILD SWEARINGEN KC of KC and the Sunshine Band performs in concert. Photo courtesy of Chris Weeks

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ne of the most-loved bands of the dance music age and still one of the most-played bands today, KC and The Sunshine Band topped the charts with seven number one singles and three triple platinum albums, won three Grammy Awards– including Album of the Year for the Saturday Night Fever soundtrack, and in 1976 became the first act since The Beatles to score four number one pop singles in one twelve-month period.

For the first time in more than three decades, the Miami-born group led by Harry Wayne “KC” Casey celebrates their first Billboard chart single with the electronic and techno-infused “I Love You More,” a Tony Moran & Mike Lorello radio mix, from the new album Feeling You! The 60s, a mix of original songs and favorite covers.

Forever Young recently caught up with KC about the band’s latest venture.

WGS: What made you decide to create a new album now?

KC: My manager turned me onto a DJ from England and he sent me a track back in March of 2012. In December I wrote him a letter saying I just hadn’t gotten around to it and it was the holidays and I was going on vacation in January. But I knew he’d be back around in March because he always goes to the Edge music

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No sooner had I sent that email to him than I said to myself, let me listen to this track again. And I put the track on. The next thing I know, the words, the melody, the title, everything just came to me out of nowhere. And December 27 of 2012 I went into the studio and recorded [that song] and was so excited about it, because

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WGS: I was going to ask you how you decided which songs to cover. Did they speak to you?

KC: That was a hard decision, too.

So I do these cover songs. I put three cover songs on this album of original material and the more I kept listening to it I thought, why don’t I just do a sixties album? So it’s a two-record set, half the stuff will be sixties, half the stuff will be original material. Me and the distributor decided to put out the sixties stuff first.

How I came to those songs is, it’s kind of a musical diary of my life, a little bit. Some of the songs I’d been doing in the live show. I do a slowed down version of the Supremes’ song, “I Hear a Symphony.” That was a nobrainer. I started doing a version of “Stand by Me.” I started thinking, I have to pick seventeen songs. I had a whole list. I just started going down the list recording things, and when I got the seventeen I said, “that’s it.”

Some of the song selections, like “Both Sides Now,” I felt those words.

I can really identify with those lyrics, looking at life from both sides. I really have lived it. I’ve lived everything in the words of that song.

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KC: I love it. It’s more relaxed now. I’m comfortable. I don’t have any pressure to do anything.

I mostly do weekends. I’m just content. It’s taken me forty years to figure out, understand who KC of KC and the Sunshine Band is and to be comfortable with that.

“Always Something There to Remind Me,” as you get older, people start passing away or fading out of your life. Everywhere you go there’s someone that reminds you of someone, somewhere, somehow. I’ve always loved the song.

Some of the songs touched me emotionally where I hadn’t really gone before. And some, like “Rockin’ Pneumonia and Boogie Woogie Blues,” I thought would be a fun song to do live—there’s no meaning to it except having fun.

The other songs, like “Blowin’ in the Wind,” is kind of my little political statement. I find it interesting the song was written back in the sixties and the answer’s still blowin’ in the wind after all these years and after all the wars we all just can’t find ... how many more times do we have to drop bombs to find peace? It’s a sad thing.

“Put a Little Love in Your Heart” happened after, I’m not sure if it was after the Sandy Hook Killings or the [Denver] theater shooting, but one of those tragedies had happened and I was touring and that night I just felt, you know what, I want to sing the song, “Put a Little Love in Your Heart,” but I want to sing it with just me and the keyboardist and just strip it down so that the message is clear. So I did it live and I really felt the emotion of that song. I always loved the song as a kid, so I put it on the album.

I love Motown so much I had to be careful the whole album didn’t turn into Motown. There are three Motown tracks on there.

WGS: What’s the fan base like now? How are the crowds, younger, older?

KC: It depends on where we’re playing. I’ve got a wide demographic from babies to grandmas. So I have two and three—sometimes four— generations standing in front of me. It’s everybody. It’s new fans and fans that have been there since the beginning. It’s just great to look out at the audience and see everyone having so much fun. It makes it like “Wow!” This is what I set out to do. This is what I did, and this is awesome.

WGS: Are you having fun?

KC: I’m having a blast. When you love doing what you’re doing you can’t help but enjoy it.

WGS: I’m guessing you have no thoughts of retiring any time soon.

KC: No. WGS: Have you played in Buffalo often?

KC: Yes, many times. It’s a great city and I have a lot of fond memories there.

WGS: I’m sure the music industry has changed since you first started, with the onset of digital. What are some big differences you’ve been encountering?

KC: The record stores are gone; the mom and pop things are gone.

It’s very corporate, and if you ask me, it’s very sterile. Some of these digital things, they do make it possible for the audience to now have a wider choice and listen to something new that they may never had a chance

to listen to because some guy at a record company was deciding what you heard and what you didn’t hear.

And what you like, in a way, except for the few who would go and find obscure tracks from listening on the radio. But now, you don’t have to wait for it to come on the radio. You don’t have to wait for someone to put it in your face. Everybody just releases it on iTunes or Amazon or whatever. And you can sort through it and find your own stuff, your own thing. That, I think, is good, over all. The fact that it’s become so corporate and sterile, I don’t know how good that is. And it’s all about money.

WGS: Can you describe your perfect “boogie shoes”?

KC: My perfect boogie shoes? A pair of New Balance tennis shoes. FY Wendy Guild Swearingen is editor of Forever Young and senior editor of Buffalo Spree.

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Jelly Jar

BY ANTHONY CHABALA

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n the pocket” is a term that describes a band being so in sync that the music flows effortlessly. Jelly Jar, a group of five musicians and lifelong friends, whose shared passion for music has kept them rocking out for more than two decades, were deep “in the pocket” the first time I saw them, and every time since.

Each member has a successful day job, rich family life, and other hobbies, too.

Starting in 1996 as a blues band, Jelly Jar’s style today can be described as an eclectic mix of rock, soul and R ’n B. At any given show, you may hear interpretations of chart-toppers like “Billy Jean,” “Hit the Road Jack,” and “Beast of Burden,” plus other familiar foot tapping hits.

One might never guess that lead singer Jeff Hypnarowski, who by day is an aggregate quality control

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The members of Jelly Jar Photo by Anthony Chabala

energy is contagious. “The music just brings it out of us,” he says. “We have been playing together for so long, it just feels automatic.”

Keyboardist Ken Africano has long been impressed with Hypnarowski’s versatile style. “Most singers will sway the band into changing the key of the song to fit his or her voice, but we just play, and Jeff goes and does this thing, and what comes out is often magic,” he says.

You may wonder how Africano, a partner at the law firm Harter Secrest & Emery and adjunct professor at the University at Buffalo Law School, has time to take on music gigs. He gladly makes the time for one reason: “it is really just about the music,” he says.

The countless hours he has poured into mastering his instrument and developing a rapport with his band mates is indicative of that passion.

His classical training from Rochester’s Eastman Prep School translates onstage to a level of sophistication a cut above the standard bar or club act.

Another music-loving attorney, bassist Bill Savino, has been dedicated to his craft all his life. Until age twenty-six, he tried making music his career. “I learned at Eastman that, even though I passed their stringent entrance exam, I had a less than perfect ear,” he says. Now a partner at the law firm of Woods Oviatt Gilman, Savino also teaches at UB Law School, races cars, plays golf, and holds himself to a strict practice schedule. “I start doing finger exercises ten days prior to a gig,” he says, which is not surprising given his level of enthusiasm and dedication.

Buffalo Music Hall of Fame inductee John Brady fills the role of guitarist. Brady, whose compositions

COVER have been recorded by the likes of Albert Collins, has witnessed firsthand the power of music through his forty-plus years of performing and teaching. “I have students of all ages, and it’s amazing to see their faces light up when they play their favorite song on guitar for the first time.”

Independent insurance agent by day, drummer by night, Kevin Roth rounds out the band with four solid decades of percussion experience dating back to his college studies in music. A proud father and family man, Roth is honored to call Jelly Jar his family, as well. “We have been together so long, we can tell what each other is thinking. The better any band communicates, the better they are.”

For Jelly Jar, music is not an escape from their busy lives. The music, the camaraderie, the gentle ribbing, the scotch sipping afterward is more of a celebration of where they are, the music, and the love of it. According to Savino, “There are only three times in life when I can turn off my

brain and be totally in the moment: when I am racing a car, when in my downswing (golfing), and when I am playing music... and nothing can beat that feeling.”

Witnessing this band communicate so effortlessly and perform with such prowess makes me want to be a better musician. They even managed to pass my ultimate litmus test. I am not a dancer. I didn’t even dance at my own wedding, but the energy this band created the first time I saw them nearly turned me into Fred Astaire.

My personal favorite performance complicates the age old debate over who did the better version of “Take Me to the River”—Al Green or Talking Heads...or Jelly Jar? Jelly Jar can be seen throughout WNY and the first Friday of every month at Buffalo’s 31 Club. FY Anthony Chabala is a local law clerk, golfer, and musician.

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That much is clear if you read his book, Classic Rock, Classic Jock: The Jim Santella Story. The voice that sounded like sunshine emanating from the radio these past decades comes through just as clear on the printed page. is,” Santella says in a recent interview.

“They love the memoir part of it, the background, what it’s about. They like that it’s so much a story about Buffalo and one person. They like the information about music. The interviews.”

And, oh, what stories: • His early years of overnight freeform radio on a very young WBFO (still in its first decade and before the creation of National Public Radio).

• His first stint at WYSL-FM (which morphed into WPHD) that ended after a friend’s prank (hint: never impersonate the FCC).

• His second stint, when he walked off the air to protest the limitations being put on what he could play and do on air.

• His career at 97 Rock and, later, fifteen years as blues host at NPRera WBFO. • His year as country music DJ Joel B. Williams, “The Midnight Cowboy.”

• Times with WUWU-FM, the last truly progressive commercial station in the Buffalo area.

Without giving away too much from the book, there are extras, such as the great Playgirl photo spread adventure; meetings and interviews with the Rolling Stones, Jerry Garcia, Joan Baez, James Taylor, David Bowie, and Howlin’ Wolf; and the time the radio station was hijacked 580 Ward Road North Tonawanda, NY on 14120 while Santella was the air.

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Through it all, there’s a sense of Santella as a person—a very funny person who has no qualms about poking fun at himself even more than others. The DJ, whose fuzzy black beard and cowboy hat have given way to a white goatee and beret in recent years, says that one of his goals with the book was absolute honesty.

“I made the decision early on to tell the truth, which was hard because I always lied about my age,” he says. “I don’t like lying, I don’t like misleading people. If someone would ask how old I was, I would ask, ‘How old do you think I am?’ Invariably they would judge me by the part of society I was in, which was young DJ, and they’d guess about ten years younger, which is what I’d pretend to be.”

For the record, Santella will turn seventy-eight on April 24.

One of the constants of Santella’s career was that he always followed a “to thine own self be true” philosophy—an acute case of honesty that has led to success as well as the occasional firing. He says the first time he heard “you’ll never work in this town again” was after he walked off the air at WPHD, but it wasn’t the last time. And he even wound up working there again.

Through it all, Santella managed to stay on the air in Buffalo (with a few years of radio inactivity sprinkled in), rather than become a radio gypsy

who moved from market to market.

The constant has been the music— or rather Santella’s love of it. He always fought to maintain as much control as possible of what he played on the air. In the early progressive rock days, he had that freedom, and at WUWU and while doing the blues at WBFO, he could pick his tunes. But 97 Rock (formerly known as Q-FM) was a bit trickier during its heyday in the 1970s. The station was one of the first in the nation to institute a programming system based on a limited number of songs, organized on 3X5 index cards.

“When I started at Q-FM 97, I was working a night shift, 10 p.m. to 1 a.m.,” Santella says. “I discovered soon enough that no one (from management) was listening, and I discovered that, as long as you didn’t play that twenty-one-minute Duane Allman solo from ‘There’s a Mountain,’ I could get away with it.”

Santella got away with it for close to five decades. Now you can read all about it. The book is available at local bookstores and at buffaloheritage. com. FY Elmer Ploetz is Buffalo Music Hall of Fame board member and an associate professor at SUNY Fredonia.

Call Him Mr. Conrad:

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A Rock and Roll Journey

BY JANA EISENBERG

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rom an early age, Mr. Conrad—he needs no other name—felt drawn to swinging musical sounds. Conrad, sixty-one, so dubbed for his bespectacled look as a teen by a local record collector, grew up in the Snyder/Amherst area.

The name—and the record collector’s musical influence—stuck. Conrad’s commitment remains steadfast. He spoke with Forever Young recently, revealing a true rock and roll life.

Forever Young: How do you remember discovering music?

Conrad: Around the house, I heard and liked my dad’s early forties big band music, like Benny Goodman, Dorsey Brothers, Artie Shaw, Duke Ellington.

When I was around twelve, an older cousin gave me some of his records. One grabbed me by the throat: the classic Sun Records’ 45 by Jerry Lee Lewis, “Great Balls of Fire.” That was it.”

From that, I got into the era’s other piano-driven rock and roll by Bill Haley, Fats Domino, Big Joe Turner.

I bought Chuck Berry records just to hear his piano player, Johnnie Johnson. It’s the way that rock and roll piano should be played.

FY: How did you learn to play?

C: I moved my record player next to our piano. I’d sit there trying to figure stuff out. Musically, I started looking backwards. I discovered forties-era rhythm and blues. I dug up boogie-woogie, rockabilly, and honky-tonk, and that’s where I stayed.

I haven’t really gone forward; I’m not interested. In the sixties, I didn’t listen to psychedelia; in the seventies, I didn’t listen to hair bands.

FY: Why does this music speak to you?

C: It’s pretty much everything.

It’s the roots of the tree. It’s honest.

Fun. It’s real: they express the human

condition; sing about hard times and good times. It’s about life. That’s why it sticks with me. It’s not contrived to sell a lot of records.

Go back to early jazz and blues, the Delta guys like Charley Patton and Robert Johnson, then guys like T-Bone Walker, Count Basie, and swing and R&B in the forties and fifties—all that morphed to become “rock and roll”; it’s the foundation of all the American music out there.

It’s always been “rhythm and blues.”

“Rock and roll” is the safe term for white kids; it was black music up until then.

FY: When did you start performing?

C: At sixteen. There was a “shot and a beer” bar around the corner. On Friday and Saturday nights, I’d play the piano. I’d sing whatever I liked, just banging away. Once in a while, a guy would slip me a beer. In high school and through the mid-seventies, I had a band—we did old rock and roll at parties.

FY: You also play guitar?

C: In the mid-seventies when bars starting getting rid of pianos, I switched from piano to guitar. That’s around when I started playing clubs. My band, The Cobras, did surf/rockabilly and originals. We played McVans—where everyone from Sinatra to Hendrix had performed. By that time it was a rundown punk-rock dive. We played the Continental, which opened in 1979 or 1980. My next band was called the Viceroys.

FY: Did you make a living?

C: Over the years, there were times

I didn’t need a day job—I’ve held all kinds of them, though. When I was a kid, I had a paper route. (I bought a lot of records and cowboy boots with that money!) I was a welder, did sheet metal work, was a short-order cook. I was even a garbage man.

FY: You must have had some adventures.

C: In 1984, I went to Los Angeles to be part of the music scene. My friend and I tried to get in a band, tried to get gigs; it was tough. I met great people.

I would sit in with saxophonist Lee Allen’s band. One night at Lee’s jam session, in walks Big Joe Turner. This was about a year before he died. He was incredible.

Another time, I met Johnny Meeks, who had played with Gene Vincent and the Blue Caps. I sat in with his band; he made me bang out the Jerry Lee Lewis-style piano stuff.

I only stayed a year that time. I couldn’t get a job anywhere, doing anything—nothing worked out.

FY: Then what?

C: During the eighties, blues was super popular. My band, the Excellos, opened for a lot of national acts at the Lafayette Tap Room. Then, in the early ninties, I lived in Austin. As a trio, I toured the Gulf Coast with the legendary rhythm section of Freddie “Pharaoh” Walden (drums) and Keith Ferguson (bass), who had played with the Fabulous Thunderbirds.

I came back to Buffalo, and had another version of my band. Then, in 1998, I went back out to California.

I lived there for almost six years this

Renowned local musician Mr. Conrad Photo by Jana Eisenberg

time. I toured the United States with harmonica player James Harman. And before I came home, I played for about eight months with Candye Kane. She is a great singer and a real sweetheart.

FY: What do you do now?

C: Sometimes people call me to fill in at a gig or to get a band together for a party. It would be nice to have a regular band, but the scene isn’t like it was. Twenty-five or thirty years ago, I worked six nights a week. Those days are over.

Now, I’m continuing playing the music I like, in whatever format I can.

I play once a month at Hot Mama’s, at their second Friday happy hour, and once a month I play at Rohall’s. I’ve gone full circle back to my first gig: by myself, playing a piano. It’s something to do. I’m having a good time with it.

It’s fun. FY Jana Eisenberg is a music lover and frequent contributor to Forever Young and Buffalo Spree.

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GETAWAYS

Remembering Woodstock JENNIFER MERRICK

Bethel Woods Sunset Photo Courtesy of Bethel Woods

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f I were alive, I would’ve been there,” declares my thirteen-year-old son.

We’re at the site of Woodstock, visiting the Bethel Woods Center for the Arts.

I would’ve liked to have been at the famous 1969 festival, too. After all, it was here that a half a million people gathered for three days of music that included such legends as Jimi Hendrix, The Who, Janis Joplin, Joe Cocker, and The Grateful Dead.

“It also planted seeds of social change and discontent,” says Glenn Wooddell, Woodstock alumnus and volunteer guide at the museum.

“Though we didn’t know it at the time.” Having festival attendees give the tours adds an extra dimension when exploring the informative and engaging displays at the museum.

As we walk through exhibits that provide insights on the culture of the era, Wooddell feeds us tidbits about

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the festival. Apparently, there were 400 impounded cars that were never claimed. “The roads were blocked and people just got out and walked,” he tells us, adding that a million and a half more people came who weren’t able to get in.

As we take pictures of the brightly colored “hippie” van on display, we learn that Max Yasgur, the dairy farmer who rented out his land for the festival, could have made more

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money from the documentary that was filmed in 1970, but he never did.

And find out that food ran out after the first day, but resourceful attendees gathered produce (with permission) from the fields and fed hungry concertgoers.

One of the biggest surprises for me is that Woodstock didn’t take place in Woodstock, but in the nearby town of Bethel. The festival was originally slated to take place in Woodstock but

town council objected, undoubtedly nervous about problems that might arise with a gathering that large.

There were none. Despite the rain, mud, clogged roads, and lack of provisions, it was relatively peaceful.

“The police were on standby but never had to come in,” says Wooddell.

An impressive feat, and it was acknowledged by Yasgur on the last day of the festival, when he addressed the crowd: “I think you people have proven something to the world…that half a million kids can get together and have three days of fun and music and have nothing but fun and music.”

One of these “kids” was Duke Devlin, whom we meet when we venture outside the museum to take a look at the actual Woodstock field.

Duke looks the part with his long grey beard and tattooed skin. He hitchhiked from Texas to attend Woodstock. Why? “Smoking and looking for girls,” he jokes. Duke never made it back to Texas, instead he married a farmer’s daughter who wasn’t even allowed to attend the festival.

“Her father was probably afraid she’d meet someone like me,” says Duke. As he banters with the group, he points out on a map what was happening where from August 15 to 18, 1969.

It’s hard to imagine this bucolic green field teeming with flower children

Duke Devlin Photo by Jennifer Merrick

GETAWAYS and youth of the sixties rocking out to music that has been memorialized in our collective conscience. But after visiting the museum and hearing Glen’s and Duke’s stories, it’s easier to picture, and all of us have a greater appreciation of this historic event in rock and roll history.

The site will never host another Woodstock, but many original acts have returned to do concerts, and the museum regularly holds concerts in the summer. Occasionally there are Woodstock alumni reunions too.

“Brunch with mimosas was served at the last one,” says Wooddell.

The times are a-changin,’ as Bob Dylan famously sang.

About Bethel Woods Center for the Arts Located about nintety miles northwest of New York City in the Catskills region, the museum (bethelwoodscenter.org) houses a growing collection of artifacts and permanent exhibitions including

The Sixties, The Woodstock Festival, Three Days of Peace and Music, and The Impact of Woodstock. Guests also have the chance to record their own personal experience of the festival if they attended, or say what they were doing when it took place.

Price: Adults $15; Seniors (65 and up) $13; Youth (8–17) $11; Children (3–7) $6; Children under 3 are free Hours: The museum is closed for the winter, and re-opens Saturday, April 2, 2016. Summer hours are 10-7.

About the Region: The Catskill Mountains (visitthecatskills.com), located about 100 miles northwest of New York City, was a popular summer destination in the nineteenth century, often frequented by artists who depicted the region’s rugged wilderness in their work. It continues to be a go-to getaway for busy urbanites who flock here on the weekend to escape the city and enjoy the region’s lakes and rivers, mountain valleys, and winding country roads.

The “hippie” bus on display at Bethel Woods Photo courtesy of The Museum at Bethel Woods

Accommodation: Catskills is known for their familyfriendly resorts, and we had a blast at the Villa Roma Resort (villaroma. com), where we enjoyed all-inclusive dining, indoor/outdoor pools, and a full roster of activities. It was the ideal base for visiting the Bethel Woods

Center of the Arts and going on other excursions like rafting on the Delaware River with Lander River Trips. FY Jennifer Merrick is a freelance writer and avid traveler based in Toronto.

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BEING WELL

Ways to Go

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Aside from pain and discomfort, a sluggish liver and lymph system will have you feeling terrible. Many constipated individuals suffer from back pain, brain fog, and fatigue and are not considering the possibility that it is related to a sluggish, backed up colon.

When the bowels are not regularly pushing waste out, things become backed up, harder to move, and, over time, lead to pockets of diverticula, which may eventually

lead to the diagnosis of diverticulosis or an infected and painful condition of diverticulitis.

One of the colon’s major functions is to reabsorb water, so it only makes sense that the longer the waste remains in the colon, the harder it is to move. A diet high in sugar and processed foods plays a definite role in a sluggish colon and will increase your risk for colon cancer. Fiber

from fruits and vegetables acts like a broom that sweeps the inside lining of the colon to keep it clean. If you suffer from constipation, please do not take fiber supplements as this may only increase your discomfort and make things harder to move.

Fiber supplements are beneficial in keeping a colon clean but will not relieve constipation.

Leaky Gut Syndrome and autointoxication are serious complications that may result from chronic constipation. If the intestinal pores become enlarged and backedup waste leaks beyond the intestinal membrane, the body will attack. This condition is linked with allergies, fibromyalgia, painful inflammatory conditions, lupus, and asthma.

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So what is considered normal?

If you eat two to four times daily, then you should move your bowel at least twice daily. Some of my most constipated clients have daily bowel movements. They may be hard and small—but it pacifies them to think they do not have a problem.

Moving your bowels should take less time that emptying your bladder.

You should not have to read a small novel in order to get through the process. Bunny pellets and marble size pieces are not acceptable. A very large soft serve swirl is what you are striving for. (Sorry for the correlation to food, but you shouldn’t be eating ice cream anyway.)

Please note that there are many medications that contribute to constipation. Pain medications are at the top of the list. Please discuss this with your doctor if you suspect this may be the cause of your constipation.

If things are not moving the way you want them to, here are a few tips that may help: Diet: Eliminate dairy, minimize bread intake, and reduce sugar consumption. Eat single­ingredient foods such as vegetables, fruits, nuts, meats, poultry, and fish.

Within a week, you should notice a difference in the quality of your movements.

BEING WELL Hydration: ​Drink at least sixty to eighty ounces of water daily.

Most individuals consume only caffeinated and sugary drinks that actually dehydrate them.

Magnesium: ​Magnesium deficiency can lead to constipation.

Magnesium glycinate or amino acid chelate works best in the dose of 400 to 600 mg daily.

Probiotics: ​Keeping the healthy bacteria levels optimized will have you running smoother and can completely rid you of IBS symptoms.

Colon hydrotherapy:​ This process removes impacted fecal matter from the colon. It also helps to restore function to a colon that has become over­ distended and underproductive. Typically, a series of three to six sessions is recommended to restore bowel health and function.

Parasites: ​If you have dark circles under your eyes, grind your teeth, and suffer from a dull ache in your lower right abdomen, consider parasite treatment. I cannot stress how much this has helped my chronically constipated individuals.

Cape aloe:​These aloe capsules are a very gentle but effective softening agent. They are safe to be taken daily and do not cause dependency.

Herbal laxatives/stimulants:​ These are beneficial only for occasional use. If frequently used, dependency becomes an issue.

Abdominal massage:​ A beneficial therapy that can be done by anyone. Daily abdominal massage stimulates peristalsis and facilitates the urge to go.

Castor oil packs:​These warm packs applied at least three times per week will improve your bowel habits.

These are just some of the more popular remedies that are tried and true. For a small percentage of the population, chronic constipation is not related to diet or lifestyle.

These are the individuals who have suffered life­long constipation. I would assume that the problem has more to do with their anatomy than anything else.

Unfortunately, these people are best remedied by filling their toolbox up with a combination of supplies and therapies. One remedy will not likely work very long, and they need to switch things up on a regular basis. FY

More information can be found in the book, Free Yourself from a CONSTIPATED Life, by Catherine Stack. It can be purchased or downloaded from Amazon.

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