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By Roger Currie For L-P Specialty Products Glen Suitor is one of the best-known former Roughriders, and his connection to the team and the CFL remains very strong. Ever since his 11-year playing career ended in 1994, Suitor has been front and centre in the coverage of the game. Radio listeners in Saskatchewan hear his thoughts regularly on The Green Zone on Rawlco Radio. And from the pre-season through the Grey Cup, he is partnered with Chris Cuthbert on TSN broadcasts. Their work together was recognized with a Gemini Award in 2006. Suitor was born in Sidney on Vancouver Island on Nov. 24, 1962. When it came time to play football, he was attending Cameron Graham high school in North Vancouver. After showing what he could do at that level, Suitor had an outstanding college football career at Simon Fraser, and there was no doubt in his mind that he wanted a career in the Canadian Football League. It wasn’t until draft day in 1984 that he knew he was headed to Rider Nation. “I had talked to a couple of teams briefly before the draft, particularly Edmonton, but it wasn’t until the first pick of the second round that I knew I was chosen by the Roughriders. I knew about the ‘legends,’ particularly George Reed and Ronnie Lancaster, and I was excited by the prospect of wearing green,” Suitor recalled. Suitor said if he had not been drafted by Saskatchewan he would have probably called every team in the league and asked for a walk-on tryout. But he stuck with the Riders for his entire career, winning All Star honours and putting up impressive numbers as a defensive back. His sixth season in 1989 included what may well have been both the low point and the high point of his playing career. He wrote about the low point on his blog at TSN.ca. In a piece called “The True Meaning of the 13th Man” (www.tsn.ca/blogs/ glen_suitor/?id=406990 ), Suitor recalled the last play of the last game of the regular season that year. It was against the BC Lions, and he was the free safety covering star receiver David Williams. With Saskatchewan leading by less than a touchdown, Lions quarterback Matt Dunigan threw a Hail Mary pass to Williams, and Suitor hit him just before the ball arrived. He was flagged for pass interference. The Lions scored on the next play, and it cost the Riders a home playoff game. What Suitor remembered just as vividly as his costly penalty was a conversation he shared with a young boy before the game, and a letter received from the boy’s mother. Redemption, and perhaps Suitor’s greatest moment in Rider green, came less than a month later at Skydome in Toronto. Despite finishing third in the west, the Riders got on a roll, knocking off both Calgary and Edmonton on the road in the playoffs. They faced the Hamilton TiCats in the 77th Grey Cup game. With a sea of green in the stands in Toronto, and the score tied 40-40,
Glen Suitor pins the ball for Dave Ridgway as the Riders win the Grey Cup in 1989. Photo by Bill Dubecky/Royal Studios
it came down to a dramatic last-play field goal attempt by Dave Ridgeway. Bob Poley snapped the ball back to Suitor, and he pinned it perfectly for the Robokicker. The final score was 43-40, and Suitor had a ring to commemorate only the second Grey Cup victory for a Roughrider team. Suitor was a starter in 194 consecutive games for the Riders, never missing a game because of injury. “I played with many injuries over the years, and I never wanted it to hurt the team in any way,” he recalled. Luckily it never did, but there were some close calls. Prior to making that crucial hold at the end of the 1989 Grey Cup, Suitor had been knocked out cold on a punt cover. It was what would most likely be diagnosed as a concussion if he were playing today. He said, “When I played, they would have had to chain me to the bench to keep me off the field. It
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couple met in university and now have two kids — Amelia, three, and Ian, eight months. Jason and his family are all long-time Rider fans, while Teri and her family are all longtime Blue Bomber fans. Sounds like a nightmare scenario, right? Wrong. In fact, Teri and Jason have found a way to cheer for both teams while keeping up a friendly rivalry between themselves and Teri’s family in Manitoba.
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Teri, Jason and Amelia Hanstock at the 2013 Labour Day Classic. Photo by Nancy Klein
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Coping with Blue Bomber-fan in-laws By Nicole Williams For L-P Specialty Products Lately, being a Rider fan does not involve many hardships. But what do you do when you marry a fan of another CFL team, particularly when it’s the Winnipeg Blue Bombers?
Well, for one family, it has provided plenty of opportunity for pranks, harmless jokes and ribbing at one another’s expense. Meet the Hanstock family — Jason, Teri, Amelia and Ian — from Assiniboia. Jason was born and raised in the province, while Teri (Stevenson) is from Portage La Prairie, Man. The
“When I married Jason, I agreed to wear green as long as the Riders weren’t playing my ‘Blue and Gold,’ ” said Teri. “It was definitely difficult to cheer for the Riders at first, but now I get really excited for Rider games and look forward to cheering for my home team [unless, of course, they’re playing the Bombers].” “Once Teri knew what game day in Regina meant, it didn’t take me long to convince her to go to a game. After that she seemed to be hooked,” said Jason. The rivalry kicked off at the couple’s wedding in 2007. There, Teri’s family proudly displayed Bomber gear and banners in front of the head table at the reception, while Jason’s best man hung a Rider flag where the bride and bridesmaids were getting ready for the wedding. Since then, Jason has hidden a Rider flag in the bed where his mother-in-law, Diane, and stepfather-in-law, Terry, would be sleeping; Diane has hidden Jason’s Rider gear in obscure places around the house; and the kids have been dressed in rival team colours depending on where they’re visiting. Christmas and birthdays also give each family an opportunity to treat one another to Rider and Bomber gear. “Teri’s family got me pretty good on my birthday,” admitted Jason. “Teri’s cousin brought all kinds of Bomber goodies — chocolate bars, chips and peanuts — and my mother-inlaw sent a huge Bomber care package, including a Bomber football, cups, chocolate bars, cap and tattoos.” Teri’s aunt, Denise Bazinet, is regularly involved in the rivalry. She always ensures that the kids have Bomber gear and hands out temporary tattoos whenever they’re in Winnipeg. “One time, I gave Amelia a Bomber t-shirt and some pompoms when she came in for a haircut. Then, I got her to run up and down the salon cheering ‘Go, Bombers, go!’ When Jason came to pick her and Teri up, we showed Daddy Continued on page BB5
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reaction to Teri dressed in her Bomber gear. Throughout the game, it was high fives for me and condolence handshakes for Teri whenever the Riders scored. It was a lot of fun.” Teri admitted, though, that Saskatchewan fans do appear to be more passionate about their team, and that Gainer is a better mascot than Buzz and Boomer. “There is no doubt when the Riders are playing. The entire city transforms and unites to cheer for the team,” she said. “You’ll see the odd Bomber jersey in Winnipeg on game day, but there is not the same mentality throughout the city that you see in Saskatchewan. And, who doesn’t love an oversized gopher?” The rivalry has now grown to include the next generation, with both sides trying to get
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Amelia and Ian to cheer for their respective teams. When asked how she persuades the grandkids, Diane just laughed and said, “The same way their dad does, by brainwashing them. I teach them, ‘Go, Bombers, go,’ and regularly remind them that their favourite colours are blue and gold.” What does Amelia have to say about all this? “Ian is going to be a Blue Bombers fan, just like I like the Blue Bombers. And, Zoey [the cat] is going to be a Roughrider fan just like me.” I guess you can’t ask for anything more.
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Teri, Jason and Amelia with the Grey Cup. Photo supplied by the Hanstock family
and over again. But, I must admit that since Continued from page BB4 Jason has come into the family, our Bomber what she had learned. I even got it all on pride has enhanced big time.” video and made sure to send it to them.” For Teri, the rivalry is about more than just Jason, not to be outdone, then promptly the Riders and the Bombers. It’s also about dressed Amelia in Rider gear and made a the experiences they share as a family and video for Teri’s family of her chanting “Go, passing on the tradition of the CFL to their Riders, go!” kids. And, what does everyone think about this “Introducing the kids to the game is the rivalry? “It’s been easy the past couple of years as best part,” she insisted. “Growing up, I have great memories of watching the Grey Cup. the Bombers have been less than a stellar team,” said Jason. “If the in-laws start to give Mom would always make homemade pizza, and we’d eat in me a hard time, I front of the TV. It just bring up their didn’t matter who 3 and 15 record was playing. I love from last year, and watching the CFL, the conversation Teri’s cousin brought and I want to pass usually changes all kinds of Bomber that onto our kids.” fairly quickly.” Not surprisingly, Diane said, “I goodies: chocolate bars, Jason and Teri love just roll my eyes going to the Labour and groan when chips and peanuts, and Day Classics and Jason wears his my mother-in-law sent watching the Banjo game day jersey Bowls on TV. and groan even a huge Bomber care “There is never louder when he a question who dresses the kids in package, including a either of us will Rider gear. I also Bomber football, cups, cheer for at the send him trashLabour Day Classic talking texts during chocolate bars, or during the Banjo the games, and he cap and tattoos.” Bowl,” said Teri. “I responds in kind. didn’t know what I very much enjoy — Jason Hanstock to expect the first the rivalry. It is and time I went to will always be in Mosaic Stadium in fun. We cheer for Bomber gear, but it our home team; was a lot of fun. I always get a lot of goodhowever, if our home team is not in the Grey natured ribbing, and Jay gets his fair share Cup, then we cheer for our neighbours, the for fraternizing with the enemy, but it’s always Riders.” a blast.” Denise added, “The rivalry between the Jason added that his favourite memory two teams is great for both the cities and the about the Riders involves the couple’s first fans. For our family, it has made for loads of Labour Day game at Mosaic Stadium. “It was laughs and tons of bragging rights, as there great seeing the other season ticket holders’ is always some major blunder to hash over
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Federated Co-operatives and the Riders present a cheque at the end of the 2013 season to the Children’s Hopsital Foundation of Saskatchewan. Left to right in the photo are: Grant Wicks (Saskatoon Coop general manager), Vic Huard (executive vice president, Strategy, Federated Cooperatives Ltd.), Brynn Boback-Lane (president and CEO, CHFS) and Steve Mazurak (vice president, Sales and Partnerships, Saskatchewan Roughriders). Photo supplied by the Children’s Hospital of Saskatchewan
By Carol Rogers For L-P Specialty Products It’s for the kids. That, as Brynn Boback-Lane, president and CEO of Children’s Hospital Foundation of Saskatchewan (CHFS), would say, is what the building of the new Children’s Hospital of Saskatchewan is all about. “The Children’s Hospital Foundation of Saskatchewan is dedicated to raising funds for the enhancement of children’s health care and the Children’s Hospital of Saskatchewan,” said Boback-Lane. “Funds are used to buy state-of-the-art equipment and technology to improve patient care across Saskatchewan. Funds are also allocated for education and professional development to meet the highly specialized needs for pediatrics and maternal care in Saskatchewan.” Fundraising for the new Children’s Hospital of Saskatchewan began in earnest with the launch of the “Be a Part of It” campaign in 2009. The provincial goal is to raise $45 million to put toward what goes inside the hospital. This money also ensures the right enhancements are included to provide Saskatchewan families with the finest health care possible. To date, approximately $25 million has been raised, and the foundation is grateful for every dollar. “Every donation is significant,” said Boback-Lane. “We are grateful to everyone who has contributed. We are absolutely certain that the children and families of Saskatchewan will benefit from continued fundraising efforts.” Among the many fundraising opportunities the CHFS engages in, the foundation has developed a special relationship with another Saskatchewan organization whose presence is felt in every community across the province: The Saskatchewan Roughriders. Together with the Green and White, the CHFS has a
variety of fundraising events year-round, and the impact on Saskatchewan communities is long lasting. Fundraising includes player appearances at CHFS events, endorsements, interviews, autographs and pennant days at Rider home games. There’s also the annual Jeans and Jewels Gala, which always includes a special Rider table and plenty of Rider gear. This year, the Riders also partnered with Craven Country Jamboree for the Craven Charity Auction. The online auction was a huge success; bidding began on several prizes donated by the Roughriders, including signed merchandise, VIP passes to the Labour Day Classic and a chance to win a trip for two to Montreal on the Riders’ chartered flight to watch the team in action against the Alouettes. But there’s also another way the Riders are helping raise funds for the CHFS. And this one is as easy as picking up a few groceries.
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The partnership the [Children’s Hopsital Foundation of Saskatchewan] shares with the Riders works because both organizations have similar philosophies. We both support the people of Saskatchewan to continue to make the province a wonderful place to live and grow and continue our provincial pride in what Saskatchewan has to offer.” — Brynn Boback-Lane President and CEO, Children’s Hopsital Foundation of Saskatchewan
In 2010, Saskatchewan Federated Co-op and the Roughriders collaborated and developed the Game Day Approved product line, with proceeds going to support the CHFS. It started with Fantuz Flakes cereal; then came Dressler Undressed and Geroy’s Super Sour Cream and Onion Chips. This year, it’s Chris Getzlaf’s and Darian Durant’s turns with Chris-py Dill Chips and Darian’s Quarterback Quench Sports Drink. Each time shoppers pick up a Game Day Approved product, they are helping to support a healthy future for Saskatchewan children and their families. Since it began in 2010, Game Day Approved product sales have raised $416,000 for the CHFS.
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For the CHFS, the support of the Riders and the Federated Co-op is nothing short of remarkable. “They exemplify Saskatchewan team spirit,” said Boback-Lane. “This is what Saskatchewan is all about — people helping people.” Throughout the years, the partnership between the Riders and the CHFS has always been a special one. “The partnership the CHFS shares with the Riders works because both organizations have similar philosophies. We both support the people of Saskatchewan to continue to make the province a wonderful place to live and grow and continue our provincial pride in what Saskatchewan has to offer,” Boback-Lane explained. “Both organizations care for those cheering from the bleachers and those cheering from hospital beds. We share in the belief that providing first-class opportunities and care for the people of this province is a win-win partnership.” Construction of the new children’s hospital is set to begin in the fall of 2014. The hospital is scheduled to open in mid-2017. For Boback-Lane, the opening will be a notable win for the province of Saskatchewan. “The celebration of the Riders’ recent Grey Cup win will always be remembered, and we will all feel that provincial pride again when the children’s hospital doors open in 2017.”
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By Jennifer Jacoby-Smith For L-P Specialty Products It’s one last summer ritual. Full of a desperate commitment to soak up one last weekend of summer freedom, Rider Nation heads to the lake. Or the campsite. Or the golf course. Or the nearest patio with a good drink. Mixed in with their knee boarding, s’mores and tramping all over God’s pasture looking for that blessed little white ball, Rider Nation pauses for one of the most hallowed games of the season... The Labour Day Classic. Ah, yes, the most anticipated game outside of the Grey Cup. Most of the time, it sells out months in advance. It’s a very special day. A day of special performances. A day of blue skies and a sea of green. A day of touchdowns, sacks and highlight-reel catches. A day of treasured memories. It’s a day to take time out from our busy lives and take a breath before real life and routines set in. It’s a day to beat the living snot out of the team Rider Nation loves to hate — the Winnipeg Blue Bombers. Or as I like to call them, the Blue Bummers. And, best of all, it’s a chance to get together with our neighbours to the east and
once again rub their noses in the fact that we won the Cup last year. Na-na-na-booboo. There is simply nothing like the legendary rivalry at the Labour Day Classic. Tailgating parties at Mosaic are such fantastic fun with some good-natured teasing and Yes, that’s George Reed posing with Duane and his home-fashioned chainmail, heckling going on which features Reed’s name and number. Photo courtesy of Duane Leicht between us and those irascible The Bummers have faltered as of late, bums from Winterpeg. losing close games to us and Toronto. There are insults about our banjo-pickin’ The upstart (and former Saskatchewan ways and driving a tractor to the game, Roughrider) quarterback, Drew Willy, is going but it’s all in good, neighbourly fun. Kind of to be in a heap of trouble when he returns to like the way you might mock your brother Mosaic. Willy’s been sacked more often than viciously one moment and then hug him the any other quarterback in the league. You next. can’t be an elite ball slinger if you’re fighting The Bummers are having a heck of a to stay upright on every play! season, aren’t they? Starting 5-1 after barely Currently we’re on a streak. We’ve won scraping together four wins all of last season. every Labour Day Classic since 2005. If They’ve become a power house this year. we win this year, it will make it a complete Or at least a contender. And it’s been a few decade of domination. years since Winnipeg was a contender. They The last time the Riders faced Willy and finally have something to cheer about in their company, John Chick had five tackles and shiny new stadium. three sacks. (Three sacks! I hope Willy No matter how sucky Winnipeg’s gridiron brings extra padding to Mosaic on Sunday.) crew has been, they can always be counted Willy may have to sprout wings to avoid the on to put together a good game plan for the punishing crew of Ricky Foley, John Chick Roughriders. and Tearrius George.
And while Willy screams like a girl every time Chick glances in his direction (and that’s before the national anthem), the entire stadium of crazed, green-haired monsters will be making life a loud and living hell for him. Of those yelling and screaming in the stands will be Duane Leicht. And, get this, he’ll be wearing a very special jersey — one he’s made himself. It’s made of chainmail. That’s right, chainmail. This enterprising Rider fan has fashioned a jersey (complete with number 34 on the back) by hand. The “sweater” took over 600 painstaking hours with a set of needle nose pliers and is composed of over 75,000 aluminum rings. (Which is roughly close to the number of sacks John Chick will have at the end of the game. I wonder if it’s tough enough to ward off a John Chick sack.) Leicht admits the chainmail thing wasn’t his idea. It came from an Edmonton Eskimos fan who had created one out of pop can tabs. In true Rider fan fashion he explained, “I figured a Saskatchewan fan could do it better!” And so he did. He’ll be attending Labour Day festivities with his wife, Joyce. “You always see fans of visiting teams at Taylor Field, but during the Labour Day Classic a lot more Bomber fans show up,” said Leicht. He enjoys the time to interact with “The Enemy,” as he calls them. Leicht will also be making the trek for the flip side of this rivalry the following week in Winnipeg. Because watching the Riders beat those Bummers never grows old. It may be the last gasp of summer, but let’s enjoy it, my little green friends. Whether it’s a close game or a blowout, it will always be a classic.
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Continued from page BB10 In events such as the Rider games, volunteers encounter everything and anything, from a cut, to someone who’s experiencing heat exhaustion, to seizures. In more serious cases, someone who has had the MFR training will be able to assess the situation on a more advanced level. “We’ll ask a couple more questions, take some vital signs like blood pressure, monitor pulse rate, breathing rate,” said Steppler. “Generally, though, if someone is complaining of chest pain or having a seizure for no reason, we don’t wait — we escalate it to EMS or call an ambulance right away.”
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There are usually about six SJA volunteers at a Riders game. “The most I’ve seen is 17, which was the Grey Cup,” said Steppler. “It was a larger crowd and we had volunteers from all over the province who came to assist.” There are several factors that play a role in an emergency during a game. The weather is one. “If we go to a game and it’s 30 degrees outside, we’re going to be busy,” said Steppler. She added that this is because many people are likely to experience heat exhaustion. Drinking alcohol also plays a role, as many people don’t realize that they get dehydrated when they consume alcohol. The game time, too, is a factor. “If it’s a 5 p.m. start, it’s going to be busy, because people have been drinking all day long,” Steppler said. The Riders games are usually memorable for the volunteers. Steppler, who volunteered at a Labour Day game, found herself doing preventive measures for a change. “The Blue Bomber fan was waving a flag, which was tied to a pole with zip ties. It’s really hard plastic, and he did not cut the plastic parts that were sticking out while he was waving the flag around,” said Steppler. “In my head, I’m seeing someone getting hurt, getting stabbed in the eyes or ears.” She went to the fan and cut the problem off. Williams remembered a Rider game in which he helped cheerleaders who received second and third-degree burns. The cheerleaders were getting ready prior to a play against the B.C. Lions.
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The most common theme among the volunteers is the passion to help people. Steppler has been a volunteer for 17 years. It started when she was part of a research project in high school, where she interviewed a paramedic. From there, her interest was piqued. Then she met an SJA volunteer, and she knew what she wanted to do. “What if, for your entire life nothing was happening, then one day, someone was dying in your arms?” asked Williams. “Wouldn’t you want to be able to do something?” That is what motivates him as a volunteer, and he encourages interested volunteers to answer this question, as well. “If I knew someone who was looking into going into the medical field, I would suggest that he try out volunteering,” said Steppler. “Some people think they can handle somebody throwing up or someone bleeding, but the first time they see it, they say they can’t handle it. This is a way for them to realize that this is what you want to do for the rest of your life. “There is a lot of respect for the work that we do,” she added. “In the two Grey Cups that I volunteered, it was amazing because there were so many people, but they were all very nice. They’re glad we’re there.”
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Rider Pep Band members Rhonda Woelk and Laurie Thompson discuss their passion for the group By Judy Bird For L-P Specialty Products
Rhonda Woelk Five years ago, Rhonda Woelk decided to dust off her saxophone and join the Rider Pep Band, and she’s been having a great time ever since. “It had been about 30 years since I had graduated from high school, and I hadn’t played my saxophone in about that many years, and I thought it would be nice to get back into it again,” said Woelk. “I teach music lessons, and I’ve always been in a lot of music activities, so it was just something I thought would be a good thing to get back into.”
Rhonda Woelk dusted off her saxaphone five years ago to join the band. Photo by Pat Rediger
Woelk had played in school music bands in her home town of Lumsden, first playing the clarinet in younger grades and then opting for the saxophone in the high school band. After graduation, school life was replaced with work, home and family obligations, leaving little time for her to pursue playing music for her own enjoyment. “I had said for years before that’d be fun to do, but I had kids, and I just didn’t want to do anything while my kids were younger,” said Woelk. Music stayed in the family, and one of her daughters, who played percussion in high school, asked if she could join the pep band. “I said, ‘If you play in the pep band then I’m coming with you.’ It was something that I thought would be a lot of fun,” said Woelk. Mother and daughter joined the pep band, but conflicting work and band schedules led to her daughter leaving the pep band. Woelk decided to stay. “I like music so much,” she said. “I just really enjoy being around other people who like playing other instruments. My experience from high school, it was just a lot of fun. It’s almost like reliving my high school days again.” Woelk’s favourite songs to play are “Sweet Caroline,” “Paint the World Green,” “On Roughriders” and “Green is the Colour.” She takes part in as many community events as she can, like the Queen City Ex parade and some hot dog sales for fundraising, but living out of town and having other commitments makes it challenging to participate in all of the activities. For Woelk, the highlight of being in the band was being part of the 2013 Grey Cup. “It was just an amazing experience. I’ve never been to a Grey Cup before, and it was a lot of fun,” she said.
Though she never got to play during the game — it was too cold for some of the instruments to be played in the frigid November temperatures — just being part of the Grey Cup festivities was a memorable experience. “I think because it’s the last game, there was just so much excitement and so much hype, and even more so because we were playing in it. I think that made the whole weekend just that much more special.” The hype and excitement of Grey Cup is now just a memory, but a new season is underway, and Woelk is looking forward to playing with the band and entertaining the crowds. “It’s just been a really great experience. I’ve enjoyed playing and just getting to meet new people. It’s been lots of fun.”
Though it’s a five hour drive one way for Thompson, he’s not deterred by the long days that will come with playing in the band on game day. “I’m really looking forward to getting in Regina to play at the games as much as I can,” said Thompson.
Laurie Thompson For Laurie Thompson, the road to the Rider games is actually a long one. Thompson plays the drums in the Rider Pep Band, and lives in Eston, located in the central part of the province about 400 kilometres away from Regina. This year will be his first season playing with the pep band. His favourite song is “Sweet Caroline.” Thompson has lived in Eston all his life. He is a massage therapist and a farmer, and also plays in a local band called Backroad Shuffle. Finding time in his schedule for all these activities and travelling to Regina to play at home games, and to other communities for pep band appearances, won’t be an easy task. “We’ve got a really busy summer. I’ll miss a few of the games because our band is playing at different things. And then I don’t know what harvest is going to bring,” he said. Thompson started playing the drums in school when he was in Grade 10. Prior to the drums, he played clarinet. “In about Grade 10, it wasn’t compulsory to be in the band, so when all the drummers quit, I dropped my clarinet and moved up to drums,” he said. Thompson has been playing drums in bands since he was 17, but it was his sister, Kathy Barrington, who encouraged him to join the pep band. “I got my sister to come out from Maple Ridge, B.C., because she played drums with them in Vancouver the year before. She knows quite a few of the people involved that used to be with the Lion’s Band here, because we had a big band in Eston.” Thompson played with the band last year for Grey Cup, and had a taste of long days and many performances. “During the Grey Cup, we were just on the bus at six in the morning and then off at 10 or 11 at night, and did that every day for three days. We did something like 65 performances in three days,” he said. “Our drummers, our backs were sore, and the rest of the musicians, their lips were just raw.”
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