IN MUSIC:

Studio opens, concert

This April is a landmark month in the
Commercial Music department, because it
will see the long awaited opening of their
Recording Studio! Held up by budget cuts
for nearly two semesters, the last few
connections are being soldered onto the
console and Al Harlow's songwriting class
is already booked in to demonstrate their
semester's work. The opening of the studio
will provide invaluable experience to the
vocalists and instrumentalists of the
program and will allow the composition and
arranging students the opportunity to
investigate the recording and production
techniques that are such an integral part
of modern popular music. It also means
this April that the music dept. will be
recording its first SINGLE RELEASE. The
project, funded by the Student Union, wil]
give students of the program a unique
opportunity to examine the processes
involved in today's recording industry.

Best of luck to Mike Reveley and the whole
crowd.

The Annual Spring Concert of the
Commercial Music Program will be taking
place at the North Van. Centennial Theatre
at 8 pm on Friday April 15. This popular
event will feature various vocal and
instrumental ensembles performing a wide
range of material from jazz through pop
and rock, with an emphasis on original
music prepared by the composition,
songwriting and arranging students of the
program. The featured act this year is the
Tom Keenlyside Quintet which has just
released its first album, ''Returning."
This is a highly recommended event and the
cost is $4 or $2 for students and seniors.

on-line on display

Wednesday April 13th is an important day

for second year students in the Computer
Systems Management Program, as it will be

the culmination of a two-semester systems
implementation course. During the first

semester the class divided into groups to
research current business systems for a

hypothetical hardware and building
supplies wholesaler. The groups held

formal interviews with the ''executives''!
(alias college faculty) of this company.

Written proposals were presented in
December and in January the students were

regrouped to design an on-line system for
accounts receivable, sales analysis and

inventory control using the College's
HP3000 computer. The automated system

which is the end result of this will be
on display Wednesday April 13 at 4:30 for

feedback from the local business/data
processing community, to whom they are

directing invitations.

Expert speaks to students

A highlight for students in the Crafts
program recently was a talk by Ron Granich

part-owner of 'Cerulean Blue', a Seattie
store which supplies specialized dyes and

equipment for fabric printing. Granich
came on March 25 to give a talk to the

Crafts students, and also in attendance
were a number of professional printers and

dyers from the Vancouver area. You can
take it from Lesley Richmond that the

mysteries of silk dyeing are just that,
and that ''this is a subject that seems to

become more complicated the more one gets
to know about it.'' Consequently students

and professionals alike were glad of the
opportunity to hear an authority on dyes

give a fascinating scientific breakdown of
fabric and dye structures and some

‘trouble-shooting! advice.