Stars of Manitoba
by
Tyson Elder
Grade 8
On Screen Stars
Bradford How is a new VJ at Much Music TV. He was greatly supported by "The Free Press," "The Sun," and the local TV stations of Winnipeg. He started in April 2000. He was quoted as saying "To all you Canadians out there, maybe you love me, maybe you don't, but your going to be seeing a lot of me. I want to say thank you, and introduce you to my stinky armpits."
Ellie Harvey of the New Adams Family a spin of the original Adams Family. She has worked on the set of the movie "Happy Gilmore." She has also worked many stars from Hollywood.
Musical Stars
The Watchmen are known all threw out North America, mainly in Canada. The band is from Winnipeg. They have released four CD's. All their songs are full of emotion and energy, like "Stereo," and "Brighter Hell."
The New Meanies earlier this January broke away from Virgin Music Canada. They have been nominated for two Juno awards. In the categories of Best New Group and Best Album. They have only one album out at the moment.
The Crash Test Dummies started back in the 80's in small clubs in Winnipeg. They are known in the UK and North America. They have Four CD's and more to come in the near future. How did they get the name ?????? It was a high school, and it stuck.
Burton Cummings - can you "Guess Who" this is. Yes, he is the lead singer of the "Guess Who", everyone in their thirties does ask your parents (I did). He has earned thirty-three songwriting awards in his lifetime. I was at garage sale looking for LP's and found some of his old records like 'Up Close and Alone'.
McMaster and James are a pop duo that is already making chats, and they have only been out for a couple months. They first met in a local recording studio. They first started to perform together at lunch times at high school. Luke McMaster and Rob James old duo band was called 2Face.
Randy Bachman is 'taking care of business'! He was the original singer in the "Guess Who" but was kicked out when Burton Cummings came in. So he started up a basement band, soon it became "Bachman Turner Overdrive" (BTO). On February 6, 200, "BTO" appeared on the Simpsons TV show.
Sports Stars
Chris Jericho is a pro wrestler from the WWF, he always loved wrestling so he decided to become a wrestler. After graduating from College, he left for Calgary to train for a future career. He has wrestled in Japan, Mexico, all over the USA, and Canada.
Susan Auch is a two time Olympic silver medalist. She is a Olympic speed skater, she has competed in Lillehammer and in Nagano. She is one of four women to break 500 meters in 39 seconds. This is due to her amazing technique which brought her so many victories. She trained at Sargent Park Oval which is next door to our school.
Sheldon Kennedy is a former NHL player. He has played for St. Louis, Detroit, Calgary, and Boston. Now he plays for the Manitoba Moose in the IHL. He has started the Sheldon Kennedy Foundation For Abused Kids. He has raised over 3 million dollars for his organization.
Ed Belfor was born in Carman, Manitoba and is a goalie for the Dallas Stars, who almost won the Stanley cup this year. They won it last year (1999).
Mike Keane is a NHL player for the Dallas Stars. He has played for Montreal, Colorado, and New York.