Photojournalism Program Edition Vol. 50· Issue # 18 Thursday, April 18, 2019 Loyalist College · Belleville, ON · Canada Photo by Damon MacLean The Tea Party are currently on The Black River tour named after their latest single. The band made a stop at The Empire Theatre. The setlist included classic songs, ranging the band’s catalogue and covers of acts such as David Bowie, Tool, The Tragically Hip and The Rolling Stones. Tea Party returns to Belleville By Damon MacLean times and broke up in 2005, they reunit- Overall, the setlist was well-rounded know. Who knows? I don’t know,” Mar- ing crowd was shocked when one of ed in 2011 and have remained together with every track a fan could want to tin laughed before segueing into one of the main speakers made a sound as if Reaching 30 years as a band is a mile- and producing music. hear from the band’s catalogue in the the highlights of the night, Temptation. it blew up. stone most bands never make it to, let Last night’s intimate show at The Em- allotted time. The band gave a moment The track had the crowd yelling back That sparked the witty sense of hu- alone a band from the ’90s grunge rock pire Theatre had the band prove why of reflection on the state of the world, the lyrics and Martin even joked calling mour of Chatwood, who relayed a mes- scene. In a scene riddled with heroin they were, and still are, a powerhouse by dedicating the song Release to the af- it “The Tea Party Karaoke.”* sage to Martin, who then retold the joke addiction and flannel shirts, a lot of in Canadian rock ’n’ rock as a whole. fected people in the recent New Zealand The band had an overall stellar per- to the audience, saying, “We are the the acts fell victim to the decline of the The tour was entitled The Black River Massacre. formance for the night. From drummer most powerful rock band…maybe too genre when it died out with the rise of Tour after the band’s ground-breaking Front man Jeff Martin referred to Jeff Burrows’s creative array of non-tra- powerful.” The crowd laughed. nu-metal and pop punk. single that was released this past No- the band as “loud and powerful rock” ditional percussion instruments to bass The Tea Party is fast approaching 30 However, Windsor, Ontario act The vember. The track shows a progression before giving a monologue about the player/keyboardist Stuart Chatwood’s years and they show that in age, but also Tea Party maintains the ability to draw a and growth of the band and more of a darker side of the world and the occult. enticing bass lines to Martin’s stellar vo- in playing capabilities and the art of crowd out to their performances. There hard-hitting sound. The Tea Party is a band that will take cals and his unique use of a violin bow performance. Belleville fans and people have always been rumours in the music The band started out their set with the listener to a place that is unfamiliar on his guitar ending the track Save Me. who commuted in to see the show all world that a lot of Canadian groups are the classic track The River. Partway and uncomfortable. The band covered artists from The appeared to be pleased when the night only successful because of CANCON through the song, they began covering “There have been many rumours Tragically Hip’s Bobycageon to David ended. From the young and upcoming and SOCAN requirements and legisla- Sober by Tool and switched back to The about the band. The typical stuff such Bowie’s Heroes to The Rolling Stones’ opening act The Proud Sons to the vet- tion. River. The cover was a fun and pleasant as: the drugs, the girls, and the goat we Paint It Black as an encore mash-up. eran rock group of The Tea Party, music This is not the case for The Tea Par- surprise and would be reflective of the sacrificed in the dressing room rumour. During the first part of the encore and was alive within the walls of The Empire ty. Although the act did fall upon hard rest to of the night to come. Some of them might be true, but I don’t the cover of Paint It Black, the danc- Theatre on a Monday night. Salvatore Marino on the edge of 100 By Alex Filipe your name and learn to speak Welsh, no one could tell that you weren’t one of us.’” If you ask Salvatore Marino what the se- Marino’s wife of 70 years, Sarifina, cret is to being healthy at the age of 99, he remembers moving to England when will tell you to “live life in a happy way.” Marino was released “Since the family Marino recounts his past while sitting found someone to apply for him, we all in an old barbershop waiting chair in his m ov e d .” garage. With a small vegetable garden be- ”The Welsh people were very nice to hind him, Marino lights a cigarette and us, I went there and couldn’t speak Eng- tells his story. lish but I never felt like I was a foreigner,” “I was born in Italy… [I worked] as Sarifina says. a barber, then went into the army for a Even though Sarifina and Marino were few years.” It was those days in the army able to live comfortably in England, the where he first picked up smoking, a habit lack of opportunities for growth finally which he has kept up since he was 21, al- made the family move to Canada in 1957. though he has since cut back. “I came to Canada with two kids and “I only smoke five to eight cigarettes a the first year we were here we had a third day since turning 70.” Marino’s role in the one. Three boys,” Marino says. Spend- Second World War was in transporting ing the first five years in Kingston, the and supplying Mussolini’s Italian front couple decided to settle in Belleville and line. open up a barbershop and salon called “It was someone else pushing us,” Ma- Quattro’s nearby. Having his barbershop rino says. “If it was up to me, there would close to him was a conscious choice for have been no fighting or war. I know that Marino. there was no single Italian that would be “It wasn’t my style to drive to work.” fighting. They would be home if they had Marino worked and ran Quattro’s for the choice.” 38 years until he retired. In those 38 years, While supplying the front line, Marino he managed to grow the business to 10 was eventually captured by English forces locations across Ontario; it wasn’t always and served four years as a prisoner of war. that successful.“We were very busy at the After getting released, Marino and other start, then the Quinte Mall came and took POWs were offered to either work on an away a lot of our customers.” orchard or in the mines. Even with the competition of Quinte “For those of us who wanted to stay in Mall, Marino has kept the salon open to England, they let us, but we didn’t get a this day. As Marino finished reflecting choice of work.” Marino fondly remem- on his past he looks towards the future: bers the farmer who applied for him to “I plan to spend my 100th birthday stay and work. “At one point, one of my in Italy, and I just hope to be in good employers told me: ‘If you would change health.” Photo by Alex Filipe Salvatore Marino recounts his past while enjoying a cigarette in his garage. Salvatore owned and operated Belleville barbershop: Quattro’s which once had close to 10 locations in Ontario. He recently celebrated his 99th birthday at the beginning of March. Page 2 · The Pioneer · April 18, 2019 Photo by Caleb Seguin Marilyn Woolven has been the children’s choir director at St. Michael’s in Belleville for the last 19 years. Shown conducting the children’s choir, they rehearse every Tuesday to get ready for their per- formance once month at Mass. Director brings passion to choir By Caleb Seguin 1987, moving from her hometown of for a number of years. In the past, the nadians who identify as Catholic, and a ing from other religious systems for Kitchener when her husband got a job at choir got a chance to see Pope John Paull study done in 2011 states the number of church programs. For religious activi- Marilyn Woolven is a ray of sunshine to the local hospital. She resides here along II. World Youth Day, which is organized people who identify as such has dropped ties like children’s choir to prosper, there the Belleville community. with two of her three children and all of by the Catholic church, is a number of from 47 per cent to 39 per cent since must be united support throughout the She directs choir with delicate ges- her grandchildren. days when bishops from around the 1971. Catholic church and the Catholic school turing, indicating where and how the Woolven became the music director world gather together with others of the The adolescent population gener- system. changes in musicality should take place. at St. Michael’s Church. She directs three faith. The Spirit Blazers performed a ally spends more time consumed by pop Woolven has done a lot for the Quinte Her students pay attention to the way she choirs: senior’s choir, the Spirit Blazers number of times that weekend and had culture and Internet fads and less time community and has spent countless pronounces each word closely as it aids (a youth choir), and children’s choir, and a great faith-based time.