MARCH 2017 BRANTFORD | BRANT SIX NATIONS FREE BSCENE.ca PULL OUT EVENT GUIDE PAGES 11 to 14 Entertainment & Community Guide BABYTHE NEW MOMMY BUMPS MAGAZINE is coming to next month! LOOK FOR THE FREE INSERT in our april 2017 edition BRANTASTIC PEOPLE! Joan Minnery page 3 BSCENE FOOD SCENE Devlin’s Advocate page 7 Shotgun Records LITTLE STRING ORCHESTRA 40th Anniversary School Concert Gears Up page 10 A LOOK BACK Brantford After for A Revival World War II page 15 Submitted photo BCHS FOUNDATION Waking Up From FEATURE Lenny Wilde and Danny Thompson With a huge number of A Stroke independent record labels featured are set to revive the venerable country label at this year’s Grammy Awards cer- emony it seems the time is right to page 23 Shotgun Records, original home of Whisky reintroduce Shotgun Records. Hollow. Feature writer Yvonne Van de Weile- Read the whole story... Cooper tells the story of the label’s rebirth. 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Thousands of people attended the she talks of Keith. “It took me 46 years to 8 year event. Elvis Fest ran for 8 years and find the man of my dreams, and I would do it it consumed Joan’s life. However, financial all over again, if it meant we would find each inability to sustain the festival as Joan sadly other.” admitted that the 2007 festival only made $127.00. Joan was gutted in her decision It is due this romantic love story combined to say goodbye to her ‘baby’ and once this with the added truth of Joan finally loving decision was made, she became horrifically herself and the quest of a mother’s love depressed. Joan’s physical and mental for her son which led Joan to write the health deteriorated. bestselling book, Walking My Way Back to Me. This incredible autobiography about her Joan’s weight began to balloon out of transformation has literally sold thousands control from many very late night dinners of copies all over Ontario, the U.S. and into after performing on stage and came to Europe. halt during a routine test in Hamilton which left Joan shockingly embarrassed as her Joan is singing more now than she has the body oozed out the secretions of a life time past 15 years of her career. While Joan of abuse. Scurrying out of the Doctor’s is a Vocal Music Coach as well as Zumba office covered in vomit, feces and urine as and Line Dance instructor; her greatest her Pancreas had decided to over-react; joy is when she can sing with her long time once home her son BJ screamed at her singing partner Alicia Skoretz, along with JOAN MINNERY saying “Stop killing my mom.” Joan realized Taya and Kyra Humpartzoomian. She has played the lead female role of Aunt Polly. the severity of her health and she made a also recently picked her Elvis Guitar back Thus began her long career of gracing many decision to clean house via all of the toxic up and has started an acoustic duet with stages across the world. DENISE KINCHSULAR food and influences in her life. Joan felt she Monique Hunsley. needed to break free of all ties that were Joan’s love of Elvis began at the tender holding her down, and to completely wipe Joan also directs the Brantford Cabaret, a D Denise Kinchsular age of 6 when the Commander Tom Show her slate clean and start over. This meant musical theatre troupe of young children, ran Elvis week. She would run home from the disbandment of Memphis Motion. The teens and adults, which she began in ho is Joan Minnery, and what school to watch Elvis in his movies. Joan first thing she did was end her ties with 2005. They do three shows per year in a makes her SMILE? smiles as she confessed “I never got into her performance troupes which followed workshop style format of acting, singing and performing to make money. Money was not W breaking ties with many associates in her choreography. I am sure most people within Brantford and important to me as much as it was about life, and she began to walk and put her fork Brant County have heard the name Joan entertaining and I wanted to pay tribute to down. Joan knew what she was eating was Joan has spent 25 years as a professional Minnery. What is her story and her secret to my idol, Elvis Presley.” not right. This change was about saving entertainer. Her motto is “Say no to nothing.” success? BJ’s mom. Since Joan knew the T.O.P.S. Laughing she says “after performing for free Joan laughs as she states “I have always (Take Off Pounds Sensibly) weight loss for over 25 years, it is finally paying off.” She I have been blessed to call Joan a friend sang and danced, and love to do it.” While program, she started to eat healthier and is amazed at how different her life is today and have known her for over 24 years. We attending North Park Collegiate, she was returned to the mass at St. Basil’s Catholic and smiles when she admits she actually met at Mother’s Morning out held at St. Pius involved in a quartet and quintet. church. Joan credits her sister Anne with gets paid cash today instead of potatoes. church in 1993. Her son BJ and my son being a major influence and support during Brandon became fast friends and hung out Her first professional group was called all of this. Joan surrounds her life with the 3 all the time. “The Graceliners” an all female line dancing fundamentals of her success: She believes tribute to Elvis. Their first show was in On the advice of new colleagues and her in the 3 M’s – Motivation, Movement and Since Joan’s older sister Anne is physically March 1996. They entered a line dancing sister Anne, Joan had a makeover. Her Music. It makes her beam when she says “I disabled from Polio; she has always had an competition in Fort Wayne, Indiana where hair was straightened, makeup was applied live in the present. I live in I AM.” affinity to help disabled people. Joan began they came in 3rd, and took home the and a picture was taken of her wearing a her community service career at age 16 People’s Choice Award.