Nappanee Advance-News, Volume 113, Number 29, Nappanee, Elkhart County, 19 July 1995 — Page 3

Multimedia artist travels road, from Nappanee to Nashville \

By Barb Keiser Editor Nappanee native Tony Gerber reports that he has been writing music, self-taught in the beginning, since the age of seven years. Now enjoying the magical era of his thirties, Tony is residing in Nashville, Tennessee, and continues to share his and musical talents. His most recent solo music works, “coupled with several divinely inspired collaborations,” is being marketed as a Lektronic Soundscapes CD entitled “Blue Western Sky,” Music for the CD was recorded in Nashville, as well as in Phoenix, Arizona; in Lexington, Kentucky, and one number was even recorded live during a 1992 lunar eclipse. Tony, a 1980 graduate of North Wood High School, moved from Nappanee a year after graduation, having attended lUSB, where he was enrolled in the fine arts program. He entered the Music Business program at

Elkhart businessman purchases Creative Dimensions from Holiday

Creative Dimensions, Inc., Nappanee, has been acquired by Elkhart businessman Robert (Rob) Mathias. The firm, formerly owned by Holiday Rambler LLC, produces laminate-finished furniture for the contract office furniture market. Mathias will serve as president. Looking toward the future of the firm, Mathias noted, “We plan to concentrate on research and development, and work toward becoming a leader in innovative design solutions —including custom

Top country stars, healthy foods offered at State Fair

The Great Western Boot Company and Wrangler Grandstand stage will be the stomping grounds for the 1995 Indiana State Fair “Boots of Summer” concerts —three concerts featuring some of country music’s hottest singers. Brooks & Dunn, Alan Jackson and Vince Gill will headline concerts during the State Fair, August 9-20. Good seats are still available for these three concerts. Reserved Grandstand seats are $22 and S2O. Phone 317-927-7577. The Friday, August 11, 7:30p.m. show will feature Brooks & Dunn, with special guests Mark Chesnutt and Wade Hayes. Brooks & Dunn has already turned 1995 into a success with a number of awards. For the fourth year in a row, the Academy of Country Music Awards named them the top vocal duet. The act was also named Class meets for breakfast The Nappanee High School Class of 1943 will meet for its annual class breakfast, Saturday, July 29, 9a.m., at the Country Table, Nappanee. No reservations are needed.

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Belmont College in Tennessee for a year, and then transferred to Murfreesboro, enrolling in the Recording Industry Management Program from Middle Tennessee State University. In 1983, he opened his first business, Gallery Nova and Nashville Art & Frame Center, exposing Nashville to some new and exciting art from the Tennessee area and also from Indiana. His gallery was the first in town to exhibit video art, displaying monitors like paintings, for gallery supporters to view. The motivation for starting this business was to purchase new electronic keyboard gear. He succeeded in getting his electronic equipment as a result of the business, and was now pulled harder in the direction of music and media. Tony, who received his first guitar from his grarjdfather, and who built his first motsUilar synthesizer from a kit, has since had his music used for independent films and performance art pieces across the United States, and parts of Canada,

design.” According to Mathias, products ordered from Creative Dimensions are high in quality, and have one of the industry’s shortest lead times. “We want to maintain this exceptional manufacturing expertise while elevating Creative Dimensions’ already high level of quality,” he noted. Plans also include pursuing additional products and new markets, as well as continually improving and expanding the Creative Dimensions manufacturing facility. “We’re looking toward

Favorite Country Duo or Group in the Blockbuster Entertainer Awards, and the Vocal Duo or Group of the Year in the TNN/Music City News Awards in June. They also received a Grammy in 1994 as Country Duo of the Year. Thursday, August 17, 7:30p.m., Alan Jackson will take the stage, with special guest Lari White. This year has already been good to Jackson. He was voted Favorite Country Male Artist by Blockbuster, and was presented the CMA Male Vocalist Award. He also has walked away with four trophies from TNN/Music City: Single of the Year, Male Artist of the Year, Album of the Year and Entertainer of the Year. An evening with Vince Gill will be the feature Sunday, August 20, 7:30p.m. Special guest will be Shelby Lynne. Gill is also decorated with awards from numerous organizations, and has gathered in six Grammy Awards and the 1995 American Music Award for favorite country single. He is also the reigning two-time CMA Entertainer of the Year. Ticket prices for the concerts include fair admission and free parking, when available. Tickets are also on sale at the state fair-

Guatemala and France. He has also had radio airplay on stations throughout the U.S. After several cassette album releases, multimedia performances, and a visionary use of computer technology in audio and visual applications, he has presented his musical compact disc debut with “Blue Western Sky.” The CD features music entitled “Fair Thee Well,” “As Time Passes,” “Morning Prelude,” “The Badlands,” “Blue Western Sky,” “Morning Reprise,” “The Lunar Crossing,” “Kitt Peak,” “Frozen Waters,” “Surrounding Ground,” and “After the Harvest.” All would fall into the category “new age” or “space” music, providing the listener with the chance to escape from the harried pace of everyday life, into a calmer, more serene atmosphere, with chance to slow down, see and hear, and experience life as it should be. Gerber states, “I am doing animations, CD ROM development, digital sound recording, graphic

expanding into the international market, too,” said Mathias. No management changes are planned at this time. Creative Dimensions, Inc. was founded in 1979. The firm produces laminate-finished desks, conference tables, reception stations and accessory furniture in a range of styles. Creative Dimensions products are distributed through office furniture dealers and design merchants throughout the United States.

grounds box office, and at all Ticketmaster outlets. HEALTHY FOOD As always, the Indiana State Fair will offer food favorites like com dogs and fried onion rings. But for those who want an alternative menu selection, fresh fruit and vegetables will also be available at this year’s fair. In the Kroger Agriculture/Horticulture Building, from 9a.m.-sp.m. each day, a wide selection of produce will be offered to fairgoers. “The fruits and vegetables will give fairgoers a healthy alternative to some other fair foods,” stated Monty Patterson, Kroger Produce Merchandiser. Melons, summer fruits, salads and fruit juices are just some of the produce that will be offered. In addition to fresh produce, other traditional healthy foods will be available, including lean pork chops and ribeyes, low-cholesterol chicken sandwiches and calciumrich cheese sandwiches.

Fairmont Homes McDonald's Restaurant McCormick Creek Community Quality Foam Design Arb/s Williamsburg Furniture Nappanee Pizza Hut Van Camp's Supermarket JS Electric Fabwel Inc. G.L. Perry Variety Store Persing And Company Eby Auto & Truck Center Lassus Handy Dandy B.P. Dal-Mar Catering CC & Company Tanning Salon Redford Manufacturing Co. Inc. Stresco Machine Inc. Greg Lynch Floor Covering Mobile Tire & Axle Products Inc. Nappanee Dairy Queen T & C Leasing & Rental Shamrock Motel Thompson & Yoder Funeral Home Salem Insurance Agency Inc. Community Business Equipment Teddy Bear Child Care Yoder & Stutzman Plumbing & Heating Contr.

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design work, such as magazine/CD covers , and concentrating on the restructuring of our educational and work environment systems through creativity and technology.” While continuing his compositional skills in his home studio, Gerber decided to pursue computer technology more seriously. In 1984 he started working with the Macintosh computer system while employed at an engineering firm, operating a VAX/780 mainframe system. He gained a knowledge of 3D graphics and animation while doing simulations and renderings for Dupont, Saturn, Kentucky Fried Chicken and others. It was also at this time he started doing multimedia performances with electronic music, which he went to full time in 1985. He has been working with Vanderbuilt University since 1983, collaborating and performing multimedia shows combining video, music, dance, costumes, computer graphics and film. He has received various grants for performance work, and was introduced to pyrotechnical performance by former Indiana University graduate David Hall, who taught sculpture at Vanderbilt. In these performances, while dressed in ignited fireworks, he plays original music before large audiences. Computers, visuals and sound have been his primary concentration the past few years, and have evolved into creating a recording/art studio on Music Row in Nashville, called the Mediaspace. The company is basically combining the skills Gerber has developed in the past several years into one organization, with the help of some other experts in associated areas. Gerber was in Nappanee in 1992, to present a “Computer Tech in Art” program at North Wood High School. His list of awards, videos, soundtracks, speaking engagements, exhibits, interviews, performances and recordings continues to grow. Bonus Music Magazine states that “Blue Western Sky is an hourlong musical journey that takes place beneath a grand, cloud-filled sky... Gerber’s skilled manipulation of instrumentation, ambience and emotion creates a rich instrumental soundtrack.” According to publicity releases, the CD “features hauntingly beautiful synthesizer atmospheres and guitar melodies as well as innovative sounds created by a new electronic music instrument, the C2P2, and an electronically-processed handmade steel-string Celtic folk harp.” If you enjoy the latest in “mood music,” and are interested in keeping up with native Nappaneeans as they move on to pursue careers in a variety of areas, you will want to listen to “Blue Western Sky.” In a letter to The Advance-News, Gerber states, “I have been very busy since I moved from Nappanee in 1981.” A glance through his bio/press information would indicate that this is indeed, an understatement!

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Nappanee Advance News Wednesday, July 19, 1995

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NAPPANEE NATlVE—Artist Tony Gerber has traveled the road from Nappanee to Nashville, Tennessee, broadening his musical and creative skills along the way. See relatec article for information on this multi-talented young man who has a new CD available, entitled "Blue Western Sky. The CD jacket contains a quote Gerber has chosen, from Sufi Inayat Khan: "Music inspires not only the soul of the: great musician, but every infant which, the instant it comes' into the world, begins to move its little arms and legs with the rhythm of music. Therefore it is no exaggeration to that music is the-.language of beauty; of the One whom' every living soul has loved. And when one realizes this and' recognizes the perfection of all beauty as God, our Beloved, one understands why music we experience in art and in the whole universe should be called the Divine Art."

Indiana Ate Fair August 9-20

An ° le ’ > fashioned I K. "SINGIN 1 ON THE GROUNDS" REUNION CONCERT FEATURING HORIZON QUARTET FROM Bethel College Sunday, July 23 7:00 f.m. # ENJO r GREA T GOSPEL SINGING - * Bring la wn chairs or blankets * WA TERMELON FEED TO FOLLOW THE CONCERT NAPPANEE MISSIONARY CHURCH STATE ROAD 1 9 & C.R. 50

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