Hidden
      Gems:
      Blue
      Boy
      wus
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      In
      2002,
      Ron
      Sexsmith
     
     
      released
      an
      album,
      entitled
     
     
      Cobblestone
      Runway.
      Having
     
     
      heard
      onl
      a
      handful
      of
      songs
     
     
      off
      this
      release,
      I
      would
      specu-
     
     
      late
      that
      it
      is
      an
      excellent
     
     
      album.
      I
      can
      only
      speculate
     
     
      because
      I
      refuse
      to
      listen
      to
      it
     
     
      in
      its
      entirety.
      The
      reason?
      -
      |
     
     
      can’t
      imagine
      a
      more
      touching
     
     
      record
      than
      Blue
      Boy
      (2001).
     
     
      Excluding
      two
      or
      three
      weak
     
     
      tracks
      toward
      the
      record’s
      con-
     
     
      clusion,
      Blue
      Boy
      maintains
      a
     
    
   
   
    
     
      COMMUNITY
      INVOLVEMENT
     
    
   
   
    
     
      consistent
      mood
      using
      a
      range
     
     
      of
      styles.
      Songs
      such
      as
     
     
      “Thirsty
      Love”
      and
      “Tell
      Me
     
     
      Again”
      are
      expertly
      concise
     
     
      and
      flow
      effortlessly
      into
      one
     
     
      another.
      Ron’s
      thick
      and
      hum-
     
     
      ble
      vocal
      style
      might_remind
     
     
      the
      Canadian
      music
      fan
      of
      a
     
     
      more
      reserved
      (but
      no
      less
     
     
      brilliant)
      Gordon
      Lightfoot.
     
     
      The
      3-minute
      stories
      woven
      by
     
     
      Sexsmith
      can
      seem
      light
      at
     
     
      first
      glance.
      However,
      it
      takes
     
     
      only
      a
      few
      more
      listens
      to
      see
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Ung
     
     
      |
      NSDips
      tion
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      LEADERSHIP
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Millennium
      Les
      bourses
     
     
      Scholarships
      aly
      du
      millénaire
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      the
      heart
      underneath
      these
     
     
      melodic
      ribs.
      With
      Blue
      Boy,
     
     
      Sexsmith
      creates
      an
      album
      that
     
     
      deems
      subject
      matter
      unimpor-
     
     
      tant
      and
      rewards
      the
      careful
     
     
      listener
      handsomely.
      And
      to
      be
     
     
      clear,
      I
      am
      better
      looking
      than
     
     
      Mr.
      Sexsmith.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      8.9/10
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Did
      Wou
      Know?
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      In
      1894
      the
      president
      of
      the
     
     
      Royal
      Society,
      Lord
      Kelvin,
     
     
      prophesied
      that
      radio
      had
      no
     
     
      future.
      Worldwide
      there
      are
      2,24
     
     
      billion
      radio
      sets.
      Today,
      there
     
     
      are
      more
      than
      33,000
      radio
      sta-
     
     
      tions
      around
      the
      world.
     
    

    
     
      Maybe
      one
      day
      there
      can
      be
      one
     
     
      at
      UPEI?
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Do
      you
      have
     
     
      what
      it
      takes
      to
      win
     
     
      a
      millennium
     
     
      excellence
      award?
     
    
   
   
    
     
      We're
      looking
      for
      a
      rare
      combination.
      Someone
      who's
     
     
      an
      inspiring
      leader,
      an
      innovative
      thinker,
      and
      who's
     
     
      involved
      in
      his
      or
      her
      community.
      Someone
      who
     
     
      wants
      to
      make
      the
      world
      a
      better
      place
      for
      all
      the
      right
     
     
      reasons.
      And
      someone
      who,
      through
      it
      all,
      manages
     
     
      good
      grades.
      If
      this
      sounds
      like
      the
      stuff
      you're
      made
     
     
      of,
      you
      could
      be
      on
      your
      way
      to
      an
      award
      worth
      $4,000
     
     
      to
      $10,000.
      If
      you’re
      in
      your
      first
      year
      of
      a
      diploma
      or
     
     
      certificate
      program,
      or
      second
      year
      of
      a
      bachelor
     
     
      _
      degree
      program,
      find
      out
      more
      about
      the
      award
      at
     
     
      www.awardforexcellence.ca.
      :
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      INNOVATION
     
    
   
   
    
     
      www.awardforexcellence.ca
     
    
   
   
    
     
      ACADEMIC
      ACHIEVEMENT
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      UPEI
      Cadre
      March
      9,
      2004
      page
      20
     
    
   
   
    
     
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