----------------------------------------------------- OCTOBER 15, 2002 ----------------------------------------------------- Source: The Daily Item (Sunbury, Pennsylvania) Area fan wants to get everyone tuned to sound By Marcia Moore Thirty-one years after attending his first Yes concert, Ross Garside will be watching the group perform live with his 19-year old son on Halloween night. The 42-year-old Garside is admittedly more excited about the upcoming concert in State College than his son, Marc. The Sunbury resident's passion for the progressive rock band even has his 16-year-old son, Landon, and 12-year-old daughter. Sara, shaking their heads. "He listens to the music on a constant basis and makes bumper slickers out of their song titles," Landon said. An unabashed Yes fan, Garside said he has purchased nearly all of the band's 29 recordings that have been released since 1969. "They're innovators. The nature of progressive music is that it's never boring," he said. There was a time in college when he stopped buying Yes albums and attending concerts, but once he got a job, his passion resumed stronger than ever. "It takes a lot of love," said Garside's wife Loretta, of how she copes with endless playing of Yes music during car trips. Sara, like her two siblings, has been coaxed into attending Yes concerts with her father. "I fell asleep both times," she said. Garside may not be able to convince his family that Yes is the best rock band in the world, but he's not giving up on everyone else. He's so determined to spread the word about the group that he's backing a petition to get Yes inducted into the Rock-and-Roll Hall of Fame and appealed to a local radio station and Shikellamy band director to play their music. "I bugged (radio station) Eagle107. I wrote a raving fan letter about two years ago and now they play them several times a day," Garside said proudly. Guided by director Scott Carey, the Shikellamy Marching Band has begun performing Yes keyboardist Rick Wakeman's music from "Return to the Centre of the Earth." Garside would like to think he had something to do with that, too. Who: Yes When: 8 p.m., Oct. 31 Where: Bryce Jordan Center, State College Tickets: $39.50 or $49.50 available by calling (800) 863-3336 or (814) 865-5555 Close Window YesInThePress.com For site comments, problems, corrections, or additions, contact YesinthePress@aol.com