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Home My WebLink AboutClinton News Record, 2014-06-25, Page 11Wednesday, June 25, 2014 • News Record 11 Heroic Exploits at Blyth Festival Top 10 flood safety tips as Billy Bishop Goes to War! and precautions Special to the News Record June 19, 2014, Blyth, Ontario... Born in Owen Sound, the sec- ond of three children, Air Mar- shal William Avery "Billy" Bishop, VC, CB, DSO & Bar, MC, DFC, ED, LL.D. (Feb. 8, 1894 - Sept. 11, 1956) was a Canadian First World War flying ace, offi- cially credited with seventy-two victories, making him the top pilot in the British Empire. Bishop's heroic exploits come to life in a new Blyth Festival production of Billy Bishop Goes to War, a sweeping theatrical love letter to a defining moment in Canadian history, on stage at Blyth Memorial Hall July 2 - August 15. Written and com- posed in 1978 by John MacLachan Gray in collabora- tion with Eric Peterson, Billy Bishop Goes to War is one of Canada's most successful and enduring plays. The original production starring Gray and Peterson toured across Canada, played on Broadway, at the Edinburgh Festival, and in Los Angeles, Washington and Lon- don. The play won the Los Ange- les Drama Critics' Award in 1981, the Floyd S. Chalmers Canadian Play Award in 1980 and the Governor General's Award for English Drama in 1983. Billy Bishop Goes to War is the first play in a new series at Blyth Festival. "It launches our Memorial Series," says Marion de Vries, Blyth Festival's artis- tic director. "We will present one play each season from 2014 to 2018 dedicated to exploring stories of war and peace, as we mark the 100th anniversary of the Great War," adding that the series also honours Blyth Memorial Com- munity Hall, built in 1920 as a living cenotaph and home to Blyth Festival for 40 years. "It's our unique way of recognizing those who paid the ultimate sacrifice," she says. J.D. Nicholsen stars as the war hero, Billy Bishop, and plays a host of other characters Bishop encounters in his adventures. Nicholsen is a familiar face to Festival audiences, last seen in Dear Johnny Deere and before that in Death of the Hired Man and in Barndance Live. As well as an accomplished actor, Nicholsen is a singer/songwriter and a founding member of the Juno Award-winning band, The Leslie Spit Treeo. Marek Norman acts as narra- tor and piano player; he is also musical director. Making his Blyth Festival debut, this versatile artist is an actor, composer, musician, educator and producer having worked at most of Canada's major theatres. Director Janet Amos is a very familiar face to Blyth audiences. She was artistic director from 1979 to 1984 and again from 1994 to 1997. She also directed Blyth Memorial History Show and starred in He Won't Come in From the Barn, Quiet in the Land, Cricket and Claudette and The Bootblack Orator, among others. Steve Lucas is designing the lighting and the setting which includes a series of projections that will transport the audience to various locations in Bishop's story. Jennifer Triemstra-John- ston who designed the appro- priate country costumes for Kitchen Radio has also designed the more formal costumes for Billy Bishop. The stage manager is Dustyn Wales and the appren- tice stage manager is Georgia Priestley -Brown. The assistant director is Goderich's Nathanya Barnett. Tickets to Billy Bishop Goes to War are available by calling Blyth Festival's Box Office at 519.523.9300, Toll Free 1.877.862.5984 or online at bly- thfestival.com. European Appliances employees receive AED training at ESTC The Emergency Services Training Centre (ESTC) delivered AED training last week at the European Appliances location in Belgrave. European Appliances approached the ESTC for more information on Automated External Defibrillators. It wasn't long before the employer of 12 full time staff had the AED in place and today their employees will receive training on the life saving device. "Often defibrillators are in place and available, however people aren't com- fortable using them." Said Stephanie Currie, ESTC program coordinator. "European Appliances should be com- mended for being so proactive con- cerning the safety of their employees and their community" Today, 10 employees will be trained on how to effectively use an AED, in hopes that they'll never have to. European Appliances has been in business since 1997 and opened their Belgrave location last year. "We are working towards making sure our working conditions and facilities provide the best they can for our employees and the community." Said Jonathon Roeland, marketing director of European Appliances. 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