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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News Record, 2014-03-26, Page 11Wednesday, March 26, 2014 • News Record 11 Steam punk Shakespeare nets three awards at Sears Festival A Eric Steele speaks to ringmaster Terry Hartman and Dawson Handy. 1 Rebekah Huber holds back Genevieve Pitre from a surprised looking Rebecca Lowey. Lowey won a merit award for her performance. MELISSA VRIESINGA OPERATES CUSTOM CREATIONS AND FUNKY MONKEY FABRICS with an eye for tricks and techniques that make her designs stand out. Custom Creations is a sewing and embroidery business that focuses on customized items for all ages. Funky Monkey Fabrics offers a wide range of designer and licensed cottons, flannels, soft minky and waterproof materials. From onesies, blankets and bibs all the way to personalized shirts and beer koozies for the adults, Melissa can make just about anything for anyone. Custom Creations has been in operation for about 4 years, and Funky Monkey Fabrics since August. Melissa said the decision to start selling fabric has opened up many choices for her customers as well as cutting down on her travel and turnaround time. Melissa prides herself in being able to offer amazing prices on beautiful, popular fabrics that are often hard to find in Canada. She ships all around the world but is hoping operating a store out of her home will encourage people to shop locally as well. Most of her business primarily comes through facebook and etsy, "Social media has allowed my business to be exposed to thousands of people," she says. "It is amazing!" Customers often bring their ideas to her, and even as the economy changes, custom baby gifts are one thing that will never go out of demand or style. Her custom pieces are all unique, made by Melissa one at a time, turning customers' ideas into designs that suit them. Melissa works out of her home in Varna, and also operates a booth in the Made in Huron store on Albert Street, Clinton. You can see her work online at http://www.facebook.com/customcreations4baby and http://www.facebook.com/funkymonkeyfabrics. CUSTOM CREATIONS FUNKY MONKEY FABRICS 38809 Mill Road, Varna 519-233-9161 Gerard Creces Clinton News -Record The success of St. Anne's Comedy of Errors was no mistake. Students have been working on the play since September, and this year's entry in the Sears Fes- tival earned them three awards. They performed in Listowel Thursday, March 20. The cast and crew won an award of merit for the overall production, while Rebecca Lowey won an award of merit for her acting. Leading the pack, however, was student Anna Miltenburg, who brought home an award of excellence for her stellar design. Miltenburg worked with costume and set design while also serving as stage manager. All told, there were 32 students involved in the production. The Shakespeare classic was reworked into a one -act play with a steam -punk vibe, which caught the eye of the judges at the festival's open- ing round. The play features two sets of twins, with real life twins Genevieve and Shannon Petri alongside sisters Rebecca and Brittney Lowey. A boat wreck separates the twins at birth and coincidence brings the estranged families together along with a circus full of pickpockets and a father in over his head with debt. Learning the Shakespearean dialect was a big part of pulling off the performance, noted teacher Crystal Brennan -Yeo. It was literally learning another language all together, and students used body language and expression to make the lines accessible to the non -Shakespeare crowd as well. The play was adapted by Warren Robinson of Goderich, with Lin Marsden and Eleanor Robin- son creating the costumes. St. Anne's will be showing the Comedy of Errors Thursday and Friday evening (March 27-28) at 7 p.m. with a 2 p.m. matinee Sunday, March 30. All money raised from the performances goes directly to the drama department to cover cost of show and any left over profit goes to following year's festival expenses. Meanwhile, CHSS and GDCI have moved on to the next round of Sears competition. We will catch up with the Phoenix in next week's Clinton News -Record. VORTGAGE Rate Special dim bir 5 -Year Fixed Libro's Share -the -Money MortgageTM includes: Profit sharing Flexible pre -payment options 120 day rate guarantee Payment & budget coaching Contact one of Libro's 27 branch locations today to find out more about mortgages and borrowing for your home. 1-800-492-9492 info@libro.ca libro.ca/mortgage Libro CREDIT UNION * Rate subject to change. On approved credit for owner -occupied residential properties. Ask for full details.