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Festival Singers to
perform in Varna
Royal Flush
The Blyth Festival welcomed the third annual Royal Flush Improv night to Memorial Hall’s
stage last Friday, May 22. The show, which features The Wild Card Players, kept the audience
laughing from curtain up to curtain down and, with some social time in the lower hall of the
building, a little bit afterwards. Shown plying their comedic trade are, front row, left: Connor
Thompson and Nigel Downer. Back row, from left, Allison Price and event organizer Nug
Nahrgang. (Denny Scott photo)
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part in the music, drama and sports
programs. He plays trumpet in the
Senior Band, Jazz Band and Jazz
Combo. His acting credits include
Cinderella (SCP), Grease
(SHDHS), A Christmas Carol
(PCP), Seussical (SCP), and
Camelot (Stratford Festival).
At this year’s Stratford Kiwanis
Music Festival, Sam was a trophy
winner in Classical Voice, Musical
Theatre and Speech and Drama. He
is thrilled to be representing the
Stratford Kiwanis Music Festival at
Provincials 2015, in both Musical
Theatre and Speech and Drama.
Zander Neilsen of Stratford began
singing in the St. Mary’s Children’s
Choir at the age of four. Now 11, he
continues to sing, and most recently
performed the lead role in the school
musical at Bedford Public School.
He also studies piano and is a
competitive figure skater. In the past
two years he has received five
trophies and four scholarships in
Classical Voice and Musical Theatre
from the Stratford Kiwanis Music
Festival.
Isla Romano of Tavistock is a 12-
year-old alumna of the St. Mary’s
Children’s Choir and an avid
singer/dancer. Along with voice
training, she attends multiple dance
classes. For three consecutive years,
she has won trophies for Classical
Voice or Musical Theatre at the
Stratford Kiwanis Music Festival.
The Blyth Festival Singers
themselves will be performing a
light-hearted and popular repertoire
to bring their season to a close in
true celebratory fashion. The
cornerstone piece of the concert is
the new medley arrangement by Ed
Lojeski of the popular musical Les
Miserables.Solos, duets and small
group performances of popular
tunes by the Singers will round out
this fabulous program.
“The Next Generation” will be
performed on May 30 at the Varna
Complex on Mill Road west of
Varna. Doors open at 6 p.m. with
dinner at 6:30 p.m. and the concert
and gala silent auction to follow.
Adult tickets are $25 for dinner
and a show and children between
the ages of six and 12 only pay
$12. Tickets are available through
any Blyth Festival Singer or through
the Blyth Festival for the Arts at
www.blythfestival.com or by calling
519-523-9300.
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