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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1975-07-31, Page 13act At th0 Blyth rnirer F stival Amate rs n dspe Bob and Alvin. storcy ofSunday With'iStr, .00 rs'I*Try Aockum; , 640,4 street .the past: Mr. NY091r family piOtic. its :Stratford ' Steven Sharon, PoteOY.*11 10k. Sunday. • ae4:Wskted'00' Sunday WO! Mr. and MrS.' Dos Buchanan Arnold.. and: aPent the weekent at Wasaga John cif:AiC401, Beach. • . W;••.aart.Mr.S;•ll:Tateo0 Hunter • Mr, and Mrs. fleeter IciaB§W,Si :Of Colborne jilt*. VASA) and of Clinton, visited ..on Sunday, evening with de0r0 v.0;0 ,*Pt' SPO4Y visiting at :the Mcllwain and Mx. artd:M;* arl John Thompson Merner and family. David Whytespot ,m9poiy, •. Mr. and Mrs. Preszcator with biS:,i;9_.Cle.4110. and Bill and Michael visited on Mr0',han iwc4;nont of went to the Mob, ,Safarai Pew* returirsillorno witlt,ticr tionlesyi)100.S44), -vy)1cp".00: ..$cOtt ',arid - .PW4.110 .,1:084.khg1;•• and Jennifer wended. the Muir • ' and. Mrs; MIPIPIPICAPIP.Tma We are Buyers of WHEAT BARLEY ,„ MIXED GRAIN FIGHTING OFF A BOA CONSTRICTOR- Actor. Jim Schaeferseems to be enjoying the improvisations of the youngsters at the Children's Workshop held at the Blyth Steer Theatre Saturday mornings. About 16 kids from the area "attended the Wertshop and in the picture three are trying 'to fight off boa constrictors that are wrapping themselves about their legs. ' (Staff Photo) TOPNOTCH FEEDS LIMITED Phone 627-1910 Seaforth SIDE VIEW SHOWING SLIM-LINE STYLIN Phone 527-0240 Seaforth By Nancy Andrews. The two newcomers opened the door and cautiously entered. Sprawled on the floor were about six teenagers. • Standing in the large basement was a tall, thin man in his late twenties with a goatee and his brown hair tied behind his back. He was telling the kids .to ."relax' Imagine you'se sinking into the sand at a beach. "Loosen up, there is tension in those feet," he said as he bent over to move one of the teenager's feet to a more relaxed postion. It was just a little after 10:00 o'clock Saturday morning and as he looked at the newcomers rather quizically, he said some- thing very conventional like "may I help you"? "The newcomers , my cousin who w as visiting and myself, equally conventional, asked if this was the Blyth Acting Workshop, though it was fairly obvious to us both that it was.. We We were answered in the affirmative, and told to remove our shoes and join the others on the floor. This was the second of 'four workshops being held at the Blyth Summer Festival, sponsored by a provincial grant. Workshops were also being held in directing with about ten attending, in stage management, one present and in child- ren's acting, with about 15 'from the area. The adult acting workshop was being instructed by StevenThorne co-writer of the play, Mostly In Clover,' and director of the Blyth Summer, Theatre. The group was told about the different skills needed to become a good actor including proper breathing, 'posture, and voice. With the exception of one, everyone was a' chest or a combination of chest and dia- phramatic breather, Mr. Thorne went around end placed his hand on the kids back and stomach. Mr. Thorne' said it was itnpor- tent that actors becomecliaphram- tic breathers or breath froth the diaphram because they can breathe deeper and also it causes less tension in the chest area. He said it was, easiest to practice breathing with the stom- ach muscles while flat on your back. He said babies breathed this way, but children and adults pick up bad breathing habits along the, way. He had the kids gather around him, place a hand on his chest and stomach and proceeded to demonstrate the two types of breathing. The workshop was in many ways just to learn by seeing and doing. The kids, in turn, started to practice diaphramatic breath- ing, one hand on their stomachs and one on their chests. One teenager told the instruct- or that she didn't breathe through her diaphram because she didn't like to see her stomach stick ut. Mr. Thorne is not involv d in theatre for nothing and e was quite comical when he demon- stlk .ate the different ways people w He said everyone walks in a different way,.but to be an actor you had to learn to 'control your body and to walk in different ways so that each time you come on stage you can assume a different personality. He said each person has their own center of gravity, for some its in the knees, so the knees go first and the rest of the body kind of tags along behind. This is how he used to walk, he said. Others have their-centers in the cheit and walk as if to say, "This is me, aren't I great?" He had several of the kids walk across the room, and had the others try to guess where their centers were. They decided I was a "hip and thigh person". One Girl walked naturally across the floor, and the group decided her center was in her waist. Mr. Thorne Told her to imagine there was a string attached from the top of your head pulling you up. She did this, and the change was quite re- markable. Mr. Thorne said actors have to learn to combine the relaxation of the natural position which is often the slouch with the upright stage posture. He said the stage postion was leaning alightly forward on the balls of your feets, so you will always be ready to move on stage. Mr. Thorne said as an actor a person has to learn to control his voice. He can learn to do this by sending his voice through differ- ent resonating Spots in" his , head. Some actors become co speCial- ized at this, they can resonate their voice off a given tooth. The group was told the majority of our voices were trapped in our throats. An actor must learn to throw his voice out the top of his head. There was surprisingly little embarassment at the many antics we did. Only one girl said she couldn't throw out her voice to hit him in between the eyes. "It would take me a year to learn to' do that," she said as she glanced at the others nervously. "It will take you a year if you think it will take you a year," Mr. Thorne said. "Try again". She tried and everyone 'down the line also took a turn. The theme to this section was that an actor must control his body, and not let ht's body control him. The group did several exercises to develop imagination. We threw an imaginary football around for awhile and we played tug-a-war with an imaginary rope. It took awhile for me to get into the swing of this for I was tugging while everyone else on my side was being pulled. Finally I started to concentrate which is the secret of the game, to watch what the other fellow is doing. I was starting to sweat before the instructor called the game off, and if -it had lasted much longer I think I might have got rope burns. Another attribute an actor must learn, the group was told was "trust." Oh, no, I thought, .has he learned I'm a reporter with the Expositor? To my relief, he said, actors must share a lot of emotion on stage, and often real tears are shed, so actors must be able to learn to trust others on stage with thes,e emotions. The exercise was to tip back on your heels and fall and trust that your partner behind you would Eric Winkler, chairman of the management board of the Ontario Cabinet, officially opened the Maitland Valley Conservation Authority's newly-renovated of- fice "in Wroxeter Saturday.. About 200 attended the _event, which featured the raising of the authority's own flag for the first time. Mr. Winkler was presented with a Rocky Raccoon T-Shirt. Rocky 'is the Authority's mascot. Full-scale renovations occurred, at the head quarters which is the former Wroxeter school, house. catch you. . The truth was out, I wasn't a very trusting. person. come to think of it, I wouldn't even trust my mother, in this type of situation,. I tried to fall, but my body wasn't going for any of that as my foot would shoot out to regain my balance. If I wasn't very trnsting, it was equally trueof the others. Our lack . of trust, perhaps was well founded when , were dragging a partner around with his eyes closed. Trying to avoid the milling kids, and a couple of poles in the room, a collision occurred bet‘yeen two groups. Screams rose from the Blyth Theatre basement. I'm sorry about that, I wasn't watching where I was going. They will never trust you, if you're not careful, he said. As he warned before, if you let them fall, they will never trust you again. Mr. Thorne asked the group what they thought of the or shop. One teenager said, " ne er thought I'd be able to do a of this." The group was small but maybe there is an advantage to that, When he was humming, everyone had to place their hands on his head to feel the vibrations. In a larger group, he might have needed a bigger head. Of those present about four weren't from the county. My cousin from Windsor came with me, and three girls who were bicycling through the area at- tended. They said they saw an advertisement for the Blyth Theatre and bicycled down for the play. They stayed the night with some local people who put them up, and stayed for the workshop. They were enthusiastic and said the worksop was 'fun . James Roy, was -giving the directing, Ross Ferguson the, set design and Jim Schaefer, the children's acting workshops. The renovations began in 1974, with all the carpentry being done by the authority staff. Authority Chairman Jack Graul of Ellice Township said the school and 11/4 acres of land were purchased , from the Howick Township area school board for $8,500 in 1965. Besides the offices, the former school now houses a spacious boardroom, drafting room and resource centre. By the time the renovations are completed„ total investment in the building will reach $80,000. Correspotlatit 1- turgnreYdstaMblortnaSn'eri 041inlYrtaZihrYY!eaft: 7r- spending the paste week on holidays with their aunt and uncle Mr. and Mrs. Don Barker and, family of King City. Steven Bos spent the past week with his aunt and uncle Mr. and Mrs. Leo Sanders, Jennifer and Jeffery of R.R. 4, Brussels. Mr. Barry Powley returned from , Alert on Saturday having spent the past 6 months there. Mrs. Powley met him in Trenton and returned to visit with her family, Mr. and Mrs. John Thom- pson, Sharon Jim and Bob, before they leave pn Wednesday for a trip to visit with his parents in British Columbia. Their sons Jason and Jonathan ,will accomp- anj, them. Mr.' and Mrs. Bill Storey accompanied their son and gran- , • • 7.11.0 .111.1119.N .ExoporrpF4.4..tny.:;i, .197. MVCA opens office Right now mortgages cost less That home or cottage you hope to own some day can be yours right now! The money you borrow at today's lower rates will enable you to build or renovate now before material and labour' costs go higher. Do it today at Victoria and Grey! WCIORIA'and VG GREY TPUST COMPANY SINCE 10E12 Grain Bank Service Available. SEE US FOR SERVICE ._'!"%ifICTC3R ARNOLD STINNISSE.N .alt.e;•; IVASUR By 1860 most of the Labrador Inuit were' members of the Moravian church, although the Semigak family of Saglek Bay was not converted until 1933. There are nine residents in the Yukon for every 100 square miles. * This compares with 606 people to every 100 square miles of Canada as a whole. Correspondent Mrs. John Templeman The Staffa Juniors have won their last two games. They won over Fullarton 5 to 1. Ken Harris was the winning pitcher for Staffa. Monday night they won over Downie 7 to 3 with Jim Skinner the winning pitcher for Staffa. A STAR IS BORN- Those attending the Blyth Acting Workshop practice sensitivity and concentration while relaying impulses through their hands and feet. The Expositor reporter in plaid pants at the top of the star, joined the group, to get an inside view of the workshop. Staffa juniors win 2 ball games Personals Laurie Milne, Bornholm was a weekend guest of Nancy Templ- eman. Christine Scherbarth, Born- holm was a weekend guest of Jane Ross. Mr. and Mrs. John Templeman returned home Tuesday from a motor trip to the Atlantic Prov- inces. 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