The Huron Expositor, 1978-11-16, Page 8WEDDING
RECEPTION
for
DORIS
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JOHN
a
FIELDER
(Bridal Couple)
Nov. 1.8',
Blyth Community Centre
.,,„,Dancing ,
Everyone Welcome
SOME OF THE CAST,BOME IF THE CREW --Some of the.cast and
crew of Mitchell DistiltThigh School's production of H.M.S. Pinafore are
(Front row): Barrie Wood, artistic director, on loan from the Stratfrod
Festival and Chris Scherbarth of Brodhagen' and stage manager and
three members of the cast; Betty Anne Kroonen of Dublin, Sally Smith of
Russeldare and Laurel Ann Roney
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With help . from frotforcl Fest-iv
Mitchell school presents operetta
If
BylkIlee Gibb
These •days ,the halls .of Mitchell District
High School are ringing with sound.
The sound is the voices of 35 Grade 11
students rehearsing the score of Gilbert and
Sullivan's most popular operetta, H.M.S.
Pinafore, which the students will be
performing on Nov. 17 and 18.
In addition to the coaching of music
director Lcirne Dotterer, the students are
also learning something about the art of
staging a musical from Barrio Wood, a .
member of the Stratford Festival Company.
Mr. Wood has been working with- the
students since mid-September as part of _the
festival's community outreach program.
Under this program, the festival sent letters,
to schools in the area asking if they wanted
festival personnel to help, with any, theatrical
projects during the year, %n
Surprisingly. Mitchell District High
School, which has had a strong vocal music
program for some years, was one of the.only
schools to submit a project outli ne to the
Festival.,
Mr. Wood said. only a few schools have '
taken advantage of the festival's offef to
lend the schools some professional
coaching. •
The Grade II music students decided to
stage the popular Gilbert and Sulivan
musical, and Mr. Wood thinks it was a good
choice.
• •
H.M.S. Pinafore
He said H.M.S. Pinafore is a good musical
to start with, since the direction is more
standard, Only one stage set and one set of
costumes are required and the music is more
familiar to audiences.
However, he said the music in, the
operetta is wordy, which means it requires
some talented vocalists to stage the musical.
Mr. Wood, a singer-dancer-choreo-
grapher, spent the past summer singing and
dancing in the Stratford Festival production
o CanCliko Before corning •we ,t. he spent
four summers with .,the (.11arlotictown
festival, playing the role OtGilbert in the
popular Canadian classic Anpe of Green
Gables.
The dancer trained in Montreal' at Les
Grands Ballets Canadiens, and has appeared
on television as a singer-dancer on the OK
Corral and in the CBC musical. Johnny
Belinda. •
After the Mitchel prod! i.tion is-fiver, Mr.
Wood is off to Nee 5 e. study so rte more
and —watch my doihir ievaluateY. The
singer.d..n or will 'be studying with the
proceeds o a Tyrone Guthrie scholarship,
awarded annually to outstanding younger
members of the Stratford Festival Company.
The production of H.M.S, • Pinafore is
being staged by Grade II music students,'
but they're getting some help from other
students in the school. The home economics
department is making all the costumes
except the sailor uniforms, - vhicie the
students were able to borrow from 'the
Stratford, Sea Cadets. Also, the set is being
constiticted by other students„ wider file
supervision of pi,cher Bill Meyers., •
Plnafore
Mr, Wood said H.M.S. Pinafore was first
performed exactly one hundred years Ago,
and was • Gilbert and Sullivan's first real
success - an, their first operetta to be
brought to North America.
The entire play takes place on board the
deck of the H.M.S.Pinafore and • includes
some *coniedy, ,romance and a number of
catchy tunes. .
One of the minor drawbacks in the
production has been that the school's two
Grade 11, music classes met at differed -
times of the, day, so Mr. Wood has beer
teaching' the same thing twice, which
ios rehearsal time.
But now, as perforMance dates approach,
the cast has b een giving up their S.1 we've
and evenings for intensive rehearsah Mi
Wood said the cast has, suddenly realized it
down to the crunch-time is running out and
people are going to be paying money to see
the students perform.
• Ruth McCreight of Dublin, who's playing
the role of Josephine. the .captairvis
daughter in the operetta, said ,,the cast
planned to spend all of Thursqay in
rehearsal.
The final rehearsal before opening night
would be held 'on Friday afternoon. ,
Miss McCreight said, the operetta is a two
hour performance.
In addition to the direction of Mr. -Wood,
soloists in' the cast worked with Earl Clark
from thb 'Perth County board of ethication
who provided-special voice coaching for the
- students.
Although lriost of the students are
performing in the musical strictly for fun.
Mr.Wood said there are some members in
the cast talented enough to someday pursue
• a career on stage. However, for anyone with
stars in their eyes, .he -warns, "If they're
looking to make money, it's a bad business
to. go into." The dancer said the average
salary of ACTRA (the actor's union')
members in Canada is about $1500.
annually. Then; Mr. Wood' said; the
situation is even worse for. dancers -
"they're the worst paid, hardest worked and
'least recognized" and the first of a cast to be
sacrificed when there arc budget cuts.
Only One
Mr. Wood said the Charlottetown
Festival, which pI'oduces three full scale
musicals every year, and includes 14 to 16
dancers in their, cornoan, is the only
Canadian theatre to co tsistently stage
musicals.
Other regional theatres tend to do one
musical a year, which means the opportuni-
ties for singers-dancers in Ctanada aren't
plentiful. Mr. 'Wood said he doesn't
understand why' ,senirkier stock theatres
don't do more musicals, since they always
seem to be the drawing card for audiences.
After his year in New York, where he
hopes to get "an infusion of new energy".
*Mr, Wood will likely return to the Stratford
Company.
Although Robin Phillips, the theatre's
artistic director; is taking a year's leave of
absence next season. Mr, Wood doesn't
think this will mean any drastic changes for
the company.
Mr. Wood said Phillips has already chosen
the plays for the next season and selected
the casts, although someone else will be
directing the productions. -
1.00 Members
In the vast season, Mr. Wood said there
were over 10Q members of the Stratford
Festival Company. The dancer said most
actors consider membership in the company
as an ongoing thing. The first year, a
member is an unknown and has to prove
himself, if he's invited back for a second
season, he may be given smaller parts in the
production and gradually he works up to
starring roles.
This gradual process of moving up the
ranks, in the festival company fosters. "a
continuity of-style" 'in the dancer's words.
But on Fridy night, Mr. WqK won't be
thinking about his impending trip to the big
city'. Probably, like any other director, he'll
be standing backstage, praying that hands
and feet and voices do everything right and
that Mitchell District High School's musical
experiment is a resounding success.
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FENDER BENDER —Last week Betty Cardno parked this Cougar, on
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shift was worn and the car slipped out of park into reverse, colliding with
this parked car owned by Larry McGrath. The accident resulted in aboUt
$175. damages. (Expositor Photo)
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