HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 2012-11-08, Page 9THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 2012. PAGE 9.
The Blyth Legion is holding a
Dance-A-Thon to help raise money
for its building fund.
The brainchild of Kim Oster, the
event will help raise money to
continue with planned renovations
for the building which started last
year with the addition of a new
facade and an elevator.
The Dance-A-Thon will be heldon Saturday, Nov. 17 and will featurelocal dancers as well as some talent
from further afield including
participants from the recently held
Victims Services of Huron County
Dancing with the Stars fundraiser.
“We’ll have different types of
dance on display all day up to the
Dance-A-Thon,” Anne Elliott, one
of the dancers, said. “We’ll have
jazz, clogging, ballroom, latin, just
all sorts of dances.”The event is going to be held inconcert with the Lighting of the
Lights being put on by the Blyth
Business Improvement Area (BIA)
in the early evening.
Dancers of any persuasion are
welcome, according to Elliott, even
if they aren’t part of the fundraiser.
“Everyone is welcome to come out
and dance, you don’t need a sponsor
sheet,” she said.
Beverages and food will be
available and a silent auction will be
held with all the profits goingtowards the Legion’s building fund. “That was the number one goal
here,” Elliott said. “To support the
Legion. Highlighting different
dancing is a perk there.”
The Dance-A-Thon will be 12
hours long, starting at 12 noon and
ending at midnight.
“With how long it is, people will
be able to just drop by at any time,”
Elliott said.
Alongside the Dancing with the
Stars celebrities, dancers from Blyth
East Side Dance Studio will take tothe stage as well as anyone else whowants to help out by supporting the
cause.
“Sponsor sheets are available at
the Blyth Queens Bakery,” Elliott
explained. “Anyone and everyone
are invited to come and dance and
support, and, if you think you don’t
know how to dance, you can be
taught.”
For more information contact Les
Cook at 519-523-4590 or Fran Cook
at 519-523-9040.
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everyone involved with the project
have their say. The Blyth Festival
theatre, he says, is one of the truest
examples of a community theatre in
Canada, so public input on a project
like this is exactly what should be
happening with such a project.
“This theatre is owned by this
community and the people who have
placed their lives and their hopes and
dreams in this community,” Smith
said. “This is their theatre and this
collaboration is perfect for this
piece.
“This is just an extension of what I
believe in for this theatre.”
Smith said the weekend’s Epic
Youth Festival was a perfect
example of what the theatre means
to the community and specifically,
its youth.
In addition to the group he’s
working with, one of the things that
has Smith excited about this project,
he says, is the history of Blyth and
Huron County he has been reading
up on in the last few weeks leading
up to the staging of A Country Carol.
One of the most major players in
that aspect of the project has been
local historian and North Huron
Councillor Brock Vodden.
Vodden was brought on by Smith
as the project’s dramaturge very
early on, although Vodden had to
drop out of the project in the
traditional sense due to time
constraints. Smith says Vodden has
been in constant communication
with him, but that he hasn’t been
able to make many of the rehearsals
and he will no longer be appearing
in the play as he had originally
hoped.
Vodden wanted to act in the
project, calling himself “a little ham
bone” Smith says, but due to a
multitude of other commitments,
Vodden just couldn’t swing it.
Smith first brought Vodden on as a
dramaturge in the traditional sense
of the word, he said, as a dramaturge
is traditionally a village elder who
knows its history and can help
establish time and place for a
playwright. When reading this
definition, Smith said, he could
think of no better person for Blyth
than Vodden.
“Originally he jumped at the
opportunity,” Smith said, “but I
don’t think he knew how much of his
time it would take up.
“He was, and is, really
enthusiastic about the project, but
he’s one of those busy people.
There’s always something
happening for him.”
Smith says he knows it has been
tough for those who are involved and
he blames himself. Because of the
switch-over from former Artistic
Director Eric Coates to Smith, Smith
says he didn’t get a chance to start
the project until September, which
didn’t give people much of a chance
to get involved, as many of them
would have already had prior
commitments.
Originally the show was
scheduled for seven performances,
but has since been reduced to four.
Smith said he felt it would be best to
consolidate the audiences as much
as they could and by reducing the
number of performances, he said, it
would give him and the cast another
week to rehearse, which couldn’t be
a bad thing with the limited
rehearsal time the group has had.
A Country Carol will hit the
Memorial Hall stage on Dec. 6 and 7
at 8 p.m. and on Dec. 8 for a matinee
performance at 2 p.m. and then for
its final performance at 8 p.m.
Tickets are $15 per adult and $8
per youth and can be purchased by
calling the Blyth Festival box office
at 1-877-862-5984.
Over the past 11 years, local
hospital foundations have banded
together to raise money to purchase
vital equipment for their hospital.
This year, 16 foundations,
including the Wingham Hospital
Foundation, the Clinton Hospital
Foundation and the Seaforth
Community Hospital Foundation,
came together on Saturday, Oct. 20
for the 11th annual Health Care
Heroes Radiothon.
The Wingham goal was to raise
money for three Telemetry
Transmitters, accessories and
defibrillator. Clinton’s foundation is
trying to raise money for a monitor
and CIC for the ER. And the
Seaforth Foundation is fundraising
for two Automated Medication
Dispensing Cabinets.
There is still time to donate as
hospital associations and
foundations will accept donations
for the next month and a half. More
information is available at
healthcareheroes.ca
This year $561,919 was raised
during Saturday’s CKNX Health
Care Heroes Radiothon pushing the
11 year total over $7.5 million.
Dance-A-Thon to benefit Legion building fund
Recognized by their peers
Greyhaven Gardens owners Derrick and Michelle Greydanus were honoured on Saturday
night with a nomination at the Clinton and Central Huron BIA’s first-ever annual awards
ceremony. The business was nominated for the retail trade and professional award alongside
nine other businesses, but unfortunately didn’t come away with the win. (Vicky Bremner photo)
‘Country Carol’ a
true community
project says Smith
Radiothon raises
over $560,000
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