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Anti-turbine group brings
hundreds to Seaforth rally
Blyth Festival pulls offfirst-ever ‘Play in a Day’
Play in a Day
The Blyth Festival hosted its first ever Play in a Day youth
program starting at 8 p.m. on Friday, May 27. A group of
young aspiring actors took to William Shakespeare’s A
Midsummer’s Night Dream to try and modernize,
memorize and present the play at 8 p.m. on May 28. Shown
is, from left, Rachel Bundy and Marlayna and Brennan
Kolkman rehearsing for their big debut. (Denny Scott photo)
HEAT head honchos
Huron East Against Turbines (HEAT) co-founders Rob Tetu, left, and Gerry Ryan took to the
stage during an opposition rally in front of the Seaforth Community Centre on May 26. The two
represent a group which hopes to see a moratorium put on wind turbine development and
operation until research can be done regarding the effects the turbines have on nearby
people’s health. (Denny Scott photo)
William Shakespeare’s A
Midsummer’s Night Dream was
given a youthful sheen during the
Blyth Festival’s Play in a Day
workshop on the weekend.
The program, which was designed
for youth 13 to 19 years old,
dissected one of The Bard of Avon’s
most outlandish plays.
The group of youths had 24 hours
to rework the play for a modern
audience, memorize lines, create
costumes and finally put the play on
the Blyth Festival stage on Saturday,
May 28.
“The program gave the students
an intense introduction into
theatrical experience in a condensed
time period,” Blyth Festival
Education and Community Outreach
co-ordinator Janine Plummer
said. “For those with theatre
experience, it taught them to work
quickly and it taught those new to
the experience how intense it can
be.”
Plummer stated that the program
came about because the Festival
wanted to provide youth with
another opportunity to get involved
in theatre programs beyond the
Young Company program held at
the end of the summer.
“We had auditions for young
people for [this season’s home-
opening play] Hometown, which
will feature a youth chorus,”
Plummer said. “Eric [Coates,
Artistic Director of the Blyth
Festival] and I wanted something
between those auditions and Young
Company to showcase youth talent.”
Plummer stated that the play
showcased youth talent and
provided support for students
hoping to pursue a future in all
aspects of the theatre.
“We had one student pursuing an
interest in technical direction,” she
said. “He helped and received
mentorship through the play.”
“[The Blyth Festival] provides
unique options for youth hoping to
study and train for performance
arts,” she said. “This is one more
way we can do that.”
The play was well received,
according to Plummer, who said that
the Festival program hit its target for
actors and had more people than
anticipated in the audience.
“The kids did an amazing job
memorizing all their lines in 24
hours,” she said. “We had 60 people
in the audience, and the kids did
great.”
As for the play choice, Plummer
said that, much to her surprise, the
students picked the play.
“The students are really interested
in doing Shakespeare,” she said. “I
thought they may want to try
something else, but this provides us
with a real challenge and
opportunity for the adaptation.”
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will put a moratorium on new
projects and stop existing ones to
allow people to move back to their
homes.”
Davis also spoke out against the
current government, stating that the
turbines would remain as “a
monument to government
stupidity”.
Davis stated that the government
needed to pick “morality over
money” and that a new government
was needed to focus on the well-
being of the people instead of “the
width of their wallet”.
Among Davis’ critiques of those
involved with turbines, he stated the
proponents of wind fall into one of
two categories – those who are
benefitting from turbines or those
“who haven’t done their homework”
and called upon the assembled
audience to “train their friends”
and show them “how stupid
the McGuinty government is
being”.
During the rally a petition was
passed around requesting that a
moritorium be placed on wind
turbine projects, stating that HEAT
members, and those who signed,
were unhappy with the public
consultation methods used by St.
Columban Energy.
Following the speakers, members
of the rally entered the arena to
where information was presented
regarding the project and where they
could ask representatives of St.
Columban Energy about green
energy and wind turbines.
NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETINGS
Clinton Public Hospital
St. Marys Memorial Hospital
Seaforth Community Hospital
Stratford General Hospital
Thursday, June 16, 2011
at 7:00 p.m.
to:
1. Receive Annual Reports of the Board of Directors, including Financial
Statements, together with the Auditor’s Report thereon. The Financial
Statements will be available after June 13, 2011 on the Huron Perth
Healthcare Alliance website - www.hpha.ca
2. Appoint Auditors.
3. Amend each of the Hospitals’ Corporate By-Laws.**
4. Receive the Ad Hoc Nominating Committee Report on New Directors.
**The amendments to the Hospitals’ By-laws relate to the elimination of the
annual membership class, the creation of a Local Advisory Committee
membership class, broadening the indemnification and conflict of interest
provisions, removing the ex-officio Directors voting rights on the Board and
moving the public attendance guidelines into a Board Policy.
Any Member interested in reviewing the specific amendments may obtain a
copy from the Huron Perth Healthcare Alliance Administrative Offices. Please
contact Sue Davey at susan.davey@hpha.ca or 519-272-8205.
Members of the public are welcome to attend.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Annual Meetings of the
Members of Clinton Public Hospital, St. Marys Memorial Hospital,
Seaforth Community Hospital and Stratford General Hospital will be
held at the Mitchell Golf & Country Club in Mitchell, Ontario, on:
By Denny Scott
The Citizen
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