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Francophones complimenting us on
it,” he said.
McGregor said that while he is
excited to represent the group and be
one of the members of the play to
make the trip to Ottawa, his job
wasn’t so much directing as it was
facilitating.
“My major job was to be the link,”
he said. “The award is about that,
allowing people to make
contributions. That was a big part of
what I did in connecting the people
we had with the parts they excelled
at.”
McGregor said that no one got
turned down and that everyone who
wanted to be a part of the play was.
“People realized the importance of
the play to the community and many
people wanted to participate in it,”
he said.
It required some changes on the
fly by writer Ciufo as he hadn’t
written parts for as many people that
showed up, but everything seemed to
work according to McGregor.
“Paul hadn’t really written
children in, but we talked about it
and to have a community, you have
children,” he said.
McGregor also said that, while
there were many strong male
characters needed to play, he had an
abundance of women wanting to be
involved and it resulted in some
cross-gender acting.
“We had these beautiful women
and all these male parts that needed
to be played and it resulted in the
Moustache Women,” McGregor
said. “Sheri [Milburn, a major force
in the costume design group] made
moustaches for them and different
costumes and they all really matched
the women behind them.”
That kind of stepping outside the
norm was experienced elsewhere in
the play, including the involvement
of some groups that may not spring
to mind.
“We had the local schools
involved as well,” McGregor said
saying that Goderich District
Collegiate Institute, F.E. Madill
Secondary School and South Huron
District Secondary School all had
parts to play.
“The award recognized
communities coming together, and
the play was really about that both in
content and actualization,”
McGregor said. “The play was a
result of and led to all sorts of
connections.”
Favours and expertise were called
in from across Huron County, from
as far North as Wingham and as
close to St. Joseph as around the
corner and resulted in a stable
outdoor theatre with barricades for
sound and the creative energy
required to deal with any problem
that sprung up according to
McGregor.
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there.”
Bezaire stated that while the
Huron Tourism Association had
done a good job of marketing
North Huron, their efforts were
more focused on the lakefront
and that this would be an
opportunity for the township and
surrounding partners to take centre
stage.
“There’s merit to us sending the
message about Highway 4 and
everything it has to offer out,” he
said. “That is the direction I feel we
should take the pages in the
brochure and program.
“This approach will really lead to
that a-ha moment,” he said. “That
moment when people say they
didn’t know they could stay in
Blyth and tack an extra day
on to their trip and go canoeing or
hiking.”
Bezaire also stated that it could
later be developed into Main Street
Huron County and show how
Highway 4 is the backbone of the
county and take some attention away
from Highway 8.
“We could allow for specific
listings for businesses outside the
area and make easier for our patrons
to finish off the planning of their
trips through Huron County,” he
said.
Many of the initiatives won’t be
actualized until the 2013 brochure
and program, Bezaire said, due in
part to the time necessary and the
upcoming deadlines for the
programs and brochures and due in
part to how relatively new he is to
his current position with the Blyth
Festival.
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for its duration.
MacLellan says the reason Huron
East is coming on board with the
appeal process is to ensure that the
law was followed correctly in the
initial process, whether that means
there will be 16 members or 20
members at the Huron County
Council table.
“We want to verify that the law
was interpreted correctly or not,”
MacLellan said.
Huron East’s official decision to
join the appeal process comes just
days after MacLellan was elected
warden of Huron County.
When asked if he felt Huron East’s
decision would affect his
relationship with representatives
from municipalities on the other side
of the lawsuit, MacLellan said he
didn’t think that it would.
“County Council wants to know
that they’re doing their job right,” he
said, “and I’m sure they’re interested
in whether the law was interpreted
correctly or not too.”
Despite what happens with the
appeal, MacLellan said, the decision
would still ultimately fall at Huron
County Council’s feet.
If the appeal proves to be
successful, MacLellan said, it would
be Huron County Council’s decision
as to whether members would
want to add to the existing bylaw
or repeal it and write a brand new
bylaw to deal with the composition
of Huron County Council.
MacLellan said he is unsure of an
official timeline, but he hopes that
updated information on the appeal
will be reported back to Huron East
Council at its next meeting on Dec.
20.
Bezaire envisons the full ‘Highway 4’ experience
MacLellan expects appeal report at Dec. 20 meeting
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