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specially written or adapted for
the Blyth Summer Festival. This
provincial support has enabled
ARtistic Director James Roy not
only to commission an original
play, but to extend the season to
August 14th this summer.
The season opens July 3rd with
The Blood is Strong by Lister
Sinclair. This new musical version
of Mr. Sinclair's story about a
Scottish immigrant family living
in Canada in the 1840's will be
co-directed by James Roy and
Stephen Thorne. The' music • is
being composed by Glenn Morley
and is based on traditional
Scottish tunes.
How I Met My Husband by
Alice Munro was originally
produced as a C.B.C. drama. Now
adapted for the theatre, July 6th
will mark the first performance of
the stage version.
Back after a popular run lak
year is an adaptation of three of
Harry J. Boyle's novels entitled
Mostly in Clover. The play, which
opens July 17th, has been
enlarged this year, and the
addition 'of musical- numbers will
make it better than ever.
The final production will be
Shape, a country and western
musical • comedy about the
Olympics, specially commissioned
by the Blyth Summer Festival and
written by Jim Schaefer. It opens .
July 27th and Fred Thury of
Toronto has been appointed guest
director. •
The Blyth Summer Festival
staff appointments • are Kirk
Mitchell as Administrative
Director and • Karen Lindsay as •
Publicity Director.
SMORGASBORD
DINNER
BRUSSELS UNITED
CHURCH
Wed.,
June 23
5:0010 7:60 P.M.
Turkey-, Ham, 'Strawbeiries
Adults $3.00
12 & Under $1.75
• Pi'e-school free
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OKLAHOMA
produced by the
GREY CENTRAL HOME AND SCHOOL
will be presented in
Elma Twp. School
Newry
WEDNESDAY. AND THURSDAY
June 16 8 17
8 p.m. Sharp
Tickets on sale at The Brussels Post
and Evans Hardware, Ethel Lam. •a•
The Blyth Summer Festival has
received a grant of $5,000 from
the Ontario Arts Council and one ,
of $6,000 from Wintario's Cultural
Olympics which will help finance
the Festival for its second season.
The funds from the Cultural
Olympics will go toward the
production of an original work by
Jim SChaefer. In fact, all four
major productions have. been
People We Know
Visitors last week at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. W.J. Perrie were
Mr. and Mrs. Brian Pollard, and
son of Kitchener, Mr. and Mrs.
Ang. Moroni of Arthur, Mr.
George McNair of Hamilton, Mrs.
Annie Pollard of Listowel,
Douglas Pollard of Guelph, Mrs.
Mary Hollinger of Hamilton and
Rev. and Mrs.' James Perrie • of
Shakespeare.
Mr. and Mrs. W.J. Perrie ;,
Mrs. Annie Pollard of Listowel,
Doug Pollard of Guelph, Mrs.
Mary Hollinger of Hamilton and
George McNair of Hamilton
visited on Sunday with Rev.' and
Mrs. James Perrie at
Shakespeare.
Miss Muriel Brothers returned
to :Toronto Sunday evening after
spending . the weekend at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Jack Yuill.
She attended worship service at
Melville Church where the Friday
night previous, she had
addressed the W.M.S. of Melville
Church, also ladies from all the
village churches and Cranbrook,
Walton and Belgrave. Miss
Brothers spent 42 years on the
mission fields of India and has
great concern for mission work of
the church.
A happy family gathering of
relatives of Mrs. VVin. C. King
was held at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Wm. C. King on Saturday.
Some of the people Mrs. King
had, never seen and others had
not been together, fOr many years,
so it was a joyous re-union for all.
Fifty people were in attendance
from Toronto, Hamilton, Simcoe,
Burlington, Oakville, VVelland,
Port Colborne, Delhi and Detroit.
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Wilt has picnic
The annual picnic of the
Afternoon' Unit was held at the
home of Mrs. DeVries on Tuesday
of last week when Mrs. Miller
presided for a program. •
A peom "June" was read by
Mrs. Taylor and Mrs. J. Tufnbull
offered, Prayer. There were 38
visitations made during the
month of May, The members
responded to the Roll Call with an
account of "An Interesting
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Holiday.."
A short skit was presented by
Mrs. Smtih and Mrs. Fht pfer,
Contests were convened by M rs,
Turnbull,, Miss Lucas, Mrs.
Miller and Mrs. Taylor. Following
the program a secret auction of
donated articles was held. Mrs.
Miller expressed words of
appreciation to the hostess and
conveners.
EXPLAIN COLOUR —. Commentators Kim Ducharme and Joanne McArter of the
Brussels4,-H "Elegant Embroiderers" clUb talked about colour schemes to their
fellow 4-H members at the Achievement Day in Ethel orL Saturday.
(Photo by Langlois)
DECORATION SERVICE
June 13
2:30 pm
Brussels 'Cemetary
Musical opens season
Blyth Festival gets grants
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JUNE 12 & 13, 1976
Brussels Fairgrounds
Saturday
Flea Market 10 a.m. - 6 p.m. [500
Remote Control Air Show 2 P,M.
Sunday
Antique Car Tour 10:30 to C.K.N.X. WinghaM '&
Baintons Old Mill, Myth
Trophies at prizes awarded 2 P.M.
Antique Car Games 3 P.M.
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