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Oil! discovered
at Memorial Hall
April 19
The story of the first discovery of
oil in Ontario and indeed in North
America, will be recounted in song
and comedy when the musical play
Oil, Oil, Oil comes to Memorial
Hall, Blyth on April 19 at 8 p.m.
The play is written by Uwe
Meyer, for many years production
manager at the Blyth Festival and
presently artistic director of Victor-
ia Playhouse, Petrolia which has
produced the new play. Music is by
Ian MacDonald who wrote the
music for TGIF produced at Blyth
last year by Theatre Circle.
The play tells the story of the first
discovery of oil at Oil Springs in
Lambton county around 1860, the
first oil discovery in North Ameri-
ca. It deals with the tragedies, like
a big fire in 1867 that burned for
two weeks across 10 acres of
ground, ditches and oil rigs and
with the humourous moments the
great wealth brought to the area:
the miracle merchants who sought
to clean up off the people who were
cleaning up in oil.
The play was recently premiered
in Petrolia and Neil Motchen of the
Sarnia Observer said it was not
only good history but good enter-
tainment. He gave bouquets to the
cast of four, writer Meyer and
director Stephen Coopman, who is
known to Blyth audiences as
director of The Vaudevillians and
TGIF for Theatre Circle.
The play was so successful it has
been taken to Sarnia for a dinner
theatre engagement and this
performance in Blyth was arrang-
ed on short notice.
Tickets for the show are avail-
able from The Saga in Blyth,
Mary's Sewing Centre in Clinton
and Campbell's Cameras in Goder-
ich.
Blyth Lions
hosts contest
The Blyth Lions Club will host
the District A9 Effective Speaking
Final. The contest will be held
Thursday, April 3 at the $lyth
Public School beginning at 7:45
p.m.
The Lions Effective Speaking
Programme has been an annual
event for the past 42 years. It is
open to high school students who
have not reached their 20th
birthday. The programme has four
separate categories: English Girl,
English Boy, French Girl and
French Boy. All contestants must
be sponsored by a Lions Club.
Contestants in the District A9 Final
are the winners or the first
runnerupfromoneofthe region
finals which were held in Ripley,
Ayton and Walkerton.
The Blyth Lions Club is encour-
aging everyone to come out to hear
the speeches and offer your
support to the contestants. There is
no admission charge.
THURS., FRI., SAT.
5P.M.-12A.M.
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Top crafts wanted
for Festival Gallery
Craft Show
The hunt is on for fine quality
craftspeople who would like to take
part in a quality craft sale to be held
at Blyth Memorial Hall on June 28.
This one -day event, organized
by the visual arts committee to
support the operations of the Blyth
Festival Gallery, is intended to
provide a showcase for some of the
many talented artisans working in
our region. There will be demon-
strations of techniques and a fine
array of different crafts displayed
on the lawn and in the basement of
the hall.
The long term goal of the
committee is to develop the craft
show into a major annual exhibi-
tion and sale. This year's show is a
first step, and for that reason it will
be a small one. The space is
limited. Craftspeople will be care-
fully pre -selected by the commit-
tee on the basis of variety and
excellence in design and skill.
Preference will be given to regional
artists.
Like any first step, it is an
exciting gamble. Brigitte Wolf,
co-ordinator of the event, knows
how to make a new venture like this
a success. She helped to organize a
farmer's market in New Brunswick
that has become a feature of life
there. A craftswoman herself,
Brigitte is sensitive to the needs of
both the area artists and the
community. "lean see a place for a
well -organized craft fair in Blyth.
The fact that there are no other
major fairs at that time, just when
the summer holidays are beginn-
ing, ought to make it an attractive
event for everyone."
The Blyth Festival Gallery ex-
tends an invitation to all crafts-
people to apply for a place in this
exciting first show. Applications
are now available. Submissions
will be accepted until May 1. Forms
will be sent on request (a self-
addressed envelope is required). If
you are interested in exhibiting or
volunteering to help with the
event, please contact either
Brigitte Wolf, RR 3, Lucknow, NOG
2R0 at 519-529-7007 or The Blyth
Festival Gallery, Box 10, Blyth,
NOM 1 HO at 519-523-9225.
WEEKEND GETAWAY
It's Time To Visit Our
Sister City
"Loyalty Day Parade"
in Standish Michigan will be on
SATURDAY , APRIL 26 /86
Bus will leave Brussels Friday night and return home on
Sunday night.
Contact the Legion for more information
887-6562
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Victoria Playhouse Petrolia
Presents
Oil, Oil, Oil
A Play With Music
PRODUCED BY: VICTORIA PLAYHOUSE PETROLIA
WRITTEN BY: UWE MEYER
MUSIC BY: IAN MACDONALD
Blyth Memorial Hall
April 19th -8:00 pm
General Seating $8.00
TICKETS AVAILABLE AT:
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