HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 1986-08-20, Page 18THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY,’ AUGUST 20, 1986. PAGE 19.
Famous gossip columnist
observes Biyth Festival
Festival board presents gourmet feast
X distinguished society observ
er from Montreal, Lacey Bordeaux
was in Biyth recently and kindly
offered to submit her observations
on a visit to the Biyth Festival.
BY LACEY BORDEAUX
I told the Biyth Summer Festival
people that I was only in town for
the evening to see DRIFT .But after
I saw that, I had to see LILLY,
ALBERTA too didn’t I? Well, by
now it was Friday night and my
answering machine at home was no
doubt overwrought with messages
but Saturday loomed before moi
with a double header yet:
ANOTHER SEASON’S PROMISE
and GONETO GLORY as well as
the Board of Directors Gourmet
Dinner! Am I one to overstay my
welcome, mais oui!
The day after this Orgy d’Art
was one of rest for some people but
not for the Biyth Company! There
was a Picnic Party at the Walker
estate off County Road 25. Lacey
Bordeaux could not miss that now
could she? When I arrived, I was
greeted by a glorious setting out of
the pages of Country Living
magazine, quel jardin, quel
maison, quel party! The fact that I
was incognito was the raison d’etre
company members did not fall at
my feet in a wild frenzy of welcome.
My eyes fixated upon the lines
laden with colorful wet beach
towels and artistes of every' shape
and commodity lounging in folding
chairs (very much like the Cote d’
Azur, I you assure). There below
them lay the watering hole or as we
Bordeaux says: the trou d’ eau. It
was filled with costume designers
and carpenters and board mem
bers, actors and playwrights doing
Jaws impressions. Some preferred
to keep me - the incognito guest of
honour -- company; one of them
was CLAIRE CRAWFORD, all new
and making her debut with the
Biyth Company this Tuesday in
CAKE-WALK. She’ll portray
AUGUSTA CONNORS SECORD
who enters her daughter TIF
FANY’S wedding gateau in the
contest. AUGUSTA/CLAIRE
claimed that she was not in the trou
d’ eau because she had forgotten
her swimming costume.
There are a good many enfants
terrible (trans, bright children)
round the company this year and a
bevy of little girls who will someday
become (one prays!) young ladies
were busy in a mud slinging
contest while the boys played in the
creek.
One of them, Master Andrew
Craig (age 3 and son of the
playwright-in-residence DAVID)
had decided to do his impression of
a water baby and had discarded all
his clothing.
I retired to the volleyball match
which was conducted all afternoon
with much ferocity and competiv-
ity. I was never even once asked to
join in or even to “sub” and I am
sure that this was due to an ankle I
wrenched some years ago playing
squash. Although I never mention
ed this injury to anyone, I suspect
they knew ... why else would they
let me waste an expensive Ocean
Pacific ensemble sitting on a hill
overlooking their jeu? Music burst
from the barn, earlier in the
afternoon the dulcet strains of the
classics filled the rural air, later it
became Bruce Springsteen and the
crowd pleaser Stan Rodgers.
Katherine Kaszas, the Artsy
Director of the Festival was the
first to utter the magic words, “I’m
getting hungry!” It took little
persuasion (none, actually) to get
her minions and cohorts to descend
into the cold cellar and emerge with
delectability unbounded! There
were devilled eggs, salads,
breads, pies, cheese and many
delights leftover from the Bovine
Themed Gourmet Dinner (held the
eve before).
The Picnic was also the scene of a
surprise Happy Birthday songfest
and candle-blowing party for
MARGARET BARTON (who I saw
playing feisty or funny women in
three Biyth shows). It was revealed
that the Birthday Gal had done her
laundry that morning, a definite no
no on one’s Fete. She was treated
to three cakes: one a multi-layered
smarties and berry-bedecked
children’s creation and not one but
two spiked Cherries Jubilee con
coctions created by MISS HILARY.
Hogan the German Shepherd
was very well behaved for a dog.
Tables laden with temptation
swam before his big brown eyes
but never did he pounce...until a
plate of leftovers was left unattend
ed by HEATHER EDSON (soon to
be seen again in CAKE-WALK).
The Walker Beast scoffed it up in
one gulp. A keg of beer had been
provided by the Biyth inn and
although I being a Bordeaux after
all am not one to imbibe such a
brew I did partake of the Irwin
Nectar and was soon in a merry
mood indeed. No new romances or
skulduggery to report however I
am afraid. If I’d been looking for
thatkind of afternoon I’d have gone
to the Stratford Festival Picnic.
I am having quite a jolly time in
Biyth. Yes I’m still here! All the
plays are so fine I must see them
again and I can’t leave before
CAKE-WALK opens, now can I?
So be wary what you say or do
Blythites. Lacey walks among you
- the next “tourist” in sunglasses
you see could be moi. Ta Ta.
Engagement
TIFFTO WED JIFF
Augusta Connors Secord and
Everett Secord take dubious
pleasure in announcing the
engagement of their darling
daughter Tiffany to Jeffrey
Pomfrey BI, son of Jeffrey II and
Victoria Pomfrey [who, pre
sumably, are also somewhat
pleased]. The wedding will take
place at Memorial Hall Chapel.
There will be an advance
viewingof the wedding cake,
designed by Augusta, the
bride’sloving mother, at the
Canada Day Cake-Walk. [For
anyone who is interested, Jeff
will be working as a junior
executive in charge of fork tines
at the Canada Cutlery-To-Go
Corp, of Ajax, Ontario. Tiffany
is an actress, currently starring
in the Biyth Festival’s produc
tion of CAKE-WALK, August
26 through to September 13.]
Tiffany and Jeffrey announced
their engagement at the Biyth
Festival Gourmet Dinner and
Tennis Tournament.
Engagement notice submitted
by Lacey Bordeaux. [Ms. Bord
eaux is a totally unknown
Montreal society columnist.]
CAKE-WALK at the Biyth
Festival - DON’T MISS IT!!!
Every member of the Board of
Directors for the Biyth Festival got
into action last Saturday, Aug. 16,
for it was the date of their annual
Gourmet Dinner.
Not just on Saturday were they
busy cooking, baking, salad mak
ing etc., but also for several days
before that. In fact, the co-ordina
tors for this important function,
John Rutledge of Biyth and Gayle
Gundy of Bayfield, began planning
details for its success three of four
months ago.
Every member of the theatre
family joined the act. The cast and
crew, not performing in last
Saturday’s plays, looked smart in
black and white outfits with green
scarves as they served ably at the
dinner tables decorated in green
and white. The theatre organiza
tion known as The Friends of the
Biyth Festival helped and the
theatre’s administration staff
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officetechniquebutalsoin food
preparation and kitchen duties.
Margaret Caldwell of Biyth, as is
her custom each year, showed her
support for the theatre by gener
ously donating roses and other
flowers from her garden.
The menu cards gracing each
place setting displayed motifs so
different that, in all probability,
one will never see their delightful
like again. Somebody was seized
with a gem of an idea and wisely put
it to work.
These menus were friendly
affairs, befitting a family, for they
displayed the first name only of the
donor or donors opposite each
appealing name of the seven hors
d’oeuvres, lOentres and five kinds
of desserts listed on them.
The Board of Directors can be
proud of their achievement. They
planned, worked, paid their admis
sion, and had fun as they joined the
other diners who each year came
from near and far to experience a
memorable Summer Festival din-
nerand, perhapswhich is more
important, to show their support
for a vital part of the life of this
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