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Eniplovment and EmpiOi et immigration Canada -Immigration Canada Bud Cullen, Minister Bud Ministre THE BRUSSELS POT, DECEMBER 13, 1970 Blyth th ieatre -an inside view • Like many people in Huron County J did not even realize that the Blyth Summer Fest- ival existed until it was well into its second season, And I live only three miles from the theatre's door step, for heaven's sake! One might Wonder how a theatre with such a limited range of advertising in an already limited theatrically- minded area could survive. But now they have success- fully completed their fourth season with only an eight thousand dollar debt breath- The spirit of Christmas is in the air. People throughout the world are beginning to get more and more involved in the "Christmas -Spirit." More than any time during the year people are gracious, generous and concerned. Why doesn't it last? Being great Christmas lovers some people's Christmasses begin on December first, but why not December 26th of the year before? Why do people need an excuse for gener- For years I believed that if anything could destroy man- kind it would be hate, but now I find that it is not hate at all: It is apathy - a six letter word that is so small but says so much. "Apathy" as taken from one dictionary, is defined as being "a total want or lack of feeling" and that's precisely what it is. Unfortunately, apathy is becoming stronger and stronger around the world, and bit by bit, it is threat- ening to destory the part of the mind of every human being that cares for others. Look at today's newspaper, for instance. It is filled with pictures and stories of mass killings, plane crashes and wars—stories that if we even bother to read them, are something more to entertain us than upset us. Consider a large city where neighbours never bother to get acquaint- ed because they just don't care. But maybe you feel you DO care about the people in the news and you do know your neighbours well. Okay. I'll hit something a little closer to home. Did you attend the Mus- tang Tip-off Tournament? So you think that a basketball game doesn't measure up in importance, to killings or earthquakes. Think again., Apathy can be on any level and right now it is hitting F.E. Madill Secondary School extremely hard froth the "school spirit" stand- point. As this essay is td point out the gross disgrace FEMSS brought on itself. during the tournament, I will ' elaborate. In the second annual-tour- nament, an event which took weeks td prepare and ar- range for, most of the fans cattle disguised as empty seats. Only four per cent of the teachers, Who are usually the ones encouraging; and/or !necking us about Our school spirit, and a disguting two per cent of the student body ing down their necks. A theatre, any theatre, needs an audience; a large audience every night to simply break even. Only through massive advertising can it draw an audience that will fill its house. Massive advertising costs money. The house at Blyth holds four hundred people. A good night is of course a full house—four hundred. But an average is two hundred. I have seen as few as forty faithful stragglers file in that theatre. They are exuberant at first because they can pick osity and kindness: Why do people only act at Christmas concerning all the things which are apparent all year: Some say that at Christmas we can forget about the problems of the real world which haunt us the rest of the year. Yell the "Christmas world" is also the "real world." It involves real people and true emotions. I can't claim to be in the Christmas mood myself, for more than about 11/2 months, appeared for only one game. In fact, at the champion- ship games, the former stu- dents attending almost out- numbered the present stu- dents who were there. It would appear that the former students' school spirit, which must now be divided be- tween their new school and F.E. Madill, is still stronger than that of the present students. You say you don't like basketball? Well, a lot of university students don't like football either, but at least they have the decency to attend a few games to support their terms! Participating in sports, like any other endeavour, takes long hours of practice, and more than that, dedication. How would you like to practise in the rain as the Madill football and soccer teams do? Or argue for gym time and take it whenever you can—even if its on your lunch hour, as the midget basketball team does? And because we at Madill are lucky enough to have people willing to give up their time to represent this school, isn't -it but a small thing to attend a few season games? But you don't like to see your team lose? How do you think they feel? They have given everything they have, yet all they have to show for it are aching muscles. Perhaps what was most disappointing was the ab- any seat they want. But they soon feel uncomfortable because they know that tonight the theatre isn't pulling in enough money to even fill the actors' plates. This year audiences are looking up (critics are looking down). I don't believe it ever hit below ninety. This may sound good for a small village like Blyth, but if you but why? Perhaps it's they fact that it would decline thel enthusiasm if spread outs over a long period of time. Perhaps it's the fact that we wouldn't enjoy the good' times of Christmas as much if it lasted all year. Perhaps we would lose the signifi- cance of Christmas alto- gether. Not matter what the reason is let's enjoy Christ- mas while it's here! Merry Christmas! Alison Roberts sence of other athletes, people who know what it's like to play a home game before a miniscule, if not non-existent crowd. You complain, but when it comes time for you to be the spectators, where are you? The representation of coach- es was every bit as bad. Surely when they realize how frustrating it is to have their teams play before empty bleachers, out of consider- ation for fellow coaches, they could have found time for one game. Finally, I would like to say this; in all my years at Madill, whenever I heard someone insult our school in or our school spirit, I have always been quick to argue in our behalf. I have always believed that hiding under the "I couldn't care less" mask was the true ',Trod get em, Mustangs!" attitude. But now I'm beginning to wonder. To you, the teachers and students of F.E.Madill, what can I say but that I am ashamed. And to the hard-working coaches and players, I can offer only my deepest apology. -I WAS THERE- Post Want ads Phone 887-6641 nearly twelve people from the audience to pay for that one light bulb . ,then you know it is all sweat and debt. This season I held the position of "techle" or P.A. (production assistant). The glamour of the stage burns low at the stroke of one o'clock in the morning; or doing the same scene change in the same dark blackness for the fifteenth time. Still you wring your hands; you read and re-read your stage notes; panic stricken lest you have forgotten something vital that would throw an actor or change the entire plot of the thing. The twelve and fifteen hour days are broken only by lunch breaks which may not arrive until midnight—if they indeed arrive. And then there are the eighteen . and twenty and even twenty-two hour days; fondly known as `all nighters', Those days can mean only one thing: a deadline—the approach of a new opening night. Food and baths and other such menial tasks are pushed aside; they are thieves of time. Now only the ticking of the clock matters. When the deadline has been met, and you are too tired to watch the grand opening, you know it does not matter. You know the show will go on without you. The audience and the actors are enthralled in the magic of the stage; as well they should be. They truly believe the costumes and set appeared mystically and instantly before them. This attitude, though naive as it may be, allows the techies to sigh a breath of relief, for only then do they know they have successfully accom- plished their task. The show begins. The "techies" are long forgotten, asleep in their beds. They do not even exist. Marni Walsh Spirit of Christmas It's in the air Where have thefans gone?