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By Aislinn BremnerOn Friday, March 9 the Seaforthand District All Girls MarchingBand were up bright and early toleave for Nashville, Tennessee. After
stopping several times, we arrived in
Nashville after a 16-hour road trip.
On Saturday, we got up for a half-
hour practice in the back lot of the
hotel, and ended up marching to the
front, because we were
overpowering the McDonald’s
Drive-thru.
After practice the girls,
chaperones and parents went to the
close-by Opry Mills to have an
afternoon of shopping. In the
evening, some decided to go to the
Alan Jackson concert, while otherschose to stay and relax at the hotel.On Sunday morning, we all had abit of free time before performing infront of the Country Music Hall of
Fame. After the performance, they
toured the Hall of Fame and looked
at the gift shop.
Then we hopped on the bus again
to go for a short ride to Studio B,
where they took a short tour and
learned about the many people who
had recorded there in the past. These
include Elvis Presley, Dolly Parton
and Porter Wagoner.
After our tour, we had a couple of
sound checks before we were ready
to record. We recorded Pretty
Woman and Louie, Louie. Then wewent over to the Wildhorse Saloon.After dinner, everyone got up ontothe dance floor for line dancinglessons, which we all enjoyed.
When we all had a chance to dance
to a couple of country songs with the
newly-learned movies, the Saloon
played the band’s newly recorded
songs for the whole Saloon to hear.
On Monday, everyone had a free
day. In the morning, we had a
chance to go shopping, or to just
sleep in and relax. In the afternoon,
some chose to go to the mall, swim
in the pool and relax by the outdoors
hot tub, or just relax in our rooms
with friends. A few chaperones were
doing colourful hair wraps for any ofus who wanted one in our hair.On Tuesday, we had another shortpractice, with a lunch to follow. Forlunch we had pizza, thanks to a
friend of the directors, who came
along on the trip. We had a few
hours to relax before we had to get
ready for another performance. After
everyone packed up and went in to
watch the Opry. There we saw
Jimmy Dickens, The Whites, Porter
Wagoner, Bill Anderson, Restless
Heart and Cherry Holmes perform.
On Wednesday, we had a free
morning and afternoon. In the
evening, everyone went on the
famous Ghost Walk guided tour to
learn about the ghosts of Nashville.We learned about Orbs and Auras.On Thursday, we were up brightand early for a long trip to Gracelandin Memphis. In the afternoon, the
band performed across the street
from Elvis’ house. After our last
performance of the trip, we went on
a tour of Elvis’house, car garage and
airplanes.
Friday morning, everyone was up
early to pack and load the buses. It
was a great, but tiring, trip and we
are certainly excited for another. The
executives of the band haven’t yet
figured out where we will be going
next year, but they can guarantee
another fun-filled trip.
The Stratford Festival of Canada
announced that David Fox, a Blyth
Festival alum, will step in to
take on William Hutt’s role in
Edward Albee’s A Delicate
Balance.
“David first came to the Stratford
Festival in our 1991 season to do
Ibsen’s Enemy of the People,” said
artistic director Richard Monette. “I
am very pleased that someone of
David’s caliber was able to replace
William Hutt at such short notice
and I look forward to personally
welcoming him back to the Festival.”
Fox last appeared at the Stratford
Festival in the 2001 season, when he
played the title role in The Trials of
Ezra Pound.
A veteran of stage and screen, Fox
won a Dora Mavor Moore Award for
his role in the 1999 production of
Michael Healey’s The Drawer Boy
at Theatre Passe Muraille.
He has just completed the run of
Scorched at the Tarragon Theatre,
which is transferring to the National
Arts Centre this week.
During his career, Fox has worked
with such filmmakers as Guy
Maddin’s The Saddest Music in the
World, Sir Richard Attenborough’s
Grey Owl and Jeremy Podeswa’s
Fugitive Pieces.
On television, Fox has played the
title role in Shakespeare’s King Lear
and for five seasons he played
teacher Clive Pettibone on Road to
Avonlea.
Fox will join fellow cast members
James Blendick, Patricia Collins,
Michelle Giroux, Martha Henry and
Fiona Reid when rehearsals for A
Delicate Balance begin on May 29.
The production will be directed by
Diana Leblanc and will run from
July 29 to September 23 at the Tom
Patterson Theatre.
The Stratford Festival’s first
production of the 2007 season takes
the Festival Theatre stage April 10.
The first preview of Rodgers and
Hammerstein’s Oklahoma! kicks off
a season that will include four
Shakespeares, two musicals, one
revival and seven works never before
seen on Festival stages.
Rodgers and Hammerstein’s first
musical collaboration created one of
the most famous love triangles in
musical theatre history: cowboy
Curly McLain (played by Dan
Chameroy), feisty farm girl Laurey
Williams (played by Blythe Wilson)
and malevolent hired hand Jud Fry
(played by David W. Keeley). The
show also features Nora McLellan as
Aunt Eller.
This high-spirited Broadway
smash features such memorable
favourites as Oh What a Beautiful
Mornin’ and The Surrey with the
Fringe on Top.
The Stratford Festival production
is directed and choreographed by
Donna Feore, with musical direction
by Berthold Carrière. The set and
costumes are designed by Patrick
Clark. The lighting designer is Alan
Brodie, the sound designer is Peter
McBoyle and the fight director is
John Stead. Feore is assisted by
assistant director Edward Daranyi
and assistant choreographer Natalie
Sebastian.
Oklahoma! begins preview
performances April 10, opens May
29 and plays in repertory until Nov.
4. Tickets are available at 1-800-
567-1600 or through
www.stratfordfestival.ca
While county councillors were
pleased to see funding coming from
the province for library capital
projects, there was some question at
the April 5 meeting as to why only
two libraries received it.
Through news items, the library
board had been made aware of “the
first provincial investment in library
and museum capital projects since
the 1980s. Grants included $1.6
million to the Fort Frances Public
Library and $330,000 to the Mitchell
Library.
The library board passed a motion
that a letter be sent to the Minister of
Culture and the Minister of Finance,
with a copy to Huron-Bruce MPP
Carol Mitchell, commending the
McGuinty government on this
initiative.
While councillors agreed,
however, they wondered how the
choices had been made.
Director of cultural services and
county librarian Beth Ross said, “I
believed it was capital funding that
appears to have been end of budget
year surplus distribution initiated by
MPPs where needs had been
identified in their local
communities.”
There was no application process
or calls sent out, she added. “They
just appeared.”
However, she said, there are other
grant avenues that they will be
watching for. For example, she
noted, the Port Elgin branch had
received funds through the rural
infrastructure program.
“I’m not aware of any new funding
coming, but we will investigate.”
Ross did tell council she had
received notice at the end of March
regarding a one-time provincial
grant. “It is not as much as last year,”
she said, adding that it is to “enhance
the quality of life for all Ontario.”
Asked by warden Deb Shewfelt
whether library funding had been cut
by governments, Ross said she
would be bringing a report to the
boards. “There is an increase in the
operating grant from the province
but no increase in the library grant.
On the federal side our community
access program has been
elminiated.”
That program has for 11 years
assisted libraries with providing
computer training and offering
services.
“It will affect us,” said Ross. But
on the other hand we have received
funds through Service Ontario that
will keep us trucking, though not at
the same level.”
Huron East councillor Joe Seili,
chair of the cultural services and
seniors committee assured council,
“We will be screaming at both levels
of government.”
Seaforth All Girls Band marches into Nashville
Blyth Festival alum joins Stratford Festival
Oklahoma! kicks off Stratford Festival
County council questions
library funding from province
Happy 50th
Anniversary
Pete & Isabel
Campbell
April 13
Come and Go Tea for
Helen Stonehouse’s
90th Birthday
at Braemar
Retirement Centre
Sunday, April 15
2-4 p.m.
Everyone welcome
No gifts please ~
Your presence is her gift
We, the children of
Pete and Isabel Campbell
wish to invite you to a
social evening, in honour of
Pete and Isabel’s
50th Wedding
Anniversary
at their home
on April 28
7:30 pm to ?
** No gifts please...just memories
of old times**
Old Tyme
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