HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 2007-09-20, Page 23THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 2007. PAGE 23.Entertainment Leisure&Stratford Festival welcomes back
Christopher Plummer for 2008 season
Huron County women
showcased on compilation
Noted! is a joint project between
Huron United Way, Heritage and
Culture Partnership and Women
Today to develop and promote
the female musicians of Huron
County.
The goal is to produce a
compilation CD of top industry
standards featuring 10 female artists
from the county. “Participants will
be selected to take part based on
their submitted demos with
representation from all types of
music, age levels and experience,”
says Louise Fagan, producer, Louise
Fagan Productions. “There will be
no cost to any of the women chosen
to take part.”
Noted! aims to overcome the
perceived barriers that living in a
rural community has on reaching
ones’ full potential,” says Kimberley
Payne, executive director, Huron
United Way. “By utilizing existing
resources and facilities in Huron
County, we aim to prove that the
infrastructure and expertise does
exist here to support the professional
aspirations of the local musical
community.”
The Noted! project is broken down
into three segments. The first of
these will see the selected
participants take part in a two-day
training session of workshops on a
variety of music industry topics
including: songwriting, voice
production, and marketing. These
education sessions will provide the
musicians with skills and knowledge
they can use in establishing
themselves as professional Canadian
musicians.
The next step is for the artists to go
into a local recording studio in early
2008 and record. Each woman will
have the opportunity to record one
song of their own and they will be
provided the services of a
professional producer, recording
engineer and necessary studio
musicians for the track. Once the
recording is finished the files will be
sent to be professionally mastered
and the final CD manufactured.
“We are already rich in talent in
Huron County, what’s needed now is
opportunity and the access to
professional expertise to build a tool
kit for success,” says Payne. “The
Noted! project provides the
necessary experiences and skills
development in order that our
talented women can realize their
dream of a successful career in the
Canadian music industry from their
home base of Huron County.”
The final phase of the project will
revolve around the launch of the CD
in the spring of 2008. The official
launch will feature a concert with all
of the musicians from the CD taking
part and getting their chance to show
what they can do live on stage. The
initial launch concert will be
followed by several smaller concerts
throughout the county.
To qualify to take part in this
exciting venture you must be a
female resident of Huron County
and have reached the age of 16 by
Dec. 31. Applicants are asked to
submit a recorded song demo along
with a bio by Nov. 1.
For more information on Noted!
and to obtain a full list of the
eligibility qualifications contact
Payne at 519-524-7900 or
kpayne@huronunitedway.ca or pick
up forms at Ernie Kings, Goderich
location.
With Shakespeare firmly
established as the centrepiece of the
2008 playbill, the Stratford Festival
of Canada now announces two
musicals and a Shaw classic.
The season will feature The Music
Man and Cabaret, and Christopher
Plummer will return to the Festival
stage to play Julius Caesar in Caesar
and Cleopatra.
“Our goal for this Festival is to
illuminate Shakespeare’s work and
give audiences an exciting variety of
theatrical experiences,” says general
director Antoni Cimolino. “We’re
very proud of the season we’re
putting together and also delighted
that Christopher Plummer will be
joining us again.”
The Avon Theatre, which housed
this summer’s hit My One and Only,
will continue in the musical tradition
with The Music Man and Cabaret.
The Music Man, one of the most
successful and popular musicals ever
written, will be directed by Susan H.
Schulman, who directed To Kill a
Mockingbird this season.
Cabaret will be directed by
Amanda Dehnert, who co-artistic
director Don Shipley says is quickly
becoming one of the leading forces
in American musical theatre. She is a
resident director at Trinity Repertory
Company in Providence, RI, where
she has directed such shows as The
Fantasticks, My Fair Lady and West
Side Story.
Caesar and Cleopatra will be
directed by co-artistic director Des
McAnuff. Plummer’s leading lady
will be Broadway and film sensation
Anika Noni Rose, who won the
praise of New York theatre critics for
her performance in the hit show
Caroline or Change, for which she
won a coveted Tony Award. She is
also known worldwide for her
portrayal of pop singer
Lorrell Robinson in the movie
Dreamgirls.
Plummer last appeared at the
Stratford Festival in 2002 in a
production of King Lear that went
on to New York’s Lincoln Centre.
The 1996 season featured Plummer
in Barrymore, which also went on to
Broadway, where Plummer won a
Tony Award for his performance.
In July the Festival announced it
would be changing its name to the
Stratford Shakespeare Festival to
reflect its commitment to
Shakespeare and the classics. The
playbill includes Shakespeare’s
Hamlet, Romeo and Juliet, All’s
Well That Ends Well, The Taming of
the Shrew and Love’s Labour’s Lost,
as well as the classic plays The
Trojan Women by Euripides, Fuente
Ovejuna by Lope de Vega, and
Emilia Galotti by Gotthold Ephraim
Lessing.
Several new works are still in the
planning stages for 2008 and will be
announced as soon as details are
confirmed.
The Stratford Festival box office
will open to the general public on
Dec. 1, a month earlier than usual.
The Huron County Child Abuse Prevention Committee presents the:
19th Annual Teddy Bear Dream Auction
featuring...Valdy with guest appearance by Kati Durst and Quarter Mile Lane
Saturday, September 29, 2007
Blyth Memorial Theatre Tickets $35. per person
Check our website for this year’s fabulous dreams! www.teddybeardreamauction.ca
• “Fall” Cruise for 2 on Holland America Cruise Lines!
• 2 - VIA Rail Packages in the Windsor-Quebec Corridor!
• 5-Day Fishing Excursion at The Old Post and Village!
• Ontario Cottage Getaways!
• Fabulous Golf Packages!
• All-Day Spa Day Dream!
• Provincial Packages in Prince Edward Island, Ontario, New Brunswick and British Columbia!
AND MANY MORE!
Plus ...Bid on a wide variety of items in our Silent Auction Room!
Tickets are available by calling
519-482-8777 or 1-800-479-0716
Tickets also available at:
Ernie King Music, GODERICH
Ernie King Music, WINGHAM Help Stop Child Abuse
Blyth Rd., Auburn 519-526-7759
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Thursday, Friday & Saturday 6:30 - 9:00;
Sunday 9:00 - 7:00
Saturday,
September 22
Wings &
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5 pm - 9 pm
Friday Smorg. ~ 5 pm - 8 pm
Sunday Smorg. ~ 4 - 7 pm
Ethel
United
Church
Presents
A
Ladies’
Night Out
“Let’s Get Organized”
Thursday, September 27
Grey Central School, Ethel
6:00 pm - Gathering Time
6:30 pm - Dinner
Guest Speakers ~
Donna Schmidt & Rhonda Erb
from “The Heart of the Matter”
with organizing tips
• Door Prizes • Special Displays
Tickets: $12.00 per person
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For tickets phone
Beth ~ 519-887-6401 or
Dianne 519-887-9442
You are
invited to celebrate
Tina Hessels’
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at the
Goderich
Christian Reformed
Church
Saturday,
September 22nd
between 2~4 pm
Please join us in celebrating
Helen Bryans’
90th Birthday
Saturday, September 29
Come and Go Tea
2 pm to 4 pm
Best wishes only
at Ritz Lutheran Villa
on Highway #23
North, Mitchell, ON