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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes-Advocate, 1980-07-16, Page 18I McCANN CONST. LTD. REDI-MIX CONCRETE , All Types of Concrete Work PRECAST CONCRETE STF PS & PORCHES ORNAMENTAL IRON RAILINGS , UNIT-H-FEED BUNKS UNIT FENCE LINE BUNKS R.B. 3 OASHWOOD PHONE 237-3647 Skydiving Demonstration Jumps Grand Bend Beach Every Wed., Sat. & Sun. evenings Watch for parachutist jump from 3,000 feet and try to land on a 4 inch target, Courtesy of Grand Bend & Area Recreation Committee We Now Have For Sale PROPANE Will Fill Any Size Container Anytime - Our Hours are Flexible MOBILE HOME EXPRESS (Exeter) LIMITED Corner of Wellington and Marlborough Exeter Phone 235-1736 small 'group of children preparing them for their part in the Mother Goose performance. Ms. 'Joyce has a broad background in co-ordinating workshops such as this one. She is a professional actress, but haS kept busy' in recent years setting up' schools for young actors and children. She has organized successful childrens workshops at Bramalea and Brampton. Now she finds herself travelling to various theatres where she is asked to help with children. She stresses that it is' not going to turn out little ac- tresses and actors. The main point of the children's workshop is help children overcomeshyness in front.of others, and to lose inhibitions. The children are becoming well aquainted with the barn • theatre at Huron Country Playhouse. Last Wednesday, when a matinee per- formance prevented them from working in the theatre the instructors let the program vary. The children were told to bring an old sock from home. (fiti Otis. "•ibi === imillk 111 BLUEWATER TV Zurich, Ontario - Antenna Sales, Installations, Service & Repairs Channel Master THE SUNSHINE BOYS. — David. Holmes as Al Lewis and Cec Linder as Willie Clark are starring ih this week's production at Huron Country Playhouse. . Rhoto by Hocking scored by Rose Vandenberk, Trish Vandebygaart and Marg Smits. On Wednesday Rose Vandenberk scored again when they tied Lucan 1-1. The bantams trounced, Walkerton with a 10-6 win. Rob Mennen starred in that game with five goals. Nick Vandenberk was right behind him, with four goals,, and Dale Catton scored once. The Atoms.Weren't quite as successful when they tied Clinton A 3-3. Goals were scored by Jonathan O'Connor, Steve tingard and Robbie Oliver. ject to the Ontario Municipal Board concerning the development of the subdivi- sion. In other business, council: * Learned that Stephen Township is going to put in a sidewalk from Grand Cove Estates to the edge of the village to meet up with the village sidewalk. Because the township has no snow removal equipment in that area, they asked Grand Bend for a cost on clearing snow from the sidewalk. *Decided to charge a' flat rate of $2 per night for park- ing boats at the pier. They decided on the reduced rate, because the pier area does not have electrical outlets. B CHAMPS — Sunday night. Creces, Steve Leeuwen, Guy No pavement for Gill Rd B's take trophy at soccer tourney The Grand Bend B soccer team, won 1-0 over the Exeter Centenriials at the tournament held at'Huron park On Back row: John Van Leeuwen, John Wiendels, Marty Mommersteeg, Ray Viemmix, Nick'Vandenberk, Marc Donaldson, and coach Joe Grootjen. Front row: Bill Mennen, Matt ,Relouw, Dave Grootjen, Andy Van Wilde and Tim Martens.Staff photo ALL ABOARD — While Jon Morgan of Watford holds the front of the canoe, Ken Fisher of Glanworth steadies the back. Leah Lovesey and Cheryl Rogers situate themselves in the middle as the four prepare fpx•the novelty class canoe race at the Council briefs Grand Bend council could give little help to Thelma Waldron when she appeared before it last week to re- quest that all of Gill Road be paved. At present the pave- ment stops at a bridge south of the Medical Centre. Mrs. Waldron ,was told by council that the part she wanted paved is in Stephen township. They told her they couldn't help to get the sec- tion -paved. Mrs. Waldron expressed concern abont'dust with in- creased traffic in the area when a new subdivision further along the road is developed. Council advised her to ob- The two Grand Bend senior Soccer teams had a good showing at the Ausable soccer league tournament Sunday. , The B's held up their name and took the B trophy. They beat out Exeter in the final round 1-0. The Colonials lost to West Williams in the final round 1- 0, but had gone all the way .The tournament was divided into two sections - one for the first four teams in the standings, and another for the bottom five. The girls soccer team started off the week right with a 3-1 win over Stratford. Goals in that game were 1 At The If you're old enough to remember • Vaudeville and enjoy a laugh, then you should see The Sunshine Boys at Huron Country Playhouse. 'If you're too young to remember Vaudeville, then you should see the The Sunshine Boys to get an idea of what it was all about. The play is about two aging comediens of the - Vaudeville era, who were a great team, but never got along well together. Willie Clark resents Al Lewis who walked out on him after an appearance on the Ed Sullivan show. Clark also remembers how much he hated Lewis who had a bad habit of spraying him with spit when they were on stage together, and poking him with a sharp finger to make a point. So when Clark's nephew asks them to get together for' a television special on the history of comedy, they do it very reluctantly.- Naturally all the old bad habits are revived. Those who enjoy the old one-liner comedy of the Vaudeville years will like the second act of The Sunshine Boys. Much of the humour is based on "groaners" and the action is fairly fast. Unfortunately, the silliness of Vaudeville creeps into other parts of the play, and instead of the problems of growing old, we see only bickering. It's still good comedy, but '1 think Stephen Litchen missed a chance to put some pathos into the play, and send people home thinking about it. Having read the Neil Simon play, ' I think the element of sadness and seriousness is present. Litchen, it appears, just wanted comedy. Cec Linder as Willie Clark handles the role well, and shines in the Vaudeville sketch. David Holmes does superb job of playing Al Lewis. Holmes and Linder complement each other very well in the finger poking and spitting scenes. Stanley Coles as nephew With Mary Alderson Ben does well as the peacemaker between the two old gentlenrxen; our own recently discovered local talent look very good, Helen Brand, also known in this area as Miss Exeter Fall Fair, is excellent as the sketch nurse. John R. Bushel of Beach O'p'ines makes a very good patient, 'and even Charlie, the South Huron Hospital skeleton gives a flaWless per- formance. - Playhouse technical director Mark Cole has no trouble, playing Eddie, the stage hand, And CFPL radio fans will enjoy hearing the voice of their favourite an- nouncer Bill Brady. Stage . manager at the playhouse, Graham Cook, does of fine job with the voice of the television director. Sandi Ross plays the registered nurse well, evidence of the fact that she has played the part. before, The set for Willie's 'apartment is good, a 'fine collection of seedy furniture. The Sunshine .Boys *each night until Saturday at 8:30. Matinees are this afternoon and Saturday at 2:30. Go for a laugh. Rosemary Radcliffe is coming back! The member of the Spring Thaw '80 cast, who stole the show' with her impression of a civil servant, has agreed to come back to Huron, Country Playhouse. The St. Marys area native will be starring in Free at Last which opens August 7. Free At Last is a comedy by Canadian Eric Nicol about a man who has trouble coping with members of the op- posite sex - his ex-wife, landlady, girl friend, and nanny goat. Ms. Radcliffe agreed to return to Grand Bend because she enjoyed her short stay with Spring Thaw on June 7 and 8. She is well-known for her part as Larry King's girlfriend Tina on CBC television's King of Ken- sington. She also had her own children's television show Coming up Rosie for two years. two week session was only $10. The performance now in rehearsal is entitled Mother Goose and CoMpiny and was written by James Saar. Co- ordinator of the children's program, Anne Joyce, says that the script is not firm; the children are encouraged to improvise. Ms. Joyce says that Saar, who is heading up the goose group which are the older children, has been re-writing the script all week. Other • group leaders in- clude 'members of the theatre's Young Players. The Young Players are currently doing a per- formance of Alice. In Wonderland each Saturday morning. As well, they are preparing a selection musical hits, entitled Way Off Broadway, which they present in the Snackery on Friday evenings after the regular Playhouse per- formance. Each memeber of the ,Young Players teach a different aspect of the children's workshop. Sandy Mic heals is teaching movement, Kim Worobec teaches singing. - Tricia Adams is directing the dance, David Talbot teaches mime, and Mark Talbot is teaching improvisation. Ms. Joyce is teaching voice. Michael Vieira who is the musical director for Alice in Wonderland, assists the children's workshop as pianist. Each instructor spends the afternoons working with a OPP reports Charges under the liquor act headed up the week's lists from both the Pinery and Grand Bend detachments of the Ontario Provincial Police. Pinery OPP laid 44 liquor charges, while Grand Bend charged 41 people with liquor offences during the week of July 6 to 12. Grand Bend OPP arrested two people in connection with liquor offences, and four impaired drivers were charged. Eight minor accidents were investigated in Grand Bend. They charged 18 peo- ple with highway traffic act offences, while Pinery charged four. Pinery OPP charged 11 people with offences under the provincial parks act. They investigated three thefts, and three cases of wilful damage. As well, three disturbances were in- vestigated. Grand Bend handled two missing person inquiries. Boats at village docks pay $4, 5 or 6 per night depending on size, - • Decided to ask Dale's Esso to. have someone available at all times to tow cars away from fire routes. Decided not to deal with letter from a businessman requesting permission to sell and ' demonstrate "wet bikes" on the beach. They agreed that they could not deal with the matter until the man appeared before councih • Read a letter from the Chamber of Commerce thanking council members for their invaluable co- operation during Burgerfest this year. The chamber said that Burgerfest had been a great success. &Decided to consult with principal Betty Fitchett con- cerning school children plan- ting trees in village proper- ty. Council read a letter about the beautification program from the Lambton County Board of Education. Deleted extra garbage charges at Dale's Esso becaus6 the Pizza Delight is no longer located there. They also dropped extra gar- bage 'collection charges to Griff Thomas, and agreed to charge his tenant at "Things". There are 41 children carousing around Huron Country Playhouse with the strangest names - they are gardens, pies, cats, sheep, piggies and geese. And they are very busy. The 4i.chilciren are divided into six groups as part of the children's workshop. For two Weeks they are busy learning the basics • of theatre. They wrap up their lessons with their own performance. The children, who range in age from six to 14, are inviting parents, grandparents, siblings and friends to see this special production. The classes start at 10 a.m. each week day morning, and run til 1:00 p.m. While the older children take a lunch break,. the younger ones head home. Then classes continue from 2:00 til 4:00 p.m. Registration fee for the • Playhouse kta CHILDREN'S WORKSHOP — The cat group at the children's workshop of HuronCountry Playhouse is busy reheariing a cowboy scene for this •week's production. Myvonny Gpdwin, Rebecca Joyce, Kim Redick, Vicki Clarke, and teacher Sandy Michaels watch as Darryl Greenwood rides the back of Colin\ Campbell in a horse race scene: Staff photo Dance, mime, voice, and acting all part of playhouse workshop Sorne vehicies. shouldn't are/ business on a farm. 0 Please' remember to do It our way ... It won't hurt. 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