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THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 31, 1990. PAGE 23.
Festival announces
upcoming attractions
Mississippi music
Kim Exel of Brussels (third from right) and her fellow choir members visited the Blyth Christian
Reformed congregation on Monday night to entertain the crowd with gospel singing. They are the
first integrated choir from the Mississippi Delta and are made up of members from the Mississippi
Christian Family Services.
Mississippi choir performs in Blyth
BY LISA BOONSTOPPEL
The first integrated choir of the
Mississippi Delta had members of
the Blyth Christian Reformed
Church clapping and rejoicing
when they made a special trip to
Blyth on their awareness tour for
the Mississippi Christian Family
Services (MCFS).
The 10 member choir is compos
ed of blacks and whites, one of
which is Kim Exel of Brussels who
is a volunteer nurse for MCFS. She
convinced the choir, which is made
up of staff from MCFS to make a
detour from their Michigan tour to
visit the Blyth congregation. The
choir is on tour to raise awareness
for their program which is largely
run by volunteers.
MCFS is a private social organiz
ation that is especially concerned
with the needs of the mentally
retarded, handicapped, underprivi
leged and the poor and began in
1975 at the little town of Rolling
Fork, Mississippi. The centre helps
handicapped individuals from bab
ies to adults and has a variety of
programs including Child Develop
ment, Day Care Enrichment,
Family Enrichment and Religious
Instruction, etc. There are 11
programs in all that are available at
the Handihaven centre in Rolling
Fork. These programs are run by
approximately 37 members of
which many are long-term volun
Nominations wanted
for Ontario ’s top seniors
June is Senior Citizens’ Month,
and once again the provincial
Minister for Senior Citizens’ Af
fairs is inviting names of individu
als who could be considered as
possible recipients of an award
from the province.
Nomination forms outlining
qualification criteria for nominees
are available in any of Jack
Riddell’s riding offices. The dead
line for nominations is March 31,
1990.
All nominations will be received
by a selection committee, and a
special awards ceremony will take
teers like Ms. Exel.
The Handihaven centre is sup
ported by the prayers and gifts of
concerned Christians, the govern
ment and the Christian Reformed
World Relief Committee. Its sup
port that is desperately needed for
the community itself is unable to
support the service since the
average yearly income in the
community is $5,000.
Ms. Exel has been with MCFS
since last November when she saw
an ad for the centre in a Christian
Reformed Publication. She then
visited the mission and really liked
it there so she decided to volunteer
her time as a nurse. She is
sponsored by the Blyth Christian
Reformed Church. Ms. Exel, 24,
works mainly with the adult clients
and instructs them in proper hy
giene, self-help skills such as
cooking as well as distributing
medication and other medical du
ties.
Ms. Exel sang a solo piece on
Monday night for the crowd and
accompanied the choir in their
rhythmic songs of soul. The choir is
on tour for about one week and
they’re finishing up their tour in
Michigan. They will have made 14
performances of their singing and a
slide presentation of the MCFS
before they return to their work in
Mississippi.
Besides the choir, local talent
from the Blyth church joined in the
place at Queen’s Park during the
month of June.
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evening to make it a musical
extravaganza. The quintet choir of
Reverend Warren Lammers, Hans
Boonstoppel, Femme VanAmers-
foort, Sylvia Parish and Sandra
Benjamins started off the program.
Then, the resurrected band, Road
block performed a few numbers.
Their members include Trudy
Passchier, Rob Elison, Don and
Calvin Bakelaar and Jim Parish. A
harmonious duet was performed by
Darlene VanderVeen and Debbie
Siertsema and the instrumental
duet of Tanya Boonstoppel on
saxophone and Beatrice DeVries on
piano ended the evening.
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Playing from Friday to Thursday February 2nd to 8th
SHOWTIMES: Friday and Saturday at 7:00 and 9:00 p.m.
Sunday to Thursday at 8:00 p.m. each evening
Spring is on the way, heralded by
a new lineup of entertainment at
the Blyth Festival. The Festival has
announced a spring season of three
attractions: A Touch of Country -
toe-tapping and hand-clapping var
iety show on Saturday, March 24,
1990 at 8 p.m. and Sunday, March
25 at 2 p.m.; The Legend of the
Dumbells on Saturday, April 14,
1990 at 8 p.m. presented by
Tapestry Music Theatre; and Taus
sig and Enemies on Saturday, May
5, 1990 at 8 p.m. which is the
funniest piano recital this side of
Victor Borge.
A Touch of Country is a full
evening of down-home entertain
ment featuring such local stars as
Teeswater natives: Gary Ballagh as
Master of Ceremonies, the “Here
Comes Treble’’ barbership quartet
featuring Gary and Byron Ballagh,
Doug Inglis and Ben Blackwell who
use a variety of strange and
unusual instruments with hilarious
consequences, and the McMichael
Sisters (Canada’s step-dancing
sweethearts); Waterloo-based
musician Frank Leahy who is the
Canadian open fiddle champion,
Gerry Smith of Exeter, noted for
his old-tyme fiddle playing and
singer Paulette Lippert.
If you love comedy, you’ll adore
The Legend of the Dumbells which
appears on Saturday, April 14,
1990 at 8 p.m. at Blyth Memorial
Hall. This hilarious evening of
song, dance and crazy antics is
brought to you by Tapestry Music
Theatre who are recreating the
Charlottetown Festival’s musical
hit. This show is based on the true
story of a World War I troupe of
soldiers who formed an entertain
ment unit and became the legen
dary “Dumbells’’. These men of
fered their comrades comic relief
with lively music, skits and laugh
ter. Originally formed just for the
troops’ entertainment, their fame
spread and they gave a royal
command performance at London’s
Apollo Theatre. This same group
also appeared on the Blyth Memor
ial Hall stage many, many years
ago with the ’ate Jack McLaren of
Benmiller. Jack’s life was the
insDiration for the play. “The life
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That Jack Built’’ that appeared in
the Blyth Festival’s 1983 season.
This is a great chance to share
some fun and relive some Canadian
history.
Do you love the classics? The
final performance in the adult
series is the show, Taussig and
Enemies on Saturday, May 5, 1990
at 8 p.m. Here’s the classics with a
comical twist - in the tradition of
Victor Borge. Become one of the
growing number of fans who have
discovered the unique virtuosity
and the charming, off-the-wall
humour of Elyakim Taussig - one of
Canada’s best known concert pian
ists. Between the laughs, fans of
Taussig’s piano artistry can relish
such musical gems as: Bach’s
‘Toccata and Fugue in D Minor’,
Liszt’s ‘Liebestraum’ and ‘Gersh
win’s T Got Rhythm’.
Series tickets are on sale now at
the Blyth Festival Box Office -
$25.00 for three shows. Tickets to
individual performances in the
adult series go on sale Monday,
February 5. Single tickets for each
performance are $13.00 each.
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