HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 1990-04-04, Page 27THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 4, 1990. PAGE 27.
Entertainment CKNX Barn Dance
set for Klompenfeest
Dumbell legend alive at Blyth
The Dumbells are returning to
Blyth in the Tapestry Music Thea
tre production of the Charlottetown
Festival hit of “The Legend of the
Dumbells’’.
The show will be presented April
14. at 8 p.m. at the Blyth Memorial
Hall as the second show in the
Spring Festival of Entertainment
series. The show is an energetic
and hilarious tribute to the legen
dary Dumbells troupe who were
created in the early part of World
War I. An important part of our
history, there are also local ties to
this group of Canadians who enter
tained royalty and conquered
Broadway with their engaging
sense of humour and hilarious
skits.
This troupe was formed in
August 1917 when eight Canadian
soldiers were pulled out of the
battle line at Passechendale and
were given a week to become a
full-time entertainment troupe.
They met the deadline and the rest,
as they say, is history. A history
that has become a proud part of the
Canadian legacy and contribution
to the First World War. The
soldiers combined unusual get-ups
with comical sketches of the life on
the front lines. Their wacky sense
of humour and witty skits of life in
the battlefields quickly became
very popular.
These soldiers entertained fellow
comrades all over during the war
years. After the war ended, the
Dumbells were still in such demand
they continued to tour from com
mand performance for royalty at
the Apollo Theatre in London,
England to tours in Canada. Luella
McGowan of Blyth remembers
them performing in Blyth. “I
remember the Dumbells doing an
open air performance a long, long
time ago -1 think it may have been
before Blyth Memorial Hall was
built”.
The late Jack MacLaren of
Benmiller was originally a number
of another entertainment troupe
with The Princess Patricia Light
Infantry but at war’s end was
invited to join the Dumbells. An
artist (he was a good friend and
colleague of the Group of Seven),
businessman, actor and soldier,
Jack MacLaren considered his in
volvement with the Dumbells one
of the highlights in a long and
illustrious career. “Being part of
the Dumbells during the First
World War was one of my greatest
accomplishments. We let the
troops forget for a little while the
nightmare that really was going on
around them.”
The Tapestry Music Theatre
Production of The Legend of the
Dumbells promises to be every bit
as funny and engaging as the
original troupe. The Tapestry
Music Theatre production will play
in Blyth Memorial Hall which was
originally built as a tribute to the
soldiers that died in the first World
War. Tickets are on sale now for
$13.00 each at the Blyth Festival
Box Office. For reservations call
523-9300/9225.
The CKNX Barndance is on the
road to Clinton to take part in the
annual Klompenfeest. Am 920,
along with the Clinton Lions Club,
presents the CKNX Barndance on
Friday, May 18, at the Clinton
Community Centre. The concert
begins at 8 p.m. followed by a
dance at 9:30 p.m.
Kick up your heels with a variety
of performers such as Richard
Knechtel, Earl and Martha Hey
wood, Ernie King, Wayne Mc-
Clinchey, Mary Elliott Freeman,
The Carry On Cloggers, The Barn
dance Pickers, as well as two-time
open Canadian fiddle champion,
Chuck Joyce.
Tickets can be purchased at My
Fair Lady or Groves TV & Appli
ances, Clinton; Webster’s Cloth
ing, Blyth; Clinton Community
Credit Union - Exeter Branch,
Exeter; Reick’s IDA Pharmacy,
Goderich; Bob & Betty’s Variety,
Seaforth; or Brussels Variety,
Brussels.
Tickets for 12 and under, $4.00
advance or $5.00 at the door.
Adults pay $8.00 advance or $10.00
at the door.
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‘Night Light’ final play in kids’
series at London’s Grand Theatre
The Grand’s Theatre For Young
Audiences series, a trilogy being
presented in The McManus Studio
Theatre, concludes with “Night
Light” by John Lazarus. Night
Light is being directed by Mark
Krause and performed by Cynthia
Dempster, Richard Fellbaum, and
Greg Morris. Returning is Yvonne
Sauriol designing set and cos
tumes, and James A. Milbum,
lighting design.
It’s ugly, scabby and wrinkly,
with a big red mouth and white
Logo judging difficult
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t-shirts and souvenirs.
“We were very pleased with the
number of people who took the
time to submit a design for the
contest” says Bev Elliott. “School
children from Blyth Public School,
Grades 2 to 7 submitted colourful
designs and we’ll be displaying all
of them at the arena throughout the
Rutabaga Festival in June.”
The judges had a tough time
deciding between all the entries.
Special mention go to designs by
Trudy Passchier, Lewis Pittman
and Brenda Burkholder and in the
school category for designs by Julie
Ritchie (grade 2), Courtney Sauve
(grade 6), Chris Fidom (grade 6)
and Marie Cronyn (grade 7). The
favourite slogans on the posters
submitted include “I Dig Ruta
bagas” from Gary Courtney and
“Turn-Up In Blyth for the Ruta
baga Festival”.
The next general meeting of the
Rutabaga Festival Committee is
April 9 at 7:30 p.m. in the Blyth Inn
dining room. Any interested party
is invited to attend and take part.
Brussels students
study environment
Students of Jim Prior’s Grade
6/7 class at Brussels Public School
have been working on a very topical
project recently.
Mr. Prior asked each student to
discover an environmental issue
and display it graphically. He then
hoped that the work could be
shown periodically in the news
paper to heighten public awareness
of the issue.
“There is such a great deal of
interest in the environment and we
wondered what we could do to
improve it,” he explained. “We
have a lot of information that comes
into the school and we were trying
to find some way we could share
it.”
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[ April 6, 7 p.m.
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Jan & Paul LoveCorey,Tyler,
Nicholas & Jordan
teeth - this scary monster lives in
Tara’s top dresser drawer. Nighl
Light is about conquering fears.
Seven-year-old Tara (Cynthia
Dempster) finds her fears are
exacerbated when her father goes
to the hospital for an operation.
Older brother Victor (Greg Morris),
introduced in “Not So Dumb”, is
now 10 and this “math wiz” has
fears of his own to face. How will
Victor learn to deal with Farley
(Richard Fellbaum) the schoolyard
bully who may be flunking out
when it comes to decimals and
fractions, but can beat Victor hands
down in the schoolyard? Victor’s
efforts to allay Tara’s desk drawer
monster leads him to a solution to
his own problem.
Night Light was first performed
by Green Thumb Theatre for
Young People, at Henry Hudson
Elementary School, Vancouver, on
September 18, 1986. This sensitive,
heart-warming play for elementary
school children is about eliminating
fears by finding positive solutions.
Night Life opened Monday and
runs Mondays at 1:30 p.m.; Tues
days to Fridays at 10:30 a.m. and
1:30 p.m.; Saturdays at 1:30 p.m.
and 3:30 p.m. Tickets are $5 per
person and may be purchased from
The Grand Theatre box office or
call 672-8800.
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