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The Citizen, 1990-06-06, Page 23THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 6, 1990. PAGE 23. Entertainment 140 try out at Playhouse Janet Amos, Anne Anglin return auditions in Blyth Festival season opener Glad to be back Familiar faces return to the Blyth Festival this summer as Anne Anglin (left) and Janet Amos perform in the opening production of “Local Talent”. Both have been involved with the Festival since the 1970’s and Janet served as artistic director from 1980-1984. Anne’s daughter Severn Thompson is also in “Local Talent”. Two familiar faces will be on stage opening night at the Blyth Festival when “Local Talent” the new comedy by Colleen Curran premieres. the Land” as well as directing many shows. She left Blyth after the 1984 season and became artis­ tic director of Theatre New Bruns­ wick. She now lives in Toronto with her husband Ted Johns, author of plays such as “Country Hearts” (with John Roby providing music), “The School Show” “Garrison’s Garage”. Miss Anglin’s appearances fore local audiences date all way back to Theatre Passe Muraille’s “The Farm Show” in 1972 when it was first performed in a barn in Holmesville and later was performed in the basement of Memorial Hall because the upstairs theatre had been condemned as unsafe. Later she appeared at the Festi- the and be- the val beginning in 1979 in “This Foreign Land”, “John and the Missus”, “I’ll Be Back For You Before Midnight” and “McGilli­ cuddy’s Lost Weekend”. In later years she appeared in such plays as “Down North”. “Local Talent” is the third comedy to take place in the Bayview Inn. This time Ms. Curran has set it in the Grand Salon of Fame which was offstage but quite important in “Cake-Walk” and “Miss Balmoral of the Bayview”, the two earlier hits in the Bayview trilogy. How did Local Talent begin? “Some years ago I played the Baroness in “The Sound of Music” says Curran. “The Mother Super­ ior in that same show went on to become Mrs. Vermont. And when she went off to the finals in Las Vegas with an evening gown designed by a friend which had a Lake Champlain lake monster swimming along its sleeve, I really hoped she’d win the title of Mrs. America. She didn’t unfortunately and her participation in this event become something of a legend to me. “Eventually it became a play idea for me: what if there was a Mrs. Canada Contest? When I visited her this winter to get more research and insight for this play, she told me that although her Mrs. America pageant (with host Miss Florence Henderson) had many dynamic married women who were the mothers of many, well educated and active in their communities, the title went to a beautiful model and newlywed of six months whose last job had been posing with a motorcycle.” Local Talent is directed by Maja Ardal, designed by Mary Jo Pollak with lighting design by Lesley Wilkinson. It opens on June 15 with 32 performances at Blyth Memorial Hall with its final performance on September 8, 1990. For more information about special events and tickets, call the Blyth Festival Box Office, (519) 523-9300/9225. Huron Country Playhouse Artis­ tic Director Tony Lloyd was over­ whelmed by the number of talented individuals who came out for the local auditions May 23, 24 and 25 at the Grand Bend Public School. Over the three evenings of auditions, more than 140 indivi­ duals ranging in age from 6 to 60 and from as far away as Kitchener, Sarnia and London came out to try for parts in this year’s musical productions of “Gypsy” and “Annie Get Your Gun”. Last season, Mr. Lloyd had the difficult task of choosing 44 indivi­ duals from the 110 who auditioned for parts in “The King & I”. This year his task is even more difficult, since he can only use 10 people for each show. Despite the huge turn out at the auditions and the immense amount of talent displayed, Mr. Lloyd still needs to cast a number of young gentlemen for the production of “Gypsy”. Boys from 8 to 12 years of age are still needed to complete the cast of the musical which begins on July 10 and runs till July 28. Any young gentlemen who are interested should call the Play­ house at 238-8387. & "Dae FOR CORRIERAMMELOO & DOUGSHOLDICE Friday June 15 9-1 B.M.&G. Centre $5. per person [ageof majority only] 50t& GRANDPA COULTES Janet Amos, former artistic dir­ ector of the Festival, and Anne Anglin, long familiar to those in the area both as a summer resident and as an actress both with the Festival and with Theatre Passe Muraille. Other performers in the comedy are Paulina Gillis, Hazel Desbar- ats, Dennis Fitzgerald and Anne’s daughter Severn Thompson. Janet Amos was artistic director of the Festival from 1980 to 1984 and appeared in such hits as “He Wont’ Come in From the Barn”, “Country Hearts” and “Quiet in Mystery in West Wawanosh Researchers for the West Wawa­ nosh History book committee have come across some interesting my­ steries in their walk through yellowed pag£s. Committee mem­ bers are hoping some history buffs will be able to help solve some of the mysteries. One of the mysteries this month ^concerns a 10-acre block on the Q j|orth west corner of lot 19 on the "’"second concession next to a blind sideroad. Ownership at one time, on one record, indicated a church owned the property and yet there have been no other records con­ cerning this church. The land was originally part of a 190 acre holding bought from the Crown in 1862 by Duncan McNee. Registry records from 1866 show that an H? Horton and Malcolm Cameron lived on the small 10 acre holding. The land was registered in their name and yet not from the Crown. In 1875 the Crown sold 10 acres to Charles Gurvin. This sale is noted with the word “church” written across the map in the Beldan 1875 Atlas of Huron Coun­ ty- From there in 1883 Wm. Wilson bought the 190 acres and in 1885 Wm. H. Wilson bought the small 10 acre holding. This small holding was not merged with the original 190 acres but exists today owned by A. Deathe. The rest of the 190 acres is now PARK THEATRE Paper products, including news­ paper, comprise 36 per cent of all garbage placed at curbside for pickup each week. Much of it is recyclable. Love Corey, Tyler, Nicholas&Jordan What did you say they ordered? I think now that I’m getting older...my memory is failing... ^ude, This Is No Cartoon! PIZZA PIZZA PIZZA FRI.-SUN. JUNE 8-1o\ 7 P.M. NIGHTLY SAT. MAT. 2 P.M. HELD OVER - 2ND WEEKEND 14 ACCOMMNIMtNT FRI.-THURS. JUNE 8-14 FRI.-SUN. 9 P.M. ONLY MON.-THURS. 8 P.M. 4-ONG DISTANCE? CALL 1-800-265-3438 FOR TOLL FREE MOVIE INFQ> owned by the Maitland Valley Conservation Authority. The mystery is, was there ever a church on lot 19 second conces­ sion? Were there ever plans for one? Who were the two gentlemen first registered as owners of the land and how could the crown sell the land in 1875 if it was already owned by Horton and Cameron? If you can solve the riddle of the church or the land ownership please give one of the committee members a call: Eileen Hanna 526-7251, Marion Zinn 528-3710, Joan Armstrong 528-2903 or June Robinson 529-7780. The West Wawanosh Township history committee meets the last Tuesday of every month in the township council chambers at 8 p.m. THURS., FRI., SAT. 5P.M.-12A.M. BLYTH INN eatinor takeout 523-9381 Thefamilyof LES AND HILDA VINCENT invites you to a Fromyourpalsatthe BRUSSELSHOTEL in honour of their parents’ 50THWEDDING ANNIVERSARY at the Belgrave Women’s InstituteHall onSunday, June10,1990 from2:00to5:00p.m. RETIREMENT ROBERT A. CAMPBELL Teacher/Coach FE.MADILL SECONDARYSCHOOL 1955-1990 On SATURDAY. JUNE16TH Gym228, F. E. 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