The Citizen, 1988-05-25, Page 23THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY. MAY 25, 1988. PAGE 23.
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Greidanus highlights recital
On Saturday, June 11 at 5:30
p.m., Huron Country Playhouse
will kick off the 17th Anniversary
seasonwitha chicken barbeque
with trimmings served up by the
Eighteen-year-old Ron Grei
danus of RR 1, Londesboro, who is
fast becoming a pianist of more
than a little note in the area, was
the featured artist at the 1988 Piano
Recital given by music teacher Gail
Lear’s students in Blyth on Sun
day, May 15.
The Grade 13 student at Central
Huron Secondary School in Clinton
played the final selections of the
two-hour program with two of his
own compositions, a rousing varia
tion on the hymn “God of our
Fathers,” followed by a gently
reflective piece entitled “Reflec
tions on a Sunny Afternoon after
Rain. ’ ’ Both compositions brought
a storm of applause from the large
audience at the Blyth Festival
Theatre.
Mr. Greidanus didn’t begin
playing the piano until he was 12
years old, when he first went to
Mrs. Lear for lessons. He’s come a
long way in six short years.
Going from the Beginner Level
to Grade 9 in just four years the
youth, whoplanson becoming a
More room at
Festival dinner
The fourteenth season of the
Blyth Festival opens on Friday,
June 17 with a full evening of gala
celebrations! The highlight of the
evening will be the premiere of a
brand new comedy - “The Cookie
War’’ by Kathleen McDonnell.
Kicking off the festivities at 4:45
p.m. is the opening of the Art
Gallery exhibition, a show of
beautiful and intricate embroidery
work by a variety of artists. The
guest speaker for the Gallery
opening will be Elizabeth Taylor,
President of the Canadian Em
broidery Guild.
After the Gallery opening Piper
Rick Elliott will lead the assembled
patrons through the streets of
Blyth to the Fairgrounds and the
Community Centre where the
opening night dinner will be held.
In past years the dinner has been in
the lower hall of the Blyth
Memorial Hall. The number of
seats for the opening night dinner
is going to increase from 150 to 250
as a result of the move this year.
Dinner guests will enjoy the
excellent meal traditionally pre
pared by the Blyth United Church.
The Opening Night dinner speaker
will be Edna Staebler (“Food That
Really Schmecks,> and “Schmecks
Appeal’’) whose real life experien
ces provided the idea for The
Cookie War.
After the dinner the Blyth
Festival Singers will give a free
concert on the lawn outside the
Memorial Hall. Everyone is
warmly invited to attend. More
information on all the Opening
Night events is available from the
Blyth Festival Box Office at (519
523-9300/9225.
concert pianist, so impressed Mrs.
Lear thatshesenthimon to take
lessons from John Paul Bracey of
the Faculty of Music, University of
WesternOntario, where he still
goes each week for instruction,
although Mr. Bracey himself is
currently on a leave of absence.
Last summer Mr. Greidanus
attended the national Music Camp
at Courtenay, B.C., and in his free
time works as the dinner pianist at
both Bailey’s Restaurant and The
Country Club in Goderich, as well
playing the organ at both Middle
ton’s Church and at the Bayfield
Anglican Church. In addition, he
held his first full recital at
Middleton’s in March, and Mrs.
Lear says that she is hopeful he will
present a recital in Blyth before too
long.
At the other end of the scale,
six-year-old Craig Fair and his
brother Shawn, 10, brought down
the house with their maturity as
artists while each played a piano
solo, then teamed up as a duet, and
finally played as a trio, accompani-
edby theirfather, Sandy, on the
saxaphone. The Fairs operate the
Fair Family Farm in Turnberry
Township, at RR 4, Wingham.
Nearly 30 of Mrs. Lear’s other
students also performed at Sun
day’s Recital, covering the full
gamut of musical excellence all the
way from five-year-old Gray
Snihur of Londesboro, who was
accompanied by his mother,
Caron, in a duet playing ‘ ‘ Mary
had a little lamb,” to several local
young people playing at the Grade
8, 9 and 10 Levels. The latter
included Janine Buffinga of RR 1,
Clinton, who is also the chief
accompanist for her school choir at
her Christian High School in
London.
Mrs. Learsaidlaterthatallofher
senior students had competed at
the Midwestern Ontario Rotary
Music Festival in Walkerton ear
lier, this month, where they all
scored marks of between 82 and 89,
capturing five first-place awards,
five seconds, and five thirds, as
well as a number of other prizes in
solos, duets, and trios.
Admission to Sunday’s perfor
mance was by donation, and the
afternoon’s total of more than $90
completed the students’ project of
payingforoneofthe keys on the
Festival’s Baby Grand Piano,
which had originally been “sold”
to local supporters for $250 each in
order to raise the funding needed
to purchase the instrument. The
key allotted to Mrs. Lear’s stu
dents is Treble High “G,” she
said.
Board of Directors with special
musical entertainment provided
by The Lakeside Dixie Land Band.
After the BBQ, check out the Fun
Auction to follow with lots of great
‘steals’. Some of the many items on
the block include: a hand-quilted
queen size reversible spread or
quilt to Dinner for Two at some of
the best, local restaurants around;
a custom silk flower arrangement,
outdoor lawn furniture, a Trip for
Twoto Niagara Falls and many,
many more.
This evening has been offered
for $3.50 to 1988 Subscribers and
only $7.00 to anyone who would
like to join in on the festivities.
Tickets are available by calling the
Playhouse at 238-8451 before June
6.
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Mr. and Mrs. Murray Souch
would like to announce the
forthcoming marriage of
their daughter, Karen Ann
to John Kevin Coultes, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Jack
Coultes, Kincardine. The
wedding will take place on
Saturday, June 4, 1988. An
open reception to follow at
Blyth Community Centre.
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