HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 1988-08-17, Page 23Not only the food but also the service was first class when the Blyth Festival held its Gourmet Dinner at the
Blyth and District Community Centre Saturday. These diners were served by Festival Board President
Marian Doucette [right] and actress Nancy Roberts. Other actors, writers and directors from the Festival
along with board members and volunteers also served the large crowd.
Local artists featured in gallery show
THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 17, 1988. PAGE 23.
New Canadian play
a 'Windfall' at Playhouse
The final show this summer at
the Blyth Festival Gallery from
August 20 to September 17, 1988
features the recent paintings of
popular artists Jo Manning and
Ron Walker. The gallery exhibition
opens Saturday, August 20 with a
reception at 7:30 p.m. featuring
the artists and many special
guests. Sponsored by Canada
Trust, this show is titled “Aspects
of Nature-Mythical and Other
wise.”
Jo Manning is a graduate of the
Ontario College of Art. She began
her career as a printmaker and has
exhibited extensively in Canada
and abroad. Currently working as
a painter and deeply involved in the
landscape of the Blyth area, Jo has
received many international
awards for her etchings. She has
lectured widely on the topics of
printmaking and etching, and
illustrated such publications as the
Catholic Sunday Missal and poetry
books.
Always encouraging to other
artists, Jo has been very active in
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Showtimes: Friday
and Saturday at 7and
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evening at 8p.m. only
Several music students of Shir
ley E. Vincent of Blyth successfully
completed the spring exams of the
Royal Conservatory of Music.
They include: grade 3 harmony,
Laurie Little; grade 6 piano, John
Ramirez, first class honours and
Stephanie Lentz, honours; grade 5
piano, Darrel Lavis, honours;
grade 4 piano, Andrew Perrie,
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such groups as the Canadian
Society of Painters and Etchers.
The high regard inwhich Jo’s work
is held is indicated by her number
of national and international shows
and awards. She won the Medal of
HonourinFrechen, Germany in
1980, and her latest international
shows were in Portugal and Chile.
Ron Walker, currently an art
teacher with the Huron County
Board of Education, was born in
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan and stu
died at the Regina College School
of Art, and at the University of
Saskatchewan under Roy Kiyooka,
Ron Bloore, Ken Locheed and Art
McKay. In 1959 he received a
graduate scholarship to study at
the University of Toronto where he
obtained degrees in English and
Art Education.
Mr. Walker’s present exhibition
at the Blyth Festival Gallery, like
theartof JoManning, reflects a
keen interest in Huron County
landscapes. His work is represent
ed in numerous private and public
collections including Noranda
Mines, the Sudbury Board of
Education and the Art Gallery of
Ontario.
The Blyth Festival Gallery is
open daily (except Sundays) and is
free to the public. Local artists’
work is also on display all summer
long adjacent to the box office with
glassworks, weaving, pottery,
stained glass and other crafts
being featured.
The Family of Freda and Murray
Crawford would like to invite
friends, neighboursand relatives
to a social evening in honour of
their parents' 40th anniversary
on Saturday, August 27, 1988 at
the Brussels, Morris & Grey
Community Centre, 9 p.m. - 1
a.m. Best Wishes Only please.
Windfall, a bright, new play by
one of Canada’s most produced
playwrights, Norm Foster runs at
Huron Country Playhouse until
August 20 on the Main Stage.
The plot concerns Deborah
Turnbull and Peter Elliott (Walter
and Louise Brookside), acouple
who become owners of a $5 million
lottery win and escape from the
outside world. Carl Ritchie plays
the persistent reporter and Colleen
Embree (one of The Geminae from
A Funny Thing Happened On The
Way To The Forum) and Mark
Wilson portray the Brookside
children.
Artistic Director, Sandy Mac
donald directed “Windfall” with
set design by Dennis Horn,
costume coordination by Jose
phine Zvonkin from St. Marys,
Ont. and lighting design by Ben
Cekuta.
Windfall combines light-heart
ed comedy with dramatic truths
and just a wee touch of malice.
For tickets and information, call
the Box Office 238-8451.
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