HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 1988-10-12, Page 27THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1988. PAGE 27.
Festival hosts Cinderella
The story of Cinderella, told with beautiful wooden marionettes, will
be performed at Blyth Memorial Hall October 29. The performance is
part of the Children’s Festival of Entertainment series.
Beautiful wooden marionettes
magically come to life in the expert
hands of their creators, Heather
Bishop and Darryl Taylor, in the
beloved story of “Cinderella”
which will be performed at Blyth
Memorial Hall on Saturday, Octo
ber 29 at 2 p.m. as part of their
Children’s Festival of Entertain
ment Series. This delightful pro
duction from the Maritimes is
Feasibility terms approved
for county move
Authorization for preparation of
terms of reference for a feasibility
study into the possible move of
Huron County Offices to Huron-
view was given by county council
Thursday.
The approval came after a report
from an architect said it would be
feasible to turn the Huronview
building, once it is vacated, into an
office building. Just how feasible,
however, was a matter of some
debate by councillors.
R. Seligman of R. Seligman
Associates Inc. had brought his
reporttothe Sept. 30meetingof
the Executive Committee and the
committee reported his findings to
the wholecouncil Thursday. He
said the facility could accommo
date all county offices and have
30,000squarefeetleftover, not
including the 15,000 square feet in
the south wing of the building
which the Ministry of Agriculture
and Food has shown interest in.
He said that the building could
be totally renovated, with all new
heating, electrical and plumbing
facilities, new windows, doors,
completely rebricking the outside
and insulating the interior as well
as new flooring and painting for
about$66 per square foot. The cost
of a new building would be $110 per
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square foot, he said.
But after some councillors ques
tioned the county ’ s ability to spend
what they estimated at $9 million in
renovating the building for office,
Bill Hanly, clerk-treasurer said the
$66 figure would virtually com
pletely rebuild the building. In
Elgin county, he said, a nurses
residence had been renovated at a
cost of only $23 a square foot.
John Doherty, deputy reeve of
Goderich wondered why an archi
tect had been hired at all when the
architect estimates $9 million to
renovate the building but the
administrator says it can be done
for less than half the cost?
Warden Bob Bell said he really
didn’t know why the architect
would propose such sweeping
renovations in his report.
Meanwhile some heat was taken
out of the isshe when it was pointed
out that until all three stages of the
Huronview replacement program
are built (and there were some
councillors questioning the need,
for the second and third phase) six
or seven years from now, there will
be no vacant building to renovate.
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based on the original French story
and is set in Medieval times. The
music is from Prokofiev’s Cinder
ella ballet.
Marionettes are more than hand
puppets or hand and rod puppets;
they are the traditional European
puppet as in the story of Pinnochio.
In fact, Heather Bishop’s career as
a puppeteer began at the age of 12
years of age when she saw a
production of Pinnochio in Wolfv-
ville. “The moment a marionette
comes on stage, they have so much
strength and impact”, says Bi
shop. “At least that’s how if
affected me. So I decided to pursue
it further.”
Saturday afternoon’s Cinderella
will have a different twist than the
familiar Walt Disney version.
Cinderella patiently works by the
fireplace as her mean sisters taunt
and tease her. The sisters go
through crazy antics in preparation
for the Ball. The Prince’s delightful
and wise companion, the Court
Jester, knows the Ball will be the
most important night of the
Prince’s life. Cinderella meets her
Godmother, a mysterious old lady,
who has waited eighteen years
before visiting her beloved god
child. Godmother magically trans
forms Cinderella for the Ball!
Bishop says the show has been a
big hit with children everywhere
they have played. “Children just
love them. Marionettes are right in
their world. We’ve had children
come up and ask if they have real
skin. The younger children espe
cially are fascinated. Older kids,
say 13 or 14, are more interested in
our technique, where we’ve been,
how we got involved. But the
younger kids just love the mario
nettes by themselves.”
In this time of repetitious televi
sion programming, music videos
and computer games, a child’s
imagination is seldom challenged.
Maritime Marionettes is challeng
ing, a lot of fun and excellent
theatre. Tickets are on sale now
through the Blyth Festival Box
Office and may be reserved by
calling 523-9300/9225. Advance
tickets are $6 each and $7.50 at the
door.
The Blyth Children’s Festival of
Entertainment Series begins with
Maritime Marionettes on Satur
day, October 29 at 2 p.m. with a
series of four performances costing
only $15 for adults or children.
Other exciting entertainment in
the series includes: Kim and Jerry
Brodey (popular musical enter
tainers) is featured Saturday,
November 26 at 2 p.m.; the
Vancouver based Green Thumb
Theatre presents “Two Weeks,
Twice a Year’ ’ written by Chalmers
Award winning playwright Colin
Thomas on Satuday, March 18/89
at 2 p.m.; and the series concludes
with The Best of Robert Munsch on
Saturday, April 8/89 at 2 p.m.
Children’s Festival Series tickets
are on sale now for only $15 each.
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Festival's Dinner Auction
has unique gift ideas
Some giftsfor the person who
has everything could be picked up
by Christmas shoppers at the Blyth
Festival’s Galan Dinner and Auc
tion Saturday, Nov. 5 at the Blyth
Community Centre.
How about an open airplane ride
courtesy of Jim Armstrong of
Brussels. Or a Rolls Royce Adven
ture, or escape weekends in
Muskoka or a treasured antique
depression glass cookie jar. Also
available will be innovative child
ren’s toys, an exquisite hand-made
quilt, and lots of theatre tickets.
Tickets for the event, which
includes a preview and silent
All-You-Can-Eat
Beef Supper
THURSDAY, OCT.20
Blyth Memorial Hall
5-7 p.m.
ADULTS $6.50
CHILDREN $3.00
Sponsored by
Trinity Anglican Church
auction followed by dinner at 6
p.m. and the gala auction at 8 p.m.
are $20 each. Richard Lobb will be
the auctioneer. All proceeds from
the dinner-auction go to the
Festival’s $1.8 million expansion
plan.
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THE ZANIEST
SEXIEST MOVIE
ENTERTAINMENT
OF THE SUMMER:
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Playingfrom Friday to
Thursday, October
14to20.
Showtimes: Friday and
Saturday at 7 & 9p.m.
Sunday to Thursday
one show each evening
at8p.m.
They threw away the mold
after these two!
Happy Birthday with love from the
more sedate members of the
Gropp family