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Dog show brings visitors
from across continent
The Blyth Festival’s Lisa Frayne trained and directed a group of sixteen 9 to 11 year olds to present a
playlet called “A Dish for the King”, which was presented Friday to showcase the skills the youngsters—
learned as part of one of the theatre’s Youth Workshops. Above, the head cook and kitchen maids [from
left] Michael Laffin, Abigail Ramirez and Mirika Chandler await the King’s reaction to their latest
culinary creation.
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shows in Tavistock, and another
four days in Woodstock. Many
exhibitors will attend all three
locations, and Mrs. Pullen says
that at least one third of all the dogs
shown in Blyth came from the
U.S.A., from as far away as New
York and Oklahoma. On Tuesday,
the Best in Show winner was an
English Pointer named “Windcliff
Acclaim” from Chesterland, Ohio;
while Wednesday’s, Best in Show
dogwasa WestHighland White
Terrier, Champion Storeyland
Baron of Grynmill, from Bramp
ton, Ontario.
For the first few years that it
began sponsoring shows, the
Bluewater Club held the annual
event in Exeter, but found that the
fairgrounds were hot, dusty and
expensive to use, so they went
looking for another location, quick
ly settling on Blyth.
“We really like Blyth, ’’ Mrs.
Pullen said. “We are very well
received here, and everyone is very
co-operative towards us. Besides,
the food here is just great, and
that’s something you can’t get at
very many shows of this kind!”
The Anglican Church Women,
who cater to the annual Thresher
men’s Reunion in Blyth, have fed
the dog show people each year
since they began coming to Blyth in
1982, providing excellent sit-down
meals on both days in the upper
hall at the arena.
“It’s an arrangement I hope we
can continue for a long time to
come,” says Mrs. Pullen.
Twilight crop
tour July 22
Successful crop production is a
never ending challenge. Each year
new crop varieties, new weeds,
crop diseases, and production
practices arise to challenge the
grower’s efforts to produce maxi
mum economicyields. Toassist
producers in keeping abreast of
new crop production practices, the
Huron Soil and Crop Improvement
Association is hosting its annual
Soil and Crop Twilight Tour on
Wednesday, July 22 at 7:30 p.m.
The tour this year will feature:
varieties of hard red wheat; solid
seeded white beans; white bean
variety trials; new soybean varie
ties; new harus wheat variety; and
a barley comparison trial.
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'MissBalmoral' breaks records
For the first time in the history of
the Blyth Festival, the entire run of
a new play has sold out - even
before the play opens! “Miss
Visiting student
actors need
places to stay
Twenty-nine young high school
students from New Brunswick,
part of the young company of
Theatre New Brunswick, will be
coming to Blyth to perform a play
and need a place to stay.
Janet Amos, former artistic
director of the Blyth Festival, is
bringing her troupe of young
people all the way from the east
coast to perform “The Lion, The
Witch and The Wardrobe’’ at the
Festival’s garage workshop space
on Dinsley street.
The biggest need, however, is to
find places for the young actors to
stay for the period they’ll be in
Blyth August 12 -15. Anyone who
would be able to billet a student
should call Tim Chapman, the
Festival’s general manager at
523-4345.
Balmoral of the Bayview”, the new
comedy by Colleen Curran, opened
at the Festival on Tuesday, July 14
and advance public interest has
been so great that all 16 perform
ances are completely sold out.
However, as usual, a limited
number of rush seats will go on sale
to the general public two hours
before performance time for each
show.
Accordingto Keith Roulston,
co-founder of the Festival, a
similar record was set in 1983 when
The Tomorrow Box was brought
back and tickets were sold out
before opening. But it is very
unusual for a new play, one which
has never been seen on stage
before, to sell out in this way.
* * Audiences love a good comedy’ ’,
said General Manager Tim Chap
man, “and people remember the
other Colleen Curran plays we’ve
done here - ‘Cake Walk’ and
‘Moose County”. I apologize to all
those people who will be unable to
get tickets to this show. We always
urge people to purchase their
tickets well in advance to avoid
disappointment, but sometimes
they don’t believe us!”
There are still tickets available
for the other plays running in
repertory at the Festival: “Girls in
the Gang”, “Bordertown Cafe”
and “Bush Fire’’ (opening July
21). •
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