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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1985-12-04, Page 51Luclmow Sentinel, Wednesday, December 4, 1985 -Page '5 .. Blyth Festival to workshop op new crop ot plays • If you thought nothing happens at the Blyth Festival Over the winter months, think again! Katherine Kaszas, Artistic Director, announced today that three new scripts, currently under consideration for the 1986 season, would be workshopped at the beginning of December. "I am very excited about the opportunity these work- shops give to actors,, directors, and of course the playwrights themselves. To have them all come to ; Blyth, away from the noise and stress of city life; is wonderful �a chance to really concentrate on the work in progress," she said today. The workshops will begin on Dec. 2, culminating in an entire day of public Annual concert held On Dec. 1 at 7 p.m. the Lucknow Presbyterian Sunday School held their annual Christmas concert in the church hall. Prior to the program Christmas music was played on the piano by Angela Cran- ston, Alesha Moffat and Brock Raynard. Rev. Allison.Ramsay • welcomed everyone and the program opened with the Sunday School members singing several Christmas selectionsunder the direction of Norma Raynard. June Gilchrist, the Sunday School Super- intendent, introduced the membersof the,,:, classes as they took their part in the program. . The kindergarten and preschool class gave recitations, which are always enter- taining. Those taking part, were: Kristi Cranston, Ean Moffat, Craig. Moffat, Julie Cleland, Alicia de Boer, Paula Kwan, Jolene Emberlin and Jennifer Moffat. Their teachers are Debbie Emberlin and. '' Marg Wilson. The Grade 1 - 1 class taught by Jackie Murray and Mae' Raynard, ' performed' a skit. entitled' "The Manger Creche", with the audience helping by singing Christmas Carols. Those taking part were Michael Cranston, Matthew de Boer, .Sonia Jones, Mark Nobert, " Trevor Moffat, Andrew Cleland, . Lee Drennan, Lisa Kwan and Joshua Emberlin: The audience t then sang, "There's a Song in the Air". . A pageantwas performed by Chad Moffat, . Angela Cranston, Michael. de , Boer, Alesha Moffat and Christopher Jones. Teachers are Judy de Boer and Susan Moffat. The senior class took part in a play called "The Visit of the Wishing Lady". The• characters were: Jennifer Cranston, Jenny Cooper, Brock Raynard, Jackie Wilson, Sarah Nelson and 'Kristi Stanley. Their teachers are. Lillian Jones and June Gilchrist. Offering was'then collected by Brock Raynard' and Michael de Boer. This offering is forwarded to the Children's Aid Society in Walkerton. Rev. Ramsay closed the program with. prayer and those taking part in the program were presented with 'treats, and refreshments were served to the audience. Update'so.il knowledge On Dec. 5, at 7.30 p.m. in the OMAF boardroorh in Clinton, -a soil conserva- tion update meeting will be held.. This is your chance to express .your opinions on current local and provincial initiatives and where you think they, should head in the future. Representatives from the Ontario Chapter of the Soil Conserva- tion. Society, of America, the Ontario • 'Institute of Agrologists, the Ontario Soil and Crop • Improvement Association, the Huron 'Soil and Crop Management As- sociation, Soil and Water Conservation District, the • Ontario Federation of Agriculture and the Christian Farmer's Federation of Ontario will be on hand to present their views. This meeting is jointly sponsored, by the Soil Conservation Society' of .Amer- ica, the Ontario Chapter and the Ontario Institute of'Agrologists. Refreshments will ' be provided. readings, and discussions with the actors, directors, and playwrights, on Dec. 13. The plays to be workshopped are: Sister Jude by David Carley. An amusing look at presbyterianism in small town Ontario, through the eyes of a brother and sister - whose reactions to their strict upbringing are very different. Originally from Peter- borough, David Carley is also the author of Scoops which was performend at Port Stanley Summer Theatre last summer. The director will . be Bob • White, • Artisitic Director of Factory Theatre in Toronto. Gone to Glory by Suzanne Finlay: Two elderly women struggle on their meagre pensions in the British Columbia interior. This is a comedy about their lives and eccentricities in the small brightly -coloured shack they call home. Another of Suzanne Finlay's plays, Monkeyshines, was a big hit at BC's Bastion Theatre recently. Katherine Kaszaswill direct. % Another Season's Promise by Anne Chislett and Keith •Roulston: A heart -rendering story about a farm family struggling to keep the farm from going bankrupt. Anne Chislett is well-known across Canada as the author of The Tomorrow Box and the. award-winning Quiet in the Land.' Blyth resident Keith Roulston has written several plays for. the Blyth Festival, including The Shortest Distance Between Two Points. This is their first joint venture. •Ms Kaszas will also direct this workshop. . The tentative schedule for the readings on December 13 is; 10 a.m., Sister Jude (reading and discussion); 12 p,m. lunch; 1 - 3, Gone'to Glory (reading and discussion); 3:30 - 4, break; 4 - 6, Another Season's Promise (•reading and discussion); 6 - 8, Reception -. The•, Blyth Festival's Open House and Christmas Party. The day's events will all take place in the • Blyth Memorial Hall, and are open to the. public. Anyone wishing to attend all or part of the day's activities, should call the Blyth Festival at 523-4345. 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