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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1983-07-27, Page 12theatre Lucknow Sentinel, Wednesday, July 27, 1983—Page 12 Ted Johns in Maritime Faces Dungannon 4-11 calf club learn to judge market cattle by Scott Hackett The July meeting of the Dungannon 4-H Calf Club was held at the farm of Roy Walters of Colborne Township. The vice- president Darren Connelly opened the meeting. The club then discussed the upcoming events such as the bus trip to Canada's Wonderland and the Demonstration Competition. Mr. Walters then showed his beef operation. Members judged four cows as to which would go to market first. As the meeting came to a close, Mrs. Walters served chocolate milk and Doughnuts. Maritime By D. Kloeze Maritime Faces offers a real treat for people going to the new show at the Blyth Summer Festival–two plays for the price of one. Both plays are a real treat and a joy to watch. Maritime Faces is about Maritime people. The first play is called Tighten the Traces, Haul in the Reins, and comes from from the Mulgrave Theatre Company in Nova Scotia, It was brought to Blyth by the writer and only performer in the play, Robbie O'Neill. The play is about one very remarkable Maritimer nam- ed Leo Kennedy. Kennedy, born in the 1920's, was a travelling salesman and storekeeper in Nova Scotia for years. He also had cerebral palsy. The play is completely Kennedy's story, told through the talents of O'Neill. And they are con- siderable talents. O'Neill portrays Kennedy's peculiar movements and speech with much energy and Faces -two one man shows understanding. The transformation of O'Neill, who comes out at first to in- troduce himself and the play to the audience, to Kennedy is astounding. In one instant he makes a tremendous jump to a .crippled but in- domitable old man, and he remains so for the rest of the play. The acting is captivating, if the material is not. The play is `simply a series of anecdotes from Kennedy's life, told by himself. There are no other characters, no other real tensions, no other concerns. The play lasts well under an hour, and seems long enough. It is very simp- ly fine entertainment; an in- sight to someone very special who was obviously much admired by the author and performer. The second play, Naked on the North Shore, is somewhat more energetic in scope. It is another one-man show, written and performed by Ted Johns. The part of the Maritimes he is portraying is a village on the North Shore of the St. Lawrence, in Quebec. The play is also per- sonally important to Johns, he spent a year teaching in the same village which he calls Old Fort. Johns plays not just one character, but the whole village. His play is con- siderably funnier, more comprehensive, and longer than the first. His characterizations are exact and sympathetic. The people from Old Fort are a strange lot; they have survived without electricity, or modern conveniences. They are incomprehensible to the outsider, and they cannot even begin to understand people other than themselves. They are typically small -village, slow people with simple tastes. Johns presents the play as a sort of make-believe trip to Old Fort. He explains, "Go- ing to the North Shore is easy enough, it's being there that's hard." While meeting the people, Johns also takes us along to a couple of homes, and some social events, notably the local dance. The scene with all the villagers out for a par- ty which turns into a brawl is hilarious, and Johns plays the whole thing single- handedly. Although his characters are varied, there come to be so many of them that in some parts the play becomes confusing. His costume always stays the same, and his accent does not change too much. It is sometimes difficult to figure out if he has changed characters, and if so who he is playing now. The two plays together of- fer two very different views of Maritime life. They are completely different, and are not meant to be con- nected in any way. But they present their characters and concerns very sym- pathetically, and one gains some special insights into a different aspect of Canadian life from Maritime Faces. Maritime Faces is playing in repertory with the other Blyth Summer Festival pro- ductions until August 19. Better understanding required:OFA TORONTO - Better understanding between farmers and decision - makers is necessary to solve the pro- blems facing Ontario agriculture, ac- cording to the new first vice-president of the Ontario Federation of Agriculture (OFA) . "Understanding is a two-sided issue," Harry Pelissero said. "We need to understand how decision - makers operate. And we need to get them to put on overalls and rubber boots and walk a country mile to ap- preciate the farmer's point of view." By decision -makers, Pelissero iden- tified politicians, financial institutions and anyone else who has an influence on farmers. He added that greater understanding is also needed between farmers so that common solutions can be found to the complex problems fac- ing the agricultural community. Pelissero was speaking at an OFA board of directors meeting today where he was elected as first vice- president to replace Ron White, a London -area farmer who passed away earlier this month. Pelissero's position on the OFA was filled by Lynn Girty, a Blenheim farmer. Girty said his first priority as an ex- ecutive committee member is to more effectively involve individual farmers in the lobbying of the OFA. 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