The Citizen, 1992-03-25, Page 22PAGE 22. THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 25, 1992.
Ron Greidanus performs at Memorial Hall
Ten-year-old Craig Fair, of Bluevale, will be using his many
talents when he performs with the Charlottetown Festival in
Prince Edward Island this summer. He will be one of the
lead characters in The Great Adventure.
Bluevale youth to star
in Charlottetown show
by LARRY CARDIFF
A ten year old boy from Bluevale
has been given the golden opportu
nity to do what some children may
only dream of.
Craig Fair, a Grade Five student
from Turnberry Central Public
School, will be performing this sea
son at the Charlottetown Festival in
Prince Edward Island.
The Festival, which is in its 27th
year, is held at the Confederation
Centre of the Arts; Canada's
National Memorial to the Fathers
of Confederation.
Craig currently plays keyboards
and provides lead vocals for the
musical group Wildpitch. Craig's
brother Shawn who also plays key
boards for the group provides har
mony, while the boys' father, Sandy
plays bass and sax.
The group which performs a vari
ety of music; ballads, country and
pop; and step dancing, was appear
ing at the Fergus Fall Fair when
Craig caught the attention of Bel
Henry. Bel, who knew that the
Artistic Director of the Charlotte
town Festival, Jacques LeMay was
looking for a boy who could sing
and dance, recommended Craig to
him.
Craig was asked to attend an
audition in Toronto and submit a
demo tape covering a variety of
musical pieces. LeMay, who was
impressed by the youth's abilities,
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at
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(upstairs)
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Age of majority
required
chose him for one of the lead roles
in the play The Great Adventure.
The musical, co-scripted by
Jacques LeMay, is to commemo
rate the 125th Anniversary of the
founding of Canada. Craig will por
tray 'Cayo', who is befriended by an
old man in a railroad station.
Before the old man dies, he passes,
on to the youth the heritage and
history of Canada, leaving some
thing of himself and his past with
the younger generation.
Craig, who will also be appearing
at the Festival in the well known
musical Anne of Green Gables, will
be leaving May 20 for rehearsals.
Along with the rest of the cast, he
will be rehearsing eight hours a
day for a month.
Craig admits he is excited and
looking forward to this new oppor
tunity. His mother Susan will be
accompanying him, while his
brother and father have plans to
visit throughout the season.
Anne of Green Gables will be
running from June 27 through to
Sept. 5; The Great Adventure from
July 7 to Sept. 5.
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A Londcsboro area native, Ron
Greidanus will be one of the talent
ed musicians participating in the
special Baroque Concert in Blyth
Memorial Hall on Saturday, March
28 at 8 p.m.
Presently studying at Lakehead
University in Blind River, the
young pianist has a busy spring and
Local students star in much-praised Madill play
The F.E. Madill Drama Club
received high accolades at tire
weeklong Sears District Drama
Festival in Waterloo for its produc
tion of Act 1 of Hurray for Johnny
Canuck.
Adjudicator Ken Albanese of
Guelph felt the Madill Drama Club
maintained the true spirit of com
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summer planned at the end of his
term. This spring he hopes to travel
to Banff to compete in a Musical
Festival.
In April he will be performing at
the Chatham Symphony Orchestra
and the Thunder Bay Symphony
Orchestra.
During the summer, Mr. Grei
danus will by playing at a musical
munity throughout the competition.
The entire cast and crew was given
an Award of Excellence trophy for
providing the audience with an
hour of hysterical antics in this
funny farce of Johnny Canuck and
his secret Canadian super-squad,
who try to squash the Nazi menace
in 1939 Canada ( as authenticated
festival in England before reluming
to Lakehead in the fall.
Also appearing in Blyth will be
solo violinist Philipa Timmings
from London and flutist Rodney
Gray in addition to the St. Andrews
Chamber Orchestra.
Tickets arc $6 for adults and
seniors and $4 for students. An
informal reception will follow.
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Christine Carr of Brussels, Dan
Pearson of RR1, Ethel, Matt
Hussey and Mica Hussey of RR1,
Belgrave, Rowan Kerr of Belgrave,
Steven Wray of RR4, Wingham
and Crystal Cuckscy of RR4,
Wingham were area young people
involved in this entertaining group.