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THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1993. PAGE 27.
E ntertainment
New beginnings
Artists, playwrights and directors gathered with media, Blyth Festival staff and board of
director members at a reception announcing the 1993 season playbill. From left, John Roby,
Rosalind Goldsmith, Artistic Director Peter Smith, Colleen Curran, Elliott Smith, Patricia
Vanstone, Dale Hamilton, Jennifer Brewin and Associate Artistic Director Greg Spottiswood.
Thriller to debut at Garage
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mother who returns to her rural Nova
Scotia hometown to tell three of the
most important people in her life that
she has been diagnosed with a life-
threatening illness. The touching
story, Mr. Spottiswood says is told
with gentle humour.
Though no stranger to Blyth audi-
ences with his musical contributions
For three days the Blyth Festival
will host a non-competitive high
school drama festival. Ten high
schools from near and far will
come together to celebrate the
process of creating theatre. The
results of their energies and talents
will appear on the festival stage
each night at 7:30 p.m. Throughout
the day students will participate in
a variety of workshops to develop
skills and exchange ideas. These
workshops include: play readings,
improvisation, puppetry, set design,
clown, popular theatre, and
playwrighting.
An open debate on artistic
censorship in high schools will be
held on Feb. 19 at 4:30 p.m. in the
Garage Theatre.
The Crossroads Festival is
designed to encourage young
Canadian actors, directors,
designers, playwrights and
technicians to come together as one
large community of artists.
"Being in a theatre group means
being part of a unique community,"
says Michelle Carter, co-artistic
director of Crossroads. "It's a
community that comes together for
a brief time to devote itself entirely
to the creation of a work of art. The
intense feelings generated during
this process are felt by everyone
involved. The Crossroads Festival
will be a time to meet other artists
to share and celebrate your talents
together."
Pancake
Supper
at St. John's
Anglican, Brussels
on Tuesday, Feb. 23/93
from 5-7 p.m.
Pre-schoolers -Free
10 8i under - $3.00
Adults - $6.00
to the hits plays Girls in the Gang
and Dreamland, John Roby makes
his debut as playwright with The Old
Man's Band. Opening date is July 27
and it runs until Aug. 21.
Set on Canada's east coast in the
last year of the turbulent 60's the
musical looks at the relationship
between father and son, an aspiring
rock guitarist, forced to play stand up
bass in his father's Dixie Land band.
The Festival is non-competitive.
Adjudication of performances will
come from the audience and will be
fasciliated by professional directors
Jennifer Brewin and Elliot Smith.
For the first time ever, the
Crossroads Festival is being
produced by three local students,
Michelle Carter (Clinton), Rachel
Brophy (Lucknow), and Renee
Devereaux (Seaforth) have been
working together for the past five
months to plan and organize the
Festival.
Taking part in the 1993
Crossroads Festival are students
from: Goderich District Collegiate
Institute, Listowel District
Secondary School, F. E. Madill
Secondary School (Wingham), St.
Mary's District Collegiate and
Vocational Institute (St. Mary's),
Northern Secondary School
(Toronto), Saugeen District
Secondary School (Port Elgin),
Seaforth District High School,
South Huron District Secondary
School (Exeter), and an
independent group of students
called The Paper Bag Players.
With thankfulness and praise
to our Lord, for his
faithfulness and love, we
hope to celebrate the
40th WEDDING
ANNIVERSARY
of our parents and grandparents
JOHN & TINIE BENJAMINS
Gi 1.1.1 t Sethrtk, real IWO
OD
Saturday February 27, 1993
Friends and family are invited to an
OPEN HOUSE
to be held from
3 p.m. - 5 p.m.
at the
CLINTON CHRISTIAN
REFORMED CHURCH
'Best Wishes Only Please"
At The Garage Theatre, from Aug.
16 to Aug. 28, is the political
thrillerWeb, written by Rosalind
Goldsmith. Those present at the
reception were treated to a brief read-
ing of this taut political drama by
Artistic Director Peter Smith as a
mysterious scientist and Mr. Spottis-
wood, as the young journalist Francis
Keiller.
The last offering on the Blyth stage
is the return of Raymond Storey's The
Glorious 12th with performances
from Aug. 24 to Sept. 11. The criti-
cally acclaimed story is about ten-
sions in the days leading up to the
Orangmen's King Billy Parade on
July 12, 1927.
In addition the Young Company,
under the direction of Jennifer
Brewin will be presenting Look Away
a continuation of last years environ-
mental story Ozone on Down.
Speaking on behalf of the play's
sponsors following the announce-
ment, David Sparling of Sparling's
Propane, said, ,"It is gratifying as a
sponsor to support something of
quality; something truly Canadian."
From Big Teddy and
Three Little Bears
All You Can Eat!
Pancake
Supper
includes Sausages,
Salads & Desserts
Blyth Memorial
Hall
Feb. 23, 1993
5-7 p.m.
Adults: $5.50
Children: (6-12): $3.50
Preschoolers: Free
Sponsored by Trinity Anglican Church
Kids wanted
for`Oliver'
Huron Country Playhouse is
looking for kids, about 50 of them,
for their upcoming '93 season
opener of Lionel Ban's Oliver.
"These boys and girls will be in
the opening workhouse scene
singing 'Food Glorious Food' and
as Fagin's Gang throughout the
show" states Max Reimer, Artistic
Director of the Playhouse and
Director and Choreographer of
Oliver!
"Specifically I'm looking for
children aged between eight and 15
years who should be no taller than
5' - 2" says Reimer. "They need to
bring a current photo and wear
casual, comfortable clothes so that
they are able to move and run
around. They don't need to prepare
a song, I'm going to teach them a
song and some theatre games. We
should have some fun at the
audition," says Reimer.
Auditions will be held at the
Grand Bend Public School on Gill
Road on Saturday, Feb. 20 and
Sunday, Feb. 21 and again on
Saturday, Feb. 27 and Sunday, Feb.
28. Girls will be seen at 10 a.m.
and boys will be seen at 2 p.m. on
all four days.
Rehearsals for Oliver! begin May
10, evenings and weekends for the
children. Full day rehearsals being
May 17 with the full company in
preparation for the first school
matinee on May 31. Oliver!
previews on June 15 and officially
kicks off the 22nd season at Huron
Country Playhouse on June 16 and
runs until July 3.
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noon - 1 a.m.
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menu of delicious
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located at:
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BLYTH
Open House
The family of Hazel
Dalrymple Invites you to an
Open House to celebrate her
80th birthday on Saturday,
February 20 from 1:30 to
4:00 at the Blyth Christian
Reformed Church.
Best Wishes Only.
Students meet at Crossroads
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