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Deputy Grand Master. R.W. Bro. Don Dunbar conducted
the presentation ceremony.
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escapes from the fast-paced modem
world by retreating to his bam was
first created by Mr. Johns and other
actors at Theatre Passe Muraille in
Toronto in the 1970s. Later Mr.
Johns rewrote the play and brought
it, complete with a cast that
includes live cows, pigs and chick
ens, to the Blyth stage in 1977 and
again in 1981.
Mr. Johns will be updating the
script to take in the concerns of
Aylmer with the way the world has
changed since then. The play will
also feature Ms Amos as Aylmer's
wife. Mr. Johns is also author of
Blyth hits The School Show (1978),
Garrison's Garage (1984 and
1985) and Country Hearts (with
John Roby, 1982). He Won't Come
In From The Barn opens June 29.
Bouncing Back, by Suzanne Fin
lay, is the second world premiere of
the season. Ms Finlay, who wrote
Gone to Glory for the Festival in
1986, creates a memorable charac
ter in Kate, a feisty 80-year-old
who finds herself stuck in the hos
pital alone and unwanted. Her
40ish daughter Brenda, who has
problems of her own including a
tangled love life, comes to try to
straighten out her mother's affairs,
including a house that resembles a
disaster area. The three-character
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play opens July 20.
The work of one of Canada's
most famous writers, W. O.
Mitchell will be presented for the
first time on the Blyth stage wfen
The Black Bonspiel of Wullie Mac-
Crimmon opens as the final produc
tion of the season Aug. 3.
Wullie MacCrimmon is a small
town shoemaker who longs to win
the Canadian curling champi
onship. He meets O. Cloutie who
promises to deliver his wish as part
of a bargain. Wullie finds himself
challenged to the curling match of
this life. Fear, treachery and reli
gious fanaticism conspire to defeat
his team as he curls for his soul
against a rink of history's most
infamous villains.
Mr. Mitchell's play first appeared
as a short story in 1950, then as a
one-act play in 1966. In 1979 the
first full-length production first
opened at Theatre Calgary. The
play has entertained audiences in
many parts of Canada since.
In announcing her season from
the stage in the basement of Memo
rial Hall, Ms Amos recalled that
her introduction to Blyth came in
that room, when The Farm Show
was performed there because the
upstairs theatre had been con
demned as unsafe. Later she was
artistic director for five seasons
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Information about Theatre
Orangeville's inaugural 1994
Summer Season, or about the ticket
voucher packages, can be obtained
by calling the Theatre Orangeville
office at (519) 942-3423.
Michael Burgess, Canadian star
of Les Miserables, was the featured
guest of a "A Midwinter Night's
Dream", the first in a series of
special evenings to establish an on
going Young Company Scholarship
Programme as part of Theatre
Orangeville's Inaugural season.
The goal of this event, organized
by The Catherines Foundation, was
to raise money for two $1,500
Scholarships. Three were funded.
Theatre Orangeville's Young
Company Scholarship Programme
will allow a minimum of five
young people to participate fully in
Theatre Orangeville's inaugural
1994 Summer Season of
Professional Theatre. These young
people, aged 14-21, will work with
from 1980 to 1984. "This was pos
sibly the time of my life that was
the happiest when I lived here," she
said emotionally. "There are a lot
of ghosts here for me." Because of
that, she said,, she thought hard
before accepting the invitation to
return to the Festival when the call
came last fall. She was worried
about whether she was trying to
relive part of her life if she
returned. But, she said, "People
have been so friendly and kind it
has been as if I never left."
She praised the work of all her
predecessors. "Every single era had
its strengths," she said. "My job is
to take the best from all the years
and make it work today." She said
if things work out she hopes to stay
in Blyth for three seasons to help
the theatre recover from the declin
ing attendance which has led to a
$225,000 accumulated deficit.
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professional theatre directors,
actors, technicians and admini
strators; and they will have an
opportunity to learn about and
participate in every aspect of the
1994 Summer Season. They will
also rehearse and perform two of
their own productions.
"A Midwinter Night's Dream"
was held at the Caledon home of
Catherine and James Reid. Over 75
people were treated to a
performance by international
singing star Michael Burgess,
accompanied by Stratford Festival
and Theatre Orangeville Musical
Director Stephen Woodjetts.
Another highlight of the evening
was a performance by 15-year-old
local singer Jennifer Centrone.
Guests at the event were further
delighted by the surprise
appearance of CTV's National
News anchor, Lloyd Robertson.
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"A Midwinter Night's Drcam" set
a high standard for all the Theatre
Orangeville events that will follow
it. Thanks go to The Catherines
Foundation and Michael Burgess
for a spectacular beginning to what
promises to be one of the area's
most exciting new cultural
initiatives.
(Happy 80th
(Birthday
(Thompson
MARCH 12,1994
All our love Beth & Ray,
Linda & John, Rob & Jim