The Citizen, 1994-09-28, Page 27Puppet fun
Rehearsals have begun for the Blyth Festival production of
Peter and the Wolf. Taking part in the production are, from
left: Anne Elliott as the bird, Arlene Darnbrough, Teaguen
Onn as Peter, holding Muffin the Cat and Duncan
MacGregor as Grampie.
Area students to see
‘Peter and the Wolf’
THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1994. PAGE 27.
The Blyth Centre for the Arts
will be presenting a matinee perfor
mances of Peter and. the Wolf for
kindergarten to Grade 6 students
this fall.
The production is an adaptation
by Graham Whitehead, of Nova
Scotia's Mermaid Theatre, which
he donated to the Centre.
The story will incorporate pup
pets, actors and music and promises
to bring laughter and suspense.
It tells the story of a young boy
living with his grandfather at the
edge of a dark woods. With time on
his hands, he finds an adventure.
The production is directed by
Duncan McGregor, a teacher at
Bluewater Secondary School, and
former artistic director of the pro
fessional Theatre in Education
Company, Carousel Players.
Students from area schools are
invited to join Peter, Grampie,
Uncle Hector, Bird, Duck, Muffin
the Cat and the Wolf in the adven
ture.
The five week-day performances,
al Blyth Memorial Hall on Oct. 26-
28 at 10:15 a.m. and 1:30 p.m., are
sold out. A Saturday afternoon,
public showing is now planned for
Oct. 29 at 1 p.m. Each show lasts
one hour.
Artistic Director Duncan Mac
Gregor says, "We are overwhelmed
by lhe response from the schools.
This is a timeless story which
appeals to lhe child in all of us and
1 hope lhe public pcrlormancc wm
be very popular."
Open Reception
for
JIM AND MARY (ROSS)
DICKSON
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 1
9 p.m. -1 am.
Blyth Memorial Hall
Mr. MacGregor invited commu
nity members to join in the produc
tion. Anne Elliott fills numerous
roles, Teague Onn plays Peter and
Zoey Onn is in charge of the wolf-
mobile.
Marian Doucette, assistant direc
tor says, "The children will love the
animal puppets and a study guide
will be available to teachers for the
making of puppets in lhe class
room."
Tickets are available, for $4, at
the Festival Box Office in Blyth,
Bluewater Office Supply in Wing
ham, Campbell’s Photography in
Goderich and Crossroads in Clin
ton.
Music
results
Continued from page 26
Buffinga of Clinton also completed
their history.
Western Ontario Conservatory of
Music and the Royal Conservatory
of Music are both fully accredited
by the Ministry of Education for
secondary school graduation
diplomas. Grade 8 piano and grade
2 Rudiments are averaged for one
credit.
To obtain another credit for
Ontario Academic Credit, a student
needs Grade 9 piano and Grade 3
harmony.
The family of
Bernice & Ken
Chambers
would like to invite
friends & family to an
Open House
to celebrate their
parents’ golden
anniversary
on October 9/94
from 2 - 4
at 154 Scott St.,
Wingham
Best Wishes Only
Season opens with ‘Hay Fever’
Hay Fever, Noel Coward’s
brilliant comedy of bad manners,
gets the 1994 - 1995 season at The
Grand Theatre off to a fast and
funny start. The play, which shows
what happens when an eccentric
family invites some very
incompatible houseguests for a
weekend, is considered to be one of
Coward’s best.
Fiona Reid makes her Grand
Theatre debut, starring as Judith
Bliss, a temporarily retired actress
who has really never stopped
acting. Benedict Campbell, last
•seen on The Grand stage in The
Affections of May in 1992, is her
novelist husband, David. Elizabeth
Marmur and Ben Carlson, who
appeared during the 1993 - 94
season in Dancing at Lughnasa and
The Miracle Worker respectively,
are their children, Sorel and Simon.
Nancy Palk, who was Tracy Lord
in The Grand’s 1989 production of
The Philadelphia Story, returns as
Myra Arundel, Judith’s arch-rival
and one of the bewildered gusts.
The others are played by Robert
Blyth Festival
employee now
with Grand
Administrative Director Lascelle
Wingate announced Sept. 20 the
appointment of two new members
of The Grand Theatre’s
Communications Department.
Keith Courtney will be the new
Communications Director. Mr.
Courtney comes to The Grand from
the Blyth Festival, where this past
summer he was Communications
Director. Previously he has worked
at the Stratford Festival as Media
Relations Manager and at the Art
Gallery of Hamilton as Community
Relations Officer. Sheila Johnston
will now look after Group Sales
and Education. Ms Johnston has
worked in tourism, theatre and the
media with the Festival Country
Travel Association, Lighthouse
Festival Theatre and The Simcoe
and Nanticoke Times.
David Gates, who has had a long
association with The Grand
Theatre, most recently as Group
Sales and Education Co-ordinator,
will be lhe new Publicist.
Happy 25th
Anniversary
KEITH & OLWEN RICHMOND
OCTOBER 4th
The family of Keith and
Olwen invites family, friends
and relatives to a reception
on Saturday, October 8, 1994
from 9 p.m - 1 a.m. at Blyth
Memorial Hall, Blyth.
Best Wishes Only
Haley, who appeared in lhe 1986
production of Pack of Lies, Paulina
Gillis, who was Nora in lhe 1986
production of Brighton Beach
Memoirs, and Grand newcomers
Ted Atherton and Alana Shields
who plays Clara, the Blisses’
servant, an apparent oasis of sanity
amidst the chaos.
Marti Maraden directs llay
Fever, with set and costumes
designed by Patrick Clark and
lighting by Louise Guinand.
Hay Fever is being presented in
co-production with The Canadian
Stage Company (Toronto).
Gm
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