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Home My WebLink AboutThe Citizen, 1994-10-05, Page 26On the block Donna Taylor of Blyth Apothecary, displays some of the many items which will be available at the Blyth Festival Gala Auction on Oct. 22. Festival team puts items on the block THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1994. PAGE 27. McKennitt to do benefits By Janice Becker Are you in need of a relaxing massage, a spa get-away or some reading material covering Canadian stories? If so, a committee with the Blyth Festival is in the process of prepar ing the theatre's gala auction, set for Oct. 22, at Blyth Community Centre. First year committee member Donna Taylor says, "This year's auction should be a lot of fun. We are putting together packages which follow a theme." "The relaxation package includes items such as a massage cream and a relaxation tape." Other combinations include a Christmas gift package of a glass nativity scene created by Festival Glass of Blyth, a potted tree and ornaments; a hair package from Chauncey's and specific groupings from the plays of the Festival's 20th season. "The package from lie Won't Come in from the Barn will include such items as a salt block and T-shirts with tractors on them. It will be a reminder of the fun of the play," she says. Mrs. Taylor became involved with the fundraising project after attending the event two years ago. "We had a lot of fun al the auc tion and decided to help out this year," she says. The committee consists of eight to 10 people who arc contacting businesses they frequent, to solicit donations, she said. "We arc trying to concentrate on people and businesses we are acquainted with because they know community members visit their shops." "The committee wants to pro mote the auction in new areas. The residents might attend plays, but don't know about the auction," she says. "We are using our business con tacts in communities such as Brus sels, Goderich and Lucknow, among others, to gather donations." The list of items available for the auction numbers over 100 and includes such diverse offerings as horseback riding lessons, a house tour of Brussels, original artwork, two cords of wood, two wills drawn up, two tickets to the Barnes Exhibit, a tour of Western Foundry, a collection of books titled Story of Canada which are autographed by the authors, brass clock, iron sculp ture, brass punch bowl, and a shop- till-you-drop day in Bayfield. A preview of the items and the silent auction begins at 6 p.m. fol lowed by dinner at 7 n The live auction will take place at 8 p.m. under the direction of Auctioneer Richard Lobb. The cost of admis sion is $25 per person. The dinner will feature Por tuguese bread with herbed butter, green salad with dill dressing, rolled rib of beef, poached fillet of sole with fennel sauce, a vegetable medley and roast potatoes finished off with chocolate cake on raspber ry sauce. Anyone wishing to make dona-’ tions to the Blyth Festival fundrais er should contact the Festival office at 523-4345. 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 Long-time Stratford resident Lorccna McKennitt will open her second major concert tour of Canada and the U.S. this year with two performances at the town's Avon Theatre on Wednesday and Thursday, Oct. 26 and 27. The shows are benefits for two Perth County organizations. The first is to assist Optimism Place, an emergency shelter in Stratford for abused women and their children, operated by the Perth County Transition Home for Women, a non-profit organization. The Monette announces playbill The keynotes of the 1995 Stratford Festival will be magic, laughter and romance, said Artistic Director Richard Monette in announcing next year's season. After meeting with the Executive Committee of the Festival's Board of Governors, Mr. Monette unveiled a playbill of nine productions: four at the Festival Theatre, two at the Avon Theatre and three at the Tom Patterson Theatre. Previews of the 1995 productions will begin on Monday, May 29, with William Shakespeare’s comedy The Merry Wives of Windsor. Also opening at the Festival Theatre the same week will be Shakespeare's popular tragedy Macbeth and William Wycherley's Restoration comedy The Country Wife. The late season opener at the Festival Theatre will be Peter Shaffer's Amadeus. Two musicals will be presented at the Avon Theatre, Gilbert anc Sullivan's The Gondoliers anc Sandy Wilson's The Boy Friena will both open in opening week ana will run for the duration of the season. Two of the biggest hits of the 1994 season will be revived at the Tom Patterson Theatre: Diana Leblanc's production of Long Day’s Journey Into Night, by Eugene O'Neill, and Richard Rose's Young Company production of Shakespeare's The Comedy of Errors will open in mid-June. The late season opener at the Tom Patterson Theatre will be Timothy Findley's The Stillborn Lover, an intriguing drama of murder and 40th Anniversary ‘Dad & Odom (frandpa & Qrandma Love & ‘Best ‘Wishes on your 40th Anniversary Octo6er 9th The family of Lome & Evelyn Popp would like to invite friends & family to an Open House on Sunday, October 16, 1994 from 2 - 4 p.m. at Londesboro Hall. Best Wishes only please. Thursday performance is to aid Family Services Perth-Huron, an agency which provides a wide variety of professional, confidential family support and counselling services in the area. Tickets for the concerts are $35 and are available at the Festival Box office in Stratford. Immediately after the Stratford concerts, Mrs. McKennitt and her musicians will set off for more than 30 dates throughout Canada and the United States. In addition to two Massey Hall concerts in Toronto betrayal set in the world of international diplomacy. "People come to the theatre for magic, laughter and romance," said Mr. Monette as he outlined the 1995 playbill, "and we're offering Making Room For Christmas Sale! Thursday, Friday, and Saturday October 6, 7, 8. 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Her fifth album, The Mask and Mirror, has sold more than half a million copies around the world since it was released in March this year - 180,000 copies of them in Canada. that in abundance. But neither are we shying away from that other essential component of great theatre: the willingness to confront - and, through art, to triumph over - the darker sides of human experience." THANKSGIVING ARRANGEMENT DEMONSTRATIONS Thursday & Friday at 10:30a.m. & 2:30 p.m. COME JOIN US