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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 1995-12-06, Page 3160th Wedding Anniversary Celebrations were held on November 26th for Norma and Bill McNair. Family came from Niagara Falls and Toronto to attend the Communion Service at Dundas St. Centre United Church, followed by a gourmet brunch at the Delta London Armouries Hotel. be donated to the Huron United Way. The Blyth Business Association Dreams & Wishes raffle winners will be drawn throughout the evening. Everyone is welcome and encouraged to come on out and wish your friends and neighbours Merry Christmas! The Blyth Village Christmas is sponsored by the Blyth Business Association. HELPING THE WORLD WRITE NOW CODE Self-sufficiency through literacy in the developing world For information, call 1-800-661-2633 Easy shoe laces (NO—If you have difficulty doing up the laces on your shoes, consider purchasing elastic shoe laces that are done up permanently and allow you to put on your shoes without A 0 T undoing the laces. An OT tip from the Canadian Association of Occupational Therapists, L' A C E Ottawa. 60th Anniversary Open House for Jack & Jean Conley at Grey Central School, Ethel Sunday, Dec. 17th, 1995 2 p.m. - 4 p.m. Best Wishes Only Happy 31st Birthday Susan Dale December 7 Blyth Memorial Community Hall 31 December 1995 Dancing 8 to 1 - DJ by Southern Comfort Tickets - $12 each ADVANCE TICKETS ONLY Limited to 120 tickets - available from: Debbie Ansley - 523-4546 Chris Courtney - 523-4476 - Age of Majority Only - Sponsored by BLYTH MINOR HOCKEY THE WILIEST THRILL RIDE Of THE HOLIDAYS!" _ OCR BREWINGION. AMERICAN URBAN RADIO NUWORKS a"g.."'""' Fri. - Thurs Dec. 8 - 14 Fri. & Sat. 7 & 9 pm Sun. - Thurs. 8 • m DI-ea#14 Wiae4 COME TRUE IN BLYTH THIS CHRISTMAS A Village Christmas Saturday 16 December 1995 6:30 - 7:30 p.m. - Photos with Santa sponsored by Myth Optimists 7 p.m.- Sing-a-long - 7:30 p.m. - Pageant Blyth Memorial Community Hall Join us for our annual Christmas Pageant featuring local talent such as: • Nasty Habits • Blyth Lions Club • CguTy-On (loggers • Legion Ladies Auxiliary • many soloists lit musicians' Blyth Business Association Dreams & Wishes Raffle Winners will he drawn throughout the evening. Silver Donation - all proceeds to the Huron United Way after 9 p.m. - Yule Yodel at the I lotel (Blyth Sponsored by Blyth Business Association Ad generously sponsored by Howson & Howson Ltd. THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 6,1995. PAGE 31. Music review Quartette appears as trio E ntertainment Season of song The Byth Festival Singers got in a few final rehearsals as they prepared for the Christmas in Song concert on Dec. 10. Wade Whitttake MI lead the 40-voice choir through a variety of choral selections including Brother Heinrichs Christmas. The event will feature guest trombonist Nancy Ross of Goderich and flutist Kelly Dearlove as well as a puppet story. Blyth prepares festive pageant Catch a star and join the entertaining action on stage Dec. 16 at the Blyth Memorial Community Hall. Plans for the annual Village Christmas Pageant are well underway as the program begins to unfold and reveal the often extraordinary talents of the area. Many favourites return as well as several new performers eager to 'strut their stuff' and entertain. A sing-a-long will begin at 7 p.m. followed by the pageant at 7:30 p.m. Proceeds from the silver collection gathered at the door will by Keith Roulston There was disappointment at Blyth Memorial Hall on Saturday night when Quartette became a trio, but the audience quickly accepted the situation and enjoyed the impromptu nature of the evening's performance. Colleen Peterson, still recovering from chemotherapy treatments, was unable to join the other members of the group. As a result Caitlin Han- ford, Cindy Church and Sylvia Tyson, each solo performers in their own right, split up the pro- gram into solo acts before joining together for a number of songs _at the end of the evening. It was an evening of increasing musical complexity as Hanford led off with her rather straight-forward country songs. Church added more variety with everything from coun- try to folk to swing jazz. After intermission Tyson took over playing many of her famous pieces like River Road and You Were On My Mind (backed up by Hanford and Church) along with less familiar songs like Rejeane. Her songs often have strong story lines but none have a story quite like The Night the Chinese Restau- rant Burned Down. The audience got a taste of the sweet harmonies of Quartette when the three joined in a gospel song to round out the program. The trio was back up by three tal- ented sidemen led by Hanford's husband, Chris Whitely on harmon- ica, dobro, trumpet and guitar. Rich Whitelaw provided guitar accom- paniment while Randy Kempf played bass. Tyson strapped on a button accordion for several num- bers with a French-Canadian lilt. If one of the pleasures of being at a live performance is to see famous people in person, the performers turned the tables on their audience by talking frequently about the pleasure they had coming to the famous Blyth Festival. Hanford repeated her praise several times for the acoustics of Memorial Hall and Tyson told people to appreciate the fine theatre they had and work to protect it. From George, Mom, Charles & Nicholas LONG DISTANCE? CALL I-BOO-255-3438 FOR TOLL FREE MOVIE INFO