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Home My WebLink AboutThe Citizen, 1996-02-21, Page 27Expanding business Newly opened n Exeter, the Bernard Computer Training Centre offers instruction for groups and individuals of all ages and skill levels. Pat Bernard, left, and associate Shannon McNeil focus on customizing training packages All Seats $4.25 LISTOWEL Dolby Surround Sound Stereo STARTS FRIDAY FEB. 23 - FEB. 29 7:00 p.m. Sat. & Sun. matinee 2:00 p.m. Black Sheep (Chris Farley) PG 9:00 p.m. White Squirrel (Jeff Bridges) PG MARCH 9 - 14 2:00 p.m. Tom & Huck F MARCH 15 - 21 2:00 p.m. Balto BUCK & DOE for Kevin Van Beers Rebecca Good on Sat., March 2 9 p.m. - 1 a.m. $5./person Blyth Community Centre DJ - Bruce Vincent For tickets call 523-4431 or 482-7022 Age of majority • AND PRO. OUNDATON SATURDAY NIGHT BING AT THE GOpERICH COLUMBUS CENTRE etc, g 4f. /:20 1 / .4, . $41700 TOTAL PRIZE MoNEY DOORS OPEN 5:30 P.M. BINGO 7:00 PM SHARP $1,500 JACKPOT MUST GO! License # M068996 Fri. - Thurs. Fri. & Sat. 7 & 9 PM PARENTAL Feb. 23 - 29 Sun. - Thurs. 8 PM GUIDANCE LONG DISTANCE? CALL 1-800-265-3438 FOR TOLL FREE MOVIE INFO THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1996 PAGE 27. `Not Sp ain' E ntertainment at McManus Artistic Director Richard Monette Jan. 26 announced that Colombe Demers and Dirk Lumbard will replace Megan Follows and Jeff Hyslop in the forthcoming 1996 Stratford Festival season. Demers will play Cordelia in King Lear, Constanze in Amadeus and Alexandra in The Little Foxes and Lumbard will play Harold Hill in The Music Man, directed and choreographed by Brian Macdonald. Follows and Hyslop have both withdrawn from the season for to suit client needs. Having served north Huron communities from its Walton location since 1993, the Bernard Computer Training Centre has now expanded to Exeter, offering a range of services for all ages and skill levels. Providing corporate training as well as individual instruction, the Bernard Computer Training Centre focuses on client needs. "We customize our training packages to suit the learning styles and schedules of our customers," says owner Pat Bernard. "It's our goal to be flexible and accommodating, and to create a comfortable atmosphere that makes learning easy and enjoyable." Small groups are the key to effective learning, says Bernard. "In a classroom setting, we set a maximum of 15 participants, with 10-12 the ideal. Clients can also have one-on-one instruction, or even conduct self-directed training by using our tutorial software accompanied by a videotape that demonstrates techniques and then prompts the student to perform the exercise." Billed as 'your customized business and office resource centre', the facility offers full- service instruction in a wide variety of computer programs as well as business applications including bookkeeping and resumes. Another important training area is 'employability' skills development, personal reasons. Colombe Demers, whom Mr. Monette has called "a brilliant young talent," has appeared in several Toronto theatres. She played Lucille in Paramour Productions' The Rehearsal, Joanne/Lise in Counter Service at the Tarragon Theatre and Lucile in La repetition and Silvia in Le double inconstance at Le Theatre francais de Toronto. During the 1989 Stratford season Dirk Lumbard played Bill Calhoun in Kiss Me, Kate. He recently played Bobby Child in Mirvish Photo by Dan Helm Photography which offers computer technology training in addition to personal presentation techniques for effective interviews. "One of our main objectives," says Bernard, "is to help people build skills and self-confidence to advance in their current position or to land a new job. We also offer a small-business course called 'Introduction to Self-Employment' that can help would-be entrepre- neurs to gather ideas, develop skills and create their own jobs. This course is available as a full package or in individual modules that zero in on advertising, business writing, Productions' Crazy for You at the Royal Alexandra Theatre, a role which critic Geoff Chapman of The Toronto Star said he brought "fabulous dance skills, charm, [al menagerie of voices and swirling energy levels." Broadway credits include leading roles in Barnum and Sugar Babies, and off- Broadway role include Kenny in Flora, The Red Menace, Lucky in Dames at Sea and Kodaly in She Loves Me. The 1996 Stratford Festival season officially opens on Monday, May 27. and other important areas." Kids' Camp is one of the facility's most popular training programs, aimed at ages four - 16. The one- week course of instruction uses dynamic computer graphics in interactive programs to teach spelling, math, history, geography and other lessons. Computer simulations with ecological, environmental and agricultural themes present information in an entertaining format that holds the student's attention and facilitates learning. Kids' Camp also promotes co-operation and teamwork through group interaction in planned activities away from the computer screen. With her associate, Shannon McNeil, Bernard is looking forward to serving Exeter and the surrounding area from their new location at 93 Victoria Street East (beside Exeter Public School). In addition to training and skills development, they also offer a walk-in resume service, corporate consulting and computer trouble- shooting for home and business. Computer equipment is available for individual use, and one line will be devoted to the Internet, for access by students or business clients. Inquiries can be made in Exeter at 235-4890; in Walton at 523- 9441. CAPITOL THEATRE 291-3070 The realities of war are the focus of Richard Sanger's acclaimed 1994 Chalmer's Canadian Play Award Nominee Not Spain being presented in The Grand Thzatre's McManus Studio from Feb. 20 to March 9. In a war-torn country a journalist looking for news and a survivor meet. Through the encounter Sophie and Andrei confront the assumptions that the West and East make about each other. Taking its cue from television and newspaper stories, Richard Sanger's insightful and moving play explores the realities that lie behind the image and the headline. Poignant and impressionistic, Not Spain evokes both the experience of war and the impossibility of ever understanding it. Richard Sanger's poems have appeared in publications in Canada, Britain and the United States, including The Times Literary Supplement, South-West Review, Poetry Review and Quarry, and have won the E.J. Pratt Poetry Prize twice. A chapbook of his poetry appeared in 1994; Vehicule Press will release his first full-length collection, Shadow Cabinet, in 1996. He has also written criticism and reviews for numerous publications. Not Spain is directed by Naomi Campbell and Deborah Lambie with set design by Steve Lucas, lighting design by Martin Conboy DID YOU KNOW? — Where the funds raised by the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Ontario goes; Research 61%, Fundraising 15%, Health Promo- tion 11%, Administration 9%, Surplus 4%, this is for a three year average? and sound design by Peter Kiesewalter. Not Spain features two outstand- ing actors who bring to their roles their personal experiences of living in troubled countries. Cynthia Ashperger, from Zagreb, Coratia plays the role of the jcprnalist, Sophie. Arturo Fresolone, from Buenos Aires, Argcntia, plays Andrei, the role for which he was nominated for a 1994-95 Dora Award for Outstanding Perform- ance by a Male. 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