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THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 30,1997 PAGE 27.
Blyth Festival Singers
host cabaret, May 10
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Canadian author, Timothy Findley, autographed copies of his books following the sold-out
world premiere performance of The Piano Man's Daughter... and Others which appeared in
Blyth on April 23. The show is based on three of Findley's books. The company which
included, Veronica Tennant, Sylvia Tyson, Jack Nicholsen, Joe Sealy and Michael Sean
Marye, left the next day for New Brunswick on the second stop of a month-long cross
country tour.
Leave your cares behind and
come to a cabaret.
The Blyth Festival singers are
presenting Anything Goes, an
evening of dinner, dancing and
music on Saturday, May 10 in the
lower hall of the Blyth Memorial
Hall. Doors open at 7 p.m. and
entertainment begins at 7:30 p.m.
Enjoy appetizers and a drink
while the Blyth Festival Singers
perform a number of favourite
songs, including Smoke Gets In
Your Eyes, A Gershwin Medley and
Swinging on a Star. There will be
solo and small ensemble numbers,
as well as dancing in the Art
Gallery to the sounds of the jazz
combo, The Salesmen.
A buffet dinner will be served at
10 p.m. and will feature a selection
of Italian foods including a variety
of lasagnas and pasta dishes, baked
chicken, fresh vegetables, salads
and dessert.
Anything Goes is an evening of
fine entertainment, food, dancing
and singing. With seating for only
75 people the event will offer an
intimate night club setting with
plenty of ambience and opportun
ities to trip the light fantastic.
Tickets are $20 each and are
available in advance from Blyth
Festival Singer choir members, at
the Blyth Festival Box office by
calling 519-523-9300 or at the
following outlets: Campbell's
Photography, Goderich; Nifty
Corners, Seaforth; The Dutch
Store, Clinton or Snyder Studio,
Wingham.
The Blyth Festival Singers is a
30-voice community choir that has
been performing for over 12 years.
The choir is directed by Wade
Whittaker of Stratford.
The cabaret evening is one of the
many special events staged by the
choir each year. Other concerts
have included The Messiah, the
Scottish Ceilidh, special perform
ances at area churches and opening
night at the Blyth Festival.
40th season begins at Doon
Choir from the deep performs
The Men of the Deeps, is a choir
of working and retired coal miners
from the island of Cape Breton in
Nova Scotia. Organized in 1966 as
part of Cape Breton's contribution
to Canada's Centennial Year
(1967), the group's inception was
an effort by the people of Cape
Breton to preserve, in song, some
of the rich folklore of the island's
coal mining communities.
The Men of the Deeps is coming
to Kitchener's The Centre In The
Square for one performance only
on Wednesday, May 7. Tickets are
now on sale with prices ranging
from $17 to $27.
To belong to the singing group a
man must have worked in the mine.
The ages of the men range from 23
to 82, and about .one-third of them
have been with the group since it
was organized more than 30 years
ago.
A special sense of authenticity is
given to the group by the presence
of several retired coal miners who
recall vividly the days when coal
miners were looked upon as
'second class' citizens, forced to eke
out a living mining coal in
hazardous conditions while their
lives were almost entirely
dependent upon the company.
The Men have performed in most
major centres and countless smaller
towns from coast to coast across
Canada. They became the first
Canadian performing group to tour
the People's Republic of China
after diplomatic relations between
the two nations were restored in
1972. They have also performed
with Anne Murray and Rita
MacNeil on several occasions.
The musical repertoire of the
Men of the Deeps is gathered from
mining communities around the
world. Many of the group's songs
are 'homegrown' - composed by
contemporary Cape Breton bards or
traditional songs which trace their
roots to their Celtic forebearers in
the old country.
Selections to be performed at The
Centre include Song for Cape
Breton, Sweet Guinevere, Plain Ole
Miner Boy, and Thirty Inch Coal,
to name just a few.
For tickets, call The Centre In
The Square box office - 519-578-
1570 or toll free 1-800-265-8977.
Join the staff in celebration of
Doon Heritage Crossroads' 40th
anniversary as they kick off the
season with a party on Sunday,
May 4, from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Musical entertainment by the
fabulous band 'Reflections',
birthday cake, horse-drawn wagon
rides and lots of fun activities for
the whole family for only 40 cents
a person. This is Doon's way of
saying thanks to the community for
the 40 years of support.
The Friends of Doon will also
launch their 1997 major fundraising
initiative as part of the season's
opening. The group is sponsoring a
raffle that they hope will raise
$20,000 for the restoration at
Doon's steam locomotive, Engine
894, and the train station. Prizes
include two first class VIA Rail
round trips to Montreal and Halifax
with two nights' accommodations
for each city, and an armchair tour
for train lovers, complete with two
recliner Laz-y-boy leather chairs
and two recliner Laz-y-boy leather
chairs and two books on trains and
train travel. Tickets will go on sale
May 4 at $3 each.
Buck & Doe &
Engagement Party
for
JEFF WILLIAMSON
& BECKY WILKINSON
Saturday, May 3rd
Music by D.J. - Lunch
For more Information call
887-6280 - Bob or
887-6695 - Ken & Anne
Schneider Haus hosts herb fair CAPITOL
THEATRE
JTappy 25 th
May 6
Paul & Carol Gross
After a long winter, even the
most casual gardeners are itching to
get out into their gardens and get
their hands dirty.
Even though the Joseph
Schneider Haus can't promise that
the warm weather is here to stay,
they have organized an event to
warm the heart of any gardener
(and solve the Mother's Day gift
problems at the same time).
The Joseph Schneider Haus
presents an Herb Fair and Perennial
Exchange on Saturday, May 3 from
10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Stroll through a
village market setting and purchase
herbs and herb related products
from Country Lane Herbs, Herbs In
Harmony, Herba Delites, A Bird In
The Hand, Earth Scents, Flowers
with Scents and Wolf Herbal
Stag <§■ f)oe
for
Scott MacFarlane
&
Christine Todd
on May 10th
at Belgrave Arena
9 p.m. -1 a.m.
Music by D.J. Age of Majority
Products. Bring perennials to
exchange with friends.
Local garden columnist with The
KW Record, Jim St. Marie, will be
presenting a talk on Container
Gardening at 1 p.m. Tickets are $4
each and may be purchased at the
Schneider Haus.
Karen Michaud of Country Lane
Herbs will conduct an herb basket
workshop at 3 p.m. and participants
will take home an herb basket for
their hard work. Pre-registration is
required. Call 742-7752.
Now how will the Schneider
Haus Herb Fair help people to
shine on Mother's Day? Vendors
will have colourful herb-flavoured
oils and vinegars, potpourri,
topiaries, gardening books,
gardening sculptures, and plenty of
Thick
for
DIANNE NETHERY
& KEN SIERTSEMA
Saturday, May 10
Age of Majority
For more information call
526-7449 523-9291
fresh herbs for your gardens.
In the spirit of an old-time spring
fair, guests will enjoy the sight of
children dancing around the
maypole. Sample Maibowle, a
traditional drink from the Rhine
land, and other spring delicacies.
Stroll through a 19th century four
square garden and talk with the
Museum gardener.
On Sunday, May 4 from 1 until
5 p.m., the Museum's Supervisor of
the Historic Garden, Mara
Hollands, will preside over the
annual Heritage Seed Exchange.
Bring questions and interesting
seeds to trade and chat with Mara
over a cup of herbal tea.
The Museum is located at 466
Queen Street South in Kitchener.
291-3070
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