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THE CITIZEN. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 4,1997 PAGE 23.
Scottish coming
to Grand Bend
The gang’s all here
From techies to administration and everything in between, the company for this season of
Blyth Festival has arrived and is busily preparing for the upcoming summer of theatrical
entertainment.
Summer brings theatre
Theatres across Ontario present
laughter, music and drama, an
infinite variety of entertainment.
From the first opening of the
summer theatre season, at the
Drayton Festival on May 14, until
the last performances of the
Stratford Festival in November,
curtains will be rising all across
Ontario. From Brockville to Blyth,
from Toronto to Tottenham, from
Kingston to Kincardine, the variety
of theatrical offerings is as diverse
as the buildings in which they are
performed.
Victorian Opera Houses, a
converted toothbrush factory,
converted barns, theatres
Meet4super9 seniors, June 17
Edna Staebler may just possibly
be Waterloo Region's most notable
senior. At an age when many
people are starting to think about
slowing down a little, Staebler was
beginning a series of books on
Mennonite cooking that brought
her nation-wide attention (not to
mention an Order of Canada!).
At age 89, she came out with
Ruby's Letters Home and began
again a round of public appear
ances and interviews to promote it.
In many ways this notoriety seems
to surprise Stabeler, who describes
herself as living quietly alone with
Buck & Doe
for
Angie Williams
& John Wiens
Saturday, June 7
9 to 2
at Listowel Agricultural Hall
DJ - Brent Okum
Age of Majority
Lunch provided
Tickets - 291-1449 or
887-6460
overlooking Lake Huron, the St.
Lawrence River and the Avon
River turn the spotlight on new
Canadian comedies, musicals and
dramas, the great classic plays of
Shaw and Shakespeare and
contemporary comedies and
musicals from the stages of London
and New York. Whatever your
taste, you'll find something to thrill
and delight you.
Summer theatres pump millions
of dollars annually into the Ontario
economy. They provide jobs to
almost 3,000 professionals both
onstage and back stage. Theatre,
with the other arts, is one of the
leading industries in Ontario and
certainly the most entertaining!
her cat in a cottage by Sunfish Lake
where she reads and knits (catnip
mice by the score!). In fact she is
always busy working on something
and entertaining the friends that
call and visit regularly.
Meet Staebler in person and view
a recently released videotape An
Attentive Life: Conversations With
Edna Staebler during Seniors' Day
at Joseph Schneider Haus on
Tuesday, June 17.
While Staebler is most well-
known, many "Super" seniors will
be on hand to share their adven
BUCK & DOE
Saturday, June 14,1997
JIM OSTER
& PAM DONEY
Blyth Community Centre
Music by MCL SOUND
For more information or
tickets call 519-523-9751
ASTRO, the Association of
Summer Theatres 'Round Ontario,
is your contact for information on
what's going on this summer, Call
416-408-4556 to get a copy of
Your Guide to Summer Theatre
1997, with all the information you
need to plan your summer visits to
our twenty-five member
companies. E-mail us at
thon@interlog.com or visit our
website at www.nrzone.com for
further information.
Anywhere you go in Ontario, one
of the twenty-five summer theatres
who make up ASTRO will be
pleased to welcome you. Call today
for further information.
tures with visitors. Enjoy the music
of Cambridge jazz pianist Bet
Hancock and Friends. Dr. Nancy-
Lou Patterson is currently writing
and illustrating a book for children
and she will share her work-in-
progress with visitors. Adventure
travellers Steve and Eve Menich
will present a slide travelogue of
their recent trip to Nepal.
CKWR-FM 98.7 will be
broadcasting live from the Joseph
Schneider Haus on Seniors' Day.
On Tuesday, June 17, admission to
the museum is free for seniors 55
and over.
Buck & Doe
tor
Lori VanBeek &
Mark Coultes
Saturday, June 7
at the B.M.G. Community Centre
from 9:00 p.m. to 1:00 a.m.
Music by D.J.
Tickets: $5.00 Per Person
Lunch Provided
Age of Majority Required
The Scottish celebration
underway throughout the summer
at the Lambton Heritage Museum,
Grand Bend, culminates in a
musical treat, with a Scottish Celtic
Ceilidh on June 28 and 29.
'Ceilidh', (pronounced kaylee) is
a Gaelic word for party, and that is
exactly what the weekend-long
celebration brings to the park-like
setting of the museum grounds.
Two stages of professional
entertainment continue throughout
the weekend, with both traditional
Scottish musical performers, and
the Celtic music it inspires in the
mix.
Mainstage performances by the
four-member band Celtic Off
spring, Bob Finlay, Fred Ramsey,
Jacquelyn Brown, Don McGeough,
Alistair Brown, Paul Haslem,
Heritage Fiddlers, and Hugh Boyd
are scheduled. Each performer will
have two stage appearances, with
some offering more intimate
workshops and public information
insight sessions into their music
and its inspiration.
Pipe bands, Scottish country
dancers, and highland dance groups
will add to the programme, with the
country dance group offering a
participation workshop for
everyone to join in the fun.
An historical encampment by the
Egremont Road Settlers
demonstrates open-fire cooking and
baking, as practiced by early
settlers along this early road of
Lambton County.
HELD OVER
3“ BIG WEEK
7:00 & 9:30 P.M.
DOORS OPEN 6:30
THE LOST WORLD
PG
Frightening scenes.
W CAPITOL
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•291-3070
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Dolby Surround Sound Stereo •
2-4pm
Belgrave Community
Centre, Belgrave
OPEN HOUSE
to celebrate 50 years
of marriage of
Stuart & Lois Chamney
SAT. JUNE 7/97
The 84th Highlands, a military
unit also known as the Royal
Highland Emigrants, will
demonstrate black powder
musketry, and the firing of their
field cannon. Their entourage
includes both a sergeant's lent, a
provisioner, and a sutler's tent, with
reproduction antiques for sale
typical of the period.
Authentic Scottish, food will be
available on site, and at nearby
Sand Hills Golf Resort a Scottish
buffet dinner wraps up the
weekend, Sunday from 4 to 8 p.m.
The menu includes an authentic
Scottish meal with cork 'o leeky
soup, shortbreads, trifle and full
buffet with musical entertainment
for $12.95, by reservation only.
Sand Hills Golf Resort also salutes
the role of the Scots in the
development of the game of golf,
with 2-for-l golfing available the
entire weekend for those dressed in
a period costume typical of either
Scotland, or Upper Canada 1800 -
1900. Rounds must be pre-booked.
Prizes for best costumes will be
awarded at the Scottish buffet, the
evening of July 29.
A final tribute to the Scottish
heritage of western Ontario, and
Lamblon-West Middlesex in
particular, will be held on Sunday,
Aug. 24. A formal Kirking of the
Continued on page 24
HAPPY 40th
From Jeff, Jeremy,
Katie & Peppl