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The Citizen, 1996-08-14, Page 22GRADUATION RHONDA HEISE Graduated with honours from the R.P.N. Course, Conestoga College June 24. Rhonda received the Practical Nurse Bedside Nursing Award and is currently employed at Braemar Retirement Home. Congratulations Rhonda! Love & Best Wishes, Dad, Mom, Craig & Janice. GRADUATION NATASHA McDONALD Daughter of Paul and Jane McDonald of Brussels graduated on July 24, 1996 from the Interior Design program at Fanshawe College, London. Natasha was the recipient of the Fanshawe Interior Design Award for high academic achievement and high creative standards. Congratulations on a job well done. Love Dad, Mom and Erica O By John Schedler Leading off the new releases is From Dusk Till Dawn *(Alliance), one of the most repugnant movies I have seen in recent memory. Although many don't seem to be bothered by much of the garbage that passes for entertainment these days, I for one, have just about had my fill of so called cutting edge filmmakers, who have little or no sense of decency in the kind of films they make. High on my list of these wretches is Quentin Tarantino who has drawn raves and actually received an Oscar for his film Pulp Fiction. While I must admit to being a fan of horror, fantasy and science fiction films, the excesses of From Dusk Till Dawn left me absolutely appalled. The film tells the story of two brutal killers (George Clooney, Quentin Tarantino), who kidnap a family and force them to go along in their escape to Mexico. Once there they end up hiding out at a rowdy bar teaming with vampires. The language is foul, the violence nasty and the dismembering of bodies extremely graphic. How those involved (including some fine actors) can look at themselves in the mirror after doing films like this is beyond me. As a person who has loved movies my whole life this kind of stuff is wearing me down to the point of simply giving up on all new movies totally. (Rated R) Among the week's other new arrivals is Getting Away With Murder (HBO) starring Dan Aykroyd as a guy who plans to kill his neighbour (Jack Lemmon) whom he believes is a Nazi war criminal. (.Rated R) Jeff Bridges headlines the cast of White Squall (Hollywood) as the skipper who faces an emotional tribunal after his ship sinks in a terrible storm. (Rated PG-13) Aladdin and the Prince of Thieves (Disney - $26.95 or less) the direct to video sequel to Disney's Aladdin and The Return of Jafar just might be the week's best new film, after all Robin Williams is back as the voice of the Genie, which in itself is almost guaranteed to make the film worth a look. (Rated G) Other new animated releases include Carrotblanca: Looney Tunes Go To The Movies (Warner - $14.95 or less) and Chariots of Fur (Warner - $14.95 or less) two complications each headlining a new cartoon short featuring the popular Warner Brothers characters in addition to other classics. (Unrated) video F.A.X. IS BROUGHT TO YOU BY... J.R.'S GAS BAR TAKE OUT LTD. BRUSSELS 887-6951 NEW TITLES TO CHOOSE FROM My Summer Story, Black Sheep, Body Language, The Set Up, Executive Decision, Soft Deceit (14A), Kill Me Again (18A), Eye for Eye (14A), How the West was Fun (G), Eye of the Stranger, Happy Gilmore CHILDREN'S MOVIES 99e REGULAR MOVIES $1.49 NEW RELEASES $2.49 PAGE 22. THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 14, 1996 Taking it all in stride Young Tyler Cartwright seems to be relaxing and nodding off while Blyth Pathfinder Leanne Haggitt paints his cheek during Blyth Homecoming. Mom Shari Cartwright provides a head rest for the lad. Young Co. play focusses on friends Blyth Festival readings preview plays in progress written by Keith Roulston and directed by Anne Chislett; and There's Nothing In The Paper, about the trials of running a small town newspaper, written by David Scott, editor of The Huron Expositor in Seaforth, and directed by Anne Chislett. The workshops with writers, actors and directors began Aug. 9 in three different Festival spaces. The public is invited to attend play readings and presentations in The Garage theatre space on Dinsley Street in Blyth as follows: Winning - Aug. 21 at 3 p.m.; There's Nothing In The Paper - Aug. 21 at 7 p.m:; Morgan and Angus - Aug. 22 at 3 p.m.; Unplugged - Aug. 22 at 7 p.m., Aug. 23 at 3 p.m. and Aug. 24 at 7 p.m.; and Jobs, Jobs, Jobs, Aug. 24 at 3 p.m. There is no admission fee. However, donations to the Festival's New Play Development Programme are appreciated. Summer Works '96 is supported by the Laidlaw Foundation, George Cedric Metcalf Foundation, George Lunan Foundation, and Henry N.R. Jackman Foundation. For more information, call the Blyth Festival Box Office (519) 523-9300. • The Blyth Festival has produced more than 80 new Canadian plays since its first season 22 years ago. Many of these have gone on to other theatres across Canada, the United States and even to Japan. In keeping with its mandate to 'produce original Canadian scripts, the Blyth Festival is pleased to present Summer Works '96. As part of the New Play Development Programme, Summer Works will include workshops and public readings of five plays-in-progress. These include Winning, a play about relationships and lacrosse written by David Bolt and directed by Layne Coleman; Morgan and Angus, a play about two elderly eccentric farmers whose lives are changed when an outsider enters their world, written by Michael Healey and. directed by Miles Potter; Unplugged, a one-person comedy about the frustrations of juggling motherhood, work and marriage, written by and starring Deborah Kimmett and directed by Annie Kidder; Jobs, Jobs, Jobs, a play about .how small town traditional values are threatened by the temptations of a dubious business scheme to revive the town, RCM examination results The Blyth Festival Young Company, a group of 14 talented Huron County youths between the ages of 13 and 18, is busy rehearsing for its upcoming production - a play about friendship with two titles: Midsummer or Come and Go. Written and directed by Adam Mashman of Toronto, Midsummer takes place in four different time periods at midnight in midsummer. The first scene, set in 1396, is a medieval fairy tale about an arranged marriage with the underlying theme of friends helping friends to solve a problem. The second scene, set in 1596 in the City of Verona, is a slightly re- written summation of the story of Romeo and Juliet with emphasis on the theme of friends growing apart due to social circumstances. The third scene, set in 1796 on a dock in the County of Blythbury, England, is about a family leaving for the New World and the teenagers in the family,_having no choice in the matter, saying good- bye to their friends. The fourth scene which is more contemporary, set in 1996 at Sunset Beach, Huron County, is a humorous tale about friends leaving home and the misunderstanding they have defining "leaving". "This play shows that teenage problems, friendships and relation- ships don't really change through- out the ages," says Nashman who, inspired by the Ecclesiastes quote, says: "...it's a time to get and a time to lose, a time to keep and a time to cast away." The play also features dance and music. Nashman is a graduate of the University of Toronto and the University of New Brunswick where he received a masters in Continued on page 23 Love your kids, Alan, Adam, Andrew, Mary Anne Continued from page 21 Honours, Giselle S Durand, Goderich; Honours, Suzanne J M Daniels, Goderich. Grade 3 singing - Honours, Annie Mary Ann Crow, Goderich; Darlene Lynette Hemingway, Brussels; Shannon Nicole Pickell, Goderich; Pass, Taylor-- Joint Graf, Goderich. -Grade 2 singing - Honours, Laura B Ottewell; Goderich. 'Grade 1 singing - First Class Honours, Chad Edward Gooyers, Goderich; Honours, Ashleigh E Miller, Goderich. Introductory Singing - Pass, Jordan W. D. Henry, Goderich. Grade 7 Guitar - First Class Honours, Nicole C Waechter, Wingham. Grade 3 Harmony - First Class Honours with Distinction, Kendra Leanne Folkard, BeIgrave; First Class Honours, Sarah Katharine Doolittle, Wingham; Daniel James P Hammill, Clinton; Kerry Anne Hill, Wingham. Grade 3 History - First Class Honours with Distinction, Daniel James P Hammill, Clinton; First Class Honours, Kendra Leanne Folkard, Belgrave; Kerry Anne Hill, Wingham; Honours, Sarah Katharine Doolittle, Wingham. Grade 2 Rudiments - First Class Honours with Distinction, Julie Anna Verburg, Auburn; Nicole C. Waechter, Wingham; First Class Honours, Mary Ann Skinn, Wingham; Honours, Tina Lynn Burkholder, Blyth; Pass, Lisa Marie Alexander, Wingham. Grade 1 Rudiments - First Class Honours with Distinction, Cynthia D Welsh, Clinton; First Class Honours, Heather C Douma, Brussels. Preliminary Rudiment - First Class Honours with Distinction, Lee Ann Morrison, Lucknow.