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For Teens, By Teens Children tell jewels By Mark Nonkes While I was "surfing" the net one day I came across this site called "Fun Things to Do in an Elevator". Here are some of the better suggestions: • Make race car noises when anyone gets on or off. • Blow your nose and offer to show the contents of your kleenex to other passengers. • Crack open your briefcase or purse, and while peering inside ask: "Got enough air in there?" • Offer name tags to everyone getting on the elevator. Wear yours upside-down. • When arriving at your floor, grunt and strain to yank the doors open, then act embarrassed when By Ashley Gropp This year's Blyth Festival Young Company is well on its way to what appears to be another wonderful performance. The Young Company, an offspring of the Festival, is composed of teenage actors This year, actor and associate artistic director of the Festival, Eric Coates is the director of the Young Company. He said he wanted to direct the Company because he was more impressed with it last year they open by themselves. • On the highest floor, hold the door open and demand that it stay open until you hear the penny you dropped down the shaft go "plink" at the bottom. • Do Tai Chi exercises. • Stare, grinning, at another passenger for a while, and then announce: "I've got new socks on!" • Bet the other passengers you can fit a quarter in your nose. • Show other passengers a wound and ask if it looks infected. • Holler "Chutes away!" whenever the elevator descends. • Stare at another passenger for a while, then announce, "you're one of THEM!" and move to the far corner of the elevator. than anything else. The Company is performing a play 1837: the Farmer's Revolt. The plot of the play is about the Farmer's uprising against the government, who was preventing them from developing the land the way they would have liked. The way the Company is run, it is a unique experience, because these teens are having the opportunity to work alongside, and be guided by, a professional theatre. Zoey Onn, RR 3, Blyth, is in her sixth year as a Young • Ask each passenger getting on if you can push the button for them. • Wear a puppet on your hand and talk to other passengers "through" it. • Start a sing-along. • When the elevator is silent, look around and ask "is that your beeper?" • Shadow box. • Listen to the elevator walls with a stethoscope. • Draw a little square on the floor with chalk and announce to the other passengers that this is your "personal space." If you want to see this site, the web address is http://www.halcyon. com/zylstra/comedy/lists Company actor. She said that this year was different from the others and "more like a real company." She said that there was more work than some of the other times. She also said that the Company gives her the opportunity to get some experience in a semi-professional atmosphere before she goes looking for work as a professional actor. This year is Shannon Scott's first year. The 18-year-old Londesboro- area teen says she has "always wanted to join (the Young Company) but always had some By Amy Crawford When working with kids all through the summer you hear a few ,funny comments from them. These comments usually aren't meant to make us laugh, but because kids can be very blunt at times, it usually causes me to chuckle. Just the other day we had a new class of level ones. We were going over the pool rules when one little girl said we should always jump feet first into the shallow end. When asked why she commented that, if we went in head first we would tip over! Another lifeguard and I had a chat with a .young boy, about 3 years old, one day. The boy said that he saw Lorraine's house in town the other day. Lorraine in turn told the young boy that her house had legs and comes to visit my house. other commitment, like working." She says she really enjoyed being a pa:t of the Young Company this summer and wishes that she had taken part in it for the past few summers as well. Nathan Sherred, 16, also of the Blyth area is in his second year. He started because of a friend who was in it and because he enjoys acting. He really enjoys meeting new people and says that in the Young Company he meets many others who enjoy acting. 1837: - The Farmer's Revolt will be performed Aug. 10 - 15 at rp.m. at the Arch on the end of Drummond Street. On Aug. 13, they will perform in the afternoon at Van Egmond House and at 7 p.m. at the Gaol in Goderich. So now wherever we see him he tells us his house hasn't grown legs yet but he's trying to get them to grow so he can visit us. Last year we were teaching yet another Level one class. Sometimes to get into the water we would play a game we call the paint game. We ask a child what their favourite colour is and proceed to "paint" them that colour. We asked a young boy what his favourite colour is and he replied "John Deere green" with a big smile. Kids do say the darndest things and it's a wonderful change of pace in a world where no one will say what they really mean. We could learn a lot from kids with their innocent comments and perspectives. It sure does brighten my day! Traits of Aug. 5 people Young Company prepares wonderful show From The Secret Language of Birthdays. Those born on Aug. 5 are able to carry through their decisions with great resolve, steadfastness and determination. Although they may be of an emotional nature, they display a remarkable mastery over their feelings, and accomplish their ends naturally and easily. Though Aug. 5 people maintain a cool and unflappable exterior, it is not as easy as it looks. Indeed it can be a bit like sitting on a volcano. Most discover at some point that their level of success is in direct proportion to their ability to control and direct their mental energy and to stay on an even keel. Although most are mentally oriented, there is no denying the tremendous physical prowess granted to these gifted people. Such natural advantages may be squandered or misused, however,. if their willpower is lacking. A tendency toward violence that so often accompanies this day must be sublimated into creative endeavors, particularly in the case of the males. In fact, the aggressions of Aug. 5 people in general should be directed at an early age into competitive sports and physical activities. Chess, video, card and word games may serve as an outlet for their combative tendencies. When Aug. 5 people 'explore in anger, it is not at all pleasant to watch; it is worse yet to be the target of their rage. Usually, however,-the more highly evolved born on this day become aware of the damage, both physical and psychological, that their anger inflicts, and evolve to a higher stage of consciousness in their 30s and 40s. Those born on this day may suffer for many years before learning how to relate to loved ones in a truly caring way. Aug. 5 people need the freedom to act quickly, to carry out decisions without constraint. Therefore, they must retain a measure of independence and individual initiative even in a group setting. This is not to suggest that those born on this day are unco-operative or difficult to work with; it is just that they are happiest when leading. Gentleness and kindness ultimately prove very important to the dynamic people born on this day. Perhaps touched by the consideration and generosity of an important figure in their youth, they will so admire that person that they seek to honour or even emulate them. In their early years, they are usually preoccupied with intense desires and passions. As time passes, they realize the importance of affection and begin to express it openly and unashamedly. A bit rough around the edges, Aug. 5 people will mellow as they approach old age. Those who are cantankerous may become quite lovable.