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Musician Michael 'Earnie' Taylor brings back hits from the past in the Blyth Festival's produc-
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PAGE 18, THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, JULY 11, 2001.
Dumptruck on inal remembers the days
By Mark Nonkes
Citizen staff
Musician Michael Tarnie' Taylor
The annual Huron-Bruce NDP
potluck picnic will offer something
special this year. Well known actor,
Ted Sohns, will be doing a one-man
performance of wit, wisdom and
political satire.
Johns is currently appearing at the
Blyth Festival in the delightfully
poignant comedy The Passion of
Ashfield-Colbourne-Wawanosh
Twp. is considering curb-side recy-
cling pick-up for certain areas of the
municipality.
At council's request Francis
Veilleux of Bluewater Recycling
made a presentation to'council at the
June 26 meeting.
Council has been looking at new
ways to improve the recycling pro-
gram in A-C-W, as it has not been
done properly. "Something needs to
be done," acting clerk-treasurer
Linda Andrew said.
Medical mystery
at Boon
There's a mystery to be solved at
Doon Heritage Crossroads on
Sunday, July 15.
Many of the villagers are ill. No
one knows why. Come out to Doon
and explore the state of health and
medicine in 1914 Waterloo County.
Learn about the public health system,
faith healers, patent medicines and
home remedies. And while there,
investigate the village, question the
residents for clues, and solve a med-
ical mystery. Regular admission.
Doon Heritage Crossroads is a non-
profit living history museum owned
and operated by the Regional
Municipality of Waterloo.
is taking a walk down memory lane
when he takes the stage in Blyth
Festival's Cruel Tears.
Taylor played his guitar for the
Narcisse Mondoux.
The picnic is being held at the
McQuail farm near Lucknow and is
a family event. NDP President Tony
McQuail said, "We are looking for-
ward to Ted's performance, We will
have all the usual elements of the
picnic, swimming in the pond, food,
fellowship and a discussion about
People are dumping garbage into
recycling bins at area depots, con-
taminating the entire recycling load.
Since the load is too dirty it is
refused by the recycling company
and must go into the landfill.
The curb-side recycling would
only be designated certain areas.
Council has not made any specific
suggestion to which areas.
If council approved curb-side
pick-up it would most likely be put
into place in the new year, Andrew
said.
the entire three-year run when the
musical premiered in 1975. He
helped create the show with the
other members of Humphrey and the
the NDP's renewal process. Ted will
be a great addition. He brings per-
spective and humour to some of the
serious and tragic situations of our
times."
The picnic is being held Sunday
afternoon, July 15. The performance
will take place following the potluck
meal.
The presentation was esentially
about the cost of curb-side pick-up.
Having curb-side pick-up would
be a convience for all hodseholds
and would stop the entire bins of
contaminated recycling from being
thrown in the dump, Veilleux said.
"We have the equipment to do it, it
is just a question of them wanting it,"
Veilleux said.
In unrelated council news, prices
of garbage tags in Wawanosh will be
moved from $1 to $1.25 to match
Colbome's tag prices.
Dumptrucks and writer Ken
Mitchell.
Taylor will be remembering the
days of his youth, in the 1970s,
when he travelled the west with the
band.
The group was formed by four
young.men in 1967. By 1972, a gui-
tar and mandelion play left and the
act became a trio. Taylor on guitar,
Michael Millar on bass and Gary
iWalsh on banjo.
It was a lot of travelling and a lot
of playing, Taylor recalls. It was
good times.
The band produced five albums,
and a Canadian theatre classic in
Cruel Tears.
One of the original members of
the group, Taylor will relive the
magic of the music with the
Festival's production.
The group was well known in the
prairies and the north. They were
constantly touring, playing in bars,
schools and concert halls.
Anyone - west of Winnipeg has
heard of them, Taylor said.
The group produced two popular
mainstream radio songs, The Man
from the City and the chart topper,
The Calgary Song. The Calgary
Song was number one in Canada for
a month and has been covered by
several country artists since. They
were often featured as a liNie per-
formance on CBC.
In 1981 the group broke up for
economic reasons.
"We just couldn't afford to put the
gas in the van anymore," Taylor said
over lunch at the Blyth Inn.
When the group was asked to help
Ken Mitchell with the landmark pro-
duction for the Persephone Theatre
in Saskatoon, they sat down to write
a contempery version of Othello set
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on July 15
Marylyn, Tim & Shannon
wish to extend an
invitation to relatives &
friends to an
Epett Rattise
SATURDAY, JULY 14
1:00 to 5:00 pm.
at the Queen's Inn
161 Ontario Street,
Stratford, Ontario
Sea aaskee &ay.
in the west. It is a play filled with
songs, heartache and love.
When Cruel Tears opened it
turned into an overnight success, the
critics and' audiences loved it. The
production played three different
times in three years, each time with
Taylor and the Dumptrucks
involved.
Now 25 year later the show is
being given a second life. Once
again Taylor is involved, this time as
the musical director.
He is teaching two new guys the
tunes. Relying on his memory he is
bringing back the songs and sounds
from 25 year ago. In this version
there will be no banjo tunes.
They have been substituted with a
fiddle.
"The sound of the songs is basi-
cally the same," Taylor said.
Remembering the past has been
no problem for Taylor.
"I don't have any problem with 20
years ago but I can't remember
where I set my glasses down,"
Taylor laughed.
Cruel Tears runs from July 12 to
Sept. 2, For more information or to
book tickets call the Blyth Festival
at 523-9300
July 14, 2001
Gordon McDowell
Best wishes from your
relatives and friends
Johns performs for NDPs
A-C-W considers curb-side recycling
Golden Anniversary
Doris and Don
of R.R. #2, New Hamburg
4 were married July 21, 1951
at Stirling Ave. Mennonite
Church in Kitchener.
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, 4 ,.. Their family invites you to
-,. ,..,...., an open house on
July 21, 2001
from 2-4 p.m.
From Kitchener take Ottawa St..
South to the Mannheim
Community Center. -
A hug and a handshake
will suffice.
DORIS (WITMER) AND DON DUNCAN