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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 2002-11-06, Page 23Dragon tales Hullett Central Public School student Brad Lapp was full of smiles as he showed off his dragon mask created for a skit to be performed as part of the senior class's participation in a Foundation for Enriching Education, Perth Huron pro- gram. (Janice Becker photo) By Janice Becker Citizen staff The classroom was filled with colourful masks and and dancing students when Wendy O'Brien and Lesley Walker-Fitzpatrick were fin- • 'Au - PARK THEATRE ..Air k - :smc :111/4_- - GOOERICH 524-78t1 FRI.-THURS. NOVEMBER 8-14 CAPITOL KEB TWIN CINEMA SURROUND SOUND STEREO LISTOWEL 291-3070 STARTS FRIDAY CINEMA 1.7 & 9 P.M. R JACKASS THE MOVIE CINEMA 2 7 & 9 P.M. PG MY BIG FAT GREEK WEDDING LANGUAGE MAY OFFEND "LAUGH OUT LOUD, pIDONIII FUNNY!" 1004 TWO THUBILIE 466 SonyPtcturcs.carn FRI. & SAT. 6:45 & 9:15 PM SUN. - THURS. 8 PM BIG FACT- G 1"?..Y >7.1< LONG DISTANCE? CALL 1-800-265-3438 FOR TOLL FREE MOVIE INFO AND MOVING" - Tilt MOVIE REPORT)? I Saturday, November 9 7:30 p.m. Blyth Public School FREE ADMISSION - 3tap,p# 80" !?' 2ifttliclav Velma Stepliettaan .1,, 11,11 an Nato- 6 THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 2002. PAGE 23. Entertainment & Leisure Coates speaks to Blyth Business Association There's no greater example of a marriage between a community and its theatre than between Blyth and the Blyth Festival, Eric Coates, the Festival's new artistic director told the Blyth Business Association's Oct. 29 meeting. Coates cited the Festival's produc- tion of The Outdoor Donneflys with its massive requirement for 200 vol- unteers as an example of the co- operation between the theatre and the community. Imagine if London or Toronto mounted something where one-fifth of the population were needed for volunteers, he said. At the same time the play, which moved the audience from one loca- tion to another within the village, made Blyth the star of the show, Coates said. Visitors from out of town still talk about the adventure of travelling with other audience mem- bers on various "stage coaches". Coates talked about the buzz of activity at Memorial Hall, recalling one night he was in the building white a Lions' Club meeting took place downstairs, the Blyth Festival Singers rehearsed in the rehearsal hall and a meeting of Festival volun- teers took place in the offices. He said he hopes to revitalize the Blyth Centre for the Arts, the corpo- rate name of the Festival organiza- tion. Already the Centre has a choir, and art gallery and an orchestra, he noted and he hoped to make the Festival's Young Company even more important as a place to expose local young people to the arts. He recalled one parent who told him her son's involvement in the Young Company had "changed our lives". Coates said he was also moved to realize what role one special person could play in a community like Blyth when he attended the funeral of long-time Festival board member Cenetta Bainton. "This is such an interesting town -- the personalities that jump out." In return for the community's sup- port, the Festival helps give Blyth a national profile, Coates said. He produced an 18-inch stack of resumes received in a one-week period froin actors who want to work at the Festival. That stack would likely more than double in the weeks ahead, he said. At the same time the pile of unso- licited scripts from playwrights who want their work produced here would likely mount to the same dimensions. People want to work in Blyth because plays produced here have been so successful, Coates said. The Drawer Boy, commissioned by the Festival, will have 64 productions in the U.S. this year and development of a movie adaptation is taking place in Hollywood. The award winning Quiet in the Land is on the playbill at Stratford Festival for next season. But making all this happen is incredibly risky, Coates said. He ished with them. The two women, artists with the Foundation for Enriching Education, Perth Huron, brought an artitudes workshop to Hullett Central Public School last Friday. The Waterworks artitude is a day- long program for Grade 7 and 8 stu- dents to bring their attention to water. Walker-Fitzpatrick said the pro- gram involves the making of masks, movement and myths about water. The students are told a story about water then are given the opportunity to create masks and characters to perform the story by the end of the day. Walker-Fitzpatrick, who special- izes in theatrics, teaching the chil- dren to demonstrate their characters through movement while mask- maker O'Brien helps them create the personality with design. Because the workshop was expanded to include movement and a skit, the mask-making portion of the workshop was condensed from previous years, said O'Brien. "We use cardboard, paper and masking tape to make the masks more quickly." "Instruments are used to add a soundscape," said Walker- Fitzpatrick. The program incorporates science, art and drama while learning about water. compared the Festival's need to come up with an entirely new play- bill each year to a restaurant that changes its menu or a store that changes its entire inventory, and then has to sec if the audience will like it. "You don't know how many people are going to come," he said. Though other summer theatres are less risky because they don't pro- duce so many new scripts, Blyth is here to develop new plays, he said, and that's why he and others want to work here. Even while he worked at the Stratford Festival early in his career, his goal was to work at Blyth and produce interesting work that related to the community, he said. Also at the meeting, members voted to donate up to $100 for Christmas lights for the trees to line main street. A donation of $300 from the sale of spring bulbs will be made toward the cost of renovating the village's entrance signs. , Bev Elliott reported that Blyth As well as the workshop, curricu- lum-based packages are provided for the teachers, giving them informa- tion on water and water facts, cur- rent and future problems and solu- tions for protection of the resource, 12 attend Blyth UCW Blyth UCW met in the Sunday School room Oct. 29 at 2 p.m. with 12 present. Emily Phillips was in charge of worship. Her theme was Count Your Blessings. She read two stories about being thankful. 011ie Craig's study Was Person's Day, the day women became 'Persons' Lorna Fraser provided lunch. The next meeting is Nov. 26. The Christmas potluck is at 6:30 p.m. Roll call is a donation for the Christmas Bureau. would withdraw from the Communities in Bloom competition next year because, as a national win- ner, it can only go on either to the international competition, which is very expensive, or partner with an American community for America in Bloom. 30th Birthday November 9 ° ar Love Wyatt & Wade Come and celebrate with us at Maple Villa Itl on Saturday, Nov. 9 41 from 2-4 pm Nipr—gr —vA,,Nrit,.'grANSKIF,OVA. • • Water topic of Artitudes workshop