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Home My WebLink AboutThe Citizen, 2003-04-09, Page 27THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 9, 2003. PAGE 27. Entertainment Leisure Bailey presents Christian one-man show By Mary Simmons Student writer A new government has been elected to office. They have new ideas and are willing to implement change. One of these ideas is to eliminate public worship. Across the country no one is allowed to practise any religion of any kind. This is the hypothetical situation at the heart of Tom Bailey’s one-man show WWYD. Bluewater Playhouse announces season The Bluewater Summer Playhouse in Kincardine will celebrate its 10th season with two world premieres, a new musical and one comedy. The season begins with a step back in time with Suds: The Rocking Sixties Musical Soap Opera. Created and written by Melinda Gilb, Steve Gunderson, Will Robertson and Bryan Scott, Suds takes the audience to a laundromat where Cindy has just received some MCF hosts dinner, auction Program to schools and community groups,” reports Esther Buck, com munity education technician with the Maitland Valley Conservation Authority. Just a few tickets are still available for the event. Contact the Foundation at 335-3557 for informa tion. Village Bookshop presents Marsha Boulton On Friday, April 11 the Maitland Conservation Foundation (MCF) will host its 15th Annual Dinner and Auction at the Brussels, Morris and Grey Community Centre. Tickets are $25 per person. Businesses and organizations from all over the watershed have con tributed items and services to the auction. Some of this year’s special items include a spot as a guest weather reader on CKNX Radio, a week-long stay at a beautiful log cabin at Black’s Point, an original framed water colour painting by Bill Creighton, and ticket packages to the CAS clowns around The Huron County Children’s Aid Society is once again offering Clown School. Beginning April 7 and running every Monday through May 5, at 7 p.m., participants will learn the skills of clowning around. Graduates are invited to join the Huron CAS Clown Alley which pro vides community gigs across the Comrades travel to Elora at www.northhuron.on.ca Continued from page 2 heard on the excellent behaviour and politeness of the 13 Cadets in attendance. Congratulations to the officers and parents on a job well done. Comrades Ross and Marg Bennett travelled to Elora on the weekend and delivered our collection of pop tabs to the Elora Royal Canadian Legion. Comrade Ross reports that to date, 478 wheelchairs have been purchased from the funds raised from the pop tab program. This is an ongoing program and pop tabs are gathered at the Branch all year long. Every little bag helps so keep col lecting them for the Branch. Thanks. An enjoyable evening was had by all who attended Friday night’s meeting, Farming in the New Bailey stars as all four characters who face this situation in their lives. All Christian, they include a lawyer, a preacher, a police officer and a radio newscaster, whose faith is tested when this ban is enforced. Written, performed and directed by Bailey, the show brings the 35- year-old man back to the Christian theatre of which he always intended to be a part. Born and raised in the theatre community of Blyth, Bailey partici devastating news. When Dee Dee and Marge mistake her consternation for a new dance, craziness ensues. The production includes many much-loved tunes from the era. The show runs from June 26 to July 12. The second in the series will be Storm Warning, July 17 to Aug. 2, a world premier for Canada’s most produced playwright, Norm Foster. Set in cottage country, in 1953, Blyth Festival. The group, Celtic Fire, will pro vide entertainment. “We’re overwhelmed by the sup port that people give to this event,” reports Joe Vulders, MCF chair. “This is the 50th year we’ve held the dinner and auction and many of our donors have contributed every year.” Proceeds from the event support conservation education programs in the Maitland watershed. ‘The suc cess of the dinner and auction enables us to operate the Wawanosh Nature Centre and to deliver special activities such as the River Safety county. There is a $120 registration which covers course material makeup. Registration must completed by March 28 forms can be obtained by fee and be and calling 524-7356 or 1-800-265- 5198. The course will be held at the CAS Resource Centre in Goderich. Frontier Brazil and Argentina. It was an informal slide show presented by Art and Greta De Vos and Larry and Janis Bray featuring the photogra phy of John Verkley. Over 100 area farmers and friends enjoyed the fan tastic pictures of how farming is done in other countries and the land scape. Coffee and cake was served prior to the slide presentation and all enjoyed the night. WEDDINGS Performed - your location or our iindoor or outdoor chapel (non-denominational) For brochure call: REV. CHRIS MORGAN ALL FAITHS PASTORAL CENTRE BENMILLER, 524-5724 WEDDINGS pated in workshops and the Festival’s Young Company, begin ning his career in theatre at the age of 15. He then went on to pursue a career in professional theatre before getting back to his roots with this production. He finished the script last summer and was able to perform it at a church camp, where the impact was strong enough that a Kingston church has booked him and another has shown interest. The idea for the play came to Storm Warning centres on a World War 1 vet who has retreated from life until he meets Emma Currie. Fingers and Toes, written by Logan Medland, will be the second premiere of the season. Filled with tap dancing, piano playing and musi cal numbers reminiscent of Fred and Ginger, Fingers tells a witty and heart-warming story as three artists attempt to create a new show. The special presentation of The Village Bookshop in Bayfield is presenting Marsha Boulton author of Letters from the Country and win ner of the Stephen Leacock Medal and Barbara McLean author of Lambsquarters. Both will read from their work and be available for book signing on Saturday, April 12 at 7 p.m. at the Bayfield Town Hall. Tickets are $5. Call 519-565- 5600. Check out The Citizen's WEBSITE VISION PRODUCTIONS - Written and Performed by THOMAS BAILEY FRIDAY, APRIL 11 AND SATURDAY, APRIL 12 8:00 p.m. THE GARAGE THEATRE Dinsley Street, Blyth TICKETS $10.00 "Wfat if one of t&e cpm taJicn oMnsuf? For Reservations call: 523-9796 * Thematic Material * Bailey because he was thinking about writing something about the apostle Paul. “I began to wonder what Paul would be like as a lawyer, in the modem version of his story,” he said. “That’s where the original idea came from, and there is a lawyer in this play.” Bailey said the process has been a test to his self-discipline. “The biggest obstacle was finding the time to finally getting around to doing it,” he said. Fingers and Toes runs just from Aug. 5 to Aug. 9. The final production for Bluewater will be Eight to the Bar, running from Aug. 14 to Aug. 30. Written by Stephen Witkin and Joey Miller, Eight finds four very unique characters stuck at a bus sta tion on New Year’s Eve. This musical comedy marks its 25th anniversary this year, having premiered at the Charlottetown Festival in 1978. The “three-pack special” is avail able until March 31. Three evening tickets may be purchased for $57 and three matinee shows will cost $52. The special presentation of Fingers and Toes is not included. Tickets for that show are $25. More information can be obtained by calling the box office at 1-519- 396-5722 or 1-877-396-5722, checking out the website at www.bluewatersp.on.ca or e-mailing boxoffice@ bl uewatersp.on.ca. Love Mommy & Daddy “It will challenge you,” he said of the play. “You will not think about things in quite the same way. You will appreciate what you have in a way you never did before.” Although the play has a Christian theme and the characters are Christian, Bailey said it is not just for a Christian audience. Anyone will be challenged by tjie questions it raises about having the freedom to practise what you believe without fear of persecution. The play features the pre-recorded music of Goderich musician Karl Berg. The play will be performed in Blyth at the Garage Theatre on April 11 and 12 at 8 p.m. Tickets are $10 each. They can be purchased at the door or by contacting Bailey in advance at 523-9796. Mike Carriere & Krissv Dilworth Friday, April 18 Listowel Agricultural Hall 9:00 p.m.-1:00 a.m. n n u n n H Tickets: Shawn 887-8557 U Jason 482-3346 Lee 887-6678 Age of majority Lunch provided n FJ ftThomas Allan Warner ' April 8, 2003 * **••* **