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Stratford’s Richard Monette
renews contract through 2007
Story time
Story teller Jo-Ann Ras was at Hullett Central Public School
on Wednesday. Ras told a variety of different stories
according to the age group she was with. Here she sings 16
Bears to the Grade 2/3 class. (Sarah Mann photo)
Artistic Director Richard Monette
will remain the artistic leader of the
Stratford Festival of Canada though
the 2007 season, making him the
longest-serving artistic director in
the Festival’s history.
Donald Woodley, chair of the
Festival’s board of governors,
announced May 13 that Monette has
accepted a three-year extension of
his current contract, which was set to
end in 2004.
“Richard Monette, who started as
artistic director in 1994, has trans
formed the Stratford Festival for
both artists and audiences over the
past 10 seasons,” said Woodley.
“The list of accomplishments by the
Festival under Richard’s leadership
demonstrates both his visionary
nature and his profound care for the
future of the Stratford Festival.”
The creation of the Conservatory
for Classical Theatre Training, the
introduction of the Studio Theatre,
the expression of new play develop
ment activities and the establishment
of the For All Time Endowment
Campaign represent some of the
defining moments of Monette’s
tenure, said Woodley.
“During this period, the Festival
also reached out to a wider audience
through transfers to New York,
Chicago, Ottawa and Edmonton,
through film, television and radio
projects, through expanded educa
tional outreach and by drawing
record audiences in Stratford.”
As well, Woodley said, Monette
will be the first Stratford Festival
Artistic Director to present the entire
Shakespeare canon during his
tenure. “With Richard and executive
director Antoni Cimolino at the
helm, the board of governors is con-
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Motorplex locks in Nationals
IHRA President Bill Bader and
Grand Bend Motorplex co-owner
Paul Spriet announced a six-year
contract insuring the future of the
track’s Hooters IHRA drag racing
Series event the Mopar Canadian
Nationals through 2009.
“This is a very big announcement
for Grand Bend Motorplex,” Spriet
said.
This year’s race marked the fourth
year of the original contract for the
Mopar Canadian Nationals, the first
IHRA national event in Canada. As
a result of IHRA’s presence in Grand
Bend, the 2003 Hooters IHRA drag
racing series consists of three
Canadian national events, including
races in Toronto and Edmonton,
Alberta.
“We are proud to be racing at
Grand Bend Motorplex,” said IHRA
president Bill Bader. “This is the
track where IHRA began its journey
into Canada and we have done noth
ing but increase our exposure in the
country. Our success here is a direct
result of the dedicated fans and
sponsors involved in this race.”
Headquartered in Norwalk, Ohio,
IHRA is the fastest growing drag
racing sanctioning body in North
America. IHRA-sanctioned profes
sional, sportsman and bracket racing
provides competition opportunities
for drivers at all levels, developing
future starts through the Hooters
IHRA Drag Racing Series, IHRA
Pro-Am Tour, Summit SuperSeries
and McGee PM-1 Junior Dragster
Series.
IHRA recently entered into an
Surprise guests, Harron, McKinnon
appear on Bryan Alien’s talk show
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“I walked in today and I said hello to
just about everyone who’s in this
audience,” Amos said.
Surprise guests were Don Harron,
his alter-ego Charlie Farquharson,
and Catherine McKinnon who
joined the show by phone.
Harron told the audience he
thinks the Charlottetown Festival
has been “strangled” by something
he helped create, Anne of
Green Gables (which is in its
39th consecutive season). Harron
feels this “put a stop” on doing
a lot of other things and “Blyth
has never had that problem. It’s
got such a variety of presen
tations. So it truly is the Canadian
festival.”
exclusive, multi-year agreement
with SPEED Channel to televise the
Hooters Drag Racing Series
Saturday nights, reaching 63 million
households in North America.
The Hooters IHRA Drag Racing
Series is part of Clear Channel
Entertainment’s Motor Sports divi
sion.
Art Gallery
re-opens
Fourteen area artists have com
bined their talents to re-open a multi
media art gallery for a second season
on the Courthouse Square, Goderich,
beginning in mid-May. The work
represents an eclectic collection of
creative work, featuring water
colours, oils, acrylics, and multi
media presentations. At this time, a
number of sculptures and carvings
are also being shown.
The two-level gallery will be open
Wednesday to Saturday afternoons,
11 a.m. until 6 p.m.
While individual visits are wel
comed, group tours can be arranged
and special arts or cultural functions
can be organized in the very accom
modating space at 54 Courthouse
Square, next to the OPP Station.
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2-4 pm at the
Lotidesboro Lions Hall
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fident that the Festival will continue
to flourish in the years ahead.”
Monette said his focus in years
ahead will be on “maintaining the
quality of the work on our stages,
and nourishing the unique skills
essential to mounting classical the
atre productions. Both Antoni and I
are committed to building the
endowment fund, which is designed
to provide a stable source of funds to
support the development of our
artists and repertoire.”
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