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Blyth Festival earns prestigious award
BY SHELLEY MCPHEE
HAIST
SSP News Staff
Christmas came early to the
Blyth Festival with the
December 18th announcement
that it is one of three Ontario
arts organization to receive the
prestigious new Lieutenant -
Governor's Awards for the
Arts.
The $25,000 award
recognizes the community and
business partnerships that the
Blyth Festival as developed, as
well as the theatre's contribu-
tions to the arts in Canada.
The Blyth Festival was born
22 years ago on the premise
that it would develop and stage
new Canadians plays, and that
the theatre would operate as a
community project.
"The Blyth Festival is an
impossible dream," said artistic
director Janet Amos. "In theo-
ry it doesn't work on paper."
In fact, the Blyth Festival has
been an internationally
acclaimed birthplace for
award winning Canadian
plays, and a theatre driven and
supported by community
effort.
These type of achievements
helped the Festival to eam the
premiere Lieutenant -
Governor's Award.
The awards program was
established by the Honourable
Henry Jackman, Ontario's
Lieutenant Governor, to
encourage and reward the
efforts of those Ontario arts
organizations which have built
exceptional private sector and
community support.
In January 1995, Mr.
Jackman made a Si million
gift for the annual award.
Professional, non-profit, chari-
table arts organizations across
Ontario were invited to apply
for three $25,000 awards.
This year the two other win-
ners were the Canadian Stage
Company'and the Tafelmusik
Baroque Orchestra.
In announcing the award
recipients, Mr. Jackman said,
"Increased levels of private
sector support are critical to
the survival and future pros-
perity of the arts in Canada,
given decreasing levels of pub-
lic support. The purpose of
these awards is to reward those
organizations which are meet-
ing this obvious challenge
through new and innovative
community and private part-
nerships.
"I never imagined that we'd
get this award the first time
around. It's a credit to the peo-
ple of the community," Amos
said.
The Blyth Festival has devel-
oped strong private support in
the Village of Blyth, inthe
neighboring region and across
the country. In a 1992
fundraising effort, Canadian
celebrities successfully chal-
lenged more than 18,000 Blyth
supporters to match their con-
tributions in a special
Benefactors' Campaign. In
1993, the Festival raised funds
by appealing for personal loans
from long-time supporters.
Since 1994, the. Festival has
developed other sources of
revenue through initiatives
such as rental of theatre facili-
MICHAEL HAMON PHOTOS
LIONS AWARDS - Harold Turnbull, left, was'the recipient
of the Melvyn Jones Fellowship award in recognition of
humanitarian services at a Lions Club Awards night
Sunday at the Seaforth Fairgrounds. Dave Overboe pre-
sented the award. Below, James Sampa, left, was pre-
sented with a fife membership award for the Lions founda-
tion of Canada. It was presented by Dick Spruyk.
Rudolph
the Rapper
One foggy night Santa flew
to Hollywood on Christmas
eve. All of a sudden
Rodolph's reins cut loose! He
fell right down into a rapper
studio. When he landed, he
landed on the roof. So
Rudolph stood up and he fell
right through the roof!! When
he looked up he saw a big
stage and there were rappers.
Rudolph became a big star.
All of the other rippers got
jealous and kicked him out!
Lucily Rudolph had more
than a million dollars so he
gave it to Santa and he
bought alot of presents for
kids! I guess Rudolph wasn't
meant to be a rapper after all!
Ashley Blake
and Ashley Flanagan
St. James School Gr. 3
Dear Santa,
I bet it sure is cold up
there. I would like a toy car,
a wagon to pull corn and a
transformer truck. See you on
Christmas Eve, I will leave
you cookies and water.
Cody Janmaat
Kindergarten
St. James School
Dear Santa,
I would like a truck. I
would like a car. I would also
like a recycling truck.
Jordan Nobel
Kindergarten
St. James School
ties, festival -sponsored
community country suppers,
and a volunteer production of
Peter and the Wolf for over
4,000 school children.
A dynamic board of directors
and the involvement of more
than 150 volunteers have also
been important elements of
Blyth's community support.
Joanne Walters of Goderich
is the volunteer co-ordinator.
She calls on volunteers for a
variety of tasks - from sending
press releases to ushering
plays, from serving refresh-
ments at intermissions to
preparing for fund raising
events.
"I don't know how we would
survivt: with them (volun-
teers)," Amos said.
"This award reflects the orga-
nization and how it runs and it
recognises the support that
we've had over the years."
She made particular mention
of the community support two
years ago that helped put a
financially ailing Blyth
Festival back on its feet.
Amos added, "We have huge
expenses and budget cuts (in
the future) and the $25,000
award money won't address
this. It's not the money its the
recognition (of the
award)...This is a real shot in
the arm. It will boost our cre-
ativity."
Amos, who has just signed a
two year contract with the
Festival, says that the theatre
will be looking at further bud-
get cuts. The Ontario Arts
Council, which subsidizes the
Festival, has cut 28 per cent of
its budget and will be looking
at reducing funding.
"Thechallenge is to do things
as well as we can and to pro-
tect our new play development.
It's expensive to find new writ-
ers and to have extra rehearsal
time to develop new plays,"
Amos said.
She added that Lynda Lentz,
Development Co-ordinator for
the Festival, will be looking
for new sponsorships for the
theatre.
"In Canada, charitable giving
to the arts by both corporations
and individuals is less than half
that in the United States, while
public support is several times
greater," said Mr. Jackman. "It
seems obvious that Canada's
private sector needs to play a
greater role. If government
funding can be maintained at
sustainable levels and if pri-
vate sector funding can be sub-
stantially increased, the arts in
Canada will continue to grow
and maintain their reputation
for excellence."
Amos also credited Lentz for
her work in preparing applica-
tion forms for the Lieutenant -
Governor's Awards - which
included letters of support, a
financial report and a history
of the theatre,
Keith Roulston, President of
the Blyth Board of Directors,
was delighted to hear the news.
"This is a wonderful testament
to the outstanding work of our
Board members and volun-
teers. The many partnerships
we have in our community are
all part of what makes the
Festival strong and resilient."
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