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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes-Advocate, 1988-07-13, Page 10Page 10 Times -Advocate, July 13, 1988 Lucien: Take a break • By 11:11rk Bisset BLYTT1 - "Take it easy, take a break," - Gesturing as if he were breaking an imaginary stick, Lucien in I.•rs this nugget of advice, endearing himself to the audience inun:.'.lat: fy.• - Lucien,.a one man play which opened at Blyth Wednesday turns out to bean excellent vehicle for the talents of Blyth festival veteran Ron Gabriel: Playing Lucien, a French Canadian -pill') and paper milll worker from New Brunswick -who takes a.uniyers,ti Stu dent under his wing for the. night shift, Gabriel brings to life ;, :icier most of us have known atone time or•another. In fail, a, (;., meanders ea nders over a lifetime of experiences and opinions, ytii may recognize yourself tip on the stage. Rich With Canadiana of the 1980 s, Lucien offers his opini,sr, everything from politicians to vasectomies: 'If I were King of d' world," says Lucien in a thick French an accent, "I'd put all d' trouble -makers on d' night -shift. I'd Irl. • t. sec how ntuch,trouble that Kadaffi could cause after working the 12- S shift for three months." • a manner surprisingly familiar, Gabriel turns a girba;'e can into a 11ontrcal Canadiens goal and a broom into a guitar with a little help from "du I3accardi". Written by Marshall Button and directed by Ted Johns, Lucien is the story ;>f a man who has lost his wife and family, his best friend and his will to go forward -- evcrything'but.his charming sense of humour. Button takes the character and extracts litres of humour -- some of -it delightfully bawEiy then leaves a purged Lucien, re- solved to continue with renewed optimism. Sincere, simple and eventually honest about himself and his lot in life, Lucien is a refreshing Canadian character. Originating at Theatre Ncw Brunswick in 1986, Lucien has played to sold out audiences across Canada. In New Bruns\\ i, k. w here it drew a record crowd of 13,000 in three weeks, people were actually scalping tickets for packed performances. Spend an evening• with the working .class philosopher and you'll understand that maritime reaction. Lucien runs at the Blyth Festival until September 1(I' PHOT0 CONTEST RULES: WHITE WONDER PHOTO CONTEST Sbm\sstonsne`Ioc'more of •\) Comtel onv'htite EXetec s ' sA.1acOs• mat. a 5• X',. Solmak, 14 21 ge vn%ed on an o"c ohacce . sheep, ootoUr y •77- ,, \c`c\`.1deP�o\o ' 9ave• v Qho\os�(\e No�ee ued r ay ��c \• a udging to be done ' Dugh the Sidewalk sale Days. .Mail all entr es to Exeter B.I.A P.O. Box 1161. Exeter. Ontario NOM 1S0 )g20C)QCN Color Your World SUPER WHI1T LATEX CEILING OMNI, $1 Or drop off at Looking Good Fas" one ' Entrants may send in more than or, : More than 2,500 attend museum quilt show By Roberta ‘Walker GRAND BEND - Lambton Lige Museum concluded to annual Quilt Show and Sale, drawing over 2.500 people" for the 10 -clay event.. 1 lis actual number of people attend - I11;: was down, due to the sweltering. temperatures, eratures, but the sales were up this The lobby was guarded h) an enormous plush stuffed dog,- amid og,:uid a display of quilted pillws, ,aprons and carry -alt bags. Inside both galleries bung a. dis- play of impressive necdteWwotk - am- ple testimony to the fact that the creativity and talents of our grand- mothers is still aliive and thriving in Ontario. One jocal lady, Mrs.'Elcanor I lay - ter; had 22 quilts for sale during the show, and now has just a few left. She sold a guilt tithed "Country :Bride" a beautiful design of calico birds, fillips and hearts on W kite; ldr- a princely sum only 10 minutes af- ter the show opened. Eleanor's guilts featured a variety of colors and designs from cross stitch to patchwork, to candlewick- ing techniques, in fine quality- well ualitywell as quantity. A collection of nine Perfect quilts, . part of the Canada Packers• Quilt Collection were on display, "In rec- ognition of a traditional and Contin- .tting C'unatlian craft", Canada Pack - NNW ers holds as annual quilt show, waft each entry already a winner from sonic local fair or quilt coMpetition. They purchase each "Grand C'h:uu- pion" to add to thcir permanent col- . lection, over the last 10 years. The handmade beauties to be found at the museum included tut - t: r:l like -"Rose of Sharon"-, . "flaw: Tian Snowfl; kes,' "'Eris., of 1 milia," and a 1982 origin;tl 01 'Beautiful Canada" with •Pnivin- •cial. Flowers and the Parlianieut • buildings. . The 1988 wil1i1 r w:' "String of Beads" by Alice Carn:gi.. of I;rrooklin, Ontario w ith turquoise and burgundy beads on whit:. Th: North Lampton Bi� Sist: rs. were offering tickets on a quilt 'in - progress" still on the str:•t: h r frames. "Unnous Terns" are alio- gued on a • background of .hiu:- shades: The birds are b:autifully d: signed: Tickets for this 1undrais:r are••S l ,etich or 6 for S5. • Warden of Lampton County, fret 'hhonias, drew the vinniii�, belset for A. \\leers of Part Franks, 011 quilt made by the Port Frank; Sen- iors. - Once again this year, the museum. held its ow'n competition, with pro- fessional judges Mary N-leEwing and Ditrothy Rush, who teach quilting and have judged -shims for over 10 years. T'he first prize winner. «•as Mary SENIORS SELL QUILT TICKETS - The Port Franks Senior Citrizens were among a number of groups selling tickets on quilts at last week's quilt show at the Lambton Heritage Museum. From the left are Lorraine Brock, formerly of the Exeter area and Polly Appel. Program starts for playground fuesda) July 12, the Exeter Play- round started itis slimmer program. It rials for six weeks, Tuesday to friday 9:00 - 11:30 and 1:00 - The first week consists -of a scavenger hunt, a picnic, a clown and mime show, and our special holiday Friday w hicli includes a n,o%ie. - '1 he Voting Company clown and mime show is being held Thursday - at 9:3(1-a.nt in the Rcc Centre and it is open Io•children up to age 12. The cost is 50c for those participat- ing in playground for the week and S 1.00 for others. Other activities throughout the six weeks include a trip to the - Children's Museum, a bike rodeo, ol,•ntpics, a camping trip, wet 'n wild day and much, much more. •Registration is still open for the upcoming weeks and the play- ground staffis looking forward to a safe and enjoyable summer of fun. \h'n trifle .with their business and their politics. but 1hc'v never trifle wilt their game's SuperSummer Color Your World Ecru CP;., •a. Cooler Fs Croc. C ANADA S ,ARGE ST C1EMN OF PAINT AND WAIL PAPER STORES 235 STORES ACROSS CANADA TO SEM ''Oup DECORATING NEEDS 99 112 MCI Aliemmo mkrAmg FLATLA1TX:ATINLATEX S1599 S1799 BRAND NEW! PAINTERS CNKHC F SIAINS INTPOORC Ton Mat $1499 Sale ends Tues. Aug 2, 1988 --y5d Caller bow 3t MS -w r* s r• Ar MR•A[•Oh awLAll•R�. DIRECT FROM OUR FACTORIES TO YOU! 3O05O0t,. AIL IN-STORE WALLCOVERING $349 .. 96 OfR All BoRs 40 «F' 3 l 0t WAt� �;' Wot Oi SUMP SAVINGS ON VINYL FLOOR 11111 Eo. CO: No way r._r-- ArmMr, .Pk.�. No we. 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The Twilight .11av 'ii ladles w: r; first last )•car in the pout) c'otnp,ti- lion and are pre ent1 selhng.tick'ts t,n this'quilt, an alghan.and a pil- low, to be dra n on October.29. • The tourth,liriie winner was.once a;gain,_ :Vary \ti Kellar Of Glencoe; obviously a talented and industrious J:tdv, wiih.a red and wliine jigsaw Hathern ':Rub Pete' ki pay Paul". In t'ilth place k. as Barbara Weber of Parkhill, :w ith her guilt •"Broken Star" Fancily Heirlooms Boutique, Grand Bend, had a booth throughout the show, selling .quilling: patterns and supplies and quilted :pillow.. 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