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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes-Advocate, 1981-08-19, Page 16Page 16 August 19, 1981 Times - dvocate REY! TEE Sylvia wins the hearts of CountryPlayhouse crowd even had a couple of truck Among the members of driving songs in her reper- audience Sunday night was toire Ms. Tyson's mother from Included among her Chatham. numbers was a song written Prior to the concert a by an inmate at a maximum buffet dinner was served in security prison near Edmon- the playhouse courtyard, ton. Ms Tyson and her band and following the show. recently finished teaching a birthday cake was cut to singing and songwriting honour the tenth year of the program to the inmates of playhouse. To the delight of the prison She talked about tpe crowd, Ms. Tyson mingl- the experience. et with them. eating cake Ms Tyson came on stage and signing autographs. wearing silver jeans. pink if she keeps on pleasing blouse and pink cowboy audiences as much as she bootsShe played guitar for did there.,she will soon find most of the songs. herself on top again. Her band. The Great Perhaps this year. we will Speckled Bird accompanied be seeing her at the Juno her for all her numbers. and awards. It's time Ann joined in the singing several Murray had some competi- tAmes The band features tion. Good luck. Sylvia. A warm and friendly stan- ding ovation encouraged singer Sylvia Tyson to give the audience two encore numbers at Huron Country Playhouse Sunday evening. The Chatham native and her back-up band. The Great Speckled Bird. appealed to a crowd spanning all ages, and both entertainers and audience appeared to be en- joying themselves in the cosy. playhouse atmosphere. Mt>ct impressive was Ms. Tysons versatility — she's come -a long way from the folk songs of her Ian and Sylvia days in the, .sixties. There was' certainly something for everyone in her concert. which included some folk numbers, rock and roll. country and western. blues. gospel and even rhum- ba. Ms Tyson concluded her act with her famous favourite. "And you were on my mind". which brought spontaneous applause from the audience. Her encore numbers were two old time gospel songs. including the Carter family favourite. "The circle won't be broken". She switched easily from mellow folk songs. to the twang of country with the wail of the steel guitar and Danny Greenspoon on lead guitar. Al Kates in the pedal steel guitar. Joan Bessen on piano. Rockin' Randy on bass guitar. and Andy Ber- man on drums. For the most part the band complemented Ms. Tyson. but from time to time they drowned out her voice. making it difficult to hear the words to her ballads. Mr. Tyson. and the Great Speckled Bird will be at the Canadian National Exhibi- tion this week. and following that they will appear at the Forum at Ontario Place. Huron Country Playhouse News & Reviews by Mary Alderson Ben Tuckey honoured at playhouse Nurse Jane Goes To play. but I'm not going to tell Hawaii is a hilarious, you how. or it will spoil the satirical farce, which plot. I recommend that you brought many laughs from see it yourself. it's worth it. the audience on the fast- just to try to figure the paced opening night at craziness out. Huron Country Playhouse. Miriam Newhouse is ex - Much of our enjoyment of cellent as Vivian Bliss- cer- Nurse Jane stems from its tainly the funniest person to Canadian content. When so be on stage at HCP this year. many of our comedies are She is the creator of Nurse American. it was refreshing Jane. and identifies so to have a show where you strongly with the unhappy knew the addresses men- heroine, • that .she doesn't tioned. and could recognize know reality from hercorny the names used. and cliche -filled novels. Nurse Jane is a satire pok- Barbara Wheeldon handles ing fun at that which the role of advice columnist Canadians for at least On- Doris Chisholm excellently. tarioians i hold dear to their She makes Doris's many hearts. Imagine! this play personality changes seem even makes fun of one of our believeable, yet funny. favourite evening in- Wheeldon is back at HCP, stitutions ceramics class! after her successful run as Not to mention what they do Faye in Chapter Two. to bridge playing freaks. Stanley Coles is good as But the crazy antics in this the bewildered Edgar farce will let anyone with Chisholm. who only gets ex - any kind of a sense of cited when he talks about humour have a good laugh at monsoons. trade winds, and themselves and their friends ocean currents. Coles Is a and neighbours. favourite at HCP; he was First and foremost. the the nephew in The Sunshine play makes fun of Canadain Boys last year. and has been best sellers Harlequin in five other HCP produc-- Romances. In fact. that's tions. where the play gets its title. Don Saunders is the fun - from a spoof on Harlequins. niest person to ever pull pan - Don't go to the playhouse ex- ty hose over his head, as the pecting to see a nurse or miserable dermatologist, Hawaii and former "pizza face". Nurse Jane also pokes fun Jenny Turner as Betty at another source of great Scant is an excellent shrew. reading material- advice Michael Menegon is good as columns. Remember how the whining psych student. we all chuckled to ourselves and Patricia Strain handles when we heard that Ann the role of the tough little Landers was getting a reporter very well. divorce'' Well. in Nurse The set is good, but not as Jane, an advice columnist impressive as the set for sees her entire life crumbl- Arsenic and Old Lace. While ing around her. they've tried to make a The play makes fun of bor- classy home. some of the ing Geography teachers - wood panelling is a little everybody had one of those tai'ky. in high school. and even Director Maurice Good takes a poke at another has done well to' put all these sacred cow: professional characters together. and development days. But in make them somewhat this case instead of develop- believeable , a n d ing professionally. the recognizeable, while still teacher took the day off to hilarious plan an adulterous weekend But the real star is writer They also make fun of Allan Stratton. for the gently bitchy editors. dull der- satire. and the many laughs matologists. and psychology he parked in the play. Strat- students. who see symbols in ton. a native of London, has everything Anyone who's acted in performances at ever been to a university HCP. before moving into party knows enough to avoid writing• the psych majors, unless As f said before the Cana - they wanted to be analyzed. di an and almost local And lastly. horror of touches certainly add to the horrors the play makes fun humour. We learn, for exam - of young. female journalism ple. that Pierre Berton is a graduates I'm just thankful genious. There are threats to I'm a Western grad and not call members of parliament from Rversnn, or it would and we hear about the have been very em- Ministry of Community and barr<,s'mg Social Services. Well with all these And at one point we hear characters you can unders- the unhappy Geography tand why Nurse Jane is a teacher lament that his life hilarious spoof It turns out could have had meaning- he that all these people are could have joined the civil related at the end of --t4 service 1 In keeping with the tenth birthday celebrations at Huron Country Playhouse. a ten year supporter was honoured 1Vednesday even- ing Playhouse aritistic direc- tor Aileen Taylor -Smith call- ed Benson Tuckey of Exeter on to the stage before the opening of Nurse Jane Goes to Hawaii. She said that Tuckey had been a supporter DI the playhouse for 10 years. and they wanted to honour him for all his work. Tuckey recalled the early days of the playhouse. when "we had a tent on a manure pile over there," he said. He said it was hard to sit .on chairs in those days, "the front legs would go down. then the back legs would go down." Tuckey said he was work- ing with theplayhouseduring the early years in the tent. -snd the board had elaborate URI L FRIENDLY ENTERTAINER - Sylvia Tyson responded warmly to the standing ovation of a pleased audience at Huron Coun- try Ployhouse Sunday night. Staff photo Final Cleurunce SALE 50% �ff .4 All summer merchandise Starting Wednesday, August 19 with Midnight Madness I1�PF2 Pa fashion Boutique from 10 a.m, till 12 midnight Open 7 days a week 1 1/4 miles south of Grand Bend on Hwy 21 238-2818 SPECIAL LOW MEAT PRICES Benson Tuckey plans to reconstruct the barn as a theatre. He said that the plans in- cluded doing away with the posts that supported the roof. But he added that David Conklin was on the board then. and warned them that the barn would collapse. Eventually they discarded the plans for the barn reconstruction. and decided to build the new theatre. Tuckey said that he had been tearing down old barns. and brought timbers to the playhouse and covered the parking lot. "The builder then selected the good timbers." for use in the new theatre. Tuckey said. Tuckev was presented with a boutonniere and his wife was given a corsage. Tuckey was the founder of Guenther Tuckey Transport and Tuckey Beverages. He has been on the playhouse board since its beginning. Colonials • • win again The Colonials soccer team continues to keep its hold on first place. with another win Sunday over Goderich 3-0. Nick Vandenberk, John Mennen and Tony Mennen scored the Grand Bend goals. The Mosquitoes tied Taxandria in a 1-1 game Wednesday. Steve Lingard scored the only Grand Bend goal. The game before, the Mosquitoes won over Exeter 7-0. Joe Kaak was the top scorer for the Grand Bend boys, with four goals. 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