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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes-Advocate, 1979-08-29, Page 18 (2)1 k i Page 2A Times -Advocate. August 29.1979 At 'The ' Playhouse The Sound of Music, because it is an exciting, true story and delightfully told by Rodgers and Hammerstein, will always be a crowd pleaser. Huron Country Playhouse's production of The Sound of Music ed a standing ovation after their opening performance last Wednesday. Unfortunately, a huge production such as this popular musical is almost more than summer stock can handle. Flaws marred what should have• been a spec- tacular show. I think it was the excellent performance of the seven local young people that allowed the audience to overlook the errors in the production. The children starred as the singing Von Trapp levity. Myvonny° Godwin as Gretl, the youngest in the family. • frequently stole the show. She could only be described as the "darling." Mary Margaret Murphy as the impish Brigitte also received much applause. The rest of the "family" gave life to the performance. Douglas Woodburn and' Jeffery Greenwood - as Friedrich and Kurt knew when to be uncomfortable and .embarrassed. as boys would. and handled the roles well. Lisa Cain as Louisa and Jennifer McCrindle as Marta were both able to give convincing performances. Catherine Inculet as Lies] demonstrated talent with her voice. as well as acting. John Heath as Max Det- weiler was the only adult on stage who was able to match the children's performances With liveliness a'nd ex- citement. Heath supplied comic relief as tate Captain's friend who is 'always along for a good time. It was obvious that Deirdre Van Winkle w*as chosen to star as Maria becauge of her well trained voice. She was certainly able to carry the singing. Unfortunately she seemed to take the singing too seriously. particularly in her first number where she was not the "Will -o -the -wisp" or "clown" -that she was later described as. As the play progressed. she was able to relax and show the light- heartedness which was called for in thie part. The music provided by the orchestra lacked life in the early numbers but, it too. With Mary Alderson picked up towards the end Choreography was weak throughout the play. Nuns shuffling back and forth looked ridiculous, rather than giving the appearance of trained dancers. Often the -dance movements were repetitive. and the simplest of steps was used over and over. Many of thy actors and actresses motions seemed jerky and uncomfortable. Nor .w r the settings lip to standard which the playhouse has set for itself this season. Many props were veru obviously fake. The settings appeared cumbersome and scene changes were made slowly. A lot of noise came from back stage during the changes. Backdrops jerked into position slowly. and lights blinked on and off at the wrong times. The back drop used for many of the scenes was a very amateurish painting of a street Scene, and I still haven't figured out the point of having a few Edelweiss floating in the sky. The costumes were good, if . not authentic. It seemed as if the outfits for the wedding scene were given careful thought. yet these were only on stage briefly. Similarly we only saw a glimpse of the playclothes made of cur- tains. - The Nazi uniforms were poor imitations and somehow failed to instill the fear that one usually feels at the sight of the swastika on the military clothing. In all, opening night was slightly disappointing, redeemed only by the antics of some very talented young people. Fortunately. director James Murphy allowed these delightful children ample opportunity on stage. Some rush seats are still available. but take them only if you're . interested in -hearing the show. Seeing the stage from these seats is very difficult. Over 1,600 Children Attend Sleeping Beauty Since the beginning of the season over 1.600 children of all ages have attended the Playhouse production of Sleeping Beauty. The final performance will be given on Saturday. September 1st at 11:00 a•.m. on the Playhouse stage. Sleeping Beauty is performed by the.Playhouse Youth Theatre and is made possible by a grant from Young Canada Works. THE BOOK STORE HAVE YOU READ A GOOD BOOK LATELY .. . GRAND BEND 21 MAIN ST., IROPIT ■' Fashion Boutique FALL FOCUS THE SUIT rose t0 the body charier skirts rested packets A rnrrr ole selection of fall velours. cyve,liers drosses and sportswear ;1. NE& GUILD EXECUTIVE — Members of the new executive for the Koren Country Playhouse Guild present at last Wednesday s meeting were Nan Cumming. Florence York. Bev Harwood. Betty Hoyles. Helen Douglas. Helen Kleinstiver. and Kae Bushel In front ate Phyl Wilkins. Nancy Read and Melba Landstrom Folks around town... Mrs. Myrtle McGregor. who now resides at Craig Holme. Ailsa Craig. was honored at her home in Grand Bend on the week end on the occasion of her 90th birthday. Noon luncheon guests with her were grand and great grandchildren. Mr. and Mrs. Larry Grogan and family. Supper guests with her was her daughter. Mary Ferguson. her son. Mr. and Mrs. Don McGregor. Cor- bett. her brother Mr. and Mrs. Donald Webb. of Tucson. Arizona and friends. Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Curts of town. Mrs. McGregor was the recipient of many lovely flowers. cards and gifts. Grand Bend Women's Institute catered to a supper meal in the Sunday school basement of the United Church. Saturday. evening. for 50 farm women and their bus driver from Duart. in the ' Highgate area. The ladies had attended "The Sound of Music" at Huron Country Playhouse Mrs. Roy Morenz. Glenda and Tammy. at- tended the wedding Satur- day. of their niece and cousin. Sharon Kneisel. daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ezra Kneisel. of Waterloo. to Robert Skura. son of Mr.. and Mrs. Mike Skura. at Waterloo Mennonite Brethren Church. with dinner and reception following. Mr. and Mrs Orville Farrell and Mr and Mrs. Wilfred Mathers. have returned from a two week bus trip to the East coast - provinces of Canada. Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Johnson: sent a few days last week visiting their daughters and grand• children. Mr. and Mrs. Don McArthur. Kevin and Karen of Port Elgin and Mr. and Mrs. Duncan •NleVittie. Robin and Lawrence at Southampton. Mr. and Mrs. Donald Our fabulous summer. sale. still co ntinues.with -50% off-- Open ff..- Open 7 days a week 10 to 5 11/4 miles south of Grand Bend on Hwy 21 Webb. of Tucson. Arizona have been holidaying at her brother's here Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Pollock. Paintings on display in Grand Bend library are the work of Mrs John Merkies. Mrs. Tina Roy of Oakville. holidayed last week with Mrs. Eva Bariteau. Mrs. Bernice Chambers. of Wingham. visited last week with Mrs- Norma Desjar- dine. Joy Webb. of London spent some holidays at her grandma's here. Mrs. Olive Webb. Mr. and Mrs. Ervth Latta. of Point Clark visited Sunday: with Mr. and Mrs. Lorne Devine. Lori Anne returned home with them after holidaying at her aunt and uncles. Alex and Clara Hamilton have returned home after several days visiting Vic and Lil Dinnin at their Idyll Isle summer home in Georgy Bay. Playhouse Guild has muting • The installation of a new executive was the main iter of business at the annual meeting. of the Huron Church of God members attend camp There were no services held last Sunday at Church of God. owing to members attending camp at Thamesford. About ' 35 from the congregation attended the camp services. A hi -lite of the, Sunday morning service was a solo by Doug Steckle —this is the time i must sing." Doug leaves Saturday September 1st. to attend the Alberta Bible Institute. Many of the congregation attending , the camp were active in helping with the work of .amp activities. In a children's speech contest Lori Vincent. won first prize. and Laura Lee Campbell was second prize winner. STRINGING ALONG Harry Constant of Detroit enjoyed Grand Bend's abundant sand when he flew his kite Harry has a contraption similar to a model airplane which flies up the kite string WATER SKI LESSONS ,- Rob Rodger heads to shore after his lesson. while Southcott Pines rec. director Doris Menschik gets the skis ready for Vida Iskauskas to take her turn Several children learned how to.take the ups and downs in the ialie at Soutlett Pines Fri day morning Cath otic c�;•t,, FNA - ,- J � •V • J T .. . Tlie` Catholic Women's League wish to thank all who brought baking 'and garden produce to the sale last Sunday. it was much ap- preciated A meeting was held Tuesday night at the Forest Rectory. about the boat people coming this fall. being sponsored by Grand Bend and Forest Catholic Churches •Discussi-on centred on accommodation...furpi4 clothes and anything to help in the housekeeping line. Donations are still welcome. Anyone wishing to help in C. [ Topher Parish. at Forests phone.-rlumber 873- -5213 t You Are Invited To Attend GRAND BEND UNITED CHURCH OUTDOOR WORSHIP SERVICES SUNDAY 11:00 a.m During July and August Special Music Speaker, Rev Harley Moore f1'NA. CLEARANCE Entire remaining stock of summer sportswear and accessories reduced to half the original price i/%4 4. ALL SALES FINAL OPEN— 7 Diyt A W 1 10 s.m.. 9 p.m. tfASTERCHARGE the sun shop aJ MAIN STREET GRAND BEND -- 238.1S1I Soccer Scores The Grand Bend Bantams trounced Petrolia 11 to one in the soccer playoff series. Guy Wilds led the scoring with four goals. followed by Joe Nirta with three and Nick Vandenberk with two. Bill Mennen and Gord McNeal each took a single in the victory. The Bantams have this weekend off, and then play one more playoff game. After that, they hope to go on to the finals. The senior soccer team are on a two week holiday, before they .play two more games in the regular series. Country Playhouse Build The Guild met 'as' Wed- nesday morning at Oakt.uo(' Inn. The president' for !979-80 will be Nancy Read. First vice president is Nan Cumming. ,e' and - Elsie Tuckey and third - Sherry Albertson. Nan Cumming is secretary .,:,d Betty Iloyles is treasurer. Melba Land- strom is the historian and Bev Harwood will look after membership. Publicity will be taken care of by Helen Douglas and Chris Mclndoe Florence York and Helen KleinStiver will look after projects. Bev Harwood said that there are 62 memberships paid. Outgoing president . 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