HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes Advocate, 1993-02-24, Page 3South Huron group well received at Blyth cfrrna festWal
By Erin Lobb
BLYTH - Last Thursday the Blyth Festival Theatre
hosted a three day, non-competitive high school drama
festival. The Crossroads Festival is designed to en-
courage young Canadian actors, directors, designers,
playwrights and technicians to corse together as one
large community of artists.
Ten high schools came together to share the theatre
experience in their performances, and in various work-
shops. Some of the school troupes travelled from as far
as Toronto. The workshops included 'play readings,
improvisation, puppetry, set design, clowning, popular
theatre and play writing.
Taking part in the excitement was the South Huron
District High School drama club, who performed their
version of Norm Foster's The Melville Boys, a comedy,
based on two brothers, Lee (Jay Hitchcock) and Owen
(Dana Wright) who vacation at a family cottage for the
weekend. There they meet two sisters, Mary (Melanie
Phillips) and Loreua (Sara Mason) and subsequently
forget about hunting and fishing. Credit for the tech-
nical aspects go to stage manager Barb Mortley, and
director Beth Jantzi.
Adjudication at the end of the evening came from
professional directors Jennifer Brewin and Elliot
Smith, as well as panicipadon from the the audience.
However, unlike past years, there were no prizes or
rankings given to the performances.
The Festival also included an open forum to debate
the issue of censorship in high schools.
For the first time ever, the Crossroads festival was
organized by three local students, Michelle Carter
(Clinton), Rachel Brophy (Lucknow), and Renee De-
vereaux (Seaforth) who have been working for the past
five months preparing for the event.
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reasons or could be better managed
by the private sector.
Saponara acknowledged that the
housing was originally considered
an asset to the industrial park.
"One of the basic requirements to
attract industry is the availability, of
labour - and the availability of,Ia-
bour is tied to the availability of
housing," said Saponara, but con-
ceded that the number of Huron
Park households actually working
in the park was now a minority.
"We're not in the business of
housing," agreed Saponara of
ODC's mandate.
In fact, Huron Park is the only
Ol atndustio pazk'° to g
project.
He said whatever decision might
be made in the future regarding Hu-
ron Park, they would have to be
sensitive to the needs of the com-
munity, including the tenants, the
municipality, and surrounding com-
munities.
When such a decision might be
made, Saponara said "that's really
up to the government." He said
Huron Park is not likely a high pri-
ority asset to sell because of its
small size.
"In the scheme of things, Huron
Park is not a big thing...It won't
cure the province's deficit," he said.
Resident concerned that
pedestrian light not used
LUCAN - Ron Wilcox, a Main
street resident of the village attend-
ed last Tuesday's council meeting
and voiced his concems over the
lack of use of the pedestrian cross-
walk, near the post office and the
• danger involved.
Wilcox said he has watched the
locration very closely and finds that
more than 80 percent of the people
crossing the street in that area do
not take advantage of the system.
He continued, " Most of the pe-
destrians crossing in that area do so
a few metres to the south of the
light and don't bother going to the
location and pressing the button.
Reeve Tom McLaughlin agreed
that the crosswalk is not being used
Special video
show on
cable tonight
EXETER - Buoyed by the suc-
cess of their Sunday morning tele-
vised church services, the Eternal
Life Video Ministry are broadcast-
ing a special program this.evening
on the local community cable chan-
.nel.
A 50 -minute broadcast will air
this Wednesday evening at 7 p.m.
on cable channel 10 for Ex-Cen
cable subscribers. Unlike the Sun-
day morning broadcasts which are
taped church services, this show
provides a glimpse into the Exeter
Reformed Church's
Citcic
in the way it was meant.to be and
added, " I believe some people
think they are inconveniencing mo-
torists by pushing the button to acti-
vate the light and stop traffic."
Two weeks earlier, Lucan OPP
Staff Sergeant Bob Erskine said the
light was a waste of money as very
few people were taking advantage
of it.
Council will be taking steps to at-
tempt to educate the public that the
pedestrian light is there for their
safety in crossing the street.
McLaughlin said, " We need to get
the message out that the crosswalk
is there for the safety of the pedes-
trian."
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Above right, on stage Thurs-
day evening at the Blyth
Crossroads Drama Festival,
and sharing a tense moment
in The Melville Boys are Sara
Mason and Jay Hitchcock of
South Huron District High
School.
At left, the cast and crew of
the South Huron Drama De-
partment's The Melville Boys
pose together during a re-
hearsal for last week's festi-
val. In the back row, from left
are Barb Mortley, Rob Luther,
Dan Rader, Kevin Bender, Ja-
son Kramer, teacher Beth
Jantzi, and Leah Hartman. In
front, from left, are Melanie
Phillips, Dana Wright, Sara
Mason, and Jay Hitchcock.
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