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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes Advocate, 1997-03-19, Page 5IT'S YOUR B1ILSINE Times -Advocate, March 19, 1997 Page 5 Blyth Festival announces 23rd season Rural Ontario hits information highway BLYTH - . The Blyth. Festival's 1997 season will feature an excit- - ing line-up of new work and famil- iar favourites. The 23rd season officially opens June 20 with the Blyth Festival . classic Quiet in the Land by Mine Chislett;. Premiering at -the Festival .- in f9g1, this award-winning play is a finely -drawn portrait of an old `order Amish. community held. to- gether by its strict •moral• beliefs. • German ancestry and pacifism. The devastation Of World War.i'threat-- ens.'to split' the community when • Christie. astern elder. is challenged . • by his rebellious son.Ynck. When a -non-Amish friend is wounded at the front. Yock reject§ his heritage. .. his fancily and. the girl he loves to enlist in the army and defend Cana- da. infused• -with warmth and won- derful characters. this play explores the great .human -dilemma of:how to understand the meaning of love. in a world torn by hatred. • Ron:.e !)ay:c, in ar Dry Corinhv. , a collective to he directed by•.Paul Thompson, opens June 26 In,.1945. this lively lands returning from glo= mous victory in Europe. ran smack. into the old moral codes of South- • .western- Ontario 'held• sternly in- place . by 'Canada's • Temperance Act. The: challenge was on! The mighty heroes _led the search for. the forbidden -liquid in the hack streets:. • .dark cellars. and neglected sheds of. :their "dry" little towns. W.indcrtul new 'establishments of err, .Icrv.. danger ; and glorious'. temptation Business Directory AUCTIONEERS • r Filson & Robson 'X FULLY LICENSED & BONDED, CAU. 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Scott. himself. the editor of the Hu= ron Expositor in Sealorth, the story revolves .around the• disillusioned editor of the Shadowville Examiner 'as he struggles 'with the. gradual de- cline of his. paper due to•shrinking. -ad revenues and his own neglect. it is only when a brash newcomer ar- rives in town with a scandal sheet that threatens to destroy people's reputations and divide the town. that George- is forced to wake up and redisco' er the fire of his -lost youthful convictions. - • The Melville Rovv, by popular Canadian playwright Norm Foster: opens July 30. Brothers Owen and Lee Melville arrive at their child-. hood cottage for a weekend of fish- ing and.heer.Lee. a quiet res.ponsi- hle married , man. hopes in get Owen.. his irrepressibly lively • brother. to Ecce .sonic serious' news about the future with realistic ma- turity..But before .theY can get the junk -food unpackeii: Owen has hailed- two beautiful women boat- ing on the lake who hunt into their_ -weekend retreat: creating unexpect- ed mayhem. delightful temptations, tear; and laughter. Banda:tee Live'. another col tei:- ave. and the hit of the 1996 season, returns for two and. a half weeks this year. starting August 26. This is a marvelous musical tribute to • the stars who made the . CKNX Barn Dance a huge hit on radio. stage' and television. The. play un told% . like magic.. with heart- - warming stories. beloved old-time music and comic sketches. A real toe tapper not to he'nttssed! •• The Blyth Feslival's•1997 season will also include.a one -women play • rin the second stage in The Garage: Orerhaord'. written h' Deborah Kimntiett who also, plays all the parts, Is ;thous- a funny. exasperate.! women• juggling manage. children and .t successful -career in advertis- ing. When .she wins a Caribhcan cruise. she can't -wait to escape the . hectic_ demands of her life. instead she .is corralled on -the trip by a se- rious o1' bizarre characters loaded with advice. This inspired tour de. three runs August 12-23. All plays run in repertory except Rarulance. Live.' and C)verboard.' For a complete schedule' and more intiirmaiion. contact the Blyth Fes- tival Box -.Off ice at 0191 I91 5='3-9 300 The Box Office opens to members April 1 • and the general public Apt:il I5. Tickets range from S6 -to $20. stoney- axing coupon pack- • ages are •IF available. • Order a• lour -coupon package before April-• ' 1 -and -receive :i l9')7 season poster and a- chi►nta.i to win One of three S.1.00-• Vouchers. towards ac.Ononio- • dation at .the Little Inn. Bavtield. McGillivray Twp. reorganizes Neighbourhood Watch McGILLIVRAY TWP. • .The Neighhourhorid Watch• Program is in the middle of reorganization in thi pirvittship - of McGillivray with greater of fieiency as their goal. A general meeting is using held on Tuesday. March 25 at .7:30 p.m. at the town hall in West McGillivray. The public -is • encouraged to attend. • Because of thiV_reorgan-. ization. it -is important for all zone leaders -and hlockcaptains to he present. Some area residents will be On hand to relate their experiences with break-ins at their residences and the subsequent effect on their lives. . Have a news tip? 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