HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Citizens News, 1981-05-21, Page 5Shoes clomp in Clinton
Wooden shoes will click,
tulips will bloom, and wind-
mills will turn as Clinton
stages its first annual
Klompen Feest, or wooden
shoe festival, on May 22 and
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Celebrating Ontario's
Dutch heritage, the event
will be the first of its kind
held in . Southwestern
Ontario, and is bound to
become an annual event in
Clinton for years to come.
This year the celebration
kicks -off on Friday, May 22
and the main attractions and
festivities will be in full
swing on Saturday, May 23.
Clinton's main street will
be attractively decorated in
the Dutch theme, with
whirling windmills and
GRADUATE — Peggy Char-
maine Hay, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Gordon Hay,
Zurich, graduated recently
from Marvel Beauty School,
London. She is presently
employed at Keith's Hairlem,
Grand Bend.
Golden
Glimpses
We hope everyone had a
nice Holiday weekend, even
though the weather was a bit
too cool to be comfortable.
On Tuesday afternoons,
some of our residents seem
to be enjoying the excerise
programmes conducted by
the Vanastra Recreation
Committee.
Last Tuesday evening, the
ladies of Zurich Mennonite
Church provided a Mother's
Day programme for the
residents with several
children taking part follow-
ed by refreshments.
The ladies of Chiselhurst
United Church were in
charge of the May birthday
party of Wednesday evening.
A very enjoyable musical
programme was presented
followed by refreshmentsin-
eluding a birthday cake.
Residents having birthdays
during the month of May
are: Mrs. Mary Richardson,
Mrs. Jennetta Finnigan and
Mr. Harold (Tiny) Thiel.
Gifts were presented,
courtesy of the Ladies Aux-
iliary.
If any of our readers use
the "Legs" nylons, we would
be happy to receive the con-
tainers for use in the hobby
s Bingo was played on Fri-
day evening followed by
refreshments.
Residents who have been
out visiting during the week
were Mrs. Margaret Pfaff,
Mrs. Bella Snell, Mrs.
Josephine Thompson and
Mrs. Ruby Hoggarth.
The Sunday evening
chapel service was con-
ducted by the Blake Conser-
vative Mennonite Church.
colorful barrels of fresh
tulips. Many of the mer-
chants will be wearing
traditional costumes of the
Netherlands, complete with
handmade wooden shoes,
specially imported from
Holland for the event.
Hundreds of wooden shoes
will be available for sale at
Klompen Feest, and 20
booths selling Dutch crafts
and artwork, luscious, dark
chocolate and rich imported
cheeses will be set up along
Clinton's main street, Like
the authentic festivals held
in Holland, Clinton's
unique version promises to
be lively and on Friday
night, people will be dancing
in the streets when . the
Tyroler Brass of Kitchener
entertains.
The booths will open again
on Saturday and a two-hour
parade will start things off at
1 p.m., followed by the of-
ficial opening of the Feest by
the Vice-consul of the
Netherlands, Dr. H.
Heeneman of London. More
than seven bands are
scheduled to appear in the
parade, including the
famous 110 member Dutch
Cadet Band from Kitchener -
Waterloo.
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Saturday will also feature
traditional Klompen dancing
in. the streets, with the 40
member Dykehopper group
providing the music, and if
all that dancing makes
people hungry, they can
satisfy their appetites at a
giant chicken barbecue
which starts at 5 p.m. with
two more sittings at 6 p.m.
and 7 p.m.
Tickets are available for
Saturday's dinner, and all
other events are free of
charge for people wearing
Klompen Feest buttons
which sell for $1 at all Clinton
stores.
Cancer
can be
bepfen.
Miscellaneous Rumblings
Continued from page 4
There is no developement of character as in the
earlier movie, simply Zulu, with Stanley Baker and
Michael Caine. Indeed the cast of Peter O'Toole,
Simon Ward and Burt Lancaster are never given a
chance to act, 1pt alone explore the powerful
characters involved.
Worthy of note however are the actors who
played the Zulu king, who bears an incredible
resemblance to the king's Victorian pictures, and
the actor who plays a quartermaster's helper, seen
as Jimmy in Quadrophenia.
Excalibur took a different route, wasting little
money on cast or historical advisors, but wasting
lots on special effects.
The King Arthur legend is much more a proper-
ty of fiction than fact, but it does have historical
basis.
The Arthurian legend originates around the time
the Romans left Britain. The character who
became Arthur lead a band of cavalry, in the
Roman style, against Anglo-Saxon invaders who
fought primarily on foot.
But the facts of King Arthur are not expected in
a King Arthur movie --but producer John Boor-
man blends both dark ages and renaissance and
ends up with the worst points of both.
Hisheroesclankaround in comical plate armour
(more typical of the 1500s rather than the dark ages,
500s) and live in hovel -like castles. All the violence
• and bloodshed which would have added a touch of
accuracy, drama and honest fear to Zulu Dawn, is
here in abundance. But like everything else in this
film, it has no basis in reality.
Knights absorb tremendous blows without even
so much as a dent in the armour, and hang on to life
for long periods of time after being impaled-- in
one case three times-- on various sharp things.
Not only is history ignored, the legend is too. It
is a bad film and has even less redeeming qualities
than Zulu Dawn.
One of the most galling points in the film is
Arthur's on -again, off -again, Irish accent. (I don't
recall the actor's name, which is unfortunate, but
the acting level, which has to be a fault of the script
and director, is non-existent.)
There is no drama, no suspense, no climax and
nothing of any cinematic relevance. Which is too
bad. •
When you hear the enormous sum's of cash be-
ing spent on today's movies is it unreasonable to ex-
pect at least one of either entertainment of ac-
curacy?
While both films are beautifully photographed
(The panorama of the Zulu villages, and a few
seconds of Arthurian horesmen galloping through a
wood are worthy of note.) Unless you are devoted to
Victorian history or Arthurian legend, and know
what is right and what is wrong, neither is worth the
price of admission.
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Citizens News, May 21, 1981
Pogo
INDIVIDUAL AWARDS — Individual awards in Zurich mixed league bowling went to:
(back., fron left) Leo Hoffman, high single; Wayne Mellin, high overage; (front, from left)
Dorothy Smith, high single, Sandra Dickert, high average; and Val Labelle, high triple.
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June 21, 1981
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May 31
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