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Home My WebLink AboutClinton News-Record, 1978-08-10, Page 19( • Aileen Taylor -Smith Michael Beirne Special m=are dance competition to be h eld Have you seen the notices springing up here and there about a square dance to be held at the Walkerton District Secondary School on Kxonduy. August 21st? Only dancers invited to buy a ticket and dance, but everyone is invited to drop in and, watch the dancing. The dance will be held in the doub|e'gym, and the bleachers vvU) be set up for the public to sit and, watch. The guest 'caller, Art Shepherd, is from Chr|ntchurch, New Zealand, but is no stranger to this area. Art was stationed in Clinton while with the RCAF during the war, and stayed on to teach high school physical und\|086. While living in Clinton he began calling for square dancing in the area, and a good many of these dancers will be coming to the dance to op*Ar�?ndbis.Caumdion wife Blanche, and to renew old acquain-,. teomnmeo and`danCm to himonce again. Thirty' couples from theCUnton- Gnd*r|oh area have already bought tickets and will come by bus, as well as dancers from G{itchoner, Lundon, Hamilton, Scarborough and up tuL|ons8ead. In- New Zealand, Art is called the father of Square Dancing as he OPENn�m�mm ��N��N�� m��m�mm�m� U��d��N��8� wm�nw�wmmn�xm for Leisa Ritchie and Blaine Stephenson SAT. AUG. 19 9:00 P.M. at Exeter Rec. Centre Everyone WelcomeLunch Provided 41111 i• The family of i ) i Bill ~= Maxine. i i Seers i j. Invites friends and relativos to share vnthe Celebration cw their . i 25th Wedding at Sm8tford SAT. AUG. 19th *-va.,r. Music by CountryCompanionsLunch Provided Best Wishes Only, ` - ----_-_. Twwm.mat,m:3mWed. 2:ow Tel. 238-0451 \ NOW PLAYING by rogersand ham_e,s,ein introduced square dancing to that country after his return. .Fifty of these dancers will he coming with him, so it should be a Breutop- portunity to meet someone from "Down Under" and to see just how successful Art was as a teacher at the same time. Art and the 50 dancers will be coming to Walkerton directly from the first Canadian National Square Dance Convention in Edmonton, where Art will boo guest caller, so they should 'be in top form and tbe' dancing should be the best. The Hanover Happy Twirlers Square Dance Club, who are sponsoring this danco, have their home in Hanover, but the members 'come from Bruce, Grey and Wellington Counties. The full club will be in at- tendance (except for a few who will be away). as well as the club caller, Mr. Roy Hull from London, who, along with his wife Evelyn, will MC the dance and supply a little levity. Evelyn will likely call some of the rounds as well. This is a cordial invitation from all of them to all of you to come out and join the fun. . . Fourplays to �� Blyth at Blyth Summer Festival's two successful plays "The Huron Tiger" and "His Own Boss" are now joined by two new plays, Ted Johns' "The School Show", and "Gwendoline" by James Nichol. -The-your plays will in repertory style,' meaning that a different play is offered almost every night, along with Thursday matinees. "The Huron Tiger", Peter Colley's colourful cOmedy ' of the' irrepressible Scot, 'Dr. William 'Tiger' Dun|op, has proved to be .'a, Yummhceid` v/ cripcoond audiences oUk*: Peter Whito, in the Toronto Qiobg and Mail, writes: "the world of Tiger od his coterie as Colley presents it, is a sea of eccentricity". And Trish Wilson, in the }(i/chonop Wotpr)oo Record, remarks that "...Terence Durrant plays Tiger as a rakish, but irresistable opportunist, given to DdTnbnynnceand ataste oYUqunr-" "The Huron Tiger" has only four more por' ^ynrmonous; August l0th, l8th.and 20tbut8:30p.nn. and August 24th at 2 p.m. Don't miss your chance to catch the fun that has drawn enthusiastic response from theatre 0oerotbinmoaoon. Keith Roulston's "His Own Boss"has audiences rb|}ing in the aisles 'with the hilarious story of an assembly line worker who inherits a cheese h`otnry, along with all its problems and com- plications. Only two performances of this play remain; August 16th at 8:30 p.m, and August 17thut2p.m. Tickets should be reserved now for these rinuhpuryormuncoo. TedJohnn'"ThoSchnn| Show" continues its limited run on August8th, |lth, 14d`. /7th and 22nd ot8:3Op.m. "Gwendo|ino''. by James Nichol, opens August 9th at 8:30 and will play August 12th, 15th, 19th, 21st, 24th and August 10th at 2 p.m. The Festival's final play of the season, "Two Miles Off- opens August 23rd, and will play every night from August 28th to The Blyth Summer Festival is now air conditioned for your comfort. See you all there. - ------------ - , CLIN QN NE'��R��CORD.THURSDAY, A1978—PAGE 19 . Playhouse leading gets forPicnic roles . The leading 'roles in Picnic by William Inge have been confirmed, James Murphy, Artistic Director of the Huron Country Playhouse ... Grand Bend announced ....,,Eacently. The Pulitzer Prize and multi -award- winning romantic comedy -drama will play for two big weeks, starting August 15, as the fifth production of the six - show 1978 Playhouse season. The often humourous but earthy and emotional play represents the fifties in this season's "Tribute to Six Decadma" at the Playhouse. t was one of Broadway's biggest hits during the l952'03 season, honoured by many prestigious theatre awards. Michael Beirne will play the male lead, Hal, a baodmonue. former college football star with more animal vitalithan he knows what to do with, brashly fighting a world which does not offer too much for a not -too -bright former athlete. He visits a small Kansas town as it prepares for its Labour Day p/cn/o, seeking out his former college pal, son of a wealthy fa,ni|y, but during the course of a day finds himself the centre of attention by an assortment of women, hiding secret yearnings and desires under a staid exterior. Beirne will be making his first appearance t Countrythe Playhouse dh|s choi mo ine famous by William Holden in the 1955 movie vnryion, created on Broadway by Ralph Meeker. Beirne has appeared on Broadway himself ]nCactus Flower, Hallelujah, Baby, and The Ritz, was in the nation'al companies of 1 776 and Little Murders, and has a biography which holds an im- pressive nn'pre | list of television credits which include mb]0f~`rote,- On 'The Doctors, Wagon Truin, and The Virginian among others., Be attended Harvard Business School and served in the Marine Corps, Judith Dagley co-stars as Madgc, the quiet, 18 - year -old virgin beauty who, lured by the sounds LAST NIGHT THURS., AUG" 10 ONE SHOWING 8 P.M. STARTS FRI., AUG" 11 please note mhwwoummm '��^�~ /.�»` JohnTravolta ^ FRIDAY -THURSDAY TWO SHOWING 7 & 9 P.M. Oiivia Newton -John • 4, of the outgolngtrains and the romantic sexual awakening by Hal, decides against marrying the rich boy in town and his life of security, to live with Hal, a potential life of love and fulfillment. Kim Novak became a big star in movies through this role, played in the original New York production by the much - acclaimed actress Janice Rule. Miss Dagley was seen last season on the Playhouse stage in Plaza Suite and Any Wed- nesday. She was associated with Chicago's Second City Revue for many years and is a familiar face to ardent television commercial watchers, currently ' through a deligbtyui, popular spot, Snacking On Milk, and on Global TV's comedy series, Mixed Doubles. Aileen Taylor -Smith returns to the Playhouse once again after numerous roles over the seasons to play Boaemory, the tragi- comical spinster school tnocher, battling the spectre of a lonely old age and her dormant sexuality aroused by B4l'npr000non. The late Rosalind Russell in the screen version and Eileen Heckart .in the original stage producdnh both immortalized this role, one of the finest for any actress in the American theatre, for thbir respective uudienro� Picnic won the *New York York Cr(ticn Circle Award among the many tributes it 'received, providing all 'members of its cast a tremendous LUNCH P wNcwPmOVI opportunity to display EVERYONE WELCOME their varied acting skills. One notably seen in that � w d cast was Paul Newman n as the college ). Alan. For its author, William Inge, it cemented his name and place into the annals of the American theotro, following on the heels of his 1950 success, . 'Come Back, Little Sheba. He fulfilled the con- fidence of New York's drama critics (who voted him the most promising new playwright of 1950) with Bus Stop in 1958 and The Dark At The' Top 0Y The Stairs in 1957. Both nythem, like Picnic, were turned into highly suc- cessful' films. uc'ceauyuUyi!ms. Some of the criticalacclaim accorded Picnic include these corn men um "Mr. Inge has the capacity for looking into the tormented souls of ordinary people with the sort of respect which reveals the paradoxical truth that there are not ordinary pc6p)o. (Richard Watts, New York Post); "It's a honey of a play, with an utterly o,nno'socdon of life," (Women's Wear Daily); "Inge has ox' WEDDING RECEPTION AND DANCE forGwen Hendrick and Bill Davis (BRIDAL COUPLE) SAT. AUG" 12 at the Pineridge Chalet MUSIC BY "Joe Overholt (i and the Standbys" OPEN u�mnm HORSE SHOW Seaforth and District Saddle . Club �� Se -'--'=--...~~~.~~~u~~= SUNDAY, AUGUST 13th na.mm. Lunch Provided by Ladies Div.Seaforth Agricultural Society pressed tbo deepest feelings of puzzled, groping, inarticulate, but passionate people ... shaken by their own fe,elings..." (Eliot Nor- ton, The Boston Post). The roles of Alan, the intelligent and wealthy pal, the younger sister, 0xUUc, and the mother Flo, plus the euppnrt|ng cast of these secondary principals will be an- nounced next week as rehearsals get underway this weekend. • Picnic plays Tuesdays to Saturdays at 8:30 with Wednesday matinees at 2:30. the usual playing days and times this season. The Playhouse box office is open Mon- days to Saturdays from 9 to g, and telephone reservations can be made through calling 238-8451. It runs till August 26 at the Playhouse located on the Stephen B Line, one mile east of Grand Bend, off Highway 81. DON'T MISS THE LAST 3 NIGHTS of"Countr �� at the Candlelight Featuring: tim Daniels�� RECORDIP4G ARTIST AND STAR OF CBC- TV'S "COMING UP COUNTRY" TREAT YOURSELF AND YOUR FRUENDS..~FOR YOUR CONVENIENCE OUR HOT BUFFET IS SERVED THUR'.8, FRI. 12 NOON - 2 P.M. 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