HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record-Blyth Summer Festival, 1980-07-03, Page 33THE SIXTH SUMMER FESTIVAL 'ISSUE
Bruce Sully, president ofr, " The sponsorship helps want, him to mWve awax from
Champion Road Machinery offset, the high costs ofthe village to a larger
Limited of ;Goderich has production in live theatre, community to escape the
announced that his company Private funding. is, essential unhealthy life. of the. mine,
will _spons.or ' the Blyth in theatre to. mke upthe gap But John isn't sure he waaits
Sumer Festival" production between the cost ofmounting to go and.n; battles with *his
of "John and, the- Missus" by a production and the oxo . ies : own . conscience and his self
Gordon Pinsent, '.raised through boa office respect The show .combines.
Sheila Richards, -president verrnment ants,, "= ;_ .. mosic, humour and drama i
of'the Festival" said" that this�"John and;`the Missus" °. a way that will make ;-
is a doubly important by well know actor and audiences ;grow to -Wire old
donation on the part of the writer Gordon, .Pinsent will John. #�
company because ,Jt . also ()pep the 1980 Festival -on— John ' and the M issus
represents the first time a July 4, The Flay tells thewill have _ 15 performances
company has agreed to story of John Munn; .a_miner akernatine with Ted Johns'
sponsor a production, at the' in a Newfpundland Village..- "St, Sant -of The Nuke Filc',
stival. John's family, and friends until August 2. 4,
3ruce Sully of. Champion Road Machinery. Ltd., and Blyth Centre for‘the Arts
_Sheila Richards.
There' has been a g of relief
,.: great ..si �
from all of those who are involved with the „
Blyth Summer Festival,: now that the new'
addition has, be+a'completed.!
Structurally, epmpletedin early. May, last
minute'touclies will continue until close to
'opening night July 4—
Flopping a craft roon>lfor:comniunity. use,
brand new; washroons,. facilities for the
disabled, an enlarged kitchen and about
;530,000.' -in fire . proofing and ,safety;:
improvements rk. the , original Blyth
Memorial'. Hall, . the addition has been a
'growing necessity for the festival. %'
The addition, . which has provided badly
M�.Yu.nY.lYl.,r!
"needed back stage facilities add a fire
(escape which makes it possible to use the
.-hales-balcony-was-constru d-by--Waype-�:
Stehle: General,. Contractors Ltd. of
'Kitchener,. Cost of the addition . i'd. improvements is
3316,000, To 'date, private donations from:
I teh, Richard Ivey Foundatidn, thc„Samuel
Iand Sadye -B _ nfman Foundation, the
Atkinson, Ch table Foundation . and , a
large numb of local, donors. are bringing
the campaign towards its $95,000 goal.
Addi anal funding from government
source , already ..committedor received
incl es, $76,000 from the. Secretary of
IS' e; $50,000 from the capital support
anchl, Ministry of Culture and,Recration;,
553,640 from Wintario and 533,925 from
the Community Centres branch.
A premanent scroll will be installed in
Blyth Memorial Hail with the Names of
donors of $500 or more.
, Janet Amos, this year's artistic director `
'for the festival said it is important for
people to realize how important evens the
smaller donations are and slow much they Blyth's Memorial Hall gained a sats,000
can do. ,addition this winter.
"People don't realize howmuch $25 ;isaa>
a donation," she/Said,
Any other dog/at-ions will be we come and
can be left athe theatre's bosr-office,
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