HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1965-05-06, Page 1GQDERICH, C?NT4R11Or ThIJR$DAY,, MAY
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",Gaggles Of Giggling; Girls"
, ' By Mike Cowley In the first Jew rows were
• Tt was -with certain tmapida- what I took to be a bevy of
tion that an invitaltiQn was ac 'oting mothers. They clucked
canted to cover a flatshion show politely to one another although
at the Goderich Collegiate last a Tew'seeiii d fo 'regar+a the
Frilday. « - ' , presentee" of a male with dis-
d�ain. •
The mere bhoulghit brought .
visions of being surrounded by :Apart from these there were
-` `gaggles -of-givli g -school- girls- i�w_ 11P0an_ row c.If__emp�tiy:_scats
and w•elll-moaning matrons. This "giving the audience the appear-
ance of a first night drama_
showwhich hrad bombed.
her
cad
1 4,
car,
failed to enlighten the ,ploslpect.
Not that the 'author of this
article dislikes fearuale company Not for long. 'The school bell
=--.fair from it. But in the right reverberated -around the build
-
place apt -the_ ig It time. Nor ing and as if 'by some Midden sig -
was there any objection to the nail the doors flew open. and in
eniiiii' '-",iatia'1 3 in the a -DCI flootded-gkilis -oaf--al-), slha'p.es--a-n&
audience. sizes to cover •the empty seats.
.But it Was ju>,FA the idea of `Hen Party
being a solitary iivale"stubjected After the noise, which sound
to, spending a sunny Friday ed like a stereophonic hen
afternoon in the clammy con- pl;r,rtty, had subsided, the show
fines ,of a high school auditor- .got underway.
ium cooling coyly at spring. psi W,t oaf all a ball -cool looking
fashions., willowy model stepped ` up to
The effect was almost- the the microphone on stage in what
same as a mod suddenly real�iz- w' un�misltaka+hly, even to me,
ing he has accepted an. in,vita
a aswo-�pie�ce, green suit.
tion to a rocker picnic—+wvth t
hims'clf to 'be carved up as the- llcre' the descrliptions end
main -course.
Nevertheless 'muttering such
re-a:!•uring phrases as: "The
.haw must go on" and clutcdi-
in, hoed of the ever-present
cant era the arrival was made.
Principal,Okal Day ached as a
semi-official usher into the audi-
1 o: uir, "Fou are the
firs; :Intl last male to he allow-
ed thyron h this door this after-
noon." ThLs acted as the s.Ily
else any fashcon conscious fe-
nlale decides to jump me in a
dark, alley * Nome night The
rvi�llouy,fcnralt niurmured soPt-
ly: "I anti :lLo I)ianne John ton
and I repre:en! Simplic.?y Pat-
tern of Toron'o.'' •
Tho vl}, i11it, as much as• a
1-y, our leave. :he provided a
fa:'cinatin,z - which judt,-
invZ h:• th•� (Icing kited :;runl..ti
fi;;n1 mem, rrt of the atull.rnre,
p.rrnme hol.<,ter to an :ilready----�r1u1 t have he�_n about r1n`ril��:
:11redded confidence.
Pro.plped a,gi nst the :stage
\\''..11 camera .cooked there were
a faw minutes to survey the
�7cene before the performance
:t'ut'ted. •
red`
tail,
I got lost :,11er she purred:
' 1 portl:�t'e,lr c,mtiILUe's to favor
�lal i`
size pi'ii ot'ive .-fol''in. this
yrar." Not ,knowing whc-tlli'r
to "take this 1. a -person.Rl re-
mark I failed to make another
s4u,i,gg1•e on the note pad nnt.i1
the end of the proceedings. -
Method Acting
The collegiate girls, acting
..as:..�-.m•ocicts,.._-erere.✓...fa•nr�rtrattrrl�t;: Not for their good looks or lifie
cllothes they were wearing but
fo r the individual perforum nee
e,aTh •obe put on for the audi-
ence.
This was the nearest thing to £g<
,method acting Goderith had
ever seen. They came on atage
in-eve--eonee I Vta+bl e d (fer-n t i
,way.
Same slid, sieme shambled, t�
sone hurried and some, poised
`to perfect7,on., oven 1o:oke.d Vli3(
profeaPionails. But with ail the
antics they all shared one ,thin�
--enthusiasm. �.
Top marks Por perseverance
must be given to the girls and
to Miss_ Johns'tanwho battled
against the school' bell three
des cCi rLo the firsi"Tet imin
Utes of her commentary.
- "1 thought all your local girls.
did` very well,' said Miss John-
+ton at the end of a show.
"How did it feel to be alone
with hundreds of females?"
Well, uh,' uh
Net.
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