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Home My WebLink AboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1973-12-06, Page 15R UNTI ►LAS. 29 '9 'q, !9 1 1- c Etc �wcoNt r10c c c MEMINI ca.c c cgrMrcSIcSSMIS AcIr IISSIMMIrcIIIIc 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 x 1 1 rF . • !;ijt oberttij SIGNAL -STAR THURSDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1973 SECOND SECTION i Hopes soaring higher as -local dance team wins silver forGoderich Two area teens will carry the flag of Goderich to the divisional championships in figure skating January 3, 4 and 5. Rusty Ormandy, 15 of Goderich and Shirley McFad- den, 15 of Clinton placed second this weekend in the sec- tional competition held in Win- dsor. Rusty, a grade 10 student at Goderich District Collegiate In- stitute has beenkating for four h=.t years wit_ e, ooderich Figure Skating Club...He. was first in- troduced to dancing on skates a, year later by Bruce Brady, his instructor. "I wasn't too crazy about it at first," he said. "My parents encouraged me and now that I have been in it for awhile I really enjoy it." Rusty had been to sectionals 1 twice before with his last part - vi ner and placed second both times. However, they did not i qualify to go further as there is It a set score that must be at - 1 tained if there are not many 1 couples in competition. He also took fust place in the Stanford International Dance Competition in 1972 with his i last partner, so he was not too Wnervous about last weekend's 1 contest. 1 He felt that it was "old stuff" and he was looking forward to seeing all his friends he had made through the competitions. Shirley was a little more hesitant. Four days before the, competition she said, "It hasn't hit me yet but wait until it iidoes." This is Shirley's first year in 1 1 1 ac" ec 1 1 It Santa {lour Parade winners: 191 Holmesville PS: RES EAR - 1. 1 AR 1.1 1 AS DDS is N KWE UM DING ;TSO LUM DING ITSO :EWA ;KTAI 'KIIES 4CY ;ESE Service, Schools; Colborne Central, Victoria Goderich Psychiatric Hospital, Alexandra Marine and General Hospital, W Youth, Brownies, Figure Skating Club Winter Snorts; General, Garden Club, Mr Stereo. amosamacurac Ysoasummox sx cvAx xms cm:ci x x lsgmmimmmixmxm x x u xmimmoscugx xs s rs�x sts xj, PS, Ahmeek Chaptet !ODE; 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 oderich Little Theatre heerful comedy starts season IY DEBBIE DARLING Goderich Little Theatre ted' their first production lili1973.74 season last Thur- • Friday and Saturday. % play, "I'll Get My Man" Phillip King and directed by Markson was a delightful ' comedy that had people ss they left MacKay Ile scene was the Vicarage the village of Stebbington- leY where Rev. Arthur rey lives with his un - sister, Hari1iet. As action revolved around icer (ill Cochrane) and !staPeter "Venture Graham (Tom Wor- ') who both have their e with women. WCochrane is beautiful° as istful old vicar who is -d when his sister hrte Shanahan) informs that their scatterbrained leper, Mrs. Carter Jenkins) must go. Mrs. Carter has ,always prided herself in the fact that she alone has kept the 'Vicar alive and breathing as Harriet must surely be trying to starve her brother on the diet she has prescribed for him. The vicar feels his only solution, if Mrs. Carter is leaving is to find a wife. A friend of the family, Winifred Barrington -Locke (Valerie Jones) mentions to Harriet that she was thinking of advertising for a husband which puts ideas into the vicar's head. He places an ad in the Times for a woman who will love cherish and cook and has her choice of a double or single bed. However, he forgets to mention marriage in the advertisemnt. His troubles increase as his nephew arrives on the scene. Publicity has shown that he is on his way down the aisle with rock star Pixie (I'll Get My Man) Potter, (Catherine Westlake), but he informs his uncle he has no intention of marrying anyone. He then decides to settle down in the vicarage until the heat dies off. Nothing but problems follow after that. A photographer arrives to take pictures of the swinging vicar but unfor- tunately, the paper prints one of Peter, thus "uncovering his hiding spot. - Harriet is most distressed by the mailthat her brother is receiving and the thought of fans discovering that her nephew is staying with thea It is only Mrs. Carter lRAfi� happy with the situation. Harriet allows her to stay and care for Peter who just happens to be her idol°_ __ Things ' get worse as Josephine (Carol Gosse) arrives to capture the heart of the vicar and Pixie arrives to get her man. When things seem to be at their,, worst, Bishop Lax (Fred Hobbs) comes to find out whatkind of a man is in charge of this vicarage. Being a cor>edy, the play naturally has a happy ending. when Peter discovers that Pixie is actually a sweet young girl under the hard ° surface and Bishop Lax discovers his old sweetheart in Winifred. The play was skillfully direc- ted with very few gaps, although in the last act on opening night the conversation between Mr. Worthington and Mr. Hobbs tended to be a bit dry. At times, it may have been that Mr. Cochrane was hesitant about his lines but his tlbility to cover it op with his hemming and hewing stayed perfectly within his character. It, was easy to see that people were delighted with the vicar's naive manner displayed so'well by Mr. Cochrane. Mrs. Shanahan was most convincing in her portrayal of the stuffy old maid. While her expressions of disgust with the other . actor's actions were sometimes repetitious it x as likely the fault of the script kt not Mrs. Shanahan. The high points of the play definetly centered around Kathy Jenkins' role. Her por- ' trayal of • the not too bright housekeeper put her in the league of professionals. If Jean Stapleton ever left the role of Edith in All in the Family, Mrs. Jenkins would have no problems filling her place. Her mannerisms and speech were exceptional as she ad- dressed the nephew and swooned after his every movement. It was difficult to take'yotlr eyes off of her as she glared at Harriet and stared lovingly at young Peter. On the whole, the entire play was well castand they all carried their parts well. When the play was chosen, there was ho music for the title song, so Andy Markaon, 4/ho played the photographer wrote it. The play ended with all members of the cast taking their bowsAndsinging I'll Get My Man, a cheerful song and a cheerful play. dance competition. She has been skating for five years but, only started - dancing in January. Mr. Brady also encouraged Shirley to take up dancing and now' her interest Has grown. She also said that her parents are 100 percent behind her. Shirley skated with Rusty in this year's Stanford com- petition where they were faced with competitors from Ontario, New York and Michigan: The couple received a silver medal there _h ,% w She 'Minks that she' may make a career out of skating as her sister has. She is with the Ice Capades. Right now, both students are working extra hard to keep their marks up in school and practising regularly on ice. Last winter, Rusty and Shirley spent six to eight hours a week practising. During the spring, they skated two hours a day, and three hours daily all summer. With the onset of school, they reduced their ice time to two hours a day and now practice together five to six hours a week. Not only is ,there a lot of practise involved for the two teens, but the ice time requires a great deal of money. Presen- tly, the parents are paying for all the extra ice time, along with regular skating instruction fees, 'skating costumes- and the actual costs of sending the couple to the competitions. Mr. Brady is hoping that in, the future, the town will help support the couple as it takes a great deal of practice. Both Rusty and Shirley are amateur skaters in the Canadian Figure Skating Association and therefore are not allowed to ac- cept prize monies. They can, however, accept grants to help cover ice time and curb costs necessary for going to the com- petitions. There is no doubt in the club's mind that the two teens are giving their all. One spec- tator who witnessed the show in Windsor last weekend noted that "the enthusiasm and spor- tsmanship of our skaters . was ,wonderful to see as they wished their competitors the best of luck. They took their turn on the ice with hundreds of figure skating fans watching phi's five judges. Their --presentation on ice was terrific, both of them holding their heads high and smiling all the time. It showed the many hours of hard work they have had." The hard work will continue as the young couple who placed second to a couple' two years their senior, are now faced with the divisional competition._ Newly instigated this year, the divisionals include top skaters from western and nor- thern Ontario and all of Manitoba. Rusty and Shirley are striving for their final destination, the Canadian Championships in Moncton, New Brunswick. Through their hard work and determination the two young people hope to bring the town's name to a nation wide status in the figure skating world. That's quite a feather in the cap for Goderich. Shirley McFadden and Rusty Ormandy are now, preparing for divisional competition for January atter placing second In the sectionals in Windsor last weekend. (pioturs by Or. Pail Brady)