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Chapter Two
A great romance
IlltJOANNE BUCHANAN
hapter Two, the Neil
Simon comedy which is the
second production of the
Huron Country Playhouse in
Grand Bend, is full of
romance, great one-liners
and a lot of soul-searching.
Loosely based on Simon%
own experience, the pay
revolves around 'a writer
named George Schneider
(Aaron Schwartz) and an
actress named Jennie
Malone (Marcia Bennett)
who have each recently lost
a spouse -he through death
and she through divorce. The
cast is completed by
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Don't let the mail strike
keep )you away from per-
formances at the Blyth
Summer Festival. The
Festival has added an extra
phone line to cope with the
added calls, and box office
staff will be happy to have
you charge your tickets by
phone on your VISA card, or
to reserve them until one
half hour before curtain. The
box office numbers are (519)
523-9300, 523-9225, and the
box office is open Monday to
Saturday from 9 .m to8:30,
except for July 27, Aug. 3 and
George's brother Leo (A.
Frank Ruffo) and Jennie's
friend Faye (Barbara
Wheeklon). They are the
matchmakers who bring
George and Jennie together
after fixing them up with
many other blind date
fa ilures first..
George and Jennie hit it off
immediately following
several amusing telephone
conversations and a five-
minute `look'. After a
whirlwind dating period of
two weeks, they decide to get
married. Problems begin on
the honeymoon " however
when George can't block out
is n0
Blyth
24, when hours are 9 a .m. to 5
p.m.
Advance sales promise to
make 1981 the biggest season
ever at the Blyth Summer
Festival. The 1981 season has
an extra week of per-
formances and more plays
than ever - up to five from
four last year. Weekend
performances are close to
capacity, although there are
still good seats available for
most performances and.
always twenty rush tickets
for each performance on sale
at 7 p.m.
Blyth Festival
gives Halfback
If you're unlucky at lot-
teries, there's some consola-
tion for you at the . Blyth
Summer Festival. Under the
Halfback program, old Win-
' tario tickets will entitle you
to up to $2 off the price of
your theatre tickets.
Each used Wintario ticket
dated from June 18 to
September 5 has a value of 50
cents off the price of a Blyth
Summer Festival ticket, up
to a maximum of $2 per
ticket. Wintario tickets must
be endorsed with your name
and address before being
submitted to the box office,
and cannot be applied to the
price of tickets already pur-
chased. Tickets purchased
with the Wintario discount
may be exchanged for
another performance with at
least 24 hours advance
notice, but no refunds will be
given.
his beloved first wife's
memory.
Jennie fights back though
and when George decides
that his worst fate with her
would be .a .life of happiness,
all ends well.
Chapter.Two's cast of four
at the Playhouse is ,a strong
one. It is interesting to note
that Aaron Schwartz and
Marcia Bennett who marry
in the play, are also married
in real life. Perhaps this
accounts for their
naturalness as a couple on
stage. Bennett even
resembles Marsha Mason,
Neil Simon's wife who
played the role of Jennie in
the movie version of Chapter
Two.
A. Frank Ruffo as Leo,
George's concerned but
somewhat overbearing
brother, stands out in his
role, particularly in the
scene where he explains to
Jennie how George reacted
when his first wife died. The
audience is charmed by his
concern and amused by his
playboy image.
Barbara Wheeldon por-
trays concern for Jennie and
is also very amusing when
she speaks about her
marriage to a dull Sydney
whom the audience never
sees. She decides to have an
affair with Leo and their
rendez-vous provides one of
the most comical scenes in
the play.
Besides the fine acting
which carefully mixes
comedy with the pain of
death and divorce, Chapter
Two's success at the
Playhouse is a credit to
skillful direction by Aileen
Taylor -Smith and the double -
set design of back-to-back
living rooms by Mark Cole
with lighting by Chris
Popowich.
Chapter Two will run at
the Playhouse until July 25.
Arsenic and Old Lace opens
July 28.
Jim Hagarty is a budding young artist from Perth County, whose talents are now
recorded on two albums. d.
•dim Hagarty
Ain't It Funny
isagreatnewhit
By Jfrn Fitzgerald
It may just be that there's, an in-
ternational recording star in our midst,
but after listening to the new album Ain't
It Funny by Mitchell resident Jim
Hagarty, all that's needed now is a bit of
luck and some pushing, and Hagarty could
be Perth county's male counterpart to Ann
Murray.
The album, featuring 10 songs along the
country and western theme, all written
and sung by Hagarty, sparkles throughout,
d has at least three cuts that would
easily make the top 40 C&W charts, given
the right radio exposure. In fact, two of the
songs, "Go Away Wa iter" and "I Want To
Be Rich" would easily be commercial frits
if picked up by one of the established stars.
Hagarty, a former editor of The Mitchell
Advocate and native of Bornholm, has no
formal music education, but his grasp of
lyrics and melody is surprisingly
professional, and backed by the Perth
County band Cookin' the albuni would at
home next to any of the best from Nash-
ville.
Recorded at Maxim Recordinr?'Studio at
RR 2, St. Pauls, the album has already
sold 700 copies in the seven weeks since its
release, and also reveals the fine talents of
Earl Filsinger on six and 12 string guitars,
mandolin, 9coustic guitars and pedal steel.
What Maxim lacks in size is more than
made up for in quality, so don't think
you're getting a cheap, tinny sounding
record.
Hagarty has only been music fulltime
since last November he left The Stratford
Beacon -Herald where he had been working
since he left Mitchell. He performs in area
nightclubs and folk festivals, and leaves at
the end of the month for a one-month
promotional tour in Alberta.
Ain't It Funny which is currently
receiving air play on six radio stations,
including the influential BX -93 in London,
is available at a number of local outlets in
Huron and Perth, including BTR in
Clinton.
Not one to rest on his laurels, Hagarty
has already recorded his second album
and it will soon he released to a ap-
preciative, growing fan club that may soon
stretch across the continent.
The highly acclaimed Horseplay is coming to Clinton next week
Horseplay, a
By Shelley McPhee
Praised by MacLean's
Magazine for its "infectious
charm," and described by
The Globe and Mail as,
"When it was all over, peo-
ple clapped till their arms
ached," the highly acclaim-
ed musical comedy
Horesplay will be rolling into
Clinton for two perfor-
mances on Wednesday, July
29th and Thursday, July
30th.
Horesplay is no ordinary
stage production, but an ex-
traordinary play that The
Hamilton Spectator called,
"a once-in-a-lifetime ex-
perience."
Along with superb acting,
costuming, singing and
dance, Horseplay gains
special recognition as the on-
ly horse-drawn play in North
America. Originating from
Armstrong, B.C. the
Caravan Stage Company,
with its 11 Clydesdale
horses, five hand -carved cir-
cus wagons and 22 per-
formers have been taking to
the road for the past 10 years
with their unique variety
shows. This year, the troup
has ventured beyond the
mountains and the prairies
in a -16-week Ontario tour,
which will visit 17 com-
munities, finishing with a 10 -
day date in Toronto in
September.
The Caravan has been
CLINTON NEWS -RECORD, THURSDAY, JULY 23,1981 -,-PAGE 19
TownshIp council...
®from page 17
was given three readiuga
and passed. -
By-law number 12, 1981, a
by-law to govern the use of
land and structures an part
lots 33, 34, concession 1, was
given three readings and
passed.
A tile drain loan ap-
plication was made by
Robert Smith for a total of
$4,400 on lot 26, eoncesslon 11
and -council passed a motion
approving this application.
Don Lobb was . present to
protest the allocation of costs
assessed to him for the
repairs done on the Forbes
drain. Council passed
motion that he charged
$100 for direct benefit and
that the balance be prorated
over the entire drain.
A number of revisions to
• the township insurance
charming show eflerir tows ntact F. Cowan
Insurance and have these
increases made on the
respective policies.
described as a frontier day
group and a company of
singing gypsies, but the
' Toronto Sunday Sun cap-
tured the magic, the excit-
ment and the wonderment of
the performers and ' their
show by writing, "The
troupe mesmerized, excited,
delighted the city folk. They
wove a kind of magic, but
they are no roving band of
gypsies. Musicians, actors,
writers, ferriers, teamsters,
cooks, graphic artists, pup-
pet makers, clowns,
horsemen, technicians - they
are a group of highly profes-
sional, dedicated thespians
who come together (some
with their families) every
summer to live and perform
together."
After a held -over stop in
Stratford, and performances
.in Mitchell and Seaforth, the
Caravan will be rolling into
Clinton and setting up their
delightful production at the
Clinton Conservation Park,
off Highway 4, at the south
limits of town. 'Horseplay
will be performed under the
stars for two nights and the
actual Clydesdales will be
resting before moving onto
• Blyth, Wingham, Wroxeter,
Mt. Forest, Fergus, Bramp-
ton and Toronto. The 11
horses are beautiful, well -
cared for animals and were
trucked east from the
Caravan farm in Armstrong,
B.C. To make their journey
through the backroads of On-
tario more comfortable, they
have been shod with special
plastic shoes and rubber
plates to protect against hoof
injuries.
Caravan also boasts four
more, not so -lovely, but
highly entertaining . Clydes.
Lincoln, Chevy, Dodge and
Ford are the four singing
and dancing horses who,
through the aid of Grandma
Mulvaney, are fighting
against a quick end in the
slaughterhouse - and that's
what Horseplay is all about.
The modern age of automa-
tion,. the vanishing family
farm, government
bureaucracy, Canada's
energy crisis and the police
all take a poke in this fast -
paced, slapstick musical
comedy.
Horseplay is pure
horsepower and a show that
you shouldn't miss. Tickets
for the July 29 and July, 30
performances are available
in Clinton at Campbell's
Men's Wear, and if you pre-
sent your old Wintario
tickets, dated June 18th or
later, at the Caravan box of-
fice who will receive the
special Half Back 50 cents
discount for each Wintario
ticket, up to a value of $2.
Be sure to bring a lawn
chair or a blanket to the out-
door shows at the Clinton
Conservation Park.
Mr, Kelly of the Ministry
of Housing presented a plan
of sub -division on lot 20,
concession 1 with a request
that the township comment
on the plan. Council passed a
motion stating that the plan
does not meet with approval
as presented and that the
followigg changes should be
made: 1. that the park
dedication is not acceptable;
2. that the walkwaybetween
lots 16 and 17 should be in-
creased to a 66 foot roadway:-
3.
oadway;3. that the well should be
shdwn as a Block; 4. that a
development of this size
should have a suitable ac-
cess to the beach.
Gravel pit permits were
approved for Ray Ginn and
William Trick.
The Huron Planning
Department submitted a
detailed zoning plan for
Harbour Lights 'Con-
dominium. No motions were
recorded regarding this.
A petition signed by a
number of people requested
that clean-up action be taken
at Leeside Park especially
at the beach. This was
referred to the recreation
committee in care of Jake
Reder for investigation and
report.
Four tenders were opened
for the supply of two dif-
ferent
ifferent culverts. Due to the
variation in quotes, the road
superintendent was in-
structed to contact the low
bidder of Arinco at $2,992
and $2,249.10 and also the
Department of Tran-
sportation and Com-
munication for more in-
formation before any a,,ction
is taken.
The meeting was then
adjoirned until July 20 at 8
p.m.
Smile
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can live on a dollar bill.
They're lucky. For most
folks a dollar won't even buy
lunch.
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