HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1985-12-23, Page 17Coming Events
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"THE HURON COUNTY Health Unit invites you to
attend the Expectant Parent Education Classes
being held at the Clinton Health Unit Office,
Huronview Building commencing Monday,
January 6, 1986. The cost is $5.00. The next
series of classes will begin the week of March 17,
1986. For pre -registration or further information,
please call the Health Unit office at 482-
3416.-50-52ar
TOWNSHIP OF STANLEY Sesquicentennial Levee
Wednesday, January 1, 19811. Time: 2 p.m. - 5
p.m. at the Township of Stanley Community Com-
plex, Varna, Ont. Entertainment and family
social. Sesquicentennial dress welcome. "Meet
and Mix in'86".--51,52,1or
SEAFORTH OPTIMIST Bingos will resume in the
New Year. Watch classifieds for further
dates.--51,52ar
BINGO - Vanastro Rec Centre - There will be no
bingo December 24th and 31st, --51 ,52ar
BRUCEFIELD CHRISTMAS EVE Service in the
United Church from 7:30 • 8:30 p.m. Special
music. Casual dress. Everyone welcome. —52x
SUMMERHILL EUCHRE Party: Friday, December 27
at 8:30 p.m. in Summerhill Community Hall.
Ladies please bring lunch. Everyone
welcome. - 52x
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Singing one of the tunes in the Grade 5-6 play "A Song for Christmas" at the Clinton
Public School Wednesday evening, December 18 are, left to right, Julie Pugh, Stacey
Hicks, Jennifer Harris and Melanie McCone. (Joanne Buchanan photo)
Passion launches
new year at the Grand
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LONDON - The Grand Theatre Company
will launch the New Year with Passion
Peter Nichols' powerful and provocative
drama exploring a contemporary marriage:
Open January 10 and running to February 1,
Passion stars Wenna Shaw and Peter
Haworth with Hazel Desbarats, Diane Holl-
ingsworth, Brian Tree and Marybeth
Rubens under the direction of Brian Rinfoul.
It is the fourth play of the Grand's 1985/86
season.
Passion is a savage comedy about love,
sex and despair. It introduces a middle-aged
pair, seemingly "the, perfect couple'.", and,
with the supreme wit and skill that
characterizes Peter. Nichols' plays, exposes
a love triangle unwittingly complicated by,
the turbulent emotions of the couple's alter
egos. The result is a biting, compassionate
look at what is really being said between the
lines.
Passion premiered in. London's West End
in the spring of 1981 as a Royal Shakespeare
Company production entitled Passion Play.
It made its way to Broadway in 1983 as Pas-
sion. Playwright Peter Nichols has produce
ed a string of successful plays for both stage
and television including A Day in the Death
of Joe E ( which was produced at the
Grand Theatre last season. His film work in -
eludes Georgy Girl, National Health' and
Privates on Parade. Mr. Nichols has won
four Evening Standard Drama Awards,, in-
cluding Best Play for Passion.
Director Brian' Rintoul returns to The
Grand Theatre after directing the Theatre,
London productions of The Rainmaker,
Who's Afraid of Virginia Wolfe, Nurse Jane
Goes to Hawaii and Murder Game. Founder
of Barrie's Gryphon Theatre Company, Mr.
Rintoul has worked in theatres across the
country and most recently assisted Strat-
ford Festival Artistic Director John Hirsch
on four productiops. He will return to. Strat-
ford following Passion to direct Henry VIII
at the Avon Theatre.
The performance schedule of Passion is
as follows: Previews: January 8 and 9 at 8
p.m.;.Opens. January 10 at 8:00 p.m.;
Runs: January 11 to February 1, Monday
through Saturday at 8 p.m. and Wednesday
and Saturday matinees at 2 p.m.
Prices range from $10 - $20. $10 rush seats
are available for students and seniors Mon-
day through Thursday at 7:30 p.m. in person
only. For. ticket information, please visit
The Grand Theatre box office at 471 Rich-
mond Street or call, (519)672-8800..(TOLL
FREE from area codes 519 at 1-800-265-
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CLINTON NEWS -RECORD. MONDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1985 --Page 11 c
Bob Berky perforrns
"Enter the Clown"
LONDON - The Grand Theatre will pre-
sent a special treat for young people over
the holiday season when Bob Berky per-
forms his delightful children's show, Enter
The Clown, in the McManus Studio Theatre.
Eight matinee performances are scheduled
from December 26 to January 1.
Enter the Clown is an hour of extraor-
dinary clowning by Bob Berky. The perfor-
mance incorporates diverse circus skills,
mime, music and a unique rapport between
audience and performer.
Bob Berky began his training as a musi-
cian and literature major at the University
of Rochester and the Eastman School of
Music in New York. During his student
year, he joined a mime production as a
favor to a friend and found the experience so
rewarding that he actively pursued a career
as a mime artist. Mr. Berky trained with
Paul Curtis, Director of the American Mime
Theatre, and continued his studies with
Tony Montanaro, a contemporary of Marcel
Marceau. He was subsequently invited to
join Mr. Montanaro's companyin the crea-
tion of the Celebration Mime Theatre, which
toured throughout the United States and
Canada.
In 1976, Mr. Berky left the Celebration
onrnnanv to wnrk as a soloist, teaching and
From the
mayor's desk
performing at universities, theatres and
major international festivals as well as ap-
pearing with symphony orchestras.
Research into elements off humor, and its
function in societies past and present, led to
the development of a very personal and
singular concept of clowning for this unique
artist.
N%. Berky has performed throughout
England, Northern Ireland, Europe, Hong
Kong, Australia, Mexico, the United States
and Canada, including an engagement with
the Toronto International Festival for
Children. In 1980 he received the coveted
"Fringe First" award at the Edinburgh
Festival in Scotland.
The performance schedule for Enter. the
Clown is as follows: Thursday, December 26
at 11 a.m. and 2 p.m.; Friday, December 27
at 2 p.m.; Saturday, December 28 at 11 a.m.
and 2 p.m.; Monday, December 30 at 2 p.m.;
Tuesday, December 31 at 2 p.m. and
Wednesday, January 1 at 2 p.m.
Prices are $5 for children and seniors and
$7 for adults. For ticket information call
(519)672-8800 or toll free from area code 519
at 1-800-265-1241. The Grand, Theatre box of-
fice is located at 471 Richmond Street, Lon-
don.
By John Balfour
The newly elected council has had two
meetings and things are off at a busy pace.
All committees have been appointed and
each councillor and myself are beginning to
get our feet wet.
At the last meeting of council it was
decided that all groups using the upper
auditorium facilities in the town hall should
be charged a fee for the use of same.
• In the past some groups were being
charged. and some were not which did not
seem entirely fair, and since there are '
expenses to be met in heating, lighting and
maintenance it was decided that all groups
or organizations using the hall should pay a
nominal fee to help defray the costs.
A new committee will be operating on its
own, and will be responsible for helping to
keep the auditorium busy and all bookings
will be handled in the town office which will
avoid any further confusion.
This new committee, which has been
-named "Arts and Special Events" is now
forming up with the nucleus being drawn
from members who served in the past arts
portion of the recreation committee.
Councillor Bonnie Jewitt is the
chairperson for this committee and anyone
interested in serving as a volunteer should
leave their name at the town office or
contact Councillor Jewitt. •
• At this time I would like to wish each and
everyone of you a very merry Christmas
and a most happy New Year.
We look forward to serving you next year
and look forward to the challenges a new
year will bring.
Symbols
ols
of Christma,s
Legend has it that St. 13onifaee chopped
down a sacred giant oak to show his
challengers how little power their lightning-
god had. He was blasted down in his tracks,
as they all expected him to be, and a little
evergreen sprang up alongside the stump of
the overthrown god -tree. That, the legend
says, was the beginning of the Christmas
tree.
Music adds to seasonal festivities
Across the Years, Music Reflects
Holiday Joy, As Carolers Sing
Traditional Songs of Christmas
"Carol, brothers, carol. Carol Joyfully.'
With the coming 'of Christmas, almost
everyone accepts the injunction of the old
song to "carol joyfully." From special
church services to family gatherings, a
"carol sing" is a traditional pleasure.
The custom of singing carols at holiday
time is an, ancient one - begun, perhaps,
•even before the first Christmas, at
celebrations such as the Roman Saturnalia.
Modlern interest in music, and in learning
to play musical instruments, has given carol
singing a healthy boost. In most homes, at
(east one member of the family can be
depended on to provide instrumental
accompaniment , for cards and the
instrument may vary from the old favorite
piano to the currently popular guitar.
OPEN RECEPTION
for newlyweds
LUANNE (ERICKSON) &
PAUL VAN BEERS
at the
Blyth Community Centre
SAT. JANUARY 4, 1986 at 9 PM
Everyone Welcome
Music in , any torm nas song been
especially beloved as a means of expressing
Christmas joy. Early Christian believers
were forced to worship in secret - and
therefore, quietly. Then, in the fifth and
sixth centuries, Christianity came out of the
catacombs - and exultation for freedom of
worship was expressed in the glad ringing of
church bells.
Early hymns and carols, however, were in
Latin. Carol singing in its modern form - in
the common Janguage of the country -
probably originated in 1223, when St.
Francis introduced the first realistic replica
of the manger scene, in the little town of
Greccio, Italy.
From this beginning, the practice of
erecting a creche or crib soon became a
Christmas tradition in many towns. Around
the representation of the first Christmas,
villagers gathered to marvel. pray and sing.
Often, the creche was constructed in a
churchyard or on a public street. Thus it was
natural for the worshippers to stroll away
from the devotional service - formal or,
informal - and continue singing the beloved
carols as they made their way home.
This spontaneous action may well have
led to the custom of going from place to
place to sing carols. And the fi`lore music,
the better, was the rule. Any musical
instrument, however humble, was a
welcome addition and accompaniment.
In later centuries, the "wassai4ing" or
"gooding" expeditions, helped the growth of
caroling. Singers went from house to house,
receiving treats as rewards for carols.
Even oppression could not put an end to
carol singing. When the Puritans abolished
Christmas observances in England, printed
sheets of carols were bootlegged for a
penny. And poets and musicians Went right
on composing carols, as they do today.
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happy holiday
wishes to all!
WILLY IS LOOKING FORWARD
TO SEEING YOU AGAIN
EARLY IN 19861
WI LLY'S
BURGER STOP
HWY. 8 WEST - CLINTON
GAMES DAY FOR KIDS
AGES `a 14
Wide variety to twit your skills for only
13. for the day. Also Include. a film at 4
p.m. At the
CLINTON & DISTRICT
CHRISTIAN SCHOOL GYM
FRIDAY, ENC. 271 p.m.. S p.m.
Parents aslao welcome
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DAD & MOM
on your 15th
WEDDING ANNIVERSARY'
Love from Marilyn,
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JOIN US FORA SPECIAL
NEW YEAR'S DAY SMORGASBORD
at the
White Carnation -
Holmesville
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 1, 1906
5 p.m. - 7:30 p.m,
Roast Beef & Roast Pork"
$7.95 per person, 12 & under 1/2 price
CATERING TO: Weddings, Banquets and Private
Parties. See us for outside catering at a hall of your
choice. Reopens Sundays at Easter.
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$2.00
NEW YEAR'S
EYE DANCE
, TUESDAY,DECEMBER 318:00 p.m.
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(ter /iiroa like dancing (Waltz, Tango, Peika) to good music I
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Club Neimatland for our annual New Year's Dance./
Buffet lunch, will be served / : 4
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Relax over
the holidays!
LET DIXIE LEE DO THE COOKING!
DROP IN FOR A BUCKET OR BARREL
OF OUR DELICIOUS CHICKEN -
OR OUR ENGLISH STYLE FISH.
—Holiday Hours
DECEMBER 24: OPEN TILL 8 P.M.
CHRISTMAS DAY - CLOSED
OPEN BOXING DAY 11 AM • 7 PM
REGULAR HOURS DEC.27-28-29-30
OPEN NEW YEAR'S EVE TILL 8 PM
OPEN NEW YEAR'S DAY 11 AM - 7 PM
Dixie Lee Chicken and Seafood
33 Victoria St., CLINTON 482-7337
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