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Page 6-CLINTON NEWS -RECORD, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 18, 1980
Blyth Standard
1986 season opens
By Shelley McPhee-Haist
BLYTH - The curtain is set to rise at the
stage of the Blyth Festival this week and as
in past years, the 12th season of the theatre
promises to bring more great
entertainment.
Five plays will be staged at the Blyth
Festival this summer during the season
which runs from June 20 through to Sept. 13.
Artistic director Katherine Kaszas has
endeavored to bring to theatre audiences a
wide range of entertainment through this
year's selection of plays. They will feature
comedy, drama and music. Their appeal
ranges from a play which looks at the harsh
realities of farm bankruptcies to a view of
life in the depression era.
Kaszas said that i .i_( •.t ing plays to be
staged at Blyth she le,l'i, ,t; those that offer
a wide audience a
ej ,,....,r;selecting plays
she looks for "a got , 'm x of theatrical
pieces," including plays that stimulate and
challenge the audience, that are both
thought provoking and just plain fun.
"The first priority is that the play should
be entertaining," she said.
This year's line-up of plays at the Blyth
Festival also presents a national mosaic of
people and places across the country. From
the farmland in Huron County to the British
Columbia interior, the plays are designed to
reach out to audiences of all interests from
coast to coast.
Choosing plays with national appeal
serves a two fold purpose - to be of interest
to audiences in other Canadian centres
where Blyth productions may be staged,
and, to offer Blyth audiences an insight into
life in other parts of the country.
She explained that the theatre allows au-
diences to see beyond the perimeters of
Huron County.
"The Festival is like a window of the
world, but it also profiles culture_here."
This season the Blyth Festival is presen-
ting three new plays - Another Season's Pro-
mise, Drift and Lilly, Alberta; a Canadian
classic - Gone to Glory, and a return hit
from the 1985 season Cake Walk.
Another Season's Promise is written by
two well known area playwrights, Keith
Roulston of Blyth . and Anne Chislett. This
play will particularly affect local audiences
as it studies the agricultural business and
farm bankruptcies.
"This play deals with a very specific
issue," said Kaszas,. "but it also carries a
universal message." •
Two years in the making, the script for
Another Season's Promise was commission-
ed by the Blyth Festival. Kaszas described
playwright Keith Roulston as being "pas-
sionate about the issue" while Anne
Chislett offered a different perspective
tine 20 at the BlythFestival
More than $2,200 in repairs to a wall on the Blyth Memorial Hall has been completed in
time for opening night at the Blyth Festival on June 20. Village council approved the
repairs which included installation of a drain, vents to prevent further cracking, fixing
the lower east ramp, wall repair and the removal and replacement of all brick. Paul and
Mike Yanchus were on the job on Saturday. (Shelley McPhee-Haist photo)
because in recent years she has lived in both
the farming community in this area and in
urban centres in the western provinces.
The second production at Blyth this sum-
mer, Drift, offers a counterpoint to Another
Season's Promise. Kaszas described Drift
as "poetic in nature" in contrast to the
realistic script ,of Another Season's
Promise.
Drift, written by Rex Deverell, takes ali-
diences back to the depression days and
focuses on the challenges faced by people
who lived through those times. It tells the
story of a young woman from the Barbados
who comes to Canada, and of her life mar-
ried to a local farm boy.
"Drift looks at that generation. the pover-
ty of the depression and how the times af-
fected people's lives." Kaszzas explained,
She finds particular appeal in stories of
the depression era, in that they give today's
younger generation a better understanding
of
life and hard hnes in the 1930s.
Alberta,
t Lilly, Alber
awritt written by Kenneth Dyba
promise.. he a "rollicking good time" for
audiences to the Blyth Festival.
"It's a very theatrical, spectacular
piece," Kaszas enthused.
Highlighted by music and dance, this play
features a cast of 18 - one of the largest ever
at the Blyth Festival. The east includes
many young men and women from the area
who will be making their stage debut.
"Audiences said they wanted to see plays
with lots of people in them and that's Lilly,
Alberta," she said.
The story is about a small prairie town in
Alberta, and of the domineering woman who
rules pie municipality and its inhabitants.
Music, comedy and action are the highlights.
of this production.
Gone To Glory is described as a bit-
tersweet comedy, about two elderly women
who live in an old shack in the interior of
British Columbia.
"The two old ladies are two of the most in-
teresting characters created in a long time.
The audience will lap them up," the artistic
director noted.
Written by Suzanne Finlay, Gone To Glory
tells of these two special women, their poor,
but happy existence and how their lives are
disrupted when they are forced to move.
"Gone to Glory is a wonderful, lovely
piece," Kaszas said.
Last, but not least, the 1985 season hit
Cake Walk will be making a return visit to
the Blyth Festival stage.
A comedy with broad appeal, Cake Walk
is about five unlikely contestants at a cake
baking contest.
After its run in Blyth, Cake Walk will be
going on the road on tour until mid-October.
The Blyth Festival will also be featuring a
unique children's program again this sum-
mer. Between 40 and 60 children are an-
ticipated to take part in the special summer
workshops.
This year the Children's Workshops will
feature two special teacher -performers.
Two Parisian trained clowns will be leading
the children in classes and the production of
their own clown show. The show will be held
in the Blyth Lions' Park on Aug. 14, 15 and
16.
As well, again this year, the Blyth
Festival will feature country lunches and
suppers, served prior to performances by
local women's groups in the area, and, the'
annual gourmet dinner will be held again
this year on Aug. 16.
The Festival also has a wide range of
talented artists who will be featured in three
showings at the Art Gallery, and local craft-
speople will be joining in the Country Fair
on July 26 and the Craft Sale on June 28.
As in past years, the Blyth Festival again
promises to appeal to people of all ages and
interests be it through drama on stage,
• clown shows for kids, or good old fashioned
country cooking. There's something for all
tastes at the Festival.
Annual penny sale scheduled for
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day through Saturday on your calendar this assortment of household goods -
week, as the Ladies Auxiliary are holding "everything from soup to nuts".
their annual Penny Sale. Thanks to the Also, tickets are available for purchase on
donations from numerous merchants and a lovely quilt, made by the ladies previously
businessmen, a great variety of gifts are this year. Come out and enjoy .the fun —
available this year to buy tickets on. you're getting a great deal for what can be Last week, Stewart and Mildred Ament
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Draw will be made Saturday at 4 p.m. and
good luck to everyone, but remember you
must enter to stand a chance at winning.
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okayed
by council
BLYTH - Four street portions will be
reconstructed and paved this year in the
village at a cost of $32,416.45.
Village council, at their June 12 meeting,
awarded the tender to Levis Construction of
Clinton to complete the project. A second
tender bid for $34,032.75, submitted by Cot-
trell Fuels and Paving, was turned down.
This year's paving projects include: Mc-
Connell Street, 100 metres; Wellington
Street, 205 metres; King Street,. 210 metres,
Dinsley Street, 103 metres.
The final price for the work was slightly
higher than the $30,200 that council had been
anticipating, but the village coffers have a
surplus amount in the road budget to cover
the additional amount.
Completion date for the work has been set
for July 31.
Summer Program For Children
Fees have been set, counsellors hired and
plans finalized for this year's sununer
recreation program for children.
This year the regristration price for one
child is $10 and a new family fee has been
established at $20 per family.
- Catherine Battye will again supervise the
program. Dean Bell and Chrystal Walden
have been hired as assistants.
Between 50 and 70 children are expected
to take part in the program. Registration
date has been set for June 23.
Student Help
Student help will be hired this summer to
lead the Children's Drama Workshop at the
Blyth Festival. Funding for the program
comes from the government sponsored Ex-
perience '86 and is administered by the
municipality.
The Ministry of Culture and Recreation
sent word that they have approved the hir-
ing of one supervisor at $4.50 per hour and
two junior workers at $4 per hour. They are
to start on June 23 and work for nine weeks,
until August 23.
Native church
discussed at
Unit meeting
By Betty .McCall
WALTON - Native Church within the United
Church was the•Theme for the June meeting
of the Walton I Unit.
Edith Wey opened the meeting and also
acted as the pianist.
Berva Walton gave themes gebout t 'e
United` Chu ' rch Indians With sbfi� ' ip , rn
thwest Territories, northern Manitoba and
north-west Ontario. Presbytery was formed
in 1970. There are 55 United Church councils
across Canada. Missionaries have concerns'
for the Indian cause for the native churches.
to survive. Edith finished with a question and.
answer period. Business was chaired by
president, Marie Coutts, opening with a poem.
Audrey Hackwell read minutes and thank you
cards. Copper Contest leaders gave their
reports for Gloria Wilbee's side, Audrey
Hackwell reported $150 in the absence. of
Viola Kirkby the other leader.
Doreen Hackwell gave the treasurer's
report. Marie gave out dates to keep in mind
of coming events. The Walton II, chicken
barbecue is June 28 with advanced tickets.
Coming showers are for Carol Ann William-
son in St. Ambrose Church, Brussels on July
2. At Duffs are Nanci Bennett on July 9 and
Carolyn McClure on August 5, an open shower
anyone is welcome to attend. '
Vacation Bible School is July 14-18, cookies
would be most welcome for their morning
lunch.
Anyone interested in going to Alma in
August should let UCW president know as'.
soon as possible. Quilt display and tea in the
church is set for October 9. The kitchen will
be cleaned Monday mornings, "requiring six
from each unit. There will be no meetings for
July and August.
During a half hour of fellowship, lunch was
served by Phyllis Mitchell, Margery Huether
and Alberta Stevens.
Local Briefs
Mrs. Paul Ponomerenko was able to return
home on June 14 from Stratford Hospital.
where she had been a patient following
surgery.
Albina Gulutzen, Brussels, formerly of this
area has been a patient at Westminster Cam -
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