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Touring - not all it's cracked up to be
It's not easy spending five weeks in a
nciili4irvttll, but that's only a small part of the
ob fa/rule members of the Canadian Opera
Ensemble. This gifted group of
i + " finest young singers work
er for an entire year and one of its
;tgostr important and rewarding projects is
touring the Ensemble's residency program -
Ines across Ontario.
In fact; the Ensemble will be in Blyth on
Sunday, Nov. 18 at 2 p.m. with a production
of La Boheme. The Canadian Opera Com-
pany Ensemble also visited Blyth for two
days last fall with workshops, children's
shows and a spirited production of The
Merry Widow.
This year, Listowel native, Brian McIn-
tosh will be accompanying the Ensemble as
a member of the company on its visit to his
native turf.
This fall, the eight -member Ensemble
troupe adopts a further five guest artists
plus five production staff for a total of 18
people. Besides the technical and logistical
problems of moving that many people and
several full-fledged productions around the
province, care must be taken to ensure that
the experience remains enjoyable for
everyone. There's nothing worse than spen-
ding five weeks in close company'with other
people who are miserable!
The hardest part about touring is being
away from home and piano. Pictures of
loved -ones and babies are a must backstage
and in the many hotel rooms where the
Ensemble members make their temporary
homes during the tour. Last tour, the
singers adopted a cuddly stuffed doll which
they passed around for their "daily hug".
The travel days in the mini -vans are spent
listening to Walkmans while learning new
repertoire, doing crossword puzzles and
snoozing. Smoking and singing are taboo
while travelling.
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Gaetan Laperriere as Marcello, Susan Tsagkaris as Mimi and Guillerme Silva -Marin as
Rodolfo, are shown in a scene from the Canadian Opera Company Ensemble's 1984 produc-
tion of La Boheme H hick will be staged at Blyth November 18. (Photo by Gary Beechey )
While on tour, the company members en-
joy each other's company, having Trivial
Pursuit tournaments, going sightseeing,
and, of course, shopping. The company en-
joys taking in local sights, and in the past
have toured such places as the Dome
Petroleum Mine in Timmins, the Alexander
Graham Bell Museum in Brantford and the
woollen mills in Blyth.
The Ensemble's favorite pastime is
eating. Donut -shops and Italian restaurants
seem to be high on everyone's list. And after
the day's performances are over, they
gather at the hotel bar over a drink to
discuss the day's work. If they are "in the
mood" the artists have been known, to break
into a tune like "Danny Boy".
Why do they do it — living out of suitcases
and eating junk food? The answer is simple -
it's exciting and rewarding to bring opera to
thousands of people who might not see it
otherwise.
Round 'n About with Marth Rathburn
Our first snowfall and it has been quite
pleasant. I was about to say, "much colder"
but how can you have a decent snowfall if it
is any warmer? This was happening Satur-
day morning - Usually we have snow before
the Windsor -Essex County area, but on
phoning son Don about a "HELP!" which
had come up, the surprise snowfall was
almost his first remarks - "at least three in-
ches", he was sure and still snowing. This
was about 10 a.m. and ours barely covered
the roof, but by 3 p.in. I think we had the
three inches at least. Later I heard via TV,
that the Windsor -Detroit region was surpris-
ed by a three to five inch snowfall. Unusual!
After discussing the weather and the
• health of the whole family — nine plus fifteen
- and a half, I told him about my crumpled
left fender. There I sat on Suncoast patiently
waiting for traffic on Huron Roaa to thin
out, when WHAM, someone threw a station
wagon at me. What a surprise!" My nice lit-
tle Buick Special is too old at 18 years! !
and I'm having a problem getting a fender."
So, I hope he can check that area for me -
I'd hate to go the rest of my life with a
crumply fender. And that's how long this
car -must last, I hope it is for another 20
years!
Sunday, still cold windy and the air is
snow -filled. I had hoped to see the dress
rehearsal for Bus Stop at the Livery, Little
Theae of the '84-'85
season butI chi1crst kened out!
a I hate myself!
Friday, November 16 - last day for En-
tries. Well, now, the Christmas Parade is
corning up - fast. It's Saturday, November
24 at 1 p.m., forming up on Elgin Avenue to
South Street. There are many floats, 40-50,
four bands, service clubs, Santa and his
beautiful reindeer! Later Santa will talk to
the children in the Park Theatre - nice and
warm - a great central place. The parents
can shop, then pick up the kids.
How well I recall our "First Annual
Christmas Parade". There have always
been Christmas Parades - I think - but by '69
things were at a low ebb. The merchantshadn't time to bother, too busy
flunked out. I had written soman1ySwtwriteups
- ideas, please - begging for
an
nothing happened.
Finally I went to Mrs. Blue, owner of
Blue's Grocery on The Square and she too,
was disgusted!
"I'm sick of the merchants' rotten at-
titude. Let's get this thing started," she
said.
Now, I'm not to be criticized for this
remark - I have it in black and white - and And they had so much fun setting it up.
the merchants - at that time were not in- I was so excited about it all - and I'm sure
terested in all the extra fuss and time a you too feel as I, that we owe a lot of thanks
parade would take. So... to a lovely lady and the few people who
By the time we had our first meeting, Mrs. made such a big effort to make it the FIRST
B. had great plans for this year and many ANNUAL - 'emphasis on the ANNUAL -
more to come. PARADE. I doubt that many would know
• the cost of Santa's suit, a REAL looking
I'm going to get Santa a new suit and a beard, the sleigh and the beautiful deer.
spankin new sleigh AND REINDEER! We'll Mrs. Blue also had Santa's helpers - her
have a Santa's float such as Goderich has employees - who served and fussed and had
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never had," and she was so right! It was
beautiful! There had never been one in
Goderich - belonging to Goderich - to com-
pare with it. Mrs. Blue later GAVE it all to
Goderich!
Where we hoped to have a few floats to
make a nucleus for other years to come, we
were overwhelmed with the response. It just
took that main float, a few enthusiastic per-
sons to spread the word, and we were OFF!
"Let's get the show on the road" was a real
challenge. Garages and barns around town
were buzzing - all kinds of secrets were be-
ing developed. Most of the workers had
seldom, if ever, used papier mache, wire
and goo before and they were in for a big
surprise.
Remember the Purple COW? If you were
here in '69, you will remember it. THAT was
a first experience for a good many and they
had a lot of laughs creating it. I know,
because I helped. And Hi DIDDLE DIDDLE
— when I think of that Cow, the dog and the
cat, the dish -and the spoon - and all that
went with these - THAT took time and peo-
ple and everyone enjoyed it. REAL FUN.
And I've often wondered where Ewan Ross,
Earl Williams and Ken Boyce found all the
stuff for Christmas on the Farm. Fantastic!
those small people with Santa.
We even had CKNX leading the Parade -
and guess what - for several years I helped
with the TALK part of the Radio broadcast.
Big thrill - repaid for all my fuss and worry!
After the kids and their mothers had stood
in line while the firemen gave out candy - for
years - that too was changed. We had the
GDCI Gymnasium with Santa on the big
chair. So much nicer. And now with the use
of our Park Theatre, itsis certainly more
convenient.
There have been a great many Santas
over the years - and they are all just
GREAT, but the one to wear the nice suit
and the real lookitiV beard was ' Clayt
Laithwaite a handsome SANTA - I loved
him !
People wrote letters to the Signal - not
many - but as one lady said, "I guess I'm a
little different since I was brought up to ap-
preciate things and say THANK YOU for
them".
So, let's work for this year's parade. Need
help? Call me.
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Couple wed in Guelph
On September 21, Dublin Street United
Church in Guelph was the setting for the ex-
change of vows between Donna Jean
Kellestine and Robert George Graham.
•
Diann Kellestine of Goderich, sister-in-
law of the bride, attended as matron of
honour. She was accompanied by junior
bridesmaid Sarah Chanda of Simcoe, niece
ofthe groom.
The groom's best friend, Dan Felice of
Mississauga, was best man and Joe Chanda
of Simcoe, nephew of the groom, acted as
ring bearer.
The Reverend Donald H. Park officiated
at the ceremony.
Love,
Martha
The reception was held at the Holiday Inn,
Guelph, and then Mr. and Mrs. Graham
were off to Cancun, Mexico for their honey-
moon. They will reside in Guelph where
Donna works at Linamar Machines as Traf-
fic and Customs Specialist and Robb will
commute daily to his job in Etobicoke at
Boyle Midway as Manager of Production
Planning.
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but they are days worth noting.
Ormandy's Write Your Own Christmas
Cheque Sale will take place.
Sale to be held at Goderich Suncoast Mall Store Only.
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