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The Goderich Signal-Star, 1986-03-05, Page 20PAGE 4A-GODERICH SIGNALSTAR, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 5,1986 Entertainment CC3MMUNITY CALEN;, :.;.AR WNW WEDNESDAY, MARCH 5- Federal Superanuates National Association meeting dealing with pension indexing and plan to subject superanuation to new regulations in Sarnia at 2 p.m. at McLean Centre, Centennial Park. Discussion on UIC provisions and association's efforts. If interested in forming a branch of FSNA in Goderich area contact Ted Hewitt at 524- 9161. St. Vincent De Paul store, 15 Caledonia Terrace open Monday and Wednesday 24 p.m.; Friday.7-9 p.m. and Saturday morn- ing 10 until noon. Used clothing and fur- niture. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 12- pre Easter Ham Bingo at St. Augustine Parish Hall at 8.15 p.m. Ten hams, two share -the -wealth, door prize. Admission $1. WEDNESDAYS- Happy Gang Dancers at MacKay every Wednesday at 1.30 p.m. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 12- card party at MacKay Centre at 8 p.m. Euchre and 500. Lunch. Adniission'$1. FRIDAY, MARCH 14- Bingo at MacKay Centre at 8 p.m. Door prize -admission $1. FRIDAY, MARCH 21- Dance at MacKay Centre at 8 p.m. with music by Gord Har- rison's group. Ladies bring lunch - admission $2. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 26 -variety con- cert at MacKay Centre at 8 p.m. Admis- sion $1. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 19 -fifth annual Dessert Euchre at Goderich Township Community Centre, Holmesville _at _1.30 p.m. sponsored by township women's groups. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 12- Cabbage Patch Kid Movie and music video party at Legion Hall from 1-3.30 p.m. Admission $1. Refreshments and door prizes. Call 524- 2875. TUESDAYS- evening fitness fun nights for ladies at the Dungannon Senior Citizens Centre'f rom 7.30-8.30. Admission $1. WEDNESDAYS- euchre parties at Dungannon Seniors Centre at 8 p.m. Ad- mission $1. SATURDAY, MARCH 15 -St. Patrick's Tea and Bake Sale at Dungannon Seniors Cen- tre from 2-4 p.m. SATURDAY, MARCH 22- Dungannon and District Block Parent Association Barn Dance from 9-1 a.m. to Star Spinners at Dungannon Agriculture Hall. $5 per cou- ple, $3 single. lunch provided. Proceeds to purchase road signs and Block Parent ban- ners. TUESDAY, MARCH .18-Goderich Lawn Bowling Club card party at clubhouse Pic - ton Street at 1.30 p.m. Admission $1 -bring lunch. SATURDAY, MARCH 22 -Euchre tourna- ment at Dungannon Agriculture Hall. Registration 1-2 p.m. Games begin at 2. Admission $3. Prizes $50, $40 and $30. Lunch and special contests. SATURDAY, MARCH 15 -St. Patrick's Tea and Bake Sale at Dungannon Seniors Cen- tre from 2-4 p.m. Flea Market May 17 -need vendors. Phone 529-7389 or 529-7712. SATURDAY, MARCH 8- 50s and 60s dance at Dungannon Hall from 8-1 a.m. with music by Star Spinners. Admission $3. Proceeds to Port Albert's 150th celebra- tion. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 12 -Dessert euchre party and bake sale at Brookside School at 1.30 p.m. sponsored by Dungan- non WI. SUNDAY, MARCH 16 -waterfowl iris i= _. tification slides by Tony Roach at Lamb - 'ton Heritage Museum at 2.30 p.m. Return of the Swans 1-3 p.m. THURSDAY, MARCH 6- Euchre card par- ty at Carlow Hall at 8 p.m. sponsored by recreation committee. Admission $1. You are cordially invited to join the fun.._. St. Patrick's VARIETY Concert and Dance Saturday, March 22/86 830 pm. LVCp(WpyV COMMUNITY CENTRE Dance To The JAMJARS Joe Dickerson And Michael Melly Jim Graham And Ross Gibbons Of Tiverton is a singer/song writer and an accomplished classical guitarist of Desboro is probably the finest tin -whistle player on this continent. He also performs on the flute and "squeeze box". of Kincardine also plays guitar, is a fine folk singer and a good pub -style entertainer Of Jackson plays the drums and has been Involved with the folk festival for many years Songs, skits, dancing etc. Conert featuring local talent such as Eugene Frayne, Stapleton Sisters, Cy and Marie Boyle, Betty Lou Dalton, Lucknow County Dancers, Airbank Group, Paulette Lippert, Jeff Murray. Draw on large Rose Wreath [green] double bed quilt. LUNCH -IRISH STEW -REFRESHMENTS ADVANCE 56.00 ea., S7.50 AT THE DOOR [limited number] Tickets available at: Lucknow Variety, Brophy's office 528-2818, Chisholm Fuels 529- 7524, Brenda Chisholm , - Hodgins Balldall 357-3650, Patty McKay, Wingham Rec Office 357-9991, Betty Lou Dalton 529-7346, Denomme Flowers 524-8132. Sponsored by St. Mary's Parish. The cast of Goderich Little Theatre's presentation of The Tomorrow Box GLT gave theatre -goers one more chance to .enjoy The Tomorrow Box CHILDREN'S LITTLE THEATRE EATRE invites you to attend their performances: "The Happy Journey to Camden and Trenton" by Thornton Wilder "Murder is Fun" by Catherine Blankenship produced by special arrangementwith Samuel French (Canada) Ltd. "Space" by Lynn M. Molyneux "A Teddy Bear's Picnic" directed by Jennifer A. Black • "Cinderella Finds Time" directed by Jennifer A. Gowanlock THURSDAY, MARCH 6, 1986 7:00pbm. at the Livery TICKETS: Adults. $1.00, Children 504. Available from the Goderich Recreation Department, Children's Little Theatre Members or at the door. Please help support the Children's Little Theatre SUSAN 1UNDPR TM ARK No matter how many times it's perform- ed, Anne Chislett's play, "The Tomorrow Box", presented by Goderich Little Theatre last week, holds the same power- ful message. And, when it's performed in a rural com- munity like Goderich (and similarly in Blyth where it was first performed in July, 1981), the story of a 60 -year-old farm woman who finally forces her husband to examine the value of her contribution to the farm is not fiction. It's the experience of more than one woman sitting in the au dience. The Goderich Little Theatre actors did a good job at showing the range of emotions from self-satisfied humor to the painful self-examination"necessary .for the growth of the characters. As Joe Cooper, Jeff Hearn portrays a sensitive man who can't help but be af- fected by the domineering ways of his father, Jack (Bill Metcalfe) when he moves home to the family farm as a part- ner_ Though he can usually give his wife Alice (Shelli Ber14-,Barlow) respect, in- depend'e'nce and equality, he sees no con- tradiction in his traditional expectations of his mother (Maureen Penn). He is therefore baffled when his mother THEATRE REVIEW balks at her birthday surprise -the sale of the farm along with her house and posses- sions and the purchase of a connominium in Florida. Maureen Penn, though she's a little too whiney at times, lends the proper spirit to her character Maureen Cooper. From a self -deprecating housewife who "never got the hang of cheques," she evolves into a self-sufficient, confident working woman who runs the business end of a photography studio even though her own pictures are still uncentred. Though he lacks the stereotypical farmer's pot belly, Bill Metcalfe plays a gruff and unyielding Jack with a very believeable rural accent. His annoying habit of tapping his tea cup with a spoon until Maureen leaps to her feet to serve him is one of the highlights of the play. His sexist comments provide the perfect balance to tlie.r:,eactions of t.i, „Grahat •,,, (Margaret Hill), Alice's sister, a feminist lawyer from Toronto. Jack's cup -tapping ceases only when Lisa threatens him with a pie in the face. Margaret Hill mixes the perfect amounts of confidence, fiery righteousness, mischief and snobbishness to portray Lisa, everywoman's champion, who sees Maureen's situation as a perfect case to advance the cause of feminism. But, Alice's reminder to Lisa that she is dealing with the lives of real people, brings her back to reality. Shelli Berlet -Barlow gives a credible performance as Alice, who 'shares her sister's views but is more patient with those who don't. On opening night, Berlet -Barlow showed a good command of the lines, something that other actors had a bit of difficulty with. But, trouble with lines ' was sometimes successfully disguised as dramatic pauses which helped to build ten- sion and added to the scenes with, family battles. The set, the inside of a trailer, was bor- rowed from the Blyth Festival and worked as well for Goderich Little Theatre as it did in Blyth. "The Tomorrow Box" is a delighfully hopeful play concentrating on the theme of 'growth and positive change. Goderich Lit- tle Theatre provided the opportunity for Huron County theatre -goers to enjoy it once more. Blyth Festivaal announces new season "A truly rich and exciting season of Cana- dian plays" - that'scliow Artistic Director Katherine Kaszas sums up the Blyth Festival's 12th season. There will be three premieres, a Canadian classic, and the return of Cake -Walk which was so popular in 1984. The season opens on Friday, June 20 with the premiere of Another Season's Promise. The Purves' have farmed their land for four generations but now they risklosing everything to the bank. Written by Anne Chislett (award-winning author of Quiet in the band and The Tomorrow Box) and Keith author .of Roulston (Blyth resident and McGillicuddy's Lost Weekend and His Own . Boss among others), Promise is a moving look at the human cost of farm bankrupt- cies. There will be two previews for Promise on June 18 and 19. Drift by Toronto -born playwright Rex Deverell is a powerful portrait of an ex- otically beautiful young woman wh9 im- migrates to Canada and marries a local farm boy. Set in the Depression and seen through the eyes of a- writer from the next generation, Drift is a touching ,and funny play. In 1984 Prairie Theatre Exchange in Winnipeg produced Drift, under the direc- tion of Katherine Kaszas - a production that was described by the Winnipeg. Sun's Morley Walker as 'the best play I've ever seen'. A bittersweet comedy about two elderly MUSIC IN GOLD SWING AND SWAY WITH THE BEST OF THE WORLD'S MUSIC MAKERS FOR A GALA EVENING OF ENJOYABLE AND DANCEABLE TEMPOS, . IN SNPER STEREO, OR SINGALbNG WITH YOUR FAVORITE BOOZY BALLADS FOR THE BIGGEST PUB PARTY IN TOWN BRUNO VERMANDER • (D.J & M.C.) TEL: 524-2832 women, Gone to Glory by Suzanne Finlay, premieres on July 15. Winnie and Lulu live in a ramshackle cabin in the interior of British Columbia and eke out a meagre ex- istence on welfare and pensions. The two women maintain a feisty front, but their lives are haunted by old sorrows which the conventions of the time have forbidden them to share. American -born Ms. Finlay emigrated to Canada in 1952. She has work- edas a professional actress, play editor for MGM, play agent for such notables as Noel Coward and Samuel Beckett, script super- visor for The Beachcomers, and author of numerous TV shows and the play Monkeyshines currently on tour in Ontario. The stage premiere of Kenneth Dyba's Lilly, Alta. opens on July 22. When two lovers attempt to free themselves from the obsessivematriarch who rules over the small town of Lilly, Alberta, they unleash a chain of events which forever alters this small Prairie town. This is an unusual and imaginative play, ,underscored with music and punctuated by the comic antics of the town's highly eccentric inhabitants. Lilly, Alta. was originally produced as a radio play on CBC's Festival Theatre. Kenneth Dyba has worked as a director and actor, and adapted and translated Lorca's Yuma; a novel, Sister Roxy, was published in 1973. Another Season's Promise, Drift, Cone to Glory, and Lilly;.Alta. will play in repertory ;s7$,':>t�i;:or?,•."':'. We'II Be There PHOTOGRAPHY The Picture People through to August 23. On August 26 Cake -Walk by Colleen Cur- ran returns to the Blyth Festival stage to close the season. Five unlikely contestants at a cake -baking contest find themselves getting more than they bargained for when someone sets out to sabotage the entries. This comedy was premiered at the Blyth Festival in 1984 and proved very popular with audiences here. (Regulars to the Blyth Festival will remember Ms. Curran's hilarious comedy, Moose County, which played to packed houses last summer.) Cake -Walk will be touring Southwestern On- tario, and perhaps farther afield, following its run at the Blyth Festival. The 1986 season blends music, .comedy. and drama, plus the usual `extras' for which the Blyth 'Festival has become so well- known: country lunches and suppers, art gallery exhibitions, country fairs, craft fairs, playwrights' workshops, Gourmet Dinner, and much, much more. Season brochures, containing full details of the plays and ticket order information, will 1, available mid-March. Special voucher packs are on sale now, giving sav- ings of up to 30 percent over the regular ticket prices for this summer. The Box Of- fice will be open for single ticket sales after May 16. For more information, or to have your name added to the mailing list, please contact the Box Office at 519-523-9300/9225, Monday to Friday, 9 am to 5 pm. Rotary Music FestiVal Set to go in Walkerton Numerous registrations in bands, choirs, vocal, instrumental and dance have been received for the 5th annual Midwestern On- tario Rotary Music Festival which will be held daily from April 28,to May 3 in Walker- ton. Committee chairmen are busy preparing to finance' these events, which will take place in five halls simultaneously. Chairman of the Patron and Scholarship Committee,' Gerry O'Gorman, has begun the fund raising campaign which includes businesses, organizations, professionals, and citizens of the five counties served by the Festival. O'Gorman said, "The continued support of the communities in the counties of Bruce, Grey, Huron, Perth and Wellington is essen- tial. The fact that approximately six thou- sand musicians participated in 1985 con- firms the feeling that there is a need for a special festival in which students from small towns, villages and farms in this mid- western Ontario region can join together4n competition." The festival, which is a member of the Provincial and National Festival Associa- • tions, has again obtained the services of top d adju icators. `We try to reach everyone by letter or personally," stated O'Gorman, "but in the event some were missed, contributions may still be sent to Midwestern Ontario Rotary Music Festival, Box 1960, Walkerton, On tario, NOG 2V0. Scholarships in any amount (usually range from $25 to $400) .. are welcome, `Patrons of the Festival' are donors of $25 and over while `Friends of the Festival' are those donating under $25. All donors are listed in the Festival program and receipts are issued for income tax pur- poses. A financial statement may be obtain- ed upon request." Chairman of Finance, Bill Read, who is in ,his fifth year with the festival, commented, "I have thoroughly enjoyed my five years as financial director of the Festival.°It is one of many worthwhile projects undertaken by the Rotary Club of Walkerton, and since it is a non-profit organization, it is done entirely for the benefit of the colnmunities it serves. We have had to raise the entry fees only once during this time to meet expenses. Scholarship presentations will take place at the Festival Highlights Concert on Satur- day evening, May 3, when outstanding musi- cians of the week will perform.