HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1979-05-17, Page 23A 45 -foot trailer was filled to near capacity with old newspapers
collected by Goderich Rotary Club members and their sons,
Saturday. Project chairman, Don McGuire, said the appeal to
residents to save old papers worked well. Shown here loading
papers onto the trailer are Norm Pickell, Don McGuire, Al
Garland, Bill Duncan and Bob Allen. The paper collected is
processed and used for insulation. (staf photo)
Final concert May 25
Cable composition ready
BY
GORDON GREENE
When the London
Symphony Orchestra
performs in Goderich on
Friday, May. 25, a rare
experience will await
those who attend.
It is not often that the
premiere of a com-
position is heard in a
concert; it's much more
rare to hear a work
w itten especially for the
o3casion. Howard Cable,
the renowned Canadian
composer, entertainer
and conductor, was asked
specifically to write a
new composition that
could involve Symphony
Orchestra"and the
G D.C.L.•Conce.rt. Band.
This work will be
performed for the first
time on May 25. The title
of the composition,
"Heritage Suite for Band
and Orchestra" is a kind
of tribute to Canada. Mr.
Cable has written
numerous works for
school bands, all of them
tuneful, engagingly at-
tractive, and popular. At
the same time, his
compositions always
maintain a high level of
artistic creativity.
Another Canadian
composer will also be
featured in this same
concert. William Miller, a
former student at the
University of Western
Ontario, and for the past
several years a resident
of various European
centres where he has
been studying com-
position, has written a
highly acclaimed or-
chestral work, "Au Bord
de la Foret." The London
Symphony Orchestra
has—added this com-
position to its repertoire
and will be playing it in
the Goderich concert.
The program will open
with the very popular
Overture to Glinka's
opera "Russian and
Ludmilla." • Glinka was
an early -nineteenth
century composer who,
perhaps , more than
anyone else., spurred
Russian composers on
toward a unique
nationalistic style.
The opera "Russian
and Ludmilla" is based,
overture involves many G BeY't Albef j n
says
was the result of that
influence.
The Sixth Symphony
was written about 1880, at
the end of the period
when Dvorak h.ad been
concentrating almost
exclusively on the folk
music of his native
Bohemia, After this time,
he adopted a more in-
ternational style, though
his peasant background
and love of simple
melodies abounds
always.
The orchestra had
grown to over a hundred
players by the end of the
nineteenth century,
mostly because of the
addition of brass and
woodwind parts. By
adding a trombone, an
extra trumpet and a tuba
to the ensemble, the
number of string parts
must be increased by a,
dozen or more to main-
tain balance. ,
Dvorak writes for the
large Romantic or-
chestra, hut he does so in
ways which never
bombard the listener.
Rich coloring is achieved
by employing many
different combinations
of instruments. The
whole ensemble is heard
rarely; for example at
the very end 'of the
symphony, a whirl of
unrestrained gaiety
concludes this charming
work.
on Russian legend. The r �®
of the important melodies
of the opera as themes for
•orchestral presentation:-
It is a lively tuneful, su. s...areba c kbone
energetic t th t
g overture ' a
has been, a favorite of
concert audiences since
about 1840.
The final work on the
program is Dvorak's
Sixth Symphony in D
major, opus 60. Dvorak
was a Czech composer at
the end of the nineteenth
century whose peasant
roots never left him.
Though he became
extremely ,popular,
travelled widely, and was
acclaimed as 'a master
composer, he always
chose folk song, or'
themes closely related to
folk tradition for his
materials.
For a few years around
1890 he was in America as
director of the National
Conservatory of Music,
and while there he
became acquainted with
Negro folk music. His
most popular symphony
"From the New World"
Bert Albertson
chairman of the sub-
scription committee for
the Huron Country
Playhouse, announced
that the 1979 subscription
ticket campaign is un-
derway. During the next
six weeks, enthusiastic
volunteers, members of
the Playhouse board of
trustees and staff are
throwing their energies
into increasing the
number of people from
the Southwestern Ontario
region who hold season
tickets.
Mr. Albertson said,
"Subscribers are the
backbone of the theatre.
And in a very important
way, they are part of the
theatre they patronize. It
is their support of the
whole" season of plays
that determines the
quality `of the .produc-
tions. Subscribers can be
proud of their theatre and
know that they con-
tributed to its ex-
cellence."
Charla Black, publicity
director. for the
Playhouse, added,
"Support from the
surrounding corn-
munities give inspiration
to the work of all the
theatre artists who work.,,
on each production."
The plans to, the
campaign include a kiosk
in shopping districts
around the region every
weekend until the
opening of the first show.
Members of the com-
'mittee will be holding
wine and cheese parties
for their friends and
neighbours. }Members of
the Playhouse will also
attend to discuss the
season and the im-
portance of local support.
Mr. Albertson said,
may
saut, continues
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"This is one of the best
buys around. A sub-
scription of five tickets
for $25 dollars is a
savings of $1 off each
ticket. For the high
quality that we have to
offer, that is a very good
deal." Subscriptions are
available . now at the
Playhouse box office.
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Those tiny little cars
haven't done away with
backseat driving, but
they've certainly made it
more uncomfortable.
GODERICH SIGNAL -STAR, THURSDAY, MAY 17,1979—PAGE 3 A
Well-known directors
Blyth season looks good
Three well-known
Canadian directors will
work closely with five
playwrights and a
designer to produce -the-
1979 season of the Blyth
Summer Festival. James
Roy, artistic director of
the festival, recently
announced the artistic
personnel of the summer
season.
Mr. Roy will direct the
season's opener, Tl, s
Foreign Land, b
Patricia Mahoney. Mr
Roy, who founded the
Festival in 1975, has
directed many of its
productions since its
inception, including
Gwendoline, and the
Huron Tiger in the 1978
season. This year, he will
also direct Child, an
intriguing drama by
James Nichol, author of
last season's Gwendoline.
Guest director Keith
Batten will direct I'll Be
Back For You Before
Midnight by Peter Colley.
Among Mr. Batten's
more recent credits are
the co -direction with
Robin Phillips of Private
Lives in the Stratford
Festival's 1978 season.
Janet Arnos, whose last
directing assignment
with the Festivalwas the
1977 production of The
Blyth Memorial History
Show, will direct Keith
Roulston's
McGillicuddy's Lost
Weekend. Ms. Amos has
been recently named
associate director of the
Festival, and will assume
artistic direction of the
Festival on James Roy's
departure in Setember of
1979.
The final production of
the season, The Death of
the Donnellys, by Theatre
Passe Muraille with Ted
Johns, will be brought to
the Festival by director
Paul Thompson. Mr.
Thompson's name is
more than familiar in
southwestern Ontario
because of the frequent
tours of Theatre, Passe
Muraille in this area.
Design for the first four
productions will be
realized by Tony
Abrams. Mr. Abrams is
currently resident
designer of the Theatre
Program of Ryerson
Polytechnical Institute in
Toronto, and has ad-
ditional design credits
with Phoenix Theatre and
Labyrinth Productions in
Toronto.
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runs.
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BOA McKINLEY
has fought fOr you
IN OTTAWA
Here are some of the issues raised by
your M.P. in the past 18 months,
as taken directly from the official -
index of the House of Commoms reports.
Atomic energy, heavy water production, 6400
Beef, M. under S.O. 43,5531
Cheese, 3568-9
Farm improvement loans, 60,3366
Feed'grain, corn, railway cars, 4058
Gasoline, sales to farmers, bulk purchase price, 1355
Iftcome Tax Bill (C-23), 2282
International Plowing Match and Farm Machinery
Show, 6716
Manpower industrial training program, atomic energy
staff, M. under. S.O. 43, 1530
Metric conversion program, 5226
Milk, 6826
National capital region, buildings, leased and Crown
owned, qus., 2785
Ottawa, government office space, rental agreements,
etc., qus., 5773-84
Penitentiaries, London, new institution, 1590
Postal service, 320, 3831
Public buildings, tenders, minimum wage policy, cer-
tain areas, etc., 3343
Regional development incentives, 5192 M. under S.O.
Small businesses loans, 60,3366
Sugar beet industry, 1201-2
White beans, 4281
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Agriculture, expenditures, restraint program, 1448
Budget, Nov: 16/78, 1447-51
Canadian Forces, 16-7
Farrh machinery and equipment, 2833
Federal -provincial relations, 2904
GATT, 574
Gun control, 2083
Healfh Resources Fund Bill (C-2), 2903-5
Income tax, 2904
Light bulbs, '8,000 destruction by Public Works Depar-
tment, 1699
Medical research, 2905
Medicare, 2903-4
Ottawa, government office space, unoccupied, rental
and leasing arrangements, 639
Penitentiaries, London, building plans cancelled, land
...use, 3308
Postage stamps, commemorative, Lions Club inter-
national congress, 2172-3
Public Work Department
Expenditures, Higgins report recommendation, 2314
Expenditures, "user pay" principle, M. under S.O.
43;3300. ....
Re -organization, 1567
Role, terms of reference, amending Public Works Act,
etc., 1229
For continued effective representation in the
House of Commons and dedicated service to constituency problems
Keep a good man representing you in Huron -Bruce
ON MAY 22, RE-ELECT
McKINLEY, Robert E.
PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVE
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