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HomeMy WebLinkAboutWingham Advance-Times, 1977-12-14, Page 17Christmas Magk Santa doesn't like dirty, sooty chimneys where he's liable to get stuck. At least not according to the Wingham Children's Theatre Dec. 9 production of 'Twas the Night Before Christmas", the second half of an evening called Christmas Magic. It was a kind of magic the way about 100 people came out to see roduction a re the children perform in spite of wind, snow and cold. The first half of the evening was called "Nine Cheers tor Christmas". John (Jason Conley SUGAR PLUMS—"The children were nestled all snug in their beds while visitors of sugar plums danced in their beds . . . and Jane (Natalie Campoas' went out to discover the rens for Christmas. They found tit' the letters in Christmas Stand for carols, holly, reindeer, infant (iti the manger), Santa, tree, mes- sages, angel, and stars. The ch P \+iren sang some Christman carols, gave messages of Christmas greetings to the audience and recited a Christmas passage from the Bible. Then they' gave nine Cheers for Christmas. "Three cheers are usual, but nine cheers' are bet- ter." An intermission Frances Mahe, cu -director of the theatre, read some Christmas stories to child- ren from the audience. In one story, Santa got sick and could not go out on Christmas Eve. After a lot of worrying and look- ing for a substitute, Santa's wife 'ln"ided to dell VP'' tha: ,tiffs nne4 that year Anna Claus rode the sleigh through the Christmas skies. For the second half of Christ- mas Magic the children did a re- freshing rendition of "'Twas the Night Before Christmas". An extremely large mouse crept stealthily across the floor while the children slept with visions of sugar plums dancing on rosters over their heads. After a few tries, Father (Natalie Campeau) pushed up the window and looked out to see St. Nicholas moving through the sky with his sled and eight tiny reindeer. As Father looked up the chimney for St. Nick he was sur- prised by a tap on his shoulder. He looked around to see the, old gentleman (Jason Conley) with WHAT'S THAT 1 HEAR?—"When out on the' lawn there arose such a clatter, I jumped from my bed to see what was the matter . . . ' ST. NICHOLAS?—"When what to my wondering eyes should appear but a miniature sleigh with eight tiny rein- deer. . . ' MERRY CHRISTMAS—The cast of "'Twas the. Night Before Christmas" gathered together to wish everyone a happy holiday season. access his sack full of toys. "You're sup- posed to come down the chim- ney," said father. "Are you kidd- ing?" was St. Nick's succinct reply. - The play ended with the tradi- tional "Merry Christmas to All and to All a Good Night.". The Wingham Children's Theatre started in January '77 under the direction of Sandra Lee. In April '77 the children per- formed "Pinnochio." The Christ- mas production was the, result of workshops held every Saturday afternoon from September to December ' 7. The theatre is sponsored by the Wingham Recreation Depart- ment. The recreation council will be holding a registration day on January 14, 1978 at the town hall from 1:30 p.m. until 3:'30 p.m. Children from ages seven to 13 may register. Cost is five dollars per child. Frances Mahe, the theatre's co-director, has had previous act- ing and theatre experience. Shirley Bell, in charge of the nroos. has actedin nroductions put on by Towne Players, the Wingham adult theatre group. Trudy Leitch was responsible to: the make-up and for prompting the children. Mary Lou Cameron jade the wardrnhe for the nn>• formers. The costumes will be lent to a group in Kitchener and to a school group in Wingham for other Christmas plays. Miss Lee is president of the Towne Players theatre group. In 1976 she directed the cast in Har- ry J. Boyle's "The Inheritance". In July, 1977 she directed a play called "Meanwhile Back on the Couch".i All work for the Children's Theatre and for the Towne Play- er's theatre is done on a volunteer basis. Tableau presented at annual concert GORRIE — Rev. O. Laramie led the congregation in morning prayer tdopen St. Stephen's Anglican Church annual Sunday School concert Sunday, December 11. The Sunday School children and choir then joined to perform a delightful program for the congregation. Several recitations and songs were performed by the Sunday School. The choir then presented a tableau. Each child is to be congratu- lated on his or her performance. Those adults who were re- sponsible for devoting hours of organization and patience are Mrs. Ron Bennett, Mrs. Wayne King, Nancy and Norma Fisher, Mrs. O. Laramie and Mrs. Brian Underwood. During lunch, "Happy Birth- day" was sung to Jesus and a giant cake was shared by the congregation. After fellowship, Santa arrived to distribute the parcels and candy A short Board of Management meeting followed the concert. The Christmas Eve service will be held in Fordwich Trinity Church December 24 at 9 p.m. Christmas Day service will be in St. Stephen's Church, Gorrie, at 10 a.m. Both congregations are invited to join in these services. Come Alive club have Yule meal GORRIE — The December meeting of the Gorrie "Come Alive" club was held Dec. 6, with a Christmas dinner being enjoyed by 63 people at the Gorrie United Church and served by the United Church Women. After the meal, they went to the hall and the president, Martin Scott called the meeting to order and conducted the business. It was decided to assist the hall board in some renovating to the hall basement. Three members were appohnteu w members of the hall board to decide what is to be done. It was also decided that for the winter months, one meeting a month will be held in the after- noon, and one in the evening. After the business, a program was held, consisting of vocal duets by Mrs. Alvin Mundell and Mrs. Mel Dennis and piano duets by Mrs. Mundell and Mrs. Shel- don Mann and carol singing was led by Mrs. Dennis with Mrs. Wil- bur Hogg at the piano. rest of the afternoon was pent p ing bingo. Belgrave Mrs. Art Scott of Midland and Mr. and Mrs. Des Gurnett of Ot- tawa visited the Bruce family of Belgrave and all. attended the marriage of Arnold Bruce and Ora Mae Riley in Londesboro Church on Saturday. Other family members attended from Brussels. Bluevale and Belgrave. The Wilpgham Adv pee -Times, December 14. 977 a 5 WHERE IS ST. NICK?—Father waited for St. Nick to come sliding down the chimney. "Are you kidding?" asked the old man; he wasn't going to risk getting stuck in that sooty, narrow chimney. REINDEER—All Santa's reindeer were able to get out on Christmas Eve except Comet who was °home cleaning the sink. naY STOCKING FILLERS—St. Nick and his elf helper (lowly filled all the stockings that were hung by the chimney with care.