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Citizens News, August 3, 1978
YOGI BEAR'S FRIEND? — Christian Hart, two, of London wasn't too sure whether he
wanted to make friends with Yogi Bear. Yogi was a special guest of Jellystone Park and was a
participant in the Bayfield Lions carnival Friday. With Christian is his father Ed. Staff photo
Fete bride elect at
Dashwood shower
By MRS. IRVIN RADER
DASHWOOD
Miss Kathy Lovell, bride -
elect of September was guest
of honor at a bridal shower
Sunday July 30 at the Dash-
wood Community Centre.
Relatives from the Detroit
area and close friends of the
family were guests. Kathy
received many beautiful
gifts.
Hostesses were Mrs.
Kathy La Budde, Mt.
Clemens, Mich., Mrs. Denise
Pellerito, Sterling Heights,
Mich. and Mrs. Barbara
McIsaac. Kathy will be the
bride of Douglas McIsaac
September 30 -in Dresden,
Ontario.
Personals
Mr. & Mrs. Tom Wolfe and
Mark, Dorchester spent a
few days last week with Mr.
& Mrs. Stuart Wolfe.
Zion Lutheran church will
be privileged next Sunday to
have an ensemble from the
London Symphony
Orchestra enchance the
worship service with some
musical anthems. The public
is urged to attend.
Record breaking advance sales for
Oklahoma opening at Playhouse
By Alan Raeburn
Publicity Director
Huron Country Playhouse
The tremendous advance
booking at Huron Country
Playhouse for its upcoming
production of Rodgers &
Hammerstein's"Oklahoma ! "
(outpacing even last week's
record-breaking advance
booking for "Bedroom,
Parlour & Bath") indicates
that this classic of the
musical theatre is not the
least worn by time or ex-
posure. In fact, exposure
seems only to feed this
musical -comedy's appeal to
generation on generation
since its sensational opening
on Broadway on March 31,
1943.
The Playhouse will run
this 35 -year old stalwart for
two, obviously big, weeks
NOW PLAYING 'TIL SAT., AUGUST 5
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Productions
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Barbara FELDON
WALT DISNEY
PRODUCTIONS`
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Sunday; August 6
4 BIG FEATURES!
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Starring Kirk Douglas - Simon Ward
4. '"Rolling Thunder"" -
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MONDAY AND TUESDAY, AUGUST 7 AND 8
2 SHOWS: THE CHOSEN, and ROLLING THUNDER
STARTS WEDNESDAY. AUG. 9
One Big
Week..."Star Wars"
PLUS - "Moving Violation"
For our August Program schedule, see our ad In
the August 1 Huron Shopping News.
from Tuesday August 1 to
Saturday, August 12 in-
cluding the Civic Holiday
Monday evening, August 7.
Evening performances start
at 8:30 promptly. The two
Wednesday and August 12
matinees are completely
sold out already with
evening performances
almost reaching that
position.
Artistic Director James
Murphy directs this warm,
melodic theatrical treat
while Peter Purvis and
Gregory Peterson tackle the
musical direction and
choreography respectively.
Londoners Don Fleckser
appears as Andrew Carnes,
Allison Grant (who appeared
in many of Mr. Fleckser's
own shows in London) is in
the chorus as is Diane
Swallowell who has worked
on and backstage at Theatre
London, and Davd
Boothroyd studying at the
UWO Music Faculty, is
"Oklahoma!'s" pianist.
Ross Douglas and Lynda
Langford are Curly and
Laurey, immortalized on
film by Gordon MacRae and
Shirley Jones. Paul Cooper is
thevillainJud, Marilyn Boyle
plays Aunt Eller and Brenda
Bradley appears as Ado
Annie.
Oklahoma! has been done
on Broadway at least four
times, in hundredsoftheatres
around the world and as a
movie in 1955 which in-
troduced the Todd -A0
screening process. It in-
spired the creation of the
Original Cast Recording, the
songs of which have em-
bedded themselves into the
eternal hall of fame; "Oh,
What a Beautiful Morning",
"The Surrey With the Fringe
On Top", "People Will Say
We're In Love", the rousing
title song, and many more,
each stamping a special
meaning for many people
over the years.
The smash hit almost was
not, however. Under the title
of '`Away We Go", the show
opened a pre -Broadway
tryout in New Haven in early
March. 1943. The critical
receptionwas mild, due to the
then rather revolutionary
aspects of the show, the
unheard of inclusion of Jud,
a real villainous character,
and the equally unheard of
exclusion of glamorous
chorines and society
characters.
The financially strained
Theatre Guild, the
producers, frantically
sought extra capital.The new
hardy backers eventually
found reaped profits which
have become legendary. In
Boston, vital changes were
made to the script, the title
was changed - including the
use of the exclamation mark
- and the show rolled onto
Broadway, staying for its
history -making 5 -year run,
starring Alfred Drake and
Joan Roberts.
What is the magic of
"Oklahoma!" ? Firstly, its
fabulous score with ageless
tuneful music by Richard
Rodgers and meaningful
lyrics by Oscar Ham-
merstein. 2nd, The musical
comedy-cum-folkoperetta is
also a fairytale of sorts. It is
based on the 1932 play
"Green Grow The Lilacs"
written by `Okie'-born Lynn
Riggs of his childhood
memories. It relates in a
cheerful, yet believable
fashion, a view of the South-
west during times of great
change when the old `Indian
Territory' was to join the
union of American States
and be renamed Oklahoma.
It also was a time when
farming was. displacing
ranching.
"Oklahoma!" brought its
two brilliant writers together
for the first time, after each
already had gained fame and
fortune in collaboration with
other well-known partners.
They had been Columbia
University students since
1919, writing songs
separately for the univer-
sity's annual Variety Show.
Rodgers had beeh part-
nered with Lorenz Hart, his
Columbia classmate, for the
past 22 years, before Hart's
death in 1940. (Last year's
Playhouse production of
"Babes In Arms" was the
last Rodgers & Hart show.)
"In 1942, The Theatre Guild
brought R & H together to
musicalize its 1932 play,
"Green Grow The Lilacs"
and get it out *of financial
straits. The enormous
success of "Oklahoma!"
Please turn to Page 12
Mr. & Mrs. Stuart Wolfe
were Sunday visitors with
Mr. & Mrs. Bill Veitch, Ailsa
Craig.
Jayne Hayter spent last
week with Mr. & Mrs, Joe
Bruce, Windsor, and. Mrs.
GraceBeavis and Mr. & Mrs.
Donald Duffy and girls,
Detroit,
Jayne Hayter received
word from St. Joseph school
of music that she had passed
with honors her grade 8
singing and grade 2, theory.
Mrs Frieda Keller has
returned home from South
Huron Hospital, Exeter.
Mr. & Mrs. Albert Miller
accompanied Mr. & Mrs.
Edward Restemayer and
Brett of Alliston to Detroit
where they spent a few days
with Mr. & Mrs. DaveSchulz
and family and Mrs. Nora
Koessel.
Sunday visitors with Mr. &
Mrs. Fred Miller and girls
Zion were Mr. & Mrs. Irvin
Rader and Mr. & Mrs. Dave
Rader, Stacey and Derek.
Mr. & Mrs. Jim Poland
and Lois Mein, Camp-
bellford, were weekend
visitors with Mrs. Cora
Gaiser.
Mrs. Wilbur Stewart,
London, spent a few days
with. Mr. & Mrs. Jack Gaiser
and girls.
MR. AND MRS. CECIL FIELDS
K Patricia Denomme and Cecil Elroy Fields were united . in
marriage at St. Boniface Roman Catholic Church, Zurich on
July 15, 1978 byFather A. Durand.The bride is the.daughter
of Mr; and Mrs. Joseph Denomme, RR 1, Zurich and Mr. and
Mrs. Frank Fields, RR 2, Henson .are parents of the groom. The
maid of honour was Brenda De Groot and bridesmaids were
Marlene Fields and Linda Denomme. The best man was Lloyd
Fields and guests were ushered by Brian Fields and David
Denomme. After a wedding trip to western Canada the cou-
ple has taken up residence at RR 5, Clinton. Photo by Haugh
GARAGE
SALE
On 21 Hwy. 1 '/a mile
South St. Joseph, West
side road.
Sat., Aug. 12
9a.m.—?
Furniture, lamps,
mirrors, clothing,
household items too
numerous to mention.
Bargains
Galore
GARAGE SALE
and
BAKE SALE
Sun. Aug. 6
from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.
St. Peter's
Parish Hall
St. Joseph, Ont.
Sponsored
by the C.W.I.
NOTICE
Meeting of Zurich Minor Athletic
Association
will be held
Aug. 3, 1978
at 8 p.m.
at Zurich Community Centre
Meetiing.called to finalize plans for Bean
Festival.
ALL MEMBERS ARE URGED TO
ATTEND