The Times Advocate, 2005-11-23, Page 15Wednesday, November 23, 2005
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Second Annual Lucan Country Christmas Home Tour
Lucan's Second Annual Country Christmas Home Tour was Sunday. Seven homes in and around Lucan participated. From left, homeowner Pennie and her daughter
Dana McRobert stand in their living room.Their Christmas tree is covered in handcrafted eggs made by Pennie's mother-in-law, Doreen McRobert. The McRobert
home was built over 100 years ago and has a spacious open concept with an 'old fashion' flavour. Middle, homeowner Elizabeth Froats stands in her dining room. Her
living and dining room is formal Queen Ann style with a less formal country style. Right, from left are Emilee Harloff, Melissa McFalls, homeowner Peggy Mastorakos
and Laura McFalls sitting in the master bed room.The home has an open concept and upper balcony overlooking the main living room. Funds raised from the home
tour are supporting the new $1 million Lucan museum that will begin construction in the spring.The total amount raised was unknown as the TA was going to press.
(photos/Nina Van Lieshout)
2006 lineup for Blyth Festival
BLYTH — "In 2006, we
will produce our 100th
world premiere," said
Blyth Festival artistic
director Eric Coates
recently as he announced
the 2006 season.
"What's more, the play-
bill will feature new work
exclusively. Four new
plays, all commissioned
and developed by the
Blyth Festival, with the
generous assistance of the
Laidlaw Foundation, the
Ontario Arts Council, the
Canada Council for the
Arts, our sponsors and our
members."
Just as the Blyth Festival
defines grassroots
Canadian theatre, so does
Stompin' Tom Connors
personify the Canadian
troubadour. Both are grit-
ty in their own ways and
share a passion for cele-
brating the stories of back-
breaking labour on
Canada's back roads.
Local playwright David
Scott recognized the
potential and the result is
"The Ballad of Stompin'
Tom." Through music and
story, this show will pro-
vide a frank look at hard-
ship along the road to
fame. This play opens the
Blyth Festival season June
29, 2006.
Sean Dixon's new play,
"Lost Heir," takes its name
from an obscure card
game popular to this area.
Dixon borrows his setting
from a familiar template
— a summer theatre festi-
val in a small Ontario town
where the artists and the
locals enjoy a peaceful
coexistence until the bal-
ance is unsettled.
Intrigued by an invitation
to dance on stage, a young
Mennonite girl joins the
company, triggering a
series of unexpected
developments. A petty
thief falls in love with the
Mennonite dancer and is
first in line seeking the
advice of a local mystic
who oversees the entire
story.
"Lost Heir" is a universal
story of searching, loss
and love.
Fresh from his successful
play "Powers and Gloria"
in 2005, Keith Roulston
returns with Anne Chislett
and the premiere of their
latest work — "Another
Season's Harvest." The
sequel to the popular
"Another Season's
Promise" (1986), this new
play tackles the latest
challenge in the saga of
Canadian farming.
The fmal offering in
2006 springs from the one
room schoolhouse — an
emblem of rural life, now
consigned to the memories
of those who trudged,
skipped and sleighed to
class across miles and
years. "Schoolhouse" by
Leanna Brodie is a magi-
cal trip back to a time that
seemed simpler, but was
clearly every bit as com-
plex and potent as life is
today.
Ticket buyers can save
up to 23 per cent on single
ticket prices by buying
2006 passes before Dec.
23. Many people buy them
as gifts, too — they're flex-
ible and can be exchanged
for any performance dur-
ing the 2006 summer sea-
son. Blyth Festival mem-
bers go "to the front of the
line" and can purchase
tickets or exchange passes
beginning Feb. 6, guaran-
teeing best seating two
months before the box
office opens to the general
public. Memberships are
available and fully tax
creditable for just $30
annually. Single tickets go
on sale on April 6 to the
general public.
New Furniture at Electronics
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