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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 2018-04-19, Page 20PAGE 20. THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, APRIL 19, 2018. `Munsch' cast honours Humboldt Continued from page 19 co-owner Les Cook is involved in puppetry. "I went into the bakery and asked Les and he quickly found us a puppet of a two-year old," he said. "It was a beautiful part of the play, and we couldn't have done Love You Forever without Les." With the help of Don Scrimgeour, who sold Scrimgeour's Food Market late last year, McGregor was able to talk to the Blyth Food Market's new co-owner Krunal Patel about acquiring some props. "The last time we did this play, six years ago, Don gave me the grocery carts we needed for the play," he said. "We always need six of them. We went to the new owner and, of course, Don, still involved, helped as well and we got six carts." In Something Good, many boxes were needed for props and Blyth Food Market also contributed to that drive, alongside Blyth resident Brad Lewis, a manager at Zehrs in Goderich. "Brad got us these big chocolate Easter candy boxes," Duncan said. "He just asked us how many we needed." Finally, McGregor realized that, while the costumes and props the Blyth Festival provided were fantastic and a helped significantly, the play required a super -hero style cape for Mortimer, the last part of the play. "We needed something sewn on," McGregor said. "Mortimer, the noisy boy, needs a big M on the back of his Super Mortimer cape. When you need sewing, who else do you go to in Blyth but Irene Kellins of Stitches with a Twist?" McGregor said he walked into the sewing store and was ready to pay, but Kellins did the work for no charge. "That's just the way it is," he said. "People want to support us." McGregor also said that the efforts of Lisa Harper of the Blyth Festival was a big part of making the play a success. "Lisa fits into all of our projects like that and, now, she's a Blyth citizen," he said. "Her way of working with people on the phones and online is just extraordinary. It goes beyond the job that she does for the Festival because if you don't have that kind of response to people, things don't work." He said he has been involved in theatre long enough to know that what Harper does is one of the most important roles in putting on a production. Blyth Arts and Culture Initiative 14/19 Inc. also supported the show. "The key player at 14/19 is Karen Stewart," McGregor said. "She brings all these volunteer ushers in. They work the lift, greet the children on the street and help in the theatre. They were extraordinary. They are very efficient, but also very warm. We couldn't do it without them." While a lot of the support came from Blyth, it also came from the surrounding villages. Actors in the play this year hailed from Auburn, Wingham, Goderich, Zurich, Bayfield and many points in between. The Munsch play featured the largest cast McGregor has put together for a school-age shows, and ticket sales, mid -run, had already hit 4,500. "One thing that was quite interesting was the people who just came in off the street," he said. "They saw what's going on and ordered tickets for their children if they are from schools or classes that weren't scheduled to come." He said the production cast a wide net, bringing in students from as far away as Kincardine in the north and as far east as Stratford. "We sold out for a number of performances," McGregor said, adding those shows have the best atmosphere. All of that happened because of the local input, McGregor said. "Without the village, the play wouldn't happen as it did," he said. "We could have presented it otherwise, but without that local support, it just wouldn't be as welcoming an environment." McGregor added that the recent renovations at Blyth Memorial Hall have been a big benefit as well, saying they provide opportunities for schools from further away to meet in the lower hall and relax before jumping on the bus for the trip home. "It makes it all worthwhile," he said. Seip revisits snow issue Continued from page 18 restore the snow removal, but to investigate what it would cost, giving council the information it needed to discuss the issue. He said that, after driving through many small communities since the vote, he realized that snow removal wasn't just a safety issue, but an economic development one as well. He pointed out that people may drive right past Blyth and Wingham if it is difficult to reach the sidewalks to go to a larger centre where snow removal is better. Knott suggested researching a policy that would cover the entirety of North Huron, not just Blyth. That would be fundamentally different than what Vodden suggested, considering Wingham's three -times - a -week snow removal is an established practice, but has only been implemented in Blyth since last year. Knott was stopped before he could suggest such a policy, however, by Reeve Neil Vincent. Clerk Richard Al, when directed by Vincent, explained that only one of the council members who voted down Vodden's motion could move to have it revisited within a year of the motion being defeated. Councillor Trevor Seip, who voted against the research, agreed with Knott's assessment of the first vote and said he would be willing to pass such a motion. "I think there was a misconception of what the discussion was," Seip said. Seip said he wasn't against the discussion around snow removal, but felt the entire policy should apply to the whole municipality. "I just want the issue to be one with a North Huron policy," he said, adding that, in that policy, the "idiosyncrasies of the Blyth area" could be considered. "I'm not against the healthy and safety discussion [brought forward by Vodden and Knott]. What I'm against is we're only talking about Blyth. That's the only reason I voted the way that I did." Seip's motion to revisit the issue during council's next regular meeting required two-thirds of the council to vote in favour, which it achieved with six members of council in favour of the discussion and one against. The next regular council meeting is scheduled for May 7. HONOURING HUMBOLDT McGregor also pointed out that the cast and crew honoured the Humboldt Broncos, a hockey team from Saskatchewan that was involved in a motor vehicle collision that resulted in 16 fatalities and 13 injuries. The incident has seen all of Canada stand in solidarity with the team, marking Thursday, April 12 as national jersey day. The acts of remembrance also include hockey sticks being left on porches to honour the players. For the shows on Thursday, actors wore jerseys as part of the play. The idea came from actress Leigh Anne Van Aaken, who has two sons in the play as well. "She suggested it and I thought it was a great idea to acknowledge the Broncos," McGregor said. "We had a number of pictures in team jerseys and had a hockey stick outside. We forwarded them to the Broncos organization." The stick was placed beside the permanent wreath at Memorial Hall - an appropriate place for it, McGregor said. "All of the children in the morning were a little older, Grade 1 to Grade 6 and most of the children had hockey sweaters on," he said. "When I introduced the fact that we would be wearing jerseys, everyone was completely ready to take it in. It was a beautiful moment up there." Performing Adam Cousins was the featured entertainment at the Brussels branch of the Royal Canadian Legion on Friday night. 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