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A20 —• THE HURON EXPOSITOR, AUGUST 1, 1984 ENTERTAINMENT
Blue City comedy hits close to home
BY SUSAN HUNDERTMARK
Blue City, written by Layne Coleman,
treats the Blyth Summer Festival audience
to some hilarious moments while it
illustrates the goings-on at a small town
baseball tournament. But, more compelling
is the story beneath the festivities as
characters struggle within thelimitations of
small town life.
The story centres around Lori Walker
(Deborah Kimmett), the pitcher of the Blue
City Stammers. Lori has trouble with
pre -game jitters especially when Gary, her
old boyfriend and the father of her son Job
(Chris Royal) returns to town after being
away for 14 years. Fueled with the old anger
she felt as a deserted and pregnant
teenager, Lori plays her best game of the
year, But, the ball game is only a warm-up to
a confrontation with Gary.
Gary. played by Wendell Smith, is the
eternal loner. He has written postcards to
Lori and his son from all over Canada'where
he's peen working as a laborer but has
lacked the nerve to send them, He says he's
returned to town to see what everybody
looks like. Although ;he admits the last 14
years have been lonely, he never seems to
answer Lori's question about why he left her
to raise their son alone.
Sixteen -year-old Sherry Lyn Mackey
(Jennifer Griffin) has the same problem Lori
had 14 years earlier: she's pregnant and her
boyfriend's left town. Scared and full of
guilt, Sherry Lyn suffers as the object of
Blue City's gossip. But she gains courage
from the advice of her teammates; Lori tells
her to cry on the inside but not to show any
emotion to the townspeople on the outside.
Lori's father, and coach of the Slammers,
Bill represents the town's establishment.
Though he means well, his advice and
quotations from the scripture are usually
unwanted. He cares about the players on his
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team but cannot reach them because his
view of the world is too narrow to include
their concerns. After telling Sherry Lyn he
wants what is best for her, he adds that she
must pay for her indiscretion with her
boyfriend.
The gawky outfielder of the Stammers,
aptly nicknamed Chicken, (Peg Christopher-
son) is funny yet pathetic at the same time.
While talking with the rest of the team about
Sherry Lyn's pregnancy, she says profdund-
ly, "Wow, like birth control's real import-
ant, eh?" Chicken's one goal in life is to
catch a man and have a family. She is
constantly on the lookout for guys. She
doesn't care who her husband will be as long
as she finds one.
While Chicken hunts for a husband, the
team's backcatcher, Kim' (Jenny Munday),
tries to get rid of her boyfriend, Butter who
waits for her to answer his proposal of
marriage. Kim seems more interested in the
disc jockey, Jim, played by Gerald Lenton.
Butter is the town's clown who treats life
as a joke. His antics such as dressing in a
pink negligee or pretending to be a blind
man with a paper bag over his head, can
always make everyone laugh. But, his jokes
• have soured on Kim who has seen him grow
fat from beer and wreck two cars due to
drunk driving. Ron Gabriel portrays Butter
with a bad imitation of one of the Mackenzie
Brothers minus his touque,
Barb and Doug Boom (Mary Ann Coles
and Robert King) are Blue City's high school
sweethearts who married immediately after
graduation. Two kids later, the Booms seem
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reasonably happy but a little bored When
Doug remarks that the baseball dance is just
like high school, one wonders whether the
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during their high school years.
The setting for Blue City is simple with
wire fencing, a picnic table and the front end
of a pick-up truck. The audience can easily
fill in the rest of the details of a baseball
park, parking lot and arena to complete the
picture.
The characters of Layne Coleman's play
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Festival. Blue City plays in Blyth until Aug.
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Christopherson, snuggles up to Butter, playing at Blyth until August 17.
Country fair coming
The Blyth Festival's third annual Country
Fair will be held at Blyth Memorial Hall on
Aug. 11. And it's going to be bigger and
better than ever before!!
Favorite stalls from past years include fruit
and vegetables, plants, books, tomorrow
boxes, clothing, Granny's Attic, and home-.
baked goods. Among the new attractions for
this year are the Kissing Booth (run by
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Crich reunion attracts 95
The 46th annual Crich reunion was held at
the Kinburn Hall, July 15 with 95 attending.
Bill and Don Crich and Ron and June
Corriveau conducted the sports program.
Results of the sports wets: races, girls
three and under, first -Leanne Jewitt;
second, Laura Jewitt; boys -first Jason
Hugill; second, Colin Corriveau.
Ages 4-6, girls; Charlene Townsend; boys,
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second Brian Jewitt; three legged race. first
Scott McClinchey and Matt Townsend.
second, Shawn McClinchey and Doug
Hugill.
A pinata, broken by Jonathan Hugill was
enjoyed by all the children.
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12-14, first, Jeff Roy, second, Murray
Townsend. Ages 8-12, first, Kevin Rathwell,
second Jonathan Hugill. Other ages,•first-
Craig Corriveau, second, Mariana Roy.
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Sonya McClinchey, second, Shannon Craig;
boys, first, Matt Townsend, second, Doug
Hugill.
A cairn will be erected at Turner's
Cemetery in Tuckersmith Township, and
dedicated in memory of the Crich family.
They have been in Canada for 150 years and
the 50th anniversary of the reunion, will be
held in 1985.
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