HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1980-08-14, Page 6HURON' q0§ITOpi, AUGUST 14, 1
A NEW HANGAR—The Brussels Flying Club just completed the Campbell, Hank Ten Pas and Hugo Menti ere. In the back row are:
building of a new airplane hangar at the home of Jim Armstrong., It will Wayne Hood, Henry Devlin, Jack Knight, Jim Armstrong, Graeme
house two planes. In the front .row are: Kang Yoon, Bruce Armstrong, Craig, Neil McGavin, Ray Gowdy. Missing from the picture are: Gerrit
Mel MpArter, Ross Hemingway, Jack McCutcheon, Marlen Vincent, Ken VanKeulen, Jim Knight and Robert Armstrong. (Photo by Langlois)
The Life J'ack Bui t is a pleasure
BY HERB SHOVELLER
The most dependable
judg ment on -the play may
have been that after it ended,
Jack McLaren, the man
about whom the _Life That
Jack Built at the Blyth
Summer Festival is based,
stood to be acknowledged by
" the audience.
With a simple wave of his
hand, the 85 year old painter
told the actdrs on stage
several things. •
"Away with you; you crazy
lot," said the wave. :"You
said it well."
The gentlemen's gesture
suggested satisfaction with
the results of the collective
production. There may be no
truer test.
• The Life ThatJackBuilt is
of the same kind of stuff of
.which CBC television dramas
are made. Indeed One would
not be surprised to see this,
ASSORTED JACKS—David Fox, centre, and friends, now playing in The
Ole That Jack Built at the Blyth Summer Festival.
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tir a variation of it, turning up
on the national network
sometime over the next few
winters.
' The , production focusa
on ,McLaren's life shortly
before and during the First
World War, and for a period
after the war. He was one
the original D.umbel1,
founded during the war, and
was the originator of many of
the group's ,characters and
songs. Several of his songs,
are included at Blyth
The Dumbells were a
troupe whose aim was to
entertain the Allied forces.
Theirs was light and amusing
fare and it resurfaces in this
presentation. •
But while .the spirit of the
Dumbells was mainly light-
hearted, it .was only one of
McLaren's memories of the
war. The sadder side is not
forgotten at Blyth as the
death of a comrade swings
the mood te the opposite end
of the emotional spectrum.
Mr. McLaren volunteered
for active. service with the
Princess Pats Canadian Light
Infantry Company at the
start of .th,c war. While
recuperating from the strains
of war', hc did some im-
promptu entertaining and
was asked to join the Prin-
cess Pats Comedy Company.
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Their aim was to entertain
the^troops on the front line.
Th'e>raincess Pats Mitred
the wartfine battlefields.
They eventually became the
Dumbells and their popular-
ity continued to expand after.
the war. The group toured
Canada as well as perform-
ing in London (England) and
New York.
• Mr. McLaren left the
Dtimbells well before they
disbanded in 1929 to develop
his interest in painting.
The painter was visiting
Blyth last summer to bring
someof his work to a
regionalart show when he
met Janet Amos, the festi-
val's new artistic director.
She was intrigued by the old
man, and after conspiring _
him, she enlisted the aid of
actor David Foxto research
the -role and play the part of
Jack.
, It is Fox who shuffle's
about the stage as Mr.
McLaren and Is either look -
Mg back at, or participating
in, skits from the Dumbells
or vignettes from Jack's life.
The audience is convinced
Fox knows McLaren well.
Other participants in the
collective arc William
Dunlop. Thomas Hauff, John
Jarvis, Michel Lefebvre,
Sean* McKenna and John
' Roby, who compoSed and
arranged the music. They
alternate between being
McKillop
people at
wedding
Correspondent
MRS. ED REGELE
527.1106 -
. A pretty wedding took
place, at Walton United
Church when Joyce Mc
Callum. daughter of Mr. and
Mts. Harold •McCallum of
R.R. 3, Walton, married
Wayne Kaltman, son of Mr.
and -Mrs. Robert Hartman. of
- R.R. I , Bayfield. .
They will reside at Bruce -
field. Five showers were held
for Joyce. The' reception was
held at Hensall "arena.
Mr. and Ivirs. "f4d clCistner
visited with Mr. and•Mrs. Ed
Regele Sunday evening.
Mr. and Mrs. Nevers of
Goderich visited Sunday with
Larry and Marsha Nevers.
Mis. Stanley Presze,ator of
Crediton visited Sunday with
Mr. and Mr. Harold
s
McCallum Mr. and Mrs.-
Murray, Hare, At geline,
Carrie and Carrie of Stratford
visited the McCallums on
Saturday.
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some of Jack ,McLaren's
fictipnal Durnbell characters
and actual friends of the
artist. .
It is a fascinating segment
of a man's life that is brought
•to life on the BlYtb, stage,
ranging from the jovial
camaraderie le the fear and
anguish of troops fighting
shoulder to shoulder, and
later to friendships . with
other artists and personal-
ities who were part of the
foundation of Canadian
culture in the 1920's.
Mr. McLaren' i acquaint-
• ance with men like Dr.
Frederick Banting and the
Group of Seven originated at
the Arts and Letters Gab in
-Toronto, a gentlemen's club
the painter helped found.
The most intriguing
creative stroke in the pro-
duction occurs when Fox, as
the painter McLaren, is
ailed' to prepare a wartime
painting about the time of
the Second World War.
McLaren, though, says he
must create , to honestly
reflect his own experience,
and sots about arranging
each character on stage.
adjusting them in a fitting
pose. While he "paints" on
stage, he assigns qbalities to
each personality. In the end.
it is a story of man's life.
past. present and future. In
it. war makes sense though it
remains difficult to justify.
If there is one slightly
bothersome feature of the
pig:Auction, it is the choreo-
graphy. Even that is uncer-
tain though, for one would
hardly expect a group of
soldiers, entertaining on the
front lines during war, to be
stepping abOUt with uncanny,
precision. in one sense, then.
this slightly out -of -sync
stepping is as imprecise as
feality.
411.
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The Life That Jack Bu' .
the story of Jack Mc en
who now lives in ilenmill r,
is a pleasure.
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A new airplane hangars**
iiigt66:01-Er9cre,d Al fifeltbIlle
of Jim Armstrong.
. It took the Brussels Flying '
Club one month to buildthe
Bonni
hangar, • which holds two",
Plane's. COrrently, the 'club
has 'iene, Plane, Flying is
taught a 'couple days ',mien .
week .and anyone interested
Correspondent
MS. JOHN TEMELEMAN
, 345,4346
Pamela Wallace chaired,
the program, for a community,
• shoWer hononring Bonnie
McPhail, hride-elect, on
'Monday evening in the
Pamily Life Center. Sandra
Vivian was it charge of the
guest book. The bantam girls
baseball teani,Tiliteli
and Pamela had coached,
prepared and presented it
mock „wedding which • was
enjoyed by all. Jill Norris
conducted an elimination
contest with Mrs. Doti' ohns
the winner. Mrs. Chtj
Douglas gave a -reading.
Jean Dow read an address
of good wishes and Sharon
Docking and Valerie Scott
assisted_ Bonnie in opening
many gifts. Bennie express-
ed her appreciation to all.
Grant Drost and /Richard-
• Templeman were among the
'Perth County 4-10es:;sg_who
attended the 3 day r ional
conference at Centralia
Agricultural College this past
week. .
Mr. and Mrs. Mervin Dow
1
can get in contact V,ith
Armstrong. • • , •
This year the club held its
annual picnic in the new
airplane hangar. ' •s
have returned home,',having
spent ,the.pa,sf two inimthi -
with family .and friends in°
England, s
'ham Vivian, Anne
Jefferson and Barbara
Templetuan' were 'among the
Perth County Oler's who
left Monday for Bon Accord,
Alhettit—Where they will
spend 12 days on an ex-
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cnange trip,.
Mr, and Mrs. Henry
Harburn celebrated their
45th •wedding anniversary,
"recently with a family dinner
at the Garage in London.
Prior to the dinner family
photos were taken at 'Spring-
bank Park,
Mr. and Mrs. Harburn
have two daughters, f Mrs
Alex (Norma) Miekle,1:
Exeter, and Mrs. Angela
(Kathy) Tsottmaris, tondba,1
and five grandchildren:, The, ,
couple were mairied July 30i
1935,sin
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