HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News Record, 2015-04-15, Page 66 News Record • Wednesday, April 15, 2015
St. Anne's wins big at
this year's Sears Festival
Crystal Brennen -Yeo
Special to the News Record
It has been an exciting
year for the St. Anne's Catho-
lic Secondary School Drama
Club. Over the past seven
months, 36 talented teens
have been working along-
side Goderich District Colle-
giate Institute to co -host this
year's District Sears Drama
Festival. In addition, with the
assistance of teacher Ms.
Brennan -Yeo, volunteers
Helen VanBakel, Warren
Robinson, and Melissa Hof-
stede (chaplain), these stu-
dents also put together two
plays for the competition.
The first play, Olympia-
ganza, was written by Don
Zolidis, performed with per-
mission of Playscripts Inc, and
student directed by Genevieve
Pitre. It was a raucous comedy
that left the audience crying
with laughter. The second play
was a classic, "The Only Jeal-
ously of Emer", written by
Yeats and adapted by Warren
Robinson. It was an intense
drama that utilized masks,
dance and live music. Both
pieces showed well at Sears
and we received five out of the
18 awards given at the festival.
Ten plays and nine schools
were involved in the event, so
we were very proud of the
achievements of the students.
Big congrats and shout out
Pictured here (from left to right) are Courtney Conway, Elena
McCue, Eric Steele, Mrs. Crystal Brennen -Yeo, Genevieve Pitre,
Courtney Groot, Rebecca Lowey. (Not pictured: Kyle Jandl)
goes to Genevieve Pitre, Elena
McCue and Courtney Groot
for their Award of Excellence
for ensemble work directing
and stage managing Olympi-
aganza. Rebecca Lowey won
an Award of Excellence for
her acting in both Olympia-
ganza and The Jealousy of
Emer. Eric Steele won an
Award of Merit for acting in
both shows. Courtney Con-
way won an Award of Merit
for her design work and cos-
tuming in both plays. And
finally, Kyle Jandl won an
Award of Merit for his talents
as an actor on stage in
Olympiaganza.
As well, a committee
member for the Southern
Ontario Youth Theatre Festi-
val, viewed over 200 plays in
and out of the Sears circuit.
Of those plays, only 24 plays
were short listed to present
at the SOYTF Ontario Show-
case in May. St. Anne's play,
Olympiaganza" was hon-
oured to be chosen as one of
the 24! Therefore, students
from both plays will be
attending the festival in
Windsor to celebrate their
achievements alongside
many other students from all
over Ontario. They will par-
ticipate in a number of won-
derful workshops overseen
by some of the best profes-
sionals in the many fields of
theatrical acting, design,
technology, directing, light-
ing, dance, stage combat and
many more!
If you would like a chance
to view The Only Jealousy of
Emer, it will be presented at
the Goderich Celtic Festival
this coming summer.
Contributed photo
The cast and crew of The Only Jealousy of Emer. Rebecca Lowey and Eric Steele won acting awards
for their roles in this play.
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The cast of Olympiaganza performing
on stage. Genevieve Pitre, Elena McCue
and Courtney Groot won the Award of
Excellence for ensemble work directing
and stage managing. Rebecca Lowey and
Kyle Jandl both won acting awards for
their roles.
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