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Home My WebLink AboutThe Huron Expositor, 1979-07-05, Page 130U,:r �f Poots BY WS OBS POWS Paradise, dyened the Huron Country Playhouse seasont sh come, op in: <, Grand; ind .last week The ,eomedy; about an English: vicar Rev, Lionel Toop, who preaches against gambling in all Porins, and his wife Penelope, who. plays the football Pool*. : wasn't the strongest choice to open the season, but it's a play which can't really offend anyone. Pools Paradise is pne of those British comedies that depends on the stereotype of the English, as .the most eccentric lot who ever walked God's earth, The characters, from the maid; Ida.' to the regal Bishop of Lax are all slightly mad. or at least a little dotty, and this is what gives the play its appeal, - that and a number :af double entendres about sex, another hallmark of English humour. The first act. of Pools Paradise, which introduces us to the befuddled vicar Rev, Toop and his wife, an actress who has exchanged life on the stage for life with her penny pinching husband, was the weakest in the play, The act revolves around the vicar's ill-fated attempts to try and, economize by teaching the women in his household to turn off the lights when they leave a room. In the words of the exasperated preacher, "1'm trying to lighten our darkness; in church and darken our lightness at home." Trudy Cameron, an actress which makes the :Globe Theatre in Regina her home base, delivers a:consistent . performance as a transplanted actress who now . uses: a small: English village as her stageand all her skills to keep. a sense of humour about her husband's eccentricities, Stanley Cole$, the actor who originally created the character of Rev. Toop on the Grand Bend stage in See How They Runk is still stubbornly preaching the old-fashioned virtues in a world that has passed him by andno one, with the exception of spinster Miss Skillon, another traditional English figure of fun, takes, Rev: Toop's warnings or homilies very seriously,. Peter Milliard, who toured with the popular Toronto. Workshop Productions play Ten Lost Years, gives an appealing performance as the country bumpkin, Willie, the., tongue-tied choirboy who, is wooing Ida and.', is the "brains" behind the football pools bettin. g operation. SUPPORTING CAST_ . Other members of the cast include .Jennifer ;Austin as Ida, Jay MacDonald as the Bishop of Lax,veteran character actor Drew Russell as the visiting Rev. Arthur -Humphrey and Jenny Turner as Miss Sidillon. Although some of the supporting cast have a tendency to forget. their English accents in the excitement of the play's slapstick comedy, it's forgiveable since the audicnee.gets caught up in the action of the play. Although much of Phillip King's Family i • • and Children l Excursion Services Activity Day Monday - 'Clinton Tuesday - Seaforth Wednesday. - Exeter Thursday - Goderich Friday Wingharn • , Starting date JULY 9TH H 12:30 - 3:30 p.m. Contact Marg Foran 524-7356 Sponsored by FACS of Huron County play iscliche and the Jokes' :often predictable 1.e. Rev. Toop confesses tohis fellow clergyman that "I asked my congregation to stop at nothing fin giving donations to the fund for new church bells) and they did"' or the inferences about Miss Skillon's passion for Rev, Toop - the play is.., fun, the kind of typical light summer farce .the ;Huron.. Country Playhouse specializes in. One of they play's strongest scenes is in the 'final act where ,the impatient Willie, Ida and Mrs. Toon wait in suspense while the Bishop of Lax tries to read out the week's football scores in his elegant,churchly tones, in the Midst of the surrounding confusion. Although Pools Paradise officially opened the season at the .playhouse,.the opening went off without any special: hoopla, snaking it a, bit disappointing for the first night oe make it a• special ccasion. audience, Everyopening needs a little extra. excitent. nt to Pools. Paradise continues at the .Huron Country Playhouse until July' 7. The next, play on the Summer theatre's playbihl is Angel Street, a drama about the well laid plans of a husband attempting, to drive his young,bride mad, Patrick Hamilton's • play should prove popular with audiences who like to be pleasantly scared, Angel Street runs from July 11 to July 21 MadO'flna McQuaid ►ins. trophy, Madonna, McQuaid -1 nought honour to Seaforth ,at Dundalk's 22nd Annual Square and Step -dance, com- petition by taking first prize. and a trophy against sixteen competitors. Anne Marie -her sister took fourth prize in the Junior catcgary and the three McQuaid sisters received; thirdgrin in the group oompetttion., dressed alike in pink and white pin-striped outfits, Smiles A mountaineer saw his. first motorcycle on the road. xe raised his riche and shot it. "Did your kill. the var- mint:" asked his wife. "Hit it, but didn't kill it," he said. 'lean hear it growlin"—but 1. shore made it turn that poor fella loose:" THE HURON EXPOSITOR, JULY 117. COMMER(I At HOTEL SFAfORTH This Week Monday to Saturday :& .Sat. Matinee Margileac. Next Week .Monday to Saturday & Sat. Matinee Tobias` FINE F 1)() I ) F i N I'. F, ``i' F; Ii "1' 1 I \ til F:"' i' VANASTRA' POWER SKATING SCHOOL .:0.„NEislteet VANASTRA. 1 ONTARIO. 1. OR 324-2139 UNDER DIRECTION OF RICK PETTIT SUMMER SESSION: JULY' 23 - AUGUST 30, 1979 SESSION HELD: 6:00 P.M. - 6:4S P.M. MONDAY OR THURSDAY IS." COVERING ONE DAY PER WEEK $30.°0 COVERING TWO DAYS PER WEEK REGISTRATION DAYS WEDNESDAY & THURSDAY, JULY 18 & 19 TIME: 6:00 P.M.. 0:00 P.M. PLACE: VANASTRA ARENA LOCALFIRST NIGHTERS Molly. Kunder and son David and Elsa : among and son" Brian were the first nighters at the Huron production of Pool's Paradise near Grand; Bend last Country Playhouse pr os Photo) (Expositor i lack Ntagic Local girls win step dancing competition Local winners of the 22nd Annual Square and. Step .Dancing Competition in Dundalk June 22, 23 were Black .Magic a group made up of Pat Stackhouse, Londesboro� Kim Craig, In senior sit; dant.in Kim , gstepdancing Blyth, Becky , ;McKinley,. Craig placed third. Zurich, The girls placed first" for In Junior Girls the -third year in a row in the Stepdancing • • • • Becky group stepdancing class; McKinley' placed. third. Visitors this week at the residence of Rev. and Mrs.' J. Ure Stewart were Mr. -and ` Mrs. FrankSumsion: and Mr: and Mrs. Carl Edwards of Woodstock. Rev. J.aire and Mrs. Stewart attended the various• activities on Saturday and Sunday in connection .with the Centennial celebration of Auburn where Mrs. Stewart's father had lived in his earlier years,,: and Where Mr. Stewart frequently. had supplied the pulpit of the United Paul Weinberg and Cathy Macpherson of Toronto spent part of the holiday weekend with Alice Gibb of Seaforth. Dianne Oldfield, R. R. #4, Seaforth, Carol. Dougall, R. R. #3,. Exeter; and Alan Powe, R. R. #2, . Centralia, represented Huron County at the :Provincial 4-H. Leadership Conference held June 17 -June 24 at the Moorelands-Kawagama Camp• near Dorset, Ontario. Mr. and Mrs. Ken Eaton of Toronto spent the holiday with his relatives, Miss Becky Bannerman of Egmondville left last Saturday to -spend the month in Lahr, Germany with her brother Cpl. and Mrs. Douglas Bannerman and Robin Marie, While there, 'she will also be visiting Holland and, Switzerland.. Jane. Allan, who; has been working as a reporter with The Huron Expositor, is attending Sir Wilfred Laurier .University ,in Waterloo this sumer :on a Grade 12 :.scholarship 'program. Jane, who attends Central Huron, Secondary School, will be;taking, two first year university courses -anthropology and Spanish, at the university. She will continue to work fo'r the E,tpositor on weekends, • Get your team together and Enter! 2ND ANNUAL CLINTON BED.RACING CHAMPIONSHIPS f ba held FRIDAY, JULY 13, POST TIME 8:30 P.M. FROM THE CLINTON POST OFFICE Cash prises of'SE.,'s0. end'21. The winner aims receives a trophy; snd a hire deluxe'pissa, compliments of the 'Iaa Express; ENTER NO'W NAME OF TEAM:. TEAM REPRESENTATIVEt I. TELEPHONE: Send tot "CUUNTON 11b IIACy$b'" )ibis MI 'CLINTON NOM'ICE' Classified Ads pay dividends STUDYING THE VAN EGMQND, SITE—Ian Kenyon, field' archeologist • with the historical planning and research branchof the ministry of culture and rPcrea.tion, and Randy Johnston, a University of Windsor student, are surveying: the Van Egmond grounds to prepare a detailed 'map of the site. (Expositor photo) purvey • at '.Van. Egmon The reconstruction of the Van • Egmond house con - Local band at concert Sunday y The 'Seaforth; C of C Summer Concerts/79 Series for July continues. Up and Doming are: July 8th-Seaforth Dash- wood Community Band; July 15 -Mitchell Legion Band; Jul 22 -Stratford K anis yKiwanis Band; July 29 London Police Highland Band. • These. concerts are sched- uled for 7:30 p.rn. Come and bring your lawn` chairs 'and friends and enjoy the sum- mer entertainment. WEDsDiNG INVITATIONS THE HURON EXPOSITOR Everyone Welcome TO THE EIGHTH ANNUAL DLERS' and Step -Dancers' BOREE 8, 1979 • Mitchell Community Arena [Starting time 1:30'. p.m. to. 10:30 p.tn.y All donations accepted for the Ontario Association for Mentally Retarded Children. Receipts for all donations 55..00 and over on request. • tinned last week with the visit of a survey crew, from the historical planning and research branch of the Ont- ario ministry of culture and recreation: lar' Kenyon, g. fieid eulogist them . the ministry's London.: office . and Randy Johnston, a university stud- ent working• on an, t~xper- • ience '79 project, made a map of • the Van Egmond grounds detailing the land - cape and foundation re - -mains. of other buildings • formerly on the property, • • On Friday, William Fox, a regional archeologist with the London branch of the ministry, dug a test trench to. Leo Club Open ROLLER- SKATING Every Sunday and Wednesday nights 7:30 to 10:00 p.m. Dublin Community Centre ,15 e; ` Adnission.' .50e rental on skates sizes 3-10 Family rate of 53.00 see' if foundations remain to prove that the house ' o'rite had a full verandah running across the front of the building. If Mr. Fox can prove a full verandah existed it would be reconstructed in the future, Mr. Kenyon said the team souse will; also be looking for other features on the property, He said for example a rise in the land might indicate the loc- ation of the family's garbage. site, He said something like this, when excavated, can provide. direct •insight into 19th century, life. otitst.:*.iptiows4, Huron � Hotel Wed. - Sat. Sat. Matinee Ni SEAL Next week &. Sat. Matinee Jamie Ft the Delrays Dining Room' Open Daily from 12 Noon Good Old -Fashioned' Home -Cooked Meals Continuous Entertainment from 8 p.m- to 1 a.m.- HIGHWAY #8 DUBLIN ` 345-2820 1‘401 41114 16 Chrysler Cordoba 2 dr. 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