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PUCKER UP — Merni)ers of the Seaforth District High School girls' trumpet band
started off the season last Wednesday night with an informal practice on Main
Street. (Expositor Photo)
excu offered
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HWY. a DUBLIN
THIS WEEK
' Thursday, Friday,
Sat. Matinee 4 - 6 p.m.
& Night
MYSTERY
TRAIN
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'Blytir Centre for the Arts
Antique & •-Crafts •
More than 40 selected Ontario craftsmen and antique dealers:
ONE DAY ONLY
Sat-urday, May 20th
from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Blyth • Community Centre
Admission 50c Children under 12 free
All . proceeds to Blyth Summer Theatre Program
BRUSSELS-MORRIS---- & GREICSAYAMMITY CENTRE--__
Dancing 9:00 to 1:00,
Saturday, May 27th
.0 THE COUNTRY COMPANIONS
$10.00 per couple Hot Buffet
'Tickets good for a draw on
a 40 Channel Mobile Radio
Proceed towards a Rescue , Unit for the Brussels Fire
Department.
Everyone Welcome
Call - Lumber King 887-6983 for tickets.
May 25, 26, 27
Rides, Sidewalk Sales, Games, Booth
Enjoy the fun of the
STREET DANCE -- -4
Saturday Night
4 DRAWS
Proceeds to Street Signs
Sponsored by
Bring the Whole Family
to Brussels
for
CARNIVAL DAYS
noon at the Western Fairgrotinds.
, Other area flea markets include
the Antique Fun Fair, held the
second and fourth Sunday of
every month.- from' noon to 6 p.m.
at ' 505 Talbot Trail East;~ in
Aylmer , and the YWCA
on Market held in Cambridge, on the
fourth Sunday of every month, at
4 Thorne Street, Cambridge.,
The town of Aberfoyle hosts an
antique market every Sunday
from May to October, and Visitors
can also drop into the artisan's
village and historic mill
resMurant. The Pinery Flea
Market 'near Grand Bend is open
about the same time.
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Thurs., Fri. &. Sat.
"A tribute
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4 Harry Jackson
NEXT WEEK
urs.,Fri.& Sat.
Paradise
Gambler
Daily Lunch
Hour
Specials
Mr. Allan said he would advise
people still planning, to order
tickets to avoid popular days like
Friday, Saturday and
Wednesday.
Performances which are still
only lightly booked on those on
Tuesdays and Thursdays and
Sunday evenings:
Mr. Allan said orders by mail
take about four weeks to be filled,
•60 "if you're in a hitrty, phone!"
Summer
5
By Alice Gibb
With snow-clogged roads be-
hind us and sunnier days ahead,
it's that time of year when we
start looking for interesting week-
end excursions.
On the local scene, museums
are re-opening for the summer
season.
In Goderich, both the Huron.
County •Goal and the Huron
County Pioneer Museum are open
daily for visits from. May until'
Labor Day
,,Antique stores and .nther
attractions in the village of
Bayfield will be officially opening.
up for the., season on the Victoria
Day weekend.
.Ingersolf s Cheese Factory
Museum, near the site of
Canada's first cheese factory, on
Highway 19, is open daily in July
and August and on weekend -and
afternoonS, from late May to'
September.
Anyiine with a yearning for the
good pld days. can visit the
pioneer village in Fan. shawe Park,
London and in additional to
demonstrations of pioneer crafts,
there are walks through the
conservation area and a lake for
Attending the baptism of Charlene Roseanne Townsend on
iunday at Northside Church by Rev„.M..Reuber and the dinner
following at her parents residence, George and Ruth Townsend
were: grandparents, Elmer and Dorothy Townsend, Harpurhey;
-Charles and Jane Mathers, Bluevale; Erma Broadfoot,
Kitchener; Alex and Eileen Townsend and family, R. R. #4,
Seaford,t; Pete and Er ma Haswell and family, Fergus; Gerald
and Mary Townsend, Arthur; Bill and Grace Campbell and
family, R. R. #1., Dublin; Ken and Pat Mathers and family,
Bluevale; and Chariene's brothers, Murray and Matt.
Mr. an Mrs. Frank Sills were in Toronto on Thursday
attending the Ontario Medal for Firefighters Bravery Investiture
by the Honourable Pauline McGibbon, Lieutenant-Governor of
Ontario.. The recipient of the Award is Mr. Richard' Cooney,
Smith Falls, Ontario. Mr. Sills is a Member of the Advisory
Council.
Mr. and Mrs. Vern Reynolds and Kimberley spent Sunday
with Mr. and Mrs. Frank J. Smale of 'Wilso9 Street.
Dr. and Mrs. Toll are in Toronto this week attending the
Ontario Dental Association at Sheraton Centre. Dr. Toll's class is
having a special re-union on Tuesday May 16.
Brigadier General K. R. Greenaway has been'awarded an
Honorary Doctorate Degree in Military Science by Royirl'cRoads
Military College, B. C. He is a former CO'at the former C.F.B.
Clinton. , .
The ceremony took place April 25, during 'convocation. Mrs.
Greenaway accompanied him to the Coast where they met their
daughter, Linda, returning from a holiday in Hawaii.
B en Greenaway is now retired from the Canadian Forces. He
is National President of Canadian Aeronautics and Space. Institute.
Mr. George Anderson of`Goderich last week visited his wife
who is a patient in Kilbarchan and visited friends in town.
Mr. Wilfred Titford, who was-a patient in Stratford General
Hospital, has returned to his home here.
Mr, Ronald McKay of Toronto has been visiting his sister. Miss
Ethel McKay, Victoria Street.
While a total of $3,900 has been received, by' the Seaforth
-Branch-of the-Cancer Society,-the, area campaign, stillis short .
$600for its objective according to R.J.Spittal, the area chairman. •
Gifts represesnt 86% of the objective and Mr. Spittal said the
committee is hopeful tfnut additional gifts will make up the
balance. Gifts may be forwarded to'him atrSeaforth or left with
Seaforth banks.
Mr. George D. Hays has returned home following a stay in
Stratford General Hospital.
• ' A. delegation of Seaforth Lions was in. Mount Forest Saturday
taking part in activities in connection with the anniversary of the
Mount Forest Club. In the group were Mr. •and Mrs.' Marlen
Vincent , Mr. and Mrs. Orville Oke, Mr. and Mrs. Jack Pickard,
Mr. and Mrs, Bill Hodgert, Irwin Johnson and Brian Vincent,.
I COULDN'T EAT ANOTHER BITE — Dr. Bill
Thompson and daughter Mary—were some of the
Seaforth residents who enjoyed last -week's beef
barbecue at Northside United Cflurch.
Events
'Other evts of interest in the
next month include-. the Mcif- •
nonite Auction Relief Sale of food, ,
'handicrafts. -paintings. and the
.celebrated handmade quilts held
in New Ha mburg on May 27 and
the' Indian Art Show, held at the
Woodland Indian Centre in
Brantford, from. May 20 to June I..
Finally, arts . and crafts •
enthusiasts have-a wide variety of
events to phnse from:
The Brant Art Gallery, Brant- •
ford is having a display of Fibre
and Sound En viromeat works
from May 12 to -JUJ: 3i Gil.. on
House in WillOwdale is osting a
show on the crafts of tl c Spinners
arm Weavers Guild int it -May ,
paper works by John Boyle, the
late Jack Chambers and other
Canadian artists will be on
&Splay in the Nancy Ponies
Studio, Toronto from May 13 to
May 25, the work of Peter Harris
will be display in the Lynwood .
Arts Centre in Simcoe until the
end of May, and the Blyth Centre
for the Arts. Craft' and A ntique
Exhibition, in aid of the Blyth
Theatre will be held 'Saturday,
May
10 THE HURON EXP4ITQR MAY 18, 1818
eople
7-7. •
`released shortly before the
performance.
These tickets, in addition to last
minutes cancellations, usually
result in 30 to 50 tickets being
made available before the play's
performance.
The second play which is
booked well in advance is
'Shakespeare's classic tragedy ''
MacBeth, starring Douglas Rain,
Maggie Smith, Williarn Needles -
and Nicholas Pennell. -
This year, Mr. Allan said., the
festival is presenting more plays
in a season than ever before.
The 'plays• range from the
traditional -Shakespearean plays
to contemporary works like
Candide, a musical interpretation
of Voltaire's masterpiece;
Haworth--a Portrait of the
Brontes anti Devotion, -a new
Canadian play by Larry Finderg
which was commissioned for the
festival.
Mr. Allan said, tickets to the
contemporary plays are also
selling well. ,
Medea, an adaptation by Larry
Fineberg ,of the classic Greek
tragedy is already 52 per cent
, booked; Ned and -Jack, about the
actors John prrytnore and •
Edward, Sheldon is 34' percent
booked,--and the quartet of fou?
Beckett plays are almost half
booked. •
The one play which,
proving as popular to date
Judgement,, a one man play with
actor Richard Monette.
This play, recommended for •
adult andiences only, deals with
--the sole survivor of a group of
Russian officers locked in a. cell '
and abandoned by their German
"captors in the last weeks of World
War 11,
Mr. Allan said he expects the
play will be a sellout once it
opens, but audiences aren't yet
amiliar with the Wortrshrtee
never.been performed on this side
of the Atlantic.
This year the festival is' ,
presenting .11 weeks of students
perfor-mances -for— secondary
school students. Three. Weeks of '
performances are in May, and the
temainder in' September and.
October.
An Expositor Classified• will''
pay you dividends. Have you tried
one? Dial 527-0240. -
BARB_ EPPE
4mondville United Church
Wed, May - • childrenAdlu2itsa1n$d under4.0 .$2.00,
5:00 - 8:00 P.M. • pre-schoolers free.
Tickets available from
CROWN ILkliDWARE, SEAFORTH For. take=out-orders,
OR TELEPHONE 527-1607. • please bring your
own 'dishes.
sailing and fishing. The village
opens tateF
Finally, another of London's
sights is Eldon House, the .city's
oldest 'remaining. house, located
right at the forks of the Thames
Market, held everySunday atter- .
, Circus enthusiasts can attend
the Clyde. Brothers Circus in the
Windsor Arena on May 27, 2,8 or
doser to home, the, Big Top
Martin and Down Circus at .the
• Brussels fairgrounds on May 29..
The .Syrin'ets' Circus will be
. appearing at the Brantford Pu'ck's
Canadian Travelling Circus will
be at the Galleria in Toronto from
May 12 to 20.
Now if your interst runs more to
horses than elephants. Two,
important horse shows arc
coming up.
Antique car buffs can attend
the Antique Car Club Rally held
on the Western Fairgrounds on
--the weekend 'of May 27. 28.
While attending the rally, you
can also drop into Four City Flea ,
and open daily until the end of
November.
A magazine called. This is
Ontario, available at BreWer's
Retail outlets across the province,
lists some of the other upcoming
events in southwestern Ontario,
First, canoeing, enthusiasts can
take part in the Voyageur's Day
- Canoe Races, which Will be held
in Port Elgin op May 20, 21. when
canoeists race in a 29 km. ,
marathon from Paisley to Port
Elgin on the Saugeen River while
dry-land -enthusiaStS-on take part'
in the street carnival and dance in
Port Elgin. , • . —
00X OFFICE OPENS 8:00 FRIDAY
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& ,SATURDAY ONLY SHOWTIME 8:1IS MAY 18-20th
In 1848 he rode across
the great plains
'that's a-Rtinawayllatr
Theatregoers planning ,
seeing some Shakespeare,
Coward or Chekhov this summer
at the Stratford Shakespearean
L. Festival shouldn't waste any tim
teservitirtheir tickets.
Doug Allan, publicity director
at the festival, said about half the
tickets are already booked for, the
season, which this year extends
from June 5 to October 14.
, A Gala Shakespeare Revel, the
opening night celebration
featUring members of the
National Ballet of Canada, the
Canadian Opera- Company and
Robin Phillips, the festival's
artistic director who is makiag his
debut on the Stratford stage, has
• been completely sold out for some
time,
In the past, , opening night
theatregoers have attended" the
first performance 'of a Shake-
spearean play--a custom that Mr.
Allan said put a great deal of
pressure on performers.
This year, the festival will opens
with a party atmosphere with its
special one night gala and at the
same time, break the custom of
putting one production on the
;pot. •
Both festival perform-ers,
theatre critics -and the-audience
can relax as Shak,espeare's
contribution to' BIZ .world of
music, dance .and drama is'
celebrated by three of Canada's
leading companies. ,
Dancers perfcirming in the gala
are Veronica Tennant and/ James
Kudelka of the National Ballet
company. • •
The singers from the Canadjap
Opera Company who are takin
part in the opening night festi-
vities include Maureen Forrester,
Allan Monk and Roxiana Roslak,
Robin Phillips, who is acting as
master of, ceremonies, will be
_ pined by other members of the,
festival company -in presen ing
highlights from Shakespeare's
plays.
Although tickets to the majority
, of the festival plays are selling
well, Noel Coward's Private
Lives starring the duo of Maggie
Smith and Brian Bedford, is
already virtually, sold out.
Most of the tickets available
now -will be sold n the day of the t/t)
performance. ' .-
Mr. Allan :s id both the play's
• direotor and the stars receive
., :reserve tickets for event'
performance, and when they
aren't using hem, these are
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