The Citizen, 1990-10-31, Page 35THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1990. PAGE 35.
Entertainment OMAF offers welding course
Magical puppets come to Festival
Lions, turtles, owls and other
exotic puppets from the jungle are
featured in a special performance
for children at Blyth Memorial Hall
on Saturday, November 10 at 2
p.m.
“Join Hands Puppeteers" from
Windsor transport the audience on
a wonderful musical journey with a
menagerie of puppets, live music
and sound effects in their play,
“The Tale of the Name of the
Tree”. The story begins in the
jungle when a great famine has
occurred. A magical tree loaded
with fruit is discovered, but no
delicious food will be released until
a magical spell has been broken.
The lion, gazelle, owl and tortoise
journey over the mountain to find
the great chief, the only one who
can help the animals. “The Tale of
the Name of the Tree” is perfect
for children aged 3 and up, and
promises laughter, suspense and
lots of audience participation.
Since their beginning in 1980,
Join Hands Puppeteers have pro
duced over 30 shows for family
audiences. Margaret and Matthew
Romain, the featured puppeteers
are a married couple who live year
Belgrave hosts
Hallowe’en party
The Belgrave and area children
enjoyed a Hallowe’en party and
dance sponsored by the first Bel
grave Brownies on October 26, 7 -
10 p.m.
Prizes were awarded in the
following manner: Preschool,
Grade 1 - Funniest, first, Ryan
Moran; second, Lisa Black; third,
Kim Frieburger; Scariest - first,
Travis Hopper; second, Garret
Knight; third, Chad Cook; Hallo
we’en - first, Craig Folkard; se
cond, Laura Meier; third,
Dawson; Most Unusual, first,
thew Walker; second, Chris
trill; third, Tamara Koelher.
Grade 2, 3, 4, Funniest - first,
Heidi Meier; second, Cindy Frie
burger; third, Jason Fear; Scariest,
first, Vicky Black; second, Matthew
Beck; third, Ryan Fear. Most
Unusual - first, Marie Cook; se
cond, Jolene Black; third, David
Piluke. Hallowe’en - first, Courtney
McGee; second, Holly Pfeiffer;
third, Becky Logan.
Grades 5, 6, 7, 8 - Halowe’en -
first, Shannon Cook; second,
Michelle Pletch; third, Melissa
Snowden. Most Unusual, first,
Aaron Cook; second, Kendra Folk
ard; third, Sarah Cowan. Scariest,
first, Trevor Beck; second, Kim
Johnston; third, Jody Walker. Fun
niest, first, Jennifer Elston;
second, Tim Piluke; third, Chris
Piluke.
round in Windsor. They wrote their
first play together for a backyard
fair in 1980. “It was a science
fiction satired called ‘The Hydra
That Ate Windsor’ ’’ says Margar
et Romain. “The puppets were
made from empty thread spools,
hunks of foam, socks and other
junk we found around the house.
Over the years our puppetry has
become more elaborate and we now
use large colourful puppets and
props with live music played on a
variety of instruments.” Their
lively shows and friendly rapport
have won them a great following
throughout southern Ontario.
Join Hand Puppeteers have per
formed in children’s festivals and
concerts, young author’s confer
ences, libraries, hospitals, day care
centres, senior citizens’ centres,
and schools for children with
emotional and other handicaps.
“Our style of puppetry is called
Open Puppetry” says Matthew
Romain. “It differs from the tradi
tional form in that the performers
are not hidden in an enclosed
theatre. We can be seen playing
musical instruments and working
large puppets in front of and
around the theatre, and even in the
audience. This allows for greater
interaction between the audience
and the performers. We use live
music in our shows to embellish the
plays, encourage participation and
introduce the children to a variety
of musical instruments. Between
the two of us, we play many
musical instruments: flute, banjo,
guitar, concertina, Carribean steel
drum, dulcimer, keyboard, penny
whistle and all sorts of noisemak
ers. Join Hand Puppeteers’ The
Tale of the Name of the Tree
appears at the Blyth Memorial Hall
on Saturday. November 10 at 2
p.m. Tickets are $6.50 each. A
limited number of tickets are .on
sale now at the Blyth Festival Box
Office 523-9300.
Interested in doing your own
welding repairs on the farm or
improving your welding skills? The
Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and
Food is offering two Introductory
Welding Courses this winter.
The course will teach arc and
aceteyline welding, types of metal
and rod, mig welding and grinding.
Both courses are being offered at
the F. E. Madill Secondary School
in Wingham. Each course runs tor
four weeks, every Monday and
Tuesday evening from 7:30 to 10:30
p.m. Course No. 1 begins Monday,
November 26, while course No. 2
begins Monday, January 7. Regi
stration fee is $65.00.
To register, or for further infor
mation, contact the O.M.A.F. of
fice in Clinton at 1-800-265-5170 or
482-3428.
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