The Citizen, 1987-12-09, Page 26PAGE 26. THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1987
Amanda Anderson was one of hundreds of children who met Santa Claus when he visited Blyth on
Saturday. Children saw movies at Blyth Memorial Hall then Santa arrived to chat and pass out candies.
Stratford Festival has huge surplus
The Stratford Festival’s 1987
fiscal year has ended with a
surplus. Details of financial state
ments, presented at the Annual
General Meeting on December 5,
show an operating surplus of
$726,984 on the season which
ended on November 1, 1987.
This is the largest operating
surplus in the Festival’s history. It
also marks the third consecutive
year that the Festival has finished
in the black.
The $726,984 operating surplus
on the 1987 season relates directly
to a superlative fund-raising cam
paign and to expenditures kept
well under budget coupled with a
Janet Amos
Janet Amos, former artistic
director of the Blyth Festival and a
popular Blyth resident, has an
nounced her resignation as artistic
director of Theatre New Brunswick
in Fredericton.
The actress-director moved to
New Brunswick in 1984 after
guiding the Blyth Festival since
1979. She emphasized inclusion of
the work of Canadian, and espe
cially Maritime, wrtiers on the
TNB stage. This season, eight of 11
plays on the main and second
stages are Canadian and six are
written by Maritime authors.
box office result which was over
$9,100,000 net. The gross box
office figure was $9,615,583 up
$1,000,000 for theatre performan
ces or 12% from 1986. Admissions
increased by 24,896 or six per cent
to a total of 442,668.
At the end of October 1986, an
accumulated deficit of $1,220,088
remained which was reduced by
$473,616 by Wintario Arts Chal
lenge Funds down to $746,472 on
November 1, 1986. During this
current year, permission was
received from the Province of
Ontario to bring the remaining
Wintario Arts Challenge monies of
$1,526,384 into the current ac-
leaving TNB
Janet will leave TNB next
summer. Her resignations was
announced during the recent 20th
anniversary celebrations at the
theatre.
"I have had very little time for
anythingbutmy work over the past
10 years,” she said in a press
release, "and I feel I must ease up
from the responsibilities of being
an artistic director for a while and
explore other areas.”
She and her husband, play
wright Ted Johns, and sons Chris
and Joe will return to their Toronto
home after she leaves Fredericton.
count. By combining these monies
with the $726,984 operating sur
plus, the accumulated deficit has
been completely eliminated and a
surplus of $1,506,896 now exists.
Local students
perform
at concert
There were 11 tables in play at
the weekly Blyth Euchre party
Monday night, December 1 at
Blyth Memorial Hall.
Esther Moffat and Alvin Procter
had the high scores. The low prizes
went to Kay Konarski and Edythe
Giousher (playing as a man). The
prize for the most lone hands went
to Ruth Dougherty and Allen
Shaddick and the special prize was
won by Don Buchanan.
At the Lost Heir party on
Wednesday night there were
seven tables in play. Winnie
Vincent and Charlie Smith had the
high scores. Edythe Snell and
Harvey Sillib had the low scores.
Alvin Snell won the special prize.
Greg Beresford and Faye Dance will host the weekly Wintario Draw
when it is televised from Blyth Memorial Hall on Thursday night,
Admission is $4 and entertainment begins at 7 p.m. Proceeds from
admission go to the Blyth Festival building campaign.
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