Village Squire, 1979-01, Page 23GROUP TO FIGHT BOOK BANNING
Nowthat Huron county is known far and
wide for the decision to ban Margaret
Lawrence's book The Diviners from high
sctnol reading lists another group is
farming to fight such policies.
Agroup called the Society for Freedom
of Unice was formed at a meeting in
Dezember organized by Goderich town
councillor Elsa Haydon. About 19 people
including educators and writers joined in
organizing the group aimed at countering
the local chapter of Renaissance Internat-
ional.
The county was the scene of a battle in
1978 between those who felt three books
should be stricken from school lists. The
books included The Diviners, The Catcher
in the Rye by J.D. Salinger and Of Mice
and Men by John Steinbeck. The dispute
was widely reported from coast to coast
along with similar battles in the
Peterborough area and in New Brunswick.
Still, Mrs. Haydon says, she hopes the
group will do more than just battle the
Renaisance group. Just what the objectives
of the new group will be decided later after
membership has been enlarged. Another
meeting is scheduled for Jan. 17.
AN AUCTION WITH A DIFFERENCE
The Gallery/Stratford, like most non-
profit organizations needs to raise money
to help out its organization but it has come
un with a novel idea.
An auction with a difference will be held
Feb. 10 using the facilities of CJCS radio in
Stratford. The auction will continue in the
evening at The Church, restaurant.
the auction is called I Love My Gallery
and is different than the usual auction
which calls for donation of pieces of art
from various artists to be auctioned off.
lhis year, says Gallery Director Paul
Bennett the board of governors, who are
organizing the event decided to go out into
the community to see what services could
be donated. It is hoped more than 100
different services will be donated, says
John Miller, vice-chairman of the board.
Among those services being offered are:
an hour with a psychiatrist, a will from a
bcallawyer; a dessert created by the chef
oftheChurch Restaurant and named after
someone loved by the highest bidder; a
lullaby recorded by Catherine McKinnon
for anewborn baby; a stroll along the Avon
with a star of the Stratford Festival; a
telephone call to Grandma from Charlie
Farquharson; a weekend at Benmiller Inn;
a return flight to New York City and an
original sketch from a Festival production.
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Rick Salutin's play Les Canadiens which
will make its first visit to Western Ontario
in January and February.
The play deals not only with the history
of the most successful hockey team in
Canada, the Montreal Canadiens, but also
uses the story as a way of examining the
complicated English -French relationship in
the country,.
Salutin first wrote the play back in
1976-77 and it was first presented at
Centaur Theatre in Montreal. The play was
right up to date, ending the night of Nov.
15. 1976. the victory of the Parti Quebecois
in the provincial election that when the
news was flashed to the audience.
completely overshadowed the hockey
game.
The play has since been performed in the
fall of 1977 at the Tarragon Theatre in
Toronto where it won the Chalmers award
for the best Canadian play of the year
presented in Toronto. Now it's back for
another turn around the ice in this
production at Theatre Passe Muraille.
The play is performed on an set that
looks like an ice rink with the players
wearing roller skates and hockey sweaters.
The theatre becomes an arena complete
with electric scoreboard and organ music.
It makes for an exciting fusion of sports
and theatre. athletics and politics.
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