Village Squire, 1979-05, Page 27PEOPLE
If your son fell in love with the daughter
of a barber who slits his clients' throats and
serves them up as meat pies, you might not
be all that pleased. And yet what parent
wouldn't be proud of Victor Garber the
young London -born actor who is in a hit
show on Broadway. Garber, who started
out playing Tom Sawyer in a children's
theatre school productions in London, quit
school in grade 10 to pursue acting and was
a member of the popular singing group The
Sugar Shoppe, is one of the most
recognized young faces on Broadway for
his part as the young sailor who falls in love
with the daughter of Sweeney Todd, The
Demon Barber of Fleet Street. The hit
musical by Stephen Sondheim has a
strange story but has been a hit just the
same. Another Canadian Len Cariou is also
a star. For Garber it's more than a fluke.
Last year he won a Tony nomination for his
part in Deathtrap.
There's more than one way to find
success in the music business. Allan and
Suzanne Thompson of Blyth have found
that making guitar straps can be the key to
success for them. Allan has been a leather
craftsman for several years. About two
years ago he and Suzanne set up shop in a
house in Blyth, he to sell his leatherwork
and she, her weaving. It wasn't always
easy finding enough business to provide a
living in those days but one of his products,
guitar straps, caught the fancy of a major
guitar manufacturer which decided to
market the line. Business is now so good
that nearly all the couple's time is devoted
to guitar straps. They'll still do custom
work but today they've closed down the
retail part of their business and are using
the space for a new machine to take some
of the laborious preparatory work out of
making guitar straps.
Well, if Elora can be New England, why
can't The Fonz be Scrooge? That seems to
be the thinking behind the producers of a
made for television movie which was shot
recently in the picturesque town of Elora.
The normally stylish shops of the chique
shopping area were given an old look,
horses and old cars stood around to make it
look like New Hampshire in the 1930's.
And while the set decorators made Elora
look old, the makeup people were busy
making Henry Winkler look like the old,
doddering money lender Benedict Slade
who finds the true meaning of Christmas.
Such is the fairy land of television.
The Farm Show, the show that did more
than anything to put Theatre Passe
Muraille on the theatre map, also made a
good many Western Ontario people well
known far beyond the region. Most,
however, were known only as names,
Wedding Bells...
and Flowers
So, your wedding date has
been set, and now you are
making the arrangements.
Your flower order is
important. It
can help to
make the
day, and
also provide
many
pleasant
memories.
We would
count it
a privilege
to serve you
on this glad
occasion.
Listowel Florist Ltd.
Ed Van fent
LISTOWEL. ONTARIO
170 Wallace N.
Listowel
Phone 291-2040
When you "say it with
flowers" from Listowel Florist,
"you've said it all."
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FTD No. 752675
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• Coats
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• Dresses
•Sweaters
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etc.
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END OF SEASON
CLEARANCES
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