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The Citizen, 1991-02-06, Page 1Accent on comedy in 1991 Bly th Festival season The accent will be on comedy in the 1991 Blyth Festival season announced last week by artistic director Peter Smith. The season will also see the return of some familiar names from the Festival’s past including Ted Johns who will author the opening production of “Two Brothers". The political satire pokes fun at the Y Serving Brussels, Blyth, Auburn, Belgrave, Ethel, Londesborough, Walton and surrounding townships. VOL. 7 NO. 05 WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1991.60 CENTS [56c + 4c G.S.T.] Near extinction? This dinosaur sculpted by Brussels Public School students on Monday may be on its last legs as temperatures rose above the freezing mark. By the next morning this was the only work of art completed by the primary students left standing in the schoolyard. The sculptors are, from left: Jennifer McDonald, Krissy Dilworth, Nicole Bernard, Nicole Lowe and Tricia Teeft. Brussels skaters off to Saskatoon Skating partners Peter Mac­ Donald of RR 3. Brussels and Suzanne Killing of Tavistock, and Kevin Wheeler, of RR 5, Brussels and Michelle Menzies of Preston are leaving this week to compete at the Canadian National Figure Skat­ ing Championships in Saskatoon. Saskatchewan. Mr. MacDonald and Miss Killing will be competing in the Junior Dance program, while Mr. Wheel­ er and Miss Menzies will be Federal government, free trade and materialism. Gus and Vincent are two broth­ ers but you’d never know it. Vincent graduated to the inner sanctum of Parliament Hill while Gus flunked out and became a millionaire. There is also another pair of brothers, one crafting a get-rich-quick scheme while the skating in the Senior Pairs competi­ tion. The championships will be broadcast on CKCO-TV. Kitchener February 8, 9. and 10. Live coverage of the Senior Pairs and Ladies Freestyle programs will be shown on Saturday 4-6 p.m. On Friday evening from 9:30 - 11 p.m. the coverage will be of the Senior Men’s Short program and Originals. Senior Dance and Senior Men’s Freestyle will be shown live other has moved to the edge of town to get away from it all. Ted John’s work last appeared on the Blyth stage in "Garrison’s Garage”. Other Blyth hits include "Country Hearts” and "He Won’t Come In From the Barn”. Layne Coleman returns to the Festival with "Barbershop Quar­ tet". Mr. Coleman came to the on Saturday from 10-11 p.m. The Parade of Champions and Exhibi- Thieves gain little in break-in Only a small amount of cash was taken after thieves broke into McDonald’s Buildall in Brussels on Saturday morning, sometime be­ tween one and nine. A spokesperson from the Wing­ ham O.P.P. statedit appears entry Festival first as an actor in the late 1970’s, then later directed plays and wrote “Blue City”. He is currently interim artistic director of Theatre Passe Muraille in Toronto. In "Barbershop Quartet” Jim Buddy’s barbership has been the centre of communications for the town for 32 years, a sort of telegraph office where all the news tions will be telecast on Sunday from 3:30 - 6 p.m. was gained by knocking or kicking off the door knob on the south delivery door. Screwdrivers and pry bars from the hardware store were used to break into the cash register, then left behind when the Continued on page 2 gets filtered, distorted and broad­ cast. It’s Potato Days in the town and hockey star Paul Spenser has been brought in to head up the parade. In the barbershop the talk runs from unemployment, religion, hockey and farming to the crisis in Quebec. Weaving in and out is old-fashioned barbershop music. Sean Dixon, who was writer in residence at the Festival last summer contributes an offbeat comedy "End of the World Ro­ mance”. The play takes the audi­ ence into the fantastic world of Rose who holds the wrath of the wind under her skirt. Determined to save her from death, her daughter Max and husband Quinn depart Winnipeg to rescue her. Standing in the way is the medd­ ling and muddled J. Wreckhouse Crow, a soul broker on wheels. The story provides a touching look at the power of love in our troubled world with a happy ending. James Nichol returns to the Festival for the first time in 11 years with an adaptation of Mar­ garet Laurence’s Canadian classic novel "The Stone Angel”. The play journeys through the life of Hagar Shipley as she tells in her wry fashion, the story of her family. The powerful drama portrays Hagar as a young girl in a remote prairie town, as a stubborn bride to Bram, as a demanding parent of John and Marvin, and at 90, as a woman threatened with a future in a nursing home. "The Stone Angel” is a co-pro­ duction with Theatre Passe Mur­ aille and will appear in Toronto after closing here. James Nichol wrote "Gwendoline” for the 1978 Festival and "Child” for the 1979 season. The fifth production, already announced earlier, is "Cornflower Blue” by Kelly Rebar, author of "Bordertown Cafe”. Cornflower, Alberta is a wacky town much like many other towns, filled with intriguing characters, mystery and wonder. Mervyl, her husband Pog says, is not an easy woman to be married to. She offers her opinions to anyone who’ll listen as she chats about her unique history. The play offers a funny dissection of Continued on page 23 Citizen wins provincial award The Citizen has won another award in the Ontario Community Newspaper Association (OCNA) competition. Competing against community newspapers of all sizes The Citizen captured third place in the best feature photo (black and white) category. The winning photo was taken at the Maple Madness com­ petition at Maple Keys Sugar Bush last spring and features Grey township councillor Dale Newman concentrating hard as he flips a pancake in a relay race. The award will be presented at the annual convention of the OCNA March 1 and 2 in Toronto. This marks the 15th provincial or national award The Citizen has won in its five year history.