The Citizen, 1991-08-14, Page 7THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 14,1991. PAGE 7.
Girls find Young Company a great experience
In good company
Heather Morton, 19, of Belgrave and Kavan Smith, 16, of
Burnaby B.C. are two members of Blyth Festival’s Young
Company. Heather has been involved with the theatre
every summer since 1979, while Kavan, who is the niece
of Artistic Director Peter Smith, is plying her dramatic
talents here for the first time.
Each summer a diverse group of
young people is attracted to Blyth
Festival's drama workshops to be
part of the popular Young Compa
ny.
This year, the group is much
smaller than other years, with about
10 participants, and a somewhat
older group as well. One of the
company members is a veteran,
having been involved with the the
atre or the workshops for the past
12 summers. Another, a native of
Burnaby, British Columbia, is tak
ing part for the first time.
Heather Morton, 19, of Belgrave,
and a student of native studies at
Carleton University in Ottawa,
began as a member of the youth
workshops in 1979. For the past
four or five years she has been
employed with the theatre, working
as a dresser, and as an instructor
and director for the younger chil
dren's workshops.
Kavan Smith, is the 16-year-old
niece of the Festival's Artistic
Director Peter Smith. A Grade 11
student in Burnaby, her only expe
rience on stage was in two school
plays. She was involved in a theatre
program five years ago, but didn't
get a chance to act in the produc
tion.
When Mr. Smith approached his
brother, Patrick, a professor of
political science at Simon Fraser
University, about letting Kavan
come to Blyth for the workshops
she was very excited by the idea,
she said.
The girls are very upbeat in their
observations regarding the compa
ny and the work they will perform.
The production this year, The
Polar Bear Swim is a collective
work that will be presented in Blyth
on August 15, 16 and 17.
Heather, who will be acting for
the first time in four years, says the
play has a little bit of everyone's
ideas about the environment in it.
"We have done a lot of writing
exercises, told stories of drcams,
fables and monologues and from
those we got the play. There's a
common thread that runs through,
but it's really an expression of all
our feelings," she said.
"There's a lot of everyone in it,"
adds Kavan. Casting isn't complete,
yet, but we know basically we arc
playing each other and what’s
important to us."
Heather notes that the company
is comprised of an older group of
teens, as well as a lot of new peo
ple. "That's been nice. It’s a really
good group and I think, though it is
smaller, we are all very commit
ted." Five members have been
hired, she added, under the Envi
ronmental Youth Corps.
"We really clicked together right
from the start,” said Kavan. "There
were no cliques. Right away we got
along well as a group."
The group has been benefitted
this year with more help from the
main company, getting instruction
and working on such things as
articulating.
The summer youth programs
here are great for a couple of rea
sons, Heather says. "There is a lol
of organization involved and it
helps to encourage creativity. I'm
not sure where my career is going,
but I think this develops a lot of
positive aspects towards a lot of
options. Il helps to boost your con
fidence."
Engagement
Fred and Sharon Stephenson of Brussels are pleased to
announce the forthcoming marriage of their daughter Charlene
Renee to Murray Allan, son of Mr. and Mrs. William DeBoer of
Lucknow. The wedding will take place on Saturday, August
24, 1991 at 2:00 p.m. at St. John's Anglican Church,
Brussels. Reception to follow at Brussels, Morris, and Grey
Community Centre at 9:00 p.m.; please accept this as your
personal invitation to the reception.
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People visit area
Barbara Coultes of Toronto spent
the holiday weekend with her
mother, Mrs. Janisa Coultes.
Visiting over the holiday week
end with Mrs. Elizabeth Procter,
Belgrave, were Mr. and Mrs. Con
rad Smithson of Downs view.
Mrs. Elizabeth Procter and Mr.
and Mrs. Smithson visited on Sun
day with Mr. and Mrs. Larry May
berry and family of Londesboro.
Mrs. Howard Zettler, Sherry,
Amanda and Alicia of RR 4, Walk
erton visited on Monday with her
mother Mrs. Elizabeth Procter and
her uncle and aunt Mr. and Mrs.
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Mrs. Howard Zettler and girls visit
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beth Procter, Belgrave; Mr. and
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and Kevin, RR 5, Brussels and also
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Maple Grove Lodge, Goderich.
Alicia Ball of Hanover spent last
week visiting at the home of her
grandparents Mr. and Mrs. Ross
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Mr. and Mrs. Bert Johnston
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Kinsmen calendar winners
Belgrave Kinsmen Calendar
Draw winners last week were:
August 5, $50, James Simpson, RR
2, Princeton; August 6, $50, Harry
Brydges, Belgrave; August 7, $50,
Corey Moran, Belgrave; August 8,
Ted Katsanas, RR 2, Wingham;
August 9, $50, William Schiestel,
Wingham; August 10, $100, Mar
vin Snell, RR 3, Blyth.
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