The Citizen, 1991-08-28, Page 27Bly th to host conference
of Ontario's summer theatres
THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 28,1991. PAGE 27.
The Blyth Festival plays host to
the directors and senior staff of
dozens of summer theatres
September 6 - 8 at Blyth Memorial
Hall.
"Over 40 theatre professionals
including a special visit from the
new Minister of Culture and
Communications, Karen Haslam
arc on the agenda," says organizer,
Jane Gardner, Director of
Communications at the Blyth
Festival.
"Over the weekend we ll be
discussing the recent experiences of
each of our summer theatres,
drawing conclusions about the
"state of culture" in this country
and discussing our strategies for
success. As the Blyth Festival is
keenly involved in the creation of
Festival Singers to sing Messiah
Handel's beloved oratorio, The
Messiah, Part One, will be the
highlight as the Blyth Festival
Singers once again begin
preparations for their new season.
Rehearsals get underway on
September 9 for this choir which
draws people from Brussels, Blyth,
Clinton, Aubum, Goderich, Ethel,
Wingham, Stratford, Londesboro,
and Belgrave.
The Messiah will be performed
as part of the Singers' Christmas
concert, one of three major
performances the well-known
community choir will undertake in
its upcoming season. Mary Heam,
President of the choir, notes that
this performance marks "the first
time a local choir from this area has
performed one segment of the
entire cantata, complete with solos
and choruses."
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new work, we want to explore the
methods and means by which plays
and the voices of new writers come
to the stage. Our guests will also
get a tour of Blyth, see a few plays
and explore joint actions when it
comes to politics, marketing and
government."
Theatres, along with other
cultural organizations are the fourth
largest employer in Ontario,
providing summer jobs to over
2,200 professionals on the stage
and behind the scenes. Theatre in
Ontario can happen anywhere — in
a former toothbrush factory (Upper
Canada Playhouse), a town hall
(Blyth Festival, Drayton Festival,
Lakeshore Summer Festival), a
barn (Huron Country Playhouse,
Red Barn Theatre), and an opera
Festival Singers Messiah concert
included Renee Stalenhocf, from
Auburn, who performed with the
Canadian Opera Co. and acted as
an understudy for Dame Joan
Sutherland; John de Jager from
Goderich; and Gordon McLeod of
Toronto, who is a member of the
Canadian Opera Company.
For 11 years, the Blyth Festival
Singers have provided local people
who love to sing with a disciplined
atmosphere under professional
direction, and provides choral
music lovers with concerts by local
residents.
Rehearsals for the Blyth Festival
Singers will take place at the Blyth
Memorial Hall every Monday,
beginning Sept. 9, under the
direction of Wade Whittaker-
Cumming. Anyone wishing to join
the choir is more than welcome to
attend. For more information,
contact Mary Hearn, 233-9990.
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house (Muskoka Festival,
Kawartha summer Theatre), just to
name a few. They're all homes to
summer theatres in Ontario, where
hundreds of performances take
place, ranging from the classics and
comedy to homegrown Canadian
plays and musicals. The University
of Waterloo's studies on a number
of summer theatres indicate
theatres draw millions of paying
customers into urban and rural
centres, providing substantial
economic spinoffs for local
business and the economy.
One of the services that ASTRO
has organized is a special Guide to
Summer Theatres — a tourism
brochure that guides summer
theatre goers to play destinations
across the province.
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