The Citizen, 1992-06-03, Page 23There’s nothin’ like a book!
THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 3,1992. PAGE 23.
Entertainment
Area people host Japanese guests
Emily Mayberry of Milverton leafs through one of the
hundreds of books for sale at the annual Blyth Festival
Book Sale last Saturday. The sale sees people from all
over the county come and peruse the wide selection.
Musicians play at spring recital
On May 3, Blyth Memorial Hall
was the setting for a large
appreciative audience at the annual
“Spring Concert” presented by the
students of Gail Lear, A. Mus.
R.M.T. of Londesboro.
At the recital some of the
performers added special sound
effects from the synthesizer such as
organ, panpipes, harpsichord,
vibraphone, snare drum, strings,
etc. Playing solos were: Sara
Lyons, Karla Stacey, Rosalyn
Hartman, Melanie Bouman, Brent
and Joel Thomas, all of
Londesboro; Reanna, Erik and
Andrea Ramaker, Jessica and
Stephanie Bokhout and Shauna
Hemingway of Clinton; Sherry
Stevenson of Goderich and Maria
Gibbons, Craig Fair and Andrea
Grant of Wingham.
Playing two-piano duets at the
recital were Rebecca Woodall and
Bethany Stuart as well as Luke
Stuart and Matthew Woodall of
Clinton.
The other 30 numbers on the
program had taken part in the
Walkerton Rotary Music Festival
April 21-20. Solos earning first
place were Ansley Simpson and
Lesley Pike of Wingham. Mariana
Roy of Clinton earned a second.
Thirds were given to Cindy
Gibbings, Matthew Woodall of
Clinton as well as Rowan Kerr and
Kimberley Schedler, Wingham and
Angela Verburg, Auburn.
Honorable mention was given to
Andrea Postma, Stacey Buffinga,
Luke Stuart, Rebecca Woodall,
Bethany Stuart and Rachel
Bokhout of Clinton and to Janet
Bosma of Blyth.
A trio consisting of Glenna
Buffinga, Angela Verburg and
Valerie Van Reisen of Clinton
received first place. Another trio
from Wingham - Janet and Mary
Lisle and Kimberley Schedler,
received a second in their class.
Playing duets on one piano were:
Karen Trick and Krista Black;
Jessica and Stephanie Bokhout and
Andrea Postma and Elly Wilts, all
of Clinton area. Obtaining a
scholarship with the high mark of
90 was a duet by Ansley Simpson
and Julie Lisle of Wingham.
Every entry in the two-piano
division brought home a first-place
certificate. From Clinton - Valerie
VanReisen and Mariana Roy,
playing “Blue Lagoon” received
the highest mark of 86 and were
invited to participate in the “Hi-
Lite Concert” held May 2 at the
end of the festival.
Another 12-year-old Clinton
group in 2-piano double-duets
consisted of Emily Parr and Cindy
Gibbings on one piano with Krista
Black and Karen Trick on the
other. They played “Happy
Dancers” bringing home another
first. Cindy and Emily also played
a single-duo with a first.
Dancers” bringing home another
first. Cindy and Emily also played
a single-duo with a first.
An enthusiastic group of 10-year-
olds from Wingham consisted of
Kimberley Schedler, Janet Lisle,
Deborah and Jennifer Pike playing
“Balloon Pop Polka”. This group
played at the Hi-Lites Concert and
also received a scholarship.
A group of 14-year-olds
consisting of Ansley Simpson, Julie
Lisle, Lesley Pike and Shawn Fair
of Wingham were also asked to the
Hi-lights concert but prior
provincial competitions meant
many of them where in other
locations. This group received the
highest mark in the 2-piano double
duo class with an 86. The
adjudicator praised them for their
complete togetherness and
excellent contrasts. He commented
“You Handled this extremely
well.” The composer for their
“Allegro Deciso” piece was
“Handel.”
Mary Lisle and Andrea McBride,
also of Wingham placed first in
their duo class. The recital ended
with Craig Fair playing “From A
Distance”, Craig leaves for P.E.I.
May 20 to star in a Charlottetown
Festival play “The Great Canadian
Adventure” as well as a minor role
in “Anne of Green Gables”. Ten-
year-old Craig is from Bluevale.
Andrea Grant of Wingham
performed a descriptive piece “The
Cat and the Mouse” by Copland.
Best wishes go with Andrea as she
finishes her Associate Piano
Teachers this June. She enters a
music program in University next
year. Courtesy remarks were given,
then snacks were enjoyed by all, to
bring the recital to a successful
conclusion.
Engagement
John and Mary Baan, of
Walton, are pleased to
announce the forthcoming
marriage of their daughter,
Heather Ann, to Richard
John Gerber, of Stratford,
son of John and Pauline
Gerber, of Milverton.
The wedding will take place
at 1:30 p.m on Saturday,
June 27, 1992, at Melville
Presbyterian Church in
Brussels.
This weekend, Blyth will experi
ence a unique cultural exchange as
50 members of the Furano Theatre
Company perform and live in the
community.
Jennifer Iutzi of the Blyth Festi
val said housing the group wasn't
as difficult as she first expected.
She gathered together a list of past
volunteers, contacted them, and
with a lot of generous help, man
aged to find adequate housing for
all the visitors. The Japanese group
will be residing mainly in Blyth,
with a few in Brussels, Clinton,
Wingham and in the Goderich area.
Ms Iutzi believes, that there
won't be a big problem with cultur
al or language differences, as all
Japanese students are taught
English in school. There will be
interpreters accompanying them
should any difficulties arise. Ms
Iutzi expects the whole cultural
exchange to be a real learning
experience.
The group of actors and techni
cians range in age from 20 to 30,
and come from a studio commune
like settlement where they earn
their living farming asparagus,
when not rehearsing.
The Furano Theatre Company
will be performing the play
Kanashibetsu at the Blyth Memori
al Hall on June 5 and 6. Blyth is the
first stop on their tour for the 25
actors and 25 technicians. They
will travel on to Toronto and New
York before returning to Japan.
The play takes place in the imag
inary town of Kanashibetsu, where
the government is closing down a
coal mining town after finding an
alternative energy source. Quite a
few of the young citizens are forced
to leave their impoverished town
when the community breaks down,
as a result of the mine closure.
BUCiT&DOE
for
Christine Stadelmann
and David Heimpel
Saturday, June 6
Blyth & District Community
Centre
Music by D.J. Dancing 9-1
Tickets $6.00/person
Age of majority required
Tickets call 523-9204
and 887-6983
25th Anniversary
The family of Don & Lenore
Scrlmgeour wish to invite
friends, relatives and
neighbours to a dance in
honour of their 25th Wedding
Anniversary on Saturday
June 13th, 1992 from 9 p.m.
to 1 a.m. at Blyth Community
Centre.
Best Wishes Only Please
Three of these young people
return three years later to locate a
time capsul buried in the coal mine.
In this capsule they find hope for
the future for their remaining peo
ple.
The play will be performed
entirely in Japanese, with English
surtitles which Ms Iutzi says, will
probably be displayed on a screen
above stage.
The play has an economic theme,
said Ms Iutzi, a Canadian audience
can relate to as clearly as a
Japanese one.
The similarities do not end there,
the Furano Theatre Group also fol
lows a theatrical mandate very sim
ilar to the Blyth Festival. The
Furano group develops plays by
Japanese playwrights that reflect
local stories, history, and current
issues. The Blyth Festival Theatre
develops Canadian plays reflecting
Canadian issues.
The Japanese visitors will be pre
sented with pins and souvenirs
from Huron county and Blyth in
honour of their visit. A lot of activi
ties have also been planned as part
of the cultural exchange, Ms Iutzi
says. There will be a bam dance; a
field trip to Goderich; A perfor
mance of Moonscape, live percus
sion accompanied by slides, by
Goderich District Collegiate Insti
tute; Shoko no Sho, a tape and
accordion piece written by Dennis
Happy 40th Anniversary
June 6th
Pearl & Harold McCallum
The Family Invites
you to an
OPEN HOUSE
In their honour
SATURDAY JUNE 6th
2 - 4 p.m.
at their home
"Best Wishes Only"
PARK THEATRE
' A PARENTAL
* GUIDANCE
LONG DISTANCE? CALL 1-800^65-3438 FOR TOLL FREE MOVIE INFO
"A HILARIOUSLY DIVINE
COMEDY OF HEAVENLY
PROPORTIONS!"
-Bill Diehl, ABC RADIO NETWORK
WHOOPI
SISTER ACT
No Sex. No Booze. No Men. No Wby.
Fri.-Thur. June 5-11
Fri. & Sat. 7 & 9 pm
Sun.-Thur. 8 pm
Patrick and performed by Joseph
Maccrollo; and a performance of
Hurrah for Johnny Canuck by F. E.
Madill Secondary School.
Graduation
JAMES GLENN YUILL
DIPL.A.A.
Graduated from the three
year Television Broadcasting
Program at Mohawk College
in Hamilton. Congratulations
Glenn, from Dad, Garry,
Michelle, Doug and Juanita.
the
Blyth Ipp
523-9381
THURSDAY NIGHT IS
WING NIGHT
5 P.M. - MIDNIGHT
WINGS 35e EACH
MINIMUM ORDER 10
a variety of sauces available
Wings available for take out at
regular price of 50e each.
THURS., FRI., & SAT.
5 P.M. - MIDNIGHT
WINGS & CHIPS
$5.45
EAT IN OR TAKE OUT
THURS., FRI. & SAT. NITES
PIZZA
5 P.M. - MIDNIGHT
EAT IN OR TAKE OUT
ENTERTAINMENT
DougMcNall
June 5 & 6