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THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1996 PAGE 27.
Memorable close
to Drayton season E ntertainment
Thanks
Jean Nethery presents bags of food items to two clowns from the Children's Aid Society who
were present to entertain young theatre-goers before Saturday's matinee performance of
New Friends, Old Friends at Blyth Memorial Hall on Saturday. Admission was a donation of
non-perishable food for CAS.
Christmas ballet comes to Blyth
The Drayton Festival Theatre's
sixth season of music and laughter
drew to its official conclusion
following the final performance of
You'll Get Used To It!...The War
Show on Sunday, Oct. 6.
The Drayton Opera House is due
to close in November for the
commencement of phase 1 of the
Shooting Star Campaign. Next
season, the doors will open to a
refurbished jewel of an auditorium
complete with brand new theatre
seats!
However, before this happens
audiences will have one final
opportunity to rent those cushions
and enjoy an evening of music and
laughter on these historic seats!
The occasion — The Drayton
Festival is having a party - and the
proceeds of that party will fund
scholarships awarded to qualifying
individuals associated with The
Drayton Festival Theatre's summer
season. The scholarships will
enable the recipients to further their
studies in the arts.
Many performers from the
season will be on hand to entertain
you as they sing, dance and make
you laugh! The Master of Cere-
monies for the evening will be none
other than Neil Aitchison, that
bumbling Constable Archibald
Finkster from Bending the Bows,
who will be surrounded by talent
that sang and danced through She
Loves Me, made you laugh and cry
in You'll Get Used To It!...The War
Show, and fiddled you into two
standing ovations a night during
Bending The Bows.
This once-in-a-year event takes
place at 8 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 2.
All tickets are $15.
Every year, when the Christmas season rolls around,
thousands of children and their parents flock to the
Lincoln Centre in New York City, the Kirov
Theatre in St. Petersburg, Russia and Covent
Garden in London, Eng. to see The Nutcracker,
probably the most popular of all ballets with
both young and old.
Local audiences, however, don't have to
travel to another country to experience a live
performance of this beloved ballet because
soon it will be as close as the Blyth Festival
stage. On Tuesday and Wednesday, Dec. 10
and 11, the Ontario Ballet Theatre will
present three performances of The
Nutcracker at Blyth Memorial Hall.
Beginning in 1980, the Ontario Ballet
Theatre pioneered taking ballet to the people
— an exciting new aspect of dance in Canada.
Founded by Artistic Director Sarah Lockett,
this unique dance company has achieved
tremendous audience support. Its mission is to
nurture and develop an appreciation of
contemporary ballet by reaching new audiences
in Canada through artistic excellence.
The Nutcracker made its debut in Russia in 1892.
It followed Swan Lake and Sleeping Beauty to
complete Tchaikovsky's trilogy of symphonic ballet
scores. The scenario for the ballet was developed from
The Nutcracker and the King of the Mice, one of
the fantastic fairy tales of German writer E.T.A.
Hoffman.
His tale was transformed into fantasy for the
ballet stage. Set on Christmas Eve, the lead
character is that of a little girl named Masha,
who goes on an exciting dream-like
adventure, where toys come alive and a
nutcracker doll is transformed into a
handsome prince.
The Nutcracker is a great way to start the
holiday season. Performances will be held at
8 p.m., Dec. 10 and 11 with a matinee at 1
p.m. on Dec. 11. Tickets are $25 for adults
and $12 for children 12 and under. They can
be purchased by calling the Blyth Festival
Box Office at 519-523-9300 or at one of the
following ticket outlets: Bluewater Office
Equipment, Wingham; Campbell's
Photography, Goderich; Carol's Candies and
Collectable, Blyth; Crossroads Gifts, Clinton
and the Kincardine Arts Council.
The Nutcracker is sponsored by Ideal Supply and
CFPL Radio 98.
`Mary Lou' back by popular demand
Festival Box Office at (519) 523-
9300 or at one of the following
ticket outlets: Bluewater Office
Equipment (Wingham), Campbell's
Photography (Goderich), Carol's
Candies and Collectables (Blyth),
Crossroads Gifts (Clinton) and
Kincardine Arts Council.
Continued on page 26
Jack and Marge Knobloch, Ralph
Gibbly, and Walter Chronic are all
played by the same local perfor-
mers who
the
their hidden
talents at the spring show.
And the ever-popular Nasty
Habits - worth the price of admis-
sion alone - are back for an encore.
Come Back to the Gym Mary Lou,
Mary Lou is a great pre-Christmas
party sponsored by Ideal Supply,
Algonquin Brewery and CFPL
Radio 98. Tickets for the traditional
50s comfort-food dinner preceding
the performance in the lower hall at
6 p.m. are going quickly, but plenty
of tickets remain for the
performance at 8 p.m. They can be
purchased by calling the Blyth
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