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SUNDAY, JUNE 21, 1998
at
Blyth United Church
Blyth, Ontario
2-4 p.m.
Best Wishes Only Please
You are cordially invited
to attend an
Open House
on the occasion of the
retirement of
Paul Carroll
Director of Education
ST Secretary Treasurer
Friday, July 3, 1998
Royal Canadian
Legion
Clinton Branch
Cash Bar and
Hors d'oeuvres at 7:30 p.m.
Presentation at 8:30 p.m.
Cash donations accepted
at the door.
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Brunswick and Toronto Workshop
Productions.
From 1972 to 1979, Amos con-
tributed to Theatre Passe Muraille
as an actor, writer and director.
Her television and film credits
include the CBC series A Gift to
The family of
Charles and Winnifred
(nee Steiss) Mann
wish to extend an invitation to you
to help celebrate their parents'
50th Wedding
Anniversary
Sunday, June 28, 1998
2 to 4:30 p.m.
Trowbridge United Church
Trowbridge. Ontario
BEST WISHES ONLY
Last and the title role in Ada.
During the mid-1980s, Amos ran
Theatre New Brunswick.
She is currently in Toronto, per-
forming in a new production of
Anne of Green Gables at Young
Peoples Theatre.
Atwood Lions
Bingo
every Thursday
Doors open 6:30 p.m.
Starts at 7:00 p.m.
Looney bin 5502. plus
Jackpot $1,000.
on 54 calls
Pot of Gold $1,000.
on 55 calls
50th WEDDING ANNIVERSARY
The family of
Len & Betty Archambault
invite you to their parents'
50th Wedding Anniversary
Celebration
on
Saturday, June 27, 1998
at Blyth Community Centre
at 8 p.m. — Dancing 9-1
We kindly request
your presence only.
Please no gifts!
A donation box for the
Cancer Society will be available.
FRI. - THURS.
JUNE 19 - 25
FRI. & SAT.
7 & 9 P.M.
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THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 17, 1998. PAGE 23 ,
E ntertainment Doon hosts car meet
Romantic comedy Blyth's almost premiere
When Yesteryear, by Joanna
McClelland- Glass, had its real
premiere in Toronto in 1989, The
Toronto Sun's review began with
"Get set to laugh!" and ended with,
"Shorten winter. Go!"
Robert Crew of The Toronto Star
wrote, "Yesteryear is the funniest
Canadian play to debut in many a
year. It's the sort of well-crafted, old
fashioned comedy that strikes an
immediate cord with the audience
and keeps them laughing
throughout."
The Blyth Festival's current
Artistic Director Anne Chislett, was
in the audience that first opening
night. She loved the play and
recommended it to the then artistic
director of Blyth. However, the first
version of Yesteryear called for not
one, but two huge sets, and had a
cast that made production costs
prohibitive. Still, for nine years
Chislett dreamed of bringing
Yesteryear to the Blyth stage and
the Blyth audience.
The dream will come true on
Friday, June 26, when a brand new
version of Yesteryear, re-invented
for the Blyth Festival, opens the
1998 summer season. The second
opening of this "sunny comedy" has
already attracted major interest
across Canada. The National Arts
Centre in Ottawa and the Manitoba
The magic may be just a little
rougher, but the price is certainly
right!
The Blyth Festival is introducing
Pay What You Can Nights for the
first time in its 24-year history.
This year, the Festival has added
one extra preview performance to
each show's production schedule.
The first of these previews will be
open to members of the public who
enjoy the fun of being the very first
audience to watch a production
while it is still being fine-tuned
prior to its op..ning night.
The Blyth Festival hopes this
new policy will encourage those
who've never been to the theatre to
give it a try. Patrons who feel they
can only afford one or two
admissions at regular prices now
Theatre Centre both invested funds
in Blyth's pre-production workshop
of the show.
Yesteryear is set in small-town
Saskatchewan in 1948 and tells the
story of David McTavish, a humble
house painter who has carried a
torch for his lost love, Mildred
Douglas, for 15 years. David lives
in the back room of Howard's Hard-
ware Store, a clubby place where
the town brass gather for a drink
and a gossip everyday after work.
Everything changes on the
miraculous day when David wins
the Irish Sweepstakes and Mildred
comes back to town.
The Blyth production of
Yesteryear stars Jane Spidell and
Ross Manson as the reunited lovers,
with Blyth's Associate Artist Jerry
Franken as the 'senior statesman' of
the town. The talents of Michelle
Fisk, Sharon Bakker, Michael
In celebration of the opening of
the romantic comedy Yesteryear, the
Blyth Festival is looking for local
stories of romance and reunited
love.
If you have such a story; write it
down and send it to the Festival at
Box 10, Blyth ON NOM 1H0.
have the added opportunity to see
all the Main Stage comedies this
season.
Pay What You Can performances
have no reserved seating and
general admission tickets may only
be purchased in person a half hour
before the performance.
The Pay What You Can Nights at
the Blyth Festival are: Tuesday,
June 23, for Yesteryear; Tuesday,
June 30, for Wilbur County Blues;
Tuesday, July 28 for Thirteen
Hands; and Tuesday, Aug. 4 for
Jobs! Jobs! Jobs!
Please note that these
performances are not included on
the calendar in the Blyth Festival's
season brochure.
The Blyth Festival offers the best
in live theatre Monday through
Healey, Ari Cohen, Tom Hauff, Eric
Coates and Jason Ruley round out
the exceptional cast.
Curtain time for the 'almost
premiere' performance of Yesteryear
is 8 p.m. and the opening night
excitement will continue after the
show as the Festival hosts a post-
performance reception in the Lower
Hall — a wonderful opportunity for
theatre patrons to meet and greet the
cast and crew of the production.
Thursday's gala opening will
kick-off a stellar season of Canadian
plays on the Main Stage at Blyth.
Wilbur County Blues, by Andrew
Moodie, Blyth's second-offering of
the summer, opens July 2 followed
by Thirteen Hands by Carol Shields
on July 30 and Keith Roulston's
Jobs! Jobs! Jobs! on Aug. 6.
For tickets and information on the
Blyth Festival's 24th season, call the
Box Office at 519-523-9300.
They'll read all the stories they
receive, by candlelight, and will
award a prize for the most romantic.
The tales of love must be true and
must include name, address and
telephone number.
Winners will be announced later
in the summer.
Saturday until Sept. 5. For more
information on how you can
explore the Canadian imagination
this summer, call the Blyth Festival
Box Office at 519-523-9300.
Wt (amitt d Near&
axe inueted to a
Came d get palay kit
PAULINE DICKSON-KERR
to help her celebrate her
65th birthday.
It will take place at the home of
Joe & Dolores Kerr
between 1-4 p.m.
June 28th, 1998
Best Wishes Only!
Please bring a lawn chair.
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On Sunday, June 28 the Central
Region of the Historical Auto-
mobile Society of Canada will be
holdings its annual Invitational Car
Show at Doon Heritage Crossroads
from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Over 100 antique cars, trucks,
street rods, custom and classic
automobiles dated 1978 and older
are expected to be put on display
by their proud owners. This popular
car show attracts even the earliest
of vehicles and is a wonderful way
for car enthusiasts, both young and
old, to experience the evolution of
the automobile.
New this year will be a small
display of vintage commercial
vehicles, including the Schneiders,
Boehmers and Reitzel vehicles. A
square dancing demonstration,
musical entertainment, and of
course the historic village, makes a
great day's outing.
I
She's Retiring
At Last
Staff & Students
past and present
come surprise
Nancy McLay
Friday, June 19
8 am - 1 pm
at the
Clinton Legion
Music by MCL Sound
Amos appearing in TO play
Festival seeks romance
Festival offers 'Pay what you can' nights