The Citizen, 2001-05-02, Page 18Buck & Doe
for
Sarah Rouw
and Pete Gusso
Saturday, May 5
Belgrave Arena
9:00 to 1:00
Age of Majority
Lunch Provided
Tickets $5.
For tickets phone
357-3719 or 357-2096
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& NICKI GROPP
Saturday, May 5, 2001
Milverton Mornington Ellice
Recreation Complex
8 p.m. to I a.m.
Lunch provided
$5.00 Age of majority
For tickets call 887-6353
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Annual event takes you on a Country Roads tour
Spring has sprung and the artisans
and unique businesses in north-east
Huron County are busily preparing
for the sixth annual Country Roads
Spring Tour to be held May 5 and 6.
Bev Woodley, spokesperson,
promises this year's tour will be big-
ger and better than ever.
"After an especially long winter
people are happy' to finally be out
and about and what better way to
spend a day or a weekend than on
this self-guided tour of rural Huron,"
she said. "We are in the heart of
Mennonite country and it's so pretty
to see the horse and buggies
going by or horses at work in the
fields."
Noting how the tour has grown
since its inception when only two
places were involved, Woodley said
she believes the proximity to
Kitchener and London accounts for
much of the growth. A number of
visitors stop enroute to Lake
Huron.
A stop on this year's tour is
Maitland Manor Nursery, Amberley
Road (Hwy 86) east of Bluevale.
Visitors can browse through the
selection of trees, shrubs and garden
ideas. As well, presenting the tour
flyer will get them 20 per cent off
any purchase.
Just further east on the road is
D.J.'s Pine and Oak Furniture. There
will be no GST to pay on the days of
the tour.
Guided tours will be conducted at
the Gingerbread Doll Museum in
Wroxeter on Hwy 87. There is a
wonderful collection of over 3,000
dolls and related items.
The museum will only be open'ion
the Saturday.
Travelling north from Wroxeter on
the Belmore Line (County Rd. 12)
visitors will arrive at the Country
Shop which features folk art, gifts
and twig furniture. It's no tax week-
end. Also, the free horse drawn
wagon rides start here.
The next stop is Ceramic Friends
in Gorrie offering 30 per cent off
store wide.
Across the street is the General
Store of Gorrie, specializing in
sweets and treats such as homemade
chocolates and Voisins fresh maple
syrup.
Beside the store is Coulters
Corners, where there is a huge stock
of rocker sets, chair pads, placemats,
runners, fabric, yam and tons of
notions. There will be 50 per cent off
all knitting-related items.
For a home cooked meal second
the none, on Sunday, visitors can
enjoy the Gorrie United Church sup-
per from 4:30 p.m. to 7 p.m.
Flyers with a map are available at
each location. Additional informa-
tion can be obtained by calling
Woodley at 519-335-3909 or wood-
ley@scsintemet.com
NY playwright brings production to Blyth stage
Prize winning art
The bloom of daffodils sets off Gail Edward's prize-winning
folk art In the Garden. The Blyth resident competed in the
large Kaswood show in Toronto and took first place in her
division for non-professionals with her original design of
pansies on a tray, gloves, trowel and pot.
Artist wins first place
at international trade show
j‘lew York native Linda Chalmer Boys to Blyth Memorial Hall May 5
Zemel is bringing her new musical and 6.
parody, Francy True and the Smarty The Blyth production came about
quite by accident Chalmer Zemel
says. She had planned to premiere-
her show in Rochester in June.
However, while visiting her niece in
Goderich in March, the idea of put-
ting it on the stage in Blyth was sug-
gested. "I had been there a few years
earlier and remembered it as a
charming little theatre and cute little
town."
Saying that the whole time she
believed nothing would probably
come of it, she made the call and
before she knew it had the theatre
booked. Then posting the show on
the Canadian Actors' Equity hotline
btought in a number of calls from
interested theatre professionals.
."I had so many calls over two
days, I could have put together five
casts of four," Chalmer Zemel says.
Appearing in the musical are
Diana Coatsworth, a three-season
veteran of Stratford Festival as
Franey; Duff McDonald, an original
cast member of the Toronto produc-
tion of Les Miserables, as her
boyfriend; Rick Jones, an actor,
writer, director and music coach, as
her father and Jillian Hart, a member
of the a cappella trio Daughters of
the Rock in a surprising role to open
the show. -
The arranger, musical direct& and
accompanist is Peter Ayline, who
among his extensive credits took
Tommy across Canada as associate
conductor.
A relatively new writer, who has
one published book and one musical
to her credit thus far, Chalmer Zemel
is humbled by the interest shown in
her newest work. "I am so far out of
my league with these people," she
says, adding that despite that there
seems to be a good deal of interest in
By Bonnie Gropp
Citizen staff
A hobby is a pastime which brings
one pleasure. Gail Edwards 'hobby
brought her a first-place award
recently. •
Edwards entry beat out 29 others
in her category at the sixth Kaswood
convention held April 17-22 in
Toronto's International Plaza. The
event showcases the talents of both
professional and non-professionals
in various mediums as well as offer-
ing classes.
This is the' third year Edwards has
attended the convention and the sec-
ond year she has competed. The cat-
egory was In the Garden. She creat-
ed an orginal design of pansies on a
tray, gardening gloves, shovel and
pot.
Edwards began painting about six
years ago and designing last year.
"I've always been creative, sewing,
decorating, all that kind of stuff," she
says. Her home is evidence of her
love for the art with it displayed with
notable effect on cupboards, cabi-
nets, and other wood items.
The show is the fourth largest in
North America, says Edwards. There
were 840 registered from as far away
as Japan, Sweden and Great Britain.
Close to 8,000 attended the show.
Edwards won an assortment of
packets with designs and instructions
valued at roughly $300.
Wrapping things up on the
Saturday evening was a gala event
featuring TV personality Sue
Warden, host of Life's Sue Warden
CraftScapes. Her topic was on paint-
ing as home design. "Then they
announced the winners, so there
were a lot of people there. Being one
of the names called was so exciting."
Edwards hopes now that she can
continue to perfect her art so that one
day painters will be doing her
designs. "I'd really like to publish.
That's where I'd like to be."
Francy. "Two agents have contacted
me to have a look at it."
The story parodies the popular
childhood series Nancy Drew and
The Hardy Boys. "The formulaichar-
acters are vulnerable to pardoy. They
are so darn perfect or so darn the
same they ask for it."
Saying that the show is perfect for
all ages„ Chalmer Zemel says she
will be in the theatre immediately
after the premiere for a question and
Buck & Doe
for
STEVE MCCUTCHEON
& HOLLY PARK
Saturday,
May 12, 2001
9 p.m. - 1 a.m.
BMG Community Centre
Lunch provided
Age of Majority
For tickets call 887-9151
or 887-6893
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