The Citizen, 2003-10-22, Page 31THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 22, 2003. PAGE 31.
Entertainment $ Leisure
Bly th Festival announces 30th season playbill
The Blyth Festival announced
Oct. 20 that The Outdoor Donnellys,
the festival’s smash hit. will kick off
the 30th anniversary season in 2004.
The outdoor extravaganza starts the
season June 16.
Next on the lineup is Heat Wave
by Michel Marc Bouchard. Heat
Wave is an over-the-top romantic
comedy concerning a May-
December romance between
Giselle, a recent widow and her new
At the Branch
beau who is the same age as her
children. Heat Wave opens July 7
and runs until Aug. 20.
The Canadian Classic for 2004 is
David French’s Salt-Water Moon.
French’s play was the winner of the
1985 Dora Mavor Moore Award for
outstanding new play when it first
took the country by storm. Salt-
Water Moon runs July 14-Aug. 21.
Perennial Blyth Festival favourite
Ted Johns has penned another world
premiere: Cricket and Claudette.
Johns examines amalgamation and
the post-Walkerton bureaucracy.
The rules of harassment are
rewritten and ignite scandal and
romance at the village dumpsite. It
runs from Aug. 4 - Sept. 4.
Canada’s musical treasure Anne
Lederman brings old style fiddling
to the Blyth Festival with Spirit of
the Narrows. This show is playing
for a limited engagement from July
and
second
is Test
Blyth
20 - 23. Through stories and song,
Annie delivers a surprising
powerful fiddling jamboree
to none.
Rounding out the season
Drive by Dave Carley.
Festival artistic director Eric Coates
takes the stage as Earl Hughes, a car
salesman whose love affair with
Nash and American Motors products
is a close second to his love
family. This show will appeal
of
to
anyone who’s ever loved cars,
spouses, children or all of the above.
Test Drive opens Aug. 11 - Sept. 4.
Coates said, “This is an ambitious
and exciting season that will appeal
to all ages. It’s a great way to
celebrate our first 30 years.”
Voucher packages for the five
main stage shows are available now.
Call the Blyth Festival Box Office at
1-877-862-5984.
More information on the 2004
season is* available at
www.blythfestival.com
Another busy week at Brussels Legion
By Jo-Ann McDonald
The Brussels Legion Branch has
been busy with lots of things this
week. The Cadets met on Tuesday
evening as usual to get prepared for
their weekend camping trip.
There were 13 cadets and four
adult leaders who spent the weekend
at a retreat area outside of Brussels.
They report that their new tents were
great for dryness and warmth and
they kept busy with many outdoor
activities, mapping and using the
compass, building fires, cooking
and learning survival techniques.
The Thursday night darts only had
eight players looking to be winners.
The first-place team was John
Harrison and Sandra Josling.
Second-place went to Paul Gross
and Adam Smith. The high shot for
men with 117 points was John
Harrison and for the ladies Sandra
Josling with 101 points.
The Friday night supper of sweet
and sour chicken pasta received
great reviews from the diners. This
week is sweet and sour
and rice.
On Saturday
mornings,
McDonald
convention in Goderich.
On Saturday, the Ladies Auxiliary
catered to the celebration wedding
dinner of Daniel and Michelle Hall.
and
President
attended
meatballs
Sunday
Rick
the fall
After a wedding service at Brussels
United Church, the dinner and
reception was held in the
auditorium. Congratulations to the
happy couple.
The fish fry crew were away at
work at Belgrave on Saturday
evening. They cooked fish for over
200 happy diners at the hall for the
Belgrave Optimists. The crew
included Greg Wilson, Pete Exel,
Bob Bridge, Murray Lowe, Dave
Stephenson, John and Julie Harrison
and Linda Bird.
The next general meeting is
Tuesday, Oct. 28 at 7 p.m. All
comrades are encouraged to attend.
Comrade Marg Bennett is asking
for donations of baking and door
prize items for the craft and bake
sale Nov. 1.
The Auxiliary will be meeting
Nov. 3 to discuss some very
important decisions and asked all
members to attend if they can.
Comrade Ethel Brewer is wished
a speedy recovery.
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Learn gardening from Masters
volunteers, eager to dispense
information to individuals or groups.
They give balanced, non-judgmental
advice to gardeners based on their
experience and knowledge gained
from
courses
Guelph.
You
Gardeners at your local fair,
speaking at horticulture societies
and nursing homes, identifying
completing
through the
may have
at
horticulture
University of
seen Master
Have you ever wondered which
annuals will thrive in that shady part
of your garden? Are you unsure what
trees are suitable for small
residential lots?
A Master Gardener can tell you
that blue-flowering browallia and
scented nicotiana are ideal shade
annuals while an Amur chokecherry
is a small-growing tree for a tiny
backyard.
Master Gardeners are gardening
M. Walsh wins co-op award
Continued from page 12
Award.
The Ontario Co-operative
Education Association Award went
to Mike Walsh.
Kristin Oster received the Central
Huron Adult Education Bursary for
children of graduates of the Central
Huron Adult Education program and
the Donald MacTavish Award for
Merit for her pursuit of post
secondary education or training.
Aron Nonkes was awarded the
West Wawanosh Mutual Insurance
Company Award for pursuing a
career in agriculture or related field.
Elizabeth MacGregor won the
W.D. Fair Scholarships for OA
subject proficiency.
The Janet and Margreta Snell
Scholarship for maintaining a high
academic achievement in six OA
subjects including English and
French went to Brandi Williamson.
Erika Masskant received the
Sloman School Car Award for
showing enthusiastic citizenship
throughout her years at Central
Huron.
Jamie Lewis was awarded the
Clinton Kinettes Volunteerism
Award for the volunteer work in the
school and community.
Stephanie Bokhout received the
Central Huron Secondary School
Teacher’s Award for making
C.H.S.S a better place through
leadership both in and out of the
classroom.
The Coca-Cola Award for year
two went to Elise Ringgenberg.
perennials at plant sales or leading
workshops. In Huron County, there
are currently 12 active Master
Gardeners and Master Gardeners in
training. Huron Master Gardeners
are one of the 36 Master Gardeners
groups in Ontario. They contain over
800 active volunteers who
contribute nearly 25,000 hours of
volunteer time to provide
horticultural information to the
public.
If you have a passion for
gardening and sharing your
knowledge of perennials, annuals,
home fruit and vegetable production,
pest management, tree and lawn
care, then consider becoming a
Master Gardener in Training
(MGIT).
The Master Gardeners of Huron
Country are hosting an open house
information event on Oct. 28 at 7:30
p.m. at the Huron Country Health
Unit. If you are interested in
gardening, come and see if the
Master Gardener program is for you.
WEDDINGS
Performed - your location or our
nndoor or outdoor chapel
(non-denominational)
For brochure call:
REV. CHRIS MORGAN
ALL FAITHS PASTORAL CENTRE
BENMILLER, 524-5724
WEDDINGS
Benefit Dance
/or
Tim and Lisa
Fritz
(who lost their barn to fire)
Saturday,
October 25
8:00 pm - 1:00 am
Brussels, Morris and Grey
Community Centre
Donations at the door
Ladies, please bring lunchiU
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Griffie and Rorie V
would like to invite you toy
an open wedding reception\
for their parents
Charla Richmond
]& Jamie Bromley j
Saturday,
October 25
8-1
I Blyth Community
Centre > i
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Vou are invited
to a come and
go partv
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(Bi’itddau.
His son Bill, wife and
family will welcome bis
many friends, relatives and
customers
Sunday, November 2
2-4 pm
Londesboro Community
Hall
No gifts please. Your
presence and and best wishes
will make his day complete.
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October 26
1963-2003
Love from Meribeth & Tim,
Melanie & David,
Scott, Meagan, Ben & Amelia,
Jeff & Kerry
if* 13TH “THE DOLL and
ANNUAL SHOW & 5AI.i:
A show and sale of dolls, doll furniture and acces
sories, Teddy bears, complete range of dollmaking
supplies, dollhouses, miniatures.
Doll repairs (some on-the-spot).
Knights of Columbus Hull
Hwy. #9 hallway between Walkerton and Mildmay
Sunday, October 26tli
IO a.m.-4:30 p.m.
Admission $3.00, Children under 14- $1.00
Lunch room ~ Free parking