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Times-Advocate, 1986-09-10, Page 32Page 16A_ Times -Advocate, September "' 986 Over 20,000 There was some good news and some not -so -good news for Huron Country Playhouse this year accor- ding to Heather Redick, general manager and Dave Sheppard, chair- man of the board of directors. Other plays unfortunately not so popular flock to see Anale at Plyhouse First the good news; the four ween run of Annie played to 100 percent capacity audiences. For the first time in the history of the theatre, atten- dance reached the 20,0p0 mark. That's over 5,000 more people to see Annie than attended the three week run of Anne of Green Gables last year and 4,500 more than South Pacific in 1983. "I could have sold a lot more titkets too U there had been more perfor- mances" added Heather Redick. SOCCER CHAMPS — The Grand Bend Mosquito team won the "A" playoff tournament in Bryanston, Saturday, With the Lucan & District Minor Soccer Association trophy are players in back row:.f at Vrolyk, Dave Maguire, Cullen Kobe, Shaun Glavin, Jason Desjardine, Jeff Farrington, Bill Jennison, Alex Russell, Brent Larmer and Brad Page. Coach Martin Vandenberk stands behind the team. In the front is Bobby Mallard, Keith Crawford, Jeff Lingard, Brad Forbes, Mork Mallard, Steve Vandenberk, Jesse Morrice, Tom Cotter, and Albert Schoeley. a Golden Ag�rs reconvene, hear reports, trip plans __ The Wednesday night Bible study was from Revelations 3, the Church of Philadelphia. They were com- mended as a small but faithful church, true to Christ. There was a discussion of smaller churches and their influence on the modern society. Sunday morning Reverend Bar- nhart spoke from 1 John 2:28 to 3:3, on the idea of the love that the Father has lavished upon us, to be called Children of God. Christ is coming back for us, but, until He does, we must work at living a holy life, here upon earth. There was a special duet by Joy Mason and Phyllis Desjardine, "Do You Know My Jesus?" On Sunday evening, Reverend Bar- nhart spoke from Joshua 1, on how,Joshua led the chosen people in- to the Promised Land after the death of Moses. We must claim God pro- mises in order to succeed, to study and meditate upon His word, aS Joshua did. It ended with a general hymn sing Anglican Church Holy Eucharist was celebrated at St. John's Anglican Church on Sunday at 9:30 a.m. by the Venerable Jack Doidge, former Arch -Deacon of Mon- treal. A coffee hour followed the ser- vice, hosted by Mrs. Ruth Maclntosh. The ladies of St. John's Anglican held their monthly meeting on Thurs- day, in the parish hall with 14 members present. Mrs. Thora Carverhill presided. Final plans were made for the tea and bake sale to be held in the parish hall on Saturday, September 20 from 2-4 p.m. Tickets are available from members of the ladies group. Donations for the bake table would be greatly appreciated. United Church Members and friends of Grand Bend United Church were greeted by Mr. and Mrs. Alec Hamilton and Mr. and Mrs. Elgin Hendrick. Ushers were Sid Durie and Doug Martin, who also read the scriptures. The choir sang "Begin the Day with God". Reverend Peebles' sermon was titl- ed "A Straight Furrow," using Luke 9:61 as his text, "Lord, I will follow you where ever I go." As a farmer The Grand Bend Golden Agers held their first meeting of the fall, Wednes- day afternoon, with a picnic at Port Blake Waterworks Park with 21 in attendence. Vice-president Alec Hamilton chaired a short business meeting. Loreen Gill reported on the United Senior Citizens of Ontario convention that she and Marjorie Mason attend- ed at Queen's University, Kingston, in August. There were 524 senior citizens attended, of which 403 were delegates. Resolutions dealt with were headed under: Health, income, housing and consumer affairs. As she pointed out, in 1971 in Canada, eight per cent of the population was over 65 years, but it is predicted that by 2021, 65 per cent of the population will be over 65 years. Happy Birthday was sung for all September celebrants. Cards were signed by the whole group for Mary Ravelle's 93 rd birthday, and for Jim and Alma Prance's 67th wedding an- niversary, both in September. They were asked to think what they could do for their community as a group, and to bring their thoughts to the next month's meeting. The year- ly dues are due at the October meeting. Nola Love spoke about the senior games and told those assembled that the Tri -County Games for Seniors will be held next June in Seaforth. Two bus trips are in the planning stages, one to see the Geritol Follies in Hamilton and another to see the Sim- coe lights at Christmas. Nola Love's group were in charge The GB Tiger mites are purring of the programs. She opened with a nicely only one game away from the reading from "Focus," "What If trophy. After defeataing Poplar Hill Partners Went on Strike?" and also last Tuesday with a score of 6-1, the took them on a travelogue tour of mites went on to win their first two places in Ontario. Clayton and Hazel games in the "A" finals. In the Poplar Lovie conducted a contest on flowers, Hill match, winning runs were scored won by Nola Love and hazel Lovie. by Jason Clay, Simon Desjardine, Everyone enjoyed a delicious picnic Cary Gallant, Trent Stellingwerff, supper in the pavilion in the park. Danielle VanBruaene, and Jason Mosquitos win Woodley. The cool sunny atmosphere on At home to Lieury, Thursday night, Saturday proved to be just what the pitcher Murray McKay and short stop soccer players ordered. The GB Mos- Simon D. whacked homeruns off quito team a ages 11-1:31 won it all in , Lieury pitcher Jimmy Rutten. GB Bryanston during the Lucan and won 8-3. On Saturday morning in District Soccer tournament playoffs. Lieury, GB Tigers edged their op - In their first game at 10:00 a.m. ponents 6-3, with Cary Gallent and they trounced Exeter 1 with a score Trent Stellingwerff the big hitters. .of s -o. (;oalies Steve Vandenberk and They played again Monday September 8 at home. Pitcher Shane Green has been outstanding for the GB squirt team. In the best three of five series, GB leads 2-1 against Lieury. The big hit- ters have'been Jason Soldan with a number of triples, and Jesse Morrice. The team plays again on Thursday September 11th in Grand Bend at 6:30 p. m. The bantams came up with a tied series at two games apiece against Parkhill last week. The final game for the "A" place is pending and at such time may be played on a neutral dia- mond. in the third game in Parkhill, the GB bantams were edged out 18-17. Shaun Guillet slammed out three hits, Scott Boyd knocked in three runs, and Rob Homer and Todd Hayter each had two hits. Back on home territory for the fourth game Grand Bend, won with a confident 15-7 score. Paul Prendergast had three hits, Brent Zubyk had four RBi's, and Rob Pearen and Brian Baird each doubt- ed. The catch of the night was made by Todd Hayter and Scott Boyd made a number of good plays in right field. Congratulations to this team on an ex- cellent year' The Grand Bend Softball Association could be boasting about these three trophy winning teams next week' Church of God On Tuesday night, the I3eacon- naires of the Church of God met for the first time this fall, 43 seniors in all. Amos Martin of Parkhill was guest speaker for the evening, showing slides from history in Africa. While there. he helped to construct a water wheel to help irrigation systems for the,yillage. Martin spent six months in Africa. helping the missionaries, Had the Grizzlies kept up their pace of Tuesdays game, the trophy would have been theirs. They shut out the Mariners 21-0 with Richard Brown fielder and Bob Lovie in the pitchers mound allowing no runs to be scored. Dan Gill and Stan Lovie each record- ed three runs for the Grizzlies. In Thursday's 13-3 win for the Mariners, fiery pitcher Steve Kadlecik kept the Grizzlies penned down. Mac McAlpine slammed out a home run, singled and was outstanding offen- sively in center field. Dave Turner in left field made a number of - good plays against the Grizzlies. In the "B" division of slo-pitch, Fin- nigans have taken two games to one against the GB Growlers. In Thurs- day's game, Finnigans won 17-13 with shortstop "Jamie" responsible for a number of stops or their opponents. Next games for these .lo -pitch fans was scheduled for Tuesday, September 9th at 8:00 and 10:00 p.m. Soon start With the Grand Bend and area schools getting into full swing last week, the Grand Bend and Area Block Parent program is in the final stages of being established. Applications may be obtained from Suzy Turnbull 238-2176 or Steve and Jeannette Stellingwerff 238-2475. Block Parents is making our com- munity a safer place for everyone. Remember: "You dont have to be a parent to be a BLOCK PARENT". In- quire about helping in your area now. Mites win two straight Jeff Farrington recorded the shut -out. with delense at its best from Alex Russell and Bobby Mallard. .teff Lingard led the scoring with two goals and singetes by Mark Mollard, Cullen Kobe. Farrington and Pat Vrolyk. At 2:00 the mosquitos met the tough Exeter I1 team for the final round. Lingard booted in two goals to repeat his excellent performance of the mor- ning match. in the 5-2 win. singles for GB were scored by Dave Maguire. Vrolyk. and Kobe. Jesse Morrice and Shaun Glavin played good defensively The GB squirts Inst out in their se- cond game of the "A'' division Satur- day in Lucan. Exeter i beat (:rand Bend :3-1 \+ith the lone goal by Kyle Vermeulen kicking in the ball on the refound of Simon i)esjardine's shot which hit the goalpost The GB Squirt team finished second in the regular league games for the season The (:B atom team were edged out their first game by ilderton with a close score of 4-3. They play their "B" games in the Exeter tourney this Saturday. The peewee tournament is hosted by (;rand Bend at the Kelders field this Saturday. Septembe 13. tlo5t SIo-pitch tourney The GB Sunshine Boys old-timers hosted the area sio pitch tournament at the GB diamond beside the legion Friday night and all day Saturday. With the food and beverage tent in full swing, the Dashwood Oldtimers team knocked out their opponents to cap- ture the "A" title Varna played their best. winning the "B" trophy. in the Grand Bend slo-pitch divi- sion. the Grizzlies lost their piece of cake Thursday evening, as the Mariners won their first game of the finals. • The opening production, Carousel, was the most expensive to mount, because of the large east, many scene changes and a live orchestra. Unfor- tunately it ran at only 85 percent of the house overall. That is actually a very good attendance record but then Manager Redick would like every run at 100 percent. Musicals are far more costly to mount, but that is what the Playhouse audiences like the best. "They want to see something familiar -- they want a fun evening and to laugh" explains Redick. "That's what The Playhouse is." That very unfamiliar, but award winning gem set in Newfoundland, called Saltwater Moon drew the lowest attendance. "We were running a bit of a risk trying a drama" (Saltwater Moon) concurred Board Chairman Shep- pard, but although he agreed that the audiences liked musicals, he felt the ticket buying public were sophisticated enough theatre -goers to enjoy light drama. It was a good ex- perience xperience for them to have this offer- ing. However only the regular subscribers fully benefitted. The play was not readily recognized, thus the general public didn't take up the challenge. In spite of this shortfall in atten- dance, Sheppard feels this was one of the best seasons ever programmed from an artistic point of view, and the quality of the directing by Steven Schipper would best be described as "clean", meaning people understood what he was trying to say. Already, Schipper has presented to the board budgets and play choices for next year's productions. The Board of Directors gives these pro- posals very careful attention, pro- cesses them through a reading com- mittee and then gives final approval to the chosen programme. This is a ritual not taken lightly and the board is fortunate to have in its membership several knowledgeable theatre goers to help in the decision. The not -so -good news is admitted- ly that attendance was down some from the projected percentages. Prepaid subscriptions were about the same number as last year, but down slightly from the previous year. The best source of audience attendance was from bus tour groups, especially at matinees; Last year there were about 120 such groups from surroun- ding areas_ while there was an "im- pressive increase" says Redick to 204 this summer. This is a big budget organization, bested only by Stratford and the Shaw Festival in Ontario. Yet government grants are less than minimal, ($48,000) in this theft/quarter of a million dollar budget. Corporate and private donations are generous but need to be expanded. Thus the greatest emphasis is placed on ticket sales, more than any other arts organization. It's a tightly run business. Says P.R. Director Joanne Smith, "there's no dead wood here" "Board members are our am= must keep a certain fixed object in sight to plow a straight furrow, so we as Christians need to keep our eyes fixed on Jesus Christ. We must heed the words of Christ Himself, "Seek Ye first the Kingdom of God and all His righteousness." This will be costly in worldly values., but very rewarding in eternal values. FOR SALE Two tickets to Tigqrs vs Blue Jays at CNE Stadium Sept. 17 - 7:35 p.m. In section 7 Row 3. $8.50 each Call 235-1331 bassadors of good will and should keep close touch with the people" stresses Sheppard. When they knock on your 400r, say "Welcome" to the Huron Country Playhouse. A theatre of such high calibre is an asset to our community and deserves 100 percent support. 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