Times Advocate, 1989-01-18, Page 8Page 8
Times -Advocate, January 18, 1989
Pirate loyalty - Constantine Megus (left), and Mark House star in the UWO production o Pirates of
Penzance now playing at the Talbot Theatre.
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Pirates pours it on
By Adrian Harte
LONDON The UWO Gilbert and S.ullivan Society
proves once again they know how to keep audiences
coming back year after year. This season's Pirates of
Penzance at the Talbot Theatre maintains a steady
flow of favourite music, singing and dancing enough
to warm any audience's heart.
Pirates continues the seafaring theme with which
Gilbert and Sullivan won audiences in H.M.S. Pina-
fore. This makes for one of their best -loved operettas,
featuring music many people already know without
having seen Pirates.
While the set of this year's production is not quite as
elaborate as some of the society's previous efforts, the
creative, and occasionally humourous, use of lighting
affords a good backdrop against which the swash-
buckling romantic comedy unfolds.
Some excellent performances come to light in Pi-
rates. It is hard to imagine a better choice for the part
of pirate king than Constantine Mcgus, whose voice,
stature, and stage .presence trigger a whole series of
del igfitful possiblilities.
Linda Garner, as Mabel, gets the chance to show off
her clear and powerful soprano, and Brian George
returns to Talbot Theatre to exploit the comic potential
of Major-General Stanley.
An extra verse in the Major -General's famous pat-
ter -song updates it to encompass Free -Trade, proving
Gilbert and Sullivan's brand of political satire is -as
valid today as it was in the 19th century.
In fact, the entire cast gets full marks for enthusi-
asm. Half of them are apparently battling a flu epi-
demic, yet little of it shows on stage. Last Friday, lead
tenor Mark House's voice gave way to the virus after
the first act. He completed the show, lip-synching as
William Brown sang while continuing to conduct the
London Syinphonia. The audience's applause re-
Elected the appreciation of their efforts.
As of press time, it is understood House's voice has
returned.
- Those who enjoy light -operetta, Gilbert and Sulli-
van, or simply prefer stories with happy endings have
only five chances left to see Pirates of Penzance
before it closes Saturday evening.
Pat Down heads rec
EXETER - Thc South Huron
Recreation and Community Centre
Board welcomed some new mem-
bers and said goodbye to those
leaving; at -their first meeting of
the new year last Wednesday night.
Attending for the first time were
Harry Klungcl and Dave Urlin.
Mike Soldan was unable to attend.
Url.in and Klungel were named to
the board through Exctcr council,
while Soldan i§ a"member at large
from Exctcr.
The board this year, as in past
years, will consist of ninc mem-
bus. 'I wo are from Exeter town
council, (Urlin and Klungel), two
arc from Usborne .Township, (Pat
Down and Ken Oke), one is from .
Stephen Township, (reeve: Tom
Tomes), three arc "at large" mem-
bers, Tom Humphries, Soldan and
Jim Chapman. Exctcr Mayor Bruce
sits on all boards in town.
Bill Mickle, Pcicr Snell and
chairperson Kathy Whitcford are the
members whose terms are complet-
ed
The board also selected Down to
replace Whiteford as chairperson,
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EXETER
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board
making her the second consecutive
woman chairperson on the board.
The members of the board were_
then appointed to the different com-
mittees.
The General Government Com-
mittee will be made up of Tomes,
chairman, Shaw, Humphries, -Oke
and Pat Down.
The Facilities Committee will be
made up of Chairman, Chapman,
Urlin, Soldan, Klungel, and Down,
who, as chairperson, will sit on
both committees.
The board then decided on what
nights they would like to meet in
the year. After some deliberation,
they voted on the third Wednesday
for February and March, then they
will meet the second Thursday of
the month for the rest of the year.
All meetings will begin at 7:30
p.m.
During the regular business por-
tion_ of the meeting, the board
passed a motion to let their records
show that their, is still a debt of
$6,000 showing iur the construc-
tion of the wa : r; . .n 'hc Agri-
culture Bin'. • T. hey decided they
wanted- the .ho: : given the dis-
creut ipty Nui,scquent funds to
impro. rag the, quality of the wash-
roomsand to keep the fund raising
going.. -
Rcc Director -Lynn Farquhar said
she expects to raise $3,000 through
ball tournaments and that money
.11%74 ix• out -towards the washroom
at S•qupt. • -
Dianne Ewer, of the Bluewatcr
Correctional Institute in Goderich,
sent a letter to the board thanking
them for their support in allowing,a
ung ci caner from there to work
off his 50 hours of community ser-
vice at the Rec Centre.
Facilities Manager Cam Steward -
y : c L.I J hey s very ascd with
the way That pwrogiir
petted to have. another in the near
future.
In his report, Facility Committee
Chairman Oke said he received four
tenders for metal cladding at the Rcc
Centre and all were local compa-
nies. Andcx Metal, the lowest tend-
er of the four, was awarded the ,
-tract. Construction shout' gin e
spring. .
Urlin asked about the possibility
of purchasing a net for the south
end of the arena to catch stray
pucks. He 'said some people have
been walking .in that arca
and gotten hit by pucks while they
were not looking.
Urlin also suggested that the
board look into installing a street at
light for the south entrance of the
Rcc Centre on Victoria Street. He
said the arca is very. Clark at night
and said a light would be a -good
idea for tha public's safety.
Both suggestions will be dis-
cussed further at the next Facilities
Committee meeting January 25.
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Report five
accidents -
EXETER - Five accidents all of
the minor variety were included in
25 general occurrences investigated
this week by officers of the Exeter
detachment of the Ontario Provin-
cial Police.,
Monday, January 9, a .vehicle
owned by Andrew McIntyre of Hu-
ron Park was damaged while parked
in his driveway at 134 Algonquin
Drive. Damage was minor.
Friday at 2.30 p.m., a vehicle:
driven by Rodney Woods, RR 2,
Dashwood took evasive action to
avoid collision with a farm tractor
operated by Charles Ford, RR 3,
Zurich on sidcroad 20 of Stephen
township and entered the ditch. No
injuries 'were sustained and damage
to the Woods vehicle was minor.
Less than two hours later the
same day, a vehicle driven by De-
bra Pfaff, RR 3, Exeter went out of
control. on Concession road 6-7 of
Hay township and struck a tree. Mi-
nor injuries were sufferedby the
driver and passengers Judy Isaac and
Andy Dixon. -
Saturday at 11.30 a.m.,, vehicles
operated by MarleneBlum London
and Albert Vandeworp, Crediton
collided at the intersection of Huron
roads 4 and 21. No -injuries were
usffered. -
At 6.50 p.m., Saturday, a vehicle
driven by Robert Rathwell, Exeter
went out of control on Concession
road 2-3 of- Hay township and
struck a hydro pole. No one was in-
jured.
During the week, officers laid 26
Highway Traffic Act charges, one
Liquor Licence Act charge, slit
charges under the Criminal Code
and one impaired driver was appre-
hended. .
Stephen tykes win
HURON PARK - The Stephen
Township Tykes hockey team blast-
ed B elgrave 11-0 and Zurich 12-1 at
the Huron Park Arena Saturday af-
ternoon.
Shawn Stuckless led the offensive
attack with a five -goal performance
against Belgrave. Jamie Clarke had
two goals and singles were .scored
by Shawn Sherwood, Jeremy Van
Bergen, Brian Stuckless and Jeff
Finkbeincr. -
Robbic Connor picked up the
shutout for the winners. ' -
Kevin Thompson led the. offen-
sive attack with three goals. against
Zurich, followed by Jamie Clarke,
Finkbeiner and Shawn Sherwood
with two .goals each and Jeremy
Van Bergen, Shawn Stuckless and
Shawn Kramer added singles.
Shawn Stuckies, Barry Edwards,
and Adam McCann each added two
assists. -
The . wins improve the team's
league record to a perfect 8.0-0.
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EXETER - Both the girls and
the too s•played in the zone vol-
` leyball tournament last Wednes-
day. The girls tournament- was
hosted here at Precious Blood and
the boys' at St. Boniface in Zu-
rich. The girls played four. sets of
three games in each. The first
games of the morning were .
played by Exeter and Mt. Car-
mel. Exeter came out on top
with two wins and a loss. The
next set the girls played was
'against St. Boniface; again Exet-
er came out on top this time
with all. three wins. -Exeter
played Mt. Carmel again but this time lost all three. The last set was
played by Exeter and St. Boniface, this time Exeter came out on top
with two wins and a loss. At the end of the day the points. were. count-
ed. In firstplace was Mt. Carmel with 21 points, Exeter with 19; and
St. Boniface third, with 14. The Mt. Carmel girls will be travelling to -
St. Ambrose School in Stratford for the system final -January 18.
The boys also played four sets of three games. In their first game our
boys played Mt. Carmel and won all three games. The second game'
was played by our boys against St. Boniface and they came out on top
with two wins and a loss. When the boys played next, they played Mt.
Carmel again and came out on top with two wins and a loss. In the
next -set, they only played two games against St. Boniface because
they were going to win anyway. They won both games. The final
scores were Precious:: Blood - first with 20 points, second St. Boni-
face with 18•, and Mt. Carmel came third with 13 points. Our boys
will be travelling to Stratford for thesystem finals also. We wish
them luck!
"On Broadway" -
The. characters for our musical "Orr Broadway" have been given out
to the cast and we have started rehearsing thesongsand lines together
as a group. We will be practising on stage by the end of the week and
we are already starting to think of character accentsand costumes. We
would like toOldour production on stage in late- Februaryor early
March. - -
•- Book Fair- - -
We will be having a book fair beginning January 30. It will be on
that whole week until February 1st. We will receive a percentage of
the profit from the book fair in. books: The books will be in the li-
brary for anyone who wishes to come and purchase any.
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