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The Goderich Signal-Star, 1974-02-28, Page 13T, Community Support a must Drtima students find project cqst • • Y. .Twenty-five young drama en thusiasts from Goderich will be off to England during the March school break this spring ,where . they will perform at "Theatre 64" in laondon and at the "City of Leeds and Car- negie College." , The troupe will present two • °p ays io of t of Tu ri`e�'" awd "Them" as well as stage a pup- pet "show. Both of the .plays were written .•by . Goderich District Collegiate•Theatre Arts instructor Warren Robinson while his •wife . Eleanor tom-- po`sed the, music involved in "Troll our of Tune." That play.is, described by its author as a children'smusical in the classic fairy tale triumph Y of good over evil. "Them" is a mu'ch deeper production dealing with mental subnor- mality and based on Mr. - .Robinson.'s "experience working with disturbed' children. The puppeLshow will consist of a variety of entertainment involving short skits. A 11LL'but. two of the 25 young- 'people oung-•'people making the trip will ap- pear on stage during the an- ticipated' six or seven ,perfor- mances. Those not appearing • will be working behind the scenes as technici ns. The trip will be supervised by Mr. and'' Mrs. Robinson. The invitation to appear at "Theatre 64" represents quite an, honor for the Goderich group since the theater operates under w the distinguished patronage of such well known personages as Sir John Mills CBE and Venglia Redgrave OBE. "°Fire°-vitation also emphasizes the uniqueness of this drama group, a first of • its kind from Canada to visit --the United kingdom: Total cost of the trip will come to approximately $11,000 and the participants are presently involved in fund raising as well as rehearsals. They plane raffle and dance' to` help raise funds toward the , Pproect., j .. The drama group will be in England between . March 16 and March 24. rt..1•ntnL+ "• q _� • 4 bertc 1,27 YEAR THUR-SCIA-•��.- ECDSEC Er'f,AHIRLEY J. K ELLER I,n the era of the great com- posers Bach, 'Beethoven, Strauss musicians may have been tempe5•mental and dif- ficult. Clifford Evens, music direr. - for and conductor of the -Lon- don Smyphony Orchestra, ap- pears to be just the opposite. With flashing dark eyes., and •1 just•'enough grey in his hir to give him ,,that distinguished. il look, ClifforEvens is relaxed and congenial:; He's easy to talk to. '• Mr•-. Evens was -in town Mop= day to promote the appearance of the London. Symphony in God-eria-•Saturday, Marc13.9.. His job was made easier by the fact this is the third"..year the symphony has come. to Goderich - and last year there 'was Standing room. onl*t cvilrh sortie would-be patrons turned , away for lack .`of space. The Goderich•Ro ary Club is the organization . behind the scenes and according to Mr. Evens, the contribution this group is making to life in this iomrnunity is quite significant. "The orchestra exists to serve the community," said Mr. Evens. "We are, appreciative of the opportunity to come to Goderich; The, 'Rotary Club ,deserves-- trerriendous praise." Goderich',..audiences are _I•.,favorites with the 75'ti.embers • of the London .Sytnphony Or- _ ,chestra. Last, year,: these professional musicians . caught the imagination of- the local people and received a standing ovation for their performance here, "All musicians love the ap- plause," saidMr, Evens with a smite "-That's really why they perform." ''Concerts for the students of all grades. For the junior departments of the schools, there are single demonstratipn concerts where With housing Costs rapidly -escalating In Goderich, the an-_ swer may be all -steel . houses such asp the Mark. Ten , ex- perimental house in Guelph. House prices under a Idt- .leasing program range from about $17,900 for a three, Is the a A answer steel? bedroom semi: -detached to detached. Monthly rents for lot price'of steel constantly on the price too. Si8,500 for a five -bedroom sare $27to$38.But, with the rise, these houses may rise in Buliding.costs s�ar In ' many towns and cities across' ; Ontario there is a housing shortage, London and Windsor areas being major examples'. There are just not enough' houses for people who want to' buy them. According to' Goderich realtor Bert .Alexander the shortage, is not evident in Goderich. - "There's no housing crisis here,".; he says. Houses are available, .,but, the cost of constructing new housing is rapidly -rising, he notes. Older houses, in the $1$,Q00 to $25,,000 price range,,.are in big demand and short supply mainly because theysell fast.. "I can sell those dike hot - 'cakes„" 'Mr." Alexander main tains; Prices of new homes have no ,place to go but up. The . reason?. Rapidly escalating prices and shortages of construction Materials are to blame. u s "A decent brick bungalow costs about $30,000.now," Mr. Alexander says. At a recent Montreal Con- struction Association meeting, - representatives of construction supply ,industries told delegates that higher, prices cannot be avoided. The energy' crisis; Specifically oil s1rortages, are -the cause. Ron Crowrr, manager of Glenmark Lumber in Goderich,,". heartily agrees. ' "The -oil crisis effects the building`industry as a whole," he says. People 'may not realize that because .there axe,no,.,sbartages of gasoline ,and °heating oil here, by-products of oil are becoming increasingly difficult to procure, he explains.. Prides of insulation, roofing; plastic pipe did other oil-based products vital ; to the construc- tion ' Industry have risen Sh dramatically in the last six months. "Styrofoam has gone up four times .since January,.. Mr. crown says. That's 'about a 40 per cent increase. The price of steel has jtisen two or three times during the same time. period, he adds. Not long ago, a°building con- tractor could expect price in- creases about once a month. - "It's getting to the point where • I have to check the market almost daily," • Mr. Crown says. While admitting that he is ,exaggerating °a bit, Mr. Crown does maintain that increases occur every week or two for many, materials. " .. Mr. Crown's company is also MCVA considers land purchase in flood plain The Maitland Valley Censer- *.of $15,000 and special levies for vation Authority is considering purchase of land on the Goderich noodp•lain of the Maitland River. - Although nothing is definite yet, the conservation. authdrity will stay the area for possible purchase sitlbs;.itichard Hunter, resources manager, told... the Signal -Star at the MVCA an- nual meeting on Wednesday, February 20. The isJrea is one of five in the Maitlandwatershed scheduled f'or possible purchase. The-. MVCA has allowed . $54,700 in its 1974 budget for the purchases. Mr. Hunter said that nothing definite can be decided until proper study and planning of the land purchase is made. He was- ratable to estimate a date "for study and planning results. ,''Phe 4 $54,.700 is part of the $376,600 budget passed by the -MVCA, . $70,000' more than 1973.• Provincial ' grants of $253,006, expected gate receipts flood -plain mapping, water resources • projects and the L7p- per Maitland River program; will leave $68,000 for member municipalities to raise. AccoFding to a report submit- ted to the meetibg` Gy MVCA secretary-treiaurer, Marlene Shiell, the levy is an 14 per cent increase over 1973. The MCVA also.. approved, in principle, to extend authority jurisdiction over 'more of Goderich .Tgwnship. ' The portion' of the township could not be added to the authority area this year because bf two problems, Russ "'Powell, cif the natural resources 'ministry said. , The first problem is a' technical one.. The minister of natural resources has to call a public meeting to gain approval of the action b'\residents, he said. 3 Further, the a action , must be passed in an order of cc Until 'by the'provinciai'cabinet, he said. Moreoyer, if the portion of „(continued oh page 4A) actively engaged in housing construction; The company can only give an estimate on the price*lira_ new house. Because of market fluctuations prices of materials change. They only go up. The price of a house will only stay 'the same for ,aliinst 10 to 12 days before it rises, Mr. Crown says. • The company has to do this to stay' in business. .+° builder cannot predict what, .a house will cost to 'build before it is finished. Another major 'problem in housing construction iR a shor- tage?, of the high-priced materials. - The shortages have caused delivery periods to be in- creasingly lengthened. Shingles take a month" to arrive. With fihregrass, it's three • to • four months; . Mr.. Crown says. An unprecidented demand for housing and thus materials to build them with, has con- tributed to the shortages, Many- rompa=nies 'are allocating materials to early or- ders.. Making it difficult to acquire them quickly. Robert Baechler,, assistant manager and purchasing agent for Goderich Buildall, says. Stela is shipping nails to customers who ordered in December. Contractors and building supply companies who, order now will have to wait un- til April or May to receive them, he says. �. Baechler's company received, ' insulation on February 22 that he ordered on December 13, last year. Both 'Men. agree that in- creased freight rates have ad- ded to the Bost of building materials.' ' tiNewouses are available but people. will have to be prepared tb pay top dollar for them. • No one •will argue with Mr. Evens on that score. But there are other reasons .the members of the London Symphony •o'r.- ••chestra are professional musicians' ;,;hey love music..•and they want to convey that tnusic'al appreciation°f.o'as many_. people as /possible; . Take schools,• for instance. In Middlesex and Elgi-n Coun- ties, the school children, have, plenty of exposure to serious music. • The London Symphony plays special concerts in Celli tennial.. Hall to children in Grades 6=8'who are transported into the city for, these musical treats: 7 - More than this,` woodwind, ,.brass and string quintettes visit the • schools.. to perform ' mini 11l�t1s4� 1 1 1-1.1 s i t t. 1 1 1 1; 11 l! 1' 1 1 11:1 1 , 1 whether. you do your job well. • ,They are very receptive." Clifford Evens knjows music. , At age five, he began to study violin.. He has, been a There's: beauty in the world.... •t_ one artist takes of .e`instrnment into a classroom and Nits ,down.. with ,the children to„ talk 'abou t music and present a melodious, solo, . "They see that., professional' musicians are.. human beings lilcer everyone else;" said Mr... Evens, "Arid it is amazing.how intelligent these children are." He s oke about an ex- perience his wife, a professional i'ellist, had in• asituation like that. The cello Mrs.' .Evens plays is °`a 169:5 version -very valuable. "One child' asked a perfectly logical question, . said Mr... Evens. "He asked when,will it wear out? A perfectly logical question, for a child who is used: to television sets and cars irhich have to be replacedom time to time." Mr. Evens explained that children are honest with perfo'fi - , mers of all km nas. !'They have no preconceived ideas, they .are not .precon- `ditio'ned," said Mr. Evens. "If you play well they will like it. They know instinctively I 1,t• Clifford Evens professional musician all. his adult life having worked with the, Winnipeg Symphony, : the •Minneso'ta Symphony, and the Toronto, Symphony: .On rraany occasions, he has worked for the CBC• This is his fifth year in London as music director and conductor. f'1ts• wife is the principal cellest ,with the or- chestra. rchestra. While the London -Symphony is having its financial, def, ficulties 'at the moment, the future looks bright according to Clifford 'Evens. He _sees a tirne in the future when the sym- phony orchestras of the country will "have a •revitahized audience":. "People have more ,leisure time," explained Mr., Evens, "Then will eventually develop a, greater i.nterest in all forms ,of arta There will be more_ arm.ateur ,musicians, [more amateur sculpters, snore amat"eur . pain''ters, ,trrore' amateur actors." • "It will be the best thing that ever 'happened 10 "the professional," ;paid Mr,.' Evens • • 119 "Already' the competition is greater, the standards are higher." What is the, difference bet- ween a professional musician and an amateur musician? "Once you perform, that perfor- mance is gone forever," said' Evens. `,For that reason, a professionalmusician has to be- at the peak of perfection at 8:32 when the curtain.: goes up. It doesn't. matter that' you have had a fight with your-tivife or that your best 'friend has died. ,You give the best performance of your life every time. That's - the difference between an• amateur and a professional musician." According to MT. Evens, there's- nq„ su th---thing _as- .an "unimportant Concert". "Whether there ale three or 30 or 3,000 people odt front," ' saME, re gi. th. bestid' •err.formancvense oyof ,yourvelife. e That's what it means to be a professional musician." "And'you never play down to an audience," said. Mr. Evens emphatically. "" plever, never, - never." • Concerts, planned by the Lon- don:Symphoney,, like the one to be performed' iti„Goderich March 9, are 'designed to ,give. audiences fin. opportunity to hear' many kinds of music all well played . ,� ti� t;,�: The Pops Concert to be per ',formed here is essentially the.. -- `• program as will be presented in London later in March. These concert's popular with the people and a pleasure for the orchestra,mem- bers. ''Th,emre are many Canadian cprnposers on the horizon these days and according to 'Director Evens, -they deserve, to' have their works •played before the people• . "Even if audiences don't like it, they ;rtiust respect the artists. who Wrote -it a-nit-preseirtted-it,_” said1Mr.'6E,v ns. Modern. rock and roll and 'jazz is an example of this. Clif- f ord .__Evens -admits some modern music is "monotonous" to him: -•- "But any musie-that =4swell _. played, I think I enjoy,t,' said Mr. Evens. ."I admire cleyer musicians and many of today's young performers are clever ., musicians." He did explain that goad music must have form, ar: „chi.tecture, structure, "It is' enerally.thhught that much of today,s -modern music won't last," commented Mr. (continued on page 4A).., -4C • n LSO likes people to ,'get involved in their, mos c .