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Clinton News-Record, 1985-4-3, Page 3CLINTON NEWS HEC RD, WEDNFADAY, APRIL 3,1985—Page 3 Mews and fciturQs Sheila Richards, of Brussels, president of the board of directors, announced the Blyth Festival Fall and Spring line-up for 1985-86 to excited patrons. General Manager Brenda Doner, of Blyth, outlined the revised procedure for subscribing. (James Friel photo) e e • Financing recreation.... e from page 1 ing part-time and overtime, reduce or freeze salaries, install automated devices and replace concessions with vending machines. Hours of arena operation can be in- vestigated and the facility closed during low usage times, staff can be diverted to other jobs. Other management practices can be ap-, plied. Contracting services, including clean- up in the rental contract of a facility, cutting down on administrative costs and encourag- ing special interest groups to participate in maintaining facilities, such as providing baseball players with the tools for upkeep of their diamond. Savings can be made by looking at the routine followed by the department and scheduling and budgeting to advantage. Finally, technical economies can be in- vestigated. Automation for regulating heat, lights or adding chlorine to pools can be in- corporated requiring lower staffing costs. Better machinery results in fewer breakdowns • and therefore paying for fewer service calls and parts. The final speaker was Dave Clark, Direc- tor of Community Services for the town of Simcoe. He stressed the need for creative thinking to increase revenues. "Take a look at switching gears, not restraint or cutbacks but creative think- ing," he said.. He advised members of the audience to approach new ideas with a combination of . the "Five C's" Competence is the creation of a professional image during dealings, through building success upon success.- • Consistency comes from the development of a personal plan of community im- provements and 'sharing the information with council on a regular basis. Confidence of authority can be gained by discussing proposals before they start and having input from all concerned at the beginning. Musical group sets toes to tapping By James Friel BLYTH - Two pleasant events took place at the Blyth Memorial Hall March 29. The Blyth Festival announced its 1985-'86 winter package featuring some exeellent programs and the French-Canadian group Eritage entertained an audience of about 300 with a collection of pieces reflecting the various in- fluences to which music in Quebec has been exposed. Eritage is a group which has delved into the musical past of Quebec and presents the diversity in a manner which sets audiences' toes to tapping. Eritage consists of Marc Benoit, Benoit Bourque Raynald Oullet, Raymond Philippe and Ari Snyder and funds from the Touring Office of the Canada Council helped with the presentation. They presented a mournful Acadian song of the ghost ships sometimes seen in what was formerly Acadia and the men lost in the sea tragedies which rocked the tiny fishing villages of the New Brunswick coast. Quebec's later Scottish influence was revealed in the traditional song Peggy Gor- don, whose beautiful delivery produced an absolute silence throughout the hall. The history of a cakewalk the group per- formed demonstrated the range of music adopted by Quebec. The composer was an American resident of Brooklyn, was of Ger- man parents and wrote songs which were very popular in la belle province. They closed their first set with a story of a trapper. The first part dealt with his five month battle to survive the toll the elements extracted, the rising excitment of his ap- proach to home fields and the joyful reunion with his wife and children (some of whom weren't there when he left, so the story goes) . Also included in their presentation were songs of their own compostion which seem- ed to be a natural development, a logical progression of the .cornucopia of influences French Canadian music has had the good fortune to'xperience. The good news is the program announced that evening proves to provide an equally excellent series for the fall and spring season of 1985-'86. Sheila Richards, of Brussels and presi- dent of the board of directors announced the line-up and General Manager Brenda Doner, Blyth, described how subscribers could beat the rush for the best seats. The series opens with "a feast for jaz- zaholics!" Jazz stars will bring those "jaz- zoholics" "the classics of traditional and Dixieland jazz. . .come for nostalgia, or come for the musicianship - it will all be there." The date for the concert is tentatively Cost accounting is the meticulous ex- planation of all costs and revenues and the last "C" is corporate accountability in which an accurate and consistant account of costs is recorded. Some methods of raising revenue are thorough investigation of available grants and fees, including, admission, rental, user and licence fees. The supply of special ser- vices should be charged for and sales revenue controlled. A fees and charges policy should be developed by the municipality. Fees and charges should be instituted "to offset costs, help meet increasing demand without burdening the tax base, to supple- ment, not replace, government responsibili- ty and to provide and expand basic services on an equitable basis." With the construction of facilities having reached its peak, service clubs can be en- couraged to contribute funds to offsetting some of the subsidies now provided by the municipality for groups like Senior citizens and the handicapped. The rest of the workshop was taken up by group discussions. Most participants felt they had benefited froth the workshop, •and particularily by the opportunity to gather literature focusing on individual concerns, but one, village clerk later suggested that some of the informatibn given was geared more to larger municipalities. WEEKI1 WEATHER 1985 1984 10 -5 4 5 16 -2 4 -5 13 ' 5 6 5 8 4 7 -2 4 -2 4 0 2 -1 6 -1 MARCH 26 27 28 29 30 31 APRIL 1 2 -1 7 -4 Rain 45mm Snow 3 cm BAYHIELD'S ORIGINAL FASHION STORE IS OPENING ITS DOORS FOR SPRING '85 ON FRIDAY, APRIL 5 scheduled for October 13, at 2 p.m. As Yet, all the dates for presentations are tentative. The next Festival offering, for November 17, at 2 p.m., will be the play Don Messer's Jubilee, the Neptune Theatre of Halifax pro- duction based on the long-running television show. "Blyth patrons will be among the first to see this hit musical as it starts out on a na- tional tour." The show has been "recreated by John Gray, co-author of that other hit show Billy Bishop Goes to War." Based on the popularity of last season's presentations of Sylvia Tyson and Shirley Eikhart, west coast singer -songwriter Holly Arntzen has been tentatively engaged for March 30, 1986. The singer "is making a name for herself east of the Rockies for her charismatic performances and powerhouse voice. She belts out the classics of jazz and blues and spices them with her own com- positions and with the folk songs of Canada's best songwriters, including Stan Rogers, Joan Mclsaac, Connie Kaldor and others." She was nominated "Best Folk Act" for the 1982 CARAS west coast music awards. An orchestra drawn from the Kitchener - Waterloo Symphony under the direction of Raffi Armenian is featured for the last adult show of the season. "The repertoire will in- clude popular pieces by Mozart, Haydn and Bach, in the baroque style of music made in- credibley popular recently by the movie Amadeus. A perfect introduction to the classics for music lovers." • This is scheduled for May 14, 1986 at 8 p.m. Children's concerts start on October 19, at 2 p.m:with Kim and Jerry Brodey who "can bring out the silliness in anyone, adult and child alike." On December 7 at 2 p.m., a Christmas for Carol, a Victoria Playhouse Petrolia pro- duction, will be on the Blyth stage. It "mixes music, live actors and puppets to tell the story of a young girl who runs away from home on Christmas Eve only to become lost in the woods." The animals of the woods show Carol what Christmas means to them, "through a sprinkling of magic." Peter and the Wolf is given to audiences by the same group who brought Just So Stories last season, the Mermaid Theatre. They "have taken the classic folk tale and transplanted the hero from Russia to con- temporary Nova Scotia." Single tickets for adult events are $10. Packages are available to enable patrons to get four events for $20, or two for $15. 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