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Actors
perform well
By James Friel
BLYTH - The Blyth Festival started its se-
cond decade June 21 with Polderland by
Bryan Wade, one of the festival's first two
commissioned plays and which is based in
The Netherlands during the Second World
War.
The play is a cross between the great old
war movies shown on TV throughout the
night starring Glen Ford and a fabulous cast
of unknowns in stereotypical roles, and an
attempt at investigation of how moral codes
appropriate for operating in our society are
warped into the codes necessary to dealing
with wartime situations
Boots (Neil Foster), Alf ( Ron Gabriel)
and the Kid (Brian Stollery) lose their way
after their patrol gets shot up by the Nazis.
They stop at a Dutch home to get their bear-
ings and discover a young woman and her
mother hiding in the house.
Boots is a mystery man, the sergeant who
doesn't talk about his past, and though he
would rather avoid it, he isn't above exter-
minating people - particularily captured
enemy soldiers - who cause him problems.
Alf is carrying a heavy load born of the
war which occa sionally gets away from
him changing him from a nice, funny guy in-
to a man looking for brutal revenge.
Laurel Paetz is the pretty, lonely and bit-
ter young Dutch woman and her mother
( Lorna Wilson) becomes a good friend of
Alf's - a woman who has also suffered dur-
ing the war but whose common decency
makes her respond to the pain of Canadian
and German alike.
David L. Gordon plays the young German
soldier who opens up the moral can of
worms. The German seems a slightly more
experienced version of the Kid, a goofy,
likeable but sometimes whiney young man
from Huron County, who is thrown into this
war weary band after only a couple of days'
experience at the front.
He is the character the audience can most
easily relate to in his ordeal of facing the
realities of the front, until his baptism by
fire at which point he starts on the road to
becoming another member of the war
weary band.
All six actors deal with the material
they're given skillfully and convincingly.
The quality of the production makes one
realize that nothing compares to the Blyth
Festival in the area for theatre.
However, the predictibility of the
material itself, ,while inocuous fun as late
night tube fare, is disappointing as theatre.
No new territories on the effect •of war on
healthy individuals are explored.
ALL QUILTS in the 150
TUCKERSMITH
QUILT --CONTEST
will be on display in the
VAN EGMOND HOUSE
SATURDAY, JUNE 29
QUILTS will be AUCTIONED
at Dance SATURDAY NIGHT
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QUEEN'S
SEAFORTH
Thum. , Fri. & Sat. night
Duncan Lindsey
Open Sundays
OPEN RECEPTION
for
Pamela How®rd
&
Brian (Sly) Kennedy
SATURDAY, JUNE 29
For details phone
482-7626
BUCK & DOE
for
Ron Ulch
and
Gail Caldwell
SATURDAY, JUNE 29
For more information call
482-9562 or 523-9494
BROWNIES DRIVE-IN
169 BEECH ST.-CLINTON
BOX OFFICE OPENS AT 8:30 PM
FIRST SHOW AT DUSK
NOW OPEN NIGHTLY (Except Monday)
NOW TILL THURS. JUNE 27
WALT DISNEY'S
"PINOCCHIO"
PLUS 2nd FEATURE
FRIDAY JUNE 28 TO THURS. JULY 4
(Closed Monday July 1)
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SUND Y JUNE 30 -14R1 e) Jrd SHOW
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Entertainment
Anne Anglin, Paul Thompson, Fina Macdonnell and Miles Potter in ' ne from the
original Farm Show which was premiered in Goderich Township in 11172. 1,1e world
famous play is returning home from July 11 to 19 and is being staged in e,,njune ion with
Goderich Township's 150th birthday celebrations.
Local girls to play New Brunswick
The Exeter Greys Ladies' fastball 'team
will be hosting a team from New Brunswick
at the Exeter Recreation Complex on July 4.
The . New Brunswick team is touring
south-western Ontario and stopping in Ex-
eter for a double header which begins at 7:30
p.m.
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Tuckersmith
/ Sesquicentennial
SHUTTLE
BUS
SERVICE
will be operating, for
your convenience, on
SATURDAY,. JUNE 29
from the Seaforth Community
Centre to the Von Egmond House
and back, with stops in between
SHUTTLE BUS SERVICE
WILL OPERATE IN BOTH
MORNING AND AFTERNOON
Although the Exeter Greys are based out
of Exeter, there are several localladies
playing. These players include Sandra
Burns, Judy Nahrgang, Heidi Elliott and
Tracy Hill. The team is coached by Janet
Buchanan and Greg Burns. Tickets are
available from these people or by phoning
482-3478 or 482-9402.
TUCKERSMITH
SESQUICENTENNIAL
INTERDENOMINATIONAL
CHURCH SERVICE
10:30 a.m.
SEAFORTH and DISTRICT
COMMUNITY CENTRES
SUNDAY
JUNE 30.
GUEST SPEAKER
REV. GRANT R. MacDONALD
ST. ANDREWS PRESBYTERIAN
CHURCH, KITCHENER
MASS CHOIR & SPECIAL MUSIC
LUNCH FOLLOWING SERVICE
CASUAL OR CENTENNIAL DRESS
WELCOME
Tuckersmith
Sesquicentennial
HOMECOMING
at Seaforth & District Community Centres
Beef 'Barbecue and Dance
SATURDAY, JUNE 29
Dancing. to Country Companions and Labyrinth
BBQ and Dance
BBQ And Dance
BBQ only
BBQ only
Dance only
$9.00 per person
$5.00 12 and under
17.50 per person
13.00 12 and under
$5.00 per person
Barbecue 5 - 8 p.m. Dance 9 - 1 a.m.
Chicken Barbecue
SUNDAY, JUNE 30
From 4:00 to 6:00 p.m.
Adults $6.00 Children 12 and under $3.00
AVOID DISAPPOINTMENT—GET YOUR TICKETS EARLY
Municipal Office, Venastra
The Huron Ex slier, Seaforth
1, b & Betty's Variety, Seaforth
Or Phone 262-6009
Famous play returns home
HOLMESVILLE-A play, written about
Goderich Township that went on to become
world famous, is returning to its roots this
summer.
The Farm Show will have 10 perfor-
mances in the Goderich Township shed
between July 10 and 19 as part of the
township's 150th birthday celebrations.
Originally conceived, written and produc-
ed in 1972 by Passe Muraille, a Toronto bas-
ed theatre group, the play went on to major
thzatres in Canada, including the Stratford
Festival and the National Arts Centre. It
toured the British Isles, became an award
winning motion picture and was the subject
of a CBC television documentary.
Many of the original cast, including direc-
tor, Paul Thompson and cast members
Anne Anglin, Miles Potter, David Fox and
Fina Macdonnell will be featured. The cast
members have since gone on to starring
roles in theatre, television and film. Many of
the names are familiar to audiences at the
Blyth Festival.
Based on the lives of residents of the
Goderich Township and Clinton areas, The
Faris, Show, was euthu,iasticahy received
by area audiences when it premiered in the
Ray Bird barn on that hot August day, 13
years ago. The 1985 Sesqucentennial Com-
mittee are sure that the play will be welcom-
ed home by full house audiences.
Tickets are available at the following
outlets: Holmesville Store; Bob and Betty's
Variety, Seaforth; Blyth Festival Theatre
Box Office; Campbell's Men's Wear, Clin-
ton; Phil Main Dominion Hardware,
Goderich; Sear's Counter - Village Market,
Bayfield.
Mail order tickets are available from Box •
730, Clinton, Ont. NOM 1LO.
Ticket prices are $8. Advance tickets are
$7 and children's prices are $3. Evening per-
formances begine at 8 p.rn. and two mat, lee
performances will be staged on July 14 ;Ind
17 at 2 pan.
The play, in keeping with its unique
theme, will be staged in the Goderich
Township Shed, west of Holmesville, off
Highway 8.
For further information call (519) 482-
5207.
THE FARM SHOW
Story of Goderich Township Farm Life in the 70's
Theatre Passe Muraille
Original Cast
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JULY 11®19 1985
TICKETS ....... . ........ 8.00
CHILDREN ....... . .. . ... 3.00
EVENING PERFORMANCE 8 PM
MATINEES JULY 14 & 17
AT 2 PM
mmimessimmimma TICKETS AVAILABLE AT
®HOLMESVILLE GENERAL STORE
Box Office...Call for Information 482-5207
CAMPBELL'S MEN'S WEAR •PHIL MAIN HARDWARE
Clinton 482-9732 Goderich 524-9671
•BAYFIELD VILLAGE MARKET
Sears Centre 565-2650
"BOB & BETTY'S VARIETY
Seaforth 527-1680
®BLYTH SUMMER FESTIVAL
523-9300
Or by writing -
THE FARM SHOW
P.O. BOX 730
CLINTON, ONTARIO
NOM ILO
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CLINTON SPORT DAYS
FRIDAY JULY 5
AND SATURDAY JULY 6
EVENTS SCHEDULED:
FRIDAY JULY 5'
EVENT
Boys Squirt Soccer Game
Girls Softball Squirt Game
Boys Hardball Midget Game
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LOCATION
Community Park
Small Diamond
Big Diamond
TIME
6:15-7:00 p.m.
7:00 p.m.
9:00 p.m.
SATURDAY JULY 6
EVENT
Mens Ball Hockey Tournament
Boys Ball Hockey Games
Mite Mixed Softball (vs Goderich)
Tyke & Pee Wee Boys Ball
Mite Boys & Girls Pee Wee Ball
Great -Lakes All Star Game
St. Columban Mens Soccer
Bantam Girls Baseball
Mife Boys Baseball
Reunion Baseball Game
(70's All Ontario Team vs.
80's All Ontario Team)
LOCATION
Arena
Arena
Public School
Small Diamond
Public School
Big Diamond
Community Park
Small Diamond
Public School
Big Diamond
TIME
8:00 a.m.-11:00p.
12:00-2:00 p.m.
10:30-12:00 noon
12:00-5:00 p.m.
1:00-5:00 p.m.
1 :00-5:00 p.m.
4:30-7:30 p.m.
7:30-9:00 p.m.
7:30.9:00 p.m.
7:30-9:30 p.m.
PLUS A CHICKEN BARBECUE FROM 5-7 P.M.
AND A SOCIAL (Licensed under Special Occasion Permit)
FROM 1 PM TO 1 AM
FOR MORE INFORMATION CALL: 482-3398
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