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The Goderich Signal-Star, 1981-10-07, Page 19lyth Festival sets new attendance recors BY JOANNE BUCHANAN The figures are in on the biggest season ever at the Blyth Summer Festival. More than 26,000 persons attended regular per formances during the ex- tended 10 -week season. From the first show to the last, new records were set and broken. Quiet in the Land opened the Festival and set the first record by averaging 91.6 per cent capacity, breaking the first record of 89 per cent set last year by I'll Be Back For You Before Midnight. The Tomorrow Box smashed the record again by filling° 95 per cent of the seats. He Won't Come In From The Barn then beat that record by playing to nearly 96 per cent of capacity to end the season. Balanced against these records were the more disappointing attendances for Love or Money and Fire on Ice. Love averaged 61 per cent and Fire46. In all however, the season average was some 393 persons per night, 80 per cent of capacity. There were also 21 straight sold -out per- formances to finish up the season in a rush. In total Tid Bits there were 41 sold -out per- formances. Two benefit performances, one for the Actors' Fund of Canada and one for the Building Fund were also either sold out or nearly so, bringing overall attendance for the suanmer to more than 27,000 paid, a far cry from the 2,900 who came to see that f irst season, seven summers ago. Plans for next summer are incomplete except that there is a good possibility Quiet In The Land will return. +++ The Blyth Centre for the Art's winter season gets underway starting this e ing at 8 p.m. with Beth Anne e's Songs From The Theatre. The children "s series will begin with Camerata on Saturday, October 17 at 2 p.m. and the music series begins with Jan Rubes October 25. Tickets for all series are still available. Don't forget the Travellers Birthday Club Hi: ' My name is Wendy Million and was three years old on October 5. I llve at 58 Blake Street East with my mom and dad and little brother Richard. I would like to join your birthday club. Wendy, Million Hi, My : name is Greg Anderson and I would like to join your birthday club. I will be six -years -old today, October 7. 1 have a sister Diana who is 212 years old. I live in Goderich and I am in Grade 1 at Victoria School. Thanks and bye for now, Gre g concert on Sunday, November 15 at 2 p.m. The children's movie series begins November 7. Winter hours are now °in effect at the box office which is open from 9-5 Tuesdays and Wednesdays. Holmesville club eggs-periment The fourth meeting of the Holmesville II Egg-cellent Zhefs was held at the home )f our leader Bev Van Ninhuys on September 23. Our Vice -President Margaret Anne opened the meeting with the 4-11 pledge. Ne then answered the roll ;all from our manuals. We -ead all of meeting 4 which fiscussed about egg yolks ind whites. Next we made souffle and poached eggs on .oast. We also did an eggs- • ieriment to demonstrate the emulsifying :properties of ,ggs, I Our home activities for .hat meeting were to bring a 'ew egg pictures and read he sectionon party time and firing sortie recipe suggestions to the next neeting. . If you're NEW IN TOWN and dont know • which way to turn, call the hostess (1,524-71 65 You II be glod ybu did The meeting was then dosed with the 4-H motto find everybody ate some souffle• and poached eggs on ',oast:- by Barbie Brand. +++ Also keep in mind the gala weekend at the Blyth Centre for the Arts October 23-25 to raise money for the building fund. Tickets are still available. +++ • The National Youth Orchestra of Canada is now accepting applications for its annual auditions. These are to be held, November through January, in 30 cities across Canada. All young musicians between the ages of 10 and 28 resident in Canada who study an or- chestral , instrument are invitedto participate. Audition applications must be submitted by October 31 and are available, with further details, from the National Youth Orchestra of Canada, 76 Charles Street, West, Toronto M5S 1K8, telephone (416) 922.5031. +++ SUSAN FULLER Susan Fuller, daughter of Charlie and Helen Fuller off R.R. 2 Goderich, graduated September 26 from Mohawk College of Applied Arts and Technology, Hamilton as a medical laboratory technologist. She has accepted a position in the Biochemistry Laboratory in the Hamilton General Hospital. +++ The Christmas Bureau run by Huron County's Family and Children's Services is Costumes should be safe Halloween Dressing up for Halloween is fun and exciting for children. But parents should make sure that costumes are sate and comfortable to wear, say clothing specialists with the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and .. Food. Good fit is important. Children will be walking from house to house so the costume should be large enough to allow unrestricted movement. Also, there should be ample room for warm clothing underneath if needed. However, keep the costume a. reasonable length to avoid tripping. „ Avoid plastic fabrics or . similar types. They don't allow moisture to evaporate away from the body, and may cause chills, especially on a cold October night. ,also avoid crepe paper which is flammable. Increase your child's safety, by using light-colored fabrics or by attaching reflectivetape to clothing. Two types of tape are available. Reflective tape reflects oncoming light;'such as car headlights, directly to its source. Fluorescent tape seems to • glow because it emits light and reflects it off its surface. Thus, this type of tape is very bright during tthe day but is not as effective at night. Reflective tape is the best choice for your child's costume Apply tape to the upper arms, backs and fronts of the clothing. Tape can be ironed on but to insure permanent attachment, ,machine stitch to the costume. Masks are not recom- mended because they can be dangerous if they hamper vision. To create a dramatic or comical face, use makeup instead. - Here are some -final tips to create . a .safe Halloween costume. Avoid dangling parts that could get caught in °gates. or railings. Don't secure the costume with safety pins that could open if the child falls. These guidelines are recommended not only for costumes on Halloween, but can be followed fo'r your child's everyday clothing too. Your, heart works harder when . you re'not,n the game Get fit —, and turn th•e clock hack Fitnessisfun, Try some. 1.4 r+aAnapaaion looking -for people to knit supplied and can be picked hats, scarves, mitts, stip- up at the Tender Years store pers, etc. Wool will be on Kingston Street. Robertson Round -up During the week of September 21-25, Robertson students chose their student council. Grade 8 represen- tatives are: Paul Horton, Becky Morris, Bomoi Racksasouk, Laura Boudreau, Jennifer Peters and Louise Baechler. Grade 7 representatives are: Robin Macdonald, Mark Rittinger, Craig Smith, Kelly Kent, Susan Murphy and Jan Davidson. • Robertson students will be selling spices and prizes will be awarded for the best salespeople. Mrs. Pepper's Grade 1 class held a Teddy Bear pic- nic on the front lawn. Children talked about Pad- dington and other famous bears to their parents. 1.'t us Assist you with your plans for that all important • wedding clay. ° Select your wedding imitations, 'announcements and to esNorles with complete confidence as ru quality and I;nrre'tncss of form e, AlI'F.Rsnr*1.1/.1:n 97.I.b111ti1. NAPKINS. '1411 H AND CAKE .R(IXF.S Goderich SIGNAL—STAR Bus safety Mrs. Rau's Grade 1-2 class held a fairyland tea party. Sherry Suplat was the princess and Jason Volland. was the prince. Mrs. Brown's Grade 2.3 class has adopted a tree which the students are observing change and which they are caring for. They put a red ribbon around the tree. For Open House they- made scarecrows of themselves to fool their parents! Mr. McConnell's Grp 5 class visited Sky Harbour Airport outside of Goderich. They are studying "flight" intheir science course and were gathering information on how planes work. Mr. Machan has kindly donated his plane for the youngsters to tour. The biggest single problem associated with 'school bus operation is still the number of drivers who refuse to give way to the flashing lights indicating pupils are either boarding or leaving a bus. Every school hus driver knows the problem of the auto, van or twit driver who is. in so much of a rush, or who is so oblivious to the environment, that flashing lights are ignored. The fact that we have not, in Canada, experienced ,an epidemic of school bus ac- cidents is purely a matter of good luck, not good driving. The potential. for tragedy is enormous, and parents must wait in doubt each day, hoping their child or children .will' return from ./school safely. The Safety Council won- ders how many children must die before effective measures are taken to en- force existing laws, to determine why they are so often ignored, and if necessary, to improve the warning devices on the • school buses themselves. School Bus Safety Week is being observed from October 24 to 30 and .the theme this year .is "Wait A Minute!" This theme can readily., be applied to drivers, but need not end there. It can. also apply to the. students - wait before crossing the road to ensure it is safe, wait to get on or of f the bus in an orderly manner. 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