Loading...
The Goderich Signal-Star, 1983-05-18, Page 104PAM 6 4 > 94141 ,cU k 1E1P. A >lr.18MO Two quartets ,fro ti5'i Goderich recently competed in the KiwanisMusic Festival which took place in Stratford on Saturday, 'April 29. Placing second with 85 per cent were (front row left to right) Jennifer Huyck, Nadja Davidson, Erin Mulhern, and Kathy Dawson. Placing first with 87 per cent were (back row) Brennan Mulhern, Julie Meyers, Kelly Kent, and Jennifer Peters. The two groups are taught by Dona Baker.(photo by T.Marr) New concert series announced The 1983-84 Orchestra Lon- don Canada-Goderich Season was recently: an- nounced at the Orchestra's concluding concert of the 1982-83 season. Subscriptions for the three concert series are now on sale and available through the Goderich Rotary Club, the sponsoring organization. As in past seasons, the 1983-84 series lineup will br- ing to Goderich the best in live orchestra music. The upcoming season premieres with .a performance by the Royal Canadian Air Farce and Orchestra London on Saturday, October 22 in an hilarious ten -round musical bout that is a comedy knockout. Members of the orchestra will be hard press- ed to retain their composure amidst the antics of Canada's most famous com- edy team. On Saturday, December, 10, North Street United Church provides the ideal setting for the festive sounds of Uoderich's own Har- bouraires as -they join Or- chestra London Canada for a traditional Christmas Con- cert. This festival of bright sounds promises to start the Yuletide season on a bright and merry note. The season concludes on Saturday, February 25, 1984 with Oscar winner, Lionel Newman, conducting Or- chestra London Pop's on a trip down Hollywood's Memory Lane. Music Direc- tor for 20th Century Fox Films, Mr. Newman has con- ducted throughout the world and is well known for his film score work on musical blockbuster films such as Hello Dolly, Roadhouse, River of No Return, Move Over Darling, and Cleopatra. Beautiful. music fortlie winter • season - Series subscribers may purchase subscriptions for next year by calling the subscription hotline (519) 524-8335. Prices are as follows: family - $35; adult - $16; and student -$9. HAPPY 21st BIRTHDAY SNOOKS LOVE YOUR FAMILY HAPPY 25TN BIRTHDAY "BEAK" The GDCI drama club presented Thornton Welder Stephen Longwell, Lori Patterson and Jim Wilkin in s Our Town last week. a scene from the second Pictured of the play. This was the last production of the year for the club. (photo by Dave ,Sykes) Play skillfully handled By. D. Kloeze The GDCI drama club gave their last production of the year last week, presenting Thornton Wilder's play, Our Town. The play was directed Philip ' McMillan, w assistance from Jenn Gowanlock. Our Town is a seri statement aboutlife, death; in a small town, the GDCI production very skilfully handled. It is a • difficult play present well, because belipvabilitydo s'largely on -the cast'sa _' . y to rysutilize an imaginaet. Theset is. limited to 'a .few chairs, a board and some steps, and unlimited to anything the -actors wish to portray. Thus, the actors have to mime a lot of their actions, whether eating, or going in and out of houses, or even mowing a lawn. The cast did the job of pantomiming their actions well, and there was little difficulty in actually seeing the breakfast table or the soda shop. The cast showed a lot of talent, and both major and minor roles were played very well. Amongthe minor THEATRE REVIEW by in Emily's wedding, and the ith third begins with her ifer funeral. All that happens in between, according to ous Wilder, has happened so and many times before, and has and been shown already in the was first act, . called "our daily life." to Wilder shows the funeral its in an unusual perspective, from tbe^ de of.;tlie de4d; and. the t t lne i is» itoa i shared between Emily and the narrator. Kuran played the . new Emily very well; showing her deeper maturity through life, and her un- derstanding through death. The lesson that Emily learns after death becomes the message' of the play: that life can be vital, and people characters, Shawn Wors can be singled out in his r of Howie Newsome, the loc yokel who delivers the m in town. Lisa Frayne wasalso go as the town gossip, M Soames. As the two you leads are being married, it Mrs. Soames we hear, cryi about how lovely the we ding is. Frayne carried t off very well, and the com effect intended by Wild .was not at all lost. The actors playing the t sets of parents also we effective in their roles. Lo Patterson as Mrs. Gib presented a believable mother and wife, concerned for her children and caring for her husband. Martin Maurer, as Mr. Webb, was good as a somewhat distracted newspaper editor and father and the scenes between hi and his daughter were very touching. The actors playing th three main character in relying too much on routine forget too easily what really makes life im- portant. The play, technically, was well presented. The lighting cues were handled well, and the sound effects par- ticularly were very ef- fective. There was a good use. of ytsic before the cuttaiiiisrnere raised; and the ii 'fiilderlying. `parts `of the third act was very poignant. Altogether, the play was well done, and very en- joyable. The drama club obviously worked hard on this production, and its ef- forts were rewarded with a first-rate production. Fund-raising events successful The first two special fund raising events for the 1983 ell sumer season at Huron ole Counmtry Playhouse have both proved to be unqualified i k successes. For the 20Q diners who od at- tended the sumptuous rs. • Italian feast at Tony's Ban- quet Hall in London on April ng 16, the meal lltruly defied is description. ng d, The second fund raiser his was the spectacular is "Spotlight on Fashion '83" er held May 4 at the South Huron Recreation Centre in Exeter. The magnificent ar- ray of • women's fashions from The Merry Rags Bouti- que••.of Grand Bend, men's fashions from both Bud Gowan and Ray Davis of London, shoes by Copper - fields of London and ac- cessories by Anstett Jewellers of Exeter truly amazed the 800 audience members who crowded the arena. To top off the even- ing's entertainment was the very special choreography by Tracy O'Neill. 4Y1 8 TO MAY 24 DAYTIME MIRNIIt+1R3 5:00. RELIGIOUS TOWN HALL (Wed) 5:00A BETTER WAY (Thu) 5:00 CHRISTOPHER CLOSEUP (Fri) 5:00 THIS IS THE LIFE (Tue) 5:30 UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN PRESENTS ' 6:00 FARM AND GARDEN (Wed) 6:00 TV -5 AND YOUR COM- MUNITY (Thu) 6:00 SCOPE (Fri) 6:00 U.S. FARM REPORT (Mon) 6:00 HEALTH FIELD (Tue) 6:30 EARLY TODAY 7:00 TODAY 9:00 THE FACTS OF LIFE (R) 9:30 SALE OF THE CENTURY 10:00 HAWAII FIVE -O 11:00 HOUR MAGAZINE AFTERNOON 12:00 NEWS 12:30 SEARCH FOR TOMORROW 1:00 DAYS OF OUR LIVES 2:00 ANOTHER WORLD 3:00 FANTASY 4:00 MOVIE 5:30 M.A.S.H. WEDNESDAY, MAY 18. 198 DAYTIME MOVIES 4:00 "THE COWBOYS" (Par John Wayne, Roscoe Lee Bro 10:30 THE GARY COLEMAN SHOW 11:00 FLASH GORDON 11:30 SOUL TRAIN AFTERNOON 12:30 EBONY/JET CELEBRITY SHOWCASE 1:00 PETTICOAT JUNCTION 1:30 THIS WEEK IN BASEBALL 2:00 TIGER PRE -GAME SHOW 2:15 BASEBALL 4:30 ADAM -12 5:00 SHA NA NA 5:30 HAPPY DAYS AGAIN EVENING 6:30 NEWS 6:30 HEE HAW 7:30 BJ/LOBO 8:00 DIFF'RENT STROKES 9:00 MAMA'S FAMILY 9:30 TEACHERS ONLY 10:00 MONITOR 11:00 NEWS 11:30 SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE 1:00 BENNY HILL 1:30 ' THE PRISONER OF SE- COND AVENUE" Jack Lemmon, Anne Bancroft SUNDAY, MAY 22, 1983 MORNING 6:45 DAVEY AND GOLIATH 3 7:00 OPEN CAMERA 7:30 IT'S YOUR BUSINESS t 1) 8:00 DAY QF DISCOVERY wn 8:30 REX HUMBARD 9:00 ORAL ROBERTS 9:30 SUNDAY MASS 10:00 THE ADDAMS FAMILY 10:30 THE MONSTERS 11:00 "ABBOTT AND COSTELLO MEET THE KILLER, BORIS KARLOFF" Boris Karloff, Garry Moore EVENING 6:00 NEWS 6:30 NBC NEWS 7:00 P.M. MAGAZINE 7:30 THREE'S COMPANY 8:00 REAL PEOPLE 9:00 FACTS OF LIFE 9:30 TAXI 10:00 QUINCY 11:00 NEWS 11:30 TONIGHT 12:30 LATE NIGHT WITH DAVID LETTERMAN 1:30 NBC NEWS OVERNIGHT THURSDAY, MAY 19. 1983 DAYTIME MOVIES 4:00 "THE COWBOYS (Part 2) John Wayne, Roscoe Lee Brown EVENING 6:00 NEWS 6:30 NBC NEWS 7:00 P.M. MAGAZINE 7:30 THREE'S COMPANY 8:00 FAME 9:00 GIMME A BREAK 9:30 CHEERS 10:00 HILL STREET BLUES "y`:00NEWS 11:30 TONIGHT 12:30 LATE NIGHT WITH DAVID LETTERMAN ; n 1:30 NBC NEWS OVERNIGHT FRIDAY, MAY 20. 1983 DAYTIME MOVIES 4:00 "WAR WAGON" John Wayne, Kirk Douglas EVENING 6:00 NEWS 6:30 NBC NEWS 7:00 P.M. MAGAZINE 7:30 THREE'S COMPANY 8:00 POWERS OF MATTHEW STAR 9:00 KNIGHT RIDER 10:00 KIDS FROM FAME 11:00 NEWS 11:30 TONIGHT 12:30 SCTV NETWORK .:00 NBC NEWS OVERNIGHT , )3:00 "THE GRADUATE" Dustin Hoffman, Katharine Ross 4:30 "TRIBES" Darren McGavin, Jan -Michael Vincent SATURDAY, MAY 21, 1983 MORNING 6:00 VEGETABLE SOUP 6:30 NEW ZOO REVUE 7:00 CARRASCOLENDAS 7:30 THUNDARR 8:00 THE FLINTSTONE FUNNIES 8:30 THE SHIRT TALES 9:00 SMURFS fixrTownshipHistory bo The committee planning the 150th anniver celebration for God 'ch Township (to take place 1985) has commissioned the preparation of a history bo for the township. This booklet will be ready for sale in November 1984 prior to the actual celebra- tions. To plan this project an Voucher sales e s up28'-ierceiit carried their roles beautifully. Jim Keller as the narrator slowed a proper amount of detach- ment from the action. Kelle held the play together at th centre; he was in effec the author, and his narration effectively paralleled the , author's 'somewhat cynfcal philosophy. Stephen Longwell was good as George Gibbs, the young male lead. Both he and Jodi Kuran as Emily Webb had the difficult task of playing characters that changed and matured visibly within the play, and they both showed the changes remarkably well. Kuran was definitely the strongest character throughout, however. The play starts out belonging to' the narrator, but as it con- tinues Emily Webb takes 0n more and more importance. The second' act culminates 1r atBlyth ct Voucher sales for this year's Blyth Summer • Festival are up a record 28 percent from last year at this time. The season is longer than ever, running for a full 12 weeks, with some 30,000 tickets for sale. The pro- gram features four plays new to the theatre and the return of an old favourite. Jennifer Hill, who took over as box office manager in April, is impressed by the public response to the pro- gram. Her assistant, Tracy Machan, began work two weeks early to help handle the large volume of direct sales as well as phone and mail orders. "We hope to have the Festival backlog ' of orders cleared within a few days," says Jennifer confidently. ;" Please be patient and your orders will be out to you very soon." The four voucher package, selling for $20 can be pur- chased until June 18. The vouchers can be redeemed at any time for tickets, restating in a saving of $8 over the regular ticket price. Single tickets at $7 for adults and $3 for children go on sale May 24. There are still plenty of vouchers and good seats available but reserve early in order not to be disap- pointed. For information or voucher orders call the Blyth Summer Festival at 523-9300. ok to be executive committee con- sisting of Alice Porter (524- 7004), Jean Lobb (382-7580), and Alison Lobb (482-7167) has been organized. They have prepared a pro- posed outline and are now looking for people interested in working with them. Many residents have old school photos and scenes depicting farming as it used to be. The committee has already received postcards dated 1906 with the postmarks Summerhill, Holmesville, and Porter's Hill post offices. The in- teresting scenes on these cards are what make them truly fascinating - King Street West, Londesborough at the turn of the century, and Springbank Park, Lon- don as committee members have never seen it! This is the kind of material they hope to find - along .with school records, diaries from the early days, letters and family histories. They also want a list of century farms AND century families, and are hoping to compile a list of those who fought in the various wars - especially those who paid the supreme sacrifice. The proposed outline in- cludes the following sections and the names following are AFTERNOON 12:30 MEET THE PRESS 1:00 OPEN CAMERA 1:30 "THE FAMILY JEWELS" Jerry Lewis, Sebastian Cabot 3:00 "SKY -JACKED" Charlton Heston, James Brolin 5:00 GRIZZLY ADAMS EVENING 6:00 NEWS 6:30 P.M. MAGAZINE: SPECIAL EDITION 7:00 SMALL WORLD 8:00 CHiPS 9:00 "JACOBO TIMERMAN: PRISONER WITHOUT A NAME, CELL WITHOUT A NUMBER" Roy Scheider, Liv Ullmann 11:00 NEWS 11:30 "LOOKING FOR MR. GOODBAR" Diane Keaton, Tuesday Weld MONDAY,'MAY 23. 1983. DAYTIME MOVIES 4:00 "FANCY PANTS'' Bob Hope, Lucille Ball EVENING 6:00 NEWS 6:30 NBC NEWS 7:00 P.M. MAGAZINE 7:30 THREE'S COMPANY 8:00 HAPPY BIRTHDAY, BOB 11:00 NEWS 11:30 THE BEST OF CARSON 12:30 LATE NIGHT WITH DAVID LETTERMAN 1:30 NBC NEWS OVERNIGHT TUESDAY, MAY 24, 1983 DAYTIME MOVIES 4:00 "HOW TO COMMIT MAR- RIAGE" Bob Hope, Jackie Gleason EVENING 6:00 NEWS 6:30 NBC NEWS 7:00 P.M. MAGAZINE 7:30 BASEBALL 10:00 M.A.S.H. --• 10:30 M.A.S.H. 11:00 NEWS 11:30 TONIGHT 12:30 LATE NIGHT WITH DAVID LETTERMAN 1:30 NBC NEWS OVERNIGHT • produced the chairmen of the par- ticular sections: Historical migration influences, Jean Lobb and Esther Ross; early days in Goderich Township, Alison Lobb and Phyllis Thompson; municipal history, R.E. Thompson; settlements and com- munities, Phyllis Cox; chur- ches, Alice Porter and Hazel McCreath; cemeteries - in- cluding pioneer sites, Alison Lobb; schools and educa- tion, Marion and Marg Powell; agriculture and commercial developments, Walter Mcllwains, Wayne Tebbutts and Sandra Orr; transportation and com- muifications, Barb Betties, Isabell Harris and R.E. Thompson; organizations and lodges, Hazel McCreath and Alice Porter; landmarks and "What's in a Name?" Everett Mcllwain; the War Years, John Deeves; .recrea- tion facilities and sports, Gord Stock; and Thru the Years, executive committee and Sandra Orr. This group hopes that anyone having information or materials theyjeel would be of interest to a section (particularly photos) would contact the appropriate chairman. Your participa- tion will help make this a worthwhile achievement. !