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The Goderich Signal-Star, 1983-06-22, Page 167% Oz. • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • LB. • • $5.49/KG. • 2.49 LB.: • ,99•4 • LB. • • 1.89• J. M. CUTT LIMITED i • RED .,& WHITE FOODMASTER 91 VICTORIA ST., GODERICH WE RESERVE THE RIGHT TO LIMIT QUANTITIES. Prices in effect till Closing Time Saturday, June 25. 1983 at 9 P.M. or Whsle Quantities Last. OPEN MONDAY TO SATURDAY...8 AM - 9 PM SUNDAY...10 AM.- 6 PM CLIP THIS COUPON PAGE $ *-CIODERICUSIONAtotrARA, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 22,1943; p.eec:Jb. therapy progr By Shelley McPhee People like Jennifer Brabant have helped to provide the area with the most up-to-date services available, Working in connection with hospitals in Clinton and Goderich, Jennifer has been offering her services as a speech pathologist for the past year. Prior to Jennifer's appointment last April, the Clinton hospital had been temporarily serviced by a speech pathologist from the Wingham and District ..Hospital. Realizing there was an evident need for a full time therapist, (4, Jennifer was hired. Working three days out of office space provided in the former Nurses' Residence in Clinton and two days in Goderich, Jennifer sees nine to 12 patients each day. She also has a waiting list of two to three mond, Jer admits that the help from a second ogist Would eliminate the waitliig 4he realizes however that ber depaelut is only beginning to develop and it will be some tine before it has ex pandedillto a two -person operation, The steadily increasing workload doesn't trouble Jennifer. She explained, "What's good is that doctors are actually starting to refer patients." Referrals to the speech pathology department come from local doctors and public health nurses. Patients range in age from pre-school children to senior citizens, however Jennifer's present caseload is primarily Made up of youngsters. She plans to do more work with adults, particularly stroke victims, and hopes to conduct evaluations at Huronview. Jen- nifer believes that there is a need for more Behind the scenes at the Bly e Festival By Shelley McPhee When the lights shine, the curtain rises and the 1983 season of the Blyth Summer Festival begins, the au- dience will see the final culmination of months of planning and preparation. Friday evening the Festival will open its season with a new Canadian play Nobody's Child. Set in 1910 the play written by Janice Wiseman tells the story of two poor English children, Jack and Winnie, who are sent from the Barnardo Homes in England to find work and a new beginning in Canada. The play revolves around these two children who struggle to better themselves. Young Jack is sent to work on a farm owned by Tom and Agnes Cunningham. Mrs. Cunningham too has an am- bitious goal for the future. One of the first veterinary. nurses in Canada, her dream is to succeed at her work in an effort to buy back her grandfather's farm in England. Audiences at Blyth will see the story unfold on the stage. However what the audience does not see is how plays like Nobody's Child are created and developed for their stage debuts at Blyth. It takes the talent, im- agination and hard work of playwrights, directors, pro- ducers, lighting and sound technicians, scenic painters, costume designers, carpenters, the property mistress, and of course the actors and actresses, to br- ing Blyth Festival produc- tions to the stage. For the past month the Festival staff have been focussing all their attention and energies towards the opening play of the season, Nobody's Child. Taking Ms. Wiseman's script and play concept, each department ' has studied, discussed and sug- gested ideas in an effort to re-create an authentic 1910 rural Canadian setting. In the set design 'depart- ment, scenic painter Jules Tonus has had the detailed task of building the interior of a country farmhouse. Using a small scrap of long forgotten wallpaper, he has made a papered wall which closely resembles the in- tricate design of the original covering. Wood panelling for walls has been made with a versatile theatre product,. scenic dope. The thick liquid is made from calcium car- bonate, white paint and glue. Jules spread the scenic dope on sheets of board, then tool- ed in a wood grain texture. A brown wash completes the natural wood look. A set is not complete until all the furniture and ac- cessories are added. As pro- perty mistress it is Elaine Allen's job to give the set its realistic finishing touches. After reading the script Elaine determines what items she will need. She's then off in her pick-up truck on an all-out campaign to borrow as much furniture' and extras as can be found. Blyth Festival Board members and local stores help out in this department. Some items must be pur- chased but Elaine noted, "There's never enough time or money with summer theatre." Antique furniture pieces are the most difficult items to borrow. People are not willing to tend their prized -antiques, Elaine admitted. Just last week Elaine finally searched out a sideboard, suitable to the 1910 setting. On Saturdays Elaine can usually he found browsing and buying at the various garage sales in the area. However for Nobody's Child the property mistress has had an extraordinary task, locating old veterinarian tools. Vet clinics in Wingham, Goderich and London helped Elaine locate some rather vicious looking tools, like horse tooth.extrac- tors and birthing shears. Working on a tight time schedule, Elaine is con- stantly on the look -out for props. Her job is made much easier with the use .of her nearby telephone. "The.phone and the yellow pages are my best friends," she noted, before heading out to see a collection of blue granite ware, more ac- cessories which will give Nobody's Child its believable, authentic look. Next door to Elaine's piled -high office is the costuming department. Resident costume designer and cutter Kerry Hackett and her assistant Karen McVey spend their days creating and altering the impressive display of outfits worn by cast members. For Nobody's Child the costuming department duo have altered and prepared 18 outfits, including 10 period costumes, fashioned from Kerry's own drawings. Before .. creating the costumes, Kerry, meets with the director to establish the type of outfits that will best suit the play. They discuss the time period, the setting, the characters' roles and personalities. Kerry then begins researching her pro- ject by studying old photos and catalogues and her im- pressions and ideas are put to paper. After drawings are approved by the director Kerry starts shopping for material, costumes that can be altered, shoes, hats and all the accessories needed to complete the'costumes. Costuming for Nobody's Child has been a particular challenge for Kerry and Karen. The time setting for the play. 1910, was an in- distinct fashion period. Still the Blyth Summer Festival costuming department has created an array of special outfits that will round out the season opener. Another behind the scenes department that rarely shines in the limelight is the production crew. Some of the hardest working Festival staffers can be found here, building all the parts for the critically acclaimed sets. Amongst the lumber, tools and sawdust can be found two of the Summer Festival's happiest mployees, , 19 -year-old usan Klabunde of London Il and Ann Webster. 20, of Wingham. Summer students at the theatre, Susan and Ann have impressive sounding work titles, but both happily ad- mit. '`we're the go-fers." Ann, a recent graduate from the Niagara College of Theatre Arts,:••is spending her third 'summer at the Festival, working as the pro- duction assistant and technical co-ordinator for the children's theatre. Susan, a second year student at the H.B. Beal Art School in London, is the assistant carpenter. Ann and Susan help to build sets, run errands, meet actors at the train station in Stratford and spend a great deal of time carrying materials up -to the second floor carpentry workshop. "Today," Susan said, "we moved four years worth of old sets from a barn. It was a lug around day. We're often seen trotting down the streets, lugging pails of stuff." "People get used to seeing us at it again," Ann noted. What makes Susan and Ann so special is not their jobs. but their attitudes. They happily giggle and find fun in most chores, and both agree that their summer work is giving them good ex- perience which will enhance their future theatrical careers. Ann and Susan share a common feeling with all the people who have made the Blyth Summer Festival one of the top theatres in the na- tion. Jules Tonus simply says that Blyth is a lovely place to work. The Festival's com- mitment to produce new Canadian shows, is the "in- credible part of this place," according to Jules. His first summer at Blyth, Jules. noted that in an effort to work for the Festival "I phoned every day and left all these huge messages." Elaine Allen is back for her second year at Blyth as property mistress. She loves the friendly character of the village and the time people take to stop and visit. For Kerry Hackett, the Blyth Summer Festival has given her ..an opportunity; to - design and co-ordinate her own shop, with her own choice of assistant. Kerry is spending her third summer in Blyth and she said off the village, "Its a healthy community, it makes me feel good." It is with this positive at- titude and a' great apprecia- tion for the audience sup- port, that the behind the scenes departments at the Blyth Summer Festival work. The enthusiasm, pro- fessionalism and perfection all help make Blyth plays sure hits. • offered in Goderich speech therapy work with stroke victims, explaining that therapy should begin as soon as patients are physically able. All speech therapy begins with a referral and assessment of the problem. Speech, bearing,.and language skills are all tested, muscles and fluency in the voice are also examined. Half-hour therapy sessions for each patient are held on a weekly basis, although Jennifer feels that patients should be seen two or three times a week. Time limitations are supplemented by extra at-home therapy. The family becomes involved here, encouraging regular practice. Jennifer noted, "Parents are so appreciative that there is someone to help." "Recovery doesn't happen overnight," she stressed, but noted that adults who have had strokes or disabling accidents often make quicker progress. They work hailer, she explained, in their efforts to • regain the full speech control they once had. In her role3as speech pathologist, Jen- nifer believes, "Patience and perception are what you need for the work." Jennifer trained in her home state, , Michigan, with four years undergraduate and two years masters studies. Finding few jobs available in Detroit, she accepted the challenge offered by the Clinton Public and Alexandra Marine and General Hospital. In little over a year she has developed and implemented a full scale speech therapy program. Services such as this are now giving local people advanced medical help that only a few years ago was only available at larger urban centres. 010 Jennifer Brabant has been working in the Clinton and Goderich area for more than a year. The Michi a gan native has developed and implemented a speech therapy program. (Shelley McPhee photo) 1915-196J J.M. CUTT LIMITED FOODMASTER •••••••-•••••• no_lie 111 Imo,,...... liiiiilk'i lv=', ,i.._ v Kerry Hackett, left, is the resident costume designer and cutter at the Blyth Summer Festival. Kerry and her assistant Karen McVey will create and alter all the costumes for the Festival's five productions this season. (Shelley McPhee photo) Ifit's from An.!tett's it says, `you're special' 8 Albert Street. Clinton 24 Main Street South. Seoforth 284 Main Street. Exeter 203 Durham Street East. Walkerton 134 Queen Street East. St. Marys 1 1 Pulsar. Quartz The selection is big. The prices aren't. Pulsar Quartz Watches A perfect gift for Father's Day, or for the graduate on your list. Other gift ideas - quality Sheoffer or Cross pens and pen sets. 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