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BY JOANNE
BUCHANAN
G.D.C.I. drama club
members are in their
final week of rehearsals
for . , the musical
production, Godspell.
•t.iodspell, a play based
on the gospel according to
St. Matthew, will be
presented at G.D.C.I. on
May 10, 11 and 12. If it
proves to be as successful
as last year's musical
production of My Fair
Lady, then audiences
have a real treat in store
for them.
Godspell features a'
core cast of ten
characters and a chorus
of 32. Jesus Christ will be
played by Stewart Smith
who starred as Freddy in
My Fair Lady. Judas and
John the Baptist are
played by the same
person and he is Kevin
Bundy, an active
member of last year's
Summerhouse One
troupe.
Director Philip
McMillan looks on
Godspell as a theatrical
event with a very serious
message, that of loge for
one's fellow man. He says
the play is flexible for
both the actors ,and the
audience. It is simple in
style but presents a
strong .message. Without
preaching, it stresses the
Christian ethic in a light
and pleasant way.
Mr. McMillan says one
of his reasons for
choosing the play God -
spell was because he felt
that the students needed
something that, had a
good feeling about it.
`It's a beautiful show
to be in. It has a nice
quality about it. It gives
the students a chance to
really explore the
characters," he says.
While directing, Mr.
McMillan has been
treating the material
sensitively. The content
of the show is sensitive
material.
The production has a
circus or carnival motif,
explains Mr. McMillan.
Mime is involved and it
looks as if the whole show
is being improvised
although it is structured,
he says.
6odspett features a
collage of all types of
music --country, folk,
rock and religious. Louise
MacGregor is the pianist.
Wayne MacAuley plays
lead guitar; Mike
Reynolds plays banjo and
bass guitar; Angela
MacDonald plays guitar;'
and Debbie Shaddick
plays the flute -recorder.
The chorus uses tam-
bourines and various
noise makers,
The'play has become a
real school effort. A
'number of staff members
who have never been
involved in plays before
are helping with tickets,
publicity, construction of
the set, wiring, etc.
Godspell has been
presented both as a
Broadway play and a
movie. Victor GarbVt -or
Loncion, Ontario played
Jesus in the movie.
Curtain time for the
G.D.C.I. production of
Godspell is 8 p.m. Tickets
are $2.50 for adults, $2 for
stuents and X1.50 for
children.
Five weeks of steady
rehearsing - coupled with
the talept of G.D.C.I.
drama club members
should produce fine
results.
Recent evidence of the
drama club members'
talent is an outstanding
achievement aivard
which they won at the
Canadian One Act Plays
spell
Festival last week in
Galt. Fifteen schools
were involved in the
festival and four received
outstanding achievement
awards.
The G.D.C.I. entry was
Peasants, Kings and
Warriors, wriften and -
directed by teacher
Warren Robinson and
GODERICH SIGNAL• -STAR, THURSDAY, MAY 3 , 1979—PAGE 3
featuring a cast of 45.
This play was part of
Trigon '78.
Adjudicator Victor
Stanton liked the
theatrical concept, the
acting and discipline, and
the use of the whole
auditor= as a stage in
Peasants, Kings and
Warriors.
County says okay to 6.7 percent
Contract approved for health nurses
Huron County council
approved a new contract
for public health nurses
Thursday giving the
nurses a 6.7 percent in-
crease effective January
1, 1979.
The new pact sets the
starting rate for public
health nurses at $14,458
and has a ceiling of
$17,732 for nurses with
five years service.
The contract specifies
wages for both public
health nurses and
registered nurses
working for the' county.
Under the new
agreement registered
nurses now start at
$14,274 and have a
maximum of $17,020 after
five years.
The senior public
health nurse recieves a
bonus of $442 a year and
nurses holding a
Bachelor of Science
degree also receive an
extra $442 a year.
The new agreement
also had several changes
made to clarify some
clauses. The changes
were in clauses con-
cerning leave of absence,
temporary employees
hired to replace regular
employees on leave and
benefits and wages for
long term and part-time
employees.
Many of the changes
meant nothing except to
clear up possible con-
fusion in wording of 'the
contract. County clerk
Bill Hanly said similar
contracts had come
under fire in arbitration
hearings in other areas of
the province and it was
Music is a universal language. That is why a high school band
from Hauterive, Quebec and the G.D.C.I. band were able to join
together for a concert at G.D.C.I. on Monday morning under. the
direction of Goderich music teacher Hugh McGregor. The 31
students from Quebec .arrived in Goderich Saturday on a
Bilingual Exchange Program. They were billeted in Goderich
until Tuesday. Twenty G.D.C.I. band members then paid a return
visit to Quebec on Wednesday where .they stayed for four days..
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G.D.C.I. students had a chance to practice their
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