The Huron Expositor, 1979-01-11, Page 5H
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flY ALICE .11tsrr
.Heekay Night aI
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t In.C
introducing a little "cupture''
in: ,one'of its upcoming pin
grams and . sports fan;t
around Ontario just may be
1041wrng up <ha
winter,
ea
Th e dta is Les
r s
Canadiens, a Tit•TMatre Passe
Muraille :touring; production
which producer Paul Thomp-
oil
:gym,
CS .tai --e tt said is, "for people who
Parmai1Y don'tlike plays,•"
Titeplay, which isn't like al
play,, is going to beaper-
fo ;if the .......
rmed a , ,Olyth
Memorial Hall on January 17
ska
yartd' Preerpts from the Same
Play,;deaaing to-• be 'shown
On a g;; 'upcoming Hockey
Night h, Canada bwroadtst,
Les Canadiens. which
originated at the Centaur
Theatre in Montreal, was
written by playwright Rick
524441 °f "1837" fame, with
technical assistance from
Montreal goalie Ken Dryden.
the action of the play traces
the rise of Quebec and the
Rise of the ' Montreal
CCanadienss hockey team and
, Offers some iftereStin> in-
Sightson both.
Theatre Passe Mnrnille are
the same company who
brought 'The Farm Show to
the area, as well as
Shakespeare For Fun and!
!Profit, Right now the com-
pany has another hit on their
,:hands. called Les Maudits
Anglaises 'which lias•a'drawn,
excellent reviews and
audiences in, both. Toronto
and. Montreal, '
MILES. POTTER'
' Les Canadiens comes to
Blyth with director Miles
Potter. (from The , Farm
Show), an. artificial. skating
,rink and a cast of six men and
one woman.Thewoman, who
represents everyone from the
mother of Quebec to a:
French teacher, undoubtedly
has the safest role in the
play. The six men are. the
- hockey players and they
careen around the stage`on
skates - roller skates, but still
dangerous! As Paul Thomp-
son Said,pojte of the 'trickiest.
parts of --roil in Les
Canadiefls was learning how
to brake on the skates.
The play starts off in the
days when Mitchell's own
Howie,; Morenz first left -a
Stratfordhockey team to play
in Montreal ` add Paul
• Thompson hopes : this will
make the play of particular
WM. A. ROWAT, SR. :.
In Tampa Florida;
_Saturday, Dec 30, 1978 Wm.—
A. RoWat, Sr di'e'd in his 95th'
year. Mr. Rowat moved to
Florida in :1959afterhis
retirement from the Royal
Bank of Canada. He was
., predeceased; by: his first wife.
,Bertha Elizabeth Moore in
i953 and a son, Dr John
Rowat in 1975.
He ' is • survived by his
second wife ' Mrs. Lucienne
sons. Lloyd of Seaforth and.
Dr: Donald of Ottawa; one
daughter Dr. June McMaster
of Toronto; 11 grandchildren
Demol Rowat of Tampa; tiro
and 11, great-grandchildren.
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MACK WILLIAM
• SHOLDiCE
--Mack 'William: Sholdice,
Walton, •.died ; :'in' • •Seaforth •
Community:,Hospital,
Tuesday Morning. He was in
his 44th year..
A long. time employee of
Seaforth Farmers Co-op he -
had been; in goodhealth until
suffering a heart attack at his
home Tu sday morning.
Born at:, alton he was the
son of the ate Mr.' and Mrs,
Wm. Sholdice and after
graduation from Walton
'public, and Seaforth District .'
High Schools was employed
with • Kirkby Ditching' and'
1McGavin Farm Equipment.
For the 'pastseven • years he
had been . on the staff of
Seaforth Farmers ; Co-
operative. , .
Interested in —the -
community he took an active.
part in area sports and other
programs.
He is suryived by his wife,
the former. Dorothy' Keys, to
whom he was married at
Walton on July 8, 1961 and
by two children ",Murray and
Sandra at home. He also is
survived by a sister Elva,
Mrs. 'Ian Wilbee of Walton.
A funeral service will be
conducted by Rev. Ed. Baker
of .Duffs. United .Church;
Walton. 'at the M.L. Watts
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interest to local atidiences.
On a visit to Seaforth last
week, . Mr. `Thompson said:
Les Capadiens, follows some
of the outstanding Montreal'
players. through their careers,
and shows "local hometown;
boys trying to deal with the
wo*ld,",
Mr. Thompson said the
seerseqet of Les Canadians is
tha"traditional good
Canadian hockey and history
are ti ed . together." Les„
Canadiens, Mr. Thompson,
said,. ""Is the play to bring;
your husband t,.,
particularly if that husband is
-a dedicated"'+htickey fail,....
FiGHTS
in• case anyone thinks the
play will be a little dull after
the real thing, Mr.
Thompson said not only do.
"ail your heroes come to
life" but the plan also
features some of the fights
which have made 'Canadian
hockey famous, or i famous,.
depending on your 'iew. But
in spite of the fights. Mr:
Thompson said., "We
haven't heard from Rov
McMurtry yet."
• Although the play original-
ly ' premiered, at Montreal's,
Centaur Theatre, and was
Produced by Toronto • Work-
shop `Productions more re-
cently, Theatre Passe
Muraille has picked up
touring responsibilities for
play, which includes hauling
a 300 pound score sign and;.
rink, around: Ontario.
4r., Thompson, the
founder of Theatre Passe
Muraille,, grew up in
Listowel, the heart of
•Toronto Maple Leaf .country,
and said despite this,. he :was.,
always a Montreal fan.
Ted Johns; ;' another,
Theatre Passe Muraille
alumnus, and: the writer
Funeral 'Home, Brussels on
Friday, January 12 at 2 p.m.
Temporary :entombment will
follow in' Brussels Cemetery
Chapel. ' '
GREGOR McGREGOR
A native of Stanley•Town-
ship.. Gregor McGregor died;.
at Clinton,Public Hospital on
Thursday, December 21,
1978. He was 83.
Mr. McGregor was born:,
on the Second of Stanley on
June 21, 1895,; a son: of the
late Neil McGregor and.
Janet Mustard. He attended
Baird's School •No. 1, and
following service in the First
World War, he farmed on the
second of Tuckersmi"f'i from'.
1923 until 1966, when he and;
his wife, the former Eliza-
beth Aikenhead, retired to
Brucefield.
He was married. to' his
wife, who survives him, on
April 21, 1921
Mr. McGregor was ' an
elder at Turner's Church for
many years, and . a member
of. Brucefield United Church:
He was also a 61; -year
:member of the" . Brucefield
100F Lodge No: 210.
Besides his : wife, lie is:
survived by one son, Fred of
Woodstock; threegrand
children; onegreat grand-
child; two brothers Frank
and John '' McGregor • and
sister Margaret McGregor.
The funeral service was
held on December ,23,',1978
:from the 'Ball Funeral Home
with Rev. Robert McMullen
in charge. Interment was in
Baird's Cemetery' in Stanley'
Township.
Pallbearers, were Neil..
McGregor of 'Hamilton, Bill
McGregor of RR 5; Clinton,
Don ' McGregor of. , RR ' 1,.
Brucefield; Jack McGregor
of RR 5, Clinton and Bob
McGregor,. Acton"
Honorary pallbearers'a"ere
100F Lodge members. Bob
D'alrj%'mple •'J.K. 'Cornish
Fred Boyes, Wallace Jackson
and Ross, Scott, all of Bruce
field and John Moffatt of RR
5, Clinton,
Flower bearers' were Ken
Stewart and Sant thomson of •
Brucefield, and • Mery
Falconer of RR 1, Brucefield,
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S,
aetpr woo: starred In The
School. Show' at .Blyth" this
su, later, also 'has .a personal.
interest in Les Canadiens.
When Mr. Johns , was
teaching high-. school in
Mitchell" he lived .in the
house where Howie Morcnz
had grown up; One day
Moptreal Canadiens stat"
"Boom Boom;" Geoffrion ap-
peared at the door and asked
if ,he and his wife" th,i
daughter of Mr° . Moran"2,
could tour the house,
Although Mr, 'Thompson.
came'to Seaforth largelyto
publicize Les Canadians and.
Billy Bishop Goes To War.
the two-man plan opining to.
Blyth later this 'winter, he
also had spicae ohservatinns
to offer on the theatre scene
in general.
Mr.l Thompson . said the
recent government cutbacks
to theatre companiesare
going 'to hurt smaller
companies, like. the Blyth
Festival, the most.. since
finances won't allow the.
companies to: grow. Also,. the
lack of , funds "stops new
Myths", Mr. Tompson said
his own company will have to
do fewer shows in the coming
years and have already had'
to postpone a planned pre-
sentation of The Ectasy fo
Fite Joe. -
The director said sadly the
THIO'HURON E CPOSiTil:1 .•IANuARY 4
theatrio_ is .one art 'of
L ari d•a . is`
�.t . n Vire thst "really •
ours", ,an; "interesting and
potentially ,exciting method
01 self•expressio which we
are-Controlling=�
Me. Thompson also•said'he
was sorry to sett mainyy
Toronto theatre companies
are now ,doing; shore
traditional' ;plays. 'fie said
v. -Toronto is, still. "`sicked into
the:,New ``"York .model too
much" and: theatres •bren't
willing to take the leadership
0
in: brit. in new works to Ike n! eetin whit.#*
1I B. if
1taite•
siviALL CENT S'
Although: most. Theatre
'Passe Muraille pltiys: d0.
eventually .end up On, the
Toronto stage, the company
had traditionally written the
plays in smaller CORM unitie ..
around .the •eountrY,
elttding ;Petrolia and C,in on,
rMr, Thom .Psoot said still
likes .bringing his work - to
smeller ,centres, "since it's
an audienee` I stili `:know .i'm
In the meantime, 'Paul
Thompson has also, issued
area hockey .fans a second
challen$e. Mt only Will his
company ,perform . Les
Canidiens: on stage, but.ti e
cast has also offered to take
On any team who will
challenge them to• a flame -
on roller skates' .of coursed
New, are there -any 140 fans
eut there who want to show
those actors how the game of
hockey is really played?
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