Halton Hills Newspapers

Georgetown Herald (Georgetown, ON), February 11, 1981, p. 11

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HALTON HILLS Second a deli ARTS COUNCIL A THE HERALD Wednesday February II Second YMCA auction coming The second annual Georgetown Art Auction Is In the planning stages with Mar 1J the target date schedule will bo the same ihls year as last year with previewing of the works from and the auction beginning at 30 The event will be held In the basement at Holy Cross Church with proceeds going to programs In Georgetown Beaux Arts International will donate a door Ticket information will be available In coming weeks Maple Sugar a brand new recording Tamarack Is now available Of special the fact that most of one side was recorded live in Georgetown in their October concert If you are Interested in purchasing Tamarack contact Gall at BT7OJS7 The Ontario Arts Council announces the first competition for the Pauline Award which recognizes the contribution of theatrical designers direct ore and production technicians to the performing arts in Ontario in addition to the annual award the winner will receive from he ministry of culture end recreation a medallion created by noted Ontario sculptor Dora de Hunt The award will be rotated on a threeyear cycle to a designer in the first year a director In the second year and production technician during the third year The sequence will be repeated In subsequent years Deadline for 1981 submissions to the competition Is Feb All submissions be Juried with the winner of the award tor designers announced on World Theatre Day March Tor further information and competition criteria contact the Pauline Award Ontario Arts Council Suite Street West Toronto Ontario MSS IT telephone 901 1660 The Ontario Arts Council is now receiving applied of practising Canadian to the annual jemA Chalmers Award in Choreography The a awarded in cooperation with the Dance in Canada Association Alt applicants must provide a videotape cassette of their work which may become part of a permanent archival collection or major value to research ers historians and students Established In by the Floyd Chalmers Foundation the award assists promising or deserving choreographers In Improving their choreographic skits Deadline Tor applications Is April winner to be announced at the Dance in Canada Conference June In Montreal Quebec Further information is available from ihcHoydS Chalmers Fund Ontario Arts Council Street Toronto Ontario MSS Tapestry Singers name belittles their acting abilities Entertainment Bit part bet got Bob onstage now hes hero Herald A bet led to Bob Willis first stage appearance a bit part in the gripping thriller Wail Until Dark Now five years later Mr Willis is taking a leading role in Georgetown Little Theatre upcoming comedy thriller Count Drncula I never been on stage before not even in a school Festival is not recommen ded for young children Information and advance tickets for the show to be staged at Sicre Church Hall Street and March A and at pm can be obtained from Greta Lee at the GLT Box Office WOT By CHRIS Staff Writer Granted few people really knew what to expect from Tapestry Singers during last Wednesday nights performance Acton High School Most probably took the word singers at face value not realizing until the snow was under way that the troupe has a wealth of acting talent as well Everyone was thoroughly delighted by both enjoying a musical step backward to the ISth century toe- tapping to Cole Porter chortling to Canadian composer Murray Schafers Felixs Girls specially arranged by him for the Singers or Joining Strauss and Franz in old Vienna Opening with a theatrical mosaic the singers Janet and Debora Joy mezzosopranos Rosa Antony and Jean tenon Robert and Henry Ingram bass John Pepper and baritone Guillermo Sllva Marin crisply ran through such favorites as Bel frotn Puccinis Madame Butterfly and But Not For Me and My Time from George Gershwins 1990 Broadway hit Girl Crazy Under artistic director and pianist Wayne Strongman timing was essential where slightly discordant and nonsensfcal melodies were the key to the audiences amusement During the second half or the show Tapestrys operatic talents showed special polish as the group moved to Demels Cafe Set in Vienna In the mid 19lh century a Is a fictici ous but favorite spot where he citys elite and half composers congregate As composers Franz Lehar Martn and Strauss Jr meet at the cafe Demels becomes fertile testing ground for their new operas Strausss Die Fledermaus and The Gypsy Baron and The Merry Widow Other patrons In the cafe nobles and belle dimes are soon roped into perform ing bits of the fledgling operas as the Ideas are worked out The comedy of this section of the Tapestry performance Is carried by the singers acting abilities most evident In and Suva Marin as two compel composers trying to oneup each other with their work This operatic spoof was staged tor the Tapestry Singers by Leon Major and has proved a popular segment of the groups musical repertoire while travelling around Canada Prior returning to Toronto for the Acton high perform ante Tapestry was In Winnipeg Meanwhile the group Is planning a trip to Denmark in the near future USED TVs PORTABLE fully CONSOLES RECONDITIONED TOSHIBA QUASAR ZENITH BLACK WHITES and COLOURS from FULL WARRANTY ON MOST SETS BRAMPTON COLOUR St w SOUND ti3M5i arrival of Toronto Tapeilry lingers in Acton last with a unique opportunity to hear professional singers on Canadian known Here four members of Taprsiry right mumble ill Acton High School with some familiar favorites from elastics opera and contemporary musicals Pictured left to right are baritone Marin soprano Joj Tenor raciiofoprano Jean and soprano oaten Cable TV listings Thar Feb II Hal ton Region Council Feb Feb Chamber of Commer Awards Julian Reed Address Hockey Heritage Dinner B 30 SignOff HAPPINESS IS CHANNELS CANADIAN THEATRES AX GEORGETOWN 3 WadThurs THE JAZZ SINGER BOB WILLIS show Mr Willis recalled But when Ken Watson who was directing Theatre produclion of Walt Until Dark bet I take the part of one of the two policemen who come in right ot the end took him up on it Since then Mr Willis has been extremely active in local dramatic circles his most recent acting credits including roles in One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest Arsenic and Old Lace and Plats Suite He makes his debut with GLT fresh from appearing in a Village Play house production of Come Back Shebo A purchasing agent for Peel region 33yearold Brampton resident has also tried his hand at directing plays In Count Dracula Mr Willis plays Jonathan Barker the hero in Stokers classic am of sinister bloodsucking with the voracious outsize Incisors Despite the laughs Count Dracula which Is entry In the Association of Community Theatres Central Ontario Drama to Ill Tamil Clwln THE INCREDIBLE SHRINKING WOMAN J IB THE FORMULA Brando ENTERTAINMENT Feb SHELL TONES 8773541 IS YOUR TV SET HAPPY and no Interference from planes cars trucks and trains Good solid pictures solid colours On cable your TV works tha way was 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