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SECTION A THE HERALD Wednesday January IS New la Town Globe Production a musical offering Tor are fcektUueetlmesaweekRiiacFeb opening rapidly a but the number are becoming under the direction of Sandy a director whose win be pawed on to Globe director as u the acton themselves Globe booking early for tickets by Herald photo New Girl in Town award winners involved with play Productions New Girl In Town feature two talented Individuals Terry Champ and Linda Roe who won the highest award In Ontario a community theatre competitions for Terry la the shows musical director who received bis 1983 award for chorus direction He Is a professional engi neer at Kodak and has bean the organist and cfaoir director at St Andrew a United Church for four years Terry was musical director for Globe Oklahoma Bramp ton Musical Society a Superman and was cboruamuter for My Fair Lady In Bramp ton This la all quite since Terry la a selftaught musician and did not start playing the piano until be atten ded university Terry it also a per former and appeared In Viva Mexico My Fair Lady and for which he won another The Award as part of a household Is Terry wife Marilyn Who else would let their husband keep two organs and a piano In their living room and not bat an eye when musicians move In on Sundays for orchestra rehearsals I According to Terry New Girl In Towns music is great very rhythmic lis barroom ragtime Is similar to music from The Sting The show will also en Lire tunes played on Marilyn a antique player piano Globe second Tnea winner is Linda Roe who won her award for the beautiful scenery In Oklahoma She Is doing props and scenery for NewGirllnTown Amazingly Linda also has no formal artistic training and started her theatrical career by helping out In props for OUT Barefoot in the Park Since then Linda has spent seven years painting sets for G as well as being stage crew costume mistress and producer Linda Oklahoma Not Now Darling for GLT She is larly challenged In painting a difficult tape stry for G next play A Lion In Winter Linda is a Gelfcotifes chicken She says In working backstage she has no sleepless nights can have fun a sense of accomplish and enjoy the audience appreciation without the stage fright Linda recalls some of her backstage tense moments such as sew ing up ripped stage curtains during the dress rehearsal of She sites the comraderle and energy theatre people have as being the main attrac tion for her When she is not sing In St John choir or volunteering at Harris on and Centennial schools Linda spends time developing courage to go on stage She has ordered a stage makeup kit on spec so who knows Tickets for New Girl In Town are available by calling Shoppers Mart January 19 20 from 8 Two special nights for New Girl are planned for the John Elliott Theatre during Georgetown Globe Pro ductions run of New In Town in February Both evenings be local charities and guests enjoying a gala evening of theatre and reception with wine- In the Galle ry following the per At the receptions theatre goers and rial guests will meet 30member cast of New Girl and the behindthescenes mem Alternatives to hibernation ByPATHRETCHKA The holidays are well and truly over Spring it fax far away The next few months offer one thing only winter If you are a winter sports person you are revelling in this season of snow and cold However there are some among us who do not revel in the great outdoors and nave no desire to burl themselves down a hill with two boards strapped to their feet or expend their energy sweeping a perfectly clean patch of Ice trying to turn a badly thrown curling rock into a winner For those who are looking for some socially acceptable Indoor activity to help tbem make It through the season of Ice and snow take heart help Is on the way Credit Valley Artisans are offering several winter courses Classes are available in the following subjects Photography Wednesdays Water colours Mondays Teens Art Saturdays Children Pottery Tuesdays Adult Weaving Thursdays Registration is Friday January 20 from to and Saturday January at from am to noon at Cedarvale Cottage For further information call 77 Perhaps with the grey of winter Using over outside yon would like to brighten up your home with an arrangement of dried flowers Then plan to get out tonight January IB and attend the Georgetown Horticultural Societies meeting at Knox Church Hall Melaale Bray of Everlasting Flowers Acton will demonstrate how to preserve and arrange garden flowers Another way to Ewe those winter blues is to attend the ballet performance of Snow White Saturday January at the John Elliott Theatre The School of Dancing la sponsoring the appearance of the Elisabeth Dance Company In the ballet by Anthony There win be two performances at a and pm are for adults aid for children Call for- tickets or Then the winter Saw Is going south But if funds little tight this year and none of my ont appeal to you and you really hate I nave only one thing left to say pa- Theatre plunge leads to discovery of hidden talents is a mob of Jostling spiteful Iheatre goers Mr Macdonald thought for a while but concluded he couldn t recall anyone of his actors reeling up on stage and he never uses a prompt If something goes wrong with that careful concentration even the amateurs are skilled enough to wing their lines unlit the train of thought rhp HERALD Entertainment sense of accomplishment For many people the plunge into theatre leads to the discovery of hidden talents he added Not just acting skills but organizational talents which lie dormant brought out by the demands of amateur production And he agreed that it not too hard to no some of the skills being put to use at work the next morning Fortunately the success of Globe s two previous productions seems to draw more new faces in the production company fold each year 1 may nover be one of them but with the right kind of encouragement from people like Sandy its tempting to try My first and last perform ante took place about five years ago In the choir loft of a university chapel I played God In The and was so bad went Into ts of laughter In rehearsal and had an uncontrollable twitch at the comer of his mouth during each of the four night performances The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse couldn I drag me on now but Sandy Macdonald might the professional director at the helm of Globe Production a New Girl In Town thanks to a Theatre Ontario grant Mr curriculum Is an endless list of directing acting and teaching accomplishments In Canada and the United Kingdom I was Impressed when I saw it and I had to wonder given his work with amateur drama and musical theatre groups how ho overcomes In neophyte casts he sniffed when I talked to him Monday I never make anything of it I usually give people too much to think about to worry about it He says that the people he works with are so rigorously rehearsed their tram of thought remains In character It occur to the actor that beyond the edge of the stage SANDY gets back on track I sulked to the stage because I was threatened with loss marks If I dldn t take part In our play But what makes the business executives plumbers housewives and mothers swallow their Initial fears to show up for auditions and subsequent rehearsals with such keen ambition Why don t they Just hide It makes us feel good was the response from Mr Macdonald I suppose there a bit of the ham In all of us We all like to be appreciated and some of us do It for our community just like people who are Involved with service clubs We like to have that Florence Matriarch of Kings hers of the Globe company Organisers say that both Friday evenings Feb 10 and 17 will be dress up occasions and a chance for local theatre lovers and Globe members to mingle and enjoy a special occasion Proceeds from the first evening will go to the North Asso ciation for the Mentally Retarded and the following week to the Optimist Club campaign to raise money for the elevator for the hand capped to be installed at Georgetown District High School Rehearsals for Globe a major lion have been under way since October and the executive report that their current cat will be something quite new from previous years Talented Terry Champ local choir leader who acted as musical director for lost year a successful run of Oklahoma is again directing the music Several of the better known melodies Include Good To Be Alive Look At Her and There No Flies On Me The role of the new girl Anna is taken by petite Tlcknor of Brampton and the male lead by Joe Delguldice of Georgetown both In last years production Director is J A S Sandy Macdonald and choreographer Is Phylllss Derosa Koett Ing New Girl In Town will run 10 evenings February through February IB Maureen Walker who manages Globe s Box Office reports that tickets for the two benefit perform are priced at and are available through their regular telephone service at Each ticket admits the holder to both the theatre and the recep tion following in the Gallery Herald Special Regal and cunning Eleanor of Aqullalne Is a particularly ing role for any actress in James Goldman The Lion in Winter And while there were a number of contend era for the part Direc tor Neville Worsnop chose Florence Conn or for Georgetown Little Theatre upcoming production of The Lion drawing on her wealth drama tic and musical which is difficult to surpass In theatre Eleanor of Aqultalne was one of the most colorful female political figures of the ry She was outstanding beautiful even in her elder years as the matriarch of kings and princes CHESS GAME While the models and language used in Mr Goldman play are modern what happens on stage is a timeless game of chess In which the Queen glides from one political advantage to another Eleanor is In the play her youthful beau ty is still apparent and her wit as sharp as ever Florence O Connor will have to spend consider able time In the makeup room to look as old as Eleanor of Aquitalne but she experienced In acting as Eleanor was in the politics of her day She II be making her debut with when The Lion opens Feb Audiences in Brampton FLORENCE O CONNOR behind the curtain Ms Connor has worked for Nomlc Studios and Bramalca Little Theatre Her product with Include among others Not Now Darling Calif or Suite and the Prime of Miss Jean Brodle Georgetown residents will recall that she played In Nomlc Stu dlo production of B Shaw Don Juan In Hell Joining Enid Williams Nicholas Glen Tarlin and Mike Burgoyne for the even dress reading at Georgetown Oxbow Books last year Ms O Connor has also acted in Nornic production of The Hollow Crown 1960s Murder In The Cathe dral and a dinner Iheatre production of Village Wooing In 1382 she was nated for Best Actress In he ACT CO Asso ciation of Community TheatresCentral Ontario Festival for her role in the Prime of Miss Jean GLT a The Lion is vying for honors In this year ACTCO Festival and the play will be adjudicated March The Lion in Winter 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