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Page 2 THE HERALD Wedneiday May 1 1M1 Come to the Forum Globe Productions spring presentation A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum opens Thursday tomorrow pm at the John Elliott Theatre on Church Street Georgetown Per formances run this Friday and Saturday and also next week May 9 and 11th Tickets for the per formances are available at Rojal Lepage Estate offices Guelph St in Georgetown Cast members pictured include kneeling left to right Jack Ferguson and At the rear left to right Vince Staltari Elizabeth Roderick- Mackintosh Margaret EggletonKaye and Joe Del Guldice Photo submit ted Second City troupe to visit ByLOISFRASER Herald Special St Johns United Church is br inging the popular Second City to Georgetown on May If youre wondermg if we St Johns folks are in need of entertainment or perhaps just jolly youre cor rect Of course the real reason is that the church is renovating the existing church and building an addition Bringing Second City to town is a fund raising event and St Johns hopes to sell out the tickets as three previous Second City engagements to Haltorr Hills have done The people of Halton Hills love Second City And no wonder They have a special brand of humour where poking fun at our political social and cultural ac tivities is a specialty Theres certainly plenty of material for them these days To say this is a popular group is an understate ment When trying to book a per formance we were given a choice of only 2 weekday even ings in a fourmonth period The Second City was bom in in Chicago Illinois Specializing in improvisational comedy using few props and costumes the ensemble of five actors lampoons our modern lives Improvising on suggestions from the audience during the improv sets held nighjly after the regular show the cast works amplifies and refines those ideas into scenes for the next revue The Second City quickly won over and critics Fourteen years later The Se cond City came to Canada and set up house in a one-hundred-year- old f irehall in downtown Toronto Continuing the tradition for over 17 years and 30 successful revues The Second City in Toronto now boasts a highly respected and recognized resident company at the Old a National Tour ing Company a public workshop program and a lengthy and famous list of alumni As The Second Citys profile grew in Toronto cast members began to move on to other careers in film and television In order to replenish the supply of qualified talent the National Touring Com pany was set up using some of the graduates from the highly suc cessful public workshop program held at the Second City A proven success the Touring Company has provided an invaluable source of talent as well as suc ceeding in its own right touring communities resorts conven tions and universities from coast to coast The louring Company presents minute program in two acts featuring the best of The Second City from the past 30 years The Second City National Touring Company performance is always guaranteed to appeal to a broad range of tastes and as a bonus provides the audience with an op portunity to see the young Second City stars of the future Tickets are each and are available weekdays mornings at St Johns United Church Guelph Street or by calling or Georgetown 1 1 CHORAL SOCIETIES present A SPRING COLLECTION featuring Vaughan Williams Sea Symphony SatMay4atGDHS Fri May at Holland Christian Homes Brampton Sat May at Orangeville District High School Performance Time 8 pm Tickets available from choir members Oxbow Books and at the door 8 adults seniors and students For more informotion call Choral Society 20th Anniversary The twentieth anniversary for the Georgetown Choral Society is an appropriate to re join the Achill Choral Society to recapture some of the magic of last Springes Holland Tour Only this time A Dale Wood who con ducts both choirs has selected Vaughan Williams majestic Sea Symphony to mark the occasion The work is worthy of the one hundred voices which will come together in concert A Dale Wood is a well known local musician who thrives on Vaughan Williams He teaches piano organ and voice and has conducted the Georgetown Choir since He graduated from the University of Torontos School of Music and has extensive credits singing and directing much of the choral repertoire Along with his work with the two choirs he also directs the choir of Grace United Church in Brampton and finds time to compose and accompany select professional performers Christopher Dawes the com bined choirs accompanist in Holland will make a return visit with the combined choirs Chris a displaced maths and computer science enthusiast blind sided by music while at Queens traded calculus and functions for more worldly crochets and He is an accomplished soloist and the Music Director of All Saints Church Kingsway The choir think of him as family having seen him hold up the Canadian end on some long evenings with some boisterous young Dut chmen The choirs love singing with Chris Another old friend returns to our local stage Bruce Armstrong will sing the baritone solo Bruce a one time resident of Georgetown sang with St Johns Choir and the Georgetown Choral Society He studied music at Wilfrid under Victor Martin Bruce also sang with the Mendelsshon Choir for years and has racked up a long list of credits included The Messiah Mozarts Requiem as well as show music like and Bess Bruce will be joined by Dale Woods find of last winter Susan Murley will join the Choirs again to sing the soprano solo Susan is also a graduate of the University of Toronto in Vocal Performance She studied under Patricia Kern Susan has started building her repertoire with some very challenging pieces Bachs Mass in and Williams Susan Chris Dawes will marry shortly A massed choir taps an emo tional nerve which unfailingly stirs the soul whatever the reper toire If havent heard voices sing their hearts out cap tured by the music the signal that binds you to the yearnings of the mass of humanity has passed you by Why not fix it now by talk ing to a choir member or visiting Norman Holt at Oxbow Books and buy tickets for one of the con certs District High School Georgetown May 800 pm Holland Christian Homes Brampton May 10 800pm Orangeville High School Orangeville May 11 800pm Big Chill nears The hottest and most suc cessful surf band on the enter tainment scejie Endless Sum mer wilt be bringing its magic and excitement to Georgetowns Big Chill Dance Saturday June at the Georgetown Memorial Arena Dance goers will be soaking up the heat wave as band members perform all the surf music favorites of the 60s and 70s Organizers are encouraging dance goers to wear their favorite apparel to enjoy the California atmosphere soaked in Again Big Chill Dance pro ceeds will go to the seven local sport groups and the Chamber of Cdmmcrce Some features of this years dance include Souvenir Tshirts a munchie bar a cooler bar a slide show of the 90s dance and the popular service Please leave your cars at home and take advantage of this transportation service The organizations involved in this years dance include Georgetown Baseball Assoc Georgetown Minor Hockey Assoc Georgetown Raiders Georgetown Ladies Flag Football League Georgetown Mens Flag Football League Georgetown Ladies Baseball League Georgetown Blue Fins Swim Club and Hills Chamber of Com GEORGETOWN GLOBE PRODUCTIONS PRESENTS May 2nd to May 9th I WON TICKETS AND SO CAN YOU 2 PAIRS OF TICKETS FOR MAY 2nd MAY 9th DRAWS TO BE HELD APRIL 24th MAY 1st MAY 2nd 1 991 William Armstrong WINNER Elgin St Georgetown Please Mall of Drop Off To The Herald Guelph St Georgetown ADDRESS PHONE NO GEORGETOWN GLOBE PRODUCTIONS