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Thursday, M ay 7, 2015 - The IFP - H alton H ills - w w w .theifp.ca Page 31 PAQUETTE PRODUCTIONS PRESENTS PETE PAQUETTE THE MOMENTS ® ELVIS F E A T U R I N G GEORGETOWN FRIDAY, MAY 22, 2015 JOHN ELLIOTT THEATRE AT 8PM FOR TICKETS: 905.877.3700 OR HALTONHILLS.CA/THEATRE VISIT PAQUETTEPRODUCTIONS.COM FOR MORE INFO TICKETS 39.00 611 Farmstead Drive, Milton Ontario L9T 7Y8 905.693.1419 www.birkdaleplace.com Celebrate life with us Birkdale Place S E N I O R S C O M M U N I T Y Come Celebrate LifeWith Us!Come Celebrate LifeWith Us! MEET OUR RESIDENT • Terri is an amazing resident of Birkdale Place that moved in the Fall of 2014. • She's an eternal optimist whose positivity is felt throughout Birkdale Place, and can be seen chatting with people she just met. • Terri was born in a small town in Saskatchewan in 1925, that consisted of 3 grain elevators, her family store and one other family. • She had the courage to move to Quebec and went to university at McGill achieving her BA and teaching credentials. • She was married in Quebec and has 3 daughters. • Once cooking became a chore, she considered a retirement residence • Surprisingly since moving to Birkdale Place she has lost weight and has cut out junk food. She loves the food so much at Birkdale Place and can now make healthy choices and get her exercise. • Even if hard-pressed she can't think of one thing she doesn't like at Birkdale Place. TERRY OFFERS THIS ADVICE FOR THE YOUNGER GENERATIONS: "Talk to others whenever you can, don't keep things to yourself…but don't belly-ache. You will only make yourself miserable…and make others miserable too." WE'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE YOU TOTERRY BIGNELL! Kids 12 and under receive one free kids meal with the purchase of an adult entree. Valid Monday & Tuesday only at Kelsey's Georgetown. Limited time offer. ENTERTAINMENT Judging by the quality of the talent at Globe's Youth Company's production of The Little Mer- maid Jr. that opened at John Elliott Theatre on Friday night, the future of community theatre is bright. Directed by Craig Marshall, with musical di- rector Lumena Daniel and choreographer Jenni- fer Marshall and produced by Leann Playter, The Little Mermaid Jr. tells the tale of the mermaid Ariel, who despite her father's warnings, is fas- cinated by the human world. One day Ariel falls in love with Prince Eric after saving him from drowning. So she makes a deal with Ursula the sea witch-- she would become human but only has three days to get Prince Eric to kiss her be- fore she ends up as Ursula's slave-- and a mer- maid-- forever. A large cast of more than 50 youth, ages 7-18, was on stage most of the time during the hour- long performance, but the youngsters shone in several of the key roles. Colleen McGuckin, who played the title role, The Little Mermaid Ariel was Ariel-- beautiful acting, beautiful singing, and beautiful girl. Her love interest, Prince Eric, was played by Jordan May, who has the most wonderful sing- ing voice. Standout supporting cast members were Se- bastien (Brynn Swenarchuk), Flounder (Olivia Doyle) and Scuttle (Rachel Currie): fun, fun, fun. Shaelyn Girvan played Ursula, the sea witch, and was described in the words of one young at- tendee, "I don't like her, she's scary," -- the high- est compliment. The audience was filled with young theatre- goers and this is a perfect vehicle to introduce your child to live theatre. It is a Disney story most were familiar with, it was short (a hour long) and it was filled with colourful costumes and charac- ters. There were numerous scene changes, which did prompt another young audience member to ask, 'how come it keeps going dark?' But the ac- tion moved quickly, and the props creating spe- cial effects and the theatre's fly system (rigging) were used effectively. There were some sound problems on mics used by Flotsam (Scarlett Lowrie) and Jetsam (Gloria Tobin), which was unfortunate but to their credit the duo perse- vered. Word of mouth has spread, and all tickets have been sold for this week's performances. But keep Globe in mind for next year's spring show; with its pool of youth talent it will also likely be a must-see show as well. By Cynthia Gamble cgamble@theifp.ca Review: The Little Mermaid Jr. has legs