4 By HOWARD MOZEL -,;] Oakville Beaver Staff ‘< When Rainer Noack came to St. Ignatius O of Loyola several years ago, he was deterâ€" mined to develop a Drama program from the roots up. With the recent success of the play Subway Breakdown at the Sears Drama Festival, it‘s obvious his efforts have blosâ€" somed. No one is more proud than Charles Pavia, the young Loyola playwright who â€" with Noack and company â€" nurtured Subway Breakdown from words on a page to a sucâ€" cessful production. He credits his onâ€"stage experience with helping to write a play which is actor friendly but â€" like Noack â€" tips his hat to the cast and crew. "In school we‘re not in the business of competition. We‘re in the business of educaâ€" tion," says Noack. "It‘s not so much winning as that the students are proud of what they do." "The one thing everyone has is spirit," says Noack, who lauded his students‘ willingâ€" ness to learn and to share. LEARNING EXPERIENCE After all, the world of theatre outside Loyola‘s walls is one that maintains a sense of community. Through Sears, Noack hopes to foster a similar understanding and so doing make the Drama program that much better. He admits competition "gets the blood boilâ€" ing" but is quick to point out that the ultimate goal of Subway Breakdown is to learn. In no way, however, does Noack take all the credit for "Subway" being one of three productions chosen to represent Halton in the upcoming Sears Regionals in Guelph. Instead, he has nothing but praise for the enthusiastic group of young people who rose to the occaâ€" sion and triumphed. In fact, the school also won the Halton Spirit Award â€" just as it has the past two years. This fact proves there is something special at work at Loyola which transcends a relative lack of experience and exposure to more established programs. 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It‘s good news for your company and for Ontario. jobsOntario » Training | Ontario St. Ignatius of Loyola Secondary School is a Sears Drama Festival winner with Subway Breakdown, winning the Halton Spirit Award, and two Awards of Excellence for Outstanding Technical Achievements, and Playwriting for writer Charles Pavia. Shown here are some of the cast members on stage. (Photo by Riziero Vertolli) "It‘s become bigger and better â€" that‘s portive and in general offered small ways to Awards of Excellence won by Subway everyone‘s vision," said Pavia, who won the _ fineâ€"tune the play. Breakdown help validate their efforts. Playwriting Award at the Halton Districts. . â€"_In a pep talk to cast and crew on Tuesday, "We are proud of our work but this shows The other winning entries in the Districts were Queen Elizabeth Park and Burlington Central. All three move on to the Regionals in Guelph March 29 to April 3. Those schools that win the Regionals in Guelph will advance to the All Ontario Finals in May in North Bay. Having won the first round, the hardest part now will be to gear up for the Regionals armed with the suggestions of adjudicator Dennis Johnson. Johnson â€" who called Subway Breakdown "an enormous collage of images, sound and language" â€" was very supâ€" The Regional Municipality of Halton Subway Breakdown (416) 825â€"6171 "The Regionals will be a whole new expeâ€" rience," he said. "But we‘re going into it with our eyes open." In a pep talk to cast and crew on Tuesday, Noack said that despite the pressure of the second round everyone should understand that they have already accomplished what they set out to do. The trick now is to simply make Subway Breakdown that much better while dealing with the new hurdles created by a bigger stage and new lichting desien. Competition or not, Noack believes the 115 Jones St. Bronte Specializing in... March 1993 Which brings us back to Noack‘s initial commitment to make Drama at Loyola the best it can be. Pavia and others â€" the first to be taken under Noack‘s wing â€" will be graduatâ€" ing this year. For their teacher there is a sense of completion but also an awareness of a fresh and special beginning. "They set the standard for new students where none existed before," he smiles. "We are proud of our work but this shows that others recognize our work too," he says. "The awards show that Loyola is doing someâ€" thing right. It‘s a nice plus for our school." Kendal Taylor Prinsen and Jordan Pefter Kotsopoulos