A4 CASTLEGAR NEWS, May 31, 1981 B.C. Drama Festival _ Mainstage ‘81, the B.C. Drama Festival, opens June 2 in Nelson with perfor- mances by local artists. Lynette Lightfoot and her dance group "A Question of Balance” will present a sel- ection of modern and jazz dance, followed by the Herl- tage Players production of Slawomir Mrozek’s Strip- tease. David Thompson Univer- sity Centre and Nelson's Heritage Players are hosting the festival which runs through June 6. “The festival features per- formances of the finest com- munity theatre productions from B.C.,” said Perry Long, chairman of the festival com- mittee. “Each of the plays to be performed have been chosen from zone competi- tions, so audiences can ex- pect to see top quality com- * munity theatre productions.” Long added that this is the first time that a provincial drama festival of this size and stature has been held in the Kootenays. On June 9, the Creston” Valley Drama Club presents Yes Dear by Alberta play- wright Warren Gravea. Yes Dear is a humorous treat- ment of a 19-yar-old girl leaving home. The same evening the Bruhanski The- atre Studelo players perform “Home Free” by Lanford Wilson, Each performance gets un- derway at 8 p.m. in the from Travellers Theatre in Kelowna, On Fridsy evening three one-act plays will be pre- sented. The Play- Bear, followed by The In- sanity of Mary Girrard, writ- ten by Lanie Robertson and presented by Greengablo of A Good luck phrase almost comes true For English actress Joan Collins, the | traditional hy ers will perform original drama called Joy As It Flies. Written by Rosalind True- love, from the Saltspring Players, the play is about a granddaughter and grand- mother. Act One Players Mainstage '81 winds up Saturday with The Interview with Peter Swet and The Canterbury Tales by Neville Coghill. The Interview. is presented by the North Van- couver Players, with the from will be atag- ing Anton Chekhov's The Theatre Group staging C: good luck p! “Break a leg” — almost cama 8. E At rehearsal one day prior to the opening of a new thriller, Murder in Mind, Collins fell off the stage and broke her left arm. Rather than cancel the t Festival of fine.arts.. BANFF, ALTA. (CP) — When the Banif Centro School for Fine Arts opened in 1988, the sweeping vista of . the Rocky Mountains around ‘the national part townsite wasa. big drawing card. Today, the quality of stu- dents and teachers alike is the main lure, The 1981 Banff Festival of Fine Arts attracted world renowned musicians like cellist Janos Starker, y Tales, th k run in about 46 kik south- vad CASTLEGRINCNEWS ENTERTAINMENT -Nelson Civic Theatre. Tic- kets for tho festival are available at Cutler's News, Sutherland's Music and the DTUC Theatre Centre. Harold Pinter’s The Home- coming is the Thursday even- ing performance. This three- act play will feature players Lana Bush wins Miss Lana Bush of Castle- gar recently attended High- land Dance competitions held in Cranbrook and Trail, win- ning three medals and two certificates in her age cat- egory. Lana danced in Beginners, under 12, Highland Fling, Sword Dance and Scottish Lilt, taking three silver med- als in Trail and two fourth © place certificates in Cran- brook. Entries came from throughout B.C., Alberta and Washington, with many com: © petitors in each event. Lana is a student of D. Tompkins School of Dance. Mrs. Tompkins had eight students from Castlegar and Creston competing, winning’ a total of 20 medals and 22 , certificates, Several of the girls will be attending competitions and summer schools in Kelowna and Spokane at the end of July. Cary Grant on fifth Actor Cary Grant, - 77, arriving in London on! Tues- * day with his new ‘English wife, Barbara Harris, bounded up 85 steps of a broken escalator and said, “Pretty good, don't you think? Married life helps to keep. you. fit.” Grant ha Los Angeles with his 30- year-old wife on a business trip for his cosmetic com- pany. By Bob Thomas j HOLLYWOOD (AP) — “IT worked long and hard to get that craziness on the screen,” says Mel Brooks of his latest, most expensive venture into insanity, the $12-million His- tory of the World, Part I. He also worked solo. Brooks is the writer, pro- ducer, director and star of “History.” The entire credit — or blame — rests on his sturdy shoulders. He can handle either. Brooks has encounted scorn from high-brow critics and indifference from studio ex- ecutives, but his audacious comedies continue to connect with audiences. . “Tam a brand name, like Chateau Lafitte” he re- marked, “and I don’t mind comparing myself to the best of wines, The audience knows that if it's a Mel Brooks movie they can expect a cer- tain quality. They also know flown in from” Commenting on his fifth ‘marriage, which took place last month, he told reporters: “She had been my secretary for three years but we knew each other for five years altogether before we wed. ge wag what you would call a natural escal- ation.” . The actor's previous wives have included Betsey Drake, Dyan Cannon and Barbara Hutton. ‘Brooks has reason to be- lieve History will be a hit: the secretaries told him so. Over lunch in the 20th Century-Fox commissary, he explained that he screens his rough cuts to studio secre- taries, It started with Blazing Saddles, which he first showed to Warner Brothers YEAR-END ballet recital for 25 girls ages three to nine was held recently at Blueber: east of London, the 48-year- ‘ old star asked for some acript revisions to account for the cast on her arm and said the show would go on: A threatre spokesman ssys she now “gets pushed around rather a lot in the play.” Creek School. Instructor is Linda Dalla-Lana. —CashiewaFoto by kinda Hell’ i Klaus and pianist Menahem Pres- sler. E Artiste director Tom Rol- ston says the centre and its Crich’ Hall, “destioy‘éd” in’ a 1919 fire, As. welk, the organizers want's winter program, post- graduate courses for young “performers at the point of starting their performing or teaching careers and a new. music theatre program. Other fons include 4 The electronic media ‘stu- dio is earmarked as a rev- enue-producer as well, help- ing to finance the expanding budget. Tho centre gets half its money from Alberta's of ad’ d edu- television studios and a pub- Meations and archives sec- tion. The television production facility will not be a base for visual arts, says Michael Century, an assistant in the field. “It will be a documentary- "he sal festival have d ped an international reputation for excellence. “We never stop inspecting and improving the facilities for faculty and students, year -after year,” he said in an interview. “The over-all quality of the student body rises from year to year and more top-flight + musicians are attracted here to teach them. What student is there who wouldn't like to study with Starker?” From its founding as a theatre school with a $80,000 grant from the carnegie Foundation, the centre has grown to a world-class oper- ation with an annual budget of $5 million. CHANGES MADE Associate director Neil Armstrong says the last decade has meant major changes. “When I came here in 1971, Banff was a potentially ex- citing place in transition,” Armstrong said. “What had been offered under Donald Cameron's dir- ection was becoming redun- dant. .General art courses were easily accessible in every major city and we were merely duplicating them at enormous expense. “What we did was switch the focus from simple train- ing to performance, thus of- fering something new that answered the needs of stu- dents from Alberta and.the rest of Canadas. We greatly improved what has been pretty terrible formil “Faculty and students will be searching for creative new cation and raises the other half on its own. And while the facilities and the high quality of the people . involved make Banff a top- notch arts centre by them- selves, the beauty of the Bow River valley and the looming majesty of the surrounding peaks still add something magic to the school for fine arts, Help Canadians: be more aware CALGARY (CP) — A new recording including ‘compo sitions by several Canadian artists should help Canadians become more aware of their heritage, says the chief cur- ator of Calgary's Glenbow Museum. Hugh Dempsey, who acted as historical source for the recording called In The Dawning: a Story of Canada, said the country's history is vital and exciting and de- serves more attention. He said Canadians have been so inundated by United States history that Canada’s own grows “pale by compar- ison.” “But there's something dis- tinetive with being a Cana- dian,” Dempsey said in an interview. The tworecord set, cre- ated and developed by Ed- monton producer Doug Hut- ton, cost about $500,000 to make. Canadians Connie Kal- . conditions, upgraded the a and embarked on a. massive search for funding and top faculty." \ One turning point was the. screening like a zombie, my face pale, the color gone from my cheeks. SENSE OF FAILURE “I felt I had created a colossal failure. At a meeting afterwards, one of the mar- keting men said, ‘The picture cost two million, I think we'll get back one million — ina room. “It was the coldest screen- ing’T’ve ever seen,” Brooks recalled with a shudder, “There were absolutely no laughs. The bosses didn’t laugh, so their underlings couldn't laugh for fear of of- fending the bosses. I left the OPEN 5 p.m. until Midnight + Satu: International Cuisine in a Dutch setting “I went home and told my wife, ‘I'm through, washed up." As a last resort, he screened Blazing Saddles for studio secretaries. They laughed. Screamed, in fact. The film is now in its fifth re-release and earning more than most current movies. History of the World, Part I originated when Brooks was seeking a new project with his collaborators ‘in Si- lent Movie and High Anxiety, Ron Clark, Rudy DeLuca and Barry Levinson. They first discussed a Second World War ‘satire, then Brooks proposed taking a broader view ‘of history. The writers argued that such a film might prove too episodic. Brooks countered: “Tl hold it together; I'll be in everything.” The trio cut out ° to become directors them- selves, and Mel decided to go it alone. His first inspiration con- cerned Moses: Were there other Secretaries are his critics didn’t get issued? Next he dreamed up a caveman se- quence to star Sid Caesar — “the first joke I ever sold was for Sid as Jungle Boy on Show of Shows.” The Inqui- sition was solved when he decided to stage it “as it might have been done by Busby Berkeley.”. The. final chapter is the French Rev- olution. c Brooks called upon his stock company reliables, Madeline Kern, Harvey Kor- man, Dom DeLuise and Clor- is Leechman, He also intro- duces newcomer. Gregory Hines, who has since become the hit of Broadway in histicated Ladies. * jon, in 1979, of a five- year plan for th centre. The ambitious program calls for the addition of a new rec reation centre and a photo- graphy studio to replace x ~ A Unique Restaurant The Crown Point 1895, featur- ing glant antique cabinets, torn-of-the-century English and Italian stained glass, and much more. Dinner, lunch Surround yourself with Hl history. 1399 Bay Ave. Trail Monday to Thursday 7.a.m. to? p.m. Friday & Saturday 7a.m. to t0p.m, Sunday 8 a.m. -9p.m, en 5o0° RESTAURANT 352-3456 dor, Mare Jordan, Kate and. ‘Anne McGarrigle and the Laurie Bower Singers are some of the musicians fea- tured on the recording. 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With the aid of a’ with permission to share it with your readers if you wish. —Robort J. Hastings (Editor) .: ° " Dear Robert Hastings: Its:o beauty. Thank you for sending It on. : THE STATION - Tucked away in our subconscious minds is an idyllic vision. We see ourselves on a long, fong trip that almost’ spans the continent. Were traveling by passenger train, and out the. windows we drink in the passing scone of cars on nearby highways, of children waving at a crossing, of cattle grazing ona distant hillside, of smoke pouring from a power plant, of row upon row of corn and wheat, of flat! lands and valleys, of mountains and roiling hillsides, of city skylines and ° village halls, of biting winter and blazing summer and cavorting spring and docile fall. = : years old, married, -had two children and didn’t want any more. BO TE But two years after the microscope, he’ is . able: to reassemble severed repro- ductive systems,: clearing away, : tissue and hesions that might prevent. was both her daughters were Killed in an accident: and shortly after sho separated from her husband. Involved in a new relationship, she wanted children again. About 800,000. North American women have tubal ligations ‘annually. In - B.C., there are about 9,000, accord- ing d Proper system. |... PIONEERED TECHNIQUES |... Using techniques he plo- neered. and; instruments he designed himself, Gomel has - achieved a remarkable :au cess rate. In a, 1980 study, of. 118 women on whom he had ; reversal | opera: But uppermost in our minds is the final d ¢ On a certain day at.a certain hour.we will pull into the station. There will be bands playing and flags waving H reams wi ‘once.and for : all. The true joy of life Is the trip. 7 ition is only a; - dream. It constantly outdistances us.” ro - . _ “When we reach the station, that will be itl” we: cry. Translated it means, “When I'm 18, that-will be it! when I buy a new 450 SL Mercedes Benz, that will be it! When | put the last kid through college, that will be it! When | have paid off the mortgage, that will be itl _ When I win a promotion, that will be it! When § reach the age of retirement, that will be it! tshalllive happily ever after! ”.- : ‘ s Unfortunately, once we get “it,” then “it* disap- to the University of B.C. But, like, Sandra, many people who undergo volun- sterilization decide later 5 a dren, ‘thanks to such* an tions, .76 ‘women (64.4 per. cent) achieved one or. mi pregnancies. aes functioning: of | the... insists‘ that young couples .. with one or two children wait. at least a year after the birth Ladies who . attend |. the ‘Women's .-Aglow luncheon meeting on June 3 have a double blessing in store: for. them, fous 5 ‘The guest speaker. will be: Leone Johnson, a born-again, r ‘a vasectomy, rt ‘Actually, microsurgical r versals are srirtually 100-per-. operation. : Dr. Victor Gomel perfo: Removes arrow pears. the station somehow hides itself at the endofan ~ endless track. é the Lord hath made; we will rejoice and be glad in it. ian’t the burdens of. today that driva men mad. R it Is regret ove: di and fear are tw! “She's doing real well,” ~ cent. p reproductive. .systems, , but- reproductive organs are so sensitive, and -so' much. of - their “function, is not -yet. 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