Last Thursday evening was indeed a night to
remember, my wife and I attended the Rossland
Light Opera Players' production of "We'll Meet
Again." When a theatre company can put on a
production like this, lasting better than a couple of
hours, and there isn't a dull moment during the
whole thing, I think we would have to say it was
quite a job.
Most of my readers will have had the chance to
read Nancy's first-class report ( in the Trail Times),
so I am not going to repeat names that have already
been used, suffice to say I agree with every word
she said, right down to the wiping away of the odd
tear when it was all over. Her pictures were good
too.
The whole thing was fast-paced, no lost time
between acts, timing was excellent and the solos
revealed a whole host of talent that we always knew
we had around. This writer would like to see a whole
lot more in the times ahead Thank you, RLOP,
every last one of you. And thank you, Jim Schuck,
for bringing us the opportunity to see this
remarkable entertainment.
And thanks to the host of people who came to
see and went away with a warm feeling inside when
it was over.
Now to another subject, this one concerns our
youngsters who went to Kelowna to play rugby on
the past weekend in a provincial championship
tourney. The local high school boys who went over
there played four games, winning one and losing
three. I talked to Rich Chobanuk this morning and
he told me the kids have every right to feel pretty
good about their performance. They lost a 10-9
squeaker to Comox and in a game against the host
team, gave Kelowna quite a battle before going
down 16-0. They met Semiahmoo in the next game
and were put down 45-0, but just to show they
weren't ready to give up they took on Peace River
and beat them 1~9.
As I said before, the Coast teams have quite an
edge on our kids when it comes to rugby, they have
high-class coaching and the finest facilities
anywhere in the country.
This week's retirees day was the first real
warm one we've had this season and saw 56 on hand
for the contests put on by Jae~ Buchanan and
"Chier• Buna. Hidden partners were the order of
the day and the winners were, Ray Gariepy and
Gord McLaren in one pairing and Bill Dobbs and
Pat Martin in another. Other categories were high
net and high gross. Gil Lemoel won the net and Carl
Osing the gross.
Next week, I was informed, Herbie St. Jean and
Marcel Proulx will be on deck and we'll play the
white tees, low gross, low net and closest to the pin
on number five. You wouldn't suppose these two
gentlemen might be holding a late celebration of
Montreal's Stanley Cup victory?
Anyway, thing seem to be be going very well
down at the upper course. There seems to be a good
steady stream of players and the jobs that need
doing are gradually coming on line and geting done
one way or another. One real danger spot is one of
the weeping willows at the east end of number seven
where a broken branch needs finishing off before it
falls on some unlucky golfer. The green on number
nine should be ready for use before too long.
We have a date for our Legion golf tourney,
June 28 at New Denver. Next week I'll have all the
facts concerning entries and who may or may not
participate.
So until then I'll just say,
'Til next time, then!