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By JOANNE AMES
Herald staff writer

The moment comes, after
all the hours of rehearsal

and learning lines, the.

trauma of pacing the floor at
nights with your script,
praying that you won't
orget your three lines in the
-first act, when...
You actually have to go in
front of an audience.
The whole texture of the
play changes. The timing
changes,

there are pegple out there

who care about what you're -

doing on stage.
They laugh at the jokes
that you've started to think

were ‘'sick”, says Tony’

Pavao, who played one of
the lead roles in the Skeena
Theatre arts play, “Big
Rock at Candy's Mountain.
They laugh at things Phe
expect them to but, “they
don’t get some of the jokes
that we think are funny,”

reflects Elsie Toelstra, who,
played ‘Myra Mobile in the

production.

Acting, improves. Julie
Skara, who played a hippie
and a well-di
audience makes the play
better because “the kids
give more with the audience
there.’””

Without the audience, it
would be just like another
dress rehearsal, some of the
students said.

“They were the ones who
directed it, actually,” said
Tony Pavao. ‘After the
second act, I had such a
feeling from the people out
there...”

The first moment, when

‘our foot crosses the line

tween the wings and the

You realize that _

er, says the:

hursday June 16. 1977

_ BIG ROCK AT CANDY MOUNTAIN

stage, all the nerves come to!
ahead. It’s not being afraid.

of the audience, it’s thinking
about lines and movement,

and whether or not you can:
be heard out there. .

Will the set changes
Will the lighting

work?
come through?

After the. first few

minutes,

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you can relax,
even though you can “look

SATURDAY

out there and see people you
know,” said Dianne Coutts. °
Once you start acting,
there’s no time to worry.
When the play is over,
there is the relief of gettin
back to a routine, Take off
the makeup, put. away the
costumes, tackle the books.
Tests and final marks are
comi in school. -
These ia alot of sadness,

“We're a smash!;; The moments of super-high energy after a performance have everybody laughing.

too. Working 50 many hours
together brings people
together. Shirley Taylor,
who played Zippity Dewdar,
said the group became.
close, “sort of like a
family.” Elsie Troelstra
added that “you have to be
able to trust each other and
get along.” ;

. Some of the players wish

‘they could have done the

Nervous, relieved, disappointed

play for more nights, or
taken it to other schools. It
seems like such a_ short
climax to six months of
work to only a two-night run.

What has theatre done for
the kids involved?

“It gives you the courage:
to go up and speak for °
yourself. You feel more

dependent, and you don’t
care what the other guy has
to say, you're not afraid to
say your own mind,” said

e Skara, ~

“You wouldn't have
caught me dead on a stage
two years ago. “It’s really

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