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| a) 1 the boards at t Keriano- | ~ Just a, week ago; the cast and:

- crew of: Terrace Little:-Theatre’s : The Art of War went ‘on the | toad’ to Kemano. The Kemano - Community Association had

proposed the trip to the Terrace Little Theatre Society.

~ by Betty Barton

The Kemano Community Association is a combination town council and social con-

venor in Kemano. As part. of:

their cultural enrichment pro- gram for the residents of Kemano, they have sponsored various regional and out-of- region groups, and individuals to perform in Kemano. —

It is an isolated community with access only by sea or air. The residents are enthusiastic about entertainers coming into the community.

After much. consultation bet- ween the Kemano Community Association and Terrace Little Theatre about logistics and dates, ome performance was

~ agreed upon for the weekend of -

Nov. 25th.

After two ‘sold out’ evenings of the play at a dinner theatre in the Northwest Community Col- lege cafeteria, the group was more than pleased to do it again. lights, risers. and costumes were packed as com- pactly as possible. Fifteen peo- ple ‘(8 cast and 7 crew) were

transported to Kitimat, courtesy - _of Alcan, and then transferred the MV-

to Alcan’s boat, Nechako. Northwest Communi- ty College provided the truck to transport all the risers and lights. The captain of the boat, Bob and his crew, ‘kindly

assisted with loading all the theater paraphenalia. The 40-passenger Nechako is

Kemano: residents regularly go out to shop or for medical ap-

pointments. And, more recently,

additional workers and con- sultants from the Kemano Com-

- pletion Project use the boat to. | ' ‘get out’ on their few days off.. |. °

There was pandemonium

- when the theater troupe first ar-

rived in Kemano. With only three hours before show time, much needed to be done. Lights

had-to be rigged, risers had to be

set up, props arranged, costumes ironed and organized, and make-up put on, There also had to be time to run through the play once before the actual performance. This is usual pro- cedure, but was doubly necessary that night.

Jim Branch, who normally played the part of Jamie, the gardener, had been rushed to hospital three days prior for an emergency appendectomy. Although he was still convinced that he would be able to act, the rest of the cast and crew vetoed it. Jamie’s role is that of the ‘fall guy’, literally and figuratively. In the play, he is thrown down onto the stage, or against fur- niture on several occasions. It would have been impossible for Jim to do anything except stand

’-very-still and say his lines. | Daniel Barnswell, the director -

and, only other. person who knew Jim’s lines almost as well as he did, agreed to ‘stand-in. After some initial ‘hésitation,

Daniel jumped in- with his

usual verve and zeal. He did line-runs each day with both cast and his girlfriend, Connie. Every evening, the cast met for rehearsals,

Saturday evening, at 8:15 p.m., the play went on with one

quarter of Kemano (50 people)

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“always fully booked c on its daily ; -tuns from Kemano to Kitimat. |:

David Hislop rehearses his tunes for the Kemano per- formance of The Art of War (Nov. 25th). David plays Lance Dubois, the piano man, in the play. He provides the special

. $0und effects, musical Interludes between scenes and ac-

companiment for sohgs sung during the play.

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It was a new kind of cargo for the MV Nechako on a recent weekend when the Terrace Little Theatre came to town. The group staged its production of The Art of War for an appreciative

audience in Kemano.

in the audience. The four stage

areas were positioned among the theater-goers to augment their involvement in the action, They gasped, laughed, clapped and sighed as the actors crept across the floor, lighting the way with only a dim flashlight, or prat-fell across the pool table or perched on a chair spouting the at- tributes of art.

After the final act, the au- dience shook hands with the cast

_ and congratulated them on a job

well done. They were most ap- preciative that Terrace Little

Theatre had journeyed to’ Kemano. "Association -enthusiastically...in-

The Community

vited the troupe back when the next play is ready to go ‘on the

road’, :

A superb dinner was prepared by Crawley & McCracken, the catering service that has served Kemano since the first construc- tion days of Alcan in the early 50s. Then, after midnight, the whole cast and crew had a tour of the power house. This huge complex and tunnel, housed in the mountainside, generates all the electricity for Alcan in Kemano and the aluminum smelter in Kitimat. The excess is sold to B.C. Hydro, The initial stages of the Kemano Comple- tion Project, at the townsite end, were viewed by the bright lights of the heavy - equipment, digg- ing, drilling and hauling to con- struct the new tunnel.

Cast and crew were billeted with Kemano families for a very short night. The, at 7:30 the next morning, everyone loaded onto the Nechako for the return trip to Kitimat. The whole trip had lasted less than 24 hours. The cast and crew were still ‘high’

from the warm hospitality and

excitement of performing, ‘‘off Broadway’’ in Kemano!

The Terrace Little Theatre's latest production, Retirement’, is presently on stage at the McColl Playhouse until Dec. 9. Tickets are for sale at Erwin Jewellers in the Skeena Mall. In January, more. is in store for the Terrace ‘Little Theatre Society.

The art show is on now

_ Contributed by |

Kulbinder Saran.

The Terrace Parks and Recreation Department is proud to present The Art Show, De- cember 5 to December 16, at the Terrace Art Gallery. Come and see the range of talented artists we have in this community. It’s fun for the whole family at a great price... free admission!

The Gallery hours of opera- tion are: Monday, 7 - 9 p.m.; Tuesday through Saturday, 12 noon - 3 p.m. and 7 - 9 p.m.; Sunday, | - 4 p.m, and 7 -9p.m.

The artists featured in this show have ali taken Terrace Parks’ and Recreation art courses at some point. This is a chance for these artists to

‘display their work for the

public,

Some of the courses these ar- tists have taken are Monart Drawing, Aqua Tinta, An Adventure in Colour with Anne Marie Nehring, and Dave Com-

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fort’s Water Colour Workshop just to name a few.

As an art show, this one is definitely different: there are different sizes, mediums, styles, impressions and colors, as well as different ages; from children as young as 6 years to adults.

R.E.M. Lee Theatre —

McColl Playhouse —

8 p.m. Terrace Art Gallery —

Northern Motor Inn — In George’s Pub, band

to 1 a.m. Terrace Hotel —

Inn of the West — Fanny’s Lounge —

Carol Sing, Wednesday, Dec. 6, 7 p.m.

Caledonia Senior Secondary School Christ- mas Concert, Tuesday, Dec. 12, 10:30. a.m. and 7:30 p.m. i

Ladies in Retirement — play, Dec. 7, 8 and 9,

For some of these artists, this will be their first art show, while others have displayed their work

a number of times. Either way, | -the artists would appreciate your

support: Come and enjoy The Art Show... you might even learn something new!

Northwest arts and entertainment calendar

The Art Show, Dec. 5 to 16.

Harvest Moon, from

Edmonton, Monday to Saturday, 9 p.m..

Augie’s Lounge — Gerry Shaw Gigl’s Pub — 50's and 60’s band, Jessie . Aaron & Memphis.

“office party”, Friday, Dec. 15, 12 noon to 4 p.m. Call Shella or _ Debbie at 638-8141.

‘Ladies in -