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& The Gingerbread Lady will be presented by the Kitchenerâ€"Wa terloo Little Theatre on April 29 and 30, and May 4, 6 and 7 at the Victoria Park Pavilion in Kitchener Kâ€"W Little Theatre presents Simon‘s Gingerbread Lady PAGE 14 â€" waTERLOO CHRONICLE, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 21, 1982 The story, a semous comedy by Neil Simon has been playing as the movie â€" Only When 1 Laugh The local play is being directed by Kathy O‘Brien, and the Students put together musical variety show BLUEVALE COLLEGIATE ‘"Usually everyone who auditions gets in somewhere. Maybe not as soloists, but as part of a group or backup," added Fleischmann, who has participated in the last four producâ€" tions, first as a drummer,. then assistant director and now as director. On the day 1 visited many of the show‘s performers go through their acts twice for good measure. They are by no means perfect â€" dance steps are missed, sour notes are played, performers can‘t be found. But, what they now lack in polish. they more than make up with enthusiasm . ‘"When you see it at this stage you never think it will come together," she said. "It‘s amazing, but the show always pulls together. Work on the Many Moods of Music. the theme of which this year is a Knight on the Town, began last November when the show‘s committee of directors got together to "brainâ€" storm the project," said Fleischmann. Auditions were held in January, but, he said, the students really didn‘t start "getting serious until after the March break " There are still props to be found (has anyone got an old jukebox they‘d like to loan out to the students for one of their numbers?) costumes to be finished, equipment to be brought in, acts to be reworked and polished, even extra backup performers to be found. As Tony Fleishmann, the grade 12 director ut: the show said, there are a thousand details to take care of all at once. This is the ninth year that the Bluevale students have put together their musical variety show. Many Moods is entirely student run organized, produced, directed and performed by students from grades 9 through 13. ‘"‘The purpose of it," said Peter Mansell, Bluevale drama teacher, is not necessarily to audition the most talented in the school, rather, the philosophy is to give everyone who wants to perform their chance on stage. ‘"There are a lot of loose ends yet," admitted Beryl Pflug, activities director at the school, who has given an encouraging hand in the production of this as well as past shows. *‘On opening night, the students just come alive," Pflug added. Over the past month work on the show has been intensive, with rehearsals held each day after school and every weekend. For a teacher, said Jim Major, who is staff sponsor of the program, the Many Moods of Music show is probably the best of the student activities to supervise There isn‘t a iot for the sponsor to do, he said. The show is designed to work on its own Everybody does what he is supposed do do. It is a week to showtime, and the lastâ€"minute frenzy is just beginning to set in for the Bluevale Collegiate students putting together this year‘s Many Moods of Music program. "It is a chancee for students who want to perform to get up and do their thing.~ ‘"The thing that impresses me." added Major. is that the students handle the responsibility so well * * ; t m P 9 mm m it l e en e ® s S week d + P T 2 ce . B Pietixg. .‘ 4 sc 2 p idr‘;. '%i e WezA aA AM o t | >:* £ m i * is i t o . e . /+ t 2 o aimall e . + n * 3 ~ hk % Ni .. k. ts 3 * * un é%, T d ,;,‘v‘_q ie o * e t e l $ *L T s o "a 33 ts . dn o e e oo k s : o M ** e Y * K k. h i . 4 ; #* w s i. O . â€" ht sA * # 4 w M y ie & e l $ ; & * ) & ¢ s _ > ‘ P m é i% fâ€" Â¥ a # * . *‘\-1‘â€"]‘ ! a _ T e » e .. ym â€"â€" W 3 Cl & s . eeeeney s 4 ~ tube & AQ _ 9R 1 m . 6R _ in‘ ® s w8 sPNTnk be cast of six have been in rehearsal for about six weeks & There are two new faces to the Kitchener Waterloo audiences in the cast â€" Gayle Kropf, who has the lead role of Evy Meara,. an ex nightclub singer and recently dried out alro holic. and Dirk Waren ga. who plays the role of a Puerto Rican deti very boy The other members Story and photo by Melodee Martinuk of the cast are: Robb Judd,. Dorothy Gar dener, Alexis Wentges and Jeanâ€" Paul V au tour Set design is by Linda Kardos, who re cently joined the Kâ€"W Little Theatre The Gingerbread Lady was written in 1970 by Neil Siman and first produced on Broadway the follow ing year. It was a departure from the As well, he explained, "my job is mainly organization, making sure everyone is doing their job. Because of this, I‘ve had to learn about time organization, for myself as well as the show. Admission is $2.50 for adults, $1.50 for students with fee cards and $1 for chiidren and senior students. Tickets are available from any Bluevale student, by calling the Bluevale Collegiate activities office at 885â€"4620, ext. 30 or at the door. ~It brings out all the talent in the school," she added. "It‘s great to see kids who haven‘t done anything at school and suddenty thev‘re out there singing and having fun." Fleischmann wholeheartediy agrees with Gilders. For him the rewards in putting together a production of this sort are well worth the long hours devoted to it. But, he joked, being top dog on the producton has had an unexpected, negative result. "I‘m getting a little bossy at home. I seem to be really getting picky about things ‘‘I‘ve really had to control that," he said This year‘s show, said Fleischmann, offers something for everyone, no matter what the musical preferences. It‘s got dance routines, one to theme scores from some of Hollywood‘s mostâ€"loved movies, instrumental perfor mances ranging from classical) guitar to rock and rol) and vocals featuring the music of Jim Croce, Elton John and others. ‘"You learn so much about working with others â€" how to talk to people, (to recognize) their problems and how to work them out." said Gilders. â€" "There are days when nothing goes right." he said, "when people don‘t show up and won‘t listen. *‘*What I‘ve had to learn doing this show," the director said, is ‘‘how to deal with people,. to understand people." Show dates are April 28, 29. 30 and May 1 with all shows starting at & p.m. But, said PfNug, when problems occur, students are encouraged to work it out amongst themselves. Responsibility for keeping the peace in the crew of Many Moods falls on the shoulders of Stacey Gitders, the show‘s personnel direc tor. "In the beginning," she said, "people have trouble working together. The biggest thing is to keep any bickering from getting out of hand." The show takes up a lot of the free time of the students involved in its production, but. for most the experience is well worth it. As Mansell said, "there are very many ups and downs in having students in charge of stuâ€" dents." But, she said, ~with a little bit of work it all falls together...and by the end everyone gets really close." **But," he continued, "when things go well it really makes your day Which doesn‘t mean there aren‘t problems, minor artistic differences, clashes of authority amongst the 150 students involved â€" there are. usual fastâ€"paced come dies with rapid one liners that had become his trademark Tickets are available at the Centre in the Square box office, 578 1570, from theatre members, or by calling It was considered by «)hort.s to be ahead of its time in 1970, but now is most relevant to life today P a s According to Brad Blain,. Art Gallery director, "the 41 pieces that comprise Art forms ‘82 are exciting examples of the cre ative expression to be found in Ontario." Karen Fletcher, Susan Shantz and Wil lem Verhulst were re cipients of the juror‘s cash awards. Stephaâ€" nie Croal will be preâ€" sented with the Racca Art Supplies Award. Three hundred and sixtyâ€"one works â€" one of the best responses ever â€" were submitted to this major juried exhibition. The selec tion of works was made by Eve Baxter, Toron to, Margot Fischer Page,. Director, Oak ville Centennial Gairâ€" loch Galleries; and Art Green of the Facuity of Fine Arts at the Uni versity of Waterioo First, the 10th annual juried competition Art forms ‘82 will continue until Tuesday, April There is a lot hapâ€" pening at the Kitchenâ€" erâ€"Waterioo Art Gal lery during the month of April. Bluevale Collegiate offers Waterioo residents an enterâ€" taining ‘"Knight on the Town*‘ from April 28 through May 1 in their 1982 Many Moods of Music production. The show features vocal and instrumental numbers ranging from classical guitar, played by Bluevaile student Dave Somerville, shown above, to hard rock. Kâ€"W Art Gallery features a variety Of special note are an atias of Vancouver‘s voyage, a map dated Organized by the Peter Whyte Gallery, Archives of the Canaâ€" dian Rockies, Banff, this exhibition reveals the photographic techâ€" niques and talents of Barnes between 1905 and 1916 Also on display at the _ illustrated in this e Gallery from now until bition drawn from Thursday, April 29 is private collection an exhibition of 18th and 19th century maps Free of Canada Featured in the col noonâ€"hour lection are specific city concert plans, many of which are handâ€"colored James F. Brown, Maps also traces some _ Ranist of St. Pet of the routes taken by _ Lutheran Church, explorers A number of _ chener will perforr maps focus on Quebec, _ a neoon hour concer Ontario and the Mar Tuesday,. April times from 1215 to 1254 The 65 photographs are modern, selenium toned, gelatine silver prints from Barnes‘ original glass plate and nitrate negatives. From pow until the April 29, area residents can view a special exâ€" hibition of the photog raphy of Elliott Chapel Barnes, entitled A Del icate Wilderness. 170%, an extremely large map of Lower Canada by Joseph Bouâ€" chette; William Sax‘s map of the St. Law rence in scroll form; and James Wyld‘s map of Montreal and enâ€" virons noting Disafâ€" fected Villages burnt by the Queen‘s Troops. Dutch, English, French, German and Italian maps are feaâ€" tured together with such related material as sextants and a wooden telescope. Changes in cartograâ€" phic style as well as the development of geo graphical concepts are illustrated in this exhiâ€" bition drawn from a private collection James F. Brown, or ganist of St. Peter‘s Lutheran Church, Kit chener will perform in a neon hour concert on Tuesday. April 27. from 1215 to 12545 at the First United Church, Waterioa., Lunch is available