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PAGE 14 â€" WATERLOO CHRONICLE, WEDNESDAY corner of Princess & King Sts. enter off Princess Years ago when I was in college, I had the opportunity to crew a couple of times on a "‘Pointe Claire Class" sailboat near Montreal. This was my first taste of sailing. Like most men I graduated, entered my profession, married and settled down to raise three children. We built a cottage on Georgian Bay and I started to think about sailing. By chance, I came upon a 10â€"foot dinghy with rotting ribs and a weather beaten sail. The owner asked $150 but we settled for $135 as we indicated new sails were required. Not knowing much about sailing, 1 was unaware that this dinghy was gaffed rigged. The little craft was the first "sail" seen on that beach. Fun began when the neighbors were asked to give it a name. All the romantic marine names such as "Misty," "Sea Island" and so on just didn‘t seem to fit. An Australian doctor and friend of ours who had sailed boats from Sidney to the Great Barrier reef, took the little craft out for its first spin. He soon found that he had great difficulty sailing it against the wind. I made my solo the next day and wound up two miles down the sands where I beached her in sheer desperation. My neighbors broke into howls of laughter when they saw me walking back along the beach. Eventually a friend towed her back with an outboard. One of the crowd suggested that the dinghy be named "One Way** for obvious reasons. At the first official regatta of the beach, ‘"One Way** could not point up into the strong breeze and reach the starting boat. Finally the Commodore announced over the "bull horn‘‘ that she could start from where she floated. ‘"One Way" did well with the head start on the windward lap of the race and cut around the first marker with the larger crafts in hot pursuit. On the homeward journey she struggled to such an extent that we had to beach her so my sevenâ€"yearâ€"old son could run back to take part in the swimming events. Poor little ‘"One Way" was towed back unceremoniously, again to face the embarrassing harangue of the regatta audience. international "Marblehead to Halifax Race" tried his hand with "One Way."" She bucked his skilful hand and left him stranded for two hours off shore. This chap was the first to make us aware that "gaffed rigged‘"‘ boats point poorly into the wind (a term I became aware of) and that if possible we should try to change it to a Marconi rigging (I used to think this was a radio). We purchased a Marconi type sail and a local lumber yard made us a fourteen foot mast for two dolâ€" lars. Suddenly the ugly duckling transformed overnight. She became the sleekest little craft for her size. With handicap time considered, the aging vessel could outrun the best of them and point windward with startling speed. Later I bought bigger sailing yachts, but my happiest memories are still with ‘"One Way." Finally a new cottager who had gome»_se;o:_u_i_in_ thg 11 Erb St. East, Waterloo â€" 746â€"4811 ONE BUILDING EAST OF KING ON ERB e the only BREW PUB in Waterioo e 3 House Brews e European atmosphere e lunches & dinners 12 noonâ€"1 a.m. b HUETHER HOTEL‘S AV LION BREWERY + P AND MUSEUM Exclusive designs in fashion eyewear Phone for appointment (formerty The Kent Hotel) Kâ€"Ws first eyewear boutique AROUND 1 0 W with Ted Rooney Thomas J. D‘ Arcy 19, 1987 Remember those old Mickey Rooney movies and the cry "Let‘s put on a show?" Allison Gertridge and Lydia Krysciak do, and they did. The play was A Corpse in the House, last Friday and Saturday at Calvary United Church, and it was presented by Gertridge, Krysciak and their company of student actors involved in Midâ€" summer Productions, a special summer acting program. "We both had taught in workâ€" shops, we‘d acted professionally, and we thought why not get some kids together and try to teach them a little of everything about acting," said Gertridge, a graduâ€" ate of Bluevale collegiate. ‘"‘There are a lot of kids who are interested in acting but can‘t afford the fees to get into sumâ€" mer acting schools." Midsummer Productions was designed to provide its particiâ€" pants with a little bit of experiâ€" ence in all aspects of theatreâ€"â€" "how to do a production from beginning to endâ€"everything from acting to make up to set design," said Gertridge. The company of eight theatre stuâ€" dents started work in June and concluded with the presentation of A Corpse in the House, an original oneâ€"act play written by another Bluevale grad, Brad Keith. "All of us were working from scratch. The actors had never done any acting before this. Lydia and I have directed at the high school level, but never semiâ€"professionally, and Brad‘s never written an play for producâ€" tion. It was a learning experiâ€" ence for all of us," said Gerâ€" tridge. Next year Gertridge and Krysciak hope to get funding from the government and offer an expanded program with workâ€" stl\ops given by area professionâ€" als. Midsummer Productions is a dream come true Nanci Henderson and Chris Mahaffey wrestled with the unwanted corpse, Andy Hahn, in Midsummer Productions *A Corpse in the House."‘ The play also starred Tanya Lemke and Tawniâ€"May Wieâ€" aand. Melodie Martinuk photos