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= "ne BP eras mw WILLY & SON Small Engine & Marine Repair Your "One Stop" Fish & Ski Centre 17300 Simcoe St. N. - Port Perry ~ (905) 985-3192 CLASSIFIEDS PORT PERRY, ONTARIO - WEDNESDAY, MAY 25, 1994 | 985-0170 1-800-361-0216 Local students create award winning play By Scott Anderson Port Perry Star When Hilary Scroggie and Gavin Stanley sat down at the computer over the March Break, they had one thing in mind -- to create an award win- ning play. And for the second year in a row, the playwriting pair did just that. The two friends learned re- cently that their play "Echoes" was selected first runner up in the intermediate category of the Young Peoples' Theatre Word- play Competition. Last year, their play entitled "Polaris and the Ring" received the same distinction. As a result, the pair will see their latest project work- shopped and performed by members of Young Peoples Theatre on May 29. The pair will consult with the actors and directors before the play is per- formed on a simple set that day. This is something both are go- ing into with a little bit of trepi- dation. "It's almost frightening," said Gavin, a Grade 8 student at R.H. Cornish Public School. "You're watching it wondering what the other people are think- ing and how they'll react. It's really quite scary." Hilary has similar feelings about seeing her work being performed on stage. "It's really a wonderful feel- ing to see the words you create being performed on stage and all the people listening to it. But at the same time, it is really, really scary." "Echoes" is a play about a girl named Sara attempting to over- come her loneliness and fear of being loved. She's afraid of lov- ing people and afraid of being let down and hurt. This fear is complicated when she meets Echo in the park one day who convinces her to spend time only with him, dragging her away from her only friend Erin. A dramatic twist is creat- ed at the end when the audience realizes Echo does not exist, but is created by Sara. IE ig td oe - Port Perry High School University Bound students held a car wash Saturday at Flieler's Gar- "She's created Echo in her mind," explained Hilary. "He's an echo of all her bad emotions. She creates him as a way to es- cape from everything she is afraid of. She's forced to choose between reality and fantasy." The two may have achieved the same success as last year with back-to-back successful plays, they met the desired end in a slightly different way this time. As opposed to last year in which they collaborated for a school project when they were both students in the Gifted pro- gram at R.H. Cornish, they are no longer classmates as Hilar has entered Grade 9 at Broc High School. Despite the separation, the two long-time friends collabo- rated over the March Break to create another play in a day- and-a-half. Developing a theme was the hardest part of the process, they said noting the words flowed once they began. The pair con- Turn to Page 2 age to raise money for various functions. Pictured are Todd Smart, Deanna Demsey, Kendra McRae, Kim Wray, Emily Smith, John Sanchez and Chad Venning. Missing Is Ceilidh Cohoon. SPECIAL THIS WEEK Dominion Blueline Keyboard Drawer UNDER DESK $29 #75104 SALE PRICE REG. PRICE $39.99 ea v Color Copy Service v Computer Supplies v Office Equipment v Letterhead & Envelopes v Wedding Invitations v Specialty Printing Products Hilary Scroggie and Gavin Stanley will see their play Be Pig "Haare "Echoes" performed by Young People's Theatre at a workshop later this month after thier play was chosen 1st runner-up in a playwriting contest See story. 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