Three Chim Chim Cheer-Ees for CVR's Mary Poppins
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Charles Robert Real Estate Broker 514.346.3908 [email protected] See my properties RECREATIONAL VEHICLES on page 8 and at MANY VEHICLES IN STOCK! charles-robert.com HERITAGE 100 RIDGE, HUNTINGDON Wednesday, February 12, 2020 450.322.3333 16 pages Serving the Chateauguay Valley with distinction Le Gleaner (en français) DCP nominated for a JUNO Dewittville bridge update Styrofoam recycling petition pages 9 à 12 page 3 (en français p 12) page 16 (en français p 9) page 4 The CVR stage was transformed into 1910 London for the performing arts department’s dazzling production of Mary Poppins — The Musical. PHOTO Sarah Rennie Three chim chim cheer-ees for CVR’s Mary Poppins Sarah Rennie practically perfect and measured elementary students out of the way, lead a group of fumbling students magic, exposing them to the lighter Labelle says, “everything just fell to flourish as stars able to carry side of life through a series of into place.” Faced with the fact the audiences into magical worlds year Working with a script almost as adventures in the parks and on the production is now over after having after year. long as its most famous superlative, rooftops of London while at once lived and breathed Mary Poppins Of course, the directors are just the senior class of the performing bringing the Bankses back together since the fall, the members of the cast as quick to point out the important arts department at CVR pulled off a as a functional, loving family. suggest they are at once proud but a contribution made to the success sizeable feat in memorizing and then “They have worked very hard,” little sad to leave it all behind. “It’s of the production by the famously mesmerizing with their production of music director Lynn Harper says of sort of surreal,” Turgeon says. professional tech crew and the Mary Poppins — The Musical. The the cast. “It is not an easy show,” she As always, the “creative possibility overwhelmingly supportive supercalifragi ... [you know the rest] explains. “There are a lot of fast cues, and theatrical responsibility” lay community of students and teachers show was exceptionally fast moving, a lot of little details. I don’t think firmly in the hands of the members of at CVR. An intrepid group of exuberant and well put together, with they had an understanding of the the senior class, who were involved volunteers also works to ensure that a cast of 47 students all firing on cue magnitude of the production until we in all aspects of the show from set everything from the front of house — and with cockney accents to boot. did the full dress [rehearsal],” Harper design and production to costumes, to the intermission snack bar runs as Inspired by the beloved children’s concedes, adding that it also took the hair and makeup, and coordination smoothly as possible. “It’s the sense books by P.L. Travers with a heavy cast a little while to get their mouths backstage. The students are guided of community that we all have trying infusion of elements from the 1964 around the lengthy 106-page script by a trio of exceptional teachers — to pull together the best performance Disney film, including the dancing and the accent. director Dawna Babin, dance director we can for the audience,” says penguins, the musical is narrated by “I expected it to be hard to Joyce Rudisel, and Lynn Harper — Christina Knox, in describing what Bert (Quinn Burrows), a charming memorize the lines,” says Burrows, whose patience and determination she enjoyed most about the whole “jack-of-all-trades” who tells the who suggests it was actually much are just as key to the department’s experience. “It feels like all of our story of George and Winifred Banks easier to fall into his character than success as their ability to inspire and hard work has paid off.” (Jarod Labelle and Christina Knox), he had originally thought. Nodding their troublesome children Jane and in agreement, Labelle adds: “It is Michael (Ella Flitcroft and Darren surprising how many words people If you enjoyed this copy of The Gleaner and Thompson), and Mary Poppins can remember.” Having spent their are not yet a subscriber, why not become one? (Alicia Turgeon), the magical nanny years at CVR watching the different Sign up online at www.the-gleaner.com or the children conjure up after yet productions staged, the cast was another caregiver storms out in the thrilled to finally have a go at the using the handy subscription form on page 14! first scene. Mary Poppins introduces stage. 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The activities are all free of 5-12 are $5. Kids 4 and under Hemmingford et Région. Starting of charge. For more information, eat for free. With Peter Finlayson at 2 pm, the concert will feature contact Pascal Day at 450 works by Mozart and Prokofiev. 826-3102. This was the fifth warmest The concert will also feature a Luncheon in Huntingdon January in the last 54 years piano piece by Chopin performed New office for Claire IsaBelle The MWCN Monthly Luncheon with an average temperature of by Vanessa Krohn. Tickets are $20 Huntingdon MNA Claire for February will take place at minus 4.8 compared to minus and will be available at the door. IsaBelle has opened a satellite Citron et Basilic in Huntingdon 10.1 last year and the ten-year office in the Ormstown Town Hall. on Friday, Feb. 28, from 11:15 am normal of minus 8.6. If only MacDonald College Alumni A member of Madame IsaBelle’s to 1 pm. Open to everyone and we had this warmth back in Luncheon team will be available to meet at your own cost. RSVP Kim at August, we might have had a A gathering of graduates for the with residents of the Haut-Saint- 450-807-5191. properly matured corn crop 20th Macdonald College luncheon Laurent on Thursdays, from 8:30 in 2019. The hottest January will take place on Wednesday, am to 4:30 pm (excluding lunch was in 1990 with minus 3.0 Crokinole Party Feb. 19 at the Que Pasa restaurant hour). Reserve an appointment and the coldest was only four in Ormstown. Come and greet by calling 450 427-2150 or Come flex your pointer finger years later in 1994 with a bone old acquaintances, enjoy a good 1-866-540-9097. during a Leap Year Crokinole and chilling minus 16.8. lunch and listen to an engaging Games Night at the Huntingdon This month had some speaker. Reservations are required Health Talk United Church on Saturday, Feb. interesting features including by phoning Peter Finlayson at The MWCN will be hosting the 29, from 7 to 10 pm. Please bring three January thaws when we 450-829-2402. second part to its Women’s Heart a crokinole board or another game would normally expect only Health video tele-conference on to play and join in the fun. Plaisirs d’Hiver in Wednesday, Feb. 19 from 9:30 am one. The brief one between Saint-Chrysostome to noon at CVR. The conference if the tenth and eleventh dumped The municipality of St- free and open to all. Contact Kim DEK Hockey Registration 46 mm of rain and produced a complete half circle rainbow Chrysostome will be hosting its at 450-807-5191 to reserve your The inaugural spring/summer early in the morning of the annual winter celebration Plaisirs spot. season for the Franklin DEK eleventh which is a rare winter Hockey league is set to start this phenomenon. The Chateauguay April. Registration for residents River ice went out at the same of the Haut-Saint-Laurent is now time ripping out large areas of open. The season will run from FREE riverbank that were frozen to April 18 to July 5, with a closing the rising chunks of ice. The WOW tournament scheduled for July 11. river now has large pile ups of Categories for players range from MARCH BREAK ice and a lot of open water. Melissa’s beginners (4 years) to midget (15- Sunshine 17 years). The deadline to register We also had a magnitude 4.0 Camp is March 1. For more information, earthquake centered just south contact Vanessa Papineau at 450 of Franklin on the thirteenth cooking • Music • games • Art 827-2538. followed by two smaller outdoor activities and much more! aftershocks on the fourteenth and seventeenth. Al Anon Family Group March 2 to 6, 2020 from 64-63 Total precipitation for the 0) 2 40 8:30 am to 3:30 pm 45 Are you troubled by someone : ( month was above normal n else’s drinking? 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