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: Contributed by.
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Often when we go and enjoy a

production at the theater we
tend to applaud the actors and
actresses who gave us an évening

‘of entertainment and we tend to
overlook the people behind the.
scenes who have contributed

equally to’ make it all happen.
This week we will go backstage

-and meet: some of - these
dedicated: folks,

Take a look at the set; for in-

- stance, I was at the McColl
’ Playhouse a few weeks ago and
there was only a stage cluttered

with boards, tools and other
building materials, and one man

busily sawing and hammering. °

And so I met Dave Battison —
designer of-the set. ;

Dave is no stranger to set
design. He has been a set design
technician for the past eight

years. He received his formal -
‘training both in high school at

Victoria and then studiéd at the
University of Victoria. He began
his career at the Belfrey Theatre
in Victoria and worked: with
them for eight years. Later he
joined the Victoria Symphony as
stage manager and lighting
designer and travelled with them
all over Vancouver Island, in the
southern interior, and on their
American Pacific tour.

But Dave felt he would enjoy
the .peace and quiet of small
town life, so he.made a career
change and came to us in Ter-

. face via Burns Lake. He now

works for AGK as a salesman.
Of course, it’s difficult to get the
stage out of your life, so he join-
ed the Little Theatre in 1986 and
has been involved in set design
and lighting for productions
such as Young Dracula,

- Heavens to Betsy and The. Wiz.

I asked him if he’d ever con-
sidered acting as a career and he
admitted taking two years of
acting at UVic. He said his act-
ing career came to an end after
one small walk-on part as a
priest, when he realized that be-
ing out in front of a crowd ter-
rified him. So now he's back
behind the scenes, where he is
happy; when you see the set for
Ladies in Retirement, you'll

realize we’re lucky to have him

there!

You may also ask yourself
who gets together all the furnish-
ing, costumes, knick-knacks and
things that make the. whole play

seem so real — meet Jo.

Falconer, stage member. Jo has
been around the theater since
Young Dracula in November
1986. She came. to Terrace in
1974 from England via Toronto,
Vancouver and Stewart. She has
taught Grade 3 at Kiti K’Shan
for the past 15 years, where she
became involved with the annual
local Music Festival. Her
specialty was speech arts; her
classes have won many trophies
in the area, and one year were
chosen to perform at the final
night concert. She has also

taught speech arts. at the

_ Academy. of Performing Atts.

_ : Does Jo have any ambition to
light up the stage? No, she ‘is:

- quite. content to continue gather-
-ing'all the right props for cach

- play and to stand back and en-:

joy the audience. That she does

soot

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an excellent job we have seen in
plays such as Heavens to Betsy.
And who is directing all these

wonderful scenes? A. well-.

known man in Terrace Little
Theatre — Ken Morton, Some
say that Ken and his wife:-Lorna
have been the backbone of the
local theater for some 20 years.
His involvement with theater
began in- high school in
Birkenhead, England with She

Stoops to Conquer. His career.

as a teacher took him to many

exotic places: Egypt; Klagen-.

furt, Austria; Sennelager, Ger-
many; Penang, Malasia; and
everywhere he went he and his
wife Lorna became involved
with the’ theater, During the
British Festival in 1951 he played
a part in Easy Money. In Klag-
enfurt there were pantomimes of
Cinderella and Aladdin, During
his stay in Sennelager he began
his career as director when the
Colonel who held that position

“was suddenly transferred.’ In

Penang he experienced his most
unusual and challenging play
when he directed Ali Baba and
the 40-Thieves with 40 Malays as
thieves, none of who spoke
English,

He arrived in Terrace in 1969.
He had spotted an advertisement
in “The Times Educational Sup-
plement” for a teaching position
in Terrace while in England and
he has been here ever since. So
we have enjoyed. Ken’s per-
formances in Goodnight Mrs.

‘Puffin. and in Arsenic and Old

Lace, For his performance of
Krapps Last Tapes, a one-man
play by Samuel Beckett, he won
the zone Best Play and Best Ac-
tor award. He is definitely a man
of many talents.

With the expertise of these
people behind the scenes and the
talents of those on stage, Ladies
in Retirement is bound for great
success. Get your tickets early.
Performances are scheduled for
Nov. 30, Dec. 1 and 2, and again
the following weekend, Dec. 7, 8
and 9 at the McColl Playhouse
on the corner of Kalum and
Soucie. Come on down and en-

joy!

Unreported
rapes
In a story on age 23 of the

Nov. 15 Zerrace Review on the
Terrace Sexual Assault Centre,

we teported that violent rapes by.
Strangers are uncommon in this _|.

area. Lois Stoner, the co-
ordinator for the center, has
asked us to clarify that state-
ment by addirig that the reported

number of violent rapes is:

relatively low,

Stoner says she believes. in-
cidents of acquaintance and date
rapes in this area is far higher
than. the number of reports

would tend to indicate, but un-.

reported rapes do not form part
of. crime statistics, making that
sdata misleading.

This Is part of the array of local talent that will bring
the McCoil Playhouse at the end of this month. Th
success.

‘Ladies in Retirement” to the stage of
ey have a proven record of production

College financial aid ‘pretty active’

Northwest Community Col-
lege has released a report outlin-
ing financial assistance offered
to area college students in the
1988/89 fiscal year. ‘We're
starting to get a pretty active
financial aid program going,’’
says NWCC board chairman
Hans Wagner. And the report
bears this out.

SPECIAL FINANCE AND
LEASE RATES FOR 1989 and 1990
TEMPO, TOPAZ,
‘RANGER and BRONCO Ue

Forty-three students were
assisted through the tuition fee
reduction program. Under this
program, Grade 12 graduates
are Offered a reduction in tuition
fees based on their academic
standing: 100 percent for an
“A” average, 75 percent for a
“B+” average, and 50 percent

for a “B’’ average. In addition,

——PICK YOUR SAVINGS. —

AT

12-24. months 9.9%
.. 25-36 months 10.9%
» 37-48 months 11.9%

OFFER EXPIRES NOVEMBER 30, 1989

financial awards were given to
66 Adult Basic Education
students, 20 others received help
through the work study program
by working on college organized
projects, and 57 out of 84 ap-
plicants were assisted to the tune
of $18,246 through the College
Bursary/Endowment fund. |

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