Clitheroe Advertiser & Times, February 24th, 2000 9 Clitheroe 422324 (Editorial), 422323 (Advertising), Burnley 422331 (Classified),
www.eastlancsnews.co.uk Stylish performance of
magic from start to finish by Vivien Meath
IF there were any long faces outside Clitheroe Parish Church Hall on Saturday night, they belonged to those who had missed the oppor tunity to see "Me and
My Girl"! T h is was a s ty l ish ,
pacey performance - pos sibly the best I have seen from Clitheroe P ar ish Church Amateur Operat ic and Dramatic Society in more than 10 years. For three hours the soci
ety gave us non-stop enter- tainment - and boy, did
they do it well. "Me and My Girl" was
3 AND \1Y GIRL" dress rehearsal with two of the mis, Sue Moretta and Patrick Stewart. (200200/5/'))
Cash windfall for
farmers, landowners RIBBLE VALLEY farmers and landowners are set to benefit from a £16m. windfall under the
Countryside Stewardship Scheme. The scheme, adm inis- Payments are offered
tered by the Ministry of Agriculture, is offering subsidies to farmers in order to improve the nat ural beauty of the coun
tryside. Mr Jolyon Dodgson,
the Country Landowners' Association regional
director, said: "Farmers and landowners have until May 31st to apply to the scheme, and i t is hoped th a t the majority will be signed up by the end of October. Payments will be made next year." The scheme should cer
ta in ly ben e f it farmers across the Ribble Valley who have been h it hard under previous legislation from Brussels.
for the ma intenanc e of key features, such as chalk and limestone grassland, lowland heath, historic landscapes and features, old orchards and pastures, field boundaries such as walls, d itch es and hedgerows, uncropped margins in arable fields and countryside around
towns. Mr Dodgson added:
"Payments range from £4 to £280 a hectare and this is clearly something to be welcomed at a time when income from producing crops or raising livestock is under so much pres sure."
an appropriate choice for the Millennium production, with bags of colour, lashings of humour and an abun dance of good old tap- your-
~ feet and sing-along songs. There were no weak
links. From the opening overture by the small, but polished, orchestra directed by Ron White, to the colourful costumes, profes sional sets, dance routines, singing, lighting and special effects, it was a first-rate performance from every single member of the cast. Patrick Stewart, playing
the cocky Cockney Bill Snibson for the first time, was pure magic. Putting many in mind of a young 'Pommy Steele, Patrick made the part his own, ad- libbing when things did not quite work out as planned in a manner that saw the near capacity audience in the palm of his hand. Imported from Burnley, Patrick was "discovered" there by society chairman Jim Parker as a 16-year-old playing the telegraph boy in "The Sound of Music". With a lead role in
"Carousel" last year, the Clitheroe society should make the most of him while it can, for few would dis agree that this is one talent-
THE cast assemble for a dress rehearsal .(2(I()200/:j/;j)
ed young man who, sooner or later, will bo "discovered" by the world outside East Lancashire. Playing the role of girl
friend Sally Smith, Sue Moretta proved to be a bril liant choice. Sue, who underwent an operation on her vocal chords shortly after being selected for the part last year, was excellent throughout and, with Patrick, mastered tap- dancing routines, giving us slick, powerful stage pres ence combined with quality
vocals. The story starts as the
curtain rises on London's high society arriving at Haroford for a weekend in Hampshire. Their hostess is the
"ghastly old trout" - the Duchess of Dene, wonder fully portrayed by Jean Pells. With her is childhood sweetheart Sir John Tremayne, alias Roger Dugdale, who plays bhe p ar t of the hen-pecked socialite with relish. The pair are executors to the late Earl and need to ensure th a t his new heir, former Cockney barrow boy Bill, is fit and proper for the role. Among the house guests
are Lady Jacqueline Car- stone, played to perfection
by Jean Croft, and the Hon. Gerald Bolingbroke - Alan Miller, who portrays the bumbling Gerald to "wather" good effect! Society stalwart Michael
O'Hagan gives us an earnest performance as family solic itor Herbert Parchester - nifty footwork and all. The show is full of unex
pected delights, seductive scenes, comedy routines and a wealth of song, with time tested favourites such as "The Sun Has Got Ilis f la t On", "Leaning On a Lamp Post" and "The Lam beth Walk" giving the audi ence chance to join in. Like virtually all ama
Snibson), Sue Moretta (Sally Smith), .lean Fells (Maria. Duchess of Dene), Roger Dug- dale (Sir John Tremayne), Jean Croft (Duly Jaquelinc Carstone), Alan Miller (the lion. Gerald Bolingbroke), Micltael O’Hagan (Herbert Parchester), Bill Taylor (Sir Jasper Tring), Tony Brazen- dale (Charles, the butler). Barry Philips (U>rd Battersb.v), Frances Prince (Lady Batlersby), Dee Bottoms (Mrs Brown). Ladies: Dorothy Bacon. Sonia
Cast: Patrick Stewart ( Bill
Bates, Alyson Blakcmorc, Clare Bollan, Dee Bottoms. Joanne Brindle, Melanie Byrne, Anna Dylan. Marissa Frot. Jessica Green, Janet Harrison, Brenda Jones, Maria Masterman. Adele Pridding, Samantha Smith, Elsie Thomson, Nicola Tomlinson, Sucsi Windlc, Catherine
teur groups, Clitheroe has been hit by rising costs, but no one seeing Saturday’s opening night could fail to agree th a t the £5 ticket price was money exception ally well spent. Given the time, effort and dedication put into these productions by the scores of people con cerned over many, many months, it is good to see that the annual production rarely fails to a t tra c t almost capacity, and cer tainly appreciative, audi
ences. Well done all concerned,
and particularly producer Barbara Simpson.
Whilham. Men: Colin Bacon, Tom Bol-
ian, Darryl Dewhurst, Bill Hold en, John Holden, David Htilme, Nick Mahon, Barry Phillips,
Simon Rush, Terry Till. Backstage: Philip Dobson
(accompanist), Jean Dinsdale (house manager), Pal Hall (draws), Patricia Blake (proper ties), Rachel Scott (wardrobe), Brenda Jones (publicity). John Wilkinson (stage manager), I.os- ley Haworth (continuity), Brenda Dixon (hair styling), Mary Thomas (make-up), Catherine Whitham (hooking secretary), Bridget Preedy (booking secre tary), Ann Mayor (secretary), June Weaver (programme adver tising), Clare Holiday (treasurer). Next year's production: "Mack
and Mabel".
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Village goes pageant crazy thanks to Lottery
A PAGEANT depicting 1,000 years of village life is to be staged in Chipping in the summer to mark th e new Millennium - with the help of National
Lottery cash. The organising group, Chipping Amateur Theatri
cal Society, is to receive £3,248 from the Millenni um Festival Awards for All scheme, which arranges access to the lottery fund for small community pro
jects. The grant will fund cos
tumes and float decorations for the pageant and lighting equipment for the new vil
lage hall. "We're
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pageant af ter Brabins Endowed School's tercente nary celebrations. They were so successful and kin dled such a good communi ty feeling that we thought a pageant, involving the whole village, would be an ideal way to celebrate the Millennium."
bers of local groups, such as schools, churches, the Women's In s t i tu te , the local history group and the Young Farmers' Club, will be taking p ar t in the pageant on July 8th. They will stage the spec
tacle along a quarter-mile route between the village centre, near the Tillotson's Arms and Talbot Hotel, the
steps of St Bartholomew's Church and the village hall. A play about Chipping's |
famous ghost, Lizzie Dean, who is said to have killed herself after being betrayed by a lover, is being written by committee member Mrs Theresa Eveson especially |
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Fazackerley's husband, Harold, have been responsi ble for writing scripts for several highly successful plays and pantomines in
recent years. The grant was
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