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Auditions this week for Playgoers of Lethbridge’s British farce “One for The Pot”

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Playgoers of Lethbridge is looking for a few good men and women for their next British farce to Elaine Jagielski directs “One For The Pot,” which runs in October. Photo by Richard Ameryrun in October.


The longstanding local theatre group is holding auditions this week for their October production of  Ray Cooney and Tony Hilton’s “One for The Pot,” which is scheduled to run at the Sandman Inn, Oct. 19-22.


 Auditions are Sept. 7-8 at the Bowman Arts Centre from 7-9 p.m.
 A cast of six men and three women are needed.
“It ( One for The  Pot) ran for 1,200 performances at the White Hall Theatre from 1961-64,” observed Playgoers  of Lethbridge president Ed Bayly.


“One For the Pot,” originally performed in 1959, is a farce set in the 1920’s  about a gormless Yorkshireman, Billy Hickory Wood, a wealthy northern mill owner who is looking for a beneficiary of a 10,000 pound inheritance. The only caveat is  they must be the only living relative. After Hickory Wood puts an ad in the newspaper, Billy Hickory Wood  is the first to arrive, followed by numerous others.

 

Galt examines Great Western Garment Company for Labour Day

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Leslie Hall examines a PoW  unform made by the GWG company. Photo by Richard AmeryThere is a lot more to blue jeans than just comfortable, all purpose pants for every occasion. The GWG company has a long and storied history in Alberta.
So, with that in mind, the Galt Museum has a special program lined up for Labour Day, Sept. 6 at 7 p.m.


GWG: Piece By Piece explores the history of Edmonton’s  Great Western Garment Company  with a special free presentation of GWG: Piece By Piece, which includes Juno nominated  folk singer Maria Dunn as well as a multi-media presentation with historian  Catherine C. Cole who is an expert on unions, particularly their effect on women workers in the early twentieth century.


“We’re starting with a  talk from Catherine Cole who will be speaking about the history of the GWG garment factory in Edmonton,” said Leslie Hall,  Community Program Co-ordinator.


“The workers there formed the very first union in Alberta. They helped improve working conditions for a lot of Albertan women and  seamstresses,” Hall continued adding the production has been shown at several Alberta museums.

 

Lethbridge Writer’s Group growing

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Local writer Michelle Greysen  didn’t know if Lethbridge had any other writers, so she decided to set up a writer’s group.


“I’m shocked. I didn’t think I’d find so many people. I didn’t do any advertising, I just put up the Facebook group and wrote it on the blackboard at the Penny Coffee House and I had eight people at the first meeting (in February),” said Greysen, who is a freelance writer for numerous magazines and self published a book of poetry in addition to publishing and editing community newspapers including the Calgary Straight. She is currently finishing  her first novel.Michelle Greysen is pleasantly surprised with how much her writer’s group has grown. Photo by Richard Amery


“ But every meeting there’s more people and it’s not usually  people bringing people. It’s people who  are complete strangers. It’s unusual because writing is so personal. But it  shows how brassy writers can be. When you go to a group where you don‘t know anybody,” she said adding the  August meeting, which was held at Henderson Lake Park, attracted 30 writers. It also featured the first people to volunteer to read their works to the group, which is something she’d like to see continue.


 The group includes all ages from teens to seniors from all backgrounds plus encompasses all genres  and styles including poetry, fiction, non-fiction, playwrights, scriptwriters and even songwriters.
The original intention of the group was to meet on the second Tuesday of every month to discuss writing strategies, techniques and trends  and to share works with each other.
 However, the different members have branched off into their own little groups according to their interests and styles to workshop each other’s works.


“So we’re going to have each group host one of our meetings so it isn’t just me speaking, so we’ll have themes like fiction,” she said.

 

Galt Museum giving clues to the key to the museum

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In honour of their 100th anniversary, Sept. 26, The Galt Museum is looking for the keys to the building, which was formerly the Galt Hospital and they are hoping you can help.
One hundred years ago on Sept. 1, 1910, Sir Wilfrid Laurier attended the grand opening of the Galt Hospital building in Lethbridge where, after some scrambling to locate the misplaced key, he opened the doors to the brick structure with the deserving fanfare.


 So in honour of that fascinating tidbit of Lethbridge history, Galt Museum staff are trying to recreate that moment by hiding the “key” to the museum, somewhere in Lethbridge city limits. The lucky person who finds it officially gets to open the museum  on Sept. 26, for their centennial celebrations.
“It was never written about in the Lethbridge Herald because we read all of the articles, but oral history tells us they misplaced the key,” said Galt Museum special projects co-ordinator Lori Harasem, adding to help, they will be issuing one clue per week, every Tuesday through Facebook, Twitter, their website and local media.


The first person to find the key will be the person to open the doors to the Galt Hospital building in a recreation of the 1910 event on Sunday, Sept. 26 at 11 a.m.  
“It’s quite a large old fashioned key. It’s not the actual key because we can’t do that. There will be a note explaining what to do and contact us. It could be anywhere, under a bench, a rock, anywhere,” she said.
 The first clue is: “Trees! Water! Go there, you'll see!  Walk or race, you set the pace. Peek around Lethbridge's beautiful gathering space.”

 

Dilemma film fundraiser to kickstart this week

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If you are staying in Lethbridge for the long weekend, there is a lot going on for music this week.
Average Joes/ Joes Garage has a busy week, beginning on Thursday, Sept. 2, with Lethbridge’s own Andrew Scott hosts the Slice’s open mic, Sept. 7 with the Turncoats. Photo by Richard Ameryversion of Said the Whale — Jesse and the Dandelions —  who are playing a fund-raiser there for a new local film project called Dilemma which is nearing completion. Extras are needed for the final shoot, Monday at 1 p.m. at Average Joes.
 Cover is $10 and there will be drink specials. The show begins at 8 p.m.
 In a nutshell, Dilemma is the story of Abby, who makes her way to Canada from England on a journey of self-discovery. She meets her two cousins, Jack and Charlie, who take her out to the club one night. While at the club Abby defends herself and accidentally kills a man. She discovers more than she bargained for and is faced with a difficult decision that could change her life.
They are scheduled to shoot Aug. 27-29 and Sept.  3-6.


For something a little different, Average Joes goes country with up and coming country star Shane Chisholm and the next night they are bringing back Kelowna’s the Unknown Culprits to play a little bit of blues/blues rock including  originals and classics from the likes of AC DC, CCR and Jimi Hendrix.
The Slice is bringing back Winnipeg based pop singer Jodi King for a special CD release party, for her brand new CD “Little Smile,” which was just released Aug. 24. She is performing Sept. 2.


 Another cool show at the Slice is with rockers  Kill Matilda who play with the New Weather Machine, Sept. 3. The Slice also has an interesting  new rock band called the Undersigned band who play on Sept. 3 And if you missed Andrew Scott on the weekend at the Mocha Cabana and Owl Acoustic Lounge, then catch him with Lethbridge favourites, The Turncoats who host the open mic at the Slice, Sept. 7
Tonight Touques and Beards host the Slice’s open mic.

— By Richard Amery, L.A. Beat Editor
 
 

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