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Interest Is Noteei e In MQVQment

another forward step mﬁiirouilrgovincial Drama’ Festival movement which, was inllililflwd here three yell! ll° Yuk w°" m...“ Institute slave" precept-ins their drama “From 5 to eso_ and Nwnting Queen's County meet teapot ‘rraverse Young People's Un- ion my... at the Empire Theatre wmoffﬁw Ililhi’: 1!! n-HQ‘! Of this u" fggﬂvll to decide the win- ital o! the Women's Institute nophy. The Cape Traverse group pygggnt their play “All Cars to the Rescue". a drains that was I01"! mgugh and acted well enough to win the Prince County title. n; Queen's County winners (Ms w be the best o! five en- mu winning over Graham's Road wI. in the iinalswhlleCape Trav- erse were defeating the Kelvin Gm“ representatives in the Prince county finals. Altogether iourteen cups entered in the festival with eight psrticipatinl’. 091i!" Q0111! ioreed in withdraw due to illness m ills areas. In King's County Kli- muir Institute was the only entry. However, due to the fact it was may first venture into the drama festival iield it wu decided not to pQﬂlBlPli-Q in the finals this year. but providing they can win out next year. hope to enter into the ma ior top honors. m. Donald Whetrnore o! I-Iali- isx, N. 8.. has been named Ad- cster. Mr. Whetmore. who is erniment organizer for Dra- msiies in Nova Scotia will arrive the city on ‘Tuesday. In January tMr. Whetsnore was in the evince supervising the short scum in Drsmetica. During the yunlmsr he conducts classes in (Qameticl at Dalhousie University and in the winter months is en- gagtd in a. full program of theatri- m activity backed by a library in ilalilax o! more than 8.000 plays. Arﬂudicstors during the season's elimination contests were Mrs. Ruby Houie. CD.A.. Mrs. Rey smallman. Mrs. Wallace Scsntle- bury, Mr. Morton Dew. Hon. F. A. Large. Attorney General. Mr. Barry Bugden. Mr. Bramwell Chandler. all o! Charlottetown and Rev. B. s. Davies. Kensington, Mr. Norman MacDonald. sumrnerside. I

ﬁrst Festival in 1m ‘Ilse ﬁrst Drama IlsetivaI-i» was

eld in the Spring o: I946 being bt about alter Mrs. Frances

Bbll ‘Trainer. on invitation had ad- dressed a Women's Institute Dis- trict Convention at K ' ‘ n the previous Iall. A local Drama Festival was organised with sin out o! the nine Institutes entered presenting plays. three withdraw- ing because of uniorseen circum- stances. Irishwwn. Long River. spring Brook, Margste. Spring- field and Kelvin Grove were those taking part. Interest was very keen with three of the perform- ances being attended by larger- than-capsclty houses. Mrs. Trainer and Rev. Archdeacon l! ‘ of Simmer-side were AdJudicators at the finals held at Kensington. As a result of the success attending the initial effort the Provincial Ilxecutive o! the Women's Insti- tute organized the Island Women's Institute Drama Festival, open to any rursl group sponsored by a Women's Institute. -

The interest in the movement was shown by the large hum‘ of requests for plays that had been selected by Mrs. Tremor ior con- sideration and thel number oi en- tries received. Due to the prev- alence of sickness in rural areas during the laie winter several groups were unable to perform but York, North Milton, " ’ wbank and two from Cornwall competed in the playous with the tinals be- ing held in Cornwall. Mrs. ‘Irsirwr and Mr. Berry Budgen were the adiudiutcra and their constructive criticisms were most helpful. e quality of the play: were ext-ell rat and the movement was warmly commended by the Honourable Mr. Stewart. Minister of Agricul- ture. Mre. Trsinor does not now live in the Province and her wise and generous help is greatly miss- ed.

Work ieadensd

Last year Festival week was eon- sidera-bly ‘broadened. One of Qhe important changes made was that any rural organization, society or drama group could participate and neednot necessarily be sponsored by a Women's Institute.

Firrther. and also o! great im- portance was the eo-operailon re- ceived from the P. E. I. Libraries. the Little Theatre Guild o! cher- lottetown. the Adult Education Council; the press arid radio. In addition Mr. Chandler of the

has issued a. catalogue o! one-set lilsyl. tree on req t. suitable ‘for Festival work, w the tattle Theatre consented to’ send directors to interested communities who wished to discussdramaticn

Festivals such as this oneshould not be regarded as a competition only. Blather think oi it as a Fes- tival in which all strive tor quality in play production and develop- ment in cultural appreciation.‘ _The reward will be worthwhile. First of all there is fun-for Drsmatics is fun. Weryone is interesid. not in one hobby but in several: stage- trﬂt. tithing. costuming. make-up, directing, each in itself is fascin- ating. New Friends will be made. diction, team-work and sell-con- fidence will be acquired together with s lust pride in doing some- thing well. '

In January o! this year a short Course of Dramatics. supervised by Mr. Whetrncre was held from Jan- uery 19th. to 24th. It was well at- tended and proved helpiul to all taking advantage of it.

The Little Theatre Movements. Bummer Theatres. Dramatic Cour- ses in schools and the Dominion Drama Festivals have played their pert in making this Canada o! ours "play" conscious.

Aside from the Anglican Drama Festival. and participation in the Dominion Drama Festival prior to the war. there is little organized drama work on the Island. Never- theless. i1 we scan the daily news- papers in the spring of the year. we cannot but be onscious o; the fact that Prince Edward Island. too, is in some measure "play" conscious.

But plays and players are wide- ly scattered throughout the Prov- ince. We have had no organised ef- fort or incentive to improve and broaden our dramatics from year to year. Our Women's Institutes haye sensed this need and this Province-wide ' Women's Drama Festival will. we hope, do much to stimulate our interest and further our progress in drama.

Rural young people as well as the older. welcome the opportunity to share in one of the cultural arts. We learn an art by working at it. When we study drama we learn poise. manners. good diction. _-qualities which combine to make charm or personality. We learn through the constructive criticism of the Adjudios rs that our en- unctation can improved: that "g" is sounded in such words as nwindu", “datum laumns», that “you" is never "yuh"; that carriage depicts character: a crook slirlirs. a discouraged person sags, s soldier treads: we learn that team work counts.

Drama quickens community irl-

terest and social contact. It will.

Prince Edward Island Libraries through Festival work. widen our

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A loeial Activity Many e! ue_are interested in ple have sought to expreu liie and

plays o! the medieval age were en- acted.

It is s social activity. The flour- ishing dramatic society oi a cer- tain High School had its beginning when s fifteen year old sent around a written notice from desk to desk in history class, "I'm going to put on a play. L! you'd like to try gior a port. be in the lunch room

this afternoon." In less than Ioux months there were b0 members

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and they were preparing ambitious scenes from Shakespeare to be prcducd in the Auditorium o! s neighboring High School by special ‘inquest.

It is one oi the cultural which will teach us poise. manners. good diction. It is broader than that. Historical plays and adapt- ations from the classics can fur- ther our love for history and lit- erature. "lilizsbeth Reiuses‘. based on “Pride and Prejudice". shows us the delightful mannerisms oi Jane Austin's time. “The Bishop's Candelsticks" (s play in the An- napolis Valley Drama Festival this year) should intrigue us into read- ing more oi.’ the life of the unior- tunate Jean Val Jean. “The Ream in the Tower" inspires us to dip more deeply into the oft-time tragic lives o! our English kings and queens.

_All over the world people are finding out the importance o! the dramatic arts in all tielde.—educa- tion, cultural. social and artlstic.— and the United Nations. realizing the great role the drama can play in bringing about an understand-

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What is Canada doing about drama.

There is a resurgence of the arts in every Province. The Domin- ion Drama Festival which was dropped during the war has been revived. British Columbia is beinl acclaimed across Canada and in the United states as the Province leading in the tield o! drama. Their Provincial Government is foster- ing this interest in drama in rural communities by forming the School and Community Drama Branch o! the Dramatic Arts at the Univer- sity oi British Columbia.

Miss Marjorie Jarvis o! the 0n- tario‘ Provincial Dramatic Library reports that Drama Festivals are pelng re-orgsnised, in that Prov- {dnce alter having been dropped during the war.

Actually. the movement is sweep- ing across Canada.

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What are we doing in Prince Edward Island?

The Little Theatre Guild in Charlottetown has been revived. There is the Anglican Drama Fes- tival. And noyv. the Women's In- atitute Drama Festival.

We have always had the talent and ability to prepare and present plays; we have the desire to per- ticipate in a social activity, and the ambition to practice a cultural art. Nevertheless, we have for the most part. gone on year alter year preparing and presenting plays. and all the while unconscious o! the mistakes we were making. ‘llhis is where a Drama Festival justi- Iies its organization. Through it. the Adiudicators analyze each play they are called on to adjudicate in the Festival. They commend our

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are receptive to what they say. it we have the sportsmanship and the wisdom to take criticism in the spirit in which it is given. drama in rural Prince Edward Island is go- ing in improve immeasurably. Let us. then, when we take pert in a Drama Festival. be prepared in take our Adjudicatofs criticism as a very necessary training in the art oi drama.

Our Women's Institutes can give leadership intheir communities to this movement. Get your young people interested, your church group. Any group formed to pre- sent s. play can enter. Not every- one in a community may be able to act. but they can help with lighting, make-up. stage-setting. and study and learn: get all the in- formation you can. and your orig-

criticism on our bad ones. I1 we incl interest in acting and drama

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that not British Columbia. not On- tario. not Nova Scotls. but Prince Edward Island will be acclaimed across Canada ior her interest and leadership and ability in the field of dram.

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Doherty. b5, and osteopath, lived 32 days on two glasses cf orange juice and one cup oi tea. a day. He weighed 210 pounds be- iore the test. lost 2o pounds dur-

parks to sid cupid - two-caster benches for couples. Mrs. Strauss. supply minister's wife. who eug- gested it. said: "It must be very alwkrwurd when s, young couple want a private talk or gossip i! others are sitting on the some seat. , .

FOOD SHIPMENTS INCREASE

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figures reveled that New Zea- lands food ships to Britain III higher than the corresponding period last year. All classes of

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