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WALLACEBURG ARTS: WDSS drama club advances to provincial competition
Two columns ago I wrote about the cost of winning and related it to the Wallaceburg District secondary school drama students, whose production of The Way Home was selected as outstanding production in the Lambton-Kent National Theater School competition.
Their success enabled the production to move on to the regional level of the competition in Hamilton.
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The point I attempted to make was that this fine troupe of young people were suddenly faced with significant travel and accommodation costs to participate in the competition on April 22.
It would be a travesty for an organization of any kind to be successful in a competition but financially unable to move on to the next level.
I also suggested that if this were a sports team, financial support would likely come from many directions, but being an arts organization, support would likely be less enthusiastic.
I’m happy to say that Wallaceburg proved me wrong as the troupe presented a public performance on April 9 collecting freewill donations that enabled them to head to Hamilton for the next level of the competition.
I was doubly thrilled last Friday when teacher and producer Nicki Lane texted me to say that they were one of two productions selected to move on to the provincial showcase to be held at York University May 20-23.
In terms of individual recognition, Oliver Gray won an award of........