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~ urin8 the 8ixlies. the Drama Club flourish- '_!__) ed. It presented eveninss of plays to sell- out audiences and cgnlinued to send en- tries to the Georsian Bay Drama Feslival. It wasn't until 1966 that CCI won an award. and that was the Best Actor award to Qobert t1awkins in an orisinal adaptation from 8hakespeare·s t1amlel. Asain. the Drama Club fell victim to lack of interest and floundered in the late sixties. It revived in 1970 and presented "A Knife to Thy Throat" and planned for several more plays. No more is heard of the Drama Club durin8 the seventies. its place beins usurped by the Variely Nishts Ironically. drama has now been restored to its former slory and resurrected in the form of a school subject and studied as a credit Our present entries in Drama festivals almost always result in sreat ac- colades and honours. under the capable directions ofMrs. Chandler. Mr. CoukeUand Mr. Qeddins. CC!'s
bi8 nisht became an annual or semi-annual event of Variely 8how or larse production. Bye Bye Birdie. Guys and Dolls. West8ide 8tory. Grease. Oklahoma. My Fair Lady. allleadin8 up lo this year's super pro- duction of Anythin8 Goes. are the productions crafted durins the eishties and ninelies. Our modern produc- tions are a far cry from those formal Literary Meelinss of the early days. bul the exhilaration of performins. ofexperiencin8 ·'the smell ofthe sreasepainl. the roar o f the crowd·· would have been no less then than now. We are all born hams. be it 1857 or 1993.
by - Marian Qussell -
Top LL Deanna Prezio sinss lo & a ll Lillow in 1984 ·s ·wesL cllide ci\Lory' . Cenl. LL 'Guys and Dolls'. Top CenL CCI's firsl version of 'Oklahoma· in lhe 70's. Bal. LL Mike Aikens and Ted Knude solo tn 'Our Town Collinswood'. 1988. Top RL Eliza Doolillle alias Jody Geddes. 1991. Cenl. RL Onlario Award winnins Drama under Mrs. Annie Chandler's direclion. 1990. BoL The 1991 casl of' "My Fair Lady".