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have been competing for a month to determine who will attend provincials in May in Regina. In region 2, students in grades 7 to 12 from around Moose Jaw will perform one-act plays from Thursday, April 20 to Saturday, April 22 at the Centennial Auditorium in A.E. Peacock Collegiate, with Cornerstone Christian School the event host. The doors open at 6:45 p.m. on Thursday and Friday and the plays start at 7 p.m., while the doors open at 12:45 p.m. on Saturday and the plays start at 1 p.m. There will be two plays each day, with THE WEARHOUSE each performance lasting roughly an hour. Tickets are $15 per day or $30 for the Vanier Collegiate actors on stage during their showing of the dramedy ‘HINT,’ during a entire festival regional drama festival in 2019. File photo The six regional schools include Lots of new pants have arrived! other local teacher-directors, including Riverview’s Janice Lamb. Cornerstone, Riverview Collegiate, VaniAll Fabric Rolls 40% OFF! “I’ve been involved with the Saskatchewan Drama Association er Collegiate, Peacock, Central Butte and Caronport’s Briercrest for more years than I can count now,” Johnson laughed. Christian Academy. Moose Jaw is blessed to have strong theatre programs because Cornerstone and Riverview perform Thursday night, Vanier and Peacock perform Friday night and Central Butte and Briercrest teacher-directors work hard with their students, Johnson said. It’s great to see the youths shine on stage and incredible to see them perform Saturday afternoon. Adjudicators will judge each performance and give each team improve every year. “People won’t be disappointed if they come out; it’s excellent points for their on-stage acting and how well the team functions backstage with technical aspects such as stage management, cos- theatre,” she continued. “And so it’s always enjoyable; there’s altumes, makeup and lighting, explained Tanya Johnson, host orga- ways such a variety. “And then for those of us who have been around for many years, nizer, Cornerstone teacher and SDA board volunteer. we get to see students kind of grow up on stage … with a different “They also give feedback to each of the groups, so it’s a learnTHE WEARHOUSE ing opportunity for the teacher-directors as well as the students,” she character or in a different role from year to year. It’s pretty cool.” It’s exciting to have the drama festivals back — they were sorecontinued. “So things that they liked, things that they had questions Buy 1 Pair of Pants and Get The 2nd Pair for 1/2 PRICE! ly missed — after the pandemic cancelled them for several years, about (and) things we could maybe do better.” Judges will give awards for best overall production and run- Johnson said. Youths can now freely display their gifts and talents, Bring this coupon to purchase 1 pair of pants at our ‘regular’ low price and buy the second pair for 1/2 ner-up, with those two teams then participating at the provincial which is rewarding as a teacher and audience member. price (of equal or lesser value) “Come out and see kids do really cool things on stage. (Come) drama festival at the University of Regina’s Riddell Centre from to support our local students, to celebrate the arts and even just to May 4 to 6. Johnson attended Peacock as a student and competed in the dra- celebrate the fact we can come back together and be in theatres and Wed & Sat 10am-5pm ma festivals there. Once she became a teacher, she began entering enjoy live theatre,” she added. Thurs & Fri 10am-7pm groups of students into the competitions. “It’s just a great event. People won’t be disappointed. These She has also been the regional host co-ordinator many times students work really, really hard on their production and they just 429 River St. W. Moose Jaw for more than a decade, while she rotates through the position with put on quality, quality shows.”
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