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PAGE 18 â€" WATERLOO CHRONICLE, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1986 Trackets avarlable at the Humamties Theatre Box Office (R8S 4280 ) and all other BASS outiets Hours Monday to Enday. 11 a m to 6 pm . Saturday. | pm to 5 pm Dickens inmorke® *T 000 adaptation of his Christmas classic seasday 32 The Waterioo Lions Club lost money on the Pro Tennis event last March but the two young ladies went on to fame and fortune. Jane Young was voted woman athlete of the year by Oktoberfest committee while Helen Keles! of Edmonton won $20,000 in a Tokyo tournament recently and has advanced to No. 10 in the world tennis ranking. If the Lions were to repeat the event, they would require guaranteed corporate support to cover the basic expenses. Offers? Elsie and Pat Baird (Mr. Mover) of Woolwich Rd. just returned from China with their good friends, Jane and Chuck Greb. Elsie became ill there but happily she recovered. Chuck is on the Board of Directors for the YMCA (includes the Waterloo Family Y) and was awarded their highest honor. Since he was in China, his two sons went to Ottawa to accept the award from the Governor General. Flying Officer Bill Dark, M.C., was buried on the Eve of Remembrance Day in Morrisburg, Ont. He will be remembered by veterans of #404 Squadron as one of the few who ever completed three tours of duty on bombing missions. Most were lucky if they finished two. He showed me his Military Cross once when I visited his home. On one of his very last missions, his plane ran out of oxygen and he suffered brain damage. Roundup . . . . The United Mennonite Church on George St. is having a Bazaar Nov. 22 from 9â€"2 p.m. with proceeds going to the Handicapped Accessibility Program . . .. Waâ€" terloo Rotarians fruit baskets on sale: phone 886â€" 5810 . . . . Kâ€"W Ballroom Dance Group is holding a "black tie‘"‘ gala affair on Dec. 20: details phone 885â€" 5842 . ... Guests welcome at new Kâ€"W Granite Club midâ€"week jitney for 50â€"plus group: phone 742â€"1868. Saturday. 22 Novembet * o sn & a m . 1.00 pAn a M & 330 pM ext ‘S% 7. 0 pmMm The UW Drama Department will help get local residents in the holiday spirit when they present their adaptation of Dickens‘ immortal A Christmas Carol in three performances Saturday at UW Humanities Theatre. UW Drama Department in the holiday mood Show times are 10: 30 a.m., 1 p.m. and 3: 30 p.m. and tickets are at the door or through 885â€"1211 ext. 4556. This favorite Dickens yarn has been done on screen, (the Alistair Sim version now a classic) on stage, as a musical and in animated form. The possibilities are endless, but show director Al Anderson firmly believes this adaptation will give the meanest man in Victorian London new and exciting dimenâ€" sion. Anderson himself is also currently enjoying new and exciting dimension in his role as director, rather than technical supervisor. This Christmas Carol is special because of unique lighting quality, lightningâ€"fast scene changes, and the actual context of the script. This particular model has been cut to an hour and 10 minutes (a good length for children) but it is close to the original text. This version was first adapted for stage by Duncan McGregor of St. Catharines Carousel Productions. Anderson has long admired this interpretation and has lit the show for years. This time he thought he‘d try his hand at directing it. ‘"It‘s the funniest thing," said Anderson A Christmas Carol sipping coffee behind his desk at Drama Department Central. ‘‘The minute I do a show, and it closes, I can‘t remember anything about it. But I do remember this one, because of the scrim lighting." This Christmas Carol is using two scrims. A scrim is an openâ€"weave gauze screen which when used effectively can depict a ghostly aura with correct lighting detail. From an audience standpoint this device simulates magic, especially to a child who is aweâ€"struck at the result. This fills the director with glee, and he is anxious to stage the show in this fashion, confident that his cast and crew can pull the whole concept together. To maintain pace, Anderson plans to have the players do the scene changes, from the school bench sequence as the Ghost of Christmas Past takes Ebenezer to his childâ€" hood alma mater, to the workhouse where fiancee Alice nurses over the poor and wretched to the grand soiree at Scrooge‘s first employee‘s Old Fezziwig. All changes are executéd in midâ€"dialogue, to give the show a seamless appearance. Cast and crew are presently perfecting this innovaâ€" ‘‘There isn‘t a stagehand that moves anything, which means the production is constantly progressing, the action flowing," said Anderson. T885 4280