Show Tunes & Croons – Saturday, January 28, 2012 I just wanted to give you a little background on our upcoming concert –Our daughter, Chelsey, has always wanted to work overseas helping in Third World countries. She has earned a degree in Anthropology and certification in Emergency Management in order to pursue that goal. However, [...]
Huron Country Playhouse, Grand Bend Warm up your winter by making plans for summer theatre! This summer, the greatest family musical of all time, The Wizard of Oz, is touching down in Grand Bend! Venture down the yellow brick road with Dorothy, Scarecrow, Tin Man, Cowardly Lion and faithful dog Toto during their epic journey [...]
All the best of the holiday season to my readers! Here’s to more great theatre in 2012!
A Benefit show has been planned with funds going to Perth-Huron United Way, earmarked to assist Goderich as the town recovers from the August tornado. A star-studded cast has been assembled for Spotlight on Goderich: A Variety Show at the Huron Country Playhouse in Grand Bend on Sunday, November 20th at 3:00 p.m. Leading performers [...]
We had a wonderful evening in at Oakwood Inn in Grand Bend Saturday night. Michael Vanhevel was the entertainment, and entertain us, he did! This young man has been blessed with an extraordinary voice and he knows how to use to enthrall the audience. He is a crooner, following in the footsteps of Michael Bublé, [...]
New at VPP I had a chance to chat with David Hogan during intermission at the Dolly Parton Rhinstone Cowgirl show at Victoria Playhouse in Petrolia last week. David is half of the two-David team who are taking over as Artistic Directors at the playhouse. Hogan and Rogers are busy planning the 2012 season [...]
For one brief shining moment, this blog-site “Entertain This Thought” hit a major milestone. On Saturday, August 6, there were 16 shows listed in the “Now Playing” category, a record number. I have been going to shows and writing my thoughts on them since the summer of 2004, when we moved to Strathroy. Our location [...]
Congratulations to Drayton Entertainment for the many improvements at Huron Country Playhouse! The celebrations continue with the opening of the brand new Playhouse II. The new construction coincides with the 40th season celebration, and the list of improvements is significant: · New seats in Main Stage theatre. · All new Playhouse II: instead of a [...]
I have been a fan of Anne of Green Gables since my Mom gave me her battered old copy when I was in grade four. L. M. Montgomery’s Anne, written before she got married (which was 100 years ago on July 4), was relevant in my life growing up near Grand Bend, Ontario in the [...]
A Wild Party? Tools of the Trade! Our cousin Sharon is a wardrobe mistress at a leading classical Canadian theatre. But if you had seen her shopping list of supplies a few years ago, you might have thought she was in charge of planning a night of wild partying! Topping her list were condoms, hypodermic [...]