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The
Kenaston community and area can be very proud of their 9th successful, classy
Dinner Theatre weekend, decorated with a spring atmosphere, a delightful meal,
and a hilarious performance of the play "Sadie Flynn Comes to Big Oak".
Dinner Theatre Committee coordinators, Albert and Joanne Hoffmann began the planning
process in January, 2005. Committees set to work handling food, decorating, performing,
and volunteering for all of the many responsibilities that these two evenings
involve. The Kenaston Community Dinner Theatre Committee is grateful for the many
volunteers from the Kenaston and Hawarden surrounding area for donating their
valuable time and efforts. We would like to take this opportunity to extend our
great appreciation to the years of service that Albert and Joanne have put into
coordinating the Dinner Theatre Committee and we will greatly miss their leadership
in our 2006 year. We are very confident that they will be of great support to
whoever takes on this position next year and if you are interested please let
them know. Thanks again Albert and Joanne!
For the first time the Kenaston School Staff took on the huge responsibility of
organizing the meal portion of the evening and donated their time, effort, (and
Easter Break) to prepare and serve a delectable chicken breast dinner to 384 guests!
This community is always willing to volunteer their time and there were many talented
volunteers working in all areas of food preparation, dessert, appetizers, and
salads whether cooking, serving, or cleaning-up. The guests were greeted by 7
hostesses and served by 25 waiters and 8 bartenders. Many households happily donated
food items and oven space and we are very appreciative of all personal donations
made from community members. The treasure chest, an annual raffle held at Dinner Theatre, continued to benefit
Kenaston Place with its proceeds. Special thanks to Terri Sieban for collecting
this year's beautiful prizes and selling the tickets. This year's winners were
Joni Zdunich and Cory Ouellette of Kenaston both winning a patio swing, Ken Rosaasen
of Saskatoon & Stella Kergen of Davidson each winning a firepit, Brenda Klepy
of Saskatoon & Greg Heinbigner of Saskatoon each winning a bird bath, and
Joan Didur and Kim Johnson of Kenaston each winning tickets to Kenaston's 2006
Dinner Theatre. Congratulations to this year's winners! Once the meal portion of the evening was completed, the cast of "Sadie Flynn
Comes to Big Oak" stepped out to entertain the crowd. Preparations for the
play began in February and directors Idelle Westman and Colleen Sekulich were
on the lookout for five aspiring actors. They didn't have to look far as five
former Dinner Theatre alumni jumped up to the plate. This Canadian-based play
is set in Big Oak, an ordinary small town with ordinary people where nothing extraordinary
ever happens. Tom Shaw (Darrell Kerpan) along with Orson Hubble (Tim Holder) operate
the café in town where the locals, Rachel Blessington (Linda Purves) and
Bev Dupuis (Elaine Feltis) gather for coffee and the latest low down. Things suddenly
change and Big Oak comes to life when Sadie Flynn (Cindy Menzies) pays a visit.
Such a small cast meant for a lot of lines to memorize, yet the cast was still
laughing and cracking up at the on and off-stage antics of this particular play.
The cast and directors would like to sincerely thank: Alice Hill for prompting;
Jordan Richardson and Tim Holder for their sound and light expertise; Robert and
Idelle Westman, Sonia Howells, along with Tim Holder and Darrell Kerpan for their
hard work on the set; and Elaine Feltis for her work with costumes and support
of the cast. The cast also greatly appreciates the School of Dance for sharing
the stage and those who catered appetizers for the cast.
To
the many dedicated volunteers who made these two evenings possible, we thank you
for making "Sadie Flynn Comes to Big Oak" a great success. Thank you
to all of those who supported this community effort and we look forward to entertaining
you all next year!
Submitted by:
Cindy Menzies and Shirley Sanderson
Advertising
Committee
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On
April 3 and 4, 2004 Kenaston Place was filled with community spirit with its eighth
successful Dinner Theatre weekend. Guests coming from near and far were welcomed
into a delightful spring atmosphere to enjoy a delicious dinner with a classy
dessert parade and an entertaining performance of the play "No Sex Please,
We're British".
The Kenaston Community Dinner Theatre Committee, headed by Albert and Joanne Hoffmann,
began planning in January, 2004. Committees were struck for food, decorations
and performing, and community members began volunteering. The Kenaston Community
Dinner Theatre Committee would like to express its gratitude to the 185 volunteers
from the Kenaston and Hawarden surrounding area for donating their valuable time
and efforts. Numerous community volunteers, under the guidance and direction of
Susan Anholt and Evelyn Mills, donated their time and effort to prepare and serve
a delicious roast beef dinner to a new record of 484 guests!
Talent is not only
something for the stage - there were 105 talented volunteers working in all areas
of food preparation, dessert, appetizers, and salads whether cooking, serving,
or cleaning-up. The guests were greeted by 9 hostesses and served by 30 waiters
and 9 bartenders. 46 households happily donated food items and we are very appreciative
of all personal donations made from community members.
The treasure chest, an
annual raffle held at Dinner Theatre, continued to benefit Kenaston Place with
its proceeds. Special thanks to Terri Sieban for collecting this year's fabulous
prizes and selling the tickets. This year's winners were Darren Siroski of Kenaston
& Gwen Allan of Davidson both winning a Home Theatre System, Anne Willner
of Davidson & Vanna Gay Shaw of Davidson both winning a digital camera with
printer, and Greg Mitchell of Saskatoon & Norlane McIvor of Davidson both
winning tickets to Kenaston's 2005 Dinner Theatre. Congratulations to this year's
winners!
Once the meal portion of the evening was completed, the cast of "No Sex Please,
We're British" stepped out to entertain the crowd. Preparations for the play
began in January and directors Idelle Westman and Colleen Sekulich were on the
lookout for ten aspiring actors. Although returning performers from previous Kenaston
productions were ready to begin, there were still two roles without players -
one of which was the male lead! Thankfully two young talents, Jordan Richardson
of Hanley and Brandyn Chomyshen (a graduate from Kenaston School), stepped up
to the roles and completed the cast of ten.
The play is set in a bank apartment
where newly married Frances Hunter (Cindy Menzies) mistakenly orders various shipments
of pornography. She and husband Peter (Richardson) attempt to dispose of these
unfortunate arrivals by placing far too much of the responsibility on a bumbling
bank clerk (Elaine Feltis). To complicate matters the Hunters are paid visits
by a nosy mother-in-law (Sally Siroski), the bank manager (Darrell Kerpan), the
bank inspector (Chomyshen), the police superintendent (Ray Enns), and 2 "working
girls" from the company that had sent the shipments (Linda Purves and Mick
Hertz).
The cast and directors would like to sincerely thank: Bob Mason for his
on-stage talents and off-stage assistance, Tim Holder for his sound and light
expertise, Sonia Howells for her backstage assistance, the many hard workers who
put together the set, and Elaine Feltis for her work with costumes and all of
the experience she brings to the stage.
To the many dedicated volunteers
who made these two evenings possible, we thank you for making "No Sex Please,
We're British" a complete success. We couldn't have done it without you!
To those of you who attended, we look forward to seeing you next year!Submitted
by Cindy Menzies and Shirley SandersonTOP
ROW: Colleen Sekulich, Ray EnnsMIDDLE
ROW: Bob Mason, Brandyn Chomyshen, Darrell Kerpan, Idelle Westman, Tim Holder,
Linda Purves, Sonia HowellsFRONT
ROW: Elaine Feltis, Jordan Richardson, Sally Siroski, Cindy Menzies, Mick Hertz |
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The
Kenaston Community Dinner Theatre can be very proud of their seventh successful
Dinner Theatre. This year’s production
of “Not Now, Darling” held March
22 and 23 at Kenaston Place was successful due to our community pulling together
and donating valuable time, effort, and talent to this wonderful event.
Volunteers are a key element in making this event a success and the Kenaston,
Hawarden, and area residents rose to the occasion!
There were 94 volunteers working with all areas of food preparation dessert,
appetizers, and salads whether cooking, serving, or cleaning-up.
The guests were greeted by 11 hostesses and served by 30 waiters and 8
bartenders. 57 households happily
donated food items and we are very appreciative of all personal donations made
from community members as well as donations from the business community.
“Not Now, Darling”
was performed for a record seating of 474 guests! Our decorating and style is
always highly anticipated by guests and our committee have outdone themselves
again The ambiance of this year’s
play was very elegant with its black table settings. Guests were greeted in the stylish foyer with the red backdrop
and mannequin adorning a fur coat.
Community
volunteers, under the guidance and direction of Susan Anholt and Evelyn Mills,
served a delicious roast beef supper to the guests. The dessert parade concluded the meal portion with a smashing
tune and some sassy Saskatoon berry cheesecake.
Once
the dessert parade was concluded the lights were dimmed and the cast of 11 community
performers entered the stage and entertained the crowd for 2 action-packed hours.
The cast and directors can be quoted as saying that they were still laughing
at this hilarious play even in the final rehearsal hours and were very appreciative
of hearing the enthusiastic response from the audience.
The
performance is only one portion of what needs to happen in order to make these
two evenings successful. The Kenaston
Community Dinner Theatre committee, headed by Albert and Joanne Hoffmann, organized
several committees and without these hard-working volunteers none of this would
be possible.
To
you many dedicated volunteers who made these two evenings possible, we thank you
for making “Not Now, Darling” a complete success.
It couldn’t have happened without you! See
you next year! Submitted
by: Cindy Menzies & Shirley Sanderson
Advertising
Committee
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