Cast and Crew - Tragedy and Triumph
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Nova Scotian Time to Remember Performance Tour Update (2006-2007)
January 15, 2007
With
six
performances
between
July
and
November,
the
2006
portion
of
the
Time
to
Remember
Nova
Scotian
Performance
Tour
is now completed.
The
first
and
second
performance
were
held
in
at
the
Chester
Basin
Legion
Everett
Branch
#88
July
29th
and
the
Royal
Canadian
Legion Loyalist Branch #63 in Shelburne August 19th.
The
Association's
third
performance
of
Tragedy
and
Triumph
–
Memories
of
WWII
was
held
at
the
Royal
Canadian
Legion
Colchester
Branch
#26
in
Truro,
Nova
Scotia
on
October
7th,
2006.
This
performance
was
presented
to
a
full
house
in
the
format
of
a
dinner
theatre
with
a
‘War
Wedding’
theme
to
commemorate
the
Year
of
the
War
Bride
and
a
five-course
turkey
dinner
served
since
it was a Thanksgiving weekend event.
The
next
performance
was
held
at
the
Royal
Canadian
Legion
Fairview
Branch
#142
in
Halifax
Saturday,
November
4th
to
launch
Veterans’
Week
2006.
The
theme
of
Veterans’
Week
2006
was
‘Share
the
Story’.
This
performance
was
presented
as
a
dinner
theatre show (with roast beef dinner served followed by the show).
George
Egan,
Director,
commented
on
the
reception
the
show
has
received
over
the
past
year;
"Audiences
across
Nova
Scotia
and
in
England
have
always
reacted
positively
to
the
Association's
stage
productions.
Tragedy
and
Triumph
seems
however,
to
touch
audiences
in
a
different
way.
Perhaps,
it
is
the
powerful
emotions
stirred
by
the
stories,
or
the
blending
of
those
stories
with
music.
The
narration
can
be
spellbinding
at
times,
as
it
is
most
often
the
actual
words
of
those
who
experienced
war,
passed
on
to
the
audience
by
the
actors,
or
the
unbelievable
story
itself.
Perhaps
the
power
of
the
show
is
in
the
use
of
real
names
or
the
tributes
to
everyday
men
and
women.
It
seems
that
in
Tragedy
and
Triumph,
each
member
of
the
audience
finds
a
moment
that
stands
out,
that
is
unique,
and
that
leaves
an
impression.
As
the
curtain
falls,
at
the
end
of
the
evening,
the
reaction seems to represents a wide appreciation of the power of the words, the music, and the reality of war.
The
last
two
2006
performances
were
presented
at
the
end
of
Veterans’
Week
at
the
Yarmouth
Arts
Regional
Centre
in
Yarmouth
(Th’YARC) Saturday November 11th and Sunday, November 12th at 2:00 PM.
“We
felt
it
important
to
perform
in
our
hometown
of
Yarmouth
during
the
Remembrance
Day
weekend”,
said
Director,
George
Egan.
“It’s
one
more
way
people
of
Yarmouth
can
be
reminded
of
the
sacrifice
of
our
World
War
II
Veterans
and
join
in
remembering those who served from Yarmouth and came to Yarmouth to train from across Canada and England”.
Although
the
Yarmouth
performance’s
were
the
last
two
of
2006,
there
are
plans
for
more
presentations
of
Tragedy
and
Triumph
– Memories of WWII in April and May, 2007. The locations will be announced shortly.
The British performance tour is scheduled from May 17th to May 22nd.
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