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FOR LOCAL ACTORS, ACTRESSESTheater Sets Dionysos Awards NightThe La Crosse Community Theater, Inc., will hold its fifth annual Dionysos Awards Night Monday. Outstanding talent chosen by the academy board, will be recognized in various categories of performance.Actors nominated for the awards are being narrowed to one in each category by the academy board. To be able to vote, board members must attend all performances during the theater year.Winners will remain a secret until presentations are made during the Monday evening banquet.Receiving nominations were: BEST ACTRESSS-Nora Kinney, “A Delicate Balance”; Wilma Scheffner, “The Mu s i c Man”; and Laurie Wetzsteon, Generation.”BEST ACTOR - Dr. A11 e n Brailey Jr., Generation”; Bill Nelson, A Delicate Balance”; Victor Skaff, The Odd Couple,” Robert C. Swanson, The Music Man”; Lee Whiteway, “A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum.”BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS—Lynn Page, “A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum”; Scotty Quinn, The Music Man”; Carole Theiss, A Delicate Balance.”BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR: Dr. William Gallagher, Generation”; Tim Kramer, The Odd Couple”; William Murphy, TheMusic Man”; Bill Nelson, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum.”BEST BIT PART — Frank Bahr, Teri Kavanaugh and Betty Vomberg, all in A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum” and Robert N. Mayer, Generation.”BEST YOUNG PERFORMER —Bill Lindsay, Terry Sapio and Pat Skemp, all for “The Music Man,” and Susan Lindsay and Richard Lowenhagen, Many Moons.”BEST SET DESIGN—Suzanne Brailey, A Delicate Balance”; and Erwin Erickson, The Mu-sen by the La Crosse group for the Greek God Dionysos, who symbolizes the creative spirit. In Greece, where theater originated, annual festivals were held to honor this creativeness —thus a banquet highlights the affair here in La Crosse.☆ ☆ ☆According to Bill Nelson, one of the theater’s active members, The annual awards banquet adds incentive and pride to community theater participation. Community theater is not an instructional institution which turns local amateursinto New York stars. It is an overwhelming experience in meeting others. It is also a profound lesson in learning to bend, work and cooperate with others under the tension of final rehearsals and opening night jitters. This in itself is unforgettable.”The banquet will be held at the Maple Grove Country Club at 7:30 p.m. and cocktails will be served on the green at 6:30. Those wishing to attend may phone 782-3993 or contact Mrs. H. A. Schroeder, 1411 King St., by Friday.through for I9i ; 5.73983 j com put rates fi of bon year.sic Man.”The academy board is comprised of archangels and angels, supporters of the Community Theater.Names submitted to the board were selected by nominating committee members, Mrs. Dorothy A. Ferguson, William T. D. Holstein, Dr. Rudolph M. Keimowitz and Mrs. Elizabeth Staley.This will be John Brown’s first awards night for plays he has directed during the 1968-69 theater season. Mike Thompson served as director during the four previous season awards, which originated under the theater’s first director and Mrs. Sally Cremer, then president of the board and its founder in 1965.The name Dionysos, was choFIREWORKS WARNING IS ISSUED BY SHERIFFLa Crosse County Sheriff James McHugh has issued the annual warning about illegal use of fireworks.McHugh pointed out that the law in Wisconsin permits persons generally to use only sparklers, snakes,” and paper caps for capguns.He added that parents who permit their minors to buy, possess or use illegal fireworks are liable for the resulting damages and may also incur criminal law penalties.Within the past year, he noted, several persons have been injured by fireworks in the county.An exception to the law banning fireworks is their use by farmers to protect crops froming fireworks, employe carbide cannons to scare animals from crop fields. Such cannons give off a periodic loud report.McHugh said his department frequently receives complaints from other residents of an area where such cannons are being used, complaining the noise keeps them awake at night. He urged that farmers using carbide cannons turn them off at night.Oth those o from c Harris Chicagc ed by 1 cago; ! by Phe York: headed Co., Cl Berni of the ants, T ciates, board t posed bonding the Uni The consists New Ylt; and Cmerce Mo.; A. phis; A New Y Co., Ne ner CoiThe 1 total of In addi firms fiPELLET STRIKES BOY Timothy Clason, 12, of 2156 Green Bay St., was struck by an air rifle pellet while playing in the bluff area at the east end of Green Bay Street.Boys were shooting BBs at a tree when one pellet ricochetedI onrl cfrnnlr PlotAn in fVio nncvicago ir there w neapolij Los Ani cisco, 1 Clevelai Dodglt; rise in past co' a factoWhilecon c* o v
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La Crosse Tribune
La Crosse, Wisconsin, US
Thu, Jun 19, 1969
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