{"id":19366,"date":"2017-12-13T17:28:18","date_gmt":"2017-12-13T22:28:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/?p=19366"},"modified":"2017-12-13T17:28:18","modified_gmt":"2017-12-13T22:28:18","slug":"senior-stars-to-bring-scrooge-to-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/senior-stars-to-bring-scrooge-to-life\/","title":{"rendered":"Senior Stars to bring Scrooge to Life"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Rod Urquhart<\/strong><\/p>\n

Feeling a little doom and gloom over the recent onslaught of winter?
\nWell, fret no more! There is just a fool-proof way to fully get into the \u201cChristmas Spirit.\u201d Just take in the Aurora Seniors Association Silver Stars presentation of Ebenezer Scrooge, this coming weekend at the Aurora Seniors\u2019 Centre.
\nThis rollicking romp of the seasonal classic, written in 1843 by Charles Dickens and based on a radio play by Walter Hackett, will have everyone in the audience really anticipating Christmas Day this year!
\nThis Silver Stars Drama Group production is directed once again by the talented Joan Brownlow, with producer Paul Wells and pianist Joy Gannicott. A pianist, you ask? Why this colourful presentation of the classic fully involves the audience with several Christmas carols that are guaranteed to have everyone singing and clapping along!
\nEbenezer Scrooge, as you can imagine, has a large cast, with many of the cast members doubling up on roles \u2013 but the star of the show \u2013 Scrooge himself \u2013 is played with zest by John Dowson, who may be \u201ca mean old man\u201d but he certainly comes around in the end in this delightful rendition.
\nOther standouts in the cast include Shawna O\u2019Neill as the well-costumed Ghost of Christmas Present. Shawna also has a role as one of the carollers and also a dancer. The effervescent Paul Wells is back with three prominent roles, but is a standout as the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come. Yvonne Lewis is the Ghost of Christmas Past.
\nJohn Gillan is effective as the ever-grateful Bob Cratchit and also as a Young Ebenezer. Ed Webster carries off the part of the nephew Fred and two other roles, but a real bright spot in this production is Geraldine Smith as Jacob Marley (with a great costume) and also as a businessman. (Most of the cast are also featured as Villagers, Carollers or Dancers).
\nDawn Bovingdon is Belle and Martha and Agnes Vallejo is Mrs. Cratchit and Mrs. Fezziwig. Najma Kausar is a Crachit girl as is Diane Ament (who is also the first lady) and doing just a great job as a youngster is Myles Heney as Tiny Tim and a boy who gets the turkey! Dona Williams is Mrs. Dilber.
\nIf you are still saying, \u201cBah Humbug\u201d at the end of this, there is a rousing sing-along of Christmas tunes to help you out of your funk. And light refreshments will be served following the performance.
\nKatharine Gerrits gets a nod for the excellent costumes and Ron Coe for the props. Make-up is by Diane Ament; scenery by David Brownlow; and stage managers are Mike Carter and Katharine Gerrits.
\nEbenezer Scrooge is on stage at the magnificent Aurora Seniors Centre this Saturday, December 16, and Sunday, December 17, at 2 p.m. Sunday\u2019s performance is already sold out, but there are tickets for Saturday if you hurry. Available for $5 at the Aurora Seniors\u2019 Centre reception desk.
\nFor more information, call the Centre at 905-726-4767.<\/p>\n\"Facebook\"<\/a>\"twitter\"<\/a>\"mail\"<\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Feeling a little doom and gloom over the recent onslaught of winter?
\nWell, fret no more! There is just a fool-proof way to fully get into the \u201cChristmas Spirit.\u201d Just take in the Aurora Seniors Association Silver Stars presentation of Ebenezer Scrooge, this coming weekend at the Aurora Seniors\u2019 Centre.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":19354,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[4,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19366","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general_news","category-news"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/2017-12-14-06.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3D2k4-52m","publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-24 22:41:45","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19366","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19366"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19366\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19354"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19366"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19366"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19366"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}