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Thought Of The Week By Ted Ecclestone The best you get is an even break. Franklin Pierce Adams “Ballade of Schopenhauer’s Philosophy” 519-941-1903 HURONTARIAN HURONTARIAN Regional News • Sports • Real Estate • Classifieds When you think of Ted Ecclestone please don’t think of Life Insurance, but when you think of Life Insurance, and Investment be sure to think of Ted Ecclestone. Ont. Toll Free 1-877-941-1903 519.942.BALL www.headwatersracquetclub.com tennis · squash · fitness Visit Our Showroom ALL WELCOME! 520 Riddell Road, Unit C Orangeville www .donsheatingandcooling.com 519•942•1568 Celebrating 20 years November 4, , 2010 B1 Orangeville Citizen/Free Press and Economist A late effort brought the Shelburne Muskies within striking distance during their home opener against the Elora Rocks at Centre Dufferin Recreation Complex on Saturday, but they couldn’t make up the one goal deficit by the time the final buzzer sounded. The final score was 5-4 for Elora. Elora came to the game as an undefeated squad so the Muskies knew they would have a challenge, but it was a first period lead by the Rocks that sent the tone for game and the Shelburne men trailed for the full three frames. “We came out a little bit jittery,” said Muskies head coach Scott Sutton. “We took a couple of bad penalties and got down 2- 0, and you just can’t do that against a team like that. But over all I was really happy with the way the guys worked tonight. That was a good quality effort and I’m sure it was an entertaining game being a spectator.” Early in the second period Elora was leading 4-2. A Shelburne goal brought the Muskies back into the game but that was the only goal scored for the period. A late frame call dropped two Elora players into the penalty box so the Shelburne squad started the third period with a two man advantage. Despite peppering Elora goalie Blake Sinclair with shots, the Muskies just couldn’t place one between the pipes. The Rocks scored on a powerplay with 16:10 left on the clock to go ahead by two goals in the third period. The Muskies scored a late one with 1:28 left in the game but with the final minute ticking down, the squad was unable to tie it up. “I thought we played very well in second and third period,” Sutton said. “It got a little bit chippy. There was a fight towards the last three minutes, it kind of got us off our game for about five or ten minutes when we were trying to mount a come- back. Goaltending in both ends was very good.” The senior league has a lot of top talent that trans- lates into a very fast game with a high number of shots on net, so both goalies get a workout in every game. “They’re a high explo- sive team,” said Sutton, “I thought we trapped them up pretty good in their own end, especially in the third period. The teams that commit to the back end are going to be the teams that are successful, and that’s what gave us a little bit more success in the last two periods.” The league is staring to level out since the season started with Elora and Saugeen Shores both undefeated in the north division. Travistock leads the south division with a 8-0 record so far followed by Monkton who have 6-1-1 record. The Muskies will play two games on the road before returning to home ice to face the Walkerton Capitals on Friday, November 12. The puck drop is sched- uled for 8:30 p.m. Muskies squeezed out in home opener By BRIAN LOCKHART Sports Editor Allison Price is a per- former at the 6th Annual Toronto Sketch Comedy Festival this month in Toronto who got her roots performing at Theatre Orangeville from a young age. “I loved growing up in Orangeville,” said Ms. Price. “It was a huge part of why I became a per- former.” It was when she was 10, Ms. Price said, that she knew performing was what she wanted to do for the rest of her life. She commented that at the time it seemed so sim- ple to her. In reality it is a lot different but that is part of what inspired her to pursue performing and move to Toronto. “I did a lot of stuff with Theatre Orangeville when I was a kid,” she said. “I taught and took classes and grew up doing theatre and performing.” Ms. Price graduated from the Ryerson University Theatre pro- gram in 2008. She spent the summer immediately afterward doing theatre in Toronto. When fall came she knew it was time to find something new. “A friend of mine had taken a class at Second City and suggested that I do the same, and I thought it would look great on my resume,” she said. “I fell in love with it and it just sort of kept going from there.” Second City is a come- dy theatre and school or improvisation. They spe- cialize in sketch comedy and improvisation. “After I took the one class, I auditioned for their conservatory program and got in, and then shortly after doing the conservato- ry in January 2009 I did the general auditions at Second City in April or May last year,” she said. “I didn’t think I would get it in a million years, because I had a broken foot at the time.” Ms. Price found herself employed by Second City shortly after her audition and it was here that she met her partner, Pat Smith. “He approached me and we didn’t really know each other that well, actu- ally,” she said. Mr. Smith asked her if she would be interested in doing sketch comedy with him. Ms. Price commented that her initial response was ‘Sure, I do!’ but that was immediately followed by the thought, “Oh, hope- fully this will work out.” “It’s been like a dream, it’s been a ridiculously fun time,” she said. “He is one of my best friends in the world now and we create really well together.” Together Ms. Price and Mr. Smith make up the comedy sketch troupe Haircut. They began their part- nership about a year and a half ago. Since they began per- forming they have won the audience choice award for their performance at the Toronto Sketch Festival last year. They have also performed at Just for Laughs in Toronto and the Chicago Sketch Comedy Festival. “We basically do a fast- paced, high-adrenaline, musical sketch comedy,” she said. “The stuff that we do is all scripted, we do have a huge improvisa- tional component that goes into our scripting, how we write comedy, and occa- sionally that does filter in to how we perform as well. There is always the spirit that anything could happen in the moment.” She commented that the show in Toronto this month will involve a phys- ical and high-energy per- formance with some polit- ical and offside humor. “Pat and I had a lot of really great opportunities pretty early on, the thing we are most apprehensive about it just continuing that momentum,” she said. “When you make a splash early on in your career there is a lot of expectation that comes along with that.” According to Ms. Price, the hardest thing for the Haircut troupe is to contin- ue to push themselves and to continue creating better and more ambitious work. “A great love of theatre in the [Orangeville] com- munity is what keeps Theatre Orangeville alive and so the more that peo- ple can do to support Theatre Orangeville and support Theatre in general is amazing,” she said. Living in Orangeville “made me a better person, and a more confident per- former for having my background growing up there and doing theatre there.” By LINDSEY PAPP Allison Price and Pat Smith of the comedy team Haircut. SPORTS SPORTS ONE OF THE MOST EFFICIENT TWO STAGE FURNACES AVAILABLE. Finding the right realtor has never been easier Digital Tools, Digital Knowledge for the Digital Age Sheri Smith ordinary name, extraordinary service homesnorthofgta.com Direct: 519.943.7028 iPro Realty Ltd, Brokerage Independently Owned & Operated 3-41 Broadway, Orangeville ON L9W 1J7 Office: 519-940-0004 visit www.homesnorthofgta.com FREE Reports, Buying Information & Selling Tips! Photo/BRIAN LOCKHART FALL RUN: Competitors race through the trails at Monora Park during the Mono Nordic Trail Run on October 17. This was the 11th annual event that has runners following a 5-km or 10-km route through the leaf covered paths. It’s too early to tell if a coaching change on the Orangeville Flyers bench is going to produce a turn around for the team, but so far so good. The Flyers won back to back games over the weekend - one on the road and one on home ice at the Alder Street arena. After a tough start to the season the team brought Jerome Dupont on to take over head coaching duties and suddenly the squad is producing wins. The squad went to Oakville on Friday and left with a 4-3 win over the Blades after scoring all four goals in the first two periods with three of them being on powerplays. Scott Fasano, Kent McPherson, Cody Britton, and Micheal Sardella each got a goal for the Flyers. Oakville arrived at the arena with 9 wins after 18 games. On Saturday the Flyers hosted the Huntsville Otters in a low scoring game that saw the Otters outshoot Orangeville 36- 29. But the Flyers still left the ice with the win. After a scoreless first period, Alex Botten lit up the Orangeville side of the scoreboard with 11:33 on clock in the second period. A second Flyers goal by Junior A Flyers win both weekend games Photo/BRIAN LOCKHART ORANGEVILLE FLYERS FORWARD Micheal Sardella takes a shot from behind in the crease from Huntsville`s Chris Wiggin during Saturday’s Junior A game at Alder Street arena. The Shelburne “Russian” Redwings notched win number seven on Friday after leaving the ice with a 6-3 win over the Vaughan Wild at the Centre Dufferin Recreation Centre in Shelburne. After playing to a 1-1 tie the first period the Redwings let loose in the second period scoring three to start the third peri- od with a three goal advantage. Vladislav Almov scored the Redwings first period goal. Denis Zverev put the Redwings in the lead at just 19 seconds into the second period. That was followed up by a short handed effort by Alexander Nikulnikov, and a fourth Redwings goal by Pavel Bistyaykin when he fired a rocket from the point that found its way to the back of the net. Nikulnikov scored his second of the game early in the third period. The Wild managed a single in the last frame on a powerplay when Josh LeFrance did a wrap around from behind and Redwings deliver 6-3 win over Vaughan Wild •Please turn to page B5 •Please turn to page B5 Orangeville local performing at Toronto festival
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This article profiles an Orangeville native who will be performing at the 6th annual Toronto Sketch Comedy Festival. I enjoyed doing the background for this article because Allison was a very interesting and funny contact. I liked making a local connection to an annual event that takes place in a much larger city.
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Thought Of The WeekBy Ted Ecclestone
The best you get is an evenbreak.
Franklin Pierce Adams“Ballade of Schopenhauer’sPhilosophy”
519-941-1903
HURONTARIANHURONTARIANRegional News • Sports
• Real Estate • ClassifiedsWhen you think of Ted Ecclestone please don’t think ofLife Insurance, but when you think of Life Insurance,and Investment be sure to think of Ted Ecclestone.Ont. Toll Free 1-877-941-1903
519.942.BALLwww.headwatersracquetclub.com
tennis · squash · fitness
Visit Our ShowroomALL WELCOME!
520 Riddell Road, Unit C Orangeville
www.donsheatingandcooling.com519•942•1568
Celebrating 20 years
November 4, , 2010 B1Orangeville Citizen/Free Press and Economist
A late effort brought theShelburne Muskies withinstriking distance duringtheir home opener againstthe Elora Rocks at CentreDufferin RecreationComplex on Saturday, butthey couldn’t make up theone goal deficit by thetime the final buzzersounded.
The final score was 5-4for Elora.
Elora came to the gameas an undefeated squad sothe Muskies knew theywould have a challenge,but it was a first periodlead by the Rocks that sentthe tone for game and theShelburne men trailed forthe full three frames.
“We came out a little bitjittery,” said Muskies headcoach Scott Sutton. “Wetook a couple of badpenalties and got down 2-0, and you just can’t dothat against a team likethat. But over all I wasreally happy with the waythe guys worked tonight.That was a good quality
effort and I’m sure it wasan entertaining gamebeing a spectator.”
Early in the secondperiod Elora was leading4-2.
A Shelburne goal
brought the Muskies backinto the game but that wasthe only goal scored forthe period.
A late frame calldropped two Elora playersinto the penalty box so theShelburne squad startedthe third period with a two
man advantage.Despite peppering
Elora goalie BlakeSinclair with shots, theMuskies just couldn’tplace one between thepipes.
The Rocks scored on apowerplay with 16:10 lefton the clock to go aheadby two goals in the thirdperiod.
The Muskies scored alate one with 1:28 left inthe game but with the finalminute ticking down, the
squad was unable to tie itup.
“I thought we playedvery well in second andthird period,” Sutton said.“It got a little bit chippy.There was a fight towards
the last three minutes, itkind of got us off ourgame for about five or tenminutes when we weretrying to mount a come-back. Goaltending in bothends was very good.”
The senior league has alot of top talent that trans-
lates into a very fast gamewith a high number ofshots on net, so bothgoalies get a workout inevery game.
“They’re a high explo-sive team,” said Sutton, “Ithought we trapped themup pretty good in theirown end, especially in thethird period. The teamsthat commit to the backend are going to be theteams that are successful,and that’s what gave us alittle bit more success inthe last two periods.”
The league is staring tolevel out since the seasonstarted with Elora andSaugeen Shores bothundefeated in the northdivision.
Travistock leads thesouth division with a 8-0record so far followed byMonkton who have 6-1-1record.
The Muskies will playtwo games on the roadbefore returning to homeice to face the WalkertonCapitals on Friday,November 12.
The puck drop is sched-uled for 8:30 p.m.
Muskies squeezed out in home opener By BRIAN LOCKHART
Sports Editor
Allison Price is a per-former at the 6th AnnualToronto Sketch ComedyFestival this month inToronto who got her rootsperforming at TheatreOrangeville from a youngage.
“I loved growing up inOrangeville,” said Ms.Price. “It was a huge partof why I became a per-former.”
It was when she was 10,Ms. Price said, that sheknew performing waswhat she wanted to do forthe rest of her life.
She commented that atthe time it seemed so sim-ple to her. In reality it is alot different but that is partof what inspired her topursue performing andmove to Toronto.
“I did a lot of stuff withTheatre Orangeville whenI was a kid,” she said. “Itaught and took classesand grew up doing theatreand performing.”
Ms. Price graduated
from the RyersonUniversity Theatre pro-gram in 2008. She spentthe summer immediatelyafterward doing theatre inToronto. When fall cameshe knew it was time tofind something new.
“A friend of mine hadtaken a class at SecondCity and suggested that Ido the same, and I thoughtit would look great on myresume,” she said. “I fellin love with it and it justsort of kept going fromthere.”
Second City is a come-dy theatre and school orimprovisation. They spe-cialize in sketch comedyand improvisation.
“After I took the oneclass, I auditioned for theirconservatory program andgot in, and then shortlyafter doing the conservato-ry in January 2009 I didthe general auditions atSecond City in April orMay last year,” she said. “Ididn’t think I would get itin a million years, becauseI had a broken foot at the
time.”Ms. Price found herself
employed by Second Cityshortly after her auditionand it was here that shemet her partner, Pat Smith.
“He approached me and
we didn’t really knoweach other that well, actu-ally,” she said.
Mr. Smith asked her ifshe would be interested indoing sketch comedy withhim.
Ms. Price commentedthat her initial responsewas ‘Sure, I do!’ but thatwas immediately followedby the thought, “Oh, hope-fully this will work out.”
“It’s been like a dream,
it’s been a ridiculously funtime,” she said. “He is oneof my best friends in theworld now and we createreally well together.”
Together Ms. Price andMr. Smith make up the
comedy sketch troupeHaircut.
They began their part-nership about a year and ahalf ago.
Since they began per-forming they have won theaudience choice award fortheir performance at theToronto Sketch Festivallast year. They have alsoperformed at Just forLaughs in Toronto and theChicago Sketch ComedyFestival.
“We basically do a fast-paced, high-adrenaline,musical sketch comedy,”she said. “The stuff thatwe do is all scripted, we dohave a huge improvisa-tional component that goesinto our scripting, how wewrite comedy, and occa-sionally that does filter into how we perform aswell. There is always thespirit that anything couldhappen in the moment.”
She commented that theshow in Toronto thismonth will involve a phys-ical and high-energy per-formance with some polit-
ical and offside humor. “Pat and I had a lot of
really great opportunitiespretty early on, the thingwe are most apprehensiveabout it just continuingthat momentum,” she said.“When you make a splashearly on in your careerthere is a lot of expectationthat comes along withthat.”
According to Ms. Price,the hardest thing for theHaircut troupe is to contin-ue to push themselves andto continue creating betterand more ambitious work.
“A great love of theatrein the [Orangeville] com-munity is what keepsTheatre Orangeville aliveand so the more that peo-ple can do to supportTheatre Orangeville andsupport Theatre in generalis amazing,” she said.Living in Orangeville“made me a better person,and a more confident per-former for having mybackground growing upthere and doing theatrethere.”
By LINDSEY PAPP
Allison Price and Pat Smith of the comedy team Haircut.
SPORTSSPORTSONE OF THE MOST EFFICIENT TWOSTAGE FURNACESAVAILABLE.
Finding the right realtorhas never been easier
Digital Tools, Digital Knowledge for the Digital Age
Sheri Smithordinary name, extraordinary service
homesnorthofgta.comDirect: 519.943.7028
iPro Realty Ltd, BrokerageIndependently Owned & Operated3-41 Broadway, OrangevilleON L9W 1J7Office: 519-940-0004
visit www.homesnorthofgta.comFREE Reports, Buying Information & Selling Tips!
Photo/BRIAN LOCKHARTFALL RUN: Competitors race through the trails at Monora Park during theMono Nordic Trail Run on October 17. This was the 11th annual event thathas runners following a 5-km or 10-km route through the leaf coveredpaths.
It’s too early to tell if acoaching change on theOrangeville Flyers benchis going to produce a turnaround for the team, but sofar so good.
The Flyers won back toback games over theweekend - one on the roadand one on home ice at theAlder Street arena.
After a tough start tothe season the teambrought Jerome Dupont onto take over head coachingduties and suddenly thesquad is producing wins.
The squad went toOakville on Friday andleft with a 4-3 win over theBlades after scoring allfour goals in the first twoperiods with three of them
being on powerplays.Scott Fasano, Kent
McPherson, Cody Britton,and Micheal Sardella eachgot a goal for the Flyers.
Oakville arrived at thearena with 9 wins after 18games.
On Saturday the Flyershosted the HuntsvilleOtters in a low scoringgame that saw the Ottersoutshoot Orangeville 36-29.
But the Flyers still leftthe ice with the win.
After a scoreless firstperiod, Alex Botten lit upthe Orangeville side of thescoreboard with 11:33 onclock in the second period.
A second Flyers goal by
Junior A Flyers win both weekend games
Photo/BRIAN LOCKHARTORANGEVILLE FLYERS FORWARD Micheal Sardella takes a shot frombehind in the crease from Huntsville`s Chris Wiggin during Saturday’sJunior A game at Alder Street arena.
The Shelburne“Russian” Redwingsnotched win number sevenon Friday after leaving theice with a 6-3 win over theVaughan Wild at theCentre DufferinRecreation Centre inShelburne.
After playing to a 1-1tie the first period theRedwings let loose in thesecond period scoringthree to start the third peri-
od with a three goaladvantage.
Vladislav Almovscored the Redwings firstperiod goal.
Denis Zverev put theRedwings in the lead atjust 19 seconds into thesecond period.
That was followed upby a short handed effort byAlexander Nikulnikov,and a fourth Redwingsgoal by Pavel Bistyaykin
when he fired a rocketfrom the point that foundits way to the back of thenet.
Nikulnikov scored hissecond of the game earlyin the third period.
The Wild managed asingle in the last frame ona powerplay when JoshLeFrance did a wraparound from behind and
Redwings deliver 6-3 win over Vaughan Wild
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Orangeville local performing at Toronto festival
