ben vereen

BEN VEREEN
THE LEGENDARY TONY AWARD WINNER JOINS CAST OF
VICTORIA PLAYHOUSE PETROLIA’S WHAT A WONDERFUL
WORLD
Victoria Playhouse Petrolia is thrilled to announce that Tony Award winner
and Emmy nominee BEN VEREEN has joined the company of WHAT A
WONDERFUL WORLD, running June 9 to 28, 2015. Vereen is a celebrated
theatre performer with a career spanning over 50 years. He was nominated
for a Tony Award for Jesus Christ Superstar in 1972 and won a Tony and
Drama Desk Award in 1973 for his performance in Pippin. From 2005-2006,
he appeared as The Wonderful Wizard of Oz in Broadway’s Wicked. Vereen
is also a celebrated television performer, who earned an Emmy Award
nomination for the TV miniseries Roots in 1977. He also played Will Smith’s
biological father on Fresh Prince of Bel-Air and had a recurring role on How I
Met Your Mother. Ben remains the
consummate actor, singer, and all
around entertainer with a storied
and legendary career.
PLEASE TAKE NOTE:
826.3.9 – Overnight – Parking - Prohibited
No person shall stand or park a vehicle on any
highway in the Town of Petrolia between the
hours of 2:00 am to 6:00 am, from November
1st through to April 30th each year.
Please call (519)882-2350 for more information
or with any questions.
WHAT A WONDERFUL WORLD is a
breathtaking, concert style
celebration of uplifting and
inspiring music. Audiences will be
moved by the spirit and emotional
power of song with popular
standards and Broadway classics.
Stage and screen star Ben Vereen
will lead the company of some of
Canada’s top performers including
Rebecca Poff (First Wives Club, The Phantom of the Opera, Patsy Cline),
Jake Stern (Godspell National tour) and Jen Walls (Starbright Christmas,
Toronto Cabaret Artist). The show will feature a ten-piece show choir along
with the Starbright Band led by Mark Payne.
TOWN WIDE GARAGE SALES
FRIDAY APRIL 24 &
SATURDAY APRIL 25
Sponsored by the Petrolia Volunteer Business Group
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April 2015 COMMUNITY EVENTS
NEW HOURS AT THE CENTRE STARTING APRIL 1!
MONDAY—FRIDAY 5:30 a.m.—9 p.m.
SATURDAY 7 a.m.—5 p.m.
SUNDAY 8 a.m.—5 p.m.
RECURRING MONTHLY EVENTS
Every Friday - Petrolia Legion Euchre at 7:00 p.m.
Every Thursday - Lambton Central Petrolia Optimist
Meat Raffles 6:00-7:30 p.m. at Crabby Joe's Petrolia.
Every Saturday - Petrolia Legion Meat Raffle 3:00 p.m.
- Petrolia Lions Meat Raffle at Haywood’s Tap & Grill
5:30-7:00 p.m.
Third Tuesday - Lions Club Dabber Meat Bingo 7:00
p.m.
Third Sunday - Petrolia Legion Breakfast 9:00 a.m. - 1
p.m.
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THE LAMBTON CENTRAL
OPTIMIST CLUB
The Lambton Central Petrolia Optimists are pleased
to present
Meat Raffles every Thursday evening from 6pm
until 7:30pm at Crabby Joe’s.
Don’t miss your chance to buy Grocery Run Tickets! Find us at Heidi’s Your Independent Grocer or ask any Club
member!
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Canada Through the Brush of Kathleen Gillespie A Silent Auction
OPENING FRIDAY MAY 8th - 7:00 - 8:30 pm
ALL WELCOME
We are honoured to show the eclectic art of longtime
Petrolian Kathleen at Victoria Hall, Petrolia from
May 1- 29, 2015. A silent auction of Kathleen's work
will also take place during this time.
Gillespie was educated in Petrolia and Toronto and
studied art in the 1950s at St. Martin's School of Art
in London, England.
After graduation Kathleen travelled with a friend to
Europe and worked for two years as a stenographer
for Cobra Wood, a company that sold a special
treatment for wood. One of her jobs was to draw a
cross section of wood to show what the wood would
look like with the treatment and without.
On returning to Canada she worked in Toronto as a
legal secretary for the International Law Firm Osler
Hoskin and Harcourt until her retirement. Kathleen
took night classes in drawing and painting at the
Ontario College of Art in Toronto and spent two
summers at the Banff School of Art. She also
attended training at the Doon School of Fine Art in
Kitchener.
Kathleen travelled extensively through Canada
spending time in each province where she enjoyed
attending art classes and browsing in art galleries,
museums and book stores. Many of her paintings are
from time spent on the east coast, Northern Ontario
and Victoria BC where she spent time with relatives.
She prefers working in oil but finds watercolour more
convenient.
Kathleen's work entitled "Flats in Autumn" received
honourable mention at the first Juried Art Show held
by the Petrolia Art Advisory Committee in 2013.
A young Kathleen with her father perched on
an oil tanker in Petrolia.
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