Show a Little Love
Show a Little Love is a new event on the Camrose social calendar that its organizers hope will become a must-be-there event in people’s plans year after year. This year features dinner theatre at the Norseman Inn, Friday, February 8, and Saturday, February 9, beginning with cocktails at 6 p.m.
The theatre part of the evening features the bittersweet love story Love Letters by A. R. Gurney. Nominated for the Pulitzer Prize for Drama, it centers on just two characters, Melissa and Andrew. They sit side by side at tables and read correspondence between them that began when they were six years old – their hopes and ambitions, dreams and disappointments, victories and defeats.
It is a performance favorite which has featured many notable actors such as Kathleen Turner, Lynn Redgrave, Jason Robards and Christopher Reeve. This production will feature Camrose thespians Sue McCloy and Harry Prest.
Sue McCloy has become a regular part of the local theatre scene, arriving from Australia in 2003. She has acted with Kelsey Drama Group, ChurchMice Players and Wetaskiwin Theatre. Sue is also a sonographer at St. Mary’s Hospital.
“I’ve always loved the buzz of theatre, the sense of family when working with a team,” says Sue. “It’s the chance to be something you are not.”
“I’m looking forward to being on stage again,” says Harry Prest. “It’s exciting to explore my creative side which has been dormant for a while.” Harry, who is an English professor and university administrator at the Augustana Campus of the University of Alberta, explained that, when he first came to Camrose, he was quite involved in Augustana productions but has been away from the stage for the past 15 years.
Sue and Harry are members of Camrose Rotary Daybreak, the club which is developing Show a Little Love as a fundraiser. Not only will participants show a little love by sharing an enjoyable evening with a spouse or a group of friends, when they support the club's charitable activities, they also help Daybreak show a little love to others.
Rotary Daybreak has contributed to the community by building wheelchair ramps, providing the sculpture A Meeting Place as an inviting place to gather at a local park, and supporting the Aurora Cup. It partners with the Rotary Club of Camrose in the cleanup at Big Valley Jamboree to give opportunities for schools, churches and sports groups to earn money for their own projects. The club has also reached out internationally through support of Operation Eyesight, assisting a preschool program in Belize and helping students experience the world through the Rotary Exchange Program.
Guests can rent a room at the Norseman at a discounted event price if they want to make a weekend of it. For further information about how to purchase your tickets, please call 780-679-2339 or watch for the event’s ads and posters.
