The record, 27 décembre 1985, Supplément 1

\ .Townships week :/"r 1985: the year in review Pages 2 & 3 Friday ^«vmert by*nshtp& sH^tacus *own$nip® hiii'psn-hjird 0mW.t -j-ownships 2-TOWNSHIPS WEEK-FRIDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1985 A look back at what happened on the Townships scene By Laurel Sherrer SHERBROOKE — Just when most of us are having the busiest time of our lives — between Christmas and New Year’s Day celebrations — the Townships arts world seems to be taking a rest, gearing up for the year ahead.Given this rare situation, a review of 1985 in the Townships arts scene seems in order — or at least the arts scene as reflected in Record coverage.This will be haphazard at best, but it should give an idea of the rich diversity of cultural history as a single year of it unfolds for us here in the E T., as well as allowing us to relive some of the high points of the year.First, the literary scene: • early in the year, the Eastern Townships’ literary magazine, Matrix, celebrated its 10th anniversary; • Jean-Benoit Nadeau, Sylvie Dol-bec and Aline Godbout won 1st, 2nd and 3rd place in the Théâtre Entre Chien et Loup 2nd annual drama writing contest in May ; 1 Joyce Hibbert hod notional exposure in the media when she published her Fragments of War in early November.% 2 V < f .¦5=0* ,VV(.v K,?vi:îU.¦*’ * m ««•I • Drummondville author Joyce Hibbert published Fragments of War, a book of essays giving about 30 people’s personal accounts of their experiences during World War II; • Knowlton resident G.A.(Hank) Rotherham published It's Really Quite Safe, a book describing his career in the Royal Navy; • a former Record columnist, Gladys Taylor, published her third novel, Alone in the Australian Outback — a true account of her trip around Australia alone at age 60; • author and historian Bernard Epps published his fourth book, More Tales of the Townships, a collection of essays on events from local history.And in the visual arts: • Satoshi Saito and Louise Doucet Saito, ceramists from Way’s Mills, opened an international symposium on ceramics held in Toronto in October; • Bromptonville artist Frédéric was chosen to paint the inside of a shrine at Ste-Anne-de-Beaupré ; • Sherbrooke artist Hélène Richard celebrated 30 years of painting with a retrospective of her work at the Horace Gallery in November; • Way’s Mills sculptor George Foster took his collection of bronze sculptures of beetles to an Ottawa exhibition in October devoted entirely to insect sculpture; • Tomiphobia high-relief sculptor Chick Schwartz kept busy with shows in Montreal and Chicago (as well as lobbying against nuclear waste dumping in Northern Vermont); • local artist David Sorensen took his show The Comer Series to Toronto’s Bau-Xi gallery in March.The musical world had its accomplishments too: • local country and western singer Debbie Drummond recorded Just Another Song on the Radio, which See next page Maurice Biron and Ninette Sylvestre spent a year creating this unique stained glass window installed in the St.Elizabeth’s Roman Catholic Church in North Hatley this summer.Sherbrooke musician Bruce Jackson introduced a new, more technologically up-to-date sound in this year’s performances in the Townships Etpplecobe £njoy the ’Sham of a Country