Appleby College - Argus Yearbook (Oakville, Ontario Canada)

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April 18, 1973 front row Last Friday night 1 had a back row seat At a Gilbert and Sullivan that ' s hard to beat. The Lightbourne ladies and the Appleby lads Performed The Gondoliers for all their Moms and Dads. (Performed The Gondoliers for all their Moms and Dads, i They sang so well and they sang so fast That everyone who went there was a bit aghast. (That everyone who went there was a bit aghast. ) G and S WINS Etc. Sort of catching, the G S stuff. The reason for the back row seat was that I was late and the giant gym was jam packed — with a whole lot more folks than just parents. Apparently the annual Appleby evenings of W.S. and Sir Arthur are an accepted institution in town. This was my first outing. I ' ll admit, but it won ' t be the last. The voices were young, but the words were firm and clear even in the back row. There was a professional panache about the whole thing that made you think they either were real pros or had been working on the thing for ten years. Plaudits for the whole cast, especially to Tim Menzies and William Dietrich who were so good you forgot to wonder whether they were good or not. Susan Aldridge, too, for both her characterization and her part in the choreography. by ri chard moses Gwendy Morris and Chris Robertson, as well as the flute-voiced Jennifer Keay — and all the others, too — deserve special mention. There was one tallish blonde in the chorus of Cantadine — her name is among the fourteen in the group — who is destined for . fine things : hei obvious joy over the whole typical G S mess (plotwise) was contagious. One can only ask, what ' s next for talented Director Michael W. Des Roches.

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