Appleby College - Argus Yearbook (Oakville, Ontario Canada)

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Activities rt ' iK ' ■■ ' ' j. «:a!i MODELS: A Thursday activity supervised by Mr. Shorney. Boys bring in their own models and work on them during the fourty- five minute periods. CHESS: A Thursday activity where boys come to challenge each other in a friendly game of chess. Then the top competitors go to challenge competitors at other schools. ART: A widely increasing Thursday activity supervised by Mr. McConnell where boys come to improve their artistic skills. PHOTOGRAPHY: A photography class supervised by Mr. Snowdon was a great success this year while many boys took pictures for the Argus. DEBATING: A Thursday activity consisting of 5-6 boys were taught the skills of debating. With the great coaching of Mrs. Dickens boys went on to debate against other schools and have small competitions between themselves. GYMNASTICS: The gymnastics activity on Thursday afternoon involved about 10-13 people in the Junior School training for gym displays and for some com- petitions. Thanks for the great coaching to Mr. Bailey! 202

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i c : FB Ki I I ) I f I ; ! At nearly 5:30 in the evening of Friday, March 15, a sluggish stream of parents and boys flowed into the gym. While the audience was settling down, behind the conred curtain there was a flurry of activity, actors reciting their lines and cues, gymnasts honing their skills and a general mass of people preparing for the upcoming Talent Night. The curtain rose; or rather, parted to reveal a black and rather weatherbeaten piano played by a variety of budding I musicians for nearly ten minutes while the audience broke in with perfunctory applause at designated intervals. The piano gave way to a number of other instrvunents, including violin, flute and clarinet. There followed two impassioned recitations ranging from The Slave to The Seven Ages of Man by William Shakespeare, performed by Mark Duncan and James Mairs. As a complete change of pace, the audience was treated to a fine exhibition of tumbling and Talent Night acrobatics by the Junior Gym Team. An unforgettable rendition of Paul Bunyan ' s French- Canadian ancestry followed. This was attempted by an enthusiastic if inexperienced Grade Four class. A Monty Python sketch {Pepall and Pepall) followed to provide us with something completely different . Next on the programme came a hilarious short play named the Crimson Coconut. It was aptly billed as an absurdity in one act and was a complete success. A magician, Michael PepaU, then followed, baffling many with his illusory powers. Under the auspices of Mr. Boyd the mime troupe delighted us with stories vdthout words, ranging from Kitchen Madness to Human Bacon and imitations of various teachers. The last performance was that of the Black Light Troupe whose performance was amusing with its limiinous white clothing. Talent Night was enjoyable both for most of the audience and for al l the boys who performed. 201

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