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BOAR S HEAD FESTIVAL 1957 After the lrghts were drmmed a fanfare resounded through the medreval hall of the refectory and out of the darkness leaped the bearded court Jester who bade welcome to all the honored guests Those drs trngurshed persons clad rn medreval garb were es corted rnto the hall past young squrres whose cracklrng torches provrded the only lrght rn the room After another shrrll blast from the trumpet the flag bearers paraded to the end of the mead hall portrng the standards and crests of feudal lords The lrght from the masters candles at the head of the long tables started rn a small way but as each successrve candle was lrghted the glow slowly spread untrl the whole hall was filled wrth flrckerrng tongues of flame Thus was borne out rn graphrc rllustratron the passage of youth rnto manhood The relrgrous ceremony opened wrth the proces sron of candle bearrng acolytes and the porter of the crucrfrx The shepherds then made therr way to the creche to worshrp the Vrrgm Mother and Chrld The three krngs decked rn royal robes of srlk satrn and fur knelt to adore the Infant Krng presentrng grfts of gold frankrncense and myrrh There were also three young pages rn wartrng to these monarchs from afar After onlookers followed wrth the srngrng of Srlent Nrght the Vrrgrn Mary recrted the Magnrficat and the relrgrous ceremony ended wrth the srngrng of the Frrst Noel The gay pagent began agarn when the frolrckrng Jester bade all take part rn the feast whrch started after the boar s head was borne around the hall The court mrnstrel was also on hand to chant the tradr tronal Boar s Head lyrrcs Durrng dessert we were en tertarned by the trnklrng chrmes of the Berlrn Bell Rmgers The frnal clrmax of the evenrng was the arrrval of jolly Father Chrrstmas rn hrs slergh behmd erght prancrng rerndeer Thrs delrghtful old chap was drawn about the hall frllrng the arr wrth even more Chrrst mas sprrrt and Joy The court jester contrnued to at tract the audrences attentron whether he was frolrck mg on table tops or antagonrzrng the courts hawk The grand frnale of the evenrng occurred when all porned arm rn arm srngrng Auld Lang Syne The success of thrs year s Boar s Head Festrval can be attrrbuted to the rndefatrgable efforts of a small group Mr Prerpont took the responsrbrlrty upon hrmself thrs year of organrzrng the entrre festrval M Grove agarn contrrbuted hrs trme and effort through hrs work wrth the Glee Club and on the musrcal parts True to tradrtron rm Russell was chref technrcran and saw to rt that all ran smoothly Workrng wrth hrm were Gardner Wardrop and Sumner Xandy Carter showed great agrlrty and wrt rn hrs role of court ,ester The antrcs of thrs spry youth wrll be long remembered rn the annals of Avons Boats Head Festrx als jory Mott was a bard worthy of the courts of nobles We shall not forget what rmpressrve krngs Peter Mogrelnrckr Luke Kellam and Andy Warner made To descrrbe thrs productron as a mere Chrrstmas pageant would be to mrss rts true srgnrflcance rt rs an elaborate and awe rnsprrrng spectacle filled wrth all the color and grandeur of feudal England 9 . . . , . . , . 1 , . ,, ,, . . . . 7 1 ' , . . , ' , U . . . , . . , . . . . . , , . . . . . . . . ,, ,, 9 1 - . . . , , . 1 , . . . ,J 1 1 a a - s a 1 - ' . . . . , v ' r . . . ,, . . ,, . . . . , . . ., . ,, . . . . . . a a . . . ,, . ,, 1 1 , . . . . - ' 1
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