Oakwood Collegiate Institute - Oracle Yearbook (Toronto Ontario, Canada)

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»» IS »» »■» ■ • ;„; ' ;;■,,,:, Who says I can ' t play it? STANDING: Dave Morgan, Kathy Gaby, Mrs. Kumagai, Pat Knights, Steve Amsel. SEATED: Gerald Machtinger, Marsden Bar- rick, Joan McAree, Jeff Barnes. SENIOR ORCHESTRA The Senior Orchestra was unusual this year in that many of its members were accepted from grades nine and ten. We started the year by performing in the United Nations assembly and at Senior Commencement. Mr. Bruce Snell, formerly a music teacher at Oakwood, con- ducted one of our rehearsals in December. In the Christ- mas assembly, Miro Pristupa joined us to play a Beet- hoven Concerto for piano and orchestra. All the music organizations started the new year with a rousing fun- for-all party on January 7. Work resumed for the Or- chestra when we visited the Edward Johnson Building to rehearse under Professor Roseveer. In February, the orchestras of Mackenzie and Oakwood exchanged visits. The culmination of our year ' s work was Music Night on April 28 to 30. Mrs. Kumagai, our conductor, and the executive deserve our tha nks for helping the Senior Or- chestra to be very successful this year. We can hardly wait till the rehearsal starts! Two virtuosos 77

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STANDING: Jim Little, Danny Kushnir, Jeff Goldberg, Miss Hay. SEATED: Anne Wood, Jordan Goodman, Joan Pipher. CONCERT BAND The school year proved to be the best ever for the Oakwood ' s Concert Band. The Junior Com- mencement provided our first chance to perform in public. We played extremely well on the big night . Participating in the Secondary School Music Concert provided a challenge for the band. Every one worked hard to make our performance an outstanding success. The musical year was concluded on Music Night. The band accompanied the choir in the medley Kiss Me Kate . Under the directorship of Miss Hay, the year has been full and success- ful. Many thanks go to her for the many hours of her time she spent to make the band what it was this past year. QUEBEC TRIP The Oakwood Band and various stu- dents from Joseph-Francois Perrault, Marguerite Bourgois and Saint-Esprit Schools participated in an exchange pro- gramme in a vast UNESCO plan. The French Canadian students, after a suc- cessful visit to Toronto, welcomed us to Quebec City in February. Although, Mon Dieu, the temperature seldom exceeded twenty below, Quebec c ' etait formidable! Performing, sightsee- ing, Pee-wee hockey, the Carnival parade, Perrault ' s own Carnival, and train-sitting occupied our scheduled time. Our free time was spent in shopping for bon- hommes and sashes. We were received by Mayor Lamontagne and the brother of Premier Lesage; we had dinner in the dining room of the Parliament Buildings; we were televised, interviewed, and writ- ten up by the newspapers. The whole trip was the beginning of a beautiful friend- ship between les Torontois et les Que- becois. The morning after the night before! 79