St Johns Ravenscourt School - Eagle Yearbook (Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada)

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THE CAST Tom Sawyer Sid Sawyer Aunt Polly Alfred Temple Joe Harper . Huck Finn Schoolmaster Amy Lawrence Susan Harper Grade Miller Becky Thatcher Jane Hardin Jim Hollis Ben Rogers Jeff Thatcher Dr. Robinson Muff Potter Injun Joe Sherriff Raggedy ■ Ivan McMorris - Boyd Beaton - Mark Milne ■ Simon Clews ■ Patrick Truclove ■ Douglas Longstaffe ■ Bill Annett - Harold Waddell • James Burns - David Ferguson - Chris Wallace - Michael Wheelan - Michael Purdy - Richard Best - Gary Weare - Laurence Mardon -Jim Shore - Chip McGill - Peter Forsythe - Laurence Marden Preacher — Derek Riley Mrs. Harper — David Searle Mrs. Thatcher — Jamie Hutchison Judge Thatcher — Barry Dickson ' : .. DefenseCounsel - Richard Lawrence Make-up — Sheila Maurer and Hammond l Scenery — Desmond Bevis a: Chris Boggs Costumes — Judy Stewart I Lighting and 1 sound effects — Bernard Beare Props and prompter — Nancy Barrett Director — Harry Shepherd Secretar y — Ramona Brown • •, : . ■

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BACK: Bowes, Kreuger, Cleives, Riley, Milne, Longstaffe, Ferguson C. FRONT : Daunt, Harrison, Beaton, Wallace, Weare, Johnson D. CwU-CoMJtMj Smoi (Jotktfball Hamber House BACK ROW-. Daunt, Cruikshank, Dickson B., Riley, McMorris, Daunt, Bennet. FRONT ROW: Waddell H., Quinton, Ferguson C., Beaton, Weare, Gross- man. (Jolhfb ll New House and Hamber House tied for first place. BACK: Beech, Wood, Smith, Fast, Giyniopre, Morse. FRONT: Watkins, Rosenblat, Konnelly, Geutz. 73

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TOM SAWYER After last year’s great success of The Ghost Train”, the Lower School decided to tackle another interesting play — Tom Sawyer”, rewritten from Mark Twain’s book by Sara Spencer. This play relates the adventures of a typical American boy at the time of the paddlewheel steamboat. The casting took place in October and soon after re¬ hearsals began to take form. The difficult scenes were practised over and over again at lunch times and after school. Before the Christmas season rolled in it was decided that the performance would take place immedi¬ ately after the holidays. This gave somebreathing space for extra rehearsals dining the holiday and more time for the making of costumes and sets. It was not long however before the dress rehearsal and the public per¬ formance on Jan. 13 th. In a yearbook write-up, it is difficult to truthfully estimate the performance of the actors. For those who expressed their opinions, Tom Sawyer, played by Ivan McMorris and Huck Finn played by Douglas Longstaffe, both excelled in their performance. As Aunt Polly, Mark Milne gave a convincing interpretation of shrewd char¬ acter. Christopher Wallace acted well as Becky Thatcher, Tom’s little girl friend. A special recognition should go to Patrick Truelove as Joe Harper, Bill Annett as the schoolmaster, Jim Shore as Muff Potter and Chip McGill as Injun Joe. Congratulations to the rest of the cast for their fine job. Because of the many different scenes, the sets had to be skilfully arranged so that time would not be wast¬ ed in changing the scenery. Many special thanks go to Mr. Shepherd for his tire¬ less efforts to make the play a great success. Much cre¬ dit is due to Mrs. Stewart who devoted much of her time to make the beautiful costumes and to Mr. Bevis who spent much time and energy in making the sets, many of which were painted by boys in the school. Further acknowledgement is extended to Mr. Beare, who handled the lighting and sound effects with skill, as prompter, to Mrs. Maurer and Mr. Hammond who worked wonders with the grease-paint and to Mrs. Brown, the secretary. All deserve credit for a job well done. Stephen Krueger. 75