Trinity College School - Record Yearbook (Port Hope, Ontario Canada)

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Blood , Sweat, and Tears On Saturday, November 6th, a small group of boys ventured to Massey Hall to witness a con- cert by Blood, Sweat, and Tears. Everyone went without really knowing what sort of music to ex- pect, yet all seemed to enjoy it immensely. Blood, Sweat, and Tears are a jazz rock group who fuse together the two modes of music beau- tifully. The band played through some of their old hits, such as Hi-Di-Ho, You Make Me So Very Happy, And When I Die, etc., all with that powerful Torontonian, David Clayton-Thomas at the microphone. They then switched to some complicated jazz pieces as only B, S, and T can arrange them, with some excellent solo work from trumpeter Tony Klatka, pianist Larry Willis, and floutist-cum-alto saxophonist Billy “Tex” Tillman. In both rock and jazz capacities they played a superior style of mu- sic and I think, musically speaking, they are ‘heads above’ most other contemporary groups. With distinc- tive arrangements the veteran brass section of the group was featured jjj prominently during the evening. 1 These arrangements came across J especially beautifully in the Mas- U sey Hall acoustical environment. The twenty of us who were lucky I enough to see Blood, Sweat, and 3 Tears all had a great time, and we 1 hope to see more concerts of similar 4 standard in the future. Mike Re go i

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God ' s Favourite The tradition of the school is to have two plays involving the school as a whole, and then in the final term, the house plays. The play picked for this term was a comedy by Neil Simon en- titled “God’s Favourite”. The play is a take off from “The Book of Job” from the Old Testament. The time period is the early 1970’s, and therefore all of the ac- tion is contemporary, even though “Book of Job” dates back al- most two thousand years. In short, the story is about a wealthy man named Joe Benja- min, who is visited by a messenger of God (Sidney Lipton), and is told to renounce God. Joe, being very religious, declines. From then on it is the Devil’s turn to persuade him. He gives him all kinds of tortures which affect the whole family, until God, real- izing Joe will never renounce, calls off the devil, and all ends happily ever after. Joe Benjamin, played admirably by Don Mills, is the straight man. This is different from most comedies where the lead is usu- ally funny, but I feel it comes across very well. Rose, his dimwitted wife, was played by Molly Lawson. It was not a reflection of her true character, not really anyway. Ben and Sarah were played by Mark Morton and Richard Wing respectively. I am not sure whether or not it was good cast- ing or good acting as they played their parts very convincingly. They are meant to have an IQ of 160, between them. David is a drunk. Jock Sutherland fit him to a tee, but we all know he isn’t that way normally. Sidney Lipton, the messenger of God, was portrayed by Jeff Rosebrugh. It was a difficult part as he had to be somewhat of a con man, and at the same time an honest messenger of God. Jeff deserves hearty praise for his fine job. Mady and Morris, the two husband and wife domestics, were played by Ian Warren and Billy German. They both did a fine job of portraying their parts, even with blond hair and lily- white skin! Mr. Gordon deserves much praise for his job. It wasn’t so much the directing, but more the not having a nervous breakdown by the time the dress rehearsal rolled around! Last, but certainly not least, praise must go to Tony Smith, Ricky Byers, and all of the other behind-the-scenes people with- out whom the show can’t go on. Well done to all concerned! Bill German Arts — 6 i