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

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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

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An Evening of Jazz NORMAN GR4NZ FESTIVAL ( car Peterson, Ella Fitzgerald, Joe Pass — do I need to say more? To music lovers, espe- c lly jazz enthusiasts, these three names are legends. 3n Wednesday, October 20th, Toronto was treated to an evening with these three greats, e show took place at Massey Hall, and the audience encompassed three generations of ijisicians and lay people with one thought in mind — jazz. Jnder the able supervision of Mr. and Mrs. R. Honey, fifteen of us from the school were fi tunate enough to be included in this evening. Jscar Peterson started off the show by playing a few of his own solo numbers. Some, such as “Satin Doll”, sparked enthusiasm from the crowd, and other, newer ones had the audi- e:e spellbound. As he “tickled the ivory” as no other human can do, he showed people v at real jazz piano is. Being a native Torontonian there was something even more special between him and his £ idience. Joe Pass supplied the second set as he did some solo tunes on the guitar. I am sure if t :re were any budding guitarists in the seats their egos were given a crunch when they s v how guitar should be played. Jscar and Joe then did some songs together and showed people that you do not need a 1 !; orchestra to make great music. ■Next came Ella. Ella Fitzgerald — the Queen of Jazz. She treated us to vocals that s;med immortal. If you closed your eyes it sounded like a twenty year old girl singing in- s ad of a sixty year old woman. The range of her voice is amazing, as she went from low, t mbone-sounding riffs to notes higher than Joe Pass could do on the guitar. Her back-up was the Tommy Flanagan Trio, who supplied perfect rythm without impos- i ' on the lead vocals . ! All in all it was an evening I will hold in my memory for years to come. It was a trip well v rth the effort, and I look forward to the next time it happens. Bill German Arts