Branksome Hall - Slogan Yearbook (Toronto, Ontario Canada)

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i S] HE Carnival was held this S|S year during the last week ffllJS of Feibruary, and, as Miss ff Read very kindly took the wihole School, ' we had the joy of ' witnessing a per- formance that surpassed in bril- liancy and beauty those of other years. From the beginning, when the lig ' hts were lowered and the partici- pants glided out onto the gleaming ice in a silently myst erious array (only the sudden metallic clink of a soliitary skate breaking the hushed, expectant silence) till the triumphant and glorious finish, when the hun- dreds of gorgeously costumed fig- ures joined in the final number — the Grand March — it was a veri- table triumph of colorful beauty and lilting rhythm. There were crowds of little people from Fairyland, dressed in dainty rose with sparkling wings, and funny-folk from Elfinknd, all in glinting green, and visitors from Topsy-turvy land, where pretty girls are prancing steeds and men walk uipside down. Sunshine girls from Southern lands, bringing with them warm summer breezes, pirouetted before the admiring spectators, with light- hearted grace. Then the lovely vision of the Corps de Ballet met the gaze of the onlookers, when a flock of golden dancers in clouds of fluffy tulle, flit- ted in and out under the soft glow of the lights. ... A sudden dash of silver-shod feet as Cecil-Eustace-Smith flew over the ice — an d then a performance of exquisite skill that delighted us all as she lea ped and whirled from one position to lanother as lightly as a piece of thistle-down upon a windy day — ending in a spin that was just a misty whirl of rose and silver silk. There were skaters from Ottawa, New York and Switzerland, who performed deeds of daring that thrilled and sometimes horrified the spectators. There were — but if I were to tell you all of the wonders of that wonderful night, I would never be done. When it was all over, only a de- lightfully dreamy impression re- mained to us of a gigantic rainbow broken and strewn upon the ice — a magical conglomeration of bril- liant colors intermingled upon the floor Of the arena to the distant strains of music. What was it but a rare and glori- ous glimpse of Fairyland? 27

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26 The Branksome Slogan Vox Lycei — Central Collegiate In- St. Andrews College Review, To- stitute, Hamilton. ronto. A splendid magazine. Your jokes Your magazine is splendid, espe- are very good. cially your sketches and jokes. The College Times — Upper Can- . , c u c u i tv t ada College, Toronto. Bishop Strachan School Magazme. ..11. 1 Toronto. Your mae:azme might be improved . . . . by more sketches and jokes. good magazine. More stones would improve it. S. .H. S. — St. Helen ' s School, Dur- , , , . ham, Que. ' Ashburian — Ashbury College,. Your magazine is good, but we Ottawa, suggest a few more stories. Your sports are well written up. A siplendid magazine on the whole. Blue and White — Rothesay Col- legiate School, Rothesay, N.B. Trafalgar Echoes — Montreal. More sketches would give life to One of our best exchanges, your magazine. Bis ' hop ' s College School Magazine. Mexico High Schodl-Mexico, Ex- j. j . „ change. A good magazine. -Netherwood, The Heliconian — Moulton Col- Rothesay. lege, Toronto. Your incidents are well written. A well-arranged magazine. Ludemus — Havergal College, To- St. Peter ' s College Magazine. ronto. A good exchange. We like your magazine very much.

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28 The Branksome Slogan Snap Shots