Daniel McIntyre Collegiate Institute - Breezes Yearbook (Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada)

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IS D.M.C.I. BREEZES GIRLS’ GLEE CLUB “The object of a Musical Festival is not to win a prize or defeat a rival but to pace each other on the road to excellence.”—Sir Waif or d Davies. Our school has gone far on the road to excellence under the very able direction of Mrs. Ireland (nee Miss Armstrong) and Miss. Ethel Kinley,. our present musical director. The Glee Club this year, after hard work against keen competitors, succeeded in proving themselves worthy of the Sir James ' Cox Aikins Shield and the much-coveted Earl Grey Trophy. Our school was well represented in the individual classes, solos, duets, and trios, both in the girls’ class (under 16), and the Junior girls (16 and over). Many of our girls succeeded in entering the finals in their class, and many carried away prizes, and are worthy of .the school’s pride. The officers of the ' Senior Girls’ Glee Club are: President, Martha Setter; Secretary, Margaret Norrie; Treasurer, Dorothy Hilton. SENIOR BOYS’ GLEE CLUB Because there is no class for boys from Senior High Schools in the Annual Musical Festival, our boys were unable to show their talents. However, they certainly showed their ability as choristers in “The Mikado,” and are to be complimented on their excellent work. The officers of the Senior Boys’ Glee Club are: President, Bob Williamson; Secretary, Wray Newman; Treasurer, Jack Easterbrooke. D.M.C.I. ORCHESTRA The Daniel McIntyre Orchestra, after many discouraging prac¬ tices, finally broke the trail for itself into the Musical Festival. For the first time in the history of the Collegiate an orchestra entered this worthy competition. When criticising this class the adjudicator paid our brass section a compliment. This section consists of a cornet played ' by Mervyn Sprung, and a trombone played by Bruce Laking. The string section consists of three first violins played by Annie Metzak, Harry Abit, and Evelyn Irons; three second violins played by Gordon McLean, John Mowat, and Jean McAllister; and three third violins played by Valeria Karpetz, Margaret Steel, and Beatrice Deeks; and last, but not least, the viola was played by Norman Wilde, while the piano was played by Robert Brown. A good beginning has been made this year. The orchestra will do better with a little more enthusiastic support from the students who have at some time studied a musical instrument. The Daniel McIntyre Collegiate needs three times as many instru¬ ments to make an orchestra worthy of the school. An augmented orchestra played at the opening and closing of

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D. M. C. I. BREEZES 17 WHITHER? A Voice, a clarion in the sky, Is calling me, I know not why, “Come quickly, come and fly.” The Voice, an echo in the air, Is luring me, I know not where I look, but I am here. 0, would that 1 could follow Thee To higher realms of ecstasy, A country fair; Where I could peep behind a star, A fairy fair in kingdoms far; But, I am here. —Helen Tuck, 56. THE SENIOR CHORAL SOCIETY We all feel that, as far as music is concerned, we have had a very successful and profitable year indeed. By “profitable” we do not mean mercenary profit alone, for we have gained a great deal intellectually by our musical study. The first triumph of the Senior Choral Society was the successful performance of the Gilbert and Sullivan light opera, “The Mikado,” on the 6th, 7th, and 8th of February. Great ability was discovered in both the boys and the gii ' ls, which helped to make the annual opera a great success. CAST. Conductor—Miss Ethel Kinley Nanki-Poo.... Ko-Ko. Pish-’Tush. Pooh-Bah. Mikado.. .Jack Easterbrooke Dave Yeddeau Robert Scott .Alfred Johnston .....Bob Williamson . Rene Hoole Yum-Yum. Wray Newman ..Roberta Taylor Peep-Bo. Edna Chapman .Margaret Marsh Pitti-Sing. Thora Olson .Margaret Norrie Katisha. .Martha Setter Page. Nadine Lush .Bruce Moir Accompanist. ...Jean Wildgoose Dramatic Directors... ..Mr. Hoole Stage Director. Miss Hickson .Mr. Mountford

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D. M. C. I. BREEZES 19 “The Mikado.” This orchestra contained about forty instruments, so surely, in a school of this size we ought to be given more support. —G.M., Room 14. THE MINNEAPOLIS SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA The Minneapolis ' Symphony Orchestra’s concert in Winnipeg on Tuesday, May 7th, certainly proved a splendid ending to the musical season of 1928-29. The Minneapolis men had the enterprise to venture and were fortunate enough to secure Emil Oberhoffer, who founded the orchestra, which has given Minneapolis a reputation as a city of art and music. This year’s orchestra was led by Henri Verbrugghen. Winnipeg has drawn several times upon Minneapolis to supply the finest music in Western Canada, and it one time formed a partnership with the Win¬ nipeg Oratorio Society, which in recent years has been silent. Several thousand school children flocked to the Amphitheatre on the afternoon of May 7th, to hear the seventy Minneapolis musicians in their twenty-sixth season, produce an orchestral concert not equalled here for some time. The group of shouting and laughing children observed strict silence during the programme, enabling themselves and their elders to enjoy the concert thoroughly. Great applause was tendered the orchestra at its appearance on the stage, but a “greater-to-do” was handed out to Henri Verbrugghen, the noted and well-known conductor. “0 Canada,” the usual opening number, went out on the air with the splendid accompaniment of the orchestra, who played it with zest and vigour, greatly appreciated by all Canadians present. Victor Herbert’s “March of the Toys,” from “Babes in Toyland,” was the first piece from a well selected programme. The instruments in the orchestra played with the same automatic, awkward precision as the toys in the opera, who came to life and marched around the room. The world-wide popular overture from the “Merry Wives of Windsor,” followed, displaying the fairy-like atmosphere in Windsor Park at midnight. The longest hut most interesting part of the programme was the “Suite from the. Ballet ‘Sylvia,’ ” by Leo Delibes. After a short pre¬ lude the piece binds into a slow graceful waltz and then the well-known “Pizzicati”, played by plucked strings. The final number, “The Fol¬ lowers of Bacchus,” in its fastastic march movement, seemed to keep everybody spellbound but for the tapping feet of the smaller students. The fourth number, led by the harp, violin, xylophone, was the “Dance Macabre” (“Dance of Death”). The Hungarian national dance, “Czar’das,” served as a “Grand Finale,” to the orchestral pro¬ gramme, because of its slow “Lassen” and a rapid “ ' Priska.” In all the concert proved an inspiration as well as an education to all. A uniformed choir from the Alexandra, Laura Secord, Luxton, Mulvey, and Principal Sparling schools, under Mr. J. J. Wilkinson, provided the audience with two songs, “Dabbling in the Dew,” and