Elmwood School - Samara Yearbook (Ottawa, Ontario Canada)

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By Sally Wright

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20 SAMARA Dramatics ONCE again another successful year of dramatics comes to a close. This began with the House Plays under the direc- tion of the House Heads. With the production of An Empty Gesture, Keller won first place in the competition and was followed closely by Fry ' s The Day is Bright, and Nightingale ' s Remember Your Diaphram. It is impossible to choose the best participants from Keller, as they were equally successful, but Janet Han- son and Julie Gibson were the best from Fry, and Norma Baird and Sandra McKee from Nightingale. Following these, the Senior Dramatic Class, directed by Mrs. Meiklejohn, presented a nativity play, Christmas in the Market-Place. The cast was assisted by the juniors as on- lookers, and the Elmwood Choir organized by Mr. McTavish. The most outstanding characters were Leslie Jackson as the old gypsy, Melchoir, Diana Eraser as the irate Roman woman, Diane Boyd as Mary, Jennifer WooUcombe as the young shepherd, Janet Hanson as Joseph, Marianne Lovink as the archangel, and Shelagh Macoun as Elizabeth. The annual Ashbury-Elmwood play was presented on March 21, at the Little Theatre, under the direction of Mr. Belcher, and Mr. Devine. Together with a good Ashbury cast, six Elmwoodians gave admirable performances. Diana Eraser was the female lead, and the others were: Leslie Jackson, Diane Boyd, Sandra McKee, Jo-Anne Davis, and Suzette DeWolf. The most recent productions were the two junior plays on A4ay 2. The Magic Egg was a very entertaining Easter story, and Jane A4ac- Tavish, Helena Wijkman and Susie Southam as the father rabbit, the rooster and the annoyed hen were especially good. In the next play. Children of the Sun, we found ourselves in the midst of an interesting lesson in astronomy. All the planets were cleverly portrayed. Rosemary Findlay as Mr. Sun turned in a very good performance and the other clever interpretations were those of Judy Kleinhans, Christina Wijkman, Frances Cabeldu, Madge Macbeth, Susannah Clarke and Louise Hayley. These performances have combined to make a worth while year in the field of dramatics.

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By TisH Heeney