Glebe Collegiate Institute - Lux Glebana Yearbook (Ottawa, Ontario Canada)

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UX GLEBANAGXQQ- m,,!3PALERE FLAMMAM SHIP A-HOY! Sll1ndf11g.' H. IVIUNRO J. BRENOT l.. TATTNER F. GARNETT L. HENDERSON D. 0'NEILL N.ROBlNSON G. COLLE S. JACKSON S.COLE G.FGO'l'E SiH1:l'I.g.' B.FALl.IS -LMCGRIEGOR S. MILLER K. ARMSTRONG IRMCNIECE E. MELVIN ILMCNIECE B. SALESSE j.BINKS NAVAL NONSENSE Sll'l1ldf7lgI G. COOK B. STIRLING D. SCHWERDFAGER I. BRONSKILL G. GOALD W. BALES R. MITCHELL S, HEENEY R. CRABBE F. HOGAN G. SHAUGHNESSX' D. PEDEN M. MCGINNIS R. SQUIRE F. RITCHIE V. MCLEAN F. SIM B. BUTTERWORTH E. DUNLOP R. URQUI-IART V. ROCHE H. KROEBER J. MERKIJSY A. FETCH Silling and Knrvling: R. CRAIG HELSON G. PUSHMAN L. DUNN V, H.xRR1soN L. CORBETT G. Mlrcl-uzu. A. nfxmcs

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i UX GLEBANAGHQAQ- V QEPALERE FLAMMAM SAILORS' DANCE t Slflndingf C. IRVING 1. CHRISTIE J. LESTER M. MCKINNON E. CUNNINGIIAM R. DONOYAN M. CAMERON A. CORY B. HUTTERWORTH M. SCOBIF B. DUMIXG Sfllfngf M. HOWIE B IOBERIS W.COCl-IRANE C. MCKECHNIE ILHELSON LMARSHALL H KROLBIER 1.ML'C-XNIN L. MACMILLAN HE THIRTEENTH annual concert has passed into history. Presented Friday, March thirteenth, the concert far from being hoodooed by this rare combination of unlucky omens, was lauded by critics and public alike, and was repeated with even greater success Saturday, March fourteenth. Featuring a well- balanced program, including music, songs, dances, gymnastics and drama, the concert was pronounced by veteran observers as the best in Glebe's history. The audience were asked to imagine them- selves on board the S.S. Glebzma, watching a ship's concert being planned and presented. Following out this scheme, the opening scenes were staged on the ship's deck, the concert proper in one of the lounges, and the closing scene back on deck. By means of this novel plan the action moved at top speed with never il lagging moment, and the audience sat in silent appreciation, punctuated by chuckles, roars of laughter and salvos of applause. The lights went out on a crowded house and the Glebe Orchestra, directed by Dr. J. W. Bearder, F.R.c.o., struck up a stirring march. The inevitable late-comers filed in, the music ran its course, and the audience settled back in anticipation. The curtain rose on a deck scene crowded with chanting, toilinj tars who, on closer examination, proved to be the Boys' Glee Club. Demonstrating what life at sea really should be like, the ofiicers entered and led the seamen in a song. The sailors disappeared and the audience saw the same deck later in the day. They met the redoubtable Captain Bulldoze Fireball CBenson Stirlingj, some passengers and more crew. The blustering captain managed to exchange by- play with everyone, be master of ceremonies and carry on a feud with Percival Puslinch CArt tl68lt

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UX GLEBANACXQUQ- QEPALERE FLAMMAM BARNACLEBAND SlU1ldi7Ig.' B. GOODING F. ELLIOTT J. NVILSON G. HIGGS J. BRACKENRIDGE F. SYIARPE E. BARKS D. VVICKWARE DOUGLAS YVICKYVARE Silling! P. CHRISTIE P. TUCK C. CLARK B. XRWIN F. BOLTON E. COWAN J. CHILCOTT Petchj for the favours of Gerty Gabbo, drawl- ingly portrayed by Evelyn Helson. Nothing disconcerted the captain even when his steward came on deck dressed only in a barrel or when the cook fell overboard. Mr. MacNamara wrote and directed this opening and subsequent linking dialogue. ' The concert proper began with a display by some touring acrobats who turned out to be the Mr. McNeil's and Mr. Mix's gym team. The junior group did an effective number with illuminated Indian clubs, while the senior group brought many oh's and ah's from the crowd by its stunts on the high bar. The audience was allowed to recover its breath while Helen Fair- bairn treated them to a piano interlude, En Route. Next appeared the Glebana Choir disguised and described as the Orpheus Choir en route to Wales. The 'results of long practice were ap- parent in their performance. N For the first time the Glebana choir of sixty voices had embarked upon a really ambitious program. Five numbers of merit had been selected, which would adiord not only a pleas- ing variety of theme and musical treatment, but also a sound training in part-singing and vocal expression. To these numbers the choristers, under the direction of Mr. Westington, had devoted over two months of practice, and their rendition of them, particularly of the unaccom- panied Celtic Lullaby and the exacting Follow Me Down To Carlow won for them well- merited praise and a thirty-minute broadcast over CRCO. Pretty-boy Percy and the captain appeared for a moment still at daggers drawn over Gerty and the captain announced the appearance of some carefree chorines fleeing from the Euro- pean war scare. Miss Laidlaw's girls well and nobly filled the bill and their costumes. Boys in the audience made mental notes for the future. The orchestra then soothed the excited audience while the latter waited for the touring players to present Ici On Parle Francais. That the touring players seemed to be Miss Grantls Drama Club detracted nothing from their performance. The explosive Major Rattan fElbert Dowdj had the audience in con- vulsions, Monsieur Victoire QEdward Barksj elicited enquiries as to whether he was really French, Dorothy Jefferson was a sweet Angelina, and john Wooding made a satisfac- torily ineffective Mr. Spriggins. There was no weakness in a capable supporting cast. Came the curtain, came an alluring Miss Gabbo, pursued by the captain and Percy mak- ing sheep's eyes. They were both rejected in i70f