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

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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

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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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' UX GLEBANACH-Q QQPALERE FLAMMAM ICI ON PARLE FRANCAIS J. VVOODINC' X QIMPSOY P XVIIITFSIDF E. DOWD J. ROBINSON D. JEFFERSON A. BXRKS favour of the Stuttering Passenger, Jack Merkley, but the captain had sufli- cient equanimity left to announce the Barnacle Band. This turned outto be MrL.lrwin's stringers concealed behind old 'clothes and simulated grime. fThey played popular airs on deck inter- polating novelties such as Popeye, Olive Oyle, and a handsome sextette. Finally Gerry danced on with the Stuttering Passenger, the Captain and Percy hobnohbed again, and all the cast in true Shakespearean fashion joined in a closing chorus,hoping the audience had enjoyed themselves and that they all Would come again For concerts at the Glebef' To lau 'h and cheer E E STA R Slanding: 'rico IUSCOMBE KDON WALLACE TOM FAIRBXIRN IAN RANKIN 47 TED ANDIQRSQN Qmgr.J Kneeling: sm SALTER