Greenwich Country Day School - Spire Yearbook (Greenwich, CT)

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Pvt, Willis is generally admired Jim Kitenclaugh '4Lord Tolloller i 4 John Knowles Whit Knapp Carla Bowen Strepl1on Private Willis The Fairy Queenl, Finale of Act Il 67

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Iolantheh- pompous peers and fickle fairies Shortly after Christmas vacation the ninth grade and Mr. Gledhill decided that, breaking all tradi- tion, the operetta this year would not be a Gilbert and Sullivan production. However, a score of a possible substitute having been purchased and gone over, it was agreed that a Gilbert and Sulli- van operetta offered more opportunity for chorus participation as well as a wide selection of solo parts. As a result, we finally decided upon Io- lanthe, the fanciful tale of fairy revels and British peers. Tension mounted high as each role was as- signed to a deserving applicant. Rehearsals were scheduled, and diligent work was begun under the careful supervision of Mr. Gledhill. Realistic scenery was erected by a hard-working stage crew Cwith the essential aid of two ambitious females who managed to nail half the backdrop to the floorzj Costumes were created and stitched by Miss Bell between piano students and the fair- ies learned a dance routine under Mrs. Maclay. After many hardspent afternoons and a sacri- ficed holiday, the dress rehearsal was given before members of the lower and middle schools. The Ray Hornblower Cindie Lovelace Lord Mountararat Phyllis,' curtain rose on the fairy antics of Eliza Conze as Celia, Taffy Fisher as Leila, Susan Symmers as Fleta, and a chorus of fickle fairies. Our fairy queen, Carla Bowen, fluttered in, and Irene Malozemoff as Iolanthe was recalled and par- doned from lifelong banishment. Her son, John Knowles as Strephon, fell in love with Phyllis, an Arcadian shepherdess, played by Cindie Lovelace. This affair gave much dismay to Ray Hornblower as Lord Mountararat, Jim Kiten- daugh as Lord Tolloler, Teri Towe as the Lord Chancellor, and a chorus of arrogant peers. When it was finally decided that every fairy must die who does not marry a mortal, Private Willis, a British soldier, played by Whit Knapp, was recruited to rescue the queen in her distress, and the fairies and peers havilng paired off, everyone lived happily ever after. It would be difficult to convey the spirit with which the participants staged this production. Such was their enthusiasm that even the audience felt a part of the excitement which filled each of us. It was a memorable evening for those who watched, as well as for those who performed. Teri Towe The Lord Chancellor Irene Malozemoff Iolanthe',

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Christmas Sing Features Bell Choir Despite a slight sprinkling of snow, almost all the students arrived and made this year's Sing, held for the first time in the new gym, as success- ful as ever. Under Mr. Gledhill's direction, the choir sang three songs: Hodie , Glory to God in the Highestn, and 'Twas The Night Before Christmasv, the famous Christmas story set to music. John Knowles and Ray Hornblower took the major solos. A section from the ninth grade sang O Nightingale Awake , with Jim Kiten- daugh playing the accompaniment, and was joined by some of the seventh and eighth grades to sing The Echo Carol . Whit Knapp, George Park, and Walter Hinton soloed in We Three Kings and everyone joined in the chorus, as is the custom. Alec Coxe and Steve Colhoun sang the solos of the king and the page respectively in Good King Wenceslas . The great hit of the evening was the playing of a set of English hand- bells lent to the school by Mr. Griswold. A group of ninth graders played 'LO Come All Ye Faith- ful on these bells inside, and, encouraged by a receptive audience, carried the bells outside and played Silent Nightn several times after the great Christmas tree had been lighted by Mrs. McCormack.