Hamilton Teachers College - Log Yearbook (Hamilton, Ontario Canada)

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Zzaam Sigh! The honour of presenting the first Literary Programme of the year was granted to Form 8. The presentation centered around Henrietta Tinklebottom's Charm School . First to appear was the Charm School Choir with a song of welcome written by Rosemary Ford. Gloria Sinclair, as Henrietta Tinklebottom, greeted the anticipating audience. and with a flourish of hand and skirt declared. The sho-ow must go on. June Guyatt and Carolyn Sugden both played piano solos. The choir then sang When You Wish Upon a Star . A humorous recitation entitled The Frog was given by Sheilagh Ware. Eight girls. suitably attired. down to fine whiskers, flitted about the stage to the tune of The Waltzing Cats , directed by Rosemarie Milligan. Rosemary Ford capably entertained with a song. As a personified canary. Norma Robertson related in the song, I Taut I Taw a Putty Tat , a woeful tale of the anxieties of her friendship with a trouble- some cat. Jim Dunnigan. The concluding portion of the programme consisted of a humorous melo- drama in pantomime in which the maiden-in-distress, played by Margaret Oakes. was rescued by her lover, Allan Dunsmore. from the clutches of the villain, Sir John Brooks. Madeline Bazoian was the narrator for the act. Those assisting were Sisters Martina and Helen Marie tpropertiesl, Mardella Parkinson tmake-upl, Dave Walker lstage managerl, and Alice Kasprinski tlightingl. Ronald MeMenemy Carmel Matheson adam Nine As the Christmas feeling was in their bones, the students of Form IX just couldn't hold it under their skin. Their literary programme took the form of a rehearsal for a Christmas party. With the stage partly decorated for the season, the curtains opened with six of the girls, gaily finishing the tree and singing Deck the Halls . Following the happy -entrance of the class, the girls' chorus rang out with Silver Bells and Winter Wonderland . Continuing with the rehearsal, there were two solos. Go Tell It on the Mountains and Count Your Blessingsng a girls' trio with White Christmas g boys' quartet imitating the Four Aces with Jingle Bells , and the boys' chorus singing a combination of The Happy Wanderer and Santa, The Happy Wanderer . There was continued interference from the young boy who insisted upon his mummy telling him a bedtime story. The highlight of the evening came when the fiddler appeared and broke the style of the evening with old time music. Before the departure of the group, a pantomime of I Ain't Gettin' Nuttin' for Christmas added more humour to the show. With the background of soft Christmas music, the show was appropriately ended with the familiar Christmas story The Night Before Christmas being told to the anxious little boy. Margaret Haist 56

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