Kitchener Waterloo Collegiate and Vocational School - Grumbler Yearbook (Kitchener, Ontario Canada)

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musical mob through preparations for our Third Annual Spring Music Festival. Much credit goes to Mr. Berg for his efforts in making the or- chestra bigger and .better every year. Our library is ever expanding and the quality of our music is increasing steadily. The orchestra is under the spon- sorship of Mr. H. E. Class, faculty member. Eric Traugott is the president, Neville Bishop, secre- tary, Sigmund Rezetnik, librarian, Oswald Nentwig and Erwin Wag- ner, custodians, June Fisher and Dolores Simpson, wardrobe mis- tresses. ,Q- The Spring Music Festival Roi' DoNNER. A XIII A This event, prominent in the school year, is to be held on the nights of April 3rd, 4th and 5th at the Collegiate. It will be the third in the annual series of these affairs, and promises to overshadow any- thing yet presented from the Col- legiate stage. Taking part in the event will be the Senior Glee Club, Girls' Chorus, School Orchestra and School Band. Solo work will be: Organ- Tocatto and Fugue in D Minor by Bach- George Kadwellg Trumpet - Trumpet Concerto by James-Eric Traugott. Clarinet- Vinetta - Howard Hasenpfiug. Vocal- To a Hilltop -Isabelle Chiversg Valley of Laughter - Kathleen Schweitzer. Piano and organ duet- Rhap- sody -Jean Lackie and Lorraine Harding. Piano- Rhapsody in G Minor -Clayton Feil. Violin- Handel Sonata No. 4 - Evelyn Neal. The prominent numbers present- ed will be selections from Tann- haeuser by the Orchestra and the finale, Forever Free sung by the Senior Glee Club. Then, too, there is to be the beautiful Hear My Prayer, O Lord sung by the Glee Club, and Irish Lullaby sung by the Girls' Chorus. Concert Over- ture in G minor will be played by the Band. The Collegiate abounds with talent in the musical field, and this annual presentation proves this to be no idle statement. The Festival is predestined to be a success and much credit is due to Mr. Paul Berg, conductor of Or- chestra, Band and Glee Club, to Miss Helen Nairn, conductor of Girls' Chorus, and to Mr. Harvey Class, faculty sponsor. Our hats are off to these, the Big Three in Collegiate music, and we thank all those students in the various groups for their splendid co-opera- tion. Agn. Guest Artists DoLoREs S1MPsoN. A XII D The students of K.C.I. have been very fortunate in that we have had such excellent artists at our assem- blies. Mr. Keith Staebler and Mr. Paul Berg, our first artists, gave us an excellent duet rendition of George Gershwin's famous classical-jazz composition, Rhapsody In Blue on the piano and organ. We are always glad to welcome back our graduates, and we were particularly glad to hear Doug. Frank play Addinsell's Warsaw Concerto for us. After a very successful perform- ance with the Kitchener Philhar- monic Orchestra, Miss Ada Eby played the first movement of Grieg's Piano Concerto In A Minor . Mr. Glenn Kruspe played THE GRUMBLER 45

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- 9' L 'C Z - nu 3 L A Y 1: IS 'ea L r . The one school organization thirty, a few yes, there are a our able maestro, would sutl'er a which functions for the entire few - loyal membeis yawn clown stroke it' he saw us all there at the school year is our strug'g'liiig', the Assembly Hall aisles to the pit. same time on time. squeaking and squawking, but a tSome people say it isn't fleep The orchestra played at the Com- justly and valiantly proud orches- enoughll Tuning' up takes till 21 mencement Exercises :incl for some tra. lt marches us into the first quarter ot' nine, after which time ot' the intermission in June lllad, Assembly and flrowns our cheers we begin to play, though some our hilarious Major lllay success. on the last schoolrlay ot' June. people think we're still tuning' up! llfir. Berg' is now ushering' this Every Thursday morn, flull ancl About tive to nine most ol' the early at the fantastic hour of eight- g'ang'hasa1rivccl, though Mr. lleigg, Ilonzuim' lx um n-11.1- ,N XII I!

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the orchestral accompaniment on the organ. More recently, Mr. Brian McCool, the Assistant Supervisor of Music in the secondary schools, brought two young and talented violinists, Olga Pliszka and Elsie Babiak from Harbord Collegiate in Toronto. They played Bach Concerto in D Minor, the 1st movement Vivace g Sammartini, 1st and 3rd Move- ments in F Major, Telemann-Grave Movement in A Minor, Purcell's Golden Sonata-1st movement Largo , 3rd movement Can- zone , and the 5th movement Allegro , Handel's Sonata in F Major without piano accompani- ment, La Zingana by Bohm and the 1st movement of the Concerto in A Minor by Vivaldi. These num- bers were all duets, and they were accompanied by Miss Ada Eby. These two girls were the first musicians we had in the exchange of students from secondary schools, and we hope Mr. McCool will bring more like them to Kitchener. To you, Guest Artist, we say Thank you , and hope you will make a return visit soon. -Q- An Interview With The 66King of Swingii HARVEY CLARKE. A XII C When Benny Goodman paid Kitchener a visit in October, the town went all ga-ga. He and his band were playing that night at the Summer Gardens. However, after four he was to be at Paul Berg's Record Shop where he would give autographs and answer ques- tions. Well, needless to say, ye Record Shop nearly split its sides with the crowd it let in that after- noon. There was the King of Swing making with the pen and laughing and joking all the while. When the mob had thinned some- what and the air had returned, I managed to corner his Majesty and obtain the following interview: Q.: When were you born and what is your present marital status? A.: I was born May 30, 1909. I am married and have a girl two and a half years old. Q.: When was your present band first organized? A.: Around the end of 1933. Q.: Who does the arranging for your band? A.: Edgar Johnson and some other fellows. Q.: Some musicians who started out with you now have their own bands. Who are they? A.: Harry James. Lionel Hamp- ton, Gene Krupa and Teddy Wilson. Q.: How many records have you made for Columbia? A.: I have made between 500 and 750. Q.: In making classical records. do you use a special clarinet. and how many have you? A.: I have eight, and I use one exclusively for classics. Q.: What classical orchestra or groups have you played with? A.: The San Francisco, Philadel- phia and New York Symphonies and the Budapest String Quartet. Q.: When did you first play with a name band and whose was it ? A.: With Ben Pollock and Isham Jones in 1923 when I was fourteen. Q.: Who are your favourite com- posers? A.: Mozart, Debusse and Reval. Q.: Have you ever done any com- posing? A.: Yes, I helped Lionel Hamp- ton with Flying Home and I Found a New Baby . Nothing classical though. Q.: What was the greatest thrill of your career? A.: That was my first Radio Broadcast. And so ended my interview with the King of Swing . 4-6 THE GRUMBLER