Lowe High School - Towers Yearbook (Windsor, Ontario Canada)

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4 9 Christmas Assembly— The 1947 Christmas Assembly entertainment was put on by C2A and C2B with the help of Miss Layman, Miss Green and accompaniment on the piano by Mrs. Graham. There were three tableaus: “White Christmas”, “The Three Kings”, and “Away In A Manger”. The girls who were not in the tableaus were in the choir. They dressed in white blouses with black tics and skirts. The Mistress of Ceremonies was Betty Tibor of C2A. The soloists comprised Alec Chistoff, who did a Russian dance; Ken Whitmore did a few trumpet solos; Neil McFadden played some boogie woogie on the piano; Catherine Daniels did a ballet; Pauline Kubakowski sang “How Soon”; and Clair Tosti played some classic pieces on the piano. The program ended up the year and helped all to go home happy and have a Merry Christ¬ mas. Assembly Periods— Entertainment in the Assembly periods for the 1947-48 school year have been arranged on the premise that there should be an important, worth-while message to be presented or that the student body should be given an opportunity to enjoy the talents of some artist or artists, especially volunteers from the student body. From time to time, interesting guest speakers were heard. On other occasions, community singing was enjoyed under the spirited leader¬ ship of Miss Layman or Mr. Baird. Accompani¬ ment at the piano was usually provided by Miss Connerty or Mr. Bennett. Occasionally, school spirit was given a “shot in the arm” when Joe Faith and his assistants led those assembled in the current school cheers. To the present time, delightful contributions have been made to the assembled students by John Furgal, virtuoso of the clarinet, saxophone and bassoon; Leo Baumgartner with his accor- dian; Ken Whitmore with his trumpet; and Ray Bowyer at the piano. The following quartet, who so ably provided the music for the noon¬ day dances held each Tuesday and Thursday, al¬ so were heard in an enthusiastically received “Jam Session”, which featured John Airey play¬ ing the saxophone, Lome Schuchard at the piano, Andy Cangiano at the drums, and Jimmie Luckino with his trumpet. In the offing, we are looking forward to a visit which the Cass Technical School Band of Detroit, Michigan, has promised us. In conclusion, may I express the hope that the new motion picture projection equipment which we have recently acquired will in the future provide us with a perpetual source of high quality entertainment, without causing us to neglect the development and encouragement of personal student performance. C. N. COLE, Convenor—Assembly Entertainment • PUBLIC SPEAKING CHAMPIONS— In the W. D. Lon’t Contest JOAN BEATON. First Jr. Girls Conte i % I? EMIL BRESHUK, First Jr. Boys ’ Contest. STEVE PETERS, First Sr. Boys ' Contest. LILY PAUWODA, First Sr. Girls ’ Contest.

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Page Thirty-Six • DRAMATICS Boys in Operetta IOLANTHE BOB SANDS JOHN RATKO RUSSELL ANDREJCPX VINCENT BENETEAU FLOYD CAVANAUGH DON BAWDEN LEO BAUMGARTNER M. VanMACKLBBURG GEORGE SCHERER KEN WHITMORE ISRAEL RUDOVER BILL ELLIS RUTH ROLLETT SIDNEY HINCH JOE FAITH DRAMATICS Bv DOREEN IDLANTH Beautiful scenery, music and acting were combined to produce one of the most outstand¬ ing operettas ever presented in our school. Gil¬ bert and Sullivan ' s “Iotenlhe , directed by Mr. Bennett was staged on December 2, 3. and 4. It included a cast of eleven with a chorus of fifteen fairies and fifteen peers. To make our operetta even more wonderful, we had the added talent of Mary Hasman, John Clazie. Oswald Lewis. William Crump, and Cecil Fletcher. The first four were former students of our school. Act I is a woodland scene, lolanthe. a fairy, has been banished by the Queen for marrying a mortal. The fairy band persuades the Queen to forgive her. lolanthe returns and introduces her young son Strephon. who is half a fairy, and in love with Phyllis, a ward of the High Chan¬ cellor. Several noblemen aspire to marry Phyl¬ lis, but she cares only for Strephon. One day. Phyllis saw Strephon embracing a young girl in the park. She did not know that this beautiful girl was really SirephotTs mother, and Phyllis then turned ail her attention to Lords Tolloller and Mountararat. The Queen of the fairies in revenge proclaims that Strephon will enter Parliament, to the ruin of the House of Lords. Act 11 takes place outside Westminster Hal! in the evening. Strephon has been elected o Parliament and is having his own wav. The fairies, much to their regret, have fallen in love with the peers who just laugh at them. When lolanthe goes to plead for her son, the High Chancellor discovers that she is really his wife. She thereby incurs the wrath of the Queen and is about to face death. Other considerations, however, change the picture and the opera clo¬ ses with the Peers all deciding to become fairies, leaving the House of Lords to be recruited from men of “intelligence . 5 CAST OF CHARACTERS IN ORDER OF APPEARANCE— CeUa , Leila, Fleta — Three fairies played hv Helen Lawton. Marion Potosky, and Eleanor Ogar. All are very good singers and each one caught her man. Queen of Fairies — Mae McDonald was a very good Queen. Both singing and acting were done very well. lolanthe — Myra Plawucki was well suited to this part and did the dramatic acting superbly. Strephon — John Clazie played the handsome son of lolanthe. He won the crowd with his voice and good looks. Phyllis — Mary Hasman, who sings with the Detroit Opera Company, sang and performed very well. Lord Chancellor — Oswald Lewis had the job of taking care of all the young girls in the play. He was quite good at it. Lord Mountararat — William Crump, a Lord, has a lovely tenor voice which thrilled the crowd immensely. Lord Tolloller — Cecil Fletcher, another Lord, played the comedy part very well. The same goes for his singing and acting. Sentry — Mr. H. Cowgill saved the Queen by accepting her proposal of marriage. CHORUS OF FAIRIES— Josie LaTessa, Doreen Rtddam, Katherine Franz. Hil¬ da Rainey, Joyce Richardson, Mary Pedlar, Doris Fraser. Anita Vachon, Lenore Longeuay, Dolores .Masse, Rita Van- drasco. Jaqueline Eagen, Eva Straky, Gloria Boudreau, Pauline Kubakowski. a CHORUS OF PEERS— W. Ellis, R. Andrejciw, R. Rollett, E. Cavanaugh, K. Whitmore, S. Hineh, M. VanjMackleburg. J- Faith, G. Schec’ . t J. Ratko, V. Bcneteau, G. Crawford, D. Bawden, I. Rudover, L. Baumgartner.

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