Pickering College - Voyageur Yearbook (Newmarket, Ontario Canada)

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The Voyageur glee Glad . . . CAST OF THE MIKADOH h HE 'GVOYAGEURW this year almost had to appear without a write-up of l'The Mikado. The other day l saw a chap running around the school, stopping everyone he met, saying :-'Tye got you on the list. l've got you on the listln When he came to me, he explained that the bloke who was to write a criticism of the operetta left the school one morning singing:- 'l0n a tree by a river a little tom-tit, sang 4Willow, titwillow. titwillowilw He also said that nobody wanted to write anything for him and that he was about to use his snickersnee in order to persuade someone to do it. l took compassion on the poor editor, for that is who he was, and agreed to write this article. So whereas a pretty state of things. and here's a pretty how-de- dow The Glee Club's lVlikadow, once again, was a musical and theatrical treat of a very high standard. The girls' chorus was a new one and gaye an excellent performance. The director, in his own inimitable way, managed to put the show together, in spite of his illness. The primadonna was her usual charming self. both on the stage, and when helping to train the chorus. Katisha. who had started her musical career years ago on a trip to England. added new laurels to her name. Peep-Bo and Pitti-Sing were most charm- ing little maids from schoolg the latteris experienced acting. and delightful voice added much to the success of the show. The student roles of Pish- Tush, Pooh-Bah, and the Mikado were handled very well: Pislfs voice was very melodious, Poohls domineering 'tremendous swell' had the audience in tears, and the lVlik's diabolical laugh frightened it out of its wits. Nanki- Poo really Hbedewed the cheeksw of all in his line performance. It is not necessary to comment on Ko-Kois part in the operetta. It was superb. The boys' chorus lived up to the standard set by previous male choirs of the school. The men who worked tirelessly on the sets are to be congratulated on a magnificent job. 27

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The Voyageur r W0 of the most memorable of our weekly chapel services this year were the Christmas Service and the graduating service. The Christmas candle-light service is always an impressive occasion attended by large numbers of parents andfriends and with special music provided by the Glee Club. A new dignity was added this year by the special setting designed by Fred Hagan. The front of the hall was set up as the chancel of an English village church with simulated stained glass windows showing scenes of the Nativity. It provided a most suitable atmosphere for our traditional Christmas service. v Photographs of a large number of the 'gold boysw and the school honour roll were used for the graduation service, the closing service of the school year. ln this way we had represented members who had travelled on to larger fields of service and sacrifice but who are still members of our ucommunityf, They had participated in this service in previous years and had heard the headmaster challenge the graduates into strive, to seek, to find and not to yieldf, We would like to express our deep appreciation to the members of the staff, who along with the headmaster, addressed us at our Sunday evening assemblies. Owing to difliculties of transportation we had few outside speakers but we will long remember the stirring and thought-provoking address of Rabbi Feinberg of Toronto and the deeply personal and helpful message of Dr. Bernhardt during the spring term. 26

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The Voyageur Thanks are also due to the accompanists, the stage managers, the light- ing expert, the wardrobe-men and the make-up artists for enabling the show to run as smoothly as it did. ' ' The cast was as followsz- p The Mikado - JOHN MCCLINTOCK Nanki-Poo HEGINALD SMALE Ko-KO R. E. K. ROURKE Pooh-Bah VICTOR KOBY Pish-Tush KENNETH WARREN Y um,-Yum ALICE ROURKE Pizzi-Sing BETTY BEER Peep-B0 SHIRLEY CREED Kazisha - - MAIRE JACKSON And a boys' and girls' Chorus. DIRECTOR-R. E. K. ROURKE MUSICAL ASSISTANT-GERALD RUTLEDGE ACCOMPANIST-GWENDOLYN KOLDOESKY SETS-FRED HACAN, BILL BEACH, WILF COUTU LICHTINC-B. W. JACKSON A ' -J .M. ' '--1 SET FOR ACT II. uThe genuine human boy may, I think, safely be set down as the noblest work of God. There is a generous instinct in boys which is far more trust- worthy than those sliding, and unreliable, and deceptive ideas which we call settled principlesf, Charles B. Fairbanks 28