Pickering College - Voyageur Yearbook (Newmarket, Ontario Canada)

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u, ,. .V N , -us: 'Q , The stage crew. I almost forgot thein, and so does just about everyone else. The boys: Gord, Nick, Reg, Dave, Rick and the Moser , all worked long and hard, and their efforts were rewarded with glowing comment from all 'those Wh-o saw the show. Our thanks to Mrs. Blosdale, whose hard Work, and a demanding job it Was, which once or twice required her to be very calm, was well appreciated. To our inusiearl director, Digby Peers, goes fthe lhigwgesit, vote of alll, -he trained the girls' chorus and the girls' leads at the High School, and the boys, chorus and the male leads here at P.C.. and with the invaluable assistance of Al Mclfay, put the whole show together. t'ong'ratulations to all for a good job well done. - PETER NEXYBERY Tlrcnfy-fam'

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ctivit 'es the gondoliers BY A HONDOLA IST AAND LEARN--LIST AND LEARN-fillJOUl one of the best shows produced by P. C., in at long time. I am speaking for the thirty or so people who got together to put on our 25th annual G83 production, The Gondoliersf The work began for in-ost of us around the middle of November, but for our directors, Mr. Digby Peers and Mr. Mcliay, much earlier. Briefly, this story concerns two Venetian Gondoliers, one of whom is thought to be the King of Baraitaria. They are leaving their brides of one half hour to rule as o11e individual until it is ascertained which one of them is to be King. The lucky Gondolier is to marry Casilda, daughter of the Duke of Plazo-Toro. It is discovered, by persuading the King's former nurse, that the King is the Dukes drummer-boy. The Gfondoliers go back to their wives-and, ot' course everyone lives happily ever after. Speeial credit goes to Brian Blackstoek, who did a magnificant job in por- traying the Duke, and to Part Brown, the Duke's Duchess. Three cheers for our only imported lead: Mary Lou Cunningham, who did a wonderful job-wow-of playing the part of Casildag and to Luiz, her roman- tic partner, none other than Simon Dew, who, after ai few very brief lessons and long hours of practice tjust ask anyone in lower south corridorj turned out to be a very good drummer t?j, and a very good singer too. And last but not least, our two heroes Al Mcliay and Don Harris, as the Gondoliers Marco and Giuseppe. Congratulations to both, and to Betty Rolling and Carol Graham as their wives, who played their parts perfectly while offer- ing support and inspiration to the two G-ondoliers. The boys' chorus, as usual, was made up of boys, and they ol' course came from P.C.g the girls' chorus came from Newmarket, and they not only made a Wonderful and necessary contribution to our singing, but also to our morale.

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the dramatic club His YEAR Jfourney's Endi' was presented, a story of lVVorld NV1ar I concerning members of a. British Company. The story told of the hell the men had to go through. The scene opened with Caipitaiin Hardy portrayed by Dave Beer turning' his post over to Captain Stanhope's company. Stanhope was movingly played .by Alf Hales. Hardy is a jolly chap who has left everything in a mess and wants to make sure that Stanhope does not see him. S'ban'hope had c-oine to war full of the freshness of youth and then war turned him into an aloohol-craving creature. As his assistant he had Lieutenant Osborne, a kindly old gentleman convincingly played by Georgge Cox, who Was always trying to understand and help Stanhope. A person who helped make StaIrhope's headquarters a scene of confusion was Mason the cook who was played tio ia T by Jack Posfluns. There was a rolly-poly second Lfieutenant named Trotter who was played by a roly-poly lad named Phil Davies. Trotter-'s only want in life was to have his flower-bed at home and anything else that the middle-class Wish when they retire. See-ond Lieutenant Hibbert inovingly played by Don Harris, was the bad apple in the barrel. Here was a man who put on the front of a bifg Wheel , ltlhe playboy type, but who really was a coward afraid