Pickering College - Voyageur Yearbook (Newmarket, Ontario Canada)

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Where did Jim Bear acquire that deep voice? He was excellent as Bill Bobstay. NVe would have liked to have heard more of Leon Siimnons' very fine baritone voice. As always i-t was a pleasure to hear Elizabeth Beer, who played the part of Hebe. The male chorus was lusty and hearty. From its opening, HNVC sail the ocean blue through to the finale one could sense that here was a well balanced group with a. fine musical tone and good dramatic ability. The girls' chorus had a sweet and delicate quality although not quite as strong as one would desire. Special congratulations must be given to Zllr. Chu and his stage crew for the very excellent set which they erected. It certainly created a nautical atmosphere. The lighting and make-up Cyl. II. Jewcllj were all very effective. Indeed, it was a fl1'Sii-l'2liG performance. Let us hope the Glec Club will remain with the G 85 S tradition. J. D. PURDY ther Music at Pickering Although the Glee Club's annual production of Gilbert and Sullivan provides the major outlet for musical expression at Pickering, it is by no means the only one. The Glee Club usually forms early in the fall for the purpose of singing for the sheer joy of it. We were fortunate this year in having two masters who were not only enthusiastic singers but who had also received considerable professional training. Mr. Zlluwloch and Mr. Rwlekop, a. baritone and a. tenor respectively, introduced the boys to forms of singing not usually experienced by the average teenager. At the Christmas Chapel service, for example, each sang a selection from Handel 's Messiah. Some students sustained their interest in instrumental music by individual or group playing during free time. The grand piano was exercised by the boogie Woogie or jazz fan as well as the admirer of Beethovenis Hli'l0I1l1gllll Sonata. There were several other instrumentalists who favoured the Whole school With performances at Pep Rallies or who played to packed audiences in their corridors. These people were masters of such instruments as the guitar, the accordion, the trumpet and the banjo. Musical appreciation was Widespread both in taste and extent. Rock and roll, sophisticated jazz and the classics reverberated through the corridors at Various times to the infinite pleasure of some and the grim aggravation of others. Be this as it may, music at Pickering this year, both fomnal and informal, planned and spontaneous, was very much a part of daily life. Twenty-two

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Glee Club -H. M. S. ina ore ANDSOME SAILORSl BEAUTIFUL iuionxsl Melorlious voiees! Sprightly tunes! Delightful seeneryl These were some ol' the features ot Piekering Vollege Glee Clubs rendering of Gilbert anrl Sullivans H.M.S. Pinatoref, After an absenee of two years G LQ S returnecl to the st-hool's stage. Anal what better ehoiee eoulcl have been macle than the mueh beloveml Pinatore with its satirie jibes at love making in the class eonseious times ot the great Queen Vietoria. The entire performanee exucled gaity, humour, aml goofl fun. It was a speetaele wliieh thrilled the audiences of the three nights. The east was absolutely superb. The leacls, with one or two exeeptions, were taken by professional voiees whieh earrieml us tlirough the tortuous ancl intricate love affairs of the plot. This ol' eourse, makes it very rliffieult to ehoose any single pertormanee for speeial mention. However, tribute must be given to Ilowflrfl Jlrziesoial for his exeellent ancl amusing' interpretation ol' that evil lititle monster, the malieious llieli lleatleye, who ilifl not believe in mleeeiving his eaptain. Josephine. the mueh sought atter tlaughter ot t'aptain t'oreoran, was portrayed by Elizabeth Jlrrlzeson whose lovely lyrie soprano exeiterl the auflienee. Leslie Mackey as the stern, ambitious Vaptain Coreoran, eommanrler ot' the Pinafore, sang' his role extremely well. His renclition ot 'tlfair moon, to thee I sing was eertainly one ol' the liiglilights of the evening s entertainment. illrzry Vurr gave us a. delightful antl tleleetable Little Buttereup - vivaeious antl sauey antl rather perturbefl about her mistake many years ago. She eertainly clazzletl the captain at times. Every Gilbert and Sullivan operetta has a eomie eharaeter, a buftoon, a preposterous type. In Pinafore it is the noble First Lord of the Admiralty, Sir Joseph Porter, K.C.B. This part was taken by Etlfjflvl' Jlurrloeh, the resiflent music master, who was not quite as pompous or eoneeitecl as is usually expeetefl of Sir Joseph but, nevertheless, inclieatecl that the First Loral was rather an ass! Ralph Raekstraw, the love-siek toreeastle haml, was playefl by Ernest Ifwlel.-op tbearil anrl allll. h'erlel.'op's very fine voiee was very mueh appreeiatetl in this role although at times he hafl a tenfleney to sing' into the wings anfl not towards the audience. Tzeen ty-on e

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