Saltus Grammar School - Yearbook (Hamilton, Bermuda)

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THE CAST Ian Bickley Andrew Blaney Michael Burke Mary-Jane Buschlen Tracy Dilks Charles Dunstan Boyd Gatton Dianne Hall Craig Harris Sid Harris Hans Jorstad Dag Jorstad David Judah Reid Kempe Joe Klement Matthew Lorentzen Jane McFadzean Dave Morrison OUT OF SIGHT Jackie Bacon Jim Bagen Kathy Bean Hope Berg Derrick Binns Peter Blaney Dorothy Broadhurst Kay Buschlen Billy Jack CoUn Jeavons Dorothy Jorstad Jimmy Madeiros Robert Mason Steven Masters Angela Mocklow Andrew Parsons Chris Popper Dave Roberts Tim Smith Susan Swift Rene Vermeulen Gill Walker THE MUSICIANS Michael Bishop Graham Redford Jay Riihiluoma Woodstock Northcott Karen Raskin Charlie Scott Steven Shepperd James Smith Craig Tucker Cristina Woods Jayne Young Henry Ziegler Snippets the cast may remember The unpredictabiHty of rifle drill. Le B.E.F. I ' m stupid. Scotty stirring up the front row. Those Welsh Mike Burke ' s knock on the head. Blankety-blank Tracing Tracy at KEMH. He ' s ' ,0 weedy. The sound tape. The naughty French lines

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What do ytm wani for Chrislmas boys . ■ The Bells of Hell Now. you louty kK . jjfMM) ' Wc must grind ihcrn down Oh WhAiA LovEly W r! ! don ' t wanna be a soldier . Let us pray . . . . The show was performed in the Senior School on three nights at the end of March. It is essentially a series of sketches deplciini scenes from World War One. interspersed with songs to create a vaudeville effect. Scenery was dispensed wit h — the visual mcssa;je was put over by using ■ Another successful sear. Bertie over fifty slides projected onto a screen beside the stage. This clement, with its statistics and often gruesome photographs, was designed to strike the emotions of the audience as well as to provoke serious thought. Perhaps this made the play difficult to watch — one was being asked to laugh at the ineffeciency of the generals and the fatalistic humour of the soldiers, whilst this lighter mood was constantly interrupted by reminders of the hard facts. For many people, the highlight of the show was the performance of the group of young |soldiers — second and third formers — who acted with considerable sensitivity and demon- 4Xstrated that they understood the situation in which their chaiacters found themselves. ; Several of the teachers played officer roles, switching from the comic to the tragic and portraying the war leaders ' ineptitude with such aplomb that one might suspect typecasting. Seven girls from the High School successfully fought a war of their own — against the virus infection which caused concern backstage but was not noticeable to the audience. In all, 26 people played a total of 74 roles, a situation which not only caused confusion at rehearsals but made Mrs. Stanton ' s costuming all the more admirable. Mr. Duncan was responsible for the choir of 45 and the group of musicians — a job which he accomplished most successfully in his usual avuncular et demanding fashion. The play was directed by Mr. Galea, who was heard to shout at the odd lehearsal and now claims two gre hairs. Many people helped in wa s not immediately apparent to the audience and their team- work enhanced the performance of the actors on stage. The ast majority of the audience appreciated the play; what is perhaps more impoitant is that all those who worked on the pro- duction enjoyed it and derived considerable satisfaction from the end result of their work. ' V I ' ve got a 1 CISC ou d »n ' t laugh ' ' oulJ ou Men ihi . plca

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Duke of Edinburgh ' s Award Scheme (S i ......... - 5 November Trek — The winter rains didn ' t dampen the enthusiasm of these seven die-hards The Duke of F.clinburyh Award Scheme once more aUiaclcd a large number of boys in the Third Form this year. Most of them have perse ered very well despite some bad luck with the weather on trek weekends. Their spirit was excellent and they enjoyed all the activities of the Scheme. 22 of these bo s will be receiving their Bronze Award in the autumn, together with perhaps 10 older boys. The disheartening factor is that many of the boys fuilher up the ' school who should have been completing Bron c and Silver Awards seem to have lost interest. They appear unwilling to organise themsehes and there is all too often the cr of well, I can ' t make it iliis weekend . . . John I horne is the onl boy ready to receive his Silver, having incorporated an Outward Bound course in Wales into his programme of activities. It is to be hoped that those who lui e done so well at Bronze this year will not let their enthusiasm flag and will put in the hard work nccessar for the Silver Award in the coming year. The Fire