Shawnigan Lake School - Yearbook (Shawnigan Lake, British Columbia Canada)

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SHAW NIC AN LAKE SCHOOL MAGAZINE The concert was further helped by the playing and ac- companying of Mr. Eustace Keys, the C. P. R. Director of Music, who most kindly volunteered to come up and play. If it is not presuming too much on the kindness of a busy man, we hope to see him up here again in the near future. Mr. Keys gave us a most charming arrangement of London- derry Air, whilst his accompanying of the songs and sketches was delightful. When one thinks of the busy life of a touring company, with the numerous calls on the time of its members, we feel more than grateful to Mr. Brandon-Thomas and his friends for their kindness in coming up to give us this concert. The chairs on the dais of the Big School are a constant reminder of our public schools in England, and we like to think of Mr. Brandon-Thomas ' concert in the same light. Should he or any of his company visit Canada again, we hope they will give us an opportunity of renewing this friendship.

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SHAWNIGAN LAKE SCHOOL MAGAZINE Mr Brandon-Thomas Concert N February 16, 1928, Mr. Brandon-Thomas and some of the members and friends of The Charley ' s Aunt Com- pany, gave us a splendid concert. In a most amusing introductory speech, Mr. Brandon- Thomas mentioned that he and another Old Westminster had asked the Head to grant a Play. The Head had agreed, on condition that the School found out what a Play meant. That the school was fully aware, was shown by the immedi- ate applause which followed. Mr. Hewetson, who has a very well-trained tenor voice, gave us some delightful songs. His enunciation and restrained rendering were a joy to hear. A very clever sketch followed, in which Mr. Shepley- Smith, as a master, and Mr. Brandon-Thomas as a schoolboy, brought down the house. The latter ' s use of the word Shawn- igan as a verb in connection with our sheep, will long be re- membered. Mr. Brandon-Thomas then gave us some excruciatingly funny and brilliantly clever impersonations. His wordless picture of a political meeting in the East End of London was a gem ; while the Musketry Instructor giving a lecture on the short and long rifles, was so true to life that certain mem- bers of the audience, who had seen the real thing in the army, nearly had hysterics. Mr. Shepley-Smith, in a most life-like impersonation of an earnest young curate, then introduced Miss Deirdre Doyle, and Mr. Brandon-Thomas, who convulsed the house in a very clever skit on The Keys of Heaven, and a perfectly priceless rendering of The Charge of the Light Brigade. Mr. Shepley-Smith told some amusing stories, and the programme ended with Widdecombe Fair, and a commun- ity singing effort at John Brown ' s Bo dy, which nearly suc- ceeded in its object of lifting the roof. 27

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SHAWNIGAN LAKE SCHOOL MAGAZINE The Boxing Competitions took place at the end of the Easter Term, the preliminary rounds taking place during the last three weeks. On the whole the standard of boxing was good, though several boys were inclined to forget that it is the straight left lead that counts, also that footwork is an essential part of the game. It was unfortunate that Roch- fort i. was unable to take part in later rounds of the heavy heavy weights owing to a sprained wrist. Several boys put up very good fights, though in some cases rather badly beaten; the most noticeable were : Macrae, Walkem i., Taylor iii., Osborn, Shaw i., Davis, Elliott, Riddell ii., Martin ii., and Douglas i. The Good Losers Cup went to Maxwell ii., who fought a very plucky fight against Bradford ii. RESULTS Heavy Heavies (130 lbs. and over) — The early bouts of this weight were rather poor, and in most cases very often one-sided, with the exception of the bout between Merritt and Larson i., which was quite close in the first round, but Merritt by better boxing won quite easily. From there on he had but little opposition. Green put up a very plucky fight in the finals, but was greatly at a disadvantage in speed and height. Merritt did not box as well as he might, and was inclined to forget that he had a left hand, also the necessity for a guard. Heavies (110-130 lbs.)— There were several good exhibitions in this weight, Red- path putting up a very good show against Sherlock in the 29