St Johns Kilmarnock School - Eagle Yearbook (Breslau, Ontario Canada)

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CHOIR TOUR ' 88 BOYS CHAPEL CHOIR On Monday April 4, 1988 the Boys’ Chapel Choir embarked on a week-long tour of the Washington-Philadelphia area. After bidding our parents a farewell, we all boarded the bus. One minute later the parents were on the bus bidding another farewell. We finally closed the door, with parents banging on it, having second thoughts about letting their dear sons go. At 9:30 we pulled away from the school. Just before leaving, Niall Martin realized that his glasses needed some professional care. At 1 1: 15 we were flagged down on the Q.E.W. just before the border by Niall ' s father, who had driven to Guelph, had repairs made and raced against time to catch up. As if that weren’t enough excitement, that afternoon we had a prob- lem with one of the bus’s back rims and then, a front rim which involv- ed stopping for an hour each time. However, dinner at Eddie ' s Truck Stop Diner was great! Finally we rolled into Harrisburg, Penn sylvania ' s capital, at 10p.m., two hours late. The next day we arrived in Washington D.C. and under Mr. Edison ' s expert direction toured the major sights of Washington’s Mall, including the Aeronautics display of the Smithsonian Institute and the Washington Monument during the season ' s first heat wave. That night the boys stayed in the kitchenette suites of the Quality Inn in Washington (while the organist and choir director enjoyed the com- forts of an average room!) Next morning we stopped at Arlington Cemetery where the graves of war veterans and John F. Kennedy are located. We then looked at the Vietnam and Lincoln Memorials before heading for Old St. Paul’s Church” in Baltimore. We sang a Midday Eucharist before a short tour of Baltimore’s harbourfront. Then it was on for 2 days in Philadelphia. On a rainy morning we sang a concert at “Christ C hurch Philadelphia celebrated Gary Ram ' s birthday at lunch and were taken on a tour of Historic Philadelphia by Reverend Gary Nicolosi, whose invitation to sing at the Cathedral in Bethlehem inspired the tour. The choir saw such sights as Carpenter ' s Hall and Independence Hall. After our afternoon History Lesson we visited The Gallery which is a THREE BLOCK shopping mall (Ladies, eat your hearts out!) for an hour before returning to our hotel. Friday afternoon we arrived in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, rehearsed and sang a concert for the congregation of Bethlehem Cathedral. After 4 nights of motels we were glad to meet our friendly American billets. On Saturday we were given a tour of Bethlehem, which is very rich with the history and culture of the Moravians. As well, we visited Lehigh University. That night we enjoyed a barbeque and spirited soccer match versus the Cathedral Choir at the home of Mr. Mrs. Hower. On the final day the choristers sang a Eucharist at the Cathedral’s Sunday service. After brunch we said good-bye and travelled flat- out to arrive home by 10:30 p.m.. We, the choir, would like to thank the mothers (Mrs. Cobham, Mrs. Cuthbertson, Mrs. Harrison and Mrs. Punnett) who accom- panied us and helped us in many ways, including 7 a.m. wake-up calls; Canon Hulse for his understanding and interesting Sunday sermon, Mr. Fitches, as organist and supervisor, Mr. Langford for acting as trip banker all week and especially Mr. Edison for time, work, (temperament), and planning which made the trip an en- joyable, thought-provoking week. And oh yes! Thanks to Mr. Brubacher, our bus driver, for his tolerance of 29 adolescents and his considerable skills as a driver. Niall Martin, Grade 8 Chorister 29

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MUSIC AT S.J.K. The Symphony On Thursday, February 25th, the junior school departed from Elora to go to the Centre in the Square in Kitchener to hear a concert per- formed by the Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony Orchestra. The programme planned was: Also Sprach Zarathustra by Richard Strauss; Leonore Overture No. 3 by Beethoven; Oboe Concerto in C Minor by Marcello; New World Symphony by Dvorak; Star Trek Theme by Goldsmith and Simeone; Canon by Pachelbel and The Planets (Mars) by Holst. The conductor was Boris Brott and the special guest speaker was the first Cana- dian Astronaut in space himself, Marc Garneau. We were disappointed when the orchestra did not perform Pachelbel’s Canon, but we enjoyed the concert anyways. We were shown a film about when Marc Garneau was out in space. There a few amusing parts like when Marc Garneau and the people who accompanied him went around the spaceship playing ‘space-tag’. Or when a friend asked Marc to pass the bread and he threw it as well as he could and it floated over. We enjoyed it immensely and we hope to return to the Centre in the Square next year for another performance. By: Linnie Liu and Katherine Donald Grade 5 by Heather Skrinda CHAPEL CHOIR GIRLS Warming up for Evensong

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THE GRADE SEVEN ELEVEN ST. MARGARET ' S HALL Dana Boomer Rachel Buchanan-Smith Kalinka Cadenas Caroline Charles Tracy Findlater Tina Hua Hannah James Katie Scott Rachael Scott Rebecca Sharpe Pamela Shore