St Johns Ravenscourt School - Eagle Yearbook (Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada)

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0(a Sound Our Sound”, a St. John’s-Ravenscourt musical spec¬ tacular which was held on March 18th, 1968, began with an orchestra. This orchestra was comprised mainly of Lower School boys although a few Upper School bolstered the act. They gave an overture of nursery rhymes. Following the mini-orchestra came the choir. The choir sang four songs ranging from Roger’s and Hammerstein to a Negro Spiritual. Following this D. Searle, E. Giesbrecht, and J. Hutchison displayed their talents on the piano. Immediately after this L. Whittaker and H. Brock played a solo. Next came Tom Bugg playing, without error, and from memory, a well known number on the accordion. The second last act before the intermission had S. Goldring playing June Days on the violin. Stew Searle and John Mac¬ Donald ended the first half of the show on a humour¬ ous note with two songs on the guitar and banjo. Inter¬ mission followed. After a ten minute intermission David Allison piped parents and boys alike back into Hamber Hall for the second half of the show and thenprocededto play three lively tunes on the bag pipes. The grade 4 and 5 Voyageurs followed hard upon Allison’s display on the pipes. They sang three or four lively French songs. A second trio of piano players then followed with H. Brock, S. Kruegar and S. Searle playing enjoyable songs. Next came a Lower School J. Hutchison with a violin solo. A lively duet followed with S. Kruegar and Mrs. Ainley on the piano. The final act on the program was the FIALF DOZEN”, singing and playing folk¬ songs from various parts of Canada. The QUEEN”. After, refreshments were served in Hamber Hall. A special word of praise must go to Mrs. Ainley, who organized the whole evening, and without whose efforts, the evening would not have been possible. Thank you. t IvJf to tk 7 mJL Last fall Mr. Wellard took a group from the school on a trip to the Mani¬ toba Desert. The group consisted of three masters, two seniors, some younger boarders. The group drove out near Camp Shilo, where the cars were abandoned. The group walked for some time be¬ fore coming to the desert. The group proceeded on the major part of the hike. Clusters of shrapnel and bones were found periodically. Eventually we found ourselves at the Assiniboia R. which we followed back to the cars. The trip ended in a barbecue, after which we returned to the school. AdmJdpmtU Dances this year were for most people a great suc¬ cess. Early in November the Electric Jug and Blues Band packed in a good crowd; although the attendance was not as great, those present at the Christmas dance appreciated the sound of the Jamieson Robert’s Device. The New Quid was the crowning success of the Winter Carnival. Many thanks is given to those who laboured to make the dances possible, and to those kindly, but erring souls who lined up some of the boys new to town with blind dates. The Eagle is printed in four sections of thirty-two pages each. The first deadline was November first. Therefore all events are not written up in the proper order, and all assistance is not acknowledged. But the editor does wish to acknowledge the valuable assistance given in photog raphy by Mr. Hugh McCracken, and by Mr. Barney Charach and Mr. Arthur Kushner of Para¬ mount Studios. 98

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