Walkerville Collegiate Institute - Blue and White Yearbook (Windsor, Ontario Canada)

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BLUE AND WHITE ORCHESTRA Mr. Brown, Instructor VV. Peterson, D. Kilgour, F. Weir, O Murray, B« Fenton M. McKinnon, X. Seiler, J. Dar- rock, P. Murphy, J, Mann, B. Gulak. Absent: M. Parsons ORCHESTRA For the past two years the orchestra, which had been dormant for some time, has been under the direction of Mr, Brown, and has been playing strictly as a dance band. The band holds regular practices and a large library of dance orchestrations has been accumulated The practices have proved very worth while, for the band has done some exceptionally fine work ' at the Tea Dances and at the Graduation Dance, A number of students with outstanding musical ability who have given their help to the orchestra have added greatly to the success of this organization. The band now features ensemble effects and also vocal and instrumental solos. A second group of instrumentalists is now practising the same music and it is hoped that in another year the orchestra can he expanded along the lines of a sym¬ phonic aggregation, as has been the prac¬ tice in past years, A vote of thanks should be given Mr. Brown and the various student members of the band for so willingly giving their time and talents to after school practices in order to reach the high standard of efficiency now enjoyed by the band. The mastery of the music has not only given great pleasure to the members i»f the band but has been a source of entertain¬ ment to everyone connected with the school IAN WILKIE Pa e Twenty-Six

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BLUE AND WHITE GIRLS’ CHOIR BACK ROW: E. Wiseman, P. Wiseman, H. Vladich. M. Feneck. C. Brailean. A. Balint. X. Blair. M. Loggan, H. Evan, M. Roddy. Z. Sawish, M. Morris, M. Warren. J. Graham, M. Houston. H. Rock. A. Johnston. K. German. 3rd ROW: M. Sampson, D. Cake. P. Morrison, J. Potter, S. Henderson, V. Sedlar. A. Yasney, V. Atkins, E. MacMillan. B. Wamsley. O. Camille. X. Cybulak. X. Hays, P. Martin. 2nd ROW: I). Mathieson, D. Woods, B. Horne, L. Hillis, B. MacMillan. B. Tait, P. Cook, M. Payne. A. McLardy, H. Rumble, I). Bowes, B. Davidson, W. Auld, L. Schaljo. FRONT ROW: O. Evan, S. Fcdoruk. M. Chortos, M. Werte, Miss Saunders, J. Sparrow. S. Branch, B. Marcoux. J. Hugill. THE GIRLS ' CHOIR Although the girls in our choir have not had many opportunities to display their talents to the public, we have nevertheless been practising eagerly at our Tuesday afternoon sessions up in Room 301. We were certainly glad to welcome hack Miss Saunders, who re¬ turned to us after two years with the Wrens, and who we are confident will continue her splendid record of choir work at Walkerville Collegiate. Our first appearance this year was at the Christmas Commencement exercises, when we sang “Lullaby of the Dwarfs,” and “Lift Thine Eyes,” the well-known selection from Mendelssohn’s “Elijah”. A performance of several new numbers scheduled for the Open House program on February 8 failed to materialize, be¬ cause of unforeseen difficulties, but re¬ hearsals went forward with the usual enthusiasm in spite of our disappoint¬ ment. We began the year with an impressive attendance of over eighty singers, but of these only about forty have appeared regularly at rehearsals. Credit is certainly due these girls who gave up other activi¬ ties to attend faithfully, and our deep appreciation also goes to Margaret Werte, our able and understanding pian¬ ist. Miss Saunders, Margaret, and the choir all work together so harmoniously that gratifying results are quite justified. The choir’s social life was not ne- (Continued on Page 29) Page Twentv-Fivc

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BLUE AND WHITE DRAMATIC SOCIETY BACK ROW: Mr. Burr, D. Haley, P. Barnby, W. Hull, C. Croft, H. Schofield, S. Johnson, Mrs. Alexander. FRONT ROW: J. Little, M. Werte, Miss Robbins, Miss Auld, E. Lee, B. Lees. ABSENT: B. Mapes. DRAMATIC CLUB The Walkerville Collegiate Dramatic Club elected the following officers for the year 1945-46: Hon. President.Miss Auld President . Ed Lee Vice President . Margaret Werte Secretary.Jean Little Treasurer .Miss Robbins Property Mistress .Barbara Lees Stage Manager..Boh Mapes Our only public offering this year was the short comedy, “Courage, Mr. Greene,” which was presented at the Graduation Exercises December 20. The play was directed by Mrs. Alexander and Mr. Burr, and the cast included Herbert Schofield, Stuart lohnson, Donna Haley, Pat Barnbv and Gordon Croft. During the past two years the Dra¬ matic Society has produced two of its most successful plays. “She Stoops To Conquer”, a costume play which was rated highly by all who saw it. Mary Gregory. Jack Creed, Tom Beckett and Bill Grundy, won the awards for their performances. Our play of last year “The Whole Town’s Talking”, delighted our audiences with its rollicking humour. The annual awards were presented to Mary Gregory ' , Anne Thistlethwaite and Tom Beckett. Both these plays were directed by the “Guiding Light” of the club, our own Miss Robbins, Because of the lack of directors we did not present our annual three-act play this year, but we have hopes for such a play next year. Secretary, JEAN LITTLE Pa e Twenty-Seven Windsor x 1