1977 School Magazine

THE B.G.G.S. "C[TOR.ALE" Each Monday and Fiiday lunch hour, passers-by outside the boarder's sitting room can hear the sweet strains of melodious female voices, interspersed with shrieks of laughter. For the uneducated souls, these are the sounds of tfie B.G.G.S. Chorale. Amidst the raucous.noise made by forty or so giris, is sometimes heard a plaintive request foi silenie - the plea of none other than Miss Hebclen.' With the help of this delicate little lady, the chorale has sung at several school funciions throughout the year. ThesJ include the Induction of Prefects, the Easter'Arr.*Uty ui St. .Iohn's Cathedral, the presentation of the Rhodes Scholarship to Eeth Woods, and a recent musical .urninlin the grm. However, the BIG event for chorale members was the occasion of the visit of Her Majesty the eueen, and prince Phillip-in March,and the opportuniiy to siig in a mass choir of 300 school children af Cloudlaria eailrEom. For some unknown-reason, the chorale received a sudden influx ;i new members shortly before this occasion. It was certainly a. memorable experience for those girls who were chosen to slng. As the year draws to a close, the chorale is now working towards a St. Cecilia\ ?ry prograrnme, *-Oininj ,itfi choirs from Churchie and Grelorf frr*.!. - tinfori";.;;i;, Miss Hebden has not been ablE to a.aw nei tioops together 3j_,frrq*."ltI of..lat_e, due to rfre im*in.niproduction of . rne 6oytnend", in which many chorale members are involved. Many thanks to our esteemed _conductor, and to the girls who have kept the chorale tog.tf,ei tfrir;;r:^'-

B.G.G.S. ORCHESTRA NOTES This year, e.very Wednesday, Mr- Broughton,s call to arms, l.i;-1." j _!1ins thu.mleo'io^udly anAl.irirtrntry on rhe prano, nas summoned over 50 girls, almbst a l\Ui incr.ure on last year's 34. Additions"to tfr.'o..fr.rtra include a double bass, saxophone, 2 violas,nd-j-";;;;;which all con_ tribute to a deeper *o.. fUt_Uoa;eJ.;;.^""' The Music Evening of August gth was a great success and the girls appeared iomewhi t sel f-"onsciJulii *clasping th eir new long blue skirts which gave th. ;h;le;iow zi touch of ,class.. Apart from the _orcheltra, i-rfirr'gr""ps such as the Y::!1ry Ensemble, Flute Group ana tii.iiri'r"o 6rh form group also reaped hearty applause. The semester break this year saw the B.G.G.S. orchestra, 3long_ with B.c.S. Music Dept- ti"*aii,uiiiio Atexandra lleadlands for the weekend.' i*;ili;r", "overnoweO wittr full advantage of the, sociA oppoiffirr'r"O Saturday night's dance was much enjoyea: ril;G;iih sociatizing, instrumental practice rvr, uigor-or, ;;'"#; new pieces were added to our reDertoire- ail i; ,ll rh;'.;p was highly successful and indicaiiv, "i th; t;;; i" er;rri.' Thanks must-go to Mr. Broughton for his tireless energy and amazing Iack of frustrati6n, ana aso-to the mothers who turned out 54 orchestra stlits in tir"; i;, the concert. CATHY BEECHAM; LIZ DeCHASTEL.

ROBYN ARVIER.

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