1977 School Magazine

1977 INTERNATIONAL GIRL GUIDE CAMP CAPE BRETON, NOVA SCOTIA. CANADA. T,eaving Brisbane on the morning of July 9th, I set off alone- to Sydney. Once there I joined seven other girls, aged between 15 and 17, and I leader, to become pait of the Australian contingent for the 1977 International-Camp. The_camp was situated on an old carrot farm by the banks of the Mira River, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia. -This was a beautiful area for the camp for the whole place is surround- ed by traditions. \ Thirty countries attended, from all 4 corners of the earth. Altoggther there were 500internationals compared to 1,500 Canadians. Although there was such a number of Inter- nationals, language did not present too great a problem as most girls spoke either broken English orFrench. It was up to the individual to plan her programme for the two weeks of camp. Over fifty activities were offered in- cluding service .with the handicapped, tours or overnight trips. We_left Sydney, Nova Scotia on the 3rd August, as the last to leave camp, and returned home via Toronto, Montreal, Chicago, _San Francisco, Honolulu and Fiji. - All who attended had a fantastic time and learnt a loi about many different things. JANE PILLOW - 4D DUKE OF EDINBURGII ,AWARD SCHEME This year has been a full exciting one for the members of the- Duke of Edinburgh Award SCheme. We began the year with the entrance of many Fourth Formers who treipea boost our numbers to a pleasing 63. As an encouraging start-to theyear we also saw the presentation of gold awardi !y Jttg Duke of Edinburgh to-a couple of ou-r .old-girls, Michelle Wright and Donna Perrin over at B.G.S. After amonth of organizing ourselvesin the fields of lnterest, Design for_Living and Service we started our expedition training. For -the bronze girls this was done at a iamp at Samford and for the silver girls through E.E.A. with-the assistance of Mrs. Johnston and Mr. Stamford. After pre- liminary training most members did their practice hikes straight away and completed their test expidition in the holidays- All grrls except for Shirley, Louise, Cathy and myself did hiking expeditions while we rode our biftes to and from Esk which was rather tiring, but nothing that a Radox bath couldn't cure. We attempted various fund-raising projects during the cours^e of the year, these consisted of a combined Boarder's, D. of E. girls dance as well as a handicraft stall on Schooi Day. the proceeds from these schemes helped buy vitat equipment such as packs, tents and compasses. In conclusion I would like to thank Mrs. Johnston for all her-invaluable help during the year as well as manv thanks to Miss Cahill, Mrs. Chonderry and Mr. Stamford ior their advice involvement and encouragement to the girls and the scheme within the schooi. I'd also like to thank our com- mittee consisting of Sue, Libby, Heather, Gayle and Julia, for their help in organizing our fund-raising efforts and foi in-troducing our monthiy newsletter. I hope that next year all the girls including the committee will show as much enthusiasm as they did this yey'r. KERRYN McCLUSKEY.

APATHY LEAGUE REPORT

Dear half-hearted members,

Yours slothfully, Y. Bother.

COMBINED PLAY The_ Combined Play rehearsals finally began after three weeks of auditions. We were quickly-esta6lished into the familiar routine of afternoon rehearials, where aims were high, and achievements low! Despite the perseverance of actors and producers the characters failed to appear. Never- theless rehearsals continued with undying ?egularity, so much so they occasionally did die ! This year the play, a far cry from the melodrama of "Sweeney Todd", is a'French Farce'concerning neighbours sleeping with each other's wives, or more to the f oint-, trying to sleep . . . The setting is a disreputable hotel 6 the RG d; Provence, none other than The Hotel paradiso. After months of disorganised rabble, even the diehard comics admitted "that something should be-done!,, This attitude arose a month before opening night, approximately the same time as the sets were begun. -With iome end in mind, some actors practised voice projection, others tried new faciai expressions, while still othels learnt their lines. Due to this helpful stop, the success of the play was left in less doubt and the producer allowed his nami tb be printed on the programme. Thus the curtain rose on the firit night, to an enthusiastic, if unskilled cast and crew, and a sorie- what doubtful producer. "What anigfrt! . . . "'

MANDY ROE; SUE WOLLERT.

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