1988 School Magazine

had to attend three weeks of compulsory schooling, hich was informative and helped me to settle dowi. nglish is taught to all students f rom years f ive to ten. The ;ride Twelves and Thirteens were studying.,ein -hen Shakespeare", a little Shakespeare:-King Lear Macbeth M Needless to say I nearly passed out as I rt of my old Grade Twelve Cerman class struggling h a. Cerman magazine for young teenigers, dy ro go (having put in a bit of hard slogging ar llice Bishop's to earn myself some spending monLy). enthusiasm didn't quite last for the whole twentv- t hours of the f light, and I was very glad to get off t(e Every sign at the airport had an English translation, from that moment I was to become aware of the nse influence English speaking people (mainly icans - rnany of whom live there on Army bases) had on Cermany. NSC@TE ROESNSON year I was fortu,nate enough to win a scholarship the Q ueens Ia n d U n iversity, to spend six weeks over Christrnas-New Year period, with a Cerman family. ir a gruelling Srammar test and an interview I was normal school day began at 6.00 a.m. (when we gor with bread, cereal and tea for breakfast. There was a ; twice daily struggle, going to and f rom school, of getting 0nthe bus. ln this manoeuvre, everyone was pushtd on] ofi, and around the bus and f requently f ights broke out. I was punched by an eight year old boy is I accidentally bumped his head with my bag. School wenr from B,00a.m.to-l .00.p.nr. with five subjects in a day, and then wewent home for a hot lunch. lt was a good experience, and I look brack to my old days on ther,23,,a little more kindly now. It was the travelling that really won my heart. The old churches, castles, Roman rulns and buildings were extremely beautiful. Whereas Australia has a fJeling of timelessness due to its landscape, Cermany is a tribut"e to man and his. history. While I was there t vliited Cologne 1my iavo.urite city), Bonn, Heidelberg, Nuremberg, Worms, the Rhine and a small part of tf,e Black foreii {where I had genuine Schwarzwalderkirschtort"; unJ many smaller towns and villages in my area. I lived with my Cerman family or mother, father, ,sister, Alexandra, ner srster Verana, younger brother Cregor and their Sreat-grandmother, in a 2000 year old uillage called t,ross-Rohrheim, 30 miles south of Frankf urt. Unfortunately,. I missed experiencing a truly European Lnrlstmas as there was no snow, but the-millions of uecorations and lights, the St Nikolaus markets and Lelebrations made up for it. New year with its f ireworks dn0 toasts was another greal event. llwas sad,to leave my'new' lifestyle and language (which llul,only beginning ro reach a reasonabl" ituniuia; brt ost landed in Melbourne lwas glad to be back where I belonged. ,:.":1d certainly encourage any srudent doing Senior ::rman, to'give it a go, - no_one could haie been "ure surprised than I was to be granted this scholarship. nary in hand.

TFgE,ATRF DANCF It is very pleasing that our unique and desirable facility, the Cehrmann Theatre, is our regular venue for. theatie dance rehearsals and performuni"r. ln addition, our dancers have experienced an interesting and suc.cessfulyear performing at other selected u"nr"! of excellence for some quite auspicious occasions. Membership has increased dramatrcally with over 150 performers currently involved as well as a dedicated crew of lighting and audio technicians whose skill and expertise are greatly appreciated. The of f icial opening of the new State Librarv of Queensland was our first ',away,, performance. A film record of the."Legend of Brandiiwhere,,, fully narrated, accompar.ied by twelve harpists, and danced by the B.G.C.S. Theatre Dance Company, is to be stored in the archives of the City of Brisbane and enlarged action photographs of this ballet are ro be mounted Jn the walls of the new library. The Theatre Dance Revue in the Cehrmann Theatre provided a. variety of repertoire, opening with the legendary "Les Sylphides'' and worki'ng thiough lighi jazz, modern excerpts of "Swan Lake,,Aci t*o, piimit"iue beat, to a stirring finale of "Chorus Line,,. A feature of our revues is the Talent Showcase segment which gives opportunites for the girls to perform solo. These iiems are nof restricted lo dance and allow participants to provide a wonderful variety to the program. lt is a popular segment and selection is by auditi6n only. f!9 C_lty of Brisbane's Bicenrenary Cultural Celebration "Cityfest" provided the next opportunity to perform. A Variety Danc.e Spectacular was producedin King Ceorge Square on a Iarge stage erecred in f ront of the 6ity Uuit. An estimated audience of between 5000 and 5500 people watched the show The Spring Hill Bicentenary Celebration, ,,Music in the Pa.rk", was yet another "away" venue for our dancers who combined with musicians and vocalists from the schools in the area to perform in the Shell Rotunda in Albert Park. THEATRE DANCERS'A' Back Roy: (left to right): S. Cillingham, K. patrick, K. Stewart, - K. Gordon, K. Reed, S. Mason, K. Daley, S. McAdam. Front Row: H. Cillingham, K. Barrett, ,. iliff, K. Hanson, B. Mattern, C. Coburn, B. Atkinson, T. Cardell, E. papas, M. Symons.