Grammar Gazette- Issue 2, 1993

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Grammar musicians display their talent Angela Wilson ^-^-^-^ I & V are initials that have Senior Brass : Georgia Petrohilos. year 11

CJmer"Iannd L" Capell" h, VC Excellcnt re nullq for Kairina been In viled to punicip"Ie in Ihe Tnrenheek'\ \Iudent< in Ihe Bri\bunc Grammar Anniver\ary Wy n n urn- Manly Eisteddfod : Concert 10 cclebr"IC Iheir 1251h ROSEMARY HENZELL. year 9. year. The coneeri \\, ill he held ai he cond. the dialo ue b the Queensland Performing Art\ FRANCESCA MASON. year 10. Complex on Friday 11 June. Boili and EVA FEREDOES. ear 11. groupq will belnvolvcd in a chorale second; JULIANA TORENBEEK. finale with Ihe Grammar Vocal year 9. one first and four thirds: Ensemble singing ,eru*"Iem" by. CAITLIN H UNTER. YEAR 10. five Parry and "Gloria" by Haydn. firsts. Vignettes

At this concert. the wighl itledal for piano and the I\in n"r of the R. T. and A. E. Jeffries Bursar^ are chosen. The bur sary win""r is cm"sen from Ih" winn"rs or all senior and SPC cial sections. F1izabeth Ah"rn, year 8. won the wight Liedal with an intense performance Or Rachmaninov's "Polichinelle". Eliz"beth had also received the Valda Ginies Award. Philippa west. year 10. who won the ACie Gillies Memorial Award for Violin lopenl. was awarded the 1993Jelferies Bun sur^ with her inspiring rendi lion or Brahms' "Sonata in D Minor". 1993 I & V COLIPETITION WINNERS : Senior Percussion : h. jary Broughton, year 11 Junior Percussion : Jennirer Velkovic, year 9 The highl, ghiof the camp wasihe Saturday evening concert. ETCh firoup was named around Ihe thenIe or "Walpurgisnachi" 10r Hallowe'chi as the rest of us I:now ii!I and were asked to presenia short play based on lis name hiringare I Robin's group. 'Die Zauberlehrling" won the prize forthe best scripi; An'eia Wilson. tile hasi female acior award: our student Ieaclier. A1r Engelhnrdi. Ihe hasi male acior: Angela \\'ilson's group. "Unnre" won the prize for the foesi play ball

Junior Brass : PIioebe Pan

become vitalIy inIPOriant to the musicians of the scliool. They represent hours of dedication and pmclice. perto rinance "butterflies". Ihe drama or competition. the premier inn siCal concert of the school calcnder. and the honour or prestigious awards. These initials stand for the instrumental and vocal conipe. tinons that were held between 17 May and 2 June. Outside adj"dieators from a wide van ety or musical backgrounds choose the winners' In these competitions, 51u dents compete in various cat egories and levels, on any niu siCal instrument. The winners or each seen"in then perform at the Artists in Concert on 4 June.

pas. year 9

Senior woodwind :

Katharine willis on. year 11

Junior Woodwind : Bryony

MacGillivray, year 10

Senior String : Yumi Fujio

Seez. year 11

Junior String : Philippu

west, year 10

Senior Vocal : Rachel

Boldery, year 11

The AucLland Youth Symphony Orches!ra presented a concert in the Gehrmann Tlieaire on Sunday. May 9. They performed works by Rossini. Elgar. and Tchaikovsky. JULIANA TORENBEEK. year 9. achieved an Exhibition Award ITom Trinity College. London. She also received a bronze medal for excelleniresulis in Grade 3 Speech and Drama. KATRINA WALKER. year 9. richie\ed the highest resulis in the slate in grade 4 AMEB piano.

Past student. ETica Fryberg's production or "A Soldier's Tale" at the Cement Box was a great success. 11 combined elements or drama. music. art. and dance in a very imaginative approach to the Fausiian plot. if you did Speech and Dramain year nine. you may remember be Ing involved in an exiended drama aboui the Matchgirls' Strike. Re cently. a small group Dryourieach ers underwent a similarexperience. Anyone for tossy jaw? about whai she wanted to do when she finished. Heriaiherwas a journalisI 1110ugh and she was ribsouliely convinced she did not want to lake on that profession. in relrospect. Iill says she is lucky to have fallen into a career Iha! she loves. She says she will definitely slay In journalism now. Her jujure plans with the B. R. \V. will see her soon move to Brisbane for two vears when asked if she enjoyed her days at Grammar. Jiil said she was very. "aware or a privi legeU schooling". "I'm glad I went 10 a school where girlq were tau"hi tile jin portance or education. " she added illl's advice 1'0r Grammar Girls in 1993 is simple : "Don't panic. Lire is long and you still have a 101 ahead of you. " Iill says girls Rimuld feel Tree to choose in accept or rejeci OPPOr Iuniiie* as they come. "Don\ feel locked in. " she adds.

Junior Vocal : Natalie de

Jager. year 10

Senior Keyboard : Sharon

Todh"riter. year 12

Junior Keyboard : Eliza

beth Ahem. year 8

The Gillies Ensemble Coin petition was won by the Clan net Quintet or nona Marley, Silvana Kohon, Frances Mastie, relicity Schubert, and Kale Leadbeater.

A totally Germanic experience Past student

profile: Jill Rowbotham

Angela Wilson

Naomi Just and she 51aried a 12 month Ladeiship. _,_, After spending two and a half years' Jill Rowboiham attended working for Ihe Courier Mail in Bris B. G. G. S. from 1971 until her senior bane. Iill was 11,115fered to London in year in 1975. After completing year November 1984. I- Iilldid a Bachelor of Arts Degree in London Jill acted as foreign aruie Universiiy OrQueensland. She correspondent for four and a halt tilen weni on to do a 12 month Di- years' servinn the Herald and pluma or Education. Weekly Times Group. She repuried With binnd-new qualifications. on politics. Ihe arts and even CDV 1111recc, wed her firsti""ching 0051 at ered a few disasters. To prolon" Thursdaylsland. in 1980and19Sl. . her slay Ihere. Iilla"reed to be Iilliaughi English. History and Ge- conte a finance reporier. which Denphy to Junior high school sin- she then did etclu*ivel for her denis. andiiwristlien that"11 came 10 1.51 18 1110nihs in London. Sinceihen Jill has worked fortlie ally is. Iill describes teacliing as Business Review weekly. bawl in "one or the mughesi jobs around" Sydney. As well us doinn geneml becauseiimeans dealinn wiih "minds reporting forthe B. R. W. . 1111 is editor or the ruinre". oilhe "People" section uruiainiaga in 1982 Jill rccei\ed aimnsferio BuntsideHigliSchool. Nambour. SIIC Altordinary day forJillincludes laughiihere fursix months but did 1101 perusing Ihe papers. cumin u find nat rewanling us lier firstieach- with ideas for her seciio". and ar ing post. A1 age 24. she then anpiled ran"ing interviews or doing Ih. ni Ibra cadetship \unhTheCourierM, 111. herself. ' Brisbane. 1:11 ,ays Ihai while she was Jill\ ripplic"lion was accepicd ai school she had very Iiiile idea rippreci"IC how dimculiieachin" re-

The prospector speaking a foreign langu"ge twenty four hours a day for Iwo coinpleie days may be alitile scary bui four year eleven studenis look up 11ns challen, e. Over the kin!her's Day weekend they' attended the annual kl. L. T. A. Q Gentian canip at Camp Warmwee at Petrie. 11 Iumed oui to be an exciting and. at limes. amusing experience for Every ac!Iviiy was undertaken in Gem, an : from singing Beanes son"* 10 learning to play European volley even. one

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THE AUSTRALIAN SCHOOL OF JOURNALISM begins its next course at Brisbane Girls' Grammar School on SeF^'ember. a?.,. Ten evening classes over five weeks cover basic skills in journalism, public relations, freelance writing and the way to put the professional edge on letter writing, business report preparation, office memos etc. The School attracts school teachers and students, business executives, office staffers, government officials, lawyers, police, career seekers and retired people seeking OPPortunitie in freelance writing.

Reflections on returning to Grammar

ground that was territory. is reassuring. A house has been

Jill Rowbotham

were two more, Today a good malefrlend, younger than 1.1sa

One striking. first impres- sinn, given it is lesson change over time, is the assault on th"

built in the old car park, but in faculty head. As men invaded. the iniddl" distance beyond it the era of old world, clever s in

the lure or the boys' school re- SICr teachers was ending and I sens"s orbl"eand white. orclenn mains. There is the corridor wonder which staff are now hnir, ribbons. plaits and pony outside the headmlstress' omee substituting as the subject or tails. Also. chatter pushed to where Iny peers and I lined up lurid story-telling by the girls' hyper speed so it all gets said for tuberculosis shots 21 years Cliel, CSllke fresh faced and The other ,an. it . . g = Ave e scars to prove well scrubbed spring to mind after surveillance or the 51u- rinultimilliondollar physicalen- 19 years agolabandoned maths dent body. almost 300 vironmeni. That spending. the and wiih it, any real commit- stronger now, hut iris impos. existence or the buildings, land- merit to numeracy, which SIble to measure how happy scaping, technology, all an- seemed like a good idea until I they are, hotv sympathctlcally nounce the schooling or girls is caine race to face with the Stock treated, how good the prepa now regarded asiniportant. hanl- Market's All Ordinaries index. ration for challenges to come Ieluj"h. Clearly a talented Thereis the stand ortrees where beyond this cloister. The air fundraiser, or a succession or 17 years ago lionered, playing I encounter closely are full them, has been at work liere truant, instead orsporl, in Year or talk about plans and un. and notjust on the educational 12. my single act or schoolgirl certainties. How hard it is necessities. Cliarming touches rebellion. to imagine what lies before like pergolas near where Mr ar w ere r 11 reels like a more open them, to think what they in a h D I in P ace. p ysieally. psychologi- will he doing at 27, or 37. I reel fiercely protective to a belief there is value in a Timmermans was one of only and IIOPe they have found littleluxury. that schooldoesn'it have to be austere and rigid. I ^'' I e Sanctuary girls Finding miniliar classrooms. dia assis en . dia assistant. Llr Rowell. hut by ship s to Iak e with Ih em corridors, hits or ground. graduation year, 1975. there Icyh"n they go. I did.

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