December 1966 School Magazine

December, 1966

Brisbane Girls' Grammar School Magazine

Brisbane· Girls' Grammar School Maguine

December, 1961>

A. A. Milne's "The Man in the Bowler Hat" . The two nights on which these were performed were very satisfactory-both cast and producers were pleased and content that the long hours of rehearsals had paid off. Two representatives from the University Dramatic Society visited the School this term to enlarge our knowledge concerning the functions of the Society. I would like to thank Anne Peachy and Roger Beal for doing this. I would also like to thank Mrs. Bailey, Mrs . Martin, Miss Walton and Miss Jacobs for their interest and assistance during the year. Mrs. Macdonald's support and good wishes have fol- lowed our activities this year and we thank her for her interest in the Club. Jacqueline and I wish the Club every amount of success in the coming year. -JUDITH KREBS "Arsenic and Old Lace" 1966 brought the second of the combined B.G.S.-B.G.G.S. plays . This year 's choice was the three-act -play "Arsenic and Old Lace" by Joseph Kesselring . Last year's success of "A Murder Has Been Arranged" by Emlyn Williams was equalled, even sur- passed according to some of our critics. Once again it attracted large audiences who seemed well impressed by the production. The play was jointly produced by Mr. Faragher and Mr. Bryce to whom the credit and congratulations for the success of the play are given. Representatives from B.G.G.S. were Janet Fell, Judith Krebs and Christine Matheson, with Helen Anderson as prompt. S. Hamlyn-Harris, D . Saxby, I. Cowman, D. White- house, C. Fisher, K. Macdonald, D. Sanderson, G. Whalan, R. '.'7alker and B. Daniel comprised the larger male cast . Thanks are given to L. Davies, W. Moreton and the B.G.S. stage crew for the wonderful work done on the set , stage management and electrical effects. The Parents and Friends Association is thanked for the refreshments given at the intervals. -:-:J .B.K. SCHOOL CHOIR NOTES This year has been uneventful for the School Choir, which, despite its small numbers , is not lacking in enthusiasm. On School Day we took part in the musical programme, singing an English ballad "Clorinda" and "Seguidilla" from "Carmen", both delightful pieces . Because of the large proportion of Sixth Form girls in the Choir, we have not enough time for rehearsals to per- form on Speech Night as we had hoped. Attendances even on normal Mondays have not been high, because of other rehearsals and meetings held at this time. However, we have enjoyed our singing under Miss Edmonds' guidance, and thank her for the time she has given up for us . To our pianist, Jeanette Howe- man, we also extend our thanks. 41

team defeated St. Columban's and St. Rita's , last year's winners of the competition, and was defeated by All Hallows, the event- ual winners . In the preliminary quarter finals we' defeated Bris- bane Grammar School. It requires a great deal of effort in thought and imagination to prepare debates of Inter-School standard, especially when the topic could be "That We Must Tread Softly" or "That the Australian Way of Life Leaves Much to be Desired". The members of our team, Peggy Kratka, Eliza- beth Kennedy and Frances Davies, deserved the first pockets for Debating awarded in the School. The team was very fortunate in obtaining the help of Mr. Rogerson of the Queensland Debat- ing Union , in preparing the debates . His advice was a major factor in the team's success. This was not our first venture into Inter-School Debating. We entered the Apex Competition and were defeated by St. Columban's, but the experience gained was invaluable and helped in the Jaycee Competition. The team for this competition was Peggy Kratka, Suzanne Brown and Helen Russell. Our representative in the Jaycee Public Speaking Competi- tion was Elizabeth Kennedy. Elizabeth spoke excellently on the topic of "William Dobell" to reach the South East Queensland Area Finals after coming third in the Brisbane finals . The standard of the Inter-House debates has been higher than last year. In the Junior series Gibson and England Houses have reached the finals, and the Senior final will be between Griffith and Woolcock Houses. Other activities have been talks by Peggy Kratka, Jennifer Cash and Sally Aland and parliamentary and mock debates. In all this year has been very busy. We thank Miss Neil for her interest , help, enthusiasm and hard work for which we are very grateful. DRAMATIC CLUB NOTES The Dramatic. .Club thi1> year had a good following. Officials in the club this year were Judfrh "Krebs (pr.esident) and Jacquel- ine Lewis (secretary-treasurer). · As ·a result of our credit for last year and the takings from Play Night and "Arsenic and Old Lace" , the Dramatic Club's bank statement read $419.83. This money will be used to pro- vide wardrobe space for costumes, make-up and extra equipment. Play Night was our main effort this year. Girls from the Dramatic Club and Mrs. Bailey's Drama and Mime Classes com- bined to perform in three items-"Androcles and the Lion" by Bernard Shaw, "The Daniel Jazz" by Nicholas Vachel Lindsay and 40

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