Fosterian Magazine 1979 - Old Fosterians and Lord Digby's Old Girls

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This year's Fifth Form charity event was a sponsored 22 hour footballmatch taking place at Sherborne School. It was a great success, with over £250being raised by members of the Form for Cancer Research. The event took placeon December 21 st and 22nd, and included every member of the Form.Thanks must go to all referees, including Mr. Maun the Form Master andco-organiser, and all other members of staff who participated. Thanks are alsodue to all supporters who turned up, especially the vocal support offered by thegirls of Lord Digby's School.SIMON CLIFFORDThe Fourth Form decided to carry on what has now become a tradition inthe school in raising money for a charity. We asked our form Prefect, JohnParsons, if we could organise a disco. We were given permission, so weimmediately set about organising it.Within a month we had sold 120 tickets at a price of 50 pence. This moneywent towards hiring the Bradford Abbas "Disco Road Show" under thesupervision of Peter Robins, and the purchase of drinks and crisps.After the Disco and after selling the drinks and crisps we finally made aprofit ofjust over £45. A cheque was presented to the British Heart foundation inorder to buy new equipment to enable people with heart disease to have a betterand more comfortable life.RUSSELL M. BLYTHEForm Three decided to help British young athletes to train for the MoscowOlympics by doing a sponsored 15 hour continuous basketball game.On Saturday May 25th the game began. 9 a.m. was the time for the firstgame to start. There were eight teams of five boys. Each game, refereed byvolunteers from the staff and from the upper forms of the school, lasted 15minutes. At 11.45 p.m. the last game commenced, and when the final whistleblew the team that had won the most games was announced.The total amount of money raised was £362.91, half of which will be spenton recreational or sporting facilities within the school.JEREMY CLIFFORDDuring the Michaelmas term of 1978 the Second Form organised asponsored run which was a great success. It took place in December and theweather was very good, although it started to rain towards the end.The turn-out was good for this event, and many boys had their sponsor formsfull ofsignatures. Form 11 Prefects M. Morrison and R. Rayner were at the cornerof the playing field, on either side, ticking off the number of laps that each boyaccomplished. The course was the whole ofthe playing field except Lord Digby'sSchool hockey fieldMany people stopped at ten laps, but some went on to run twenty. The runwas in aid of Cancer Research and the event was enjoyed by many. The amountof money raised was £71.42.28MlCHAEL C.P. WOODSThe First Form met at Sherborne School swimming pool, hoping to swim asmany lengths as possible to raise as much money as we could. It was a veryenjoyable swim, after which we were all very tired. Some people swam as manyas forty lengths in twenty-five minutes.The swim raised over £70 for the World Wild Life Fund. I should like tothank, on behalf of the Form, Mr. Shapland who organised itWe also met at the Boarding House for a sponsored walk and waited for Mr.Goode, who anived in his cap and boots. We left in the Foster's Flyer, aniving tostart our walk at Hardy's Monument. It was a lovely day for walking, and sometwo thousand people in all walked the course that day. We were all tired at the endof fifteen miles walking.I should like to thank Mr. Goode for organising our part in the walk, whichraised £150 for the Royal Commonwealth Society for the Blind.DRAMATHE JOINT PLAYJEREMY JAMES"A Midsummer Night's Dream" in mid-winter? As played by Lord Digby'sand Foster's Schools this was a resounding success, ably produced by JackEdwards, Sue Rawlinson and Mike Goode.The audiences on the Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights assembled tofind that they had a fine pre-view ofthe imaginative "magic" wood, which createdthe right mood from the start This splendid setting with a finely-paintedbackcloth was created by Mr. E.L. Maltby, ably assisted by Mr. J.F. Crouch.The opening scene with Theseus (Simon Dixon) and Hippolyta (lanePorter) with their courtiers, Philostrate (lames Roberts) and Egeus (KevinHunt), appeared somewhat stilted to start with; but soon warmed up to give livelyand animated performances as the evening progressed The young swains,Lysander (Stephen Wbeatley) and Demetrius (Matthew Frost), were well castand proved equally ardent suitors to the vivacious Hermia of Sarah Penney andthe statuesque and more woeful Helena of J ulie Swindells.The "author's comedy team" of the "Mechanicals" repeatedly arousedlaughter and appreciation, and were led by Quince with a broad Scouse accent(or was it Brummagem?) played with enthusiasm by Andrew Banfield, withBottom (Jonathan Field) leading the reluctant actors in a hilarious romp whichwas greatly enjoyed, ably backed up by Snug (Timothy Carr), Flute (GaryConkling), Snout (Andrew Williams) and Starve ling (Amanda Hall).The "tragedy" of Pyramus was joyfully and energetically performed.Bottom produced a memorable performance of skill and lively imagination,which delighted the audience, without overshadowing his colleagues who playedup well to his extravagances. The masks ofBott om' s Ass's Head and Snug's Lionwere superbly made by Mr. M.J. Goode.Titania and Oberon, who caused confusion in the magic wood, were in thecapable hands of Katie Kemp and Jonathan Moyle, and Puck, the fleet-footed29
messenger and sprite ofthe woodland, was played with sensitivity and a light butsure touch by Matthew Brady.The fairies and Titania's attendants sang and danced attractively, and theirgrouping and movements created an impressive picture. Peaseblossom (SaraJane Carter), Cobweb (Janet Schofield), Moth (Jocelyn Baker) and MustardSeed (Julia Hughes) succeeded admirably in bewitching poor Bottom, and wereassisted by Fairies Helena Ketley and Karen Shotter, together with Oberon andTitania's attendants, Robert Sloley and Neil Saint, Juliet Jones, Lynne Jonesand Melanie Sealey. The courtiers to Theseus were Robin Curson and JeremyClifford.However well acted, no play can succeed without a well-drilled andcompetent back-stage team. The performers in this production of the "Dream"were well served in this respect by stage-manager David Rose, assisted byRosemary Pemble and unobtrusive but swiftly efficient stage-hands Paul Bale,Philip Trehern, Robert Roriston, Simon Holt, Katie Manns, Joanna Toms andAndrea Middlemore. The lighting throughout was well directed by David Austin,William Richards, Philippa Mayell and Sarah Churchill. Sound was by MichaelPheysey and Philip Dolbear.The very effective setting was constructed under the direction ofMr. Crouchby Paul Bale, Phi lip Dolbear, Robert Roriston, Philip Trehem, MichaelPheysey, Fabian Tassano, Richard Saunders, Kevin Hudson, Ian Cosse,ls,Step hen Rowsell and Ian Perkin, while Mr. Maltby's assistants were ChristopherDawson and Kelvin Whittaker.Make-up was by Mr. McKay, helped by Richard Rayner, Clive Podger,Terence Bennett, Laura Weston, Karen Cheleda, Sally Taylor, Tracey Healeyand Sarah Derrick. The costumes were quite outstanding, being imaginative,colourful and skilfully blended, all being produced by Mrs. J. Helson, Mrs. S.Goode, Mrs. E. Tuck, Belinda Warwick, Angela Helson and other members ofLord Digby's School. The off-stage music, which greatly helped to sustain themood, consisted of recorder players Deborah Hill and Nicola Ginn, horn playerMark Brewer and drummer Nicholas Shepherd The prompter was Sally Taylor.Business manager was Mr. D.J. Register.The whole team succeeded in their object of giving the audience amemorable and thoroughly enjoyable evening.THE COMMONERS' CONCERTB. D.(from "The Western Gazette")Once again a great variety oftalent, much of it hitherto undiscovered, wasdisplayed at this year's Commoners' Concert, which played to two full houses onthe 30th and 31 st of March.The opening item was the Fourth form play, "Ivy Cottage", by Emest Hill, astory of a happily married couple, played by S. Kilvington and M. Symons, whorent a country cottage for their holiday. But it is not long before suspense andintrigue rear their heads. Is the Vicar, (M. Dixon), really a vicar? Is the postman,(L. Varah), really a postman? Is Don Wheatley, (M. Garrett), telling the truthabout the well water and the rats? Is the old woman, (B. Brown), telling the truthabout Dan Wheatley? Who or what is Eccentric Sam? The players delighted theaudience with their characterisations, and congratulations are also due to Mr.M.J. Goode, who produced the play and provided the voice of Eccentric Sam.There then followed a number of short musical items. The Bede's juniorchoir, winners of the inter-house competition, sang "Consider Yourself', fromLionel Bart's ever-popular musical "Oliver',, followed by the school choir, in itsentirety, performing Sarson's "Cavalier Song".A team, ofTennessee hill billies, who occasionally masquerade as membersofform three, proved a great hit with the audience as they flopped and sang theirway about the stage with great gusto, and a good deal of precision, to theaccompaniment of K. Morgan at the piano.The plot ofthe Sixth form play, "The Patient", byAgatha Christie, revolvedaround the age-old question, did the patient, (Tim Davis - well wrapped up inbandages), fall or was he pushed? Paralysed by the fall, the patient, Mrs.Wingfield, is on the point of providing the answer with the aid of a machine ofdubious reliability, the brainchild ofLansen, the technician, (L. Hillman), v:henshe has to give up, too exhausted to continue. The Inspector, (M. Fr~),questions the members of her family, her husband (J. Brack) and his secretary,Brenda(K. Harvey), Emmeline, (M. Morris), and Ross, (R Green) with ruthlessefficiency, and the red herrings lie thick on the ground But in the end, when thelights go up and the monosyllabic nurse, (C. Podger) is caught with a hypodennicin her hand, the Inspector had been ready and waiting, the key to it all being, ofcourse, the note concealed in the vase. Our thanks are due to Mr. J. Edwards,who produced the play, Fabian Tassano, who rang the bicycle bell, and the stagehands, who, when they were not doing their best to distract the cast, operated theaforementioned machine with great skill. (The clinical efficiency o/Dr. Ginsberg(J. Field) must also receive a mention . ......................... Editor.) This exercise in mental agility and deduction was followed by some rathermore relaxing musical items. J. Prout played Anthony Hedges' "Pony Ride" onthe piano, followed by the Senior Choirs of Sl Aldhelm's and Bede's Housesrendition of"Cargoes", by Shaw. J. Hartperformed Frank Loesser's "The UglyDuckling" on the flute, and was then joined by W. Harding, on the violin, toperform the Gavotte from Handel's Suite in G.'They were followed by another popular instrumental item, Mark Brewer'sperformance of"Moon River" by Henry Mancini, and "Hello Dolly" by JerryHerman, on the trumpet.Also included under the heading of"Instrumental Items" (though I use theterm in its freest possible sense), were the recently formed band, "Cold Blood",featuring Fabian Tassano and Paul Bale on vocals, Nick Brummell on leadquitar, Andy Howe on bass and Nick Shepherd on drums. Both audiences weretreated to a display of virtuosity, the like of which has not been seen on aCommoners' Concert stage for many years, (well, two), as the band gave theirinterpretation of "Paranoid" and "Doctor, Doctor", with a little audienceparticipation thrown in for good measure. .Modesty, or so we are told, prevented the members of the cast of "lIeartsand Flowers" from revealing their identity, although it was possible for the sharpeyedto detect likenesses to certain members ofstaff. Under the direction of thenarrator, Mr. S.G. McKay, and with musical interruptions courtesy of KevinMorgan, the "old-fashioned melodrama" of Kenneth Lillington unfolded, theevil squire Hardbottle duly being hissed in all the appropriate places, being3011
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