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~ FAR PASTE AT AUR Ea RE SR GH BEE RE So ARRON RIAA) HERRERA Va WSR Cl 20-- PORT PERRY STAR -- Wednesday, April 15, 198 | . __ Interesting and exciting experience ~ Port Perry High School Senior Wind ensemble tour to B.C. - »The article below is an account of the Port Perry Wind Ensembles trip to British Columbia last month. This trip came after the B.C. group' had visited Port Perry a month earlier. 4 by. Russ Baird It was not really raining hen we arrived; it was sort of '"'misting"', a gentle christening of welcome to Vancouver, British Columbia. We left Port Perry at 7:00 a.m. bound for Toronto International Airport. 'Behind were about sixty-five parents and minus 15 degrees and ahead was an extremely comfortable flight on a CP Air 747. The first thing that struck me about Vancouver was that the place was green and surrounded by mountains. On our one hour trip to Coquitlam by bus the flowers and tree blossoms kept shouting that Spring had come to B.C. - The Centennial band members were waiting for , us wih a short reception party and after a -quick welcome everyone went their separate ways just as the sun broke through the overcast. The next time we saw each other was Monday morning in the Centennial School Theatre as we prepared to present two concerts for the students. "Many students had managed to get sunburns either skiing Whistler 'around Mountain or sunning in famous Stanley Park. The Centgnnial students gave us very warm welcomes at both -assemblies and were parti- cularly delighted with our stage band.: The free time in the after; noon was spent touring Centennial School. About mid-way through our trip the building, 'I realized that I was running out of superlatives to describe both B.C. and the school. Everything in the school is 1981. The electronics wing has gone to silicone chip technology. The commercial department is equipped with word processor typewriters as well as computers, none of which is. more than three years old. The music room is the size of a gymnasium and the school instruments are all top of the line. When I spoke to the director of education and inquired as to how they could possibly be so incredibly well "equipped, his response was that they believe there is always a high return on every educational dollar that is spent! Therefore they did spend with an eye on quality, relevant materials to enhance the outstanding instruction in all their schools, It seems that the students in Vancouver do not dance at their dances. They stand and watch. Well not so when Port Perry students are there. After a superb banquet on Monday. evening which was prepared by the services department of Centennial School, there was a D.J. dance sponsored by the student council. The place was alive as both bands danced the evening away. Our hosts loved it and we did too. On Tuesday, our guided tours began. We started off at a cedar siding mill in which we saw the whole process from logs in the river to bundles of siding ready{to be shipped. We continued into Vancouver to have lunch in Stanley Park and then moved onto paddle boats for a tour of Vancouver harbour. Again the whole day was spent in beautiful sunshine - this is the rainy season. On Wednesday we returned to Vancouver City to visit the refurbished Gastown with its specialty shops and cobblestone roads. After a quick run up to the salmon hatcheries in Capilano Canyon, we returned to downtown Vancouver for lunch, on Georgia Street, followed by a visit to the Vancouver Planetarium to see Look of Music." This is a formidable collection of food - "The - insfruments tracing the history and development of music over the last 700 years. This is the same collection that has received - rave reviews in all North American newspapers and was seen on the television special '"The Look of 'Music." The band presented its public concert on Wednesday night and they performed as well if not better than any Port High group has ever performed. The audience was wildly enthusiastic at each succeeding piece and our band responded by reaching new heights of performance. Mrs. Baird presented Michael Grice and the Centennial School Music Department with a book and a set of brass book-ends with thanks for all their efforts on our behalf. Mr. Grice then presented Mr. Baird with the original poster of our concert and said that this had been the finest exchange he had ever been involved in. He spoke of the wonderful reception Centennial had received in Port Perry and the warmth of the people of Port Perry in the hospitality and kindness shown to them. He mentioned the bonds of friendship that had been tied and the quality of music that had been produced. Thursday took us back to the buses for a tour of MacMillan-Bloedel Place and the Botanical Display Garden. This area has been "University of set aside and maintained by the corporate giant, MacMillan-Bloedel to provide a better under- standing' of B.C.'s forest resource. In the afternoon the band: went: to the British Columbia's Anthropology Museum. Upon their return to the school the band members, exhausted though they were, were rushed into the music room. Mr. Baird wrote a work for the band called "Courage." It was written especially for this western trip and specifically it tried to embody that character- istic that Terry Fox, whose home is Port Coquitlam had displayed so magnificently throughout his "Marathon of Hope' - courage. We premiered the work at our Wednesday night concert and it was so well received that one of Terry's close friends,.a principal at a local high school, contacted Centennial and asked if we would make a video tape of the band performing this piece for Terry. Our band again rose to the occasion and prepared two tapings, as they themselves were not happy with their first effort. _ Mr. Baird introduced the - tape with a comment on the pride that all of Canada has in Terry and that his accomplishment had drawn all Canadians a little closer together. Friday started out chilly .and overcast but by the tine our bus reached the fairy dock at Tswasan, en route to Victoria on Vancouver Island, it was another "beautiful day." In Victoria, we had lunch and toured one of the finest museums in the country which is across the street from the B.C. Legislative Assembly which we also toured.' The plane left Vancouver at 2:30 p.m. on Saturday for the return flight which gave us a beautiful view of the Rockies, the foot hills, the prairies and the lights of Orillia, Barrie, and finally Toronto on a crystal clear night. Every single student found the trip thrilling, exciting ~and down right fun, but it was also a tremendous education, the likes of which one cannot get in textbooks and only occasionally takes in classrooms. The trip was a geography, history, language, art, science,, biology, sociology, as well as music course all wonderfully packaged: in beautiful country side and wrapped in seven days of sunshine! On behalf of each band member may we again say thank you to the Port High Band Parents - Association, and thank you to all the individuals and groups who made = this excursion possible. In the words of one student "It was the best week of my life, ever! I will never forget it, thanks!" Seagrave and area news by Sheila L. Sears Our community was shoek- ed and saddened by the sudden death of 'Bruce Kellington last Friday morning. Sincerest sympathy is extended to his... wife, Heather. The next meeting of the Good Neighbours' Club will be held at 8:15 p.m. on Monday, April 20th at the home of Mrs. Liz Smith. Members are asked to please note the change in location of the meeting. The Beavers will not meet this week.. Their next meet- ing will be on Thursday, April 23rd. Children of the community are asked to be sure to put their bicycles away, safely. A few of our young biking - enthusiasts have had their machines stolen and strip- Shur-Gain . Farmers will like new Shur-Gain Scour Treat because it is handy, economical and requires no needling. Indicated usage,is for treatment of bacterial enteritis and pneumonia in pigs, calves, foals and dogs and cats. Shur-Gain Scour Treat (available only from Shur-Gain) is very effective because it contains neomycin, two sulfas, plus electrolytes in an absorbent, soothing base. rs a tH A) PAA animal health service Shur-Gain--for the modern farmer Shur-Gain protection NeW easy to use - scour treat. 'BLACKSTOCK PORT PERRY WALLACE MARLOW CO. LTD. PHONE 986-4201 PHONE 985-7363 ped of expensive parts. The Wanamaker family helped Neil celebrate his birthday last week. - Please give Mrs. Jackie - Boyle at 985-3941 a call with your news items for next ' week's column. 27 members at Handicraft Guild meet by Jo Dowson The regular meeting of the Guild was held on Wed. April 8 in St Johns Church Hall with 27 members and 2 guests in attendance. After the opening prayer, we were introduced to Barbara Twiner from - Pickering who had come to demonstrate the making of pine cone, decorations. These are popular at Christ- mas time but many of them would be attractive for year round display; especially attractive were those using cut cones. Members are reminded' that the meeting on May 13th is to be a day long workshop in Punjabi Weaving, be there at 10 a.m. complete with your supplies and some sandwiches for lunch; the committee will provide tea and dessert. 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