Gryphon 1957 - Adm.monash.edu.au

• SCANDAL SHEET P.S.A.• 1957 SCHOOL CONCERTBarry Ritchie is now married andwell under the thumb. Ron , his brother,olso married, also a school teacher, isslowly becoming accustomed to livingin Orstraylia again. Doug. Shaw is nowin Tasmania, complete with family, wehope. Syd . Harris has returned fromTessie and now resides in Geelong. JohnTreanor is a cadet executive with theFord Motor Company and leads a gayflat life in Geelong. P. Drew is with theapposition - G.M.H . Stan Best is acadet with c.I.G. Equipment (that'swhere Ackbor resides). Stan's gettingworried, all his friends have "gone off"so he's th inki ng about a cor in order toentice the lassies, he can't make up hismind between a Bristol and on A.35.Bruce Hodges is engaged and is a cadetwith Ogden Industries. Alan Power hasan egg-beater " Pook" (sounds like ablow-torch) - he messes about atD.S.L . with atoms and things. JoeO'Toole with Uni Lever now Holdenmounted,still leads a gay life not restrictedin any way yet. Charlie Brownlow,our Treasurer, bought a Peugotwith the funds, so he's another manwith a car but without money. .Jim Vizardhas a real class T.e. with every gadgetimaginable-we don't know whetherhe's been successful yet. Rowan Weatherheadwith Sunbeam Talbot is stilltrying to " dob" in Charlie with FelicityNutting-we're not sure how he is succeeding.John Marshall, now with two,has moved to the Ford plant at Sydney.Len Goffin can't hold out much longerthese long engagements? HughMunro is still overseas. Brian Majr hasreturned wh ilst George Scott has left foroverseas. Ken Sombell returned recentlyfrom the Bahrein Oilfields. Ackbor stillhas that M .G. "Y" type (rear axle scorenow two) with full instrumentation andflashing lights runs to max. revs. in thegears. The question the bock seat driversosk-"When is he going to put thatfront seat bock?" To date definitely nofemales. Ian Searle, our president willbe "gone" in early February-good luckto him.This year's concert period startedearly in March and ended about the17th May. However, for the majority ofthe people concerned with its productionthe heat was not on until about mid­Apri I. By "the heat", I mean the constantpressure of rehearsals and thepreparation for wardrobe, decor, soundand lighting. Rehearsals were well attended(sometimes I even caughtglimpses of actors), but if any were absentReg. Webb would help out by disguisinghimself as a bar-room full ofloungers, or Prospector Peter and theundertaker. With the aid of Anzac Dayand weekend rehearsals, conditions assumeda rough semblance of order. Uponarrival at the hall on Tuesday, we foundthat final rehearsal was made impossibleby the insistent racket of a pneumaticdrill being used by workmen makingalterations to the building. About7.45 that night I was convinced that wewould not be able to raise the curtainby 8 o'clock as scheduled. Backstage,however, Tony Warmington and hiscapable assistants proved othe rwise. Onthe second night, the sh ow ron evenmore smoothly and a programme packedwith stumbling monsters, butterflies,goons and keystone cops were woppedoff with an extremely realistic scene ofa bar-room full of drunken cowboys.My sincere thanks go to all those whotook port in the concert and it is withregret that I realize we are losing JohnFarnan, Jon Sharples, John Adamson,Lloyd Peake, John Rooke, Bob Smithand many others.Lindsay Graham.22