HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1960-05-18, Page 7WEBNAISPAT MAY I,$th, 1900
THE LUCKNOW SENTINEL, LUCKNOW, ONTARIO
SugarandSpke
By 'W. B. T.,• ;Smiley
.We've ,dust staggered through
Again. Each year al athis, time,
"when most folks are thoroughly
:enjoyingL the . burgeoning . .of
spring, ° some of us are going
• through.. the harrowing, destroy-
ingexperience Of the Music' Fes -
oval
Each, year • it ' puts another
splash.of''silver in my• wig. Each
year it carves, another • line in
my already -furrowed toreheaa.
And each year, I am. positive 'the
Old Lady won't get through it
without a complete nervous, col-
lapse. •,
But • the • human, constitution
seems to be made of, a composite
of old rubber boats •and scrap
iron, . I have • already recovered
to, . the point where my 'head, is
no longer thudding like .a bongo'
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WALDEN BROTHERS
tottered back from the brink of
insanity and is her usual brisk,
bullying self.
This year, our kids played in
seven different piano • classes.
That meant •.seven trips to the
festival "centre,- and "about 300
miles on the old' .'54 Buick,
which gives .us some 13 miles to
the gallon. • .•
However, L.don't min the ex-
pense. `It's the bedlam •4hat et
t gets,
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me down. Just tryingtd keep
those kinds in` clean clothes for
a•.week is enough to drive a saint.
straight up the wall. And some
•body was always late, :or had
lost his, , shoes,, or had got mud
on her dress. We snarled and
hurled edrecriminations' on "'every
trip until we • were five " miles
but of •town •
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.The festival hall,is always 'the
same, Beneath its ' apparent• • quiet
and orderliness seethes a tang-
led "current .of`, conjecture, hope
and fear. Women sit quietly,
nothing except their tatty hair,
wild eyes and chewed .lipstick to.
mark them4.as festival mothers.
Kids giggle and : squirm. with
nerves as the'' big moment 'nears.
The. girls. . are all fussed up in
their best dresses, . with : ' fancy
bows 'arid' .sparkling eyes .and.
shining hair. The boys are• quiet-
er; stiffer,. pale . and . tense;' Their
hands are sweating and ''they.
rub them on their. Pants. • •
;Scattered here •' and . there • are
the teachers, ,outwardly calm,
inwardly 'churning, This is .the,
Culmination 'Of mouths ,of hard
Work for them, and can , bring
elation or dejection,. depending
' on. •how : their; . charges come;
■ through`
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w Then the ,•adjudicator rings his
u bell. Dead • quiet' reigns: The first
ii • .contes,tan t; (feeling • as • awkward
as an elephant, mounts the 'stage;
and ..the tension rises ;One of
those distraught mothers is hold-
ing her breath,.. her ''heart pound-
ing 'painfully. •
Sometimes ' one Of. the kids will
get stuck: She'll , hilt a. wrong
chord; pause, try it agai, play `a
discord, and ,panic. She sits there
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looking at ° the keyboard • as
.though ' it .was`. a document in , There's nothing, faster; on the,
Chinese. She pokes at a . couple take -off: ...than `a bus .-you've just
of notes,;looks. desperately at. the 'Missed.
adjudicator and • tries ' a in .• Her
despair and • agony_ are almost
matched'' by. those of the • audi-
ence. •• •
' This year our adjudicator;
David Ouchterlony of the con-
servatory, told •a story about this
sort of ' thing. It happened at a
festival,, in , a ' five -and -under
class. This :..li the guy started ,off
well,: then got stuck. He fumbled
around for a -minute, then got
going again.
But the second ".time, his right.
hand had started, one note too
high, and the, whole . piece went
.like .that. fie, knew . what order
to• play the notes in, and he was
flying along In great_styte,.' but
after
a minute realized it sound=
ed like, a .cat on"' a 'tin roof. He
stopped, dead, put his hands on his
hips. `and' stared at the piano, in.
silence: Then he • piped: "Hey,,
what's the matter with this pia-:
no?" in a clear • treble.
When the class has finished
,playing; everyone sits looking as
cairn asp a canary at a cats' con-
vention. The adjudicator scrib-
tiles notes. Then he ;walks to the
front and the 'aficionados lean
forward slightly, strung like wire
and the moment ' of truth •ariives.
When it's: all over, •you hate . the
rnatc :bitterly, or think him, an
exceptionally discerning . ; • type,
depending on. how he has 'treat
ed' your; offspring.:
Tears lurk 'near, •the.• surface
for •the youngsters ,who have
Worked hard for mouths; then
made a meas.of the 'niece be-
cause of festival nerves. Mature
women feel like screaming. The,.
odd father present slumps as
though he'd had a heart attack.
Oh, it's a ' grand• business; ;the
Music Festival. ,But martyrs, uii
like. cats, have only •one', life.
Next year,..•at festival time,. 1:
shall enter 'a monastery for. , a
•week, and let the' chi'ps' and .the
'tears fall where they may.
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Mama `"And what did Mama's
little darling' learn• in .school' to-
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LIVE BETT1
EL U'� UO.AILLY.
PAGE SEVEN
OBITUARY.
JAMES McQUII LI T
The death of McQuillin,
a lifelong resident of West Wa
w
anosh ; Township, occurred at.
his home on 'Monday, ', May .9th,
in his • 9lst: year. ,
Mr. . McQuillin' had become
more feeble the past few months:
but ' was , up arid ''about until a
few days before his , passing. He
slept •away. Monday morning., .
A private • funeral service Was
held at the Johnstone . Funeral
Home in • Lucknow, on Wednes-
day, May 11th, conducted by
Rev. H. L. Jennings of St.
Peters Anglican Church. Inter-
ment was in South Kinloss Ce-
metery, the pallbearers being
Dick McQuillin,Herb McQuillin,
William McQuillin, Charles Me--
Qdilliri,
Ed McQuillin; Fred Mc-
Quillin, . . .
Mr. McQuillin's forbears were
pioneer residents of West Wa •:
wahosh and were among 'the
eailie, st settlers in 'the ..northern
,
part' of the. Township. The'. Mc-
Quillin .homestead, s,ot 19; Con,
14, West Wawanosh ,is now'. • •
owned;' by Fred McQuillin..
James' is the 'last tnemiber of`;
the family of, Wm. John Mcr
Quillin and !Many Wadsworth;; ..
and, was . born on,' December 9th,
1809. ' .
James married Agnes Bue.ha
nan Forster,. who predeceased'
hien iri, 1947; ' Mr:. • McQuillin'.. is;
survived by a son Wilfred,on.
the home farm and a daughter
Jean, Mrs. • Wm; Davidson of
Angus, Ontario. There are .six'
grandchildren.
CULROSS CO*NERS
Mr, and Mrs. Morleg Wall and
Lois • visited Tuesday with Mr. '
and 'Mrs: Hugh Hamilton, •
Scbromberg., •
' Congratulations to Miss, Barb
era • Murray on:,being crowned
Queen at • the . I.D rH.s. and to:
Floy Stanley'` on being, on of
•'the -/King's' .. attendants.-
We extend4our . sympathy "tau,
the relatives, ce 'the late .Neil.
Lamont,'. who `.passed away sud-
denly �frorn a heart condition. &
to. the relatives 'of .the `John
Oberle of Preston;' whO• s '. kil-
led in a car accident. His other: .
was the former Mary . Collison.
' .Mr, and •Mrs. John Schumach-•
er spent Wednesday . evening
with Mrs. Frank Brown and;Reg.
Mr. and Mrs: ' James .. Wraith
'spent Thursday evening., at•;the
same home. • •• •
Congratulations. ' to Mr. and
Mrs. 'Don Gillespie on the birth
of .a daughter.: in Wingham Hos-
pital on May .5t1..
Mr. and Mrs. Tom !Collison &"
•family, Preston, 'Mrs Bob Fis.
cher 'and Sherry,.Kitchener and
Miss Mary Collison ,,, spent . the
week -end. with Mrs. Catherine
O'Neil. Several other, relatives
were at the . O'Neil home Sahli--
day; •
'„Mrs. Walter Wraith,. Teeswa-
ter, Mrs. Chas:»'Knight : and Char-
lene, .
har-lene,:. Leaside,. Mrs. Fred Aimer:
'and Murray, Weston, were din;.
ner.'•'guests• Sunday of Mr:'. and ' •
Mrs,•• James Wraith.•.
Mr;'and Mrs: John Schumacher
spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs.,
' Don Robertson and 'family, .
..'Georgetown;, Little Dianne Rob=
ertson carne home with them for
e{ visit.
Mr., and 'M Alex. Whytock
visited ay afternoon with
Mr. and Mrs. William Campbell
and family, Kinloss.
'
Mr. and Mrs. William Stanley„
Kinloss, spent .Sunday evening:
with. Mr,.. and Mrs. Alex. Why-
,tock.
hy-
•tock.'
Mrs. Tom Stewart spent • Mon-
day in • London
Donald Matheson Pacscs
. Donald Fraser Matheson 'Pas-
sed 'away.isuddenly , at his home,.
,bunbar•ton Ontario, on Thurs-
day; ,April 28th; in his 46th' year.
He was born in Ripley, . son of
Mrs, Dorothy Matheson :now o£
•Goderich Hospital alai the late •
Malcolm Matheson. Shortly after
his return from overseas he join -
(id • the •Police Force ' and was
1u,0rking, in ti*rali�acity at the
time of his' 'death,
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