The Goderich Signal-Star, 1966-05-12, Page 9eP
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G '4 TAR, THURSDAY, MAY 1
THE ���RICH SI(aNA,L-S 2,1?b4,
Farmer Brown, Doug Britnell, -
comes through the aisle - on ° his
tractor in the farm- skit. Doug's
- appearance on the vehicle
- brought amused reaction from
the audience. - •
Personalities Take Shape In Glare Of Footlights
Grade, 1
Is there any individual more
self -^ons cious, yet more' ready
to perform .than a' youngster?
" It is that age when individ-
ual ' persona'.:ties are taking
shape and the extrovert., in
each comes to surface in con-
plete honesty.
The entertainment provided.
Little Bo=Peep wends her way
through the 'audience in .the
farm skit. Bo -Peep Cheryl
5tudents Learn
for other students by the
members of three Grade . 1
classes at Victoria school was
an excellent example.
Like stolid little troucpers•
they marched on stage and
dmd their bit with charming
exuberance. -
Shy Ones Sigh '
Even. the shy. ones stepped
•forward and said their part
and 'leaved a disarming sigh
that said, "by golly. I did it,
and I'm glad its done?'
Miss Beler. V`.dean, bne of
the Grade 1 teachers --whose
students Were 'performing,
said such activities for young
people have a definite value
in their development.
"It's the experience of get -
ling them •up in front of an
audienxe,- that extra push• that
gets them up for a public ap-
pearance," said Miss Videan.
In all •about 85 children took
part in last week's Grade 1
entertainment.
The ocher teachers, whose
classc , performed .wer6 Mrs.
Across the back of the auditorium ranged :the
75 proud parents who attended the Grade 1
performance at Victoria school last week.
The school children were -seated on the floor
to watch the three skits. Many mothers held --
pre-school children on their laps.
Taken- from d social studies farm theme
- students enact a skit connected with events in
farm life. This group combined their stage
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techniques with an art poster, a duck in -a
'farm pond. No stage fright was evident
among performers.
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Munroe was looking for her
sheep which never did show up.
Three_ Little. Kittens (stage how_.. they _lost _ their mittens.
centre) await their cue in the .They found them.
narration of the doleful tale of
_msence
Susan. Howson and Mrs. Ray
Fisher
Brief' Respite
Victoria school's auditorium
was almost filled. The other
students at the school, glad
-for a brief rLspite from form-
al studies, heartily applauded
the young .peeformers.
And across the rear of • the
auditoriurh' were the poud
parents, some of them moth-
ers with pre-school children
bn their ,laps.
A member of the cast in.
enie- of three skits presented,
sighted his, father seated at
•. the rear of the hall, and amid
the song raised his arm in
hap;y salutation. •
Tl'e father turned -beet reds
but was delighted.
Almost 75 parents attended
the .how; which took between
three and four. weeks to pre-
, pare.
The first skit was a dram-
atiza'ion of a farm thence the
.class had been studying in
social earlier in the
year.
Hunting Sheep
I; come complete with a
small farm tractor and Little
-Boy Peeps ,hunting for- sheep.
.The Three Little Kittens
presented a doleful sight with-
out their mittens and they
began to cry. Fortunately,
and much to the relief of the
audience, the mittens, were
found and the little felines
were treated to some of mo-
ther's goodies.
T h e finalperforrnarice
found a little. mouse, and its
friend the rabbit seeking to
escape a ravenous wi1•f. Thr,
other members of the cast
acted as a be;ck wall and pr=o-
vided the protection for the
•fright-eneci r fonts.
Last \+c:'k's entertainmr•nf
was ',ply one of a series that •
are-priTsen'ed- di riri; rtli('
school ear 1)y the 545 stud-
ents at the School.
Sc,une clay in IIuronview a
gracefully a;,ing : enlleman
will look at the newspaper
'publicity photo of his son in
a .spare -age. convertible sur-
rounded by space-age starlets,
and say:
"It all started that daynin
Victoria school.-
4,
chool."
s:, Grade 1 Students at Victoria
School Entertained Their Fellow
Students and Parents Last Week
Teacher Miss Helen Videan directs the sing -in
a Fier class gNes the musical --introducti l to -
its performance. Student audience gives rapt
attention:
Story and Photos
By Lill Kearns
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Two frightened little animals react to the
threat of being eaten by the big bad wolf in
the Grade 1 dramatization. The rabbit is
Reggie Anderson, and hispcompanion the
mouse is Jane Grham. Laurie Tigert is the
wolf.
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