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The Acton Free Press Wednesday Blazing torches light Ookpik parade Big flaming torches 111 the route for the high school carnival rmradu Tuesday evening of lust week Scores of students tarried the torches thoy followed Alton Citizens Hand from the pout office down to Mill St and along to high school Defter quality There were fewci floats In thia year s parade but organiser Bruce Andrews fell they much better More and planning had been spent on each entry Judged bent in tho parade was grade 10C dynamic looking train who did moat of th work on this tnlty dim Hi Kodak It Mi I in and Jim Nnhh Teacher floHl living i rented in tlw flout around Ixmldt wot Mm HI Mm Mh Mr Mi And Mr Mr May mid Mi Grade boys who built a lank on hell float re Itlik Ntur Allan llilgdon and Uinta MonnlamterfHtTtive A reallNtli mo find of and paper was mainly mmlti by and Harry It wen gimtfl the parade had a lantern lit outhouse a truck In A ittnllattr wobbled along at the head of para ami snowmobile made along the route leiry and Joined In as cartoon harm tern with big mat lie heads fiiiiifi pupils Joined In fun mid many adults lira d tho route for float and Queen followed at the I lull lol pulled along the symbol at the brad of Tuesday parade JIM MCNADB gets off a shot In the junior basketball game 10 students won first prize far their steam engine float Grade 10 steam engine earns best float award MORE PRETTY GALS J Sun shines By Pratt It was a wild wintry and wonderful week at A D as our Winter Carnival shifted Into high gear to subdue the chill of The Sun a Toronto group entertained at the Thursday night Coffee House Dance Hirsute figures performed on a strobetit stage of red green white and blue Visions of dance routines cast shimmying shadows across a full house Appealing to the music lovers and connoisseurs of the sounds of the times the Sun played such greats as Whiskey Train and Summertime Blues Special thanks go to the grade 12 Physical Education classes Mrs and Mr Andrews for the work they put Into the Coffee House to make it one of the year s most memorable events Heather Under the supervision of Mr Bruce with the help of a few grade students from his physical education classes the torchlight parade finally got under way Just after seven clock last Tuesday night Plans were begun for the annual cavalcade many weeks before and much hard work determination and imagination resulted In Its once more being a huge success Materials for the floats were begged borrowed or stolen from every conceivable source Including local factories basements of private homes and the town dump which yielded wealth of goods to the Hungers parade The parade In turn provided Interesting mnterlnl for the onions students who arc presently Involved In the exciting but herculean task of film making With gret difficulty the made their decisions and first prize went to Grade for their realistic old fashioned steam engine irst honorable mention was awarded to the teachers float which proved that school spirit is very much a part of high school life at ADDS even among our pedagogues The Apollo space fillip whkh was meticulously constructed by a of grade 12 boys wan lrmrving of the second honorable mention which It received The parade for the third consecutive year wound its way from the Post Office along Mill Street to Acton High School where a crowd eagerly awaited the results of the Carnival Queen contest THF huge funny faces were Terry Holmes and Garth Taylor Where were you when the lights went out attendance marked the second event of the Winter Carnival the movie The show was a comedy about the blackout in New York and the looting ar stealing and other crimes It starred Doris Day Some humorous episodes about elevators and subways without power were Included It was a good movie and was enjoyed by all present Singing dancing Variety Show highlights By Margaret Pap 111 on Variety Show at Acton High School rlday night got off to a good start to the sound of Shean Lonely Hearts Club Band Joe followed playing the accordion Joe play Prelude and Prelude and Dance Frank sang Did He Mention My Name and A Song of Freedom She was accompanied by Scott Watson St Stephen Yu on the guitars They called themselves and the Chris Brunei le our 1971 Carnival Queen made an appearance and M C Mr Shean presented her with a bouquet of red roses Next followed a modern dance It was the first time that boys had danced seriously on the Acton stage The partners were Jackie Lee and George and Janice Kilfman and Henry Van They resembled black panthers in their smooth movements There were two skits in the Variety Show by the Creative Drama Class The first was The Fate of Arthur and the second was The This was done by Chris Barry The theme of The was a nagging wife and an obedient husband Funny duo Solitary Man was done by Mike Cooper and Cameron Gibson These are a very funny two some For an added attraction Jackie Lee sang a bong she had written herself The Vamps of Savannah was an amusing act done by Nancy and Anita Thlbodeau They sang and danced in cute 1920 costumes The Joyce Carpenter Dancers did Midnight Cowboy The Georgetown Barbershop Chorus sang three songs one which was The Cornfields Back Home This group was very popular with the audience Sharon sang Angel of the Morning and Scarborough Fab- Sharon was accompanied by the Stephen Yu and Scott Watson Band closes show ended on the clapping by the audience to Sergeant lonely Hearts Club Band Our thanks to the organizers of the Variety Show Thanks should also be given to Mr Andrews and Mrs who have done so much to make two a success And finally everyone at Acton High School thanks you the people of Acton who attended the show and supported us GEORGETOWN Barber Shop wen very popular the audience it the Variety Show SARGENT Shean lonely dub band Jackie Lee sod Bev BmneDc follow op Staff Photo aril with