6 The Canadian Statesman Bowmanville, April 7, 197 ilinois School Band Presents Special Concert at Clarke High During 3-Day Exchange Visit .... 9~ During one segment of the Friday evening concert in the Clarke High School, the two high school bands merged and gave a performance that filled the Clarke gymnasium with some fine music. Ph y~iaî virnî <k~*By Gordon Cochrane Rodgers and Hart songs and Frank Haworth of Norwood Clarke Bands and Choir visit- ArAlmost 200 persons crowded "Emparata". which was written specialy tohursday the Clarke High Shool audit- Following this, Dr. Morten- be presented to the Americans ingrori s o b orium Friday evening to enjoy sen complimented the Coarke to take back with thea. For Grege and Dave the talent of the Ridgewood students, staff and parents for Bu erany h hglgh îioî two of the Norridge, High Shool Band. thei hospitaity to uhis stu- of the performance was when The 57 member band from dents durng their April f to 3 the Clarke and Ridgewood Clarke High School last week Af ter travelling by bus from Norridge, Illinois last Thursday, it was not long Norridge, Illinois, under the stay. Bands combined to pilay as part of an exchange, their befre heRidewod ighSeoolbad ws usvreharingfo thir direction of Dr. Glenn Morten- The Ridgewood Jazz Band "Kentucky 1800" and various first trip to Canada was most beoe the ClrkewdHigh School onb hn ex a y. Abore , CarkefreHih sen, began the evening by then played "Basically selections from "Fiddler on evfl adinomaie concerts at teCak ihSho ntenx a.Aoe lreHg playing five nuntbers: a Blues" "Look for the Silver the Roof ". Tetwo arrivednfo thatheir School's musical director, William Scoffield welcomes Dr. Glenn Mortensen, march by John Phiiip Sousa, Timing" and "Don't Get The visit by the Ridgewood bnThursday erven ing andî left, and the band from Norridge for their three day visit. Tchaikovsky's "1812 Over- Sassy". students, which included var- baere assn e obet ithan ture", "The Blue Belîs of Next, the Clarke Band ious tours, was the completion r asnd r.ed tes oft Byioi Gr.ancotdn Craey - Scotlad", a edleo yd iersdr ogs andofrank xHanwh ofNorwoode Ahos620pesoscrwdd "Epaaa"1wih1aswitensecalytoClre ansan Coràist Newcastle, whose son Tim is in the Clarke band. Friday, they flew over the area in a small aircraft, toured Park- wood Estate in Oshawa, toured the farm of Ralph Downes and performed at a public concert at Clarke High School. Saturday, they visited Toronto and toured Casa Loma and the Ontario Science Centre. During an interview with the Statesman on Friday, the two grade 12 students told of how their school, Ridgewood High, contrasts Clarke. Where Clarke has 560 students, Ridgewood bas 1500, although the two schools are the same physical size. Where the Clarke area is rural, the Ridgewood area is suburban. Where Clarke classes are relatively small (20-35), Ridgewood lectures are often attended by 200 students and labs hold 40-50 students. Where Clarke students loiter in the halls, Ridgewood stu- dents stay clear of the halls. On the whole, the two agreed that Clarke seemed to be a much freer place to go to school. But while there were notice- able differences between the two schools, the two said there was no real difference in the dress of students and they were quite surprised at th similarities present. As for their futures, Greg wants to get into electronics, while Dave wants to break into woodworking. A Musical Souvenir of Area One of the most significant events of Friday's concert by the Ridgewood Illinois Band at Clarke High School, was the presentation to the visiting band of a specially commis- sioned piece of music, "Pine Ridge". The piece, written by Frank Haworth of Norwood, was written to make the listener think of a sunny day in the Pine Ridge. Haworth was trained in composition in England and served the British Govern- ment as a musician for many years in the West Indies and Bermuda before coming to Canada in 1956 to work as a critic for the Toronto Globe and Mail, and for the Can- adian Broadcasting Corp. (CBC) as a composer as well as for freelance work. According to Clarke band director, W.E. Scoffield, he is extremely pleased that his band would have a specially commissioned piece written for it. Jura cu ny Poeyona JuridicionPotticary A joint suggestion by the Regional Finance Commis- sioner and thecommittee for regional council to scrutinize the capital budgets of the local municipalities has met strong criticism by Oshawa Mayor Jim Potticary. The mayor stated on Friday that "we in the municipalities know what we need, and further commented that he did not feel input of the region." Mayor Potticary's remarks followed the endorsement Thursday by the Finance committee of the suggestion following a presentation by TAKE A TIP FROM NAT- UREMAN'S EARS ARE - N'T MADE TO SHUTBUT HIS MOUTH 15. BYAM PLUMBING & FfEATIN<G and AIR CONDITIONING TYRONE, ONTARIO __ Phone 263-2650 Finance Commissioner Jack Gartley. The intent of Mr. Gartley's suggestion is to ensure that the OMB instructions regard- ing capital budgets are strict- ly adhered to by the eight area municipalities. 1 However, Mayor Potticary claims "we don't need anyone from the commissioner's off- ice telling us what to do. We fully realize the shortage of money." The Oshawa Mayor pointed out that the '76 capital budget, passed last week, is down some 24 per cent from the '75 figures. He insists that the sug- gestion is totally out of the jurisdiction of the finance commissioner, claiming that "the only jurisdiction for the commissioner is to sell de- bentures for the municipal- ities. Mrs. John Killeen who Memorial Arena. Andrea underwent throat surgery last skates with the Oshawa week at the local hospital is Skating Club and along with recovering favourably at Stanley Tisnovsky of the home and is under strict Newcastle Skating Club pre- orders to remain quiet. We sented a Dance Pairs number trust that she is preparing along with all of the partici- interesting items for next pants, these young stars are week's newspaper while sheer joy to watch - poetry in struggling with enforced motion. silence. All of us wish her Mrs. Richard Pocock and complete recovery. ber daughter Carol travelled Mr. and Mrs. Ross Lane and by air to Sweden for a holiday John attended the hockey trp during the first ten days of game at Maple Leaf Gardens March. They attended the last Friday evening seeing the World Figure Skating Champ- Toros in action. We imagine ionships in the city of Gote- that the fine spring weather borg and enjoyed sight-seeing which accompanies the sea- tours of the surrounding area. sonal wind-up of the hockey Mr. and Mrs. Terry Price series also has these local and sons Mark and Alan flew sports enthusiasts eagerly to Vail, Colorada during the awaiting the baseball season - winter sehool break for a wonder if they have tickets to skiîng holiday. They report attend games of the American that the skiing was beautiful League in 1977. but during that week two of Miss Andrea Derby, daugh- the gQndolas became detached ter of Mr. and Mrs. Bill Derby from fheir cable with tragic was one of the stars at the results for the passengers. Skating Carnival presented Accidents of this kind are last week end at the Newcastle fortunately most rare but happening during this partie- ular week lent a certain sense of drama to the holiday of the travellers fro Shaw's. Among other receit inter- national travellers from aour community were Mrs. Stella Price and Mrs. J. Jakson who Vflew to Los Angeles in California for three weeks spent with Mrs. Jackson's daughter Margaret. 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