Pie eee R Tue $ Ma tor F eas ATFORD 43 the = se baie S os : Published Weekly by the Stratford Mirror Press, 123 Ontario St. BENSON JOHNSTON, Publisher DAVID RAE, Manager ------w: Vol. 24 Circulation 4,200 STRATFORD, March 22, 1946. No. 12 Stratford Pupils Win At Musical Festival (By M. Newtch Airey, A.T.C.M.) The cream of Western Ontario's musical crop has been appearing daily for the past week in the various classes of the annual Stratford Music- al Festival. Although there have been a great many entries from out- side centres, and the competition has been keen, it is gratifying to note the number of classes won by Stratford students. The decisions of the adjudicators, Mr. Sidney Har- rison and Mr. Arnold Goldsbrough, have, from an unbiased, professional viewpoint, been very fair. The high marks show the fine standard of musicianship displayed. In the majority of cases the pro- fessional poise and composure of the young artists is remarkable. The heart of the audience goes out to the small performers who show signs of nervousness and the audible sigh of relief and satisfaction when the performer does well is an in- dication of the sympathetic attention they receive. The Stratford students who have won distinction in their classes so far in the festival are as follows: Friday, March 15 Violin Solo--12 years and under-- John N. Balsdon, 277 Mornington St., 85 marks. Girls' Solo--13 years and under-- Elaine 'Wynne, second with 85 marks. Vocal Duet, secular--Joan Winkler and Ilene Hunter, first with $85 marks. Girls' Solo--7 years and under -- Christine McCallum, second with 85 marks. Violin Solo--21 and under--William Schoedel, second with 85 marks, Piano Solo--l4 years and under -- Ruth Pollen, Seebach's Hill, first, 84 marks; Thirza Fuller, Stratford, second, 82 marks. Violin Solo, open--Irene MacDonald, first with 84 marks. Miss Mac- donald also won a $50 scholarship. Vocal Duet, open--Marie Herbert, 136 Dufferin St., and Joyce Hunt- er, 131 Dufferin St., won with a mark of 88. re Grace and Mary McKellar, second with a mark of 87. Saturday, March 16 Girls' Solo--9 years and under-- Elsie Neumeister, first with 87 marks. Boys' Solo--7 years and under--Al- (Continued on page four.) HE WHO LAUGHS LAST LAUGHS LONGEST--OR SOMETHING Last week the Mirror printed an article recounting how, through a typographical error, RCA ' Victor found themselves with 2,000 records, all labelled "by William Primrose, violinist', instead of violist. In the same edition. there appeared an ad- vertisement from the Music Shop advertising autographed records by William Primrose, "world's greatest violinist". In the first instance the records became collectors' items and}? were in great demand. Unfortunate- ly there is little prospect of such a : happy outcome to the Mirror's mis-|% take, | Teens Every Saturday night, so far, I have been able to report fairly good attendance at the "Y" Saturday Nite Club dances. It has been easy to do this because, while the attend- ance was not too large at any one time the members of the committee in charge of the dances felt that the idea of Saturday night affairs for the older Teeners, being new, would take some time to catch on. This, however, is not the case. Whether it is timidity or that the Teeners have somewhere else to go, I do not know: The point is that they have not been turning out. When the club was first originat- ed it was pointed out that they would have a chance to have their own representatives to direct the ac- tivities of the club. They would have opportunity to originate new clubs (hobby, skiing, hiking, cycling, pub- lic speaking, skit and singing). They could have movies and games, their own teams, basketball and hockey, their own entertainments and pro- grams, benefit dances or the profits from the dances for other projects still unmentioned in this column. For years the younger set of the town craved entertainment of this nature. They talked about it, they|. planned for it, but it wasn't until the "Y" stepped in that their hopes were answered. Following the ex- ample of other cities a Saturday Nite Club was formed which, it was hoped, would develope into some- thing big. Other cities have made a great success of their Teen-Age program. Preston has no juvenile delinquency --they're all too busy to get into trouble. Hamilton has lessened its troubles with its snappy, up-to-date Night Club which publishes its own newspaper and runs a weekly radio broadcast. The Teeners in these towns are having fun, running their Around Town Wood) own activities. If they can, why can't we? There's the picture. A good op- portunity for real junior fun and re- creation and for junior achievement in the "new activities" line is going to waste. The executive of these dances has decided to leave it to the Teen-Agers. Do you want the dance or don't you? If you don't, tell them and it will save them a lot of trouble preparing new dances. if you do, show them that you want these dances by turning out regular- ly and in' large numbers -- there's plenty of room for more. See you ALL this Saturday. There's a basket- ball game--the City Ieague play- offs--and the usual fun besides. As to the dance at the "Y" last Saturday night it was poorly at- tended to say the least, but those who were there had a good time. Mr. Brien Grieves and his fair part- ner, Miss Isia Bonar, walked off with the prizes for the spot dance. Refreshments were served at ten o'clock as usual under the careful supervision of Master John Walker and Miss Gretchen Ratz. The chaper- ones for the evening were Mr. and Mrs. Allen Raegle. The Collegiate lads' walked away from the basketball. game Tuesday the winners by a score of 38-34. This win over Kitchener did not give them the group championship, how- ever, as Kitchener had defeated them previously by a score of 36-27. The game was fast and rough throughout. A feature of the game was the presence of the Collegiate Sound System under the skilled handling of Bud Graper and which Ray Frost used to the best advan- tage for announcing the names of the players as they wont on and left the floor. Congratulations on the (Continued on back page.) : For The Level Headed Miss Who Is : # Fashion Wise.. Casual i Shoes Made For : 09%, Comfort and Style LOAFERS SHANK'S PONIES o o ' 5 oOo0e0S08080%4 A 600 & alae ta latalLalalal ahaha aaalLahatal : MOCCASINS 33 | 2.98 3.45 3.95 4.95 5.50 6.50) 33 AAAA to D in some but 3 not all lines. 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Cancer Society. will join with other units throughout all Canada and the: United States in a mammonth drive to raise funds for this work. The cam-- paign will be staged throughout the month of April, beginning locally on' April 8 and continuing to the end of © the month. Plans have been made to enlist < public support for this worthwhile- cause and a mass meeting is to be' staged in the Collegiate auditorium: on Friday, April 12, at which films" will be shown depicting the various phases of this subject. The interest. of the service clubs and women's: organizations throughout the city" has already been made apparent by~ their participation in the early or-. ganization of the movement. Teams of convassers from most of: these clubs and other bodies such. as the Life Underwriters' Associa-. tion, will bear the brunt of the cam-. paign. Headquarters for the drive will be in J. H. Gordon's store at: 10 Downie Street. . When it is realized that more Can-.- adians died of cancer during the war years than were killed overseas, it should take little effort to get the citizenry solidly behind any move- ment that promises relief from this terrible scourge. MUSIC FESTIVALS ARE JOYOUS OCCASIONS Citizens of other towns and cities have been known to say that when they think of Stratford, they im- mediately think of the Stratford Musical Festival. For the past 20 years this organization has been growing until it has reached its present perfection, with 255 classes open to competition. the Italian word "festoso", peace | gay or joyous. Our festivals are hel at the most joyous time of the year and are truly gay and happy affairs. held in Italy. It was given by the combined musicians of the courts of Pope Leo X and Francis I of France, at the meeting of these sovereigns at Bologna in 1515. Church choir festivals have been popular in Britain and the United States since 1856. In recent years rapidly be to the chief annual ones would possible. Seve? The word "festival" is taken from The first festival of music was music festivals have multiplied so -- ' that an enumeration of even in