mm mm. am mmm mmm »«■« »aMi I mm iiiumn nmi mmi mmm mtmm ^ HHiM mmm mn r~i> i >W •&.».. IT* Txttw S^ mmm !!lilFnj[[ijij[i(i|iii|Mij.|yMij^ Pembroke House Keep up the good spirit chaps and I'm sure Pembroke wil continue to excel. Once more the future looks positive, but good results don't come easily. Pembroke will have to work hard to maintain its high standards, but I'm sure it will succeed. I, and all the other prefects in Pembroke, would just like to wish next year's prefects the best of luck. GARTH REARDON CADETS 1983 Thisyeara large number of 6th and 5th formers made them selves available as possible N.C.O.'s and Officers. The senior ranks were chosen mainly from the 6th formers while the junior ranks weremostly 5th formers. Maybery was appoint ed OC and B. Raison as R.S.M. The CO of Finningley House was B. Oliver, Gillingham P. Botes and PembrokeD. Jones. This year for the first time we divided the detachment into houses rather than into forms as had been the practice in the past. We thus dispensed with the normal A, B and C boys and replaced them with a Finningley, Gill ingham and Pembroke boys. This worked very well giving cadets a little more of a competative edge. This spirit was taken a step further by drill competitions arranged at all levels between the houses by John Farran. In the balance was a cup and the order in which the houses would appear in the Remem brance Day parade. Finningley was the winner followed by Pembroke and then Gillingham. There are now plans to extend the competition into other related fields of Cadet endeavour in 1984. I would like to thank all those who gave of their time and effort in helping me run the Cadets. Here I must men tion John Harper our Band Master. Johan Strydom who runs the shooting and this year not only built up a success ful junior and senior shooting team but also managed to get almost every Cadet onto the range to shoot. Last but by no means least my able assistants on the parade ground, John Farran, Melvin Vassard and L.P. Zaayman. The last named we unfortunately lose at the end of 1983. To him we would like to extend our thanks for all he has done for Kearsney Cadets over the past eighteen years. This has been considerable, he has even had a stint at being a highly successful Band Master. We will miss him, his hard work and solid advice so freely offered. We wish him all the best in the future. A.M. BROMLEY-GANS Music Chapel Choir The choir has once again acquitted itself well on the main occasions of the year. With thirty six trebles it was more than somewhat top heavy for the Tenehrae and Broadcast Services hut numbers were gradually whittled down to six teen by the time of the Carol Services which made for a well balanced group. It was also satisfying to see a larger number of senior hoys in the tenor and bass departments. The usual addition of members of staff and staff wives has been much appreciated although it is incredibly difficult to get everyone together at the same time. Cadet Band Drum Major Guy Bennett proved to he a good choice for the position and handled the hand efficiently. There were a number of younger players in 1983 which could augur well for the future. The addition of clarinets, saxophone and trombone gave greater variety to the sound and the hand performed effectively at the Remembrance Day Parade. "Tom Sawyer" I would like to thank all who took part in this light-hearted show. The large numbers were not there just to provide enough volume of sound (as suggested in Carpe Diem) hut to give all who came forward a chance to participate - especially the younger ones who normally do not get,the opportunity to take part in musical shows. I would like to thank the small orchestra, mostly hoys, who playedthe accompaniments-they certainly discovered that accompanying is not merely playing the correct notes. The unusual variety of instruments, ranging from melodica to glockenspiel, clarinets, flute etc. gave an effective 'home spun' quality to the sound. Music Pupils These have been fewer in number and, Iike the choir trebles, tended to 'thin-out' during the course of the year. There is still plenty of variety of instruments being studied ranging from trumpet, clarinet, recorder to the more customary piano and organ. Jeremy Williams continues his successful path through the piano grades and this year obtained a good pass in grade 6 of the Royal Schools of Music. 16
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