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| ART HISTORY
FIELD TRIP TO VANCOUVER
Vancouver—for some Brentwood students it’s home, for some it means shopping and movies, but on September 25th, the Art History 12AP students saw Vancouver as an architectural mosaic. From the urban landscape of Arthur Erickson’s imagination to the imposing Ionic columns of Vancouver’s Art Gallery, our purpose and theme was to forget the propaganda and media of a city and concentrate on the beauty. Our mission was to be able to look up to a building’s capital and allow the image to counteract (through allowing us to become more sensitive) the numbing effect 21st Century. I believe our mission was completed, despite hunger pangs at 6:45 in the morning!
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| It was after a fast ferry ride and an adventure called "public transit while the Lions Gate Bridge is closed," that we spent a night in the city. Early the next day we began a walking tour of the buzzing streets. First, somewhat above the noise and exhaust fumes, Mr. Maclean guided our senses to the open and airy glass-roofed law courts. Surrounded by "glass curtains" our class discovered some of beautiful BC’s nature, complete with waterfall and lush green path. Down a ziggurat-inspired staircase, the class descended on the city to find a mesh of neo-classical and neo-gothic architecture. Cathedral Place mirrored the Hotel Vancouver, while the Marine Building mirrored the mountains of British Columbia themselves. All along the commercial center, gentrified Gas Town and the city’s harbour, the class sketched and snapped photos, creating works of art such as Lauren Selman’s sketchbook. We saw reconstruction and creation in our young city whose history lies in the likes of the CPR building and whose soul lies in the Art Deco war memorial. From the old post office to the new post office and all that |
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lies between, to quote Mr. Maclean, we saw "the good, the bad and the ugly." However, perhaps the most beautiful site, for Josh Fishman’s stomach, was the White Spot and our well-earned brunch. After lunch and some time to wander the city, the class met up at the Rembrandt exhibition in the Vancouver Art Gallery. The walls were hung with the small black and white prints of etching, dry point, and engraving that this Dutch artist is so well known for. Although prints, we were assured by our guide (Andre) that these Rembrandt pieces were all original. In fact, Andre demonstrated the amazing skill of printmaking for us, and proved that it was quite a work-out. Perhaps my favourite piece was "The Three Trees," which depicts the bustling industry of Amsterdam on the horizon and the beauty of the countryside on a wagon-ride. Escaping from this wagon-ride, tucked into the corner of a dark thicket, Rembrandt’s two lovers sat hidden to all but the keenest of eyes. It was with magnifying glasses, literally, that we walked past hundreds of such detailed and masterful prints. This week, Art History AP students are reflecting over the Vancouver pilgrimage by making a scrapbook. I fear that my own scrapbook will not recreate Brendan Hodge and Charlie Dordevich’s guitar playing, nor truly capture the feeling in Robson Square nor the genius of Rembrandt. To understand these things of beauty, you had to be there. Erica Zacharias (Grade 12) |
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| RUN FOR THE
CURE
On Sunday, 30th September, an enthusiastic group of 25 students boarded a bus and headed off to Beacon Hill Park to participate in the 10th annual Run for the Cure, an expedition organised by grade 12 students Alex Cocks and Keltie Reid. The group of participants, from grades 9-12, ran 5 km or walked 1 kilometer in order to raise money and build awareness of the need for a cure for breast cancer. Some ran for friends or family, while others just ran for the cause. The experience hit home for many and opened the eyes of all participants. The students returned with a better awareness of the prevalence of the disease and an appreciation of how countless thousands of ordinary citizens are working together to find a cure. Alex Cocks (Grade 12) |
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| MESMER
After having been hypnotized myself, the previous year, I had quite high expectations for the Grad Class promotion of North America’s foremost magician, the Great Mesmer. Many students and staff had come as skeptics, eager to expose the mystical art of hypnosis as a sham. By the end of the evening, however, Mesmer had shown most, if not all of them, that the powers of hypnosis definitely extend into the world of reality. Although several students could not be hypnotized in the amount of time allotted, some students seemed to be fully entranced. Mesmer dazzled the audiences making the participants pretend to play instruments, surf at the beach, take of in rocket ships, and much more. Highlights of the evening included Bo Zulonas (grade 11) being convinced that he was Mighty Mouse and running around the stage whenever he heard his theme |
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music, and the flock of girls who were convinced that Ricky Martin was in a glass box on center stage. Overall the evening provided entertainment for the audience as well as producing many confounded participants. Thanks go to the Grad class for another successful event. Adam Schneider (Grade 12) |
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| THE
BOY FRIEND
The Brentwood Musical Theatre’s major production this year will be The Boy Friend, a resurrection of the popular show last performed on the Brentwood stage in 1986. The original show featured a principal cast of Patti-Jo Wiese (‘87) as Polly, Peter Miles (‘87) as Tony, Jill Bodie (’86) as Maisie, and Chris Thrall (’86) as Bobby. Originally directed and produced by Mr. T. Gil Bunch, with Musical Director Mr. Robert Cooper, and choreography by Mrs. Joyce MacLean, the torch of excellence has been passed to Mrs. Edna Widenmaier, Mr. John Williams, and Mrs. Lorraine Oxton. Leading the backstage this year will be stage managers Tricia Persson and Alanna Vogt, and assistant stage manager Gillian Gregory. The backstage crew also includes Krystie Babalos, Kelsey Wood, and Julia Allard. |
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full cast list, announced today, is as follows (in
order of appearance):
Hortense- Laura McCarthy |
Young
Ladies of Madame Dubonnet’s School:
Jacquie Brown Young Men of Nice: Alpheus Chan |
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 Tom Martin |
 Kristal Larsen |
 Peter Miles |
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| MACKENZIE
HOUSE CAMPING TRIP
Last weekend, the grade 8 and grade 12 girls of Mackenzie House made an overnight trip to Bamberton Provincial Park to be one with nature, to experience life far away in the great outdoors, and to generally allow for the girls to get to know one another. The camping site, not too far from the school, provided the 17 girls, 3 staff, and one dog, with an ideal “getaway”. Occupying 6 sites (one of which was put to use as a kitchen), Mackenzie House took up a fair portion of the campground that was still open for the fall, despite the fact that minimal amounts of tents were used! The girls feasted on steak before enjoying a genuinely old-fashioned game of Charades. Then, time for dessert: smores! On full stomachs and with light hearts, the entire crew dove into their tents for a good night’s sleep (including the dog)! Katie Lin (Grade 12) |
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 Veronica Alarcon-Yturbide, Kristin Burris, and Macarena Iturbide basking in the warmth of the night |
 Erica Zacharias acting out the charade "there might be a small cougar under your bed". |
| BC RIVERS
DAY
BC River’s Day is a province-wide event to celebrate the value of
rivers in our lives. The Outdoor Recreation Council of BC sponsors this
event, and organizations across BC participate by running a variety of
events focussing on our rivers. Outdoor Adventure is a new program at Brentwood College. It is a revival of the rambling program which disappeared several years ago. After consultation with Fisheries Renewal BC, it was decided to concentrate our clean up efforts on the Mill Stream and the small creek which flows beside the Mill Bay Plaza and down to the ocean on the south side of our campus. At the end of the day, over 25 garbage bags of trash |
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were removed from these fish-bearing streams. We hope this will have two effects: the absence of garbage should have an immediate impact on the overall quality of habitat in these streams and (hopefully!) a long term effect of improving use of proper garbage containers by those who regularly use the wooded areas of these streams.It was a glorious and cloudless day, as 8 students (Sean Milligan, Lee McNamee , Chris Sharp, Rob Sainsbury, Melissa Williams, Anna O'Malley, Siobhan McPherson, Leilani Evans), two of the staff interns (Mr. David Provan and Mr. Peter Inglis) and 1 teacher (Mr. Dan Norman) gathered on 'C' field to don rubber gloves and patrol the local woods looking for trash. To their credit, these students were there entirely of their own will – this was not a detention or work crew. This willingness to nurture our environment speaks loudly of the passion for the outdoors that these people bring to the Outdoor Adventure program After a sweep of the southern creek, the garbage collected consisted mainly of empty cigarette packages and pop cans left behind by the thoughtless types who hide out in the bushes. There was interesting speculation on how a large pair of boxer shorts found their way into the trash. After a pass along the Millstream’s course, there was further speculation on how a hand drier and washing machine might have made their way into the river (and thanks to student effort, finally into the dumpster ). After depositing all the trash into a campus dumpster and washing their hands, the participants gathered in the sunny afternoon for some well earned ice-cream. A sincere thanks is due to all those who helped out and who made an effort to reduce the local garbage. All of us should help by keeping our streams clean and healthy for the good of all life-forms that count on them. Next year’s BC River’s Day is on the last Sunday of September. See you there! Dan Norman |
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| SENIOR GIRLS
VOLLEYBALL
The Senior Girls volleyball team competed in the ISA championships, hosted by St. Margarets School last Friday and Saturday, 28th/29 September. The whole team played exceptionally hard, and contributed outstanding effort in all of their games. The results were: Game 1: St. Margarets School, Won, 25-19, 25-18.
In the playoffs: The Brentwood team thus finished 5th overall out of the 10 teams competing. (In the final game, York House defeated St. Michael's School). Liz Kreutziger (Grade 11) |
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| JUNIOR
'C' FIELD HOCKEY
Defeated Shawnigan Lake School Jr.B team, 2-0, with goals from Chantal von Rotz and Sarah McCormick |
JUNIOR
'A' VOLLEYBALL
Defeated both Kelsey & Chemainus. As reported by Katie Toews: "the team played with great ferocity posting their second of what they hope to be many victories". |
1st
XI SOCCER
Defeated NANAIMO D.S.S.
(which is an AAA School), 3-1. |
| JUNIOR 'A'
FIELD HOCKEY.
On Tuesday September 25th, the team won a
3-team mini-tournament, beating PREVOST 2-0 Jessica Lin (Grade 10) |
