Week 19: Tuesday 7th March 2000  (Next edition: Tuesday 14th March)
      

On Thursday, Friday, and Saturday of last week the Acting 12 class presented their version of Macbeth. 
The medieval vision of evil physically present in the world prompted Director Keith Digby to devise this contemporary version that presents the witches as a constant presence in the play -- prompting, challenging and urging characters towards adopting evil means to gain their ends. The result was intriguing and theatrically interesting, even to those who have seen Macbeth many times before. Each performance was then followed by a short discussion with the cast and director. 

Katie Bellringer................ Lady Macbeth
Matthew Chiasson ........... Ross
Paul Conway Banquo ...... Messenger
Chad Evans ....................  Young MacDuff
Agatha French ................. Nurse
Jessica Kameron ..............Witch
Catherine Laurie ..............Witch
Sarah Mahoney ............... Witch
Nathanael Mills  .............. MacDuff, Sergeant

PRODUCER
   Cynthia Pronick

COSTUMES
Vancouver Playhouse
Costumes by Olga
Cynthia Pronick
Dawn Knowles
Rita Wiley

LIGHTING BOARD OPERATOR
   James Deck

SOUND BOARD OPERATOR
   Sean Griffin

POSTER DESIGN 
   Steven Pierce, Brian Decker

Those of us who remember Director Keith Digby's excellent productions from last year (The Insanity of Mary Girard and Waiting for the Parade) were not surprised by the quality of his latest creative masterpiece. Before joining the staff at Brentwood, Keith had an impressive professional career as actor, director, adjudicator, and stage playwriting competition jurist. A glance at the impressive list of credits below -- plays that he has directed outside of the school's drama programme over the past 25 years -- indicates a wealth of professional experience. 

INTER-HOUSE CROSS COUNTRY

On a rather wet -- but not too cold -- day, the annual inter-house cross-country race was held on its usual course around the heights and trails to the north of 'B' Field. The rain of the previous few days ensured that the course was thoroughly soaked and provided challenging hazards of wide pools of water and slippery slopes to negotiate.

The winners in each of the four races were as follows: 

1st:  Louise Hackett 
2nd: Ginny Mills
3rd:  Alex Mills 

1st:   Andrew Wright 
2nd:  Russ McShane
3rd:   Neil Talsma

1st:   Emily Proctor
2nd:  Lindsay Mackenzie
3rd:   Anna Turyk

1st:   Robert Toews
2nd:  Connor Grimes
3rd:   Robin Urquhart

House points:

Whittall 1531
Ellis 1519
Rogers 1405
Privett 1317

Rogers 720
Whittall 704
Ellis 622
Privett 488

Whittall 2235
Ellis 2141
Rogers 2125
Privett 1805

Morgan Baylis, 
Blaine Townsend, Phil Hur, 
and Matt Douma

Charlotte Manning, Keavy Martin, Stephanie Sloan,
 and Christina Hall

Tom Philippson, Brian Gosnell, Drayton Salkeld
      

Cross-country photo credits: Alexandra Hill

SQUASH

The provincial junior squash championships were held this past weekend from Friday through Sunday at Port Coquitlam. Five senior and four junior team representatives from Brentwood competed and produced the school's best results for a number of years.

Leading the team were 
    Jack Lee (winner of the Under 17B championship),
    Bobby Pau (winner of the Under 15 novice championship),
    Damian Kayra (winner of the Under 17 novice championship).

Other notable results were:
    Kris Baker (second place), Isaac Chen, John Seymour, and Misha Dordevich (third place in their respective events.

This photograph shows:

    (A) A St.Valentine's Day enthusiast.
    (B) Someone who dribbles soup down the front of his shirt
    (C) A new type of body fungus 
    (D) A true Welsh patriot

If your answer was (D) then you obviously recognised Brentwood Computer Systems manager Dewi Griffiths in his (lone) efforts to promote St. David's Day. 
Dewi passed the day singing "Men of Harlech" and offering to pronounce  Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch
for the unenlightened.

The Brentwood rowing club competed in the Elk Lake Sprints on Saturday and Sunday. This was an open club regatta with the national team in attendance.
The race distance was 1850m. Saturday was sunny and warm, with no wind; Sunday was cold, cloudy, with a strong tail wind.

The Interhouse Volleyball Tournament for Boys was held on Sunday. This was an all-day affair, with 12 matches and thirty games. 

Results were:

The rugby club entered the Cowichan 7's weekend tournament at the Herd Road club. They did extremely well to reach the final but lost this match in sudden death overtime. Hugh Cupples and Rob Weedon were elected to the All-Star 'A' team; Brad Briske to the All-Star 'B' team.

Student works from the recent Fabrications 1 competition at Fabrications Page
AAA Field Hockey Championships schedule, results, standings at Field Hockey Page
Vancouver Island Senior Girls Volleyball Finals schedule, results, standings at Volleyball Page

Brentwood Senior Boys basketball team page (Brentwood Black Hawks)
Letter to Parents (31 January 2000) at Letter