OS 114th Annual Record November 2010

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O S R E C O R D
114th ANNUAL RECORD
A P P O I N T M E N T S
REVERENDLINDSAYCOLLINS
Lindsay Collins was educated at Walthamstow Hall in
Sevenoaks before reading Theology at King’s College,
London.AftergraduatingshestudiedforaPGCEbefore
becoming a teacher of religious studies at Yateley
ComprehensiveSchoolinHampshire.In1995shebegantraining
forordinationatRiponCollege,Cuddesdonwhilstcompletinga
Master’s degree in Applied Theology at Oxford. She was
ordaineddeaconin1997andpriestedin1998inChristChurch,Oxford.Having
served her curacy with the Witney Team ministry in Oxfordshire she became
chaplain and Head of Religious Studies at Cokethorpe School and then at St
Paul’s Girls’ School in Hammersmith. Before coming to Sherborne she was
Senior Chaplain at King’s College School, Wimbledon for six years. She
thoroughlyenjoyedthoseyearsinanallboys’schoolandsohadnohesitation
incomingtoSherborneasthefirstfemalechaplainofSherborneSchool.
RACHELHASSALL
At the beginning of September 2010 Rachel
HassallwasappointedSchoolArchivist. Rachel,
OS RECORD
whowasbroughtupintheBlackmoreVale,has
nineteen years’ experience of working in archives,
havingbeenappointedtheDorsetHistoryCentre’sfirst
graduate archive trainee in 1991 before taking a
Master’s Degree in Archive Administration at the
M M X
University of Liverpool. Since becoming a professionally-qualified archivist
Rachelhasworkedinawidevarietyofarchives,includingCountyRecordOffices
in Herefordshire and Berkshire, Longleat House, the Museum of English Rural
LifeattheUniversityofReading,andtheTheatreCollectionandthearchivesof
CONTENTS
PenguinBooksLtd,bothheldattheUniversityofBristol.
President 1
Chairman 2 L E A V E R S
Secretary 2
Headmaster 3 JANEYGODDARD
TheSchoolYearinRetrospect 4 In April 2003, I took up the post of OSS
Secretary.Whilstretainingaffectionformy
Foundation 16
old School, I had certainly not been a
Articles 18
particularly vigilant old boy and here I was
Events 26 backatSherbornesittingbehindadeskforthe
firsttimein33years.HowwouldIgeton?My
OSPublications 28
previous incarnation at Sherborne had hardly
PilgrimsandOSSport 30 beencoveredwithglory!
Engagements,MarriagesandDeaths 32 I need not have worried. Janey had been
Obituaries 34 working in the Marketing and OSS Office for
fiveyearsandsheguidedmethroughallthe
OldShirburnianNews 36
pitfalls(andtherewereafewinthosedays). As
timepassed,Icametoappreciatethequalities
inJaneythatmadeussuchaclose-knitteam.Shehadanamazingeyefordesign
and was definitely the driving force behind the OS Record becoming a more
colourfulandinformativepublicationduringherjoint-editorship.Herattention
todetailwasexceptionalandthiswasreflectedinthesmoothrunningofallOS
eventsandOSDayinparticular.
ItwasnotjustbehindthescenesthatJaneyshone.Shewasapositiveboonat
OSeventswhereshewouldmakeallfeelsowelcome,especiallythoseattending
for the first time, sometimes not having revisited the School for over a
generation.
Janeyhasnotletthegrassgrowunderherfeet–sinceleavinginlateMay,she
is now a grandmother twice over, with both Livvie and Will starting their own
families. I am sure that I speak for all OS in wishing Janey a long and happy
retirement.Icertainlycouldnothavemanagedwithouther! (cid:2)
Editors:JanetDeanandJohnHarden
JOHNHARDEN
Photographs:JayArmstrongPhotography,JaneyGoddard,ElaineStallard,
JanetDean,ChrisHamon,JoannaFarrow,EdOvendenandJohnHarden
M E S S A G E F R O M
T H E P R E S I D E N T
When Charles Collingwood invited MYFATHERDIDN’TENJOYTALKING course,itwasn’tallbloodandglory.Thefirst
me to succeed him as OS OVERTHE‘PHONE. timeIplayedfortheSherbornefirstXVwas
President,Iimmediatelysaid‘yes’ in 1956 when Blundell’s brilliant fly-half,
and there were three reasons for this. The “JOLLYWELLDONE! GOODSHOW!” Richard Sharp, single-handledly scored 22
firstisthatmynaturalinstinctinlifeistosay HESAID.“I’LLTELLMA. points against us! But on the whole the
‘yes’ratherthan‘no’. Sometimesonemakes THEREGOTHEPIPS!” rugby went well. At the OS Society City of
mistakes but on the whole I prefer to be LondonDinner,heldon11thNovemberthis
positive rather than negative. Second, IPUTTHERECEIVERDOWNANDWALKED year, I had the pleasure of meeting Richard
Charles Collingwood, as we all know, is a OUTINTOTHESTREET. ACROSSTHE Carss(d57)whoplayedwithmeinthe1957
hard man to turn down. His natural charm WAY,THEGREATFLYINGBUTTRESSESOF XV. Richard reminded me that our record
and persuasiveness have been evident SHERBORNEABBEY,ONEOFENGLAND’S thatyearwasverypresentable,apointwhich
throughout his term of office and he will FINESTCHURCHES,SOAREDINTOTHE was confirmed when I returned home later
indeed be a ‘hard act to follow’. But the AIR. IWASLUCKYINSOMANYWAYS,I thatnightandconsultedthatgreatbookof
third,andpossiblymostcompellingreason, THOUGHT. FORFIVEYEARS,IHAD record:RugbyFootballatSherborneSchool!
foracceptingtheinvitationwas–andis–my RECEIVEDASUPREMELYGOOD
feelingthatitisabouttimeIgaveabitmore EDUCATIONINASUPREMELYBEAUTIFUL Thegoodnews,asfarasIcansee,isthatall
back to Sherborne than I have managed to ENVIRONMENT. THESCHOOL’SHONEY- the things which I so welcomed during my
dosofarsinceleavingtheSchool. Icannot COLOUREDHAMSTONEBLENDS time at Sherborne still play a major role in
honestlysaythatIhavebeenthemostactive PERFECTLYWITHTHEEXQUISITE the life of the School today: work, sport,
ofOldShirburnians. Othershaveafarbetter MEDIAEVALTOWNTHATSURROUNDSIT, literature, art, music – all these seem to be
record.Myexcuse,lameasitis,isthatmuch THEWHOLEBEINGSETOFFBYTHAT goingstrong. And,judgingbytheturn-out
ofmylifehasbeenspentabroad,oftenona MAGICROLLINGDORSETCOUNTRYSIDE atthatveryspecialeventon30thSeptember
plane, so I haven’t had the necessary time WHICH,BYSOMEQUIRKOFFATE, when the School commemorated, if that is
andenergytodevotetomy‘almamater’. REMAINSLARGELYUNSPOILEDEVEN the right word, the 70th anniversary of the
TODAY. COULDAMANASKFORMORE?” bombingofSherbornebytheLuftwaffe,the
Andyet,whenacoupleofyearsagoIcame support of OS of all ages, including
to write a fairly light-hearted memoir about Well, I still feel that way. I enjoyed Classics octogenarians,isasstrongasiteverwas.
myearlylifecalled‘StanleyIPresume’,Iwas enormously.IstillgetworkedupwhenIhear
struck by how deeply my whole character the announcer on the underground telling The beginning of my term as OS President
andoutlookseemstohavebeeninfluenced passengers that the south-bound Northern has coincided with the arrival of the new
bymyyearsatSherborne. Thebookis300 Line ‘terminates at Morden!’ Doesn’t she Headmaster,ChrisDavis,andhiswifeInnes.
pages long, of which no less than fifty are know, I fume, that ‘terminate’ is a transitive On several occasions already I have found
devotedtomytimeattheSchoolwhich,just verb? AfterthreeyearsintheClassicalVIth, myself being called upon to speak
byitself,sayssomething! with Latin and Greek A Levels a distant immediately after ‘Chief’. If Charles
memory, the then Headmaster, R W Powell, Collingwood is a ‘hard act to follow’, try
IhavethememoirinfrontofmeasIwrite.In told me I ought to broaden my education. Chris Davis! Quite apart from the massive
Chapter 7, I recount how at the end of my ‘Why don’t you take an A Level in Ancient contributionheandInnes(anotherClassicist)
last term at School (Michaelmas 1958) I History?’ hesuggested. WhichIdulydid! are already clearly making to the life of the
walked down from Lyon House to a public School, Chris is a brilliant after-dinner
telephone box outside The Plume of I enjoyed the rugby too. I still dream of speaker.IrealiseIamgoingtohavetolook
Feathers to call my parents on our Exmoor catching the ball at kick-off and blasting tomylaurels! (cid:2)
farm with the good news that I had won a throughtheoppositiontoscoreatryunder STANLEYJOHNSON(g58)
Classics scholarship to Exeter College, theposts. MyveryfirstterminLyonHouse
Oxford. (January 1954), we won the Three-Cock! Of
114TH ANNUAL RECORD
C H A I R M A N ’ S
R E P O R T
TIt has been a busy year with
the Society welcoming our
distinguished new President,
Stanley Johnson, and the new
Headmaster,ChrisDavis.Onbehalfofall
OSIextendourwarmestandbestwishes
tothem,totheirrespectivewives,Jenny
S E C R E T A R Y ’ S L E T T E R
andInnes,andtotheirfamilies.
This has been a year of change at yearssinceSherbornewasbombedbythe
The growing interest in events, some of
Sherborne and especially in the Luftwaffe on 30th September 1940. It was
which have been oversubscribed
OSS Office. Chris and Innes Davis very moving to hear the memories of all
in 2010, and the increasing
havemovedintoAbbeyGrangeandhave those OS who were at the School on that
correspondence through the Office has
certainlyhitthegroundrunningintheirfirst dayallthoseyearsago.
madeoursecretarialspaceintheLodge
term at Sherborne. They have already
busier than ever; but as always John
attendedawiderangeofOSSeventsand May I take this opportunity to thank all
Harden, Janey Goddard and, since
arebecomingfamiliarfacestoOSregulars. those (and we were delighted with how
midsummer, Janet Dean and Joanna
Schools would be dull places if all many!) who filled in the online
Farrow, have continued to produce the
headmasters were the same but Chris questionnaire which was emailed in the
usualexcellentservice. Therehavebeen
DavisandSimonEliotdoshareacommon early autumn. We have received a lot of
changes,however.JaneyGoddardleftin
bondintheirwholeheartedsupportofthe feedback,includingsomeveryconstructive
Mayaftertenyearsasassistantsecretary
Old Shirburnian Society. We are truly ideas, some of which will certainly be
andtheOSSowehermany,manythanks
gratefultobothofthem. implemented.Wereceivedwellover1,000
forherconsistentlycheerful,efficientand
replies which included 500 comments, all
friendly approach to all OS from setting
Charles Collingwood finished his three ofwhichmeritapersonalreplyfromme.I
up the initialcomputerdatabase,toco-
year presidency of the Society in May. I have not yet had the opportunity to do
editingtheOSRecordandwebsite.Her
havepaidtributeintheOSRecordbefore this, so please bear with me and I will be
warmwelcomeatsomanyOSgatherings
to Charles’ terrific contribution in making respondinginthenearfuture.
andherorganisationofthesehasleftus
OS events such fun but I am sure that,
permanent examples to follow. We are
showman that he is, he will not object to MayIalsomakeuseofthiscolumntothank
indeedfortunatetowelcomeJanetDean
taking another bow. Charles’ legacy all those who help the OSS Office run as
ashersuccessor.
remainsstrongwithintheOSS,notleastin smoothly as possible: the Governors for
his nomination of Stanley Johnson as his their continued financial support; Lucy
BeingabletoreportthattheOSSociety
successor. Stanley has already made an Earls-Davis and her team for their
is in good health is a testament to all
impactinhisfirstsixmonthsinofficeandI organisationofOSevents;AdrianWilliams
those who help conduct our business
amthoroughlylookingforwardtomoreof and all his team for the wonderful meals
and I must thank our committee
thesame! thattheyhaveprovidedoverthepastyear;
memberswhogivetheirtimesowillingly.
andBevHallett,PeterBrindleyandallthe
ThanksalsotoHeadmasters,SimonEliot
The staffing in the OS Office has also porterswhoensurethateverythingisinthe
and Chris Davis, and the Governors
undergonechange.JaneyGoddardretired rightplaceattherighttime.Custostoodo
whose continued and valued support
inMayaftertwelveyearsofworkinginboth a terrific job in ensuring that visitors are
enablestheOSStofunctionmoreeasily.
the marketing and OSS divisions. Janet looked after, so many thanks to Mike,
Dean has moved seamlessly into the JamesandthetwoSteves. AdrianBallard
Lastly, I must pay tribute to our past
Assistant Secretary’s position whilst and Stephanie Sanchez from the
President. Looking at his illustrious
continuingtoalsoworkfortheSherborne Foundationofficearealwaystheretohelp
predecessors,CharlesCollingwoodmust
Foundation. Joanna Farrow has recently if we need an extra pair of hands; and
havebeennervousbut,beingthegood
joinedtheOSSteamasDatabaseManager JanetandJoannapatientlymakesurethat
actorthatheis,hekeptitunderhiscap
and has immediately become a valued Ifunctionhalfnormally–noeasytask,I’m
andhisebullient,enthusiasticandwhole
member of our team. It is a format that sure!
hearted support for the Society and the
seemstobeworkingextremelywell.
School, combined with his sense of
Aboveall,mayIthankalltheOSwhohave
humour, have reached all parts of the
Events in 2010 have proved varied and made 2010 such a happy and successful
community.CharlesandJudy,thankyou
enjoyable.Thereareshortreportsofeach year for the Society. May you have a
verymuch. (cid:2)
event elsewhere in this Record. Especially prosperous2011. (cid:2)
HUGHARCHER(c&m65) memorablewastheQuinquagesimalevent JOHNHARDEN(g70)
held to commemorate the passing of 70
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F R O M T H E
H E A D M A S T E R
As I sit down to write this, the boys the staff. It is a Common Room with much superioritytoothers,confidence,itseemsto
have packed and gone after a energy and readiness to contribute to me,isbornofarealisticawarenessof,anda
rousing Carol Service, with its brass providingthebestpossibleeducationforthe healthypridein,one’sownabilities.Andreal
section,drums,ahugechoirandtheAbbey boys. A boarding school, with its full-time confidenceencouragesafullappreciationof,
bursting at the seams with parents, staff, duty of care, needs special teachers to be andrespectfor,thequalitiesandabilitiesof
Governors and the School. The School is able to meet those demands, not only others; it never leads to the thought, as
quiet once again. Much of the first half of challengingtheboystogiveoftheirbestbut arrogance does, that somehow others are
term was spent meeting the boys, the staff also caring about what those boys do, and intrinsicallyinferior.ThisiswhyIbelievethat
and the parents and it was a pleasure to about who and what they are personally, a growing and genuine self-confidence,
meet many OS groups, not only in London socially,morallyandspiritually. Sherborneis temperedbyapropermodesty,isessentialif
butalsoinWashingtonandNewYork. The luckytohavesuchadedicatedandtalented boys are to mature and to flourish as
OS that I have met all have a deeply fond group. Shirburnians.
affection for the School and it is a credit to
Thethirdthingthatmoststruckmewasthe Changeisofcoursehappeningallthetimein
Sherborne that so many OS look back on
sheer excellence of the boys. Civilised and any school, but at this stage I would like to
their days here with much happiness and
polite, they are not only tremendous highlight two particular new developments.
retain a fierce loyalty to the School itself,
companybuttheyarealsoatalentedgroup The first of these is a new scheme to keep
oftenaftermanyyears.
insomanyways. Thereis,Ithink,atendency theCourtsfreefromcars.TheCourtsisone
At these meetings, I have regularly been forthemtoundersellthemselvesandtolack ofSherborne’sarchitecturalglories,andIam
asked about my first impressions of some of that all-important confidence and aware that for some time now many have
Sherborne and, in particular, what three faithinwhotheyareandwhattheycando. beendisappointedthatithasbeenusedfor
thingshavemoststruckme. Whatsurprised Academically, they are beginning to parking. ItisadisappointmentIhaveshared
mewhenIwasfirstaskedthisquestionwas recognise and believe in their considerable and, after much discussion with colleagues,
thatittookmesoverylittletimetoworkout potential as they start to respond to the weareintroducingaschemewhichItrustis
whatthosethreewere. Thefirsthasgotto challengesandhigherexpectationsthatthe both practicable and enforceable. It has
be the singing in the Abbey. The all-boys staff have set them this term. There is an been made possible by the new Music
choir is now an astonishing 87 strong and incipient excitement in the air about what School project which has allowed us to
growing, and one of my first tasks as might be if they continue to believe in developanothersiteforstaffparkingbehind
Headmasterwastoagreetheexpenseofan themselves. theSportsCentre. Sowearenowable,once
extraraftofgownsforthenewcomersatthe again,tomaketheCourtsmostlyaparking-
Inthesportsarenathereisalsoagathering
beginningoftheyear. Iamveryprivilegedto freezone,soopeningthewonderfulvistaof
confidencethatweareatlastwithinstriking
be there in the pews with them, getting theAbbeyagainandrestoringtheCourtsfor
distanceofbeginningtorealiseSherborne’s
carried away sometimes to the point of alltoenjoyasthewonderfulspacethatitis.
real potential. This was most particularly
standing up with the choir only to discover The second development relates to the
evident in the surge of determination and
rather sheepishly that the rest of the ongoing discussions about how best to
the positive mind-set with which the rugby
congregationareseatedfortheanthem. develop the Northern Campus and use the
teamshaveperformedsowellthistermand
now vacant buildings that comprised the
But it is not only the choir that makes the withwhich,forinstance,theswimmershave
Music School before the new building:
Abbeyservicessospecial. Weareverylucky, consistentlybrokenSchoolrecords. Andof
Abbot’s Acre (the old Headmaster’s House)
through the generosity of the Vicar of course, in the creative arts, we now have a
andtheoldMusicSchool.Plansarealsonow
Sherborne,tobeabletoworshipasawhole new Music School, are producing some
afoot to develop the current Sixth-Form
School in such a beautiful building. We are excellent plays and are seeing more and
Common Room (‘The Stick’) to make a far
alsofortunatetohaveournewChaplain,the moreoftheboys’imaginativeartaroundthe
more inviting place for the sixth form to
Reverend Lindsay Collins, who comes with School.
spendtimein,aswellasallowittobeused
her family from King’s College School,
But while I would dearly love to see forotherfunctions.
Wimbledon,withclearvisionandenergyto
Shirburniansgrowinginconfidence,itisvery
ensure that the spiritual and moral life ThebeginningofSeptemberseemsalong,
important that this does not tip over into
continues to beat at the heart of this long way away and much has happened
arrogance,becausebetweenconfidenceand
community. since. I feel as though I have always been
arrogance lies only a fine dividing line.
here. AndIfeelveryprivileged. (cid:2)
The second thing that most struck me was Whereas arrogance might be described as
CHRISDAVIS
the quality, engagement and enthusiasm of a misplaced belief in one’s supposed
114TH ANNUAL RECORD
M U S I C
Ithasbeenarollercoasterofayear.The TheWindBandnownumberssome80boys THENEWBUILDING
undisputed highlight was the two-day and recently played for the opening of the
The first Music School at Sherborne was
MusicFestivalandtheGrandOpeningof Christmas decorations at Clarks Village in
built in 1926 – the ‘Schola Musicae’ as
the thrilling new Music School in July. To Street. Chambermusicflourishes,asdothe
inscribed in stone above the door. The
perform a day and a half of continuous smaller ensembles including a Salsa group,
building’s twelve small individual practice
musicattheendofthesummertermisno aflutequartet,stringquartet,anensemble
andteachingrooms,togetherwithamodest
mean feat in itself, but to do so in five of four cellists, a saxophone quartet, guitar
recital room on the first floor, were
different venues – yet all under the same ensemble,jazzpianotrioandbrasssextet.
consideredtohavebeenlongoverdue.This
roof – is quite exceptional. In showcasing
building replaced the 1872 conversion of
the state-of-the-art qualities of the new Particular mention should be made of the
‘AbbeyCottage’,thehomeoftheproprietor
building,therefore,inamusicalfeastwhich quality of the music-making from some
ofthesilkmill.
in living memory had never before taken outstandingindividuals.Ofthe2010leavers,
place on such a scale, 188 boys were George Chattey (f), already Grade 8
This building housed all of Sherborne’s
involved in 85 solo and ensemble Distinction on both recorder and flute,
secular music-making until the late 1960s
performancesevenbeforethegrandfinale– achieved a nationally rare Distinction in his
and by then there was a need for further
thepackedGalaConcert-hadbegun.And ALCMdiplomaonthefluteandalsowonthe
space, if only to allow the growing number
there was something for everybody, from Patrick Shelley Music Competition in both
of boys who learned instruments to
PurcelltoRobbieWilliams! 2009 and 2010; Max Radford (b) (trumpet,
undertake some individual practice. When
Grade 8) played or sang in almost every
theSchoolacquiredAbbeyGrangein1969,
Duringthefestival,anewlyformedConcert Sherborne ensemble, was Head of RocSoc
andtheHeadmastermovedintoitfromthe
Orchestra performed, involving some 60 fortwoyears,andyetwasequallyvisibleand
red brick house just below the Yeatman
boys. This will not threaten or replace the successful on the playing fields; Henry
Hospital in 1970, it was decided that the
joint orchestras – its repertoire, for one Ritchie(e)(trumpet,Grade8)hadmuchthe
‘New Music School’ (NMS) should be
thing, is much lighter – but such was its same credentials and a volume on the
housed in the Headmaster’s former
completely unexpected popularity with trumpetwhichwillbehardevertoreplicate;
residence.Noconversiontookplaceforthe
Shirburnians that a tour to Venice is in the Jamie Burke (b) (guitar, Grade 8) and Luke
musicdepartment’sexpansion,soeventhe
finalstagesofplanningforJuly2011. MacKay (e) (saxophone, Grade 7) featured
bathrooms upstairs were used as practice
heavily in RocSoc but also, crucially, were
rooms when all other rooms were in use.
Thenewbuildinghasprovedtobefarmore involvedinchambermusic,SwingBandand
With no sound-proofing at all in either
effective than had been predicted, even in choralgroups.
building, the cacophony resulting from a
the most optimistic of moments. Since
busy afternoon practice session had to be
Septembermanyoftheboyshavebeeninit Singing is now cool at Sherborne and the
heard to be believed. The Swing Band
most Sundays, most evenings after Hall up School’s congregational singing in the
regularly rehearsed at the same time as a
until 10pm, and the early birds are in Abbey is this year louder and more
string quartet, a drum ensemble, a brass
practising at 7.45am. These are not all enthusiastic than ever. The Choir now
ensemble,whilstapianisthammeredscales
specialistmusicians,ofcourse.Thetradition numbers86asitbecomeshardereachyear
andarpeggiostheothersideofawaferthin
for‘unplugged’musicisgrowingbytheday, toturndownenthusiasticsingerswho,most
wall.Noinstrument,musicstandordrumkit
for example, with notable achievements importantly, sing well: more gowns were
ever seemed to be in the right building or
fromColdWilliam,abluegrassgroupwhose ordered in September and the repertoire
place at the right time, so that all music
several recorded tracks are available from grows as the sight-reading continues to
department teachers were fully trained
theSchoolonCD‘SherborneSchoolMusic improve.
removalstaff!
2010’.
T H E S C H O O L Y E A R I N
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When ORMS Architects were approached,
justfouryearsago,toputforwardadesign
for a sound-proofed and state-of-the-art
musicschool,theyrecognisedtheneedfor
a cohesive plan which would enable light
andspacetocontributetothejoyofmusic-
making in an atmosphere conducive to
inspirationand,attimes,veryhardwork.
The 2010 Music School is more than just a
collection of superbly soundproofed rooms
which house carefully engineered acoustic
treatment. Its new practice rooms
encourage boys to practise because the
spaces are inviting and will, therefore,
inspire the commitment and dedication
necessarytobegoodplayers.Andwithtwo
fully equipped music classrooms, housing
the latest music software and composition
workstations, four ensemble rehearsal
rooms,twosoundproofedstudiosdesigned
not to leak sound in or out of them at
all (which, during the music Festival in
July, proved their effectiveness in
accommodating RocSoc performances at
the same time as a chamber orchestra
withoutanydisturbanceofeachother),and
amusictechnologyrecordingsuitewhichis
theenvyofall,thisbuildingleavesverylittle
tobedesired.
Thankstothegenerosityofsomanydonors,
thisnewbuildingwilltakeSherborne’smusic
into the 21st Century. It will attract good
musicians for scholarship applications, and
nurture and develop those here already.
Music at Sherborne is for everyone and
thereisnowamodernandenviablefacility
foralltoenjoy. (cid:2)
JAMESHENDERSON,DIRECTOROFMUSIC
R E T R O S P E C T
114TH ANNUAL RECORD
A R T
Theartworkselectedfor
viewinthiseditionofThe
OSRecordistakenfrom
theArtcourseworkof
threedifferentyear
groups.
Theartistsfeaturedare:
WilliamJames5f
AnthonyBerkeleyL6g
FredGordonL6c
LukeLambertL6d
HugoLeaderL6d
FelixSticklandL6a
PeterTrebelevL6f
DerekFungU6e
D E S I G N &
T E C H N O L O G Y
The department is fortunate to have several
students looking to form careers around
their abilities as designers and they will
shortly be going onto study Product Design,
ArchitectureandEngineeringatvariousuniversities
acrossEngland.
Thestudentsworkedonafixedbriefaspartoftheir
AScourseworkandlookedatdevelopingavariety
of low voltage lights. As part of their brief they
worked to utilise the department’s facilities for
aluminium sand casting, machining the cast
components and bringing high levels of accuracy
and precision to their very creative and attractive
ideas. Once again a number of components were
designedusingComputerAidedDesign(CAD)and
thesedesignscouldbemodelledandthencutout
using the School’s Computer Numerically
Controlled Laser. The laser quickly and efficiently
vaporisesitswaythroughthematerialslaidouton
an aluminium honeycomb bed cutting out their
componentstoanaccuracyofonethousandthofa
millimetre.Theresultsenablethestudentstocreate
veryprofessionalworkingprototypesfortesting. (cid:2)
PETERCHILLINGWORTH
114TH ANNUAL RECORD
principally an ensemble piece, Toby Fuller
deserves special praise for his convincing
portrayalofthebeleagueredmanager.
David Hedison’s production of Patrick
D R A M A Marber’s‘TheMusicians’withTheDigbywas
anotherensemblepiece.Aschoolorchestra
on tour in Russia find themselves in a
positionwheretheirinstrumentshavebeen
confiscated by Customs (after an illegal
‘spliff’ is discovered) immediately prior to
the performance of their main concert.
Wallace House chose Willis Hall’s Withoutdoubt,thehighlightofthisplaywas
‘They Don’t All Own Aston the orchestra’s skilful miming of their give physically and vocally, as Petruchio, a
Martins’ for their House play at instruments as the audience hear the role which won, for him, the Pitman Cup
the beginning of the Lent term. Originally intended music. Patrick Evans-Bevan was (shared with George Day (f) for Tevye in
set in the early 1970’s, director Giles effectiveastheexasperatedconductor. ‘FiddlerontheRoof’)forthebestindividual
Robinsonchosetoupdatetheone-actplay actingperformanceintheacademicyear.
for a contemporary audience whilst, at the TheSchoolproductionintheLenttermwas
same time, remaining faithful to the Oliver Rose’s ‘The Taming of the Shrew’. The opening of the New Music School
playwright’sdramaticintentions.Adown-at- Clever use of video projection and the and the programme of artistic events
heelfootballclub,proppingupthebottom contemporising of Shakespeare’s play from surrounding this occasion at
of one of the lower divisions, ponder their Renaissance Italy to present-day London Commemoration necessitated cancelling
prospectslateonaSaturdayafternoon(after enabled Sherborne audiences to engage the Junior School production for this year
another 0-5 drubbing) having drawn wholeheartedly with the plot where the only. However, a short Sixth Form play, ‘A
Manchester United in the FA Cup for the extravagant, swaggering Petruchio woos Fool’s Audition’ by Daniel Curzon (directed
following weekend. Against seemingly and ‘tames’ Katherina. Polly Burn (The by Jim Donnelly) did take place at the
impossible odds the manager, Wilf Gryphon School) captured well the beginning of the Trinity term prior to its
Hardiman, attempts to instil in his ‘lads’ a wilfulness of the eponymous Shrew, whilst week-long run at the Edinburgh Fringe
sense of optimism and self-belief. Though RoryGraham(g)commandedthestage,to Festival. Set in a merged medieval/
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Mark O’Connor took over the director’s reins at short
largely inexperienced
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