De La Salle on Display

Getting a decent group photograph is a tricky enough task for a group of thirteen, let alone 1300+ staff and students. Yet on a Monday morning in May, the Tiverton Campus assembled with their senior brothers on the Kinnoull Campus oval to pose for posterity. Classes were lined up in Homerooms in alphabetical order, then marched onto and up what is in effect a large ‘bleachers’ construction, seen at events such as the F1 Race at Albert Park. For the Seniors the wait for the final images was all the longer as they were the first on, enjoying the novelty of seeing the surrounding suburb from a 40 foot high vantage point. However the novelty soon wore off, and ipod buds were fitted into ears, weekend sport results were analysed, even the Age crossword was being solved in some quarters. On the ground, the excitement was constant, as the arrival of the younger year levels brought exclamations of “wow, look at the size of the stand”, and “is it safe to go up there?” By 10.30 the multitude were assem- bled and everybody (especially the staff) held their breath hoping that one of the shots would be the ‘perfect’ College portrait. The day was a success, as the cover of the Blue and Gold will attest. We look forward to our next excursion to the scaffold in 2012.