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Postcard Portraits
1. Sarah Askham 'Wave' 2. David Glen 'Musical Instruments' 3. Monica Peach 'Fruit Machine' 4. Rebecca Askham 'Distortion'
1. Jenna Cammish 'Movement1 4. Beth Barker 'Columns' 2. Oscar Addyman 'Tree' 3. Lipmunn Tang 'Figure' 5. Natasha Scroggs 'Cubist Mannequins'
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Andrew Wright
Mr Wright, you are famed for jokes please can you tell us one of your favourite jokes?
One day a boss placed a sign saying 'think' above a wash basin, the next day he returned to see that someone had written a sign saying 'thoap'.
If you could invite any three people to a dinner party who would they be?
-Elgar -Thomas Hardy -Michael Mclntyre - he'd lighten the mood because Hardy could be rather depressing!
What three things would you put in Room 101?
-Shinny football strips (especially on old men) -Tattoos - Misspelt signs
Inflexibility
What is your favourite thing about St Peter's?
The pupils and staff - that is what I'll miss the most when I leave St. Peter's.
What would you most like to change about St. Peter's?
I'd like to make it slightly smaller - reduce the number of pupils a little.
Tell us about your best and worst fashion moments...
12 inch black flares
Is that your best or worst?
Worst! My best would have to be wearing white collar and tails to conduct in the Minster.
What was the first record that you bought?
The Pirates of Penzance
What was the first instrument that you played?
The piano
Is that your favourite?
No... the organ has to be my favourite
Tell us about your favourite musical blooper...
When I was conducting a choir and a soloist in a Carol Service in the Minster and the choir never came in! I kept trying to bring the choir in but they lost the nerve after the first time they failed to start singing - the soloist had to sing a very long solo!
What is your favourite:
Food? Italian. Drink? Good red wine. Composer? Bach Piece of music? St. Matthew's Passion. Place to go on holiday? Italy What is your funniest memory of St. Peter's?
When someone from York City Council came in to school to talk about recycling and I played 'My Old Man's a Dustman' on the organ - some of my colleagues thought that it was a bit close to the mark.
What is the best piece of advice that you know? Keep Looking Forward. What are your plans for after St Peter's?
I'm going to run opera tours, for adults, to Italy.
Please can you suggest an epitaph for yourself?
Ummm 'He was always trying.'
Tell us your favourite anecdote.
In a production of Tosca, the character of Tosca jumped off the battlements in order to commit suicide. For safety, the actress landed on a trampoline - the deceased character then reappeared from behind the battlements several times!
If you were stranded on a dessert island what possession would you want to have with you?
Well, seeing as it would need a tidy up I'd probably need a garden trowel.
Harry Potter or Twilight?
Potter! Those vampires always look terribly pale.
What were the beard days like?
Itchy to start with, then it got better, but a grey beard is ageing.
When you were little what did you want to be when you grew up? A Farmer
Blondes or Brunettes?
Brunettes - it is dangerous to answer the other way?
Is it true that you were once ginger?
No!
Thank you and good luck in your retirement
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Mark Edwards
1.Which three people would you invite to dinner? My parents (as I doesn't see them very often),
Alexander the Great and Napoleon, 'massively important rulers' that I would love to see 'burp and smell at the dinner table like the rest of us'!
2. What has been your most embarrassing moment in St Peters?
Without delay Mr Edwards soon told us about the day that he and Mr Morris were on an early morning trip to look around a nuclear power plant after a "heavy" night out.
3. Which country would you most like to visit and why? I would like to visit The Maldives as they look beautiful.
4. Who is your favourite composer and favourite piece of music? Currently Mr Edwards admits to going through a 'Wagner' phase (sorry!), particularly liking The Ring series as you keep on discovering something new.
5. What inspired you to teach physics? I guess it's because physics asks very deep questions about things we don't know.... It's like a journey, though you might not get to the destination you want, you're always discovering new things along the way. 6. Did you always want to be a physics teacher? In short 'no'. Mr. Edwards then went on to tell us about how he wanted to be a pianist when he was young.
7. What do you like doing in your free time? After replying 'what free time?' we quickly moved on, giving a very brief reply of 'I love learning new things'.
8. If you were to have a super-power what it would be?
Photographic memory as it would make things a lot easier.
[We were wondering: It might be great to have photographic memory, but how long will it take to develop?]
9. Do you have a favourite quote? 'The cares of tomorrow must wait until the day is done'. Mr. Edwards then told us that he saw this quote in his favourite pub (though not the same pub he visited with Mr Morris)
10. Who is your favourite superhero? Wonder Woman (for obvious reasons!)
11. If you were Prime Minister for a day what would you do? Ban AS levels because people seem to spend their entire life doing exams and not living'. Afterwards I would then resign.
