business of putting out and collecting service sheets; to the ever increasing band of servers, to Mrs. Wilson for washing and repairing the linen, and to Mrs. Nix and her helpers who have kept the Chapel beautiful with flowers; and of course to Keith Pemberton and the choir for all their loyal and devoted service? We do appreciate it so much. May I end with a word of personal thanks to Arthur Ellery, David Cummin and the Head Master for their never failing support and encouragement.
N.H.K.-W. HARVEST FESTIVAL
In past years, the produce brought for the Harvest Festival has been distributed amongst Clifton residents, notably those living in the Almshouses—but this year, some of the gifts were used for a party, held in the Sports Centre, for handicapped people It was such gifts as eggs, sandwich filling, and tinned food which were particularly welcome—and these were supplemented by cakes baked by masters' wives. In particular, we must thank Mrs. Shuttleworth for arranging all this catering—and for performing the necessary but unwelcome task of buttering the bread! The party was held on the balcony, and for much of the time there was activity in the hall below, football, basketball and other sports; musical entertainment was provided by Howard Clough, Barry Creasy, Paddy Smith and Howard Gatiss—and the visitors were encouraged to sing along in "Mud, Mud". Apart from such obvious contributors, many others were involved in helping, by wheeling the old people from their cars, by transporting food from the Manor, by acting as waiters: and by washing up! This was, I am sure, a very worthwhile way of using all the gifts for the Festival; the enjoyment of our visitors was evident not only from their thanks at the end of the evening, but also from the letter we received. Thanks again to all who helped (practically all the Manor, it seemed to me!) and particularly to Mrs. Shuttleworth for making the whole thing possible. H.C.G
MUSIC A strong intake of experienced trebles from St Olave's and the Song School promoted a suggestion that the Choir should combat the decline in use made of it by the establishment by voluntarily singing Choral Evensong on certain Wednesday afternoons. Rehearsals were held at 3.0 p.m. and Evensong sung at 4.0 p.m. The support for this was good and it enabled the repertoire of services and anthems to be kept alive; it is hoped to repeat the experiment during the Christmas and Easter terms next year. The orchestral strings also received a good injection of new blood and this has had a stimulating effect, especially in the creation of a chamber music string group (now known as the Petrus Ensemble) who have played under the direction of Mr. Finch. The remainder of the 20
