to hear the appreciative comments made on so many occasions and by all kinds of people. The School Chapel lies in the centre of our whole community and is there for all, both St. Peter's and St. Olave's, and a great many people use it. But it is a relatively few generous, caring and ever-willing helpers who go on providing the money, the flowers, and the time and effort to arrange them. Week by week, and on special occasions, the "regulars" rally round. Most have jobs and numerous other commitments and go out of their way to help. So—we WOULD welcome some new helpers. And you do NOT have to be an expert! If you are shy of starting why not join forces with a friend and come together? The flowers are normally "done" some time on Saturday, and one of us will show you everything. Please, Peterites —of both sexes, Olavites, parents, staff, friends, do consider giving it a try! And if you can't help in person, perhaps you could contribute flowers from your garden, plants from your greenhouse, or even just money from your purse! And, while we're at it, I'm pretty sure the chaplains would also welcome a bit of Peterite or Olavite "elbow grease" to take a turn at polishing the brass and silver! Contact can be made with one of the chaplains, or through the School Office, or with me direct. Finally. a word of thanks to these same chaplains, to the organists, organ scholars, choristers, staff and cleaners, all of whom bear patiently and cheerfully with interruptions, mess and clutter, not to mention heady smells and drippy vases! Quite often they even lay on "music while we work". Much appreciated! S. M. NIX, St. Olave's
MUSIC One of the changes in the musical routine was the reshaping of the House Music Competition, which emerged as a House Entertainment— no longer competitive, but designed to allow each house to put on a programme of its own choice. This posed considerable problems of planning which, mercifully, were outside the responsibility of the Music Department. Music was still present in its traditional sense although very little of the Toy Symphony was audible over the claques which greeted the entry of various members of staff playing the novelty instruments. In Choir trebles were in short supply (though this has been partly remedied during the year thanks to a recruiting campaign) and in the Carol Service singers from the congregation were invited to occupy spare seats in the Choir Stalls. This augmented choir won for itself the curious reproof from one quarter that it had sung too enthusiastically! You can't win! The small Choir sang some Choral Evensongs on Wednesdays in the Christmas and Easter following the successful precedent of the previous year, but they were not allowed to continue into the Summer Term despite some enthusiasmm to do so. Orchestra and Band have had a reasonable year which included the experiment of a concert in the new Drama Centre. The acoustic, excellent for speech, is a little dry for music, but the enthusiasm of the performers countered that. The programme included a full rendering of Carmen Saeculare, a song composed for the School about 70 years ago. 21
