Yesterday, the Sir John A. Macdonald Wind Ensemble went to the Scarborough Civic Centre to perform some of thier great music. The Ensemble performed for a rather large group that included parents, young children and other schools who had performed that day.
Late in the morning, we all eagerly boarded our buses with our instruments. When we arrived at the Civic Centre, we were directed to the great room where the Scarborough Council holds their meetings. We prepared our instruments as we waited, and were treated to a choir and a band who performed wonderfully.
We then took our seats and prepared for our performance. We performed Sussex Mummers Christmas Carol to the audience and they applauded. Danielle Beck, Scott Newlands and Gloria-Leigh Anglelo performed a piece that had everyone clapping and giggling due to its humourous affect on a person -- it was entitled "Comedy for Saxophones."
After the trio had finished, we had everyone in the room watching us and they weren't dissapointed. We topped off our day with Songs of Sailor and Sea. The audience cheered! We were proud!
Some of us then went back to school on the early bus but others stayed at the Scarborough Town Centre for lunch. Later we returned, a little less hungry, and were a whole lot prouder to be at Mac.
Smutton
Hi! (I'm waving at the computer screen.) Do you know what a YETI is? YOU!!! I believe that yeti (es) are fromagique and have blazey hairs that they lose occasionally. When they lose their hairs, they vacuum them up. MOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!
Nony LaSouris
On Monday, December 8th, the grade ten and eleven medallion English classes all got on a big yellow (magic?) school bus and travelled many light years to Young Peoples Theater to see The Evolution of Jazz. It was a wonderful, delightful production filled with continuous musical numbers that included a great "dance" by our very own Ms. Nickel. The play ( well it couldn't really be called a play. Okay, the musical) wasn't that bad. If only there had been something resembling a plot I would have said it was good.
By far, the best part of the production was the cool, drum-playing, dreadlocked guy in the back who looked like he would snap and go mental at any time. (Actually, now that I think about it, he may have gone mental. hmmm.........)
N-E-Wayze, (that's degenerate speech for anyways) in all, the performance wasn't that bad, the music was pretty good, the drummer was really cool, and the story...well, nothing's perfect.
See ya!
Stoopid Head
Noticing many things in my day, one of the weird things I've noticed (which proves to me I have no life) is that teachers' pants are too short!
cuju
Everybody was bursting with excitement! The night was adorned with radiant-looking ladies and distinguished-looking gentlemen. The overall feeling was breezy with a hint of tension. The night of the Semi-formal was beautiful.
Actually, I'm just guessing. I have no idea what last night was like! I wasn't there!
There was an unbelievable number of people who didn't go to the Semi just like me. Our excuses vary from, " I didn't have any money" to "I had to work". But the fact remains that a lot of us were sitting at home in our sweats watching T.V. So the question that lingers is, did we enjoy ourselves at home or were we so completely depressed that we went through two litres of ice cream?
I, for one, couldn't care less. I was watching Speed and I had no complaints. I was thoroughly enjoying myself! Just me and my Keanu (Pop quiz, hot shot! You've played a surfer dude, a Shakespearian villain and Buddha. Now you need to jump start your career. What do you do? What do you do? Here's a hint - don't go below 50 mph)!
I'm pretty sure no one was at home, lying face down on their bed, sobing on their pillow saying, "Why, oh why, couldn't I go too?!"
So, I hope everybody enjoyed themselves last night, but I actually didn't feel like going. The Semi-formal definitely pales in comparison to that bus ride!
<>(: CHEEKY:)
I was at the Leaf game last night against Colorado, and I have to say that the Leafs played incredibly well. Anyone who saw the game HAS to admit that they did.
I'm a die-hard Leaf fan. I love them when they suck (many times over the last few years) and when they are great (i.e. last night and last Monday).
I really hate walking down this school's hallways, and passing people wearing opposing teams jerseys...it frustrates me to no end that some people are just a bunch of band-wagon- jumper-on-ers. Yeah, Colorado is good...so is Montreal. But WHAT ABOUT THE LEAFS?? C'mon people! It's like people at this school walking around with Cederbrae football jerseys or Mowat hockey jerseys, just because they are better than our own Mac teams. (No offense to the football and hockey players here at Mac...you guys are great, but we can all admit that they're better, right?)
Let's show some city spirit, and let's have a big bonfire in the quad and burn all of our Colorado, Detroit, Anaheim, and especially those Montreal Canadiens jerseys...what do ya say??
The Critic
P.S. Two weeks ago, I wrote a commentary on the Music Council. A lot of people have complained about my article, because they felt it was wrong for me to compare the Music Council to Hitler. If some of you read on past the headline and the first few lines, you would have seen that I said that comparing them to Hitler was rather severe. The headline was just to grab your attention so you would read on. Lighten UP!!!
H: So how's the chicken and the egg thing coming along?
U: Oh, it's a scene, man.
H: Yeah, I've been doing some thinking myself. I say, I say, I say, the egg came before the chicken.
U: Oh?
H: Yes.
U: Care to expand?
H: Not really, but I will.
[passage of time]
U: When?
H: Now.
U: Well, then...
H: Ok, when you go to stores to purchase something it comes nicely, neatly packaged. Take for example a hockey net. It is in a box relatively compact to the size of the fully assembled net.
U: So you're suggesting that God would act in a similar manner and create the more compact form first, in this case the egg.
H: Precisely.
U: So if Adam had an omelet we'd have no chickens, or eggs for that matter.
H: Well, actually Adam wouldn't be able to crack the egg before it hatched.
U: Oh?
H: Yes, that's where the theory gets a bit weird. Following that God selects the more compact form, then Adam would be a fetus.
U: Oh, I see. So, it's the chicken who came first then?
H: Apparently.
U: Well, I would have to disagree.
H: Oh?
U: Yeah, I had a little talk with Charles on the matter.
H: Down on them Galapagos Islands?
U: Yes.
H: Aren't they marvelous?
U: Just spectacular. Anyways, we got to talking and he suggested that as life evolved from those basic amino acids, there evolved a creature which laid eggs but was not a chicken. As the years went by, there evolved an animal that was just one mutation away from being a chicken. As we know, the evolution of a species occurs in the offspring, the egg. And thus, the egg came first.
H: Most fascinating.
U: Did you hear that?
H: What?
U: I think I heard a tree fall, I'm not sure.
H: Well, I didn't hear it.
U: Then it didn't fall.
H: I beg to differ...
Homercles & Uncle Leo
Everyone always stresses the importance of expressing oneself. They say it isn't healthy to hold back your feelings and opinions. However, there are some expressions that are so over used, that they are'nt even funny anymore!
For example, I find it so lame when people say, "Buh bye." One of these days, I'm going to go down to New York and beat up David Spade for that! And what about when people stupidly impersonate Homer Simpson and yell "Doh!" or "Woo hoo!" That is the geekiest thing I have ever been witness to.
Everybody, express yourself if you need to but please, PLEASE, find more creative ways of saying it!
And if I may quote Madonna, "Don't go for second best, baby!" (Get it???........nevermind)
CHEEKY:)
This week, the writers of MacNews have been given a special treat, (treat?) the Almighty Sofi, ed. is preparing for the Semi-Formal, so guess what? We have temp. eds.! (The audience erupts in a chorus of boos.) If there is one thing I hate (there are actually many things that I hate but for this articles sake I'll only hate one) it's temp. eds.
Now for those of you who don't have the pleasure of writing for MacNews and working with these creatures I have included this list of the top ten things that the temp. eds. (One in particular. You know who you are.) HATE to see a writer print.
10) Comma Faults
9) No space before your name
8) Anything insulting raisins
7) Top Ten Lists (not unlike this one)
6) Run-on sentences
5) Run-on paragraphs
4) Things that should be capitalised not capitalised
3) Americanized spelling
2) Improper spelling
1) MacNews spelled Mac News
I hope this has been informative for you and I'll end with this plea for help, "Sofi come back! These temp. eds. are driving me nuts!"
If this article gets published, be amazed. The eleventh thing the temp. eds. hate is articles that make fun of them.
Have a nice day (or not).
Stoopid Head