Page 78 - 1951

THE HARVEST HOP
by
Hal Dempster
The Harvest Hop, the first dance of the year was put into reality by Mr. Culbe~t's pride and joy (?), IIA.
Announcements were made i n the assembl y and the night fin- ally arrived , and we found that this was not just another dance, but a combination of stage work and dancing.
During the first half hour of the evening the "Drama Club" under the jirection of Hal Dempster~ who also acted as master of ceremonies for this part of the programme, supplied the following entertairunent .
What 's coming? !!Jell it i s a Mock Wedding , Jogpatch style, featuring Helen M1.1n.rc8 a8 ~he bride, Cameron MacKay
(that tall lad) as the groo~, Susan Westcott as the prea- cher, backed by the rest of the club. Going fTom "the r i- diculous to t he sublime , Arl ene Jago , accompani ed by Jean
Lochart, sang "Dear Hearts and Gentl e People!! and Sometime" . rlary Louise Plater then gave us a look at I'The Country Squire" and his probloms? Where did the hog caller come from? Oht Excuse metl It was not what I tl'i.'ught it was.
It was Marilyn Boone singing?? "I was Born and Raised on Corn". Tap, Tap, it was those two tap dancers , Sylvia Smith and Helen McGaulley accompanied by Marlene Lane. Last we had Terry Irwin doing a monolocue e::J.titled, "It's Easy to Act". Thus the "Drama" proceedings were brought to a close. It might be well to mention that Miss Gordon