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Herefordcathedralitw 0000000 12 13 14 15 2 1 3 16 17 18 4 5 21 20 19 6 7 8 22 1111 24 9 1010 23 OLD HEREFORDIANS’ CLUB NEWSLETTER 2011 OH News From the Development Office: President’s Report 2011 Look Forward, Look Back, Remember and Dream Another year has passed and ‘In an old, old cathedral city, there was an old, old the Old Herefordians’ Club school. In the old, old school there was an old, old staircase and up the old, old staircase the new continues to move forward Development Office lived! And it has been an eventful in a strong position first year!’ through its committee, Firstly, may Chris and I take this opportunity of thanking you contact with members and all for making us feel so welcome. We have been amazed by financially. your support and friendliness, and we both see this openness and community spirit as two of the main hallmarks of HCS. It is The OH day last year with your fantastic support that so much has been achieved fell over a particularly and accomplished. bad spell of weather In December, we opened the dedicated OH History Room which saw many of where students, staff and OH alike can see items of the day’s events being memorabilia, including a wide selection of uniforms, and cancelled. There was, photographs. Additionally, the room contains copies of HCS however a great and OH Magazines over the years and through these we have been able to archive details of people’s time at the school. Our turnout at the lunch thanks go to Chloe Gilbert (OH 2011) for her help with the and the opening of the archive this summer. The room is accessible, by appointment, OH Room in Number 1 year-round and the displays will change throughout the year; so was a huge success. This continues to go from strength to please feel free to visit and have a chat. strength proving its popularity. We have attended OH events and enjoyed reminiscences The OH Room and archiving is a large project and thanks with many OHs at the OH Regatta, OH Day, OH Dinner, OH in go to Juliette Austen Chandler and Helen Pearson who are London Lunch, the 1991 Reunion, as well as HCS Sports Day, giving a huge amount of time to it. Speech Day, Commemoration Day, Carol Service, Haydn ‘Nelson’ Mass to name but a few. It is clear that whether it is five A major project of the Club is to keep the database of its or fifty years since you left HCS, you hold fond memories of members up to speed and to keep in contact with those your time in Castle Street and the Cathedral Close and the members as best we can. We now have an official presence people who shared your time here both pupils and staff. on both Facebook and Linkedin; these are overseen by Claire Helen and I have also attended funerals and memorial services Morgan-Jones and Tim Conning respectively. for Old Herefordians. Peter Fairman-Bourne’s London dates, which he This year the Development Office was able to assist HCS organises throughout the year, continue to be popular. when it was approached about a fantastic legacy that would ensure an enduring opportunity for future generations of A list of all OHIL dates will be available on the website. pupils (see article Forever Educating; Page 5). Gifts to the School, The OH Regatta saw some new faces this year and is no matter how big or small make a real difference. Whether it is proving to be a popular summer event. a photograph to ensure that a record of a moment in time The 5th and 6th form leavers were again presented with remains, a prize to be awarded in memory of a loved one or a OH ties, scarves and yearbooks at their respective lunches. gift to provide financial assistance for a student, they all provide These are very well attended by virtue of the fact there is unique opportunities and all enter the rich tapestry of our vast no alternative! Joking aside, the presentation of club School history. And so, as we look forward we look to a year packed with the colours is appreciated and the lunches enjoyed. cycle of School and OH events, to which we will be adding Our thanks, as ever, to Jon Webb who continues to keep dates for an Armed Forces Reunion, a reunion for the Leavers the club finances in order, to Mark Ellis for keeping a of 1962, an Oxford Dinner for OHs who attended Oxford and watchful eye as secretary and support as past president, to Cambridge Universities, the tri-annual Chorister’s Reunion as Clare Adamson for her great work on the OH magazine the Three Choirs Festival comes to Hereford, and to the launch and to The Headmaster for his for his ongoing support of of a ‘Friends’ calendar of events. the club. Thank you again for all your support this year; and I look Enjoy the magazine and please OH’s keep in touch forward to meeting and working with you all in the years to come. through whichever means is best to let us know what is Best regards, happening. Andrew Davies Claire President, Old Herefordian’s Club Claire Morgan-Jones, Development Director 2 OLD HEREFORDIANS’ CLUB NEWSLETTER 2011 Tony Award for War Horse UN Appointment Following the catastrophic earthquake in Haiti last year, Nigel Fisher (OH 1958-1965), was appointed by United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon as his Deputy Special Representative for ©UNICEF Canada the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti, at the rank of Assistant Secretary-General in July 2010. Nigel Fisher is the past president and CEO of UNICEF Canada. A man who began his studies at Hereford Cathedral Dr. Fisher has worked for three decades with the United School has won the theatrical equivalent of an Nations in a dozen countries: working with UNICEF for over Oscar during a lavish awards ceremony in New York. two decades in Asia, Africa, and the Middle East, with the Chris Shutt (OH1971-1976) won Broadway acclaim at the Department of Peacekeeping in Afghanistan after the fall of renowned Tony Awards for his sound design role in War Horse the Taliban. His UNICEF career has predominantly been in and crossed the Atlantic for just twenty-four hours to pick up conflict-affected or crisis-hit countries: he has been involved the gong. The Tony Awards, more formally known as the in developments in Afghanistan for more than a decade and Antoinette Perry Awards for Excellence in Theatre, are held was UNICEF special representative for Afghanistan and each year and televised across the USA. neighbouring countries after 9/11; he was UNICEF’s special War Horse took a total of six Tony’s, including best play. Chris representative for Rwanda and the Great Lakes region of had worked on the show in London’s West End and stayed Central Africa in the immediate aftermath of the Rwandan with it as it moved to New York. War Horse, which has been a genocide, and led UNICEF’s response to the first Gulf War in phenomenal success since it opened at the National Theatre the Middle East in the early 1990s. He has also been UNICEF’s in 2007, is based on the 1982 children's novel by Michael Director of Emergency Operations and Regional Director for Morpurgo – about the bond between a young First World South Asia. War recruit and his horse .The play is still running in the West A Canadian national, Canada has awarded Nigel Fisher the End, where it has sold more than one million tickets, and is Meritorious Service Cross for his humanitarian leadership. He selling out on Broadway every night. is married and has two daughters. QCVS for Taliban Battles Major record deal for Debbie An Old Herefordian has been Debbie Clarke (OH 1996- honoured in the Operational 2002) has signed a five- Awards List published on 30 album record deal with September, which recognises Warner Records. military service during operations. After being played on BBC Captain Tobias Whitmarsh Radio several times, Debbie (OH 1990-1996), a 29-year-old company began working with legendary operations officer of 1st Battalion The Royal Irish Regiment, record producer Tony Visconti received the Queen's Commendation for Valuable Service from 2008. Tony Visconti has (QCVS) for his leadership skills in controlling six months of produced many albums with intense battles with the Taliban. stars such as David Bowie, Thin Captain Whitmarsh was responsible for controlling the Lizzy and T. Rex amongst others. Debbie’s album, which is in tactical movements of up to 350 troops. His operations the Folk/Pop/Rock genre, will go on sale worldwide in centre was a small hut, where he often working by candlelight, January 2012. All tour information, videos, and pictures will within a mud-walled compound which came under enemy be available on the Warner Records website and Debbie's fire several times a day. website which is to be launched soon. His citation described him as "a truly exceptional officer". Debbie gained her Grade 8 distinction and won the It said: "For those that conducted operations under his Hereford and Worcester Young Musician of the Year for two control, he was the constant example of leadership and consecutive years whilst at Hereford Cathedral School. After resolute determination." leaving HCS she studied for four years at The Royal Academy Toby was a chorister from the age of eight but left HCS aged of Music in London and whilst there was finalist in the Young fourteen and went on to attend Ampleforth.
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