Bye Bye Birdie for the fi Rst Time in Many Years, the School Has Staged a Musical for the Annual School Play
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Bye Bye Birdie For the fi rst time in many years, the School has staged a musical for the annual School play. “Bye Bye Birdie”, set in the late 1950s and with a story revolving around an Elvis Presley type pop star, was a much anticipated date on the School calendar. e Drama and Music departments worked in conjunction to bring the audience a full musical theatre experience, in a hardly recognisable Garnsey Hall. With pre-sold ticket sales of around 200 for each of the three shows, the week of the performance was a very exciting time for the cast and crew. Teacher in charge of Drama, Judy Taylor, said, “ e cast and crew worked incredibly hard to ensure that the fi nal performances were polished and professional. It was certainly a team eff ort and the students were supported by their families throughout the long rehearsal process.” Bye Bye Birdie BACK PAGE Alex Waite Cultural Trip Staggfair wins to Vietnam is Back Premier’s P8 P10 Award P4 PO Box 465, Sale Victoria 3853 Telephone (03) 5143 6388 Facsimile (03) 5143 6347 Website www.gippslandgs.vic.edu.au Published for the Gippsland Grammar family Issue Two - 2009 early 2006, Megan did a short stint at a Touche Tohmatsu – one of the world’s children’s hospital in the UK, prior to her largest professional services fi rms – and Out and About graduation the same year. She is now in February this year, he assumed the working as a doctor in Adelaide. leadership of the fi rm’s Public Sector practice in Victoria. Colin lives in At the Annual General Meeting of e fi rst few months of 2009 Katherine Toyer (2003) and Simon (Saan) Arthur (1986) is a Barbara Fulton (Ferres – 1966) Natalie O’Connell (2003) Melbourne with his wife, Nicole, and their were a fl urry of activity as we From the the School Association on 28 April, Freelance Sound Engineer in the UK. has worked in senior management three sons and says that he remains a Mr Peter Jennings announced that prepared our submission for Interviewed recently on ABC Gippsland roles for over thirty years. She has passionate supporter of the Richmond he was stepping down from his the government’s ‘Building Principal Radio by old scholar, Craig Bush (1977), vast experience within utility industries Football Club. the Education Revolution’ Saan had an interesting story to tell. including urban and rural water, Libby Rumpff (1996) has her position as Chair of the School He has worked with many famous electricity and gas, along with over ten BA (Hons) and BSc from Melbourne Board. Peter has been a Board funding. Fortunately, three of musicians, including Mark Knoffl er, Andy years’ active experience as a director University and received her PhD in May member since August 2001 and has our funding applications have Summers, George Benson, Charlie Watts within the catchment management, retail this year. Her thesis was entitled “The been successful. We received Tentet, and jazz vocalist, Ian Shaw to fi nance, fi nancial planning and health infl uence of climate and disturbance on been Chair for the last two years, name but a few. His impressive CV also industries. Recently, the East Gippsland alpine tree-line dynamics in the Victorian $200,000 in the ‘School Pride’ having served as Chair of the Audit includes positions as House Engineer, Institute of TAFE board announced the Alps, Australia” Libby examined the role Committee for a number of years programme which will has upgrade to Lorna Sparrow Hall (providing Stage Manager and MC at Ronnie election of Barbara to the role of chair. of climate, fi re and landuse as controls on alpine tree-line dynamics in the been put towards re-fl ooring the Senior a function kitchen, amenities and a new Scott’s and Pizza Express Jazz Clubs in Kate Keppitipola (McLaughlin prior to that. Peter has made a Victorian Alps, in order to understand School gymnasium, providing a shade Soho. Saan is often on tour but when at – 1999) is married with a two year entrance), development of the upstairs Natalie and Katherine the response of these boundaries to strong contribution to Gippsland home, works from his beautiful 500 year old son. She completed her business area outside the canteen and installing section of the former girls’ Boarding House climate change. She analysed the Grammar, during a period of old house in Cornwall, which includes an degree in Canberra, worked in hotel re-visited their old boarding days recently, age distribution of stems in stands additional water-storage to provide two additional classrooms outstanding recording studio. management in Melbourne for several signifi cant change spending a week in our new Boarding with different disturbance histories, tanks on the Garnsey and further changing facilities and the David Felstead (1997) completed years, and since January 2008 has been and growth. I House. Back at Gippsland Grammar on and examined the impact of the 2003 a double degree in IT/Engineering at Clerical Services Manager at Latrobe Campus. In the ‘Primary redevelopment of the former boys’ Boarding teaching rounds, the pair enjoyed the wildfi res (in the absence of grazing) on thank him for his RMIT. He currently works for Microsoft Regional Hospital in Traralgon. School for the 21st opportunity to catch up with some of the tree-line ecotone. The past grazing House to provide a music centre. We are in their Search Development area. In a personal support Peter May (1982) holds a Bachelor their former teachers and get to know the regime signifi cantly altered woodland Century’ programme, enormously grateful to the government for pure coincidence, David was recruited for and friendship of Building from RMIT and is the new routine of their old School. They’re structure, but climate and wildfi re now our application for providing this injection of capital funding, Microsoft by past-student, Hugh Williams and for the service Managing Director of May Constructions both completing a Diploma of Education control tree-line dynamics. (1986). Microsoft now employs quite a Pty Ltd, a medium-sized building at Latrobe University this year. Katherine building a Hall at the which will enable us to fulfi l many of our Brian Walker (1986) completed an which he has given number of our Old Scholars. David and contractor established in 1991. Based in has been studying Arts (History) and Bairnsdale Campus infrastructure objectives several years earlier honours degree in Agricultural Science his wife Jacquelyn have three children Melbourne, Peter’s company focuses on Natalie has a Bachelor of Agricultural to the School. At at Latrobe University. After travelling was successful with a than would have been possible without this and live just outside Seattle in the United Science. the Board meeting light commercial projects, including work overseas, Brian returned to Victoria grant of $M2 enabling funding. All projects are expected to be States. at the Australian Centre for the Moving which immediately Colin Radford (1984) was offered and joined a small veterinary company us to begin this project complete by the middle of next year. Jane Felstead (2000) graduated Image, Camberwell Fresh Food Markets, a journalism cadetship at the Latrobe which concentrated on developing and followed the straight away. In addition with fi rst class honours in Media and Springvale Uniting Church, Boronia Valley Express newspaper during his commercialising the Embryo Transfer e roof over the basketball court at the Communications at Swinburne University Primary School and “The Garage” in Association to the main hall, the fi nal year at Gippsland Grammar. After industry within the cattle and sheep Bairnsdale Campus is now complete and, and has recently been accepted into a Glenferrie Road, Hawthorn. The company eight years as a journalist in print, markets. Brian now works for Elders meeting, Bishop building will contain a PhD program. has also won an HIA Award for Australian with the new Hall, this brings the initial television and radio, Colin moved on to as the National Merchandise Category John McIntyre was library, art and music Ferida Felstead (Staff 1985 - Bathroom Project of the Year. politics where he has worked as a Senior Manager for Animal Health and plans for the campus to a conclusion. It is elected as Board Bishop John McIntyre facilities, a function 1997) completed her teaching career Megan McLaughlin (2000) studied Advisor and Chief of Staff to Premiers Production. Brian and his family live in remarkable that we have been able to achieve as Assistant Principal of Koonung Medicine at Adelaide University, where and Ministers including John Brumby, Mickleham, to the north of Melbourne. Chair with Peter kitchen, changing rooms this in just four years and it is a delight that Secondary College in 2007. She is she accepted a Medical Rural Bonded Steve Bracks and Tim Holding. In 2007, Old School mates are welcome to email Skeels taking on the Vice-Chair and additional offi ces. A second, smaller currently enjoying retirement. Scholarship worth over $120,000. In Colin accepted a partnership at Deloitte him at [email protected]. the early years at the campus are now full position. Anne Mwagiru was re- application for a grant of $500,000 has so that we can anticipate moving to full elected to the Board and a new also been successful and this will be put to contact Anna regarding the been overlooked, please contact enrolments over the next few years. Class of 1989 Class of 1984 P&F nominee, David Conway towards renovations and improvements at 20 Year Reunion 1989 reunion. If you can help 25 Year Reunion Helen Drew (nee Jenkin) on joined the Board.