This is a post I wrote in November of 2007. It was about the first day of the Yr 10 Camp. At the time, I felt the need to document it, as the days surrounding it were interesting. Anyway, here it is. It was the day after the formal. All the glitz and glamour from [...]
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May 24 2009
Inherit the Wind
A few people have asked me to write a review of Barker’s Year 11 play, “Inherit the Wind”, because they themselves couldn’t get to the play. Having seen it yesterday night, it’s fine. Note that the powers that be have forbidden me to use people’s names, so I’ll write about it in context. “He that [...]
August 1 2008
Battle of the Choirs: The Last Hurrah
Friday July 25. It’s Barker Swings night, and the choir will be performing. Tonight felt special, not because I was wearing the red and black for the last time, but because it was the last time we were performing from our ‘battle’ repertoire. JAllington, our conductor, called it “the ridiculous”, but we all loved it. [...]
June 22 2008
The Formal
Last night was the formal. I thought it was going to be a great night. Unfortunately for me, it mostly wasn’t. To put it simply, the formal was a great idea at first, but it quickly loses its panache as the night progresses. We started off with a three course dinner. Entrée was a green [...]
April 22 2008
Birthday
Everyone and the mascots Originally uploaded by hohohob Last Sunday, I had my birthday party. There were five of us to begin with at Luna Park. There, we had fun for a while, before Simon left and the rest of us took a ferry. It went to Circular Quay, and after getting off, we walked [...]
January 17 2008
Jazz Under the Quarter Moon (Cloudy Skies)
On Wednesday, I went to Sydney Observatory’s “Jazz Under the Quarter Moon Cloudy Skies”. The clouds rolled in very quickly in the afternoon, so there was nothing to see. There were a couple of demos and shows in place of the moon viewing, but the jazz music was amazing. A trio called “Music with Panache” [...]
