The first official voicing of the choir, in the Autumn Term 1965, was at Speech Day, November 9th. Three new songs were learnt, for the occasion. The choir was very honoured to receive an invitation to sing at the City Art Gallery on 17th November and we have been asked to go again this year. On November 28th we sang at Yeadon Town Hall, together with the Yeadon Male Voice Choir, accompanied by Hammond's Brass Band, affectionately known as "The Sauce Band".

The Carol Service this year was held at St. Michael's Church on 13th December. The church was filled and we feel sure this service is loved by all. It is to be hoped that this tradition continues for many years. On the following evening a few members of the choir, mainly fourth formers, sang at the Leeds Schools' Carol Service which was held at Leeds Town Hall. The choir was conducted by Mr. Hart and one of the soloists in Britten's Ceremony of Carols was Ceinwen Hopkins who has recently left Lawnswood and is now at Warwick University. We were invited to sing at Woodhouse Street Methodist Church at their Carol Service on 19th December and members of the sixth form read some of the lessons.

Forsaking turkeys, Christmas puddings and mince pies, the choir duly assembled at 9 a.m. on December 25th in Brunswick Methodist Church for a Christmas Morning broadcast which was heard all over the country.

During the Christmas holidays an Education Conference was held at Harrogate. The choir was asked to perform the "Ceremony of Carols" at a concert to mark the end of the conference.

We were again invited to sing with Norma Proctor on 2nd February, this time in Brunswick Methodist Church. On February 8th we sang at the Fellowship Concert of St. Chad's Church, at which other musicians from Leeds were also taking part. At the end, each member of the choir received a box of chocolates, much to our surprise and delight.

The choir, accompanied by Miss Lorna Tetley, sang in the Psychiatric Department of St. James' Hospital. Girls also played musical instruments and read poems. As we have been invited to give another concert there this year, we were pleased to hear that the hole at the back of the stage, down which five of our members unsuspectingly came to grief, has been filled in.

The House Music Festival was held on 25th March and the winners went forward to play in the Spring Concert, held on 29th March, at which the choir sang several items.

To mark their 75th Anniversary, Bramhope Methodist Church asked us to give a concert on the evening of June 18th (a Saturday night!) The choir was accompanied by Mrs. Popplewell who also performed a solo item on the piano. After the performance a supper was provided for us, and this was enjoyed by all.

Our final appearance for the year was on July 13th when we sang during the dinner hour to entertain members of the British Council who were visiting the school.

The highlight of the year was the choir outing. We all clambered into the bus at 9-30 a.m. but did not set off until 10-15 a.m., having had to wait for someone (who had forgotten about the trip) to be dragged out of bed! We spent an enjoyable day travelling through Yorkshire and in the evening we gave a concert at Hunmanby Methodist Church after which a supper was provided.

We would like to thank our accompanists and the members of the music staff for their support throughout the year, with especial thanks to Miss Clayton for a rather hectic, but very enjoyable year.

M. DANGERFIELD, R. SWINDELLS, JVI.

Instead of an opera this year, we had an inter-house music festival, held on March 25th. This was quite a novelty to many of the younger members of the school, and proved very popular and successful.

All the basic organisation was done by staff; after that it was up to each house to appoint choir conductors and someone to persuade, bully, or blackmail people to enter for the many varied events. During the hectic two weeks immediately before the competition, there was an unprecedented buzz of musical activity in every room containing a piano; enthusiasts even started arriving at 8 a.m. and staying until 5 p.m. to practice! House choirs were perhaps the focal point, and were certainly the most difficult to rehearse, inevitably clashing with netball or hockey matches so that the distraught conductors were sometimes left with only one alto and two or three sopranos.

Despite numerous reports by "spies" from each house on the progress of the others, we were all surprised by the high standard of the performances on the actual day. Miss Spence, area advisor, whom we were fortunate to have adjudicator, was equally impressed, and highly recommended our achievements as well as giving us some valuable criticism.

There was a terrific struggle for first place in the competition; in fact the outcome was doubtful right up to the last few events. Garbutt finally won, Roscoe was second, Stowell third and Graham fourth.

March 29th saw the culmination of our efforts—a concert given for parents by the winners of each class, with additional items performed by the school choir and orchestra.

Our sincere thanks go to the music staff who gave us so much help and advice, and without whose patient organisation we could not have staged either the festival or the concert. Although a great deal of very hard work was involved in preparing for these occasions, everyone agreed afterwards that it had all been extremely worthwhile.

Incidentally, in view of the considerable musical talent brought to light in the school, wouldn't it be an idea to make such events more frequent. . . .?

JULIA BOSWELL, SVI.

During the year we have sent to Headquarters the sum of £197 8s. 9d., which includes subscriptions from 59 new members, the "Christmas Tree" collection amounting to more than £16 and the box collections a total of £176 16s. 6d. Membership of Barnado Helpers' League at the beginning of the year was 285, a drop of 25 from the previous year. Of these about 40 made no collection or did not remember to bring it to school, (in spite of exhortations, notices and reminders!), so that this total of £176 is very creditable indeed. 28 members have qualified for the Short Service Silver Badge, 8 for the Further Service Award, and 2 for the Long Service Badge, given for 10 year's work for Barnardo's.

On June 18th several of our members gave further proof of their generosity by giving up a Saturday afternoon to preparing and serving tea to about 150 Barnado children from Homes in N.E. England, who had a Sports Day on our playing fields. This was a memorable event, both for the visitors and for the girls and two mothers who laboured to prepare an appetising feast—and nobly washed up after it. This was a helpful contribution to one of the special events held to celebrate the Barnado Centenary Year.

This year has seen several departures from the usual practice; we hope that this may be an encouragement to future committees.

This experiment was particularly marked and successful in the first form meetings. They met regularly every morning for ten minutes Bible study, and also saw two film strips in the "Jungle Doctor" series.

The third forms held more usual meetings during the dinner hour; Bible study, discussions and a quiz.

For the senior group, we have held meetings for Bible study and prayer, and then about once a month, open meetings have been held with a speaker on topics such as "Do You Believe the Bible", "Why Calvary?" and "Old Testament Prophecy". Several of these meetings were held jointly with the Modern School, and attendances were quite high. Several missionary meetings were held at the beginning of the year, when we met missionaries from the South American Missionary Society, the Worldwide Evangilisation Crusade and the Church Missionary Society. Slides were generally shown at this type of meeting.

An experiment in using audio-visual aids was tried at the end of the summer term; it is too soon to comment any further, but it is to be hoped that this field may be more fully explored in the future.

The committee would like to thank Miss Rowling and Miss Lynes for their help and encouragement throughout the year.

As usual the year started with overwhelming enthusiasm from the juniors. Naturally this became a little subdued as the year progressed, but the society has found numerous, reliable, consistent members.

We have averaged at least six meetings each term, all of which have been lively, exciting and extremely interesting. They have taken the form of free acting, competitions, charades and quizes. Unfortunately we have been unable to visit any suitable plays this year.

I hope that the enthusiasm shown particularly by the first formers will continue next year and that the Junior Literary and Dramatic Society will continue to flourish.

CHRISTINE PICKUP, SVI.