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In the early years of the school the Brass Band was under the direction of Mr Tom Mitchell and featured large in school life.
The choir, too, was very active and participated in local and regional events: supporting at the Charter Theatre; and appearing in TV productions of "Our Favourite Hymns", for example.
Exposure to the Arts in general was an important focus of the school and extra curricular productions added a different dimension to pupils' education.
Productions played to capacity audiences and entertained many.
Productions
Productions
Androcles and the Lion
HMS Pinafore (1968)
Pirates of Penzance (1969)
Trial By Jury
A Man Apart
South Pacific (Circa 1975)
Wizard of Oz (1978) (Costumes made by Mrs Margaret Brindle, Mrs Helen Campbell, Mrs Gwen Onyon and others)
The Boyfriend
The Matchgirls (1981) (Costumes made by Mrs Brindle and others)
The Conversion Job (Circa 1987)
Our Day Out
Star Flaws
Cinderella
Joseph and His Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat
Oliver
July 1978: "The Wizard of Oz". Sheila Hamilton as Dorothy (role also played by Eileen Baines)
July 1978: The Witches and their assistants in "The Wizard of Oz"
July 1978: "The Wizard of Oz"
3 scary skeletons: Beverley Monk, Marianna Blackburn,Debbie and Danny Jones.
The paint gave off eerie green effect when the lights went down.
July 1978: "The Wizard of Oz"
L - R: Mrs Joyce Whittaker, David Barber, Eileen Baines,
Linda St Jean, Geoffrey Pownall.
Photo courtesy of Andrea Howard
The Queen's Lancashire Regiment Band (Mr Gahan's former regiment) accompanied by a small number of pupils.
Visit made just prior to Mr Gahan's retirement.
A sell out performance of "Joseph and His Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat". This was the first school production where radio mikes were used. Full orchestra provided by Newman College.
Photo taken by LEP.
"Joseph and His Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat":
6 of Joseph's brothers
"Yanomamo": The Living Trees. Make up by Mrs Kerfoot and Mrs Clarke
"Yanomamo": All ready for the First Night performance.
Shirley Williams, one of the cast, went on to study Dance and Media at university and returned to SJF some years later to coach pupils.
"Yanomamo": Kathryn in action as The Sloth. The white gap in the backdrop was used to project stills and moving images from the side of the stage long before Powerpoint came along.
Yasmin Hussain is seen here as Cinderella with her Wicked Stepmother and Ugly Sisters
Mr Catherall going over his lines in the Christmas Panto before transforming into ....
The Sultan of Swing!
Oliver played by Alex Rudd
The last full-scale school production was "Oliver"
which had a cast of 80 and was ambitiously staged on 3 levels.
Productions
Productions
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