At midnight last night UK time, QRC’s beloved Geraldine Connor, former Music Mistress passed away.
May she rest in peace and compose for the orchestra of angels and saints who will play on that great and glorious day of our Lord’s appearing.
Geraldine Connor was a freelance Theatre Director. An ethnomusicologist by profession, she was a senior teaching fellow at the University of Leeds (1992 – 2004) and holds a MMus (London)., LRSM, Dip. Ed. She held a two year appointment as Associate Director (Music) at the West Yorkshire Playhouse (2001 – 2003). A composer, performer, musical director and vocal animator specialising in mainstream rock and pop, Caribbean carnival, Caribbean folk and African American Gospel, Jazz and Blues styles, she conceived, composed and directed Carnival Messiah , a radical theatrical reinvention inspired by George Fredrick Handel’s Messiah (1999 and 2002, West Yorkshire Playhouse: Port of Spain, Trinidad 2003 and Carnival 2004), and also directed the acclaimed premiere co-production between the West Yorkshire Playhouse and Adzido Pan African Dance, Yaa Asantewaa, Warrior Queen, which successfully toured Britain and Ghana, Africa, in 2001/2002. She has directed Carnival Messiah (Queen’s Hall, Trinidad and Tobago), Blues in the Night (West Yorkshire Playhouse), Vodou Nation (UK Arts and West Yorkshire Playhouse) and Performance Poet Ras Anansi-I for the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.
‘A Blast from the Past’, featuring six of the country’s top inter-col teams, was yesterday launched at the Queen’s Park Oval.
The intercol reunion, which is being hosted by RAG Sport Marketing will feature St Mary’s, Fatima, Queen’s Royal College, Presentation San Fernando, St Benedict’s and Naparima College and will be staged on October 23 at the Oval.
It will see several of the country’s former top players donning their gear to raise funds for renal care patients in T&T and will be staged under the kind patronage of The John Hayes Memorial Kidney Foundation.
Among the invited guest at yesterday’s launching were event coordinator Andre Lawrence of RAG Sport Marketing, Dexter Skeene CEO of the T&T Pro League, former national player and Fatima old boy Alivin Corneal, Dr Emile Mohammed of West Shore Medical, Lisa Abraham of QPCC and former QRC old boy Tansley Thompson.
Each shared their experiences of close friends/family suffering with chronic kidney diseases and added their kind words and support for the event.
According to Lawrence each school will field teams in two age groups 35-49 and 50 and over during the whole day exercise that is guaranteed to bring back fond memories. In addition, an exhibition game consisting of two Girls Schools will also take place.
I on behalf of the scout group and myself once again pay tribute to the remarkable person that was Laurence McDowall. On this the 11th Anniversary of his passing and the upcoming centennial of the Troop it is impossible not to pay homage to the singular contribution that he made. He was the longest serving Group Scout Leader, having served in that role for a quarter of the Group’s existence and having helped transform it both in terms of the wide range of programme activities and more importantly in its adherence to the principles of Honour, brotherhood, duty and service.
He was a mentor, friend and father figure to many of us here, and indeed multiple generations of young people – through music, sport and his unrelenting commitment to his alma mater.
His strength of character and commitment to serving his country were legendary – his constant struggle to maintain and encourage independent thinking among those of us in the troop, as well as to steadfastly protect the interest and independence of the scout troop often saw him struggling with both the administration at the College and at the Scout Association to achieve what was thought to be just and right. Through all of these struggles he never lost his will to contribute to the welfare of our country’s young men and women, hoping as he did to contribute positively to the achievement of Baden-Powells dream – to foster a world that embraces the concept of duty to God, country and our fellowmen.
Gone but not forgotten and may we all be inspired by the example of his life to a life of service to our communities and to our fellowmen. Rest in peace Laurence.
The Queen’s Royal College Old Boy’s Association (OBA) will hold its Annual Dinner on Saturday 12th November, 2011 at the College and is inviting all Alumni (young, old, male, female, local and foreign based) to take this opportunity to partake of cocktails in the newly refurbished Hall prior to Dinner in the Courtyard.
This celebration of the OBA’s 77th Anniversary and the 152nd Anniversary of the College (and the original Queen’s Collegiate School) will begin with Cocktails in the Hall which has now been restored to its former glory.
This promises to be a wonderful occasion where the alumni can, once again, come together in familiar surroundings to renew the camaraderie and share in the ambience which makes QRC a great and unique institution.
Cocktails will be served from 5:30PM and Dinner at 6:45PM. There will be secured Parking outside the College and tickets, priced at $300.00, are available from OBA Members including Samuel Davis 387-2411, Roger Berkeley 741-9890, Larry Olton 486-0591, Kenrick Harrinauth 472-4204 and Aaron Doyle 681-7879.
QRC alumnus Richard “Torpedo” Thompson put on a stellar performance at the National Track and Field Championships 2011 at the Hasely Crawford Stadium yesterday, August 13th, 2011. In a top-class field that included fellow alumnus Mark Burns, Thompson took gold. In the process, the Olympic silver medalist set a new National Record time and personal best of 9.85 seconds in the 100m sprint final for men.
Thompson’s Wikipedia article at this time states that the achievement has ranked him 9th fastest in all-time lists and eclipses Ato Boldon’s national record 9.86 seconds.
9-day Art Exhibit at the Queen’s Royal College Hall featuring work by QRC Alumuni Satori Hassanali, Ihsan Atiba & Ariann Thompson.
The exhibit will be open for viewing Monday 8th to Saturday 13th from 2:00pm to 6:00pm. The displayed pieces and other memorabilia will be on sale. Part proceeds go to the College and part to charity.
There is also a series of events during which the work will be displayed.
Friday 5th August: The Quorum (Soft Opening) – 6:00pm – 10:00pm
Sunday 7th August: The Forum (Open Mic) – 6:00pm – 10:00pm
Sunday 14th August: The Run (Fete-match Family Day) – 11:00am – 8:00pm
For more information, please contact:
Satori – 394-2192 or mungalindajungle@hotmail.com
Ariann – 620-2542 or ariannmiekaphotography@gmail.com
Persons interested in assisting with the planning and execution of any of the following events/projects are asked please to contact Aaron Doyle at 681-7879.
Tutoring of QRC students
Production of an OBA Magazine/Newsletter
Planning of the OBA Dinner
Spotlight on Victor Selman
The following link is to an article which highlights our distinguished alumnus, Mr. Victor Selman.
Sports Legacy Group presents a Fund Raising Concert
The Sports Legacy Group is putting on a concert to raise funds for the QRC Football Programme.
Featured will be the QRC Steel Orchestra, Elan Parle, Ronald Aqui, Patti Rogers, Chantal Esdelle & Moyenne. The Master of Ceremonies will be Jemma Jordan
Showtime is 8:30pm on Saturday 6th August, 2011.
Tickets cost $200.00.
For additional information, please contact Reynold Howard at 632-7347/752-4735 or the College at 622-1671.
Sincerely,
Aaron Doyle
QRC 1994-2001
Communications Officer
Queen’s Royal College Old Boys’ Association
Quite Respectable Chaps presents the 2011 version of its ever popular XQ’s, formerly the QRC Small Lime.
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