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Mikhail Gorbachev
Vancouver, March 27, 1993

 

 

 

May 4, 1993

The Douglas College Newsletter

 

Regards to Henry

 

 

 

HENRY WAACK

  
   

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Douglas College Music Instruc-
tor Henry Waack models the
tuneful T-shirt autographed and
presented to him by College
music students. After 23 years at
the College, Waack retires this
summer, but not before one last
musical May 15 and 16.

Although she left the Douglas College
theatre program last year, acclaimed direc-
tor Dorothy Jones has spent the last few
months contacting 50 theatre grads and
organizing a very special show.

All the work is a labor of love, though.
The show entitled Try To Remember - A
Musical Memoir is dedicated to her long-
time colleague Henry Waack, the last
original faculty member of the college’s
Music Department, and who is retiring
this summer. With Jones directing and
Waack managing the music and often pro-
viding piano accompaniment, the pair
had worked on more than a dozen musi-
cals and plays together since they first
teamed up for Anne of Green Gables in
1974.

"When I found out that there wasn’t go-
ing to be a musical at the college this
spring I felt sorry for Henry because I
knew he would like to work on one in
his last year," says Jones.

Gordon moves to Human
Resources & College Development

Mia Gordon has accepted the position of
Dean of Human Resources and College
Development effective May 1.

The move comes as a result of Gerry
Della Mattia’s one-year secondment as

DBD: director of the Advanced
Piucation Council of B.C.

"I'm excited to be able to work with the
people in this division," says Gordon.

"There are really good people doing inno-
vative things, and I’m happy to be a part
of that. I have a real interest in human
resource development, program develop-
ment, and in strategic planning. These
areas are very important in the current
post-secondary climate. They are central
to where the College is going."

Mia continued on page 4

Now he’s getting to do just that. Try To
Remember will feature musical highlights
from each of the shows Jones and Waack
worked on, a list that includes Guys and
Dolls, Kiss Me Kate, Working, and Fiddler
on the Roof. The performances will fea-
ture at least one original cast member
from each production.

"It’s going to be just like a reunion," says
Waack. "The people say they are really
excited that we're getting together again."

The group includes some out-of-town
alumni: Derek Metz, who attends the
National Theatre School in Montreal,
Victoria’s Susan Hubbard and Lawrence
Kamikawaji of Sidney, B.C. It’s taken
some detective work to find the former
theatre students, says Jones.

"Putting the show together has been in-
credibly challenging, but more than thirty

Henry continued on page 4

 

 

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