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Waterloo Chronicle (Waterloo, On1868), 7 Feb 1979, p. 5

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Emperor‘s â€" _â€"_New _ _ © Clothes â€" What makes the overall performance remarkable is the spirit of coâ€"operation between the two schools. Lincoln Heights has an auditorium with a stage, a senior orchestra and a chamber orchestra. Harold Wagner School supplied the choir and the operetta. The Lincoln Heights orchestras played selected arranâ€" gements as well as the introduction and finale to The Emâ€" peror‘s New Clothes. Once upon a time in the land of Semper Tempora there was an emperor who decided to celebrate his birthday by having a couple of wouldâ€"be weavers make him a suit of clothes of a cloth so fine it couldn‘t be seen by fools. The story of the Emperor‘s New Clothes was told last Thursday at Lincoln Heights Public School auditorium by students of Harold Wagner School in the form of an operetâ€" ta. The cast, members of the Harold Wagner junior choir, performed under the direction of the school‘s music teacher, Mrs. Elaine Ernst. The overture was composed for the occasion by Mr. Hudgins, who accompanied the choir at the piano. ‘"‘How can | tell the Emperor | can‘t see the new clothes? I‘m unfit.‘‘ The Emperor‘s minister (Monica Juche) tells the court the distressing news. There will be a second performance next Friday. Jenny Shortreed, narrator. Mien s ninkwgp 1: vomc 6 ecime 6 tpem S t a & The Emperor (David Jensen) gets measured for his new suit of clothes by swindlers Tim Somerville and Liza Bezner. The Emperor is dressed in nothing but his underwear! The court treasurer (Petra Urbanke), the general (Dean Schopf) and the first minister (Monica Juche) register their amazement at the spectacie. " "Watirion Ctifonicid. Weandidiy, Fobrasry 1: 1070 â€" Page 5

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