Standing up in front

(photo by Carol Hinde)

The first CFUW Diplomatic Hospitality event of the new season was held at the Vanier-Richelieu Community Centre this morning, a venue that had plenty of space for the coffee & cakes and the mingling; it also had a stage. Members of the Executive Committee (that's me in the pink jacket) had to display themselves to the assembly during the welcome speeches ... and now that I'm processing the photos, it really does remind me of our old school assemblies at Scarborough Girls' High School in the 1960s, with the music teacher at the piano (my dad in those days, though the chap in today's photo is university prof Frédéric Lacroix at an electronic keyboard, not his usual instrument) the headmistress at the podium (today, in Canada, it was Sheryl as our "chair") and the prefects standing behind her on stage. The young lady on the right (with her accompanist) was a special addition for today's occasion; she sang an aria by Bellini.