Stars of Knightswood keep up the good work
By Paul Hastie
THE teachers of Knightswood Secondary in Glasgow don’t need much persuasion to make a song and dance about raising money for charity.
 They raised another
£700 for CHAS at their Mr & Mrs Knightwood 2005 show — bringing their ongoing CHAS total to an incredible
£4500.
All 300 tickets were sold for the event last Thursday evening, and pupils, parents and staff were delighted to see their teachers’ talents on stage.
Lay-dees
The comedy stars of the show were technician, Mr Warrender, and music theatre director, Mr Dickie, as “The Lay-dees” from the BBC show
Little Britain.
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 The Knightswood teachers who were brave enough to have their photo taken. From left, Carolyn McElroy, Mecillo Williams, Martin McCafferty, Jennifer Kenny and Kevin Boland. Front, Ian Pratt and Irene Friel.
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No-one could hold back their laughter when they entered the school hall, threw confetti over sporting headmaster Mr Muchan and told him, “Ooh, you’re gorgeous!” Other highlights included food technology teacher Mrs Friel as Britney Spears, and drama teacher Miss McElroy as Kylie Minogue.
The event built on the success of the first Mr & Mrs Knightswood show, held two years ago. The showstoppers from that evening made a special guest appearance on Thursday — reuniting for one night only as the Spice Girls.
Art teacher Miss McLellan, office manager Mrs Gaffney, food technology’s Mrs Kelly, Mrs Clarke from chemistry and Miss McElroy (Kylie must have been making a guest appearance with the Spices) performed two hit songs —
Who Do You Think You Are? and Spice Up Your Life.
Star contributor
The Mr & Mrs winners, crowned by Mr Muchan, were Ms Williams for her turn as Beyonce, and Mr Boland for performing as his comic alter-ego
“Jed the ned”.
Over the past two years Knightswood has become a star contributor to our Hospice Appeal.
Thanks go to the hard work of 10 S6 girls who have tirelessly kept the pounds rolling in for Robin House.
Emma Curran, Emma Gallagher, Fiona Carmichael, Debbie Allen, Alison McDonald, Toni Goode, Mhairi Ballantyne, Joanne Tees, Lauren Doherty and Helen Goldie first approached technical teacher Liz McShane in their fourth year, to ask if they could start a charity committee.
“The girls wanted to raise money to help CHAS and asked if I would help out,” said Ms McShane.
“They wanted to do something for other young people — it was a charity they could relate to.
In charge
“I was happy to help, but they’re the ones in charge. They organise everything themselves — they tell me what to do and I do it.”
The girls had already raised £3300 for CHAS from past Mr & Mrs, a
Stars In Your Eyes night, and other ongoing fundraising events.
A cheque for £500 at Christmas, and last week’s £700 has brought their total to £4500 — “Something they should really be proud of,” said Ms McShane.
She added, “When it was just me and the girls left clearing up after the show last week, I asked, ‘What’s going to happen when you leave school in the summer’?
“They’re really going to miss being the CHAS girls. But I don’t think the fund-raising will stop, I’ve heard a third-year girl has already asked to take over the committee.”
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