Aquinas High School - Trumpet Yearbook (La Crosse, WI)

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Winter Concert - - J-faffcs Kiss ffmzfcrzufard Joan Franke represented the Mother ot God in the dedicational tableau of the annual Winter Concert. The carolers in the second photo are Joyce Winter, Raymond Gantenbein, Julie Galvin, Robert Virnig, and Jane l-lillebrandt. Concert soloists, lower left, are Raymond Opitz, Anthony Hoch, Shirlee Knutson, Mark Hamilton, and Martha Ward. At the lower right the Most Reverend John P. Treacy, S.T.D., Bishop of the Diocese of La Crosse, is seen as he addressed the audience. WVVV snr 'Us 1 L. Qv. x l Sixty-two

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'tx' :Pl 0 A ,...,7. lie I 5, E f I if X ai Court members in upper row include Evelyn Kamrnel, Kathleen Dwyer, Ruth Udulutch, Queen Harriet Galligan, Mary Lois Glotz, Therese Shedesky, and Janice Mader. Other members are, left to right, Beverly Kulas, Barbara Bracken, Jeanette Schams, Mary Rathburn, Ellen Grams, and Mary Ziegelmaier, Center picture, Queen Harriet Gal- ligan is accompanied by Janice Mader, Ruth Udulutch, and page Michael Ziegelmaier. The Reverend John Trant who preached the sermon for the occasion is shown in the lower picture. ar , We Crown Thee Each year the student body demonstrates its respect and veneration for the one worthy to be the Mother of God in the annual crowning of the Virgin Mary as Queen of May. The crowning symbolizes a dedication of that month to a more intensified pursual of that type of lite which won for the Queen of Heaven her reward. Ceremonies last year consisted of a student procession, the crowning, an address in Tribute to Mary by the Reverend John Trant and Bene- diction of the Most Blessed Sacrament. Harriet Galligan was chosen by her classmates to perform the coronation. Sixty-one jf N1 we ,TJ .4-

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an Wings nf ,Music One of the major musical perform- ances was the Winter Concert, Decem- ber l7 and l8. This year's performance was dis- tinguished by the initial student per- formance on the harp. Harp soloist was Alice Engelhard. Joan Franke appeared as the Mother of God in the dedicational tableau. Vocal solo- ists and small ensemble groups, the Triple Trio and the Discords, added to the program. Massed choruses united with the 56-piece orchestra in many selections. Suggestive of the extent of student participation is the size of the par- ticipating groups. Members in the senior choir numbered lO5. In the junior choir there were 65 students, the combined girls' glee club counted l45 members. Alice Engelhard, first student harpist on the Aquinas stage Sophomore Triple Trio. First row Martha Ward and Joan Siebenaler second row Colleen Shaw, Phyllis Nesseth, and Donna Kateley third row Bernadine Servais Rosanne Prelesnik, Carol Vondrashek, and Arlene Frappier