University of Texas Austin - Cactus Yearbook (Austin, TX)

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Varsity Singers Under the direction of Richard Dodd, the Varsity Singers performed choreographed vocal arrange- ments within a pop-Broadway repertoire. Tryouts for the choral organization were held in the fall. Students put in five hours practice each week preparing for local performances at various conventions, civic clubs and a Dad ' s Day program. Campus performances included concerts at Kinsolv- ing, the Texas Tavern, Jester Center and the Little- field Home. In addition to these appearances, the Varsity Singers took weekend trips to Houston and Dallas and toured Texas during Spring Break. In the past, Varsity Singers have participated in USO tours which have taken them throughout Eur- ope. The Singers also made a television advertise- ment for a local bank by special request. if a iii I I Varsity Singers give it some pizazz at the Hilton. FRONT ROW: Robin Melinda Frisby. Mary McCord Sullivan, Terry Lynn Cassell, Janie Lou Semke, Todd Brian Freeman, Byron Frederick Lilly, Donald Preston Wiley. Joseph Patrick Carroll, Richard Wyatt Roberts, 354 Varsity Singers Charles William Adams, Richard Dennis Dodd, Catherine Anne Bowles, Betsy Fath, Edith Diane Dochen. Michele D. Fallwell. BACK ROW: John Dewey Miller, Michael L. Kaufman, Charles D. Spradley, Mark Pitman.

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lingers University Chorus FIRST ROW: Dr. Alaire Lowry, Conductor, Margarita Moquin, Sharon Ann Lyon, Lynn Pollard, Susan Kay Bruton, Norma Lynne Vodicka, Jean Casner Casarez, Susan Lea Terrell, Kelly Jayne Brazell, Virginia Beth McKinney, Susan Gayle Hawthorne. SECOND ROW: Ara Verne Carapetyan, Cynthia Eunice Janke, Susan Marie Fox, Juliana Kazee, Catharine W. Jackson. Nancy L. Hildebrand, Jane Susan Lanzisera. Susan Elaine Rogers, Linda Kay Youngblood, Mary Catherine McMillen, Jerri Louise Hale, Vernon Harold Moeller. THIRD ROW: Rebecca Anne Fadely. Vice-President. Nancy Eliza- beth White, Gale Marie Turner, Secretary, Susan Renee Branson, Laura Gay Stueckler, Cynthia Jeanne Bryant, Robin Louise Schlichter, Rebeca Garza, Ann I. Perrine. FOURTH ROW: Sally DayTrigg, Treasurer, Persis Ann Forster, Donna Lee Cranberry, Elaine Louise Koughan. Debra Kay Pease, Karla Ruth Zwiers. Eileen Marie Berlinger, Jean Anne Craft. FIFTH ROW: Glenn A. Tobleman, Blair Richard Williamson, Andres Castillo, James T. Ainsworth. Harlen Rieger Fleming, Carl Lee Fike, James Delayne Martin, Richard Alan Polunsky, Gerre Barth Gannaway. SIXTH ROW: David Peter Kellaway, Thomas Martin Eisele. Harry Allen Gump, Ronald James Herrera, Matthew John Sherman, Rudolph Frank Mares, Howard Allen Brook, Bruce William Boyle. Curtis Polk. SEVENTH ROW: Leonard Scott Schmidt. Law- rence B. Stewart, Gregory Thomas Dunn, David Eldon Moody, Thomas John Donovan, Randall Browning Meacham, Kenneth Ray Pease, Chris William Pierce. EIGHTH ROW: Thomas Martin Upshaw, John Raymond Elrod, Randall Lewis Kelleher, David Lynn Ross, Charles Louis Renaud, Jimmy Preston Wrotenbery, Bruce MacKenzie Martin, Bruce David Lies- man. NINTH ROW: Charles A. Tompkins, Gary Arthur Goethe, Lawrence Ross Clarke, Floyd Miles II, Leslie Gene lull, Carl Robert Johnston, Presi- dent. The University Chorus is a large mixed choir for both music and non-music majors. Its repertoire was predominately sacred music with most of its concerts held in area churches. Members were se- lected through auditions with director Dr. Alaire Lowry each semester. In the fall -the group presented church programs and sang for the Fine Arts Symposium on November 28. A Spring Tour March 6-9 took the University Chorus to Marble Falls, Burnet, Brady, Brownwood and Stephenville. The Chorus held its Spring Con- cert on March 28. For its final performance of the year the University Chorus participated in the May Day Choral Extravanganza on May 2, with other Choral Organizations. University Chorus became, in many ways, a new choir this year. For the first time, it had a faculty director, took a tour and presented a spring con- cert. For me, however, it is more important that we had so many wonderful times together learning, growing and sharing the job of making music, Dr. Lowry said. University Chorus 353

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FRONT ROW: Donna Lynn Fikes. Mary Alice Leyva, Cindy Sue Sampler, Suzanne Lee, Secretary, Gladys Edna Thomas, Karen L. Shifflett, Mary Alice Maurer, Christine Ruth Wagner, Judy Kathryn Sousares. President, Peggy Elaine McDade, Vice-President. MIDDLE ROW: Tina Jeanette Ayers, Emily Anne Bergman, Cheri Ann Stalcup. Betty Diann Berry, Elizabeth K. Beavers, Patricia M. Nelson, Robin Elena Hinderer, Jerilyn Ree Wise McGe- hee, Mary Markle Moore, Mary Christine Arnett, Jane Ann Steed, Ann Sotherden Bunyan. BACK ROW: Karen Lynne Kelley, Jean Marie Zimmer- mann, Lora Lynn Trainer, Carol Ann Lindner, Peggy Elaine McDade, Kath- ryn M. Gilbert, Sarah K. Robberson, Treasurer, Julie Patrice Wall, Judth Lorraine Knippa, Kathleen Anne Huston, Marsha K. Scale May. Him i The Women ' s Concert Choir attempts to develop professional choral techniques in an all-female vocal setting. Tryouts for the Women ' s Concert Choir are held privately with choir director Ann Bunyan at the be- ginning of each semester. She is solely responsible for selecting the choir ' s membership. The Women ' s Concert Choir enjoyed a picnic at Pease Park on October 5, and on November 9 gave a performance at the Church of the Resurrection. On November 18 and 20, the Women ' s Concert Choir performed Mahler ' s Eighth Symphony with the Choral Union and the University Symphony at Municipal Auditorium. On December 7, the Women ' s Concert Choir sang Christmas carols at the First English Lu thern Church and performed for the December 14 church service at the Central Christian Church. The choir per- formed at Saint Martin Lutheran Church on March 3. On May 2, the Women ' s Concert Choir sang in the May Day Choral Extravaganza for their final perfor- mance of the year. Women ' s Concert Choir Women ' s Concert Choir 355