Alburnett High School - Pirateer Yearbook (Alburnett, IA)

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BAND After a hnef summer vacation band practice resumed on August 25 to start a new year M' Flemlng back for his thlrd year dnrected the band of nearly 40 members The Swxng Baud was enlarged this year to accomodate the oncomrng musxcnans The goup performed at several basketball games and P T A meetings Dlfferent small groups also entertained at various meetxngp The mass band made appearances at Stlmt Nnght and one of the P T A meetings The hugh light of the 1951 52 school year for the band members was the Eastern Iowa Band Festxval held ln Cedar Rapxds ln May Forty fxve musxclans and seven twnrlers accompaxned their representatlve for the Eastern Iowa Band Queen Dons .lean Halstead That evenmg the band and twlrlers partnclpated ln the band revue at Hawkeye Downs Small musical groups organxzed thls year were as follows BRASS QUARTET Dons .lean Halstead Edward Gosnell Gary SAXOPHONE TRIO Shuley Johnson Clair Balderston Janet Halstead Carol Tntle Bugg BRASS QUINTET .luanxta Newnnn Mary Elllson Carol Trltle CLARINET QUARTET Norman Wassmer Yvonne Chrlstensen Cary Halstead Edward Cosnell Ray Batchelder Bully Hatch TRUMPET TRIO .luannta Newman Edward Gosnell Dons Halstead TWIBLEBS The two classes of baton twxrlers have tackled and accomplished a number of new twlrls dunng band concerts and school practlces All twnrlers have enjoyed maklng appearances at hall games band concerts and the band festxval We are looking forward wxth antlcxpatxon to future programs Next year we should llke very much to try our hands at acrobatlc twxrllng and other novelty twnrls Each feels there IB yet much to he accomplished from this fascinating art. VOCAL MUSIC Lots of cooperatlon lndustry and perseverance have nude posslble a successful year for the Vocal Muslc Department Appearances made by various vocal groups have included P T A programs Stunt N1 t Unnon Thanksgwmg Servlce at Alburnett, .lunlor Class Play Lxnn County Vocal Festival Unnverslty of Iowa Vocal Cllnxc Spring Muslc Contests Sprung Concert JIIIIIOI' Senior Banquet Senior Class Play Baccalaureate and Commencement The most outstandmg event of our musical year was playxng host to the Lnnn County Vocal Muszc Festival March 11 1953 Over 500 musncxaus partxclpated ln an afternoon clxnlc and the evenmg performance Each school presented one group and to complete the program 325 vocalxsts representlng the twelve schools sang rn a massed chonr under the dlrectxon of the festxval cntlc Dr Elwood Kelster professor of volce at Iowa State Teachers College Numbers presented by tlns group were the follow mg Amencan Anthem Candy Dancers Ball Be Thou Near Me Lord Deaf Old Woman Set Down Servant and The Lor s Prayer Large groups Included Boys Clee Club Grrls Glee Club Mlxed Chorus Enzhth Grade Chorus and Seventh Grade Chorus il,- X,-I FIRST ROW J Epperson W Wassmer M Ellison ,I McAtee M Fhtsch Ms Wllhams ,I Berry B McAtee L Jones G Leach SECOND ROW E Paul B Boddlcker D Halstead C Croth B LEWIS D Lewxs P Heefner N Reuse R Kirk C Batchelder S Class N Wassmer THIRD ROW D Wassmer E Gosnell K Blxn N McCalley R Aller ,I McGowan R Palmer L Cameron T Svoboda L ,Ions P Jones I 1 1 1 , ' ' , . . 1 . . 1 ' ' ' . . . 1 1 - 1 . - . . , 1 ' 1 1 1 1 5 1 1 , . 1 3 1 1 1 7 1 1 , . , . 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 ' . 1 1 1 1 . . . . , gh, 1 1 1 1 1 ' 1 1 1 ' 1 1 ' 1 1 1 .. . . 1 . 1 ' 1 ' ' - ,u - 11,44 1 11.4 ala 11,1 11. s - 1 1 1. 1 1 1 1 dv U . 1 . 1 . . 1 1 1 1 ' me ls gl I l ' f 1 . z 1 . 5 A - Q, f A ' . 1 I . ', - 5 I a A - - - L ...'.. V ' ,-.. . . los-af: ' x 1 . 'fr 4 5' 1 1 1 ' 1 - 1 ' 1 - 1 - 1 . , . , 1 . u: . , . , . , . , . , . , . , . , 1 , . , . , 1 . : ' 1 - 1 - 1 1 1 ' 1 1 , . , . , 1 , . , . .