Alexandria High School - Alexian Yearbook (Alexandria, MN)

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I 4 . pa CHAMBER MUSIC Some of the small organizations which have been growing dur- ing the past few years are: the girls' sextette, girls' trio, mixed octet, and the boys, quartet, string quartet, brass quartet, and woodwind quintet. These groups make up the chamber music of our department. Doris Christopherson, Catherine Peterson, and Marcella Grube compose the girls' trio. The boys' quartet is made up of Lyman Peterson, Leighton Knudson, Woodrow Mathiason, and Sidney Carl- son. In the girls, sextet are: Doris Christopherson, Doris Larson, Bet- ty Wegener, Lois Roth, Frances Renner, and Catherine Peterson. The mixed octet is composed of Earl Wunderlich, Clyde Peterson, Lyman Peterson, Leighton Knudson, Catherine Peterson, Frances Renner, Doris Christopherson, and Doris Larson. Present members of the string quartet are Bernadine McAr- dell, Ruth Bartz, June Fleming, and Dennis Nelson. Darwyn Olsen, Sidney Carlson, Bob Patton and Russell Krafthefer compose the brass quartet. In the woodwind quintet are Doris Larson, Dawn Ripley, Deloris Wilkes, Kathryn Westerfield, and Mary Preston. CHIMES OF NORMANDY The music department and stage force under the leadership of Harold W. Arentsen and Gordon B. Melby presented Robert Plan- quette,s comic opera, Chimes of Normandy , on December 3. The talented leads along with the skilled orchestra and well- trained choruses in colorful costumes all co-operated to make this pro- duction a success. Mr. Leland Wright as a simple country Hsherman called Gren- icheux and Miss Gretchen Stieler as Serpolette, a village peasant with fan- tastic ideas, added much hilarity to the opera. Other leads sung by Miss Eunice Ann McCart as Germaine, Clifford Rykken as Henri, Theodore Ording as the old miser, Gaspard, Karl Nordgaard as notary, and Karl Kolstad as the Bailli, were excellent. Students who took minor parts in the opera were Marcella Grube as Jeanne, Marion Hanson as Nanette, Lois Roth as Suzanne, Frances Renner as Gertrude, and Leighton Knudson as the Registrar. To Gordon Melby and his stage force, with Kathryn Brown and Vernon Burgess as managers, goes much credit for the beautiful lighting effects and artistic scenery. Twenty-eight

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ri ai l v C yiflrgir Efreefis. M. Qlfigg if n t r X A. H. -S. BAND This year has been a most progressive and inspiring one for the band section of the Alexandria High School. It has become one of the greatest assets to the school. Under the capable direction of Mr. Arentsen the military and concert bands have provided entertainment not only at football games, but at basketball games as well. Regular concerts are played at the City Park during the summer months. The band is divided up into four different organizations: Be- ginner's Band, Second Band, Military Band, and che Concert Band. The senior members of the band are Pearl Barr, Vernon Bur- gess,'Sidney Carlson, june Fleming, Florence Froemming, Jean Harrison, June johnson, Doris Larson, Robert Patton, Marjorie Thompson and Viola Wagner. THE MUSIC CONTEST The music contest this year was held in Glenwood on April 23 and 24. This year's rating was determined on a much lower scale than previous years, as a consequence the marks of the various organizations were much lower. This does not mean that the groups this year were infe 'or to those of last, but simply that the judges were much stricter. ' 1 The ratings of the various groups were as follows: , - Senior High Girls' Glee Club ......................... A Junior High Girls' Glee Club .............. ............. A Senior High Boys' Glee Club .... .... B Senior,High Mixed Chorus --- ----B J ior High Mixed Chorus --- ----B G s' Sextet ............... ...... .B ,B ' Quartet ............. .... B Qu xed Octet .......... .... B A rass Quar et .......... .... B I Senior H' Orchestra ...... ..., B 3 Junior h Orchestra .,...... .... B Md Sen igh Band .......... ..-- ----C V i. Ju High Boys' Glee Club --- ----C My jj .W W wind Quintet ............ .... C W St g Quartet .............. .... C J!! Twenty-seven

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1?f'DK?f'161f ' ALEXANDRIA'S RAG TIME BAND First Row--Woodrow Mathiason, Sidney Carlson, Doris Chrlstopherson, Marcella Grube, Catherine Peterson, Lyman Peterson, Leighton Knudson. Second Row--Darwyn Olsen, Bernard Ekman, Dawn Ripley, Deloris Wilkes, Kathryn Westerfleld, Robert Elness. Third Row--Ralph Thornton, Robert Patton, June Hobart, Pearl Barr, Doris Larson, June Johnson. Alexandria's Rag Time Band, a very recently formed organiza- tion has gained much popularity throughout the school and community. Under the supervision of Mr. Arentsen, and with Ralph Thorn- ton at the baton, the twelve members all work together to produce snap- py, jazz music. The organization has played in public a number of times. The most important appearance was in the Student Council Spring Revue. They have also played in Glenwood, Osakis, Sauk Centre, and Parkers Prairie. The members of the group are: Pearl Barr, Bernard Ekman, Robert Elness, June Hobart, June Johnson, Doris Larson, Darwyn Olsen, Robert Patton, Dawn Ripley, and Kathryn Westerfield. THE GLEE CLUBS The glee clubs under the leadership of Miss Stieler have been very active this year. On December 3, both girls' and boys' glee clubs sang in the opera The Chimes of Normandyv. On March 1, both choruses again combined to sing in an all high school music concert. There are 70 pupils in the mixed chorus. The graduating members are: Edward Carlson, Sidney Carlson, Doris Christopherson, June Fleming, Marcella Grube, Marion Hansen, Leonard johnson, Lu- etta Knebel, Carol Knutson, Doris Larson, Woodrow Mathiason, Her- bert Meyer, Catherine Peterson, Robert Patton, Frances Renner, Lois Roth, Viola Shogren, Lois Studlien, Viola Wagner, Betty Wegener, Marion Wharton, and Earl Wunderlich. Twenty-nine