Balboa High School - Galleon Yearbook (San Francisco, CA)

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tx ,, lg' t. ff Q . M, . J' I 4 1 THE GALLEON Music ORCHESTRA Director-Mr. Thayer Kinkel. Purpose4To play for assemblies, commencement, dramatic productions, and other entertainments. Row 1: Varoff, McClure, Creighten, Verhaegen, Stella, Seifer. Mr. Kinkel. Row 2: Holdorf, Borelli. Pappas, Peacock, Duste, Ross, Brady. So rg. Row 3: Claudio Kisser, Re. R. Miller, Williams, Bnbka, Row 4: Foye, O'Reilly, Medford, Duerner, Beardon. Porta. Sullivan, C. Miller. Row 5: Mnrchus, Smigelsky, Ferrigano, Catalano, Cava. Beatty. JAZZ ORCHESTRA CBLUE BOYSD Director-Mr. Thayer Kinkel. Purpose--To provide music for dances, parties. and rallies. Row 1: Curien, Stella. Kieser. Seifer. Row Z: Buckholz, R. Miller. Catalano. Row 3: Mr. Kinkel, Franke. Sebastiani. Strayer. Medford. Smigelsky, Caruso, C. Miller. ORCHESTRA - Music plays an important part in the social activities of Balboa High School. At assemblies, rallies, dramatic productions, and commencement, the orchestra has proved to everyone who has heard its harmonizing tones, the great heights that Balboa's orchestra has reached, through its application to hard Work and study. Under the able direction of Mr. Thayer Kinkel, the orchestra has acquired a technique of proflciency. Members were always willing to contribute their services at any time they could. This organization is composed of a group of the more advanced students of orchestra, and the time so spent will never be regretted. BLUE BOYS Without music We could not have dances, therefore, the school is greatly indebted to the Blue Boys who supply the dance music and rhythm arrangements of the latest, favorite pieces. They have played at the Senior Jinx, as well as at all class and club parties. The Blue Boys deserve much credit because the dance orchestra is a voluntary organization, and rehearsals and performances are held after school hours under the supervision of Mr, Kinkel. . GIRLS' AND BOYS' CHORUS Under the energetic direction of Miss Gertrude Nelson, the girls' chorus is now in Balboa's lime- light, working not only as a class but as an organized group of singers. The chorus has sung for many school entertainments and P.-T. A. functions. During this term, they have studied and sung Moon Marketing, Sing Me to Sleep, Serenade, and many others. Both the boys' and girls' chorus had a definite part on the Armistice Day assembly program, in the Senior Jinx, and the Christmas holiday entertainment. The boys' chorus, active under the sponsorship of Mrs. Swan- son, is composed of boys who have taken one year of elementary voice work. 16

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THE GALLEON Dramatics Tiger House is the name given to a large beautiful estate which had been willed to a young shop girl, Erma Lowrie, pro- vided that she lived in it for a period of two years before becom- ing the rightful owner. If this term of the will was neglected, the house would be turned over to a charitable organization, so Erma bravely decided to live on in the mysterious mansion regardless of what troubles might arise. Friends and relatives came to visit her, all of them learning that somewhere in the mansion was hidden a diamond necklace of tremendous value, once stolen from a tiger cult in India by Erma's deceased Aunt Sylvia, the former owner of the house. This same aunt died a horrible death a few years previous in the very house where Erma and her friends now lived. She was supposedly mangled to death by a huge man-eating tiger which followed her in search of the stolen collar of jewels. Arthur, Erma's cousin, was discovered to be the person who caused the terror of his relatives in secret. He was a raving, jewel- mad maniac who used the reputation of Tiger House to commit his evil doings while in search of the treasure. Through the never-tiring work of the director, Mr. Brown, the clever acting of the students, and the careful operations of the stage crew, Tiger House was made one of the most thrill- ing plays an audience ever witnessed. A new organization of drama students known as the Foot- light Players have made quite a name for themselves this semester. There is a membership of twenty-three students par- ticipating in this particular group of players, all of whom dis- play remarkable talent and dramatic technique. Plays that have been presented for the Student Association programs directed by Miss Meagher are: Farewell Cruel WorldI 3 Please Do Not Pick the Flowers : Flash Back : and Gentleman, the King. Flash Back was well portrayed by Walter Kosloskey, Er- nestine Stagnaro and Reah Babcock. Included in Farewell Cruel World were two casts. In the first was Marianne Hob- son, Nancy McCarthy and Warren Bryant. Jeannette Silver- man, Aileen Stolt and Bill Randrup were in the second. Actingin Please Do Not Pick the Flowers were found Mildred Deakins, Joan Doyle, and Vilas Burgess. Martin Raabe, Harry Babka, Judson Miller, Tom Blackburn, Oriel Johnson, and Robert Miller successfully put across Gentleman, the King. M .1 3? CAST OF TIGER HOUSE STAGE CR.EW SCENES AND CHARACTERS FROM TIGER HOUSE

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THE GALLEON Music GIRLS' CHORUS Director-Miss Gertrude Nelson. N Purpose-To sing for school assemblies. Row l: Guiclcr. Hobson. Scnlabrino, Gratch, Blackwood, N dica. Doherty, Row Z: Cook. HuntLVv'ard. Schmitt. Olsen. Camozzi, Colema . S Row 3: Ehat. Galvin, Verhaegen. Peacock, Miss G. Nelson. : Row 4: Witte. Lauerman. Soutter, Collins. , 1 BOYS' CHORUS Director-Mrs. Myrtle Swanson. Purpose-To furnish entertainment for school programs. Row 1: Holdorf, Ahrens. Oliveira. Mudersbach. H. Gillogley. P. Gillogley. Row 2: Emery. Baier, Hoffman. Paquette, Paulsen. F. Hoffman. , Row 3: Smigelsky. Simon. Musselman. Nealon. Mrs. Swanson. Row 41 NVard, Cantwell. Stewart. I GIRLS' AND BOYS' CHORUS I The purpose of this boys' chorus is to train a group of students to sing for public performances, and to provide entertainment for school assemblies, Bells of St. Mary's, Blue Danube Waltz, Old Man River, and other well-known pieces have been sung by the boys this term. SUMMARY or MUSIC ml, In addition to the musical organizations already mentioned. Balboa's music department n 0 I includes a year's course in the fundamentals of singing, and an advanced class for thos W ish e ' to continue in this work. There is also a term's course in all orchestra and band i eht r divided into three sections: CID the string section which provides instruction in violi , 'c ll d ,Q string bass: C21 the brass section, including cornet, trumpet, trombone, barito , ho mel ' phone, tuba, and saxophone: CBJ the woodwind section, comprising clar' ,sax 1 one t oboe, and bassoon. Instruments are provided in each of the three cla es 0 . a y d own instruments. Balboa has the honor having the largest sic p - s r 3' lf a cisco high schools. Oi ' ' X ' ' l There is also an interesting class 'c studies the history m . f i. ym.. si es, and I x a C I iw oratorios of the world's best music r died. Trips ha e of n t 5 e b t is 5 oup to y' ' eYoung Museum. The class as lso ' d victrola recor i ' d p -' s . O Harmony classes h e ormed to stu c rds, sc ' , ns ng, a 1' ative riting. In summarizing th wth of music at 5 -,I oa H' il ol, men ' use mil t made to pay tribute to the pion ering work of r 3 h FIFI' - , in - ow all a cisco junior and senior high schools in the capaci f S v i 4 i c, otion tic . La 1 I was most deserving. V l l l dj' . W l a ' x f rw 17 px W ' X 1 -.lf Vg N 0.5.