Ballard High School - Shingle Yearbook (Seattle, WA)

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Page 30 Students Kept Busy by Musical Activities 'IT my populariTy compared To ThaT oT The band, I wouldn'T have any Trouble geTTing me a girl, I beTcha. Under The versaTile baTon oT one Mr. T. STewarT SmiTh, The band has played publicly several Times This year. They really sTruTTed Their sTuTT aT The opening game oT The TooTball season, in snappy new uniTorms. This greaTly appreciaTed new garb, consisTing oT red and black caps and capes, was presenTed To The organizaTion by generous members oT The P.-T. A. Their rendiTions oT school songs aT The games and in pep assemblies inTluenced sTudenT enThusiasm immensely. When Those in- sTrumenTs blare ouT, l'm iusT Torced To sing. 'Music is one oT Ballard's big TeaTures. We really leT down The bars and swing inTo Tune when we hear a musical noTel The Choir, under The direcTion oT Miss Har- rieT CharlTon, is a Tull-crediT subiecT. This class meeTs every day TiTTh period, and aTTer a liTTle Training They presenT some raTher excepTional programs. Wilh The Senior OrchesTra, Mr. SmiTh's proTege', The choir comprises The nu- cleus oT our music deparTmenT. The orchesTra Took parT in a school broadcasT, played Tor The widwinTer concerT and various oTher gaTher- ings. OT course, iTs sTellar biT was iTs parT in The opera The CounTess MariTza. Several O 0 BANDC I BACK ROW: Lesfer Thompson, Bill Knowles, Louise Knowles, Rex Rhoades, Bob Agers, Vernice Cassidy, Chuck Harlow, Mr. T. SmiTh. OFOURTH ROW: Ralph Niesz, Frank Moron, Gwynn Meyer, Francis LingenTelTer, Jean Morgan, Kenneih Rone, Don Wingrove, JusTin Simonson, Charles Von FleeT, Carl Williams. OTHIRD ROW: Taylor Bowie, Perry McCormick, Biarne Andvik, Kaiherine TiTus, Yvonne Meyer, Howard Gile, Taylor Rolls, Summer Ayers, STanley Johnson, PaT Sherry. OSECOND ROW: Tom AlverT, Don Boyd, Jr. Al Brevik, RoberT Muzzy, Jack Muller, Ella Nelson, Mary Lou Woodman, DoroThy Houck, Paul MacWil4 liams. OFRONT ROW: Irving Carlson, Don Johannson, MargoreT Marshall, Margorei Sensobough, Clyde KanniTzer, Jobynu Meyer, Verlin Lone, Noral Olson, Perry Pursell. These boys and girls furnished snappy music for our Tooiball games.

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rage 3I Trio and Quartet Are Promising Groups I ODOUBLE OUARTETO O BACK ROW: Richard Davenny, Ray- mond Benson, Lencrd Kenf, Junior Brevik, Merlin Tosh, Peggy Pierce, Johnny McElroy, ArT Duggins, ArThur Johnson, Bill Johan- nesen, LuTher BengTson. I OTRIPLE TRIOO O FIRST ROW: RuTh members of our orchesTra represenT Ballard High in The All-ciTy orchesTra, and oT course This is counTed as an honor. The Junior OrchesTra is a lesser organizaTion, buT iT's coming, and nobody can overlook The TacT ThaT The youTh oT Today is The world oT Tomorrow -or some such misquoTaTion! The Boys' Senior Glee and The Girls' Senior Glee are corresponding groups, doing approx- imaTely The same work. These groups endeavor To promoTe musical inTeresT among The sTu- denTs in general, as well as To aTTord an oppor- TuniTy Tor Those who are raTher advanced and have good singing voices. For This subiecT, also, crediT Toward graduaTion is given. BenedeTTi, Beulah GouThey, Helen Michel, Ellen RundquisT, BeTTy Jacobson, ZelTa Payne, Ina Leonard, Eleanora Crumpler, PaTTy MorTrude, Rosemary BenTley, Signe Jonasen. The lads and lassies can give ouT wiTh real harmony. .Swishl The way This Triple Trio geTs around is really someThing. Why, during The lasT year, They've sung aT The Kiwanis Club, Marine Hos- piTal, and Men's LiTerary SocieTy, besides Tur- nishing some delighTTul harmony Tor a huge Throng aT The Mid-WinTer ConcerT. Nine voices seem To make a raTher small group, buT quan- TiTy isn'T always necessary Tor success. lT's usual- ly The small Things ThaT counT in liTe. The Boys' QuarTeTTe, Twin To The Triple Trio, is also a bunch ThaT likes Traveling. Seven engagemenTs were included on Their reperToire, The Chamber oT Commerce and The Music and ArT Founda- Tion being among The organizaTions who re- ceived a vocal visiT from These eighT lads.