Belle Plaine High School - Tigerian Yearbook (Belle Plaine, MN)

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SENIOR DIRECTOR LEFT TO RIGHT, FRONT ROW: Miss Kotchevar, M. Berger, J. Stier, S. Panning, L. Brenke, A. Moriarty, P. Nitz, S. Bigouette, J. McCue, N. Freter, M. Willson. SECOND ROW: M. Plonski, J. Greutzmacher, C. Schilz, C. Trimbo, G. Hayes, M. Redman, B. Thomason, J. Hoelz, L. Buesgens, P. Anderson, J. Otto. THIRD ROW: N. Schuette, L. Schultz, P. Elder, F. Buesgens, D. Castor, K. Liebhart, J. Kahle, J. Bipes, L. Dahn, D. Erickson, G. Schultz. FOURTH ROW: D. Kruschke, W. Gosewich, G. Schunaman, D. Smith, T. Melchoir, M. Hessian, D. Moraiarty, J. Witt, G. Peltz, D. Goerhing, D. Wacker, B. Witt, D. Buszman, T. Walsh, L. Kahle, W. Schuette. 28

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The instrumental music de- partment at Belle Plaine has reached a total of 130 students. The Senior Band has 70 mem- bers, and the Junior Band, grades five through eight, has 60 members. Outside of per- forming for the fall school ac- tivities--Homecoming Parade, football games, etc.--the Sen- ior Band presented its first for- mal concert on Dec. 19. Com- munity singing of favorite carols was the highlight of that concert. The Pep Band was busy during basketball season and toward spring the District Band fes- tival was held at St. Peter on April 2, 1963. The climax, of course, was the 24th annual Spring Concert in the high school auditorium on April 24, 1963. A program of better known music was pre- sented and enjoyed as was in- dicated by audience reaction. A new musical group of in- strumentalists, a dance band, has been formed. We expect big things from it during '63- '64. DISTRICT CONTESTANTS LEFT TO RIGHT, FRONT ROW: J. McCue, P. Nitz, M. Dalaska, P. Anderson. SECOND ROW: K. Oelfke, J. Johnson, C. Mueller, M. Scully, A. Gregory. THIRD ROW: I. Otto, F. Buesgens, S. Oelfke, L. Schultz, E. Novak, M. Scully, M. Plonske. CAMERA SHY: J. Otto, J. Zellmer. denotes District Winners. FRONT ROW, LEFT TO RIGHT: M. Ernst, C. Buesgens, J. Kruschke. SECOND ROW: J. Sweeney, K. Oelfke, J. McCue, L. Leonard, L. Kahle, I. Otto, J. Zellmer, L. Novak. THIRD ROW: A. Riesgraf, N. Schuette, C. Mueller, R. Malz, E. Riesgraf, M. Murphy, R. Clappier, K. Liebhard, J. Steffen, J. Miller, J. Wagner. FOURTH ROW: P. Ediger, D. Zellman, P. Nitz, F. Buesgens, M. Dalaska, W. Stier, T. Mahoney, W. Sch- uette, W. Ahrens.

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CHORUS The high school chorus this year was made up of about fifty students in grades nine, ten, eleven, and twelve. They were selected from among the ninety who had signed up for chorus this fall. Over thirty of the selected group were first year mem- bers. The new chorus was initiated with the singing of There is a Layde and Early One Morning at a student council convocation in late October. For the Christmas Concert a selection of six numbers was presented, including: '1 Wonder as 1 Wander, Fum, Fum, Fum, and The Little Drummer Boy. The district choir festival and the solo and ensemble contests were both held in March. Glenna Schultz received an A” rating for her solo Black Roses and the mixed octet received an A for their rendition of Ifca's Castle. The Spring Concert was held on May 8. Some of the pieces performed on the oc- casion were Praise We Sing To Thee, Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence, Ain'a That Good News, ” and Wonderful Copenhagen. Graduation on May 23 saw the last appearance of the group for the year and the final performance of our eleven seniors. Accompanists for the chorus were Mary Jean Plonske and Joan McCue. DISTRICT CONTESTANTS J. Otto, P. Anderson, C. Mueller, J. McCue, S. Biggaouette. M. Plonske, L. Schultz, G. Schultz, N. Schuette, L. Kahle, G. Peltz, J. Witt, D. Goehring, T. Melchior. CHORUS COUNCIL A. Moriarty, J. Hoelz, P. Anderson, T. Melchior, J. Witt, D. Goehring, D. Moriarty. 29