Bishop Bradley High School - Red and Blue Yearbook (Manchester, NH)

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Spirit and morale are elusive qualities best wooed and won by music. For this reason, the band has become a standard fixture in the city parades, our pep rallies and games. Besides, the band is our unoiiicial ambassador of good will wherever they travel. The inspiration behind this organization for two decades has been a gentleman who yearly can take raw recruits and develop them into accomplished musicians. Being a perfectionist, Mr. Peter Conforti can accept only a polished performance. That the band enjoys an enviable reputation is due in no small measure to their bandmaster's attention to details. Other details alien to music making are handled by the moderator, Brother Daniel. He has continued the traditions of the school's band and has kept the organization in its posi- tion of eminence among school activities. Mr. Conforti leading the band. The block B at the Central game. -gl Marching along Elm Street, 1 xi' in . I Zpi frm 1 as A T ' 117

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The Columns of the Bradley Band during the Armistice Parade. The Bishop Bradley Band d W Haley N, Cullerot, W. Nightin- 116 Band leader Robert Lamontagne The color Suit ine. vale and P- av

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The finale of the Bands half of the Musicale. Band and Orchestra Musicale This year's Musicale eclipsed the performances of other years. Everyone's musical taste was satisfied as the music ranged from Tschaikowsky's 1812 Overture through to the music of The Pajama Game. Among the martial music played by the band were the Guadalcanal, Colonel Bogey and Second Connecticut Marches. One highlight of their program was the novelty number played by toy instruments. The orchestra gave a musical tribute to New York as they played selections whose theme centered on the Em- pire City. Midway in the evening's program, Miss Alice Duval and Rudolph Morin sang numbers from Showboat and The Vagabond King. Also featured in that section of the program were the Dixieland Five composed of Frank Murphy, Arthur Monty, Wilfrid Boucher, Armand Paradis, and Bernard Prindiville. That the Musicale was such a success is a tribute to the members of the band and orchestra and the stage help under the supervision of Robert Dorn. Front, l. to r.: R. Manseau, F. Murphy, Second row: .Ha Seated. l. to r.: P. Tetreault, R, Therrien, P. Sullivan D. Thornton, G. Hebert, A, Bourque. Rear: R. Dorn Rear: R. Barger and E. Cote. and R. Sevigny.