Coachella Valley Union High School - La Conchilla Yearbook (Coachella, CA)

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01134 65 tfa Violins: Coleman, Wilkin, Weed, Peterson, Berry, Puckett, Payne Whittlesey, Patterson, Miller. Secl ond Violins: Cary, Schultz, Beach Lawrence, Cooper, Smead, Kerstei- ner. Violas: Freeman, Overholtzer, Duncan, Robey. Bass Violin: Hum phries. Flute: Little. Oboe' Daminen Clarinets: MacDonald, Nance. Bas- soon: Overholtzer. Trumpets, Brink- ley, Ivy. Trombone: Poling. Horns: Schmid, Dougan. Baritone' Fields. Piano: Taylor, Smead. Drums: Koch Martin, Xylorirnba: Thomas. I The orchestra under the direction of Mr. Gillogly had a very successful year. The season l938-39 was started by h t e orchestra going to Riverside to play for the Teacher's Institute. The people there were very enthusiastic and the en' d h ' y Joye t e program very much. The Christmas pro- gram came next and the orchestra and Glee Clubs co- operated nicely. This Was followed by the Iunior Play Mama'sB b B a y oy , and the orchestra once more lent its talent. On March lU the annual music department concert was given. The orchestra played several numbers and it acco ' ' mpanied both Glee Clubs with a few selections. Pea-A tured on this program was a composition by Mr. Harold Bradley Ir. from Madison, Wisconsin, and arranged espe- cially for the Coachella Valley High School orchestra. Mr Bradley accompanied the orchestra at the piano. A large audience was present and the program was very successful. Th o- the Senior Play. Graduation was the final program in which the or- chestra participated. The Music Department Wishes to thank memb f ers o the student body and the people of Coachella Valley for their generous support. e Orchestra played for several assemblies and f r

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'Q Y 0 mmf gi, cm N 1 X F 139 ai-if, 5531 'H' if Verne Farrar, Hazel Coleman, Am- Th Ima Hudson, Ezelda First Row-Bessie Welch, Geral- dine Puckett, Alice Coffey, Addie paro Flores, e Mae Smith, Iune Creveston, Mary Ellen Desjardin. C dl' h, s ' 1 , D ' . Dffggelf Billlgnelstepgfgg e FNIHZQZ Third Row-Loula Mae Postelwait, GreYf Nellie Gutierrez, Berniece Ixllgcixlnel' Eiidgeelfncliellllgegggedsj' ' ' ' UTY UC S G , ' Grey' Ohvm Elms scelles, Don Wagner, Elmer Cary, Second Row-Doris Telford, Mary Ralph Wool, Lloyd Davidson, Tony Sandoval, Alex Derma, Lupe Arrio- Avalos, DeAlva Hinkle, Marjorie la, Rita luarez, Donna Johnson,-Le-on Wells, Patsy Wilson, Mary Paterson, Pugh, Utah Pugh, Clays Tedder, La Helen Cox, Lillian Abrams. In the mixed glee club this year there were fifty-three members. This is the largest glee club there has ever been. The glee club sang for several assemblies. The Christmas Assembly was the first and for this program they sang two numbers, The Song the Angels Sang by Soechtig and Hush-A-By, Holy Child by Kountz. They also sang for the Annual Music Department Concert which Was given March lU at the Coachella Valley High School auditorium. For this concert they sang seven numbers. They were accompanied by the or- chestra for a few of their selections. For their uniforms the girls chose dark skirts with white blouses and a dark neckerchief and the boys chose dark trousers with white shirts and black ties. The Glee Club had a very successful year under the direction of Mr. Cfillogly.

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ee CAL First Row-Barbara Kersteiner, Pauline Wilkerson, Grace Gibbs, len Duncan, Ieanette Peters, t Randall, Gloria l-le M bel Prather, Bet y ' Overholtzer a Gordan, Louise Second Row-Wanda Rightrrier, Virginia Carriger, Eloise lackson, er, Melba lean Puck- can, lerry Ransbarg ett, Helen Paul, Dorothy Dun Marie Little, lune Creveston. The Cirl's Cilee Club chose for their uniforms, after much discussion, white skirts, black sweaters with two white notes and a white necker- chief. The Glee Club sang for several assemblies including Christmas as-- sembly, which came first and for which we sang two songs, Cantigue Noel and Oh! Babe Divine. There were twenty members in our Glee Club this year. Ieanette Peters was the pianist and there were six sopranos, seven second so-- pranos, and six altos. The Glee Club sang at the Annual Music Department Concert which was given March lU, For this program eight numbers were sung. Cn some pieces we were accompanied by the orchestra. ar the Glee Clubs introduced a new school song, Hail to d were written by Mr. Gillogly and sung to This ye o ' The wor s c d our sincere Coachella High the tune of Anchors Aweigh. 'We had a very successful year and we wish to exten h helped support us in any way thanks to those w o