Cresco High School - Spartan Yearbook (Cresco, IA)

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J ana'- Beating drums and resounding eornets early in the morning leads us to the Auditorium where the band is holding its rehearsals. under the direction of Mr. Johnson, After using the old Band Room. their new lceation proved to he a strong incentive for the produetion of better work. Instrumentation has been greatly improved by the addition of some fine privately pureliasefi instruments and several unusual stan- dard percussion instruments purehased by the school. The Pep Band. an organization ehosen from the regular band. has become very popular. playing at ff otball and basketball games. wrestl- ing meets and other school aetivities. The band made several appearances: at the dedication of the new auditorium and at a pre-eontest eoneert on March 2. It represented Creseo in the sub-clist1'iet 1-oiitest at Charles City. receiving a rating of excellent. The selections were Headlines by Cclby and Don Quixote by Safranelz. Students participating in solo work were: Josephine Lybbert. oboe: John Tlusty. elarinetl Donald Lybbert, eornetg Donald Taft. trombone: Marlys JfillDSUll. flute: Donald Moore. drum: Earl Stevens. baritone: and George Plummer. French horn. These people are to be highly commended on their aeeomplishments and the efforts they put forth to make Creseo High outstanding in the e. ntests, Q l

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rcfz mira Strains of violins mingled with deep tones of string basses echoing through the Auditorium could mean but one thing-the orchestra at work. After having appeared in a Christmas ccncert and a pre-contest concert, the orchestra, under the direction of Mr. Valdemar Johnson, participated in the sub-district contest at Charles City where they were given a rating of excellent. Their selections were Kamenoi Ostrow by Rubenstein, Hungarian Dance No. 5 by Brahms and Asc-'s Death from Peer Gynt by Grieg. The orchestra was well balanced this year with the purchase of two new Maddy aluminum string basses and five new eellos, played by students who had no experience on these instruments. Students taking part in solo work were: Betty Ami Elmflllisff. violin: Ida Robertson, viola, Emily DeNoyelles, cellog Marlys Johnson, string bass: Eunice Rutherford, bassrton, and Dorothy Chambers, piano. Besides the soloists there were other members of the band and orchestra eligible for the national auditions which took place at the district contest at Waterloo. The different grr ups taking part were: oboe duet by Josephine Lybbert and Phyllis Darby: Cornet duet by Donald Lybbert and Marian Rasmussen: piccolo solo by Marlys John- scn: clarinet duet by John Tlusty and Shirley Davis. Two small groups, thc woodwind chamber and the brass quartet, also appeared. Marlys Johnson did outstanding work in receiving a superior in the district contest in her string bass solo, thus making her eligible for the state contest in May 6 in Iowa City where she received a rating ot' excellent. Much credit is to be given to Ruth Blackburn for accompanying our soloists and groups. i Marys

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qghfs' qgfee C1116 . . . Flvidence ut' unusual interest in the girls' glee club wus shown this ycur by seventy girls trying out tor the club, Forty-seven wcre select- ed by Miss Bull. sind the group held rclitiirszils until it became ncces- sziry to reduce the club to twenty-eight, the niziximum number for ai contest glee club. The tirst uppeurunec of the vcxczil department was in the uperetta tntitled Oh. D etui- In the zinnuail vocal concert on lvlureh ll. the girls. accompanied by Shirley Davis. suing three numbers, Rz.in. A Bird Flew. and Hymn to Morning. Using these selections in the sub-district contest held at Charles City and the district Lit Waterloo, thp club received gi superior und am excellent rating. respectively. in the two contests. Fruni the six sol ists cmnpt ting in the eliniinzitiun contest, Joseph- ine Lyhbert und Phyllis Wenger were selected: the former rzited :in Lxctllcnt :incl the lzitter in goml in the contest nt Clizirles City. The six girls ehusen from the glee club to nrike up the sextctte wcrc Betty Hr.w:ircl. Shirley Ilaivis. Idzi l'tolJei'tsmi. Josephine Lybbert. ll tty Ann Elrnquist and lVl:1i'tl1n 'l'linmsnn, These girls rnzide :in ud- mirziblc sh wing in the sub-district. finully' receiving un excellent rutlng an Waterloo.