Elston High School - Elstonian Yearbook (Michigan City, IN)

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Jazz Band Tours Austria , mong the many jazz bands, vocal groups, and conv cert bands who performed at the International Music r Festival in Seefield this summer was our own Jazz band. Leaving from Chicago on June 24th. the group of 20 students and II chaperons. each of whom paid his or her own way. immediately ran into diffiCuIties as the plane had to refuel twice between Chicago and Munich. From Munich they traveled by bus to Seefield. where they performed at the music festival. Though their time was occupied with several performances they also spent much of their time visiting Such places as Leutasch, Salzburg. Innsbruck. the Linderhoff Castle, the Latten- burg Crystal Factory, and parts of the Alps and Italy. For the Jazz Band, the trip was an exchange of their perform- ing talents for the hospitality and beauty of Europe. As ambas- sadors to Austria. they performed well. Row I.- P. Tujer. R. Hegg. 5. Chambers. L. Demorotski. M. Valentine, D. Weik. C. Coan, Mr. Johnst Row 2: Mr. Johns receives an award in Innsbruck J. Bunnell. D. Lyness. S. Roy, R. Geleske. Row 3.- E. Gresla. D. Hardy, S. Marlatt. L Heuston, L. Sadenwater. B. Syers. 6. Abraham. M. Bixler, M. Jones. Members of the band pose for a picture in Innsbruck. 26 Austrian Band Trip

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Three Students Visit Foreign Lands n the search for status taking a trip to Europe is consid- ered to be very chic. Those status searchers who do visit Europe are often unaware of anything but their physical surroundings; they are the souvenir hunters and polariod privacy invaders that have given our nation a bad name in Europe and the world in general. Yet there is another type of American toursit. those who are concerned about the people and culture of the nation they visit. Among last summer's concerned tourists were three of Elston's finest students: Anne Brockway. Alex Reichl. and Arleigh Reichl. Anne was able to visit Denmark through involvement in the American Field Service. Living for two months on dairy farms in Brande and Grensa, she ate, worked, and went to school with her Danish host and found the experience both enjoy- able and educational, as she learned that the Danish, despite their many differences, were very much like us. Alex and Arliegh along with thirty other students from Indiana went to Germany as members of the Indiana Univer- sity Honors Program UUHPy For seven weeks Alex. Arleigh and the other students lived in seperate homes in the city of Krefeld while they studied in a school organized especially for the lUHP students. They also visited such famous places as Paris and the Rhine, but their greatest experience came in learning about the German language and culture. The experiences of these three Elston's students and other like them are personal, yet the positive impressions they left behind may help create a better impression of American tourists. Hamlet's Castle in Denmark. Anne and her Denmark friend enjoy their VlSlL Foreign E xchange J l