Madison High School - Yearbook (Rexburg, ID)

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Voices Concert Choir sang their way into the hearts of those who heard them. The choir was a trimester class consisting of boys and girls who had a wide variety of music background. Throughout the year, the group worked on six different pieces of music each trimester. Erica Merril said, I liked the class because you got to do a lot of three part songs. They presented two concerts. The Christmas Concert and the Spring Con- cert. The Christmas Concert was held De- cember 12 at the Tabernacle. The Spring Concert was held March 3 also at the Tab- ernacle. Maurie Brizzee said, The class was fun! I learned a lot about music. The concert choir, through hours of hard work, performed well at their two concerts. Mr. Briggs, the concert choir director, consen- trates hard in making this choir a good one. 140 Ciubs Concert Choir

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Students With The Answers The Scholastic Team consisted of several quick thinkers who thought abstracly and performed well under pressure. According to Mr. Vernon Ricks, the team ' s advisor, They are a group studying academics so they ' re ready to meet competition from schools all Dver southeastern Idaho. Previously the team traveled to the KID-AM studio in Idaho Falls to race against any of about 20 schools from Pocatello to Salmon in answering ques- tions. However, the congressional campaign by Mr. Mel Richardson, the quizmaster for these meets, threw the Scholastic Team off schedule. No meets were scheduled until January. In spite if this, the team members kept in practice by quizzing each other regu- larly from cards containing questions on var- ious subjects. Some were: geography, vo- cabulary, spelling, science, math, and histo- ry. They also competed among themselves with one member acting as quizmaster while the others tried to push their buzzers and answer the questions first. A sample question was, The principle isotope of which element replaced oxygen as the reference standard of atomic weight in 1951? Ryan DaBall, Brent Timotiiy, and Laura Kaneko review each other on some of their most difficult questions. Mr. Ricks helps Brian Timothy and Dale Hillier bone up for future competitions Clubs Scholastic Team 139

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Jazz Band practiced three mornings a week so hat they could be the best that they could. Jazz has Pizazz I Dragging themselves out of bed at 7:30 am three to four times a week was hard, but it paid off for the Jazz Band. The 16- member band had only three girls who practiced two to three hours a week. Un- der the direction of Dallas Beck, the group attended a jazz festival at Bonneville in November and went to Skyline in May to attend another one. This helped them pre- pare for their Christmas Concert and Spring Concert. The group was organized just for fun. Paul Beck said, 1 liked Jazz Band, be- cause it got me away from concert mu- sic. Some of the songs the group per- formed were: Preacher Pete , CB Talk , and England ' s Carol , which was an arrangement of God Rest ye Merry Gentlemen. Laurie Miller plays the piano to help keep the band in tune. Justin Kauer tunes his guitar while getting ready to practice for a performance. Clubs Jazz Band 141