Metamora Township High School - Parrot Yearbook (Metamora, IL)

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A CAPPELLA CHOIR x A J z First row, left to right — Phyllis Schumacher, Connie Stamper, Kathryn Leather- man, Nancy Smith, Norma Smith, Martha Ringness, Mary Glaub, June loerger, Sylvia Neumann, Georgia Mae Doak, Shirley Schumacher. Second row, left to right — Betty Cries, June Bachman, Willis Bachman, Loren Zimmerman, Samuel Minger, James Steider, John Rauh, Paul Schrock, Marvin Smith, Ethel Bachman, Ardith Schertz. Third row, left to right — Colette Bachman, Mary Anna Mahoney, Shirley Lumpp, Joseph Rohman, Lewis Martin, Marvin Elbert, Harold Neumann, James Z-mmer- man, Paul DuBoLs, Michael Jaworskjy, Marilyn Leatherm.an, Mary Lee Noe. Back row, left to right — Janice Sullivan, Jeanette Hagerman, Pat Grieser, Berna- dette Giehl, Eugene Schlabach, James Wiltz, Eugene Schaefer, Burtron Schertz, Donald Zimmerman, Doris Elbert, Marietta Schneider, Elaine Abel. The a cappella choir is a selected group of fifty members from both girls ' and boys ' choruses chosen by our director, Mr. Stephenson. Our schedule for this year was not a heavy one, but we did participate in several activities. At Christmas time we gave a program for the public with the help of the girls ' chorus. In April we went to Minonk to take part in the annual county chorus festival. In the fall we gave the operetta, Up in the Air, in which the other choruses took part. Forty-Eight

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BOYS ' CHORUS First row, left to right — Loren Zimmerman, James Welte, Joseph Rohman, John Rauh, James Steider, Harvey Martin, Lewis Martin, Samuel Minger, Russell Fandel, Mr. Stephenson, director. Second row, left to right — Michael Jaworskyj, James Zimmerman, Donald Hal- ford, Alan Welte, Donald Zimmerman, Paul DuBois, Robert Wagner, Milton Werns- man, Paul Schrock, Merle Kiesewetter, William Zimmerman. Third row, left to right — Marvin Elbert, Marvin Smith, Burtron Schertz, Bruce Seeber, Eugene Schaefer, Harold Neumann, James Wiltz, Jack Gaetz, Wilbur Roh- man, Eugene Schlabach. The boys ' chorus, whose membership Ls open to all of the boys in school, had thirty members this year. Enrollment in boys ' chorus was one of the largest in recent years. Our first major activity was the operetta in which all of the chorus members participated. At the Woodford County Band Festival this year the boys ' chorus presented a special number for our school. They sang Kentucky Babe. Together with the girls ' chorus, the group went to the Woodford County Chorus Festival at Minonk in April. Rehearsal was held in the afternoon with E. Carl Lundgren of Illinois Wesleyan university, junior college of music at Springfield as conductor. In the evening a program open to the public was given. Officers elected for the year were James Wiltz president and Harold Neumann secretary. Rehearsals were held one day a week. Forty-Seven

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