Modesto Junior College - Buccaneer Yearbook (Modesto, CA)

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Buccaneer I936 Page 7l MUSICIANS GO 'ROUND AND 'ROUND Band Enlivens Foolball Season: Orcheslra Furnishes Music Al School Plays, Opera and Easler Sunrise Services ln Yosemile Valley and Breaks lnlo lhe Movies. ' W T '-' fy'-EW? 494: f '1'f 'u? S?E'i'Q545'.s:2i1'F'nf'.75 5 ffrwfi- .rf 1 ... -. T .MER W..-r -fy... . ., ..., Saw -ef... 2. . A Q, ., , . . ',.1:mlV'raY1.,-:s'l,.Tf :ae '2 v1Q?f:. iiT1 ,.,. 3 , Tl: 1 71 ' 'ilff-1'l'll'i7w-4525.1 it-:Y K H- 5 1' ,'f'1'fT, .b . Q 5 Yfzfzf-5 ' 'Q -ff' ' -. 51 - :Eye 'Q , 'wif'-jg A I'-'-.,'gE::s'N5i' ,. - is ..1.:,:-,: 3,.:y5LQX . . - ' .5 : -2: ,A-rx' I aj, 1: '-'I-'f 5'1:'e.:..f..::- .: li' vr ':1:- .I ll? 'if' - 'is 1 ' '. ':. 'i' ' ff- il fi --1.-::' - J1':,f' 'T -' ,., ' . sf fl.. -- fl , ' 4: 'if Y - 1 9' ,.,:1:2e : Al- 1 ' . ,.,. l f' :- ':. . .- -f: ,: .V ' lf ' 4 -. wr-.lv .5 'J . 259, 'F-::. .,-,., ' ,Tir '-5 W:-1 Y f , .. ,. A .C - ., ,isindqfqgs S- '- aah . 'fi 3. A .Q -s: A 'l :' - Milf: .. iI:z. ' X is . '-::' ' ll , ' if-': f .- - .f J 1 .,1,'- ,acids 5 ' . jf, gl: -115.-2' - ff .:,,. . ' 3 ,' . ff ' ' ' 2. A 4- -- : .5 L - H ' '-1 i 'T - . . ' . -r P- .. Y ' . mr 7 , ,- U . . ,.,.1 -W .. MJC'S BAND SALUTES YOU The MJC band and orcheslra, under Frank Mancini has been aclive in many ol lhe school aclivilies. During lhe lall Ernesl Shipley, sludenl leader ol lhe band, as- sisled by Belly Allen, direcled lhe members in lhe band man- euvers which were perlormed on lhe lield lor speclalors al lhe loolball games. lVlJC's orcheslra played on lhe KnowVYour College hour over KTRB and al lhe Weslern Schools' lvlusic Conlerence on KFRC al San Francisco, and sev- eral members look parl in broad- casls over KPO. The orcheslra lurnished music al lhe perlormances ol The Queen's Husband and Once in a l.ilelime and played lhe music ol The Gondoliersf' lhe annual opera. The MJC band wenl lo lhe Sacramenlo game besides play- ing al lhe home games. An oclelle was senl lo lhe Easler morning services al Yosemile. BUSY ENTERTAINERS-EVERYONE OF THEM

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r i T Page 70 Buccaneer I936 GLEE CLUBS SING ON NBC HOOK-UPS Men's and Women's Glee Clubs, Under The DirecTion of Roberf W. McKnighT, Make Many Appearances Over Raclio, ln ConTesTs and AT Various Schools. STALWART SONGSTERS OF THE CAMPUS A mosT acTive year was enioy- ed by The lvlen's and Women's Glee clubs oT lvlodesTo Junior College under The di'recTion of RoberT lvlcKnighT. L The year's program was TeaTur- ed by radio broadcasTs, The men's club singing Twice Through- ouT The year on KPO in San Fran- cisco, while The women's group broadcasT several Times over KTRB in lvlodesTo, and over KFRC in San Francisco. The Two organizaTions also sang beTore enThusiasTic assemblies aT The Lodi, l-lughson, Ceres, Tur- lock, Newman, PaTTerson, and Sonora High schools. An ocTeTTe Trom The Men's Glee Club composed of l-larold Wine, l-lomer Messmer, l-lerman Kliclc, Ivan l-larms, Bernard Lar- sen, Charles Allen, Franklin Mer- shon, and Thomas Clinkenbeard sang over KPO. The accompan- isT was Ferne SmiTh. The Two glee clubs appeared in several numbers in The Spring Music l:esTival held aT San JoseTor The junior colleges oT This region. DAZZLE SCHOOL WITH NEW UNIFORMS

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Page 72 Buccaneer I936 COLLEGE STUDENTS PRESENT ORATORIOS RoberT W. McKnighT, Head of The MJC Music DeparTmenT, ls DirecTor of Messiah and OraTorio Given During The ChrisTmas Season. ','l-landel's OraTorio, under The general direcTion oT RoberT W. lVlcKnighT, head oT The Mo- desTo Junior College music de- parTmenT, was oTliered as The I935 Messiah aT The EirsT lvleTho- disT Episcopal Church during The ChrisTmas season. This oraTorio is Tamiliar To mosT people. IT is especially appropri- aTe Tor The ChrisTmas season be- cause iT carries a TesTive spiriT. SoloisTs were Raymond Mar- owe, Eugene Pearson, bariTone, WiniTred Lucia Fisher, conTralTo and Frances Bowerman, soprano Trom The College oT PaciTic. Twelve college sTudenTs par- TicipaTed. During The spring, McKnighT, The direcTor, sang a solo parT in an oraTorio presenTed by chorus aT Oregon STaTe College. Madonna's Requiem Mass was The oraTorio given Novem- ber I7, I935 aT The MeThodisT Church Tor The annual iunior col- lege presenTaTion. The chorus, consisTing oT TiTTy- Tive well-blended voices, gave a highly crediTable performance. Solos were Tew, a guarTeT being TeaTured insTead, singing and answered by The chorus. The guarTeT was composed oT Georgia Parker, soprano: Alice Larsen, conTralTo: l-loward l-lale, Tenor, l-lerman Kliclc, bariTone. RoberT McKnighT direcTed The perTormance. Especially ouTsTanding in The musical programs oT The Glee clubs oT The Junior College were The members oT The OraTorio's quarTeT. They are sophomores who will be greaTly missed nexT year. i f lMPR'ESSIVEl'MESSlAH SINGERS