Modesto Junior College - Buccaneer Yearbook (Modesto, CA)

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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

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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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Buccaneer I936 Page 73 QUEEN'S HUSBAND IS BRILLIANT SATIRE Roberi' Sherwood's Modern Comedy ls Gay and Ironic In ITs Derisive PorTrayal of Presen'I' Day OuTsTancIing European Figures. Bob Eley and Evelyn BarneTT STar, As Usual. I By cARoL EVANS The play: The Queen's Hus- band. The background: an or- naTely Typical palace room. Re- sulT: an ouTsTanding Fall play. In his characTerizaTion oT The queen's much-married husband, Bob Eley became a lovable, kind- ly man, whose Twin passions were penguins and checkers. His in- valuable buTler, Phipps lcludd STurTevanTl aided him in This lasT named oT his weaknesses. The Tyrannizing consorT was Evelyn BarneTT, who demanded marriage oT her daughTer, Anne llsabel Walshl To Toppish William oT Greck, convincingly done by Ed Perry. The queen was aided in her plans by General NorThrup, a Mussolini-HiTler Type, played by Lee Clark and Lord BirTen, a suave diplomaT enacTed by George lvlaze. King Eric revealed his True naTure when daughTer Anne Tell in love wiTh his secreTary, GranTon lhflaurice CorbeTTl. Then, in The Tinal acT, puncTuaTed by cannon shoT, he Took The governmenT inTo his own hands and demanded ThaT Anne leave wiTh GranTon, Thus happily climaxing The drama. Minor roles were well-played by John Den Dulk, AlTred WhiT- man, Lee VincenT, Alice Collins and Alice Frederiksen. GRAND FINALE OF THE QUEEN'S HUSBAND