Ocean City High School - Caravel Yearbook (Ocean City, NJ)

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Orchestra FTER many prevlous attempts the Ocean Cxty Hxgh School now has an orchestra worthy of xt The work of developmg an orchestra was started last year and successfully carrled on thrs year by Mr Eugene Halleran dxrector The orchestra IS composed enurely of students and not only plays the marches for assembly but also entertams us Wlth selectnons on other occaslons bemg seven clarlnets seven vlolms three trumpets two horns saxophone trombone tuba p1ano and drums As all but s1x of the members are beglnners not only 1n orchestral work but ln the1r partlcular type of mstrument, we express here the appreclatlon of all the1r efforts Seuenlu four This year we have a greater variety of instruments than previously, there

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Syl vza 'iylvla Marlon Smlzznson Betty Etelqn Baker Sur Bertram Henry Loper Wlllxam John Mae Donald I ady Arabella Carrie Vzncent Polly Betty Egolf Dolly Lzlllan Hxgbee Prince Tobytum Osborn Corson Robm Eugene Bachran farmer lad Aaron Stevenson f YLVIA a pastoral operetta rn two acts was presented by the Glee Club of the Ocean Clty Htgh School on December 13 1928 The operetta under the d1rect1on of Mlss Kathryn J Kurtz proved a huge success Spec1al ment1on should be made of the tenor solos of Sxr Bertram de Lacey Henry Loper and the lovely soprano solos of Sylvxa Marlon Smk mson whxle Betty Evelyn Baker gave us her usual d1splay of dramatnc talent The solo work of the rest of the characters also deserved much credxt and the chorus dnsplayed the excellent traxnmg gxven them by thelr dxrector Mtss Kurtz Secenty three l M011yffffffflfffffQffQfQQfffffffvema Smith rr . N . ,

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Band Ireszdent I ANI HAINLb l :ce Preszdmt HI NRX l OI FR S OR the first tlme 1n the hlstory of the Ocean Clty I-hgh School we have a band comprlslng three tubas two barrtone horns four trombones ten clarlnets elght cornets four saxophones bass drum snare drum and cymbals Th1S band lrke the orchestra owes :ts ex1stence to Mr Eugene I-Ialleran Mr Halleran started IH October of 1928 and by hrs efforts has produced a really remarkable set of young muslclans The band due to xts snze has been drvrded by Mr l-Ialleran IHIO two sectlons the first dxrected by Mr Halleran h1mself whrle Henry Loper and Stanley Townsend are drrectors of the second group A school band IS not only an asset to any Hrgh School but also does much towards brmgrng about a better school sp1r1t Set enlq ITL: J ' i i i V 'HH W 4 Avi 3' V - .- ' , , , , , ,,,.,,,,, 2 ' . 3 . Secfy-Treas. , , , , ,, ,, CARI. SHAW