Rocky Ford High School - Le Cantaloupe Yearbook (Rocky Ford, CO)

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MIXED CHORUS Music plays a large part in the average High School students' activities, as is shown biyv the number of people who take! chorus. The chorus meets weekly. They sing for the joy of it and for recreational satisfaction. It also trains them in appreciation of music. A group of talented vocalists of these chorus classes! has been elected to the Chapel Choir, which does .special concert work. The members are: Elizabeth 1Laye Betty Hammond Cecil Johnson John Dubois Virginia Clark Vina Merrifield Horace Knapp Ernest Orahood Grace Clinie Minnie Dick Robert Cadswallader Verne Elsesser Grace Knapp Merry Ellen Clute Jake Cramer Walter Janes Irene Lawson, accompanist One of the big features of 'the year, which was presented by the chorus classes was the opera Rosiamunde, played at the Grand Theater. This proved a huge success under the direction of Mr. Ralph Rea and Miss Ruth Lytle. It was tlhe first opera to be produced by high school stufdent musicians. They 'take an active part in the spring music festivities in both city and countiy affairs. Verne Elseisser Cecil Johnson Gilmore Harrison Joe Brown Billy Day Horace Knapp Ernest Orahood Elizabeth Laye Merry Ellen Clute Graco Cline Grace Knapp MEMBERS OF Elversie Patton Geneva Wilker Doris Williams Beltty Brown Beatrice Call Rose 'Cioplin Vivian Corf Dorothy Deming Betty Hammond Dorothy McCannon Harriet Pott Margaret Asakawa Edith Scott Elizabeth Gerringer Jeannette Scott Mary Lou Wells Page Eighty-six Pauline Strouse THE CHORUS Shirley Mae Williams Virginia Baker Genette Benning Verniece Brown Virginia Clark Evelyn Corf Ruth Dick Minnie Dick Juanita McDonald Beulah Murray Ernest Inman Jake Cramer Phillip Hammond Richard Robbins James Sander, George Yekel William Skuderna Earl Heckman Clark Fowler Edith Edwards Maxine Hoffman Vina Merrifield Dorothy Hoffman Evelyn Tomlin N. W. Bolling, Jr. Robert Oriahood Walter Janes Robert Williams

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ORCHESTRA 1935 There are many students in Rocky Ford High who .spend their recreation hours in the field of finer arts, particularly in the musical way. One of these fields is open through orchestra. The instrumentation was rather large, partially accounting for ,the progress. They participated in several contests, winning honors. In the state contest they tied for first place, receiving the rating of excellent PERSONNEL Mr. Ralph Rea, director FIRST VIOLINS I VIOLA Malloy Miller Roy Pugh CELLO Mildred Fuller Emil Roberts Evelyn Frazier Mildred Anderson Nedra Anderson SECOND VIOLINS Lorena Grogan Myron Hallows STRING BASIS Ronald Edwards Ronald Shafer TRUMPET Larry McQuerrey Wayne Miles Z M b H TROMBONE B225 CT':I.1?amp e Howardine Roach PERCUSSION Janet Broomfield Dolores Graham Harry Braden J erre Swink FLUTE Gilmore Harrison Carroll Wilson OBOE Jessie Ruth Bessire CLARINET Verne Elsesser Robert Smith BASSOON Marjory Jackson PIANO Edith Scott Page Eighty-five

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Dramatics TUNE IN Tune In , was a light, modern operetta produced by the chorus classes and di- rected by Mr. Ralph Rea, and Miss Ruth Lytle. The setting was a radio broadcasting studio, and the situations in- volved were humorous in- deed. WITHOUT BENEFIT OF RELATIVESU This was the first of the two senior class plays pro- :iuced by the class of 1935. The play was a delightful modern comedy in three acts, and was coached by Miss Lytle. In addition to ia large cast, Strou1se's parrot was fea- tured, and the audience was alternately praying that the parrot would call for Bill, or that Malloy Miller's cigar would make him sick. BIG-HEARTED HERBERT Big-Hearted Herbert , the second plway for the class of'35 also hwad a large cast and was very modern. Cover made a hit as a hardboiled manu- facturer who was opposed to good breeding until the ridi- culous aspect of the situation was forcefully brought 'home to him in a clever plot con- trived by the rest of his fam- ily