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

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Band In thc past two years the Rocky lord Hgh School band rn the hmouslne of popular fy has climbed hxgh on thc freld of fnuslc Orchestra hoyever has suffered a decrease 10 enrollment for thx year because many w ere lost through graduatlon and to the serxrce but there 15 every reason to belleye that wrth the addxtlonal ot new members from the xncomxng classes lt wrll soon return to lts regular slze The Mud wlnter concerts held annually by the musrc department haye shown to the tow ns people and other usrtors the hlgh qualxty of performance of whlch our muslc students are capable The clxmax of each year comes at the trme of the sprung testn al held IH La Junta In 1946 our band brought home an excellent plus ratrng The b nd furnlshes musrc for many hlgh school and cnrc functions mcludrng football and bls lcetball games Durlng the summer many ot nts members play rn the cxty band 0rche3-stra nmety fnc . 1 . . . 1, , lu, . . , . , . , f v. y ' v' 1 ' v ' 1 5 ' D ' 1 v . v v v , I i Y K i h 4 V . . ll Y! ' at ' Y ' ' ' ' 4 - Y

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nrnety four To Alden McKinley Here s to the rnusrc maestro who 15 affectronately known to all of the students of Rocky Ford High School as Mac To thrs conscrentrous worker goes the credit for keeping up the standards of our traditionally high rating music department during the four years he has been with the Meloneers Under hrs drrectron the hrgh school musrcrans of Rocky Ford have entered sponsored sex eral concerts for the school and town Besrdes hrs regular school work Mr McKinley has serxcd the school and community by arranging musical programs for various clubs and organizations To our capable musrc teacher goes credit and apprecratron for hrs out standing work O , . . . numerous contests in which they achieved their usual success. He has also .Q 7 , . .

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'thawte A Capella Chou' Glrls 21 and A Capella hue demonstrated excellent abxlxty as xoctlrsts by therr many appear ances durrng the past two years Enrollment for A Capella yarred from 100 to 170 students thns year In the M1dW1nter con Cert held january 30 1946 they sang several eyctremely rmpressryt selectrons rntludlng one wlth lrght mg effects At Easter they sang Handels Mes lah Sxngmg rn three part harmony Glrls 21 appeared not only rn tht M1dW1nter concert but they have sung, oy er KOKO at Chrrstmas and for seyeral orvanlzatxons and programs IH the communlty Girls ll ull l :W fllnflfy SIX I Q f, 1 lag fjvilfm, 'f- fin Q ' Y . , A , ' ' , 1 . , ' - - ' , 1 ' , . , v nr g- yy , r r A ' 7 L w D 't ' L' v ' A Y ' 6 - se 1 3 , , at 5 y ' I .gm , ' if 'M V' l 5752 syn We S ia gi .aw s 1' y ' 1 f V ' ,Al '- . 5 1 1 . X gg , m XX 'A '