The Gunnery School - Red and Gray Yearbook (Washington, CT)

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THE COMMENCEMENT CHOIR nun-:nun cn-mrmmwqu nm Pl ulutforl www on wear lhe or mon r dcslgmd I9 rr Odom I uswmh Front row left to rrght Butler Owen T Archbald jenmngs Allyn R Bnstol P jones W Second row Moulton Meyer Tobre Pershrng McArdle Upson Cohen Back row Hubbard Marsh Mmtz Krodel Bradley Crawford J Armstrong Mrs Mercer The realrzatron that the end of the school year IS drawlng near comes about when the Commencement Choir begms practlce The Cholr, conslstlng of the regular Vesper Cholr mmus all the Semor members, under the dlrectron of Mrs Colvrn, presented two very line muslcal selecuons at the Commencement Exerclses on June 8 The graduatmg Class of 1957 filed mto the Church on the Green accompamed by the tradrrronal musrc, 109 Pomp and Cxrcumstance played by Mrs Colvin on the organ The Chorr offered two selectrons durmg the exercrse, the first by Samt Saens, Fathers and Sons , the second, 'O Mrghty Landu, an arrangement by Jean Srbelxus Both of these numbers were very well pre sented by the Choir and attested to the hours of prac trce whtch were put mto the1r preparatrons durmg the warm Sprmg afternoons - .-,..,,..,.,...,,,,,,.,,,,, . r me f ,. grf, rr 1 1 - , 4 . 1 5, ,, -.. fd' ' - f ', . rl ,g s 1 1' 2 ' . t Q lo lhe Chun-th an lu.. ' . 5 ' xx 0 v 1 . ' m 1 . J 9 ,. - . . 9 9 .f E 4 1 Nu ' .6 4 Q 9 T - .X . - 3 L 5 . -I 4 5 1 - ' f G 4 1 , - A ' - . ' ft . . '9 f y 3 , r -w , y y -, 1 -, , - 3 r , y 1 , , , - 3 y , y r s , -1 r - ' - - V .. , H - , .

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THE VESPER CHOIR 49 7 Front row left to rrght Butler Oven T Archbald Jennrngs Damon Allyn L Allyn R Brtstol P Second row Moulton Meyer Tobre Pershrng McArdle Upson Cohen jones W Back row Hubbard Marsh Mmtz Krodel Bradley Crawford J Armstrong., Mrs Mercer Much credrt should go to Mrs Mercer for the excel lent Job she has done tn drrectrng the Vesper Chorr Al though thrs organtzatron has not recerx ed much recog n1t1on rt has fulfill d one of the schools grewtest needs Thrs year the Vesper Chorr spent countlcss hours rn rehearsrng for eftch Sunday s performance at Vesper Servrces It rs at these servrces that the hours of pracnce hawe pard off rn very credrtable performances It was also from the twenty three members of the Vesper Chorr that most of the members of the Commencement Chorr vs ere chosen The Vesper Chorr along wrth the Glee Club h1s provrded 1n opportunrty for the boys xx ho Ire musrcrlly rnclrned to enjoy the creatron incl apprecrntron of musrc by creatmg rt wrth therr own worces

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THE GLEE CLUB Front row left to rlght Armstrong Owen T Shure Turnbull Allyn L Crawford C lPI'ESlLl6l lIb Damon Scovllle Marsted Pltman Sullryan Stconl row French Pershrng Bradley Tobxe Snyder Mrs Mercer McArdle Hall A Carnell boson Meyer Back row Marsh Mrntz Krlburn lxrodel Sentner Allyn R Moulton Hall R Arthbald Hubbard jones W Hughes G 1 7 7 3 lv ' A k l 3 L YH v Y 1 v u y . . , ' ! 7 ! '1 7 , 7 1 ' ' Y 3 D 3 3 1 L - . ' J . . - , V , 1 , 9 ' 3 7 7 Unexpecredly called on to drrect the Glee Club for the school year of 1956 1957 Mrs Mercer worked yery hard to mold the club rnto the fine smgmg group th If performed durmg PIIZC Nxghr on une 7 The year really began wrth a concert and dance at the Day School 1n New I-Iayen December 8 Next the Glee Club sang before the school rn McCurcheon Lounge on the last evemng of the Wrnter Term In the audxence for the first mme the club s 35 parnclpanng members attended the Yale Smlrh Glee Club Concert rn Vyflterbury on Apr1l 74 These hrghlrghts of a sue cessful year were made possrble by the experrenced dr rectron of Mrs Mercer who was arded by Presldent Charles Crawford Busrness Manager Cotton Damon and Llbrarran Lou1s Allyn