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

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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

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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 MUSIC CLUB Front row left to rnght Keatrng A Owen B Wrllnamson Scovnlle Bnstol P Smrth C Maxwell fPres1dentJ Allyn L Damon Turnbull Marsted Hart R Benfleld Back row Mr Rome Koven Archbald Mrntz Raddmg Kaehrle Penner Ladewrg Upson Meyer Colton Crawford I Zersel Mr Anderson Every Wednesday ex emng the Musrc Club gathered rn the MtCutcheon Lounge to drscuss and lrsten to muslc mamly m the classrcal style both for the members enjoyment and edlncatron Wrth the able support of Mr Anderson and Mr Rowe and an enthusrastrc mcmbershrp the board of V1ce presrdent Charley Smrth and Secretmry Lours Allyn headed by B1ll Maxwell was able to promote var1ed excursrons to musrcrl ex ents rn nearby crtres In New Har en 5 Woolsey H111 the club attended a Con cert serres of srx concerts and a rend1t1on of the opera L1 Trasutr Neyer forgettrng the lrghter sxde of musnc some of the boys went off to Hartford for a Benny Goodmm azz Concert ln the vunter term Occasronally the regular weekly record sess1ons were supplanted by guest speakers Washrngton Hrgh Schools muslc drrector Mt Antey showed a movle on one of hrs rnterests the Marrne Band Mrs Mercer gay e a xery enllghtenmg and rnterestmg talk on organs vthrle demonstratrng on the one 1n the Church on the Green Throughout the year the Musxc Club furthered 1nd1 udual apprecrrtlon 0fI'1'1L1SlClI'l an actne and congemal rtmosphere , . , . ,,,, , ., . . - , , ' 7 Y v ' . ,,.,,, , . , 'o , ,, , , Y L . J . . . , . , 4 3 7 3 L L t . . ' r t 1 L . 7 t .