Academy of the Holy Angels - Echoes Yearbook (Demarest, NJ)

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Stage crew and actors combine efforts constructing sets for Peter Pan. Ga Pretenders presented GCPeter Pan? Gay Pretenders can again boast a successful year. Our first production this season was a one-act play, 'The Ugly Duckling presented at an assembly for the entire school. HA,s Carol Night would not be complete without an offering from the Gay Pretenders and this Christmas we did the YORK NATIVITY PLAY, a perennial favorite in England. The rollick- ing comic scenes at Herod's Court and the simple beauty of the Nativity scene itself in this traditional Christmas play captivated our audiences. Spring productions are usually our biggest and this year's offer- ing of Peter Pan by J. M. Barrie was no exception. Days of work spent in scenery, props, sound, lighting, costuming, and not to mention script-studying made Peter Pan one of HA,s greatest productions. Yes, our Peter Pan really flew! Gay Pretenders will long remember the inimitable matinee performance of Examining costumes for the next Gay Pretenders production are Secretary Karen Coccioli, Presi- dent Ginny Leo and Vice-President Melanie Michele. 32 Peter Pan when some 700 toddlers to ten-year olds clapped their hands in thunderous answer to Peter's query Do you believe in fairies?,, As Echoes goes to press some of the Gay Pretenders are making plans to attend the annual convention of the National Catholic Theatre Conference at the New York Hilton this August 18-23.

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Echoes recorded the highlights of the year. , f , i t L , s v , R ECHOES, heads of staff look through yearbook picture possibilities - Literary Editor Maura Cotter, Business Manager Margie Felicetti, Editor Linda Valentine, and Photographer Editor Lynne Kalavsky. Luncheon at the Americana Hotel climaxes the Columbia Yearbook Convention. fClockwiseD Sister Raymond, Bernie Zorio, Mary Catherine Winberry, Peggy Massar, .lane Schmid, Sister Norice, and Sister Francis. A festive honor - ECHOES staff members decorate the school Christmas tree in the auditorium lobby. Summer tans had scarcely begun to fade when work on Echoes '67 began. Eager seniors returned from the Columbia Yearbook Convention full of new ideas, and the hope that they could match the Medalist-winning success of the 1966 edition. The 'aliterary people got their first assignments, and diligently perused Bart- lett's Familiar Quotations for appropriate lines of poetry for the Senior Section. Our photographers took up the cry 4'Smile, you're in ECHOESV' and caught our campus clowns in the act of being themselves. Meanwhile back in the ECHOES room, the Business staff typed copy, counted money, and quietly kept in order the mechanics of our organization. After many a close call at deadline dates, we met the final one, now, at last, everyone could breathe a sigh of relief and tell the new Staff how much fun it will he putting out ECHOES '68.

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L K I CLEE CLUB OFFICERS: Business Manager Martha Chiccone, President Maria Truncellito, Vice-President Eileen Mclntyre and Librarian Peggy Purcell prepare for their weekly rehearsals. Early September saw the GLEE CLUB settling down to work on the music for a special High Mass in English to honor Our Lady of the Lake. Later in the month, members attended a performance of the Roger-Wagner Chorale at Carnegie Hall. The traditional Carol Night program was held in conjunction with the Gay Pre- tenders' Nativity Play. As HA's Glee Club led the sing- ing from the balcony, Angels joined in from below, pro- claiming their Yuletide greetings. Members also carried their glad tidings to foot weary Christmas shoppers at the Bergen Mall, and to the patients at Welfare Island. In early March, members attended a performance of Tosca', at the new Opera House in Lincoln Center. We also added our musical touch to the Evaluation Program in mid April. May meant rigid practices for our Spring Concert with Regis High School on May 28. As the school year came to a close, members bade a musical farewell to the Class of 1967 at Commencement Exercises. Clee Club spread the joyful sound of emusic. Glee Club entertains at Ring Ceremony. 33 if