Academy of the Holy Names - JM Yearbook (Albany, NY)

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we Canis! ,Have I F Paula Farrigan crowns Our Lady Queen of the Holy Names Holly Ball. P P ancecl 77i9Af! No picture was more beautiful than that of the elegant dre and radiant faces manifest at the Holly Ball on December 26th. At nine o'clock cars began to arrive at school and girls in bouffant formals entered with their escorts. As they signed the guest book, each couple received a program with a delicate sn flake on the cover. They then greeted Sister Superior, the facu and the chaperones. The auditorium was gaily decorated with a large Christrna tree and colored lights. Highly original hula hoop mobiles hun gracefully from the ceiling. The seniors who helped with the d orations could be proud of their work. Music was by the Earl Kent orchestra. The sophomores gli across the dance floor to strains of Smoke Gets in Your Eyes the juniors to Stardust . Then the long -awaited moment arrived. A senior girl was picked to crown the Blessed Mother. As Paula Farrigan placed holly crown on our Queen, the seniors' escorts encrowned their dates with the same circlets of holly. After the grand march, whole Senior Class danced to their chosen song, Someone to Watch Over Me . As the clock struck midnight, the music faded and the Hol Ball of 1958 was over. This was truly a night to remember. Page Z4

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jAere,5 uaic in fAe .xdir The Holy Names Glee Club introduced Christmas week with a truly stirring performance of Benjamin Britten's Ceremony of Carols , a collection of Middle English songs. Sister Annette Teresa, moderator and director, also included several of the more familiar Christmas songs in the presentation, a Christmas gift for our family, faculty, and friends. The Glee Club was expertly accompanied by Janet Walton at the piano, Joanne Broderick at the organ and Mary Lee Noonan at her harp. Two entertaining groups affiliated with the Glee Club, the Achonaleers and the Tri -Angels, sang a number of enjoyable songs. A most stirring scene clirnaxed our Christmas offering. The entire student body caroled by candle- light as an awesome Nativity tableau was unveiled on the stage. The magnificent stage setting was possible due to the untiring work of Sister Francis Henry, Sister Frances of Mary, Mr. Ott, and our stage crew, Pat Ott, Brenda Reilly and Kit Temple. A special word of thanks is due to Sister Annette Teresa, under whose devoted direction A. H. N. fs Glee Club was able to give a memorable performance. At each rehearsal Sister gave entirely of herself so that our Christmas gift would be one of perfection. The Christmas Oratorio was not the only performance of our Glee Club but one of the many. Thus the I-Ioly Names Glee Club is a very busy and productive organization. Democracy, itself, is stressed within the core of our Glee Club in the fact that the members annually elect their representatives. This year they chose Rosalia Cardona, presidentg Sheila Vandercar, business managerg and Mary Pat Vandercar and Brigid Weiss, librarians. The foremost purpose of our Glee Club is to raise our voices in gratitude to God for all the innumber able blessings bestowed upon us--particularly the gift of song!

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E-zfeigh-he ome to the air Sure and it was as though a little bit of Erin had sprung up at Holy Names on that grand feast day of the glorious St. Patrick, March 17, for the good Sodality sponsored a fine Irish Fair. With a little juggling of class time the afternoon was left free for celebrating St. Patrick's Day at the fair. Every Irishman and pseudo -Irishman came to school decked out in finery, all wearing at least a bit of green. Sure they were as pleasing to the eye as a field of shamrocks. The halls echoed with Top o'the morning to ye , and Erin Go Bragh and other suitable sentiments of the day. And there was a bit of tomfoolery over preceding all first names with O '. The penalty for forgetting was to dance an Irish jig- and sure that's no penalty at all, at all. After a sumptuous luncheon patronized by all the fun -seekers, the fair was opened with a hymn to our Blessed Mother and the toe -tapping tune Heigh-Ho, Come to the Fair rendered by a spirited group of singers from the junior class. Father Edgar cut the green ribbon and a tour of the counties of Ireland, each represented by a booth, was underway. As you traveled from Cork to Killarney to Galway you'd think you were on the ould sod . Special features of the Fair were a parcel post booth where mysterious gifts could be purchased for small sums, a jitter -bug contest, won by Anne Powers and Bonnie Smith and the Irish Sweepstakes , won by Kathy Powers. ' A not to be missed feature was Blarney Castle, complete with the Blarney Stone and a mysterious Leprechaun who was too shy to expose himself to view. I 7 , xl V ' ' D All in all, a perfect way to celebrate St. Patrick's Day. I I 5 ' f-,G 1 , K , ' r Father Edgar, xshillelagh in hand, cuts the green Sue Healy and Kathy Powers vie for championship ribbon to .officially opep fthe fiar. X in the Irish Sweepstakes . I J.,-4 .. I - Page 25 7 ' N 4' ,sf f tr f4.T!? ,. , . , , , L, ,,.. , jf! 1 M, wi, C .4 If ff? 65' L-1 W- ,af .B I.. fy- -. - ai