Academy of Mount Saint Vincent - Chastellux Yearbook (Tuxedo Park, NY)

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DRESS REHEARSAL OF THE CHRISTMAS CANTATA PROFESSOR ERWIN YAECKEL, Director of the Glee Club MISS INGEBORD TORRUP who staged the Cantata

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GLEE CLUB SISTER MARY MAGDALEN. Moderator of the Glee Club, with Maryann, Norene, Bridget and Connie Tuesday afternoon means Glee Club to fifty-three girls represent- ing a cross-section of the Mount's four classes. Under the direction of Professor Erwin Yaeckel the silent notes of well-known composers vibrate with life. The road to musical perfection is arduous, and without continual and diligent efforts the rough edges would not be worn smooth, the notes would not be as clear, the timing as perfect, the cadences as rhythmic as they are in our finished performances. Most pieces are sung in three-part arrangements, but members of all four classes form each of the three groups, and when the sopranos need an assist Sister Magdalen, our Moderator and moral support, is there to join in the singing. The year 1965-1966 included two important Glee Club perform- ances. The first was the Christmas Cantata under the direction of Miss Ingebord Torrup, for which Professor Yaeckel arranged and directed the vocal score. The second was the Concert with Canter- bury in mid-March. For this the Mount included a variety of songs including Mozart's Alleluia, a musical adaptation of Saint Francis' Lord, Make Me an Instrument of Your Peace, and, in a lighter vein, selections from Rodger and Hammerstein's Sound of Music. Whether a song be an immortal classic; or a current musical favorite, it is done with perfection—the involvement . . . the songs—the commitment . . . the perfection with which they are done. Mary Anne Kenny '66 102

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INFORMAL DANCES Social involvements have played an important role in the extra-curricu- lar activities of 1965-1966. The first dance of the year was in October, when the Cadets of Cardinal Farley Military Academy were the guests of the Juniors, Sophomores and Freshmen at the Mount. This was followed in November by a Sophomore Dance in Lindley Hall, whose first purpose was to raise money to defray some of the expenses of the Senior Formal, and whose second purpose was to have a good time. Both were achieved. The Cadets invited the Mount girls to attend a dance at Cardinal Far- ley and a busload of excited under- classmen accepted the invitation. 104