Allen Stevenson School - Unicorn Yearbook (New York, NY)

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still did not end the spills, but one man did emerge ahead of the pack without dropping his potato once. This was eighth grader Barrett Lester, who easily overcame his opponents. There was a rumor however, that Lester practiced at home, but when confronted with the rumor Lester stated I used a larger potato . Some of the winners of this event were Tony Green and Robert Margolis. The softball throw hosted some new records. Mish joukowsky hurled a beauty to overcome his closest opponent, Colin Hagen. In the seventh grade jeffrey lenoure almost threw one that left the sta- dium. jimmy Krissel in the ninth grade, led his group with a record of 64 meters or 213 feet. The long jump was also an exciting feature. Here ninth grade sky riders, Andrew Zaloom and Robert Margolis flew for distances of nearly five meters. Ralph Whitmore, an eighth grader had a tre- mendous leap of 4.66 meters to win. Of course the four hundred meter run has always been a favorite of the crowd. In the ninth, one of the most thrilling runs came from Dave Hilliard and Andrew Zaloom. Dave stayed five yards behind Andrew until the end, and then overcame him to win. As has been in the past, this year's field day was highly successful and exciting. After the track events, a softball game proved equally as fun. 72

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ORCHESTRA MAESTRO GAUGER'S famous combo of sixty came into the year minus several backbones of the Orchestra, lost to graduation. Nevertheless, those who remained were anxious to do a good job filling the shoes of their elders. After a rough begin- ning, most things smoothed out and the Orch prog- ressed as though such stalwarts as Landon Hilliard, Conway Cliff, Robert Benjamin, and, of course, john Carr, had never left. One of the nicest things about this year's group was the fact that the people who were there really wanted to be there - in the ideal Gauger philosophy. The first engagement was the Christmas concert, played at St.Vjean Baptiste. Twelve alumni returned, as is traditional for that festive season, and they assisted on Bach's Fugue in B minor and Mus- sorgsky's Hopak, along with a host of Christmas carols. The regular members also performed Hand- el's march from Scipio and Leroy Anderson's Sinco- pated Clock ffresh from the Late Showi. A stunning performance of the ever-present Stars 8: Stripes topped off the evening - with no less than six piccolos leading the way in solo. Later, things began to roll in preparation for the spring seson. The overture from Fiddler on the Roof was added to the repertoire, along with the difficult Marche Slave of Tchaikowsky. Here, for the trum- pets, led by Frank Visconti, took a long time to master their difficult passages. At last all was ready for the Chapin Concert, a joint effort held in the gym on April 27. Mr. Charles Walker fof Canterbury Choral Society 84 Blue Hill Troupe famej brought 1 along fifty Chapin girls, who performed excerpts from The Music Man in between Orch numbers.