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

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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.

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For the final concert, at home on May 20, the Orch added further numbers: Katchaturian's Gay- enne Suite and Dance of the Tumblers. Unfortu- nately the concert had to be performed in the school gym, a most unsatisfactory auditorium where there is barely enough room for the Orchestra, never mind the parents and other spectators. The addition of a 5th 81 6th grade locker room has further restricted space in the gym tand lowered Mr. Gauger's boiling pointl, and further magnified the school's crying need for more space. Of course the house was packed, and the concert went well, with the difficult pieces being performed to perfection. Enthisiastic parents applauded wildly, and there were a few moist eyes as people began to realize it was the last time of their A-S Orch careers. The highpoint of it all was a joint piccolo duet per- formed by Messrs. Gauger 81 Emory in the Stars 84 Stripes. Certainly there will be some difficult shoes to fill for next year's Orch, as graduating this year are such stalwarts as clarinetists Mark Tiedemann and Freddy Vogelstein, tympanists Timi loukowsky and Danny Szor, and flautists Peter Livingston and Robert Mar- golis. Nevertheless, the Editors trust that Maestro Gaugerino will once again weld together an all-star outfit for his 1977-8 season, combining unique blend of perseverence and tyranny. Thanks for everything, Stanley, you've done it again! WY' Q ,xp '114