Avilla High School - Panther Yearbook (Avilla, IN)

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After having lost a good- ly number of band players last spring, due to too many diploma awards, changes were necessary. They are as follows: Jack Schauwe- ker, Eb Bass to Trombone; Robert Eiler, Alto Sax to Baritone Sax; Eileen Weid- ler, Bb Clarinet to Bass Clarinet; Marie Christlieb, Cornet to Sousaphone; Alice Wright, Bb Clarinet to Alto Sax. MARCHING BAND One can honestly classify the Avilla marching band as being right up in the top brackets, led by National Champion Joan Lash. It lacked but .4 point of taking first division at District II Organization Contest at Elkhart, April 26, 1941. Mr. O ' Reilley, the director, drew the blueprints for our entering the contest again this year at Columbia City, April 8, 1942. Being twirlish, Brunetta Teders, Martha Garman, and Norma Frost have thus made for a showier and more pompous marching band. Norma, twirling in the Jun- ior Division, rated first in Tri-State and State contests. Brunetta and Martha also received first division ratings at Tri-State. Majorette Joan Lash, entering five contests during the year, rated among the best in the nation, placing first superior at Tri-State, first at State and National and also first in the Purdue Contest held in connection with the Chicago Land Music Festival. During the forerunning year the band exhibited unique marching ability while performing the moving diamond July 4th at the DeWitt Farm and during contest at Manchester, October 18. They ran off with first prize at Kendallville, December 4, while sporting off Santa Claus and giving forth on their horns Up On The House Top and Deck the Halls. Strutting their stuff at five of the basketball games, they presented an unusual novelty, a dumb drum majorette stunt. The Avilla Band wishes to thank parents, school patrons, P.-T. A., merchants, Avilla Lions Club, and all others who have helped make the band more progressive than it has been in the past. Twirlers: Norma Frost, Martha Garman, Brunetta Teders, Drum Majorette Joan Lash. Page 15

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CLARINETS Ruth Wilson Betty Sneary Marietha Weimer Carl Hess Alberta Fischer Lois Fischer Sally Garman. Myrtle Huff Martha Crothers Mary Ruth Shaffer Bonnie Worman BASS CLARINET Eilene Weidler FRENCH HORNS Wilma Fischer George Call ALTO HORNS OBOE Jeanne Padgitt SOUSAPHONE Marie Christlieb Harold Frey FLUTE Patricia Cox CORNETS Robert VanGorder Ann VanGorder John Clark Eilene Dove D ' Maris Uhl Roy Potter Ellen Parks Paul Gienger ALTO SAXOPHONE Jack Fischer Alice Wright Eugene Mueller TENOR SAXOPHONE Robert Eiler BARITONE Donna DeHoff Thomas Knauer DRUM MAJORETTE Joan Lash • TWIRLERS Brunetta Teders Martha Garman Norma Frost TROMBONES Dale Fischer Jack Schauweker Richard Weirich CONCERT Avilla ' s Band was in session all summer. Every Saturday night between June 1 and August 21, if you happened to be passing through our town, you would see the Avilla Band in concert. An invitation was received and accepted by the band to play June 8 at Albion and July 4 at DeWitt Farm. At District Contest the band took second division ratings and was awarded first division ratings at Tri-State Contest. DRUMS Max Newman Joseph Mueller Tom Martin Robert Uhl BASSOON Dorothy Jarrett D er or— BAZIL O ' REILLEY Page 14

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HOLD THAT! Twenty-three members make up the Girls ' Chorus, which have given musical education and entertainment to themselves and their friends. In two part singing the sopranos are Nanc} ' Hersh, Betty Shutta, Eulalia Traxler, Mary Warble, Ellen Kreienbrink, Barbara Preston, Pearl Albertson, Betty Stout, Althea Zinn, Lillian Croy, Alouise Fordyce, and M arjorie Probst. Altos: Wilma Brown, Cleo Crothers, Ruth Wilson, Delores DePew, Berniece Butler, Lois Troyer, Phyllis Bertsch, Eleanor Marti, Betty Sneary, Margaret Marti, and Donna DeHoflF. In three part singing the sopranos are Nancy Hersh, Betty Shutta, Eulalia Traxler, Mary Warble, Barbara Preston, Pearl Albertson, Betty Stout, Althea Zinn, and Lillian Croy. Second sopranos: Cleo Crothers, Ruth Wilson, Delores DePew, Alouise Fordyce, Marjorie Probst, and Ellen Kreienbrink. Altos: Wilma Brown, Lois Troyer, Phyllis Bertsch, Eleanor Marti, Betty Sneary, Margaret Marti, Donna DeHoff, and Berniece Butler. At the Christmas Music Program, December 18, the chorus presented a two-part cantata, The King of Christmas, featuring these soloists: Nancy Fiersh, soprano; Lois Troyer, contralto; and Ruth Wilson, mezzo soprano with choir accompaniment. On January 29 they sang at Farmers ' Institute, with a duet by Nancy Fiersh and Cleo Crothers. They sang selections at the Spring Music Program and the final perform- ances of this group were enjoyed at baccalaureate and commencement exercises. Pianist: Nancy FFersh. Director: Mr. O ' Reilley. - Page 16