Bainbridge Central High School - Echo Yearbook (Bainbridge, NY)

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Q-.4 L K ' fl, d e v Q- f -lr ,J --H ii' l Miss Hewitt giving special instruction to John Hayes and Sharon Donahe. In fifth grade. students can start lessons on the instruments of the orchestra--violin, viola, cello, and string bass. In the sixth grade, if they show ability and interest, they can start in the Junior Orchestra. Lessons are continued all through high school. In the ninth grade, those with the ability, can start in the Senior Orchestra. am ,, , ,, .JI

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daz and 56:9 70684 Always tripping up and down and all around the musical scale--that's our B. C. H. S. Senior Chorus--of approximately seventy-five members. We are having a good time singing the old songs and becoming acquainted with the new, as well as our new chorus director, Mrs. Shawler, and pianist, Joan Straka. Plans are being made for a Christ- mas concert with the orchestra. Several other musical endeavors are also in the plan- ning stage. Chorus Award Pins were presented to Kay Rusell and Jim Millus in June. These pins are given after three years of chorus work. si' Q

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Q3 ,,E. , r l . or .,,..... .,....i.,.r..l..1-...1..-., .. F, ..h, wwmflm- -Y X 1 5 t 5 1 wee! ' 704en 0m Ofzeiedha ' As the dictionary defines it: The orchestra is a group of players on various instru- ments which are divided into 4 groups: strings, woodwinds, brass, and percussiong the strings being the backbone of this group. Needless to say, before we can begin building an orchestra, we must build a strong backbone. Because the string instrument is the most difficult to learn, those students selected to study a string should be only those with the most musical ability. Students interested in playing a string instrument can start in the fifth grade. They may choose violin, viola, cello, or string bass. If the student shows interest, ability, and progress, he may continue his lessons straight through high school, at no cost to him. The Senior Orchestra is composed of those students who have developed musician- ship, technique, the ability to play in tune, the ability to read music well, and the ability to make themselves a dependable part of a well-working unit. The orchestra is under the direction of Miss Judith Hewitt. She and the students of senior orchestra have worked hard to make the group excel in quality thus making up for what they lack in quantity. This is the first time that three string players from the senior orchestra have partici- pated in NYSSMA's section All-State. 3I