Beloit High School - Trojan Yearbook (Beloit, KS)

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ORCHESTRA The twenty-seven piece orchestra has had a very successful year. They appeared at the Junior and Senior plays, playing preceding the play and between acts. On Palm Sunday they joined the chorus groups and gave Handel’s Easter Messiah. In April the Smith Center, Clay Center and the Beloit High School orchestras presented a massed concert to the public. This group appeared at the Spring Festival in Concordia during April. Also the orchestra furnished the music for Baccalaureate services and for the Commencement exercises. Mr. Eugene Tice has been the very capable instructor for all of the musical groups. As well as working with the band, orchestra, and chorus groups, he has organized many small ensembles which have appeared at several music contests. 29

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$ m: m usic (Department BAND There were 54 players and six twirlers enrolled in marching band. This group performed at all the home football games; they journeyed to Topeka where they played for the state fair. Five students joined the marching band players to form the concert band. They participated in the annual Spring Festival held at Concordia. Added features to the year’s program were the concerts given by the combined bands of Concordia and Beloit in each community. Certain members were selected from the group to comprise the pep band, who helped to stir up a little enthusiasm at the basketball games. Each group is to be commended for their good work during the year. 28

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CHORUSES Do-re-me-fa-so-la-te-do were frequent sounds heard from the choruses this year throughout the building. The boys chorus is composed of G6 members, the girls chorus, 78 members and the mixed chorus had 80 members. This is the first year in the history of B. H. S. that there has been an organized mixed chorus group. This group was selected by Mr. Tice from the boys and girls chorus. They sang for the Christmas assembly program, and they also appeared at the Spring Festival. The Messiah soloists were selected from this group and are as follows: soprano, Willo Lou Lovell; alto, Lorene Brewer, tenor, Terry Tice; and bass, Jim McCollough. The boys and girls choruses combined with the orchestra and gave the Easter Messiah on Palm Sunday for the fifth consecutive year. Accompanists for these groups are: Earlene Broadbent, the girls chorus, Virginia Blauvelt, for the boys, and Lorene Brewer for the mixed chorus. 30