Bement High School - BIM Yearbook (Bement, IL)

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...GIRLS CHORUS The Girls’ Chorus is made up of twenty-eight members of all the classes of the school. These girls have two rehearsals a week, held the fifth period on Tuesdays and Thursdays. The voices of the chorus are sixteen sopranos and twelve altos. This class is entirely for the instruction of those girls who desire it. They do not enter in choral contests but receive credit for the year’s work. Some of the songs the girls sing are “Sylvia” by Oley Speaks; “Oh Sweet Mystery of Life” by Victor Herbert; “Lullaby” by Brahms, and “By the Waters of Minnetonka,” Lieurance. SPECIAL CHRISTMAS PROGRAM Just before the school was dismissed for the holidays, the student body was entertained by a Christmas program presented by a group of students. “The Gift Magnificent,” a song and story service by Dorothy Schman Sumereau, was presented on Friday aftrenoon, December 22. Helen Sebens did the reading parts and a special chorus was picked from the contest chorus to do the singing parts. The chorus was attired in white robes and carried white burning candles in keeping with the holiday spirit. The chorus was joined by the entire student body and teachers in the singing of several Christmas Carols after the service. Those in the chorus were: Sopranos, E. A. Lefever, Barb Camp, Virginia Lux; altos, M. Winzenburger, M. Funk, Peg. Moery; tenors, R. Driskill, B. Fleming, Earl Medaris; basses, S. Wilkinson, J. Raglan, Robt. Louden-back; accompanist, Emily Vance. The program was followed by the distribution of treats to everyone. First Row: Vaughn, Lefever. Camden. Smith, P. Day. Lieh, Conlin. Probus, Ryan. Brand-onburg, Moery. Turney, Ray, Foran. Second Row: Lux. Funk, R. Day. Camp. Allison, Rodman. Coffin. Keller. Lamb. Winzenburger. Vance. Seb ns. Wright. Flenniken. Hampton. Page Twenty-one

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A CAPELLA CHOIR... First Row: Keller. Brandenburg. Farrell, F. Raglan, Ray, Lamb, Camp. Slusser. Winzen-burger. Hill, Sebens, Lux, Txjudenbaek. Shirley. Shepherd, Driskill, Warner, Clark. J. Raglan. Second Row: Fristoe, Camden. Lefever, Ryan, Turney, Koran, Moery. Funk, Conlln. Hampton. Vance, Scott. Knapp. Wilkinson. 'Patman. Wild man. Fleming. Fairbanks, Medaris. The A Capella Choir of B. T. H. S. is made up of thirty-seven students from all four classes of our school. This chorus is to instruct those students who desire vocal training and also to entertain and to represent our school in the choral contests. The chorus has regular rehearsals on Thursday and Friday mornings at 8:15. The students receive one-fourth credit per year for this course. The chorus assists in presenting a Band-Chorus concert every year. They entered the District Chorus Contest at Bement on March 23 and received a first division rating, thus winning the right to compete in the State contest at the University of Illinois on April 19-20. The voices of the chorus are seven first sopranos, four second sopranos, six first altos, five second altos, three first tenors, three second tenors, four first basses, and five second basses. VOCAL SOLO Mary Conlin entered the District Solo contest in Monti-cello on March 9. She sang “Dream” by Bartlett, and received a second division rating. BEMENT HOST TO CONTESTANTS The District Band and Chorus contest on March 23 was transferred from Monticello to Bement because of a severe epidemic of measles and mumps in Monticello. This contest was a big event for Bement with twenty-two hundred high school students being entered in the contest. The contests were held in the Methodist and Presbyterian churches and the grade and high schools. v iP 1 r' y fllia , a a mm mm 111! 1 a? f VII ill1 If V If M I 1 Page Twenty

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MIS. MUSIC... Eugene Wallace, saxophone solo, first division rating. Robert Loudenbark. sousa-phone solo, first division rating. Barbara Camp, piano solo, second division rating. Peggy Moery. French horn solo, first division rating. Helen Bruce, flute solo, first division rating. BOYS’ OCTET A group of boys from the A Capella Choir formed this octet. They helped entertain at the Piatt County Teachers’ meeting in Monticello on December 4, 1939, and at the Farmers’ Institute which was held at the B. T. H. S. Those in the group were Bill Fleming and Bob Scott, first tenors; Lloyd Shepherd and Ralph Clark, second tenors; Scotty Wilkinson and Bud Warner, baritones; Robert Louden-back and Jim Raglan, basses. BOYS’ QUARTET These boys were members of the Boys’ Octet. They helped entertain along with the octet. They also sang for the Monticello Community club. The boys sang numbers such as “The Story of the Tack” and “The Story of the Bee.” Those in the quartet were Bill Fleming, first tenor; Lloyd Shepherd, second tenor; Scotty Wilkinson, baritone ; and Jim Raglan, bass. SOLOS AND ENSEMBLES These people entered the District Solo contest at Monticello on March 9, and received the following ratings: French Horn Quartet: Peggy Moery, Mildred Marker, Bob Scott, Burton Tatman—first division rating. Clarinet Quartet: Barb Camp, Margaret Winzenburger, Emily Vance, Ruth Lamb—first division rating. Cornet Trio: Robt. Driskill, Lois Jean Ryan, Jim Roberts—first division rating. Ann Lefever: saxophone solo—second division rating. Page Twenty-two