Las Animas High School - Trojan Yearbook (Las Animas, CO)

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+ MUSIC The BCHS Band under the direction of Ernest Beerends has had a very successful year. At the first meeting of the band 63 members reported and elected the following officers: President, Bob Boggs; Vice President, Jack Nicklos; Secretary, Dorothy Rawlings; Treasurer, Frank Faucett; Librarian, Sammy Con-sonero. Bob Biggs was the Student Council Representative and Student Director. The first concert put on by the band was “Stunt Night.” Many town organizations participated in the program to help the band in raising money for their new uniforms. Patron of Music Tickets were again sold to the public for all band concerts. The next concert was January 14, and then followed several concerts at Fort Lyon for the enjoyment of the patients and exchange concerts were held with Lamar, McClave. and La Junta. The band performed at the football games and the Pep Band played at the basketball games, introducing, in the Arkansas Valley, the new idea of performing on the floor during half time of the games. The band was also heard at pep rallies and at the Democratic rally. A benefit box supper was held in the High School gym to help pay for the new uniforms. A hill-billy band from Florence played for the occassion. GLEE CLUBS The Boys and Girls Glee Club, also under the direction of Mr. Beerends, participated in the Music Contest at La Junta on April 25. As far as the Glee Clubs were concerned the contest was more of a Festival since no vocal ratings were given. The judges merely criticized the singing. The Girls Club had 105 members while the Boys had 46 members. The high spot in the life of the ’47 band was the contest at La Junta, April 11 and 25. At the solo contest on the 11th, Berdette Graves brought home a superior rating as did the Clarinet Quartette which consisted of Elsie Banta, Alvena Shenk, Frances Logsdon, and Dorothy Rawlings. Thirteen other soloists and ensembles performed that day to make a fine name for Bent County High School. At the contest held two weeks later the band received a rating of Superior Plus, the highest rating given any organization that day. The same day the band marched in a parade of all the bands that participated in the contest. Doris Ann Turner, as head majorette, and Dorothy Ann Martin and Jean Taliaferro led the marching band. This summer Mr. Beerends is planning on continuing the music program for the band members and any town people or college students who wish to participate. Quite a few of the band members are planning on going to the Gunnison Band Camp for weeks this summer. Till | on» ore«l by Nnfloiinl Alfiilfn llehydrillinn and Milling Co. Twenty-nine

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r BAND First Row, left to right—Dorothy Rawlings, Frances Logsdon, Alvena Shenk, Elsie Lee Banta, Tom Moe, Nancy Dean, Joanne McBride, Bill Kenworthy, Sylvia Estes. Second Row—Virginia Maruyama, Jane Gregg, Betty Peck, Fred Trimmer, Bob Byrum, Lucille Onorati, John Melchoir, Phil Conley, Bob Branson, Phil Cissel, Cuba Zell Miller, S. E. Dillow, Rita Nicklos, Peggy Jones, Suzanne Lamme, Jo Ann Wright, Don Hopkins. Third Row—Barbara Pryor, Gene Hoffman, Betty Lowe, Helen Miller, Charles Bussing, Eunice Onorati, Margaret Dillman, Charles McIntosh, Frank Faucett, George Powell, Sam Consonero, Richard Lyman, Harold Hamblin, Joel Thomas, Ernest Onorati, Jay Nicklos, Curtis Moe, Bob Benson, Norma Lee Price, Bob Gillespie, Dick Miles, Dean Hopkins, John Shenk, Bob Jones, Burdette Graves, Jack Nicklos, Bob Biggs. Back Row—Mr. Beerends, Georgia Mae Boyd, Bert Zimmerman, Gene Holman, Pat Bledsoe, Keith Morrow, Bob Lowe. Not in picture—Patsy Backman and Ray Martin.

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 GIRLS GLEE CLUB First Row—Emma Gonzales, Virginia Maruyama, Peggy Fimple, Julia Dunavin, Zola Bourne, Helen Lockhart, Alice Assilin. Second Row—Betty Brown, Betty Ann Johnson, Helen Jobe, Evelyn Myers, Norma Jean Smith, Joyce Taliaferro. Third Row—Barbara Martenson, Norma Jean Lockhart, Florence Marshall, Joanne Wood, Anita Kelley, Nancy Dean. Fourth Row—Lula Glascoe, Lila Dyer, Lavina Chambers, Jane Gregg, Broma Lou Chambers, Shirley Cummings. Fifth Row—June Pyle, Dela Carpenter, Wendel Oxford, Maureen Sweezy, Alvena Shenk, JoAnn Bennett, Rita Nick-los, Mildred Hoard. First Row—Margaret Dillman, Rachel Arguello, Wilma Dolan, Rita- Van Meter, Roybell Ratliff, Dorothy Seaman, Maxine Marcum. Second Row—Marlene Meyer Vis Jean Butner, Laura Ann Chambers, Margaret Burchett, Joan Taylor, Norma Lee Price, Georgia Mae Boyd. Third Row— Lucille Onorati, Mary Frances Logsdon, Alene Marcum, Dolores Cummings, Susy Roberts, Margaret Bray, Velma Six. Fourth Row—Barbara Fyffe, lone Corp, Christine Fields, Joan Hoffman, Evelyn Bentley, Betty Jean Peck, Nadine Mock. Fifth Row—Dorothy Ann Martin, Jane Deather-age, Dorothy Owen, Erma Myers, Myrtle Brockert, Twila Tom'.in, Lila Quarles, Betty Ann Whitmore, Leota Alley, Patty Hauser. I'njce Thirty Thin M|M»iiKOml l»j Diiwnoii Motor Co.