Billings Senior High School - Kyote Yearbook (Billings, MT)

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Under the direction of Mr. Wilson, BHS sales and work experience advisor, the BUS foyer is decorated every year. He has been in charge of this decorating since 1952. Originally, a 10-foot Christmas tree was erected. However the fire department declared the trees a fire hazard, and the school board ruled that Christmas lights could not be used for deco- ration in the school. When these rulings were made, Christmas trees were abolished. Now Mr. Wilson is trying to collect permanent decorations so they can be used year after year. Rodney Dahlgren was chairman of the decoration committee. BHS ' ers Prepare for Christmas Christmas decorations form steps which mount to Christ- mas spirit. KOB members displayed Christmas books in the main hall showcase (left, bottom). They also decorated the library. Many teachers hung wreaths on their doors and windows. Others decorated artificial Christmas trees. Still others combined school work and Christmas preparations in making attractive bulletin boards. To complement these decorations, some teachers read Christmas stories or poems. Language classes sang Christmas songs in foreign languages. In typing classes, students learned how to type pictures that depicted some aspect of Christmas. Junior Optimists placed Christmas trees on top of the pillars by the main entrance of BHS. Tony Jackson and Jim Parker (left, top) are pictured; Charlie Price and Steve Hudgens also assisted.

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Kinetic Sponsors Christmas Formal S5?k : Kathy Brastrup (pictured)land four other ninth-grade girls from Lincolr serveq puncJ jgnonsookip TO tr % Christmas formal couples. Kaaren Marsh and Bob Korns are not afraid to Cho-Cha. WW Couples danced from nine to midnight in the gym to the music of Art Peeper ' s Bang. hy Brastrup (picturedHand tour otner nintn-grac rea punch nncnsookiesl ' To thte Christmas formal • White Christmas Approximately 150 couples at- tended Kinetic ' s 1962-63 Christmas formal. They danced from nine until midnight to the music of Art Pepper ' s band. The theme of the dance was White Christmas and the decorations were green and white. Two large paper-napkin snowmen greeted couples at the door. Kinetic rented the false ceiling from Student Coun- cil, and used green and white crepe paper streamers to decorate the gym walls. During intermission, the BHS Sixteen-Voice Ensemble entertained couples with several Christmas songs. Judy Jeffers, chairman of the formal, asked Kathy Brastrup, Jane Jeffers, Georgine Cantrell, Donna Connor, and Laurie Cooper, ninth-graders at Lincoln, to serve refreshments. After the formal, Karyl Keup, president of Kinetic, reflected, Although we had a difficult time with the last- minute decorating, the formal was quite successful .

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Holiday Mood Various choruses in the music department infused much of the Christmas spirit into BHS students with their practices, caroling in the halls, and Christmas Concert. More than a month before Christmas vacation, chorus students started humming carols in the halls between classes. Classes near room 221 -C heard choruses rehearsing their enunciation, harmony, rhythm. The last week before Christmas vacation, three choirs caroled through BHS halls during their chorus periods. But the main event of choral Christmas preparations was the Christmas Concert in which Concert Choir, Prep Chorus and A Capella Choir participated. The concert presented many traditional arrangements and effects. A narrator, Steve Hudgens, read the Biblical Christmas story to tie the carols together. Special scenery and tableaus illustrated the songs. Choirs sang antiphonally, a group in the balcony echoing one on-stage. Alumni were asked to sing one number with the A Capella choir. The most spectacular event of the pro- gram, however, was the Christmas tree formed by 56 A Capella choir members. Each student carried a pine bough and a blinking Christmas tree light and wore a gold garland around his neck. Caroling Enlivens Christmas Spirit A Capello choristers carol in BHS halls during third period. Concert Choir and Prep Chorus also sang through the halls during their own chorus periods on one day of the last week before Christmas vacation. Mr. Brandvold leads Concert Choir members through one of their Christmas Concert numbers. The choir is a stepping-stone to membership in A Ca- pella; students with ability and conscientiousness may here gain experience.