Blackford High School - Reflections Yearbook (Hartford City, IN)

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A special Christmas-time showing of To Kill a Mocldngbird in Cafeteria entertained all stu- dents during their English classes. Explaining techniques of making a stage set is Mr. Coscarelli to Drama students Jay Dollier, Jeff Custer, Jamie Lewis, Mike Tarr. 68 Language Arts Department

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Putting together their talents to provide enter- tainment for visitors at open house are Bryan Maddox and Doug Garrett. Fund-raising aided music The 13 organizations in the Music Department were helped to prepare for their professional-level appearances by the curricular music classes. These credit classes are Concert Choir, Chorale, Boys and Girls Glee Clubs, Sym- phonic and Concert Band, and Music History. This year there were 346 students enrolled in these classes. Music History and Music Theory classes are offered to choir and band students or to students with significant musi- cal background. Music History involves a study of a general concept of the development of music through the ages by establishment through research and listening to music. In Music Theory the basic music fundamentals are studied and mastered. Band Tag Day reached a high of $3,700 this year. Each band member (including junior high and middle school), volunteered for a door-to-door route so the whole county was canvassed. This money was used for expenses during the year. Substitution of an extra performance rather than going to marching contest this year was another new enterprise for the Band. The Band spent a Saturday afternoon at a Man- chester College football game, providing them with half- time entertainment. Gloria, a 35-minute sacred number, was performed by the Chorale at the annual Sacred Concert. This is one of the most challenging numbers we ' ve ever done, comment- ed Director Mr. Phil Turley. The choirs also reached a high of $500 at their annual bake sale. The purpose of the Bake Sale is to give the choirs money for things such as contest entry fees and new music. Each member was required to bring some goodies and if they wanted, help sale them. The Choir performed many community ser- vices. Brad Everhart and VIcIci Harlow sing at the Blackford County 4-H fair. The Concert Choir, made up of sophomores, under the direction of Mr. Phil Turley, performs one of their selections during fall concert. Many hours of practice hopefully will pay off in the future for senior Steve Shrader, who per- fects his drum techniques. Department 67

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Television Production class interviewed many celebrities from the area. Junior Randy Abbott askes questions of John Irwin, disc-jockey. WBHS Bruin Sounds were heard throughout homerooms on Channel 10. Senior Randy Def- fenbaugh practices his disc-jockey technique. ■ H fi B H BRUIN n,! i l SOUNDS % ' J Ha 1 y - : j M . - m WP === 3 BA ' s l 1UMX FP R l 1 fl===l HH I A IIHfeHktfr X. U iS2= iy ' Back to Basics ' was goal Back to Basics was the goal for the Language Arts Department this year, according to Department Chairman Mrs. Ann Kerr. This year marked the first time juniors could take a lan- guage skills test. If they passed the test, students could elect not to take senior English. If they received a failing grade, they were assigned to take one semester of Senior Basic English. Mrs. Ruth Henderson, English teacher, was assigned as Language Arts Coordinator for grades kindergarten through 12, to establish a better inter-school curriculum. Mass Communications students learned the basics of television and radio broadcasting. Under the supervision of Ms. Debi Carnefix, the crew also telecast the morning an- nouncements. Understanding the basics of acting and stage design en- abled Drama I students to perform in a special one-act play after school. The class also explored the psychology of act- ing and studied Greek plays. Another journalism class was added to the schedule be- cause of the largest enrollment ever. The journalists learned the basics of writing, gathering and displaying news. Pizza was a reward for Journalism I students for a pizza feature. Consumers are Terry Town- send, Joe Leeth, Lori Fergus, and Kevin Ford. Language Arts Department 69