Blue Mound High School - Blu Mo Illio Yearbook (Blue Mound, IL)

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With the help of Miss Doris Steinberg, our choral director, we elected the following officers Cone set for each chorusj: Presidents Steve Hanover Barbara Dummerrnuth Vice Presidents Wendell Rosborough Jane Scott Secretary-Treasurers Frances Davis Myrna Hobbs Librarians Chris Bailey Karen Alsbury Reporter Darljean Coffin To start our year of choral activity, the whole chorus went to Warrensburg for the Macon County Choral Festival. Our next event was our Christmas Cantata which was held on December 21 in the high school gym. In January, Steve Hanover, Rodney Baughrnan, Norma Brown, and Myrna Hobbs went to Champaign for All- State Chorus. Ten of our mem- bers, Mary Jo Wise, Norma Brown, Judy Martin, Myrna Hobbs, Ann McVey, Mary Beth Hall, Steve Hanover, Rollin Davis, Wendell Rosborough, and Robert Morey, went to Clinton for the district choral contest, which was February 28. We received 2 A's, 6 B's, and Z C's. The first-place winners went to Millikin for the state contest where Mary Beth Hall and Myrna Hobbs each received a second-place rating. Our mixed chorus and girls' chorus each received a second-place rating at district contest. We were very honored to sing for all the teachers in the county schools at their spring institute in Warrensburg. We held our Spring Concert in May, sang for Graduation, and finished our activities with a picnic and skating party. r Conte st Girls' Chorus Instrumental Contest Entrants Vocal Contest Entrants

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CHORUS FOURTH: Carter, Carroll, V. Forneris, Davis, Scott, Catlin. THIRD: Rosborough, Benepe, Clary, Baughman, Davis, Batman, B. Damery, Morey. SECOND: Landreth, Buzan, Allgood, Heller, Hall, Gorden, Thompson. FIRST: Steinberg. TH THIRD: Reeves, Tucker, Mark, Goad, White, Little, Bailey, Hobbs, Bafford, Huffaker, B. Fortner. SECOND: Traughber, Oldfield, Bricker, Campbell, Blackwell Hackney, Hanover, Alsbury. FIRST: Steinberg, Jockisch, Coffin, A. Brown, M. Fortner, Martin, Wise, Dummermuth, Edwards, N. Brown. ST

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BAND STANDING: Schepper, Tolly. Pinnell. THIRD: Armstrong, N. Hamilton, Hobbs, Bridgman, Damery, R. Brown, J. Boggs, Hall, Ramsey, Bafford, Sperry, Naber, Kallenbach, Widick. SECOND: J. Hamilton, Kraft, Atteberry, Noland, Hoppe, Moss, Boggs, Zeeb. FIRST: M. Widick, Ryan, Ashby, Woker, Snell, Gibson. 1958-59 has been a busy year for the band members and Mr. Schepper. This year there were 32 members in the band, 13 of which were high school students. At the first of the year, the following officers were elected: President John Hall Vice President Evelyn Atteberry Secretary-Treasurer Judy Hamilton Manager Mike Sperry Librarians Virginia Kraft Joyce Moss Macon County honor band members from Blue Mound were Judy Hamilton, Virginia Kraft, Marilyn Widick, and Linda Tolly. Evelyn Atteberry participated in the all-state concert held in Champaign. Other activities were a fall concert, a spring concert, play- ing for the county teachers' institute in March, providing the music for the March P.T.A. meeting, participating in the Macon county band festival, providing the music at the home basketball games, and entering in district and state contests. Also, a dance band was formed again this year. The band marched at the Fall Festival parade ,'the Assumption festival parade, and the Armistice Day parade in Decatur. The year was topped off by a skating party at Taylorville in May.