Canterbury College - Canterbury Tales Yearbook (Danville, IN)

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anfergury gl ea A troditionol girls' sextet known os The Conterbury Belles hos grown To be on integrol pcirt of Conterbury College. Membership in the orgonizcition is competitive onnuolly, ond eoch Belle must prove worthy of her ploce in the ensemble. , V A The history of the orgonizcition dcites bcick severcil years when the number of the group vciried from six, seven, ond eight, thus moking it difficult to give the singing group o ncime. There wos. on the compus o song colled Bells of C. N. C. cmd so it wos decided tocoll the group Belles of C. N. C. . When Centrol Normcil College become Ccinterbury College, the Belles of C.N.C. become Ccinterbury Belles. ' The Belles hove reheorsols every doy ond sometimes when progroms ore very much in demond, they hcive two reheorsols ci dciy. No credit hos been given up to the present time, ond the girls hcive given gener- ously of their time ond tcilents. The yeor of i947-48 begon, olmost like the jet plone, before it stoirted. Progroms were booked much in oidvonce of the school yeoir, ond the Belles hod to hove try-outs ond memorize ci progrom in ten doys. Thcit Hrst progrom is olwoys on ice-breoiker ond is usucilly o good crystol bcill of future progroms. The first progrom wos well occepted cmd our reputotion mointoined. ' Q The Belles furnished mony progroms throughout the yeor, singing for churches, schools, civic ond sociol orgoinizotions. ln oddition to their own progrcims, they hove been ioining the Coirillon- GlVeS, men's quortet, ond both groups hove increcised their repertoires Grid pleosures doubly. . W-. .... ,........-uv Page 29

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Page 28 Left to right: Sue Dowen, Be-Hy Huddlesfon, Kathryn Gerfh, Alvino Bischoff, Willcu Deon Harris, Joon Poxon, Colinehe Wolton, Miss Gaston, Accom- ponisf.

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we Kanfergurg Mffaifefi The ConTerbury Belloires ore The combined membership of The Belles, Qlrlsl SGXTGT, Grid The Cflfll- lonoires, men's quorTeT. This mixed ensemble, Therefore, Oflglnclles in COml9ell'fl0n, Gnd li0S ClGily reheorsol. ATTendonce oT oll reheorsols ond oll concerTs is required, ond olThough There is much hord work involved, The members hove proporTionoTe pleosure. The Belloires ployed on imporTonT porT in oll of The coimpus ocTiviTies Throughouf This posT yeor, giving speciol progroms, individuolly ond collecTively, for Thonksgiving, Cli lSTmO5, EOSTer, C1f1Cl Commencemenf, ougmenTed olso by The CoinTerbury Choir., V Two oTher musicol evenfs which proved To be very populoir ond fornwhich The Belloires hove re- ceived requesTs To repeoT, were The MinsTrel Show ond Your FovoriTes concerf. Everyone en- joyed The lvlinsTrel, ond The performers hod os much fun giving iT os The oudience did in heoring iT. Everyone heord his fovoriTe song oT The Your FovoriTes progrom which wos presenTed in for- A- mols in ci TronsplonTed gorden. T 1 ' f - The yeor ended wiTh furnishing music for BoccoiloureoTe. THE CARILLONAIRES ln The foll of T946 The boTTle of The sexes become evidenT on The ConTerbury Compus. Following The onnuol Try-ouTs for The girls' sexTeT, The Belles, oi group of men oipprooched Miss GosTon wiTh The proposol To orgonize o men's group. As o resulT oi double quorTeT wos orgoinized ond oll ThoT remoined To be selecTed wos The nome. Finding no synonym for The desired nome of Bell RingerS, The nome corillonoires wos finolly ogreed upon, coirillon being o seT of four bells Tuned hor- moniously, ond oires being songs. . W WiTh The reorgonizoTion of The Corillonoires in lSepTember of T947 iT wos decided ThoT The group would be cuT in holf To o single quorTeT. Composing This yeor's Corillonoiires Two of The originol group remoin, KenneTh Colemon, borirone ond oi Sophomore from Wovelond, ond Rob- erT Peorcy, boss ond ci Sophomore from Donville. New To The quorTeT ore Thomos Porlcer, seCODd Tenor ond o Freshmon from Zionsville, ond Chorles McRoberTs, firsT Tenor ond o Freshmon from Donville. Poge 30