Central High School - Blackhawk Yearbook (Davenport, IA)

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academics as we study, search, and find the new and challenging worlds within our y own worlds of intricate, absorbing interests, we draw out latent talents, we wake dormant curiosities, we revive tired muscles, thru straining, fixing, mixing, and sketching, we are educated, we ponder, dive in. create, erase, we try again, portraying the youthful picture of hope, we accomplish, we learn.

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 ujf students’ voices -, create moods for performances through a damp chill, 100 trained voices of the chs a cappella warm the atmosphere at the last football game with a mass chorus of when jonny comes marching home. improved by the use of several amplifiers and the accompaniment, provided by the chs marching band, the program is a first for the a cappella and a prospective tradition. many hours of diligent practice are spent preparing for other performances, the sometimes over powering tones of the huge hand-picked choir create just the right moods as they supply the audio backdrop for the homecoming and Christmas auds. the a cappella is also featured in the fall pops concert, the messiah in december, the spring concert. “the festival , and of course, the chs variety show, through rehearsal and appearance, the admired mr. milton anderson meticulously directs the group to perfect tones and timing, as mrs. kenneth anderson harmoniously accompanies them at the keyboard, a number of vocalists excel individually as ten are chosen to participate in the all-state music festival in novemberand two sing solos for the messiah. Daily a capella students tune up their tonsils as they liven up their lunp and echo many sounds throuyhout the west base- ment hail such as these members of the All State (roup. Wrth deep concentration a capella All Stale (roups such as these daily practice hittin( just the ri(ht notes as they prepare their voices lor competition. 20