Coalinga High School - Petrolia Yearbook (Coalinga, CA)

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June 1937 The Pelrolia Page 43 High School Band Plays For Public The Coalin g a Senior High School Band, under Hie supervi- sion of Donald Rea. with Bill Avers as Student Drum Major, has .iust completed a successful year in which it played at all ma- jor outdoor school activities, and represented the high school at several public gatherings. The band represented the high school at the Alumni Home-com- ing, the Public Education Week p ogram, the Armistice Day Pa- rade at Selma, and the baseball game between the San Francisco Seals and the Sacramento Sen- ators . February 2(i. 1937, the band en- tertained the public with a con- cert in the high school auditor- ium. A new feature was introduced by the band this year — that of marching between halves at the too. ball games and musical en- tertainment was furnished at high school games and pep meetings. Members of this year ' s high school band were: Bill Garvin. Georgia Haslehurst, .1 o h n n i e Vaughn, Paul Ward. Edwin Phar- ris, and Betty Vanatta. n i n t h grade; Ann Alley. Mary Alley. James Bruce, Bill Chamberlain. Auncs Falenzer, Donald Oilman, John McCollum, and Morris Kahl. sophomores; Bob Cain, Raymond Jewett. Ernest Xellans, and Gro- ver Tune, juniors; Bill A y e r S, Helen Dunsmuir, Charles Jensen. Dale Johnson. Allan MacLean. Errol Jeffcoat, Xellie Mabrey, Sel- ma Berman, Flossie Henry, ana Dorothy Odell, seniors. T,,p: Coalinga High School Band. Bottom: Top row: McCollum. Johnson, Scow, Jeffcoat, Middle Row: Douglas, Rhoads, Ayers, Smith. King. Mabrey, Haslehurst, Friel. Rea. instructor. Bottom row; Jordon, Mahon. J. Berman. Dunsmhir. Henry. S. Berman. FlemmiiiK ' . Alley. Senior HigJi School Orchestra Provides Music Accompaniment Throughout the entire school year, the Senior High Orchestra furnished musical accompaniment and entertainment for student body activities and for various local performances. Under Hie instruction of Don- ald Rea. they furnished accom- paniment for Hie following plays and musicals: Ghost Train. Mrs. Moonlight. Fhe Mikado, Hay Fever. tile annual Christ- mas cantata, commencement ex- ercises and Baccaleureate. The solemn Christmas spirit of the Christmas cantata Night of Holy Memories was made more impressive by the appropriate or- chest i al accompaniment. The Mikado, a Japani se op- era by Gilbert Ai Sullivan, with quaint musical accompaniment, offered Hie orchestra an excellent opportunity to portray to the public their ability to play classi- cal music.

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Page 42 The Petrolia J une 1937 Dnnmuir. S. Berman. McCollum, Scow, Hay. Lauritzen, insteoctor, Henry. Ayers. Mabrey, Johnson. MIKADO CANTATA FOLLIES The Mikado , by W. S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan was present- ed to an overwhelmingly large audience on May 14th, by the Coalinga High School Glee Clubs, under the direction of Laura Lau- ritzen, Donald Rea, Harriet Tay- lor, and Lazelle Towle, costumes. The cast, which introduced many new students who had nev- er before taken leads in the mu- sical productions of the school, consisted of: Mikado of Japan. Bill Mealer (junior college); Nanki-Poo, Dale Johnson; Ko-Ko, Bill Ayers; Pooh-Bah, Bob Eng- strom; Pish Tush. Donald Fleish- er; Yum- Yum, Pittl Sing and Peep-Bo. Dorothy Rector, Margar- ed Gregory, and Loree Vergon, re- spectively; and Katisha, Earldine Cavener. The elaborate stage set was completed by the pastel shaded Japanese costumes of the chorus, which consisted of school girls, nobles, guards, and coolies. Night of Holy Memories. a beautiful and appropriate Christ- mas cantata, was presented De- cember 17, 1936, by one hundred glee club students under the di- rection of Miss Laura Lauritzen. While the high school orches- tra, under the supervision of Don- aid Rea. played the processional march, the choir, clad in white sir pices a n d carrying lighted candles slowly passed down the a:slos of the auditorium and on to the darkened stage. With this sacred setting, Night of Holy Memories was present- ed. Bill Ayers, Marie Leahy, and John McCollum were soloiss; Yvonne Hay. Bob Scow. Nellie Mabrey, and Dale Johnson com- prised the quartet. This Japanese comedy-romance was marked the most colorful and melodious operetta the com- munity has yet seen produced by local talent. Fashion Frolic , the first ma- jor activity of the Glee Cub for (he year of 1936. was presented in the high school auditorium Oc- tober 22. for the benefit of the Patron-Faculty Club. Clothing made by students in the sewing classes, and other new- creations loaned by the different local s;ores were modeled by va- rious students. The orchestra for this occasion was comprised of Flossie Henry, Bill Ayers, Bob Scow. Gertrude Snyder, Dale Johnson. John Mc- Collum. Allan MacLean and Merle Douglas. Glee club students under the supervision of Miss Laura Laur- itzen offered several m usical selections. Other entertainment features of the program were the follow- ing: Yvonne Hay, Nellie Mabrey. and Flossie Henry, jazz trio; Pat- ty Ann Walker, tap dance; and Marie Leahy, vocal soloist.

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Page 44 The Petrolia June 1937 Junior High Chorus Enters Various Musical Program Members of the Junior High Chorus, under the instruction of Miss Twila Hans ' , entered into m a n y varied musical activities during the school year of 1936-37. Bethlehem , chosen as the an- nual Christmas cantata, was pre- sented on December 9, in the high school auditorium. Tableaus, rep- resenting the birth of Christ and originated by Harriet Taylor, dramatics instructor, were pre- sented on the stage while the chorus sang from the balcony. Maxine Casner and Anastasia May were soloists, and with Geor- gia Haslehurst comprised t h e trio. jr. High Group Furnish Music A spring program was present- ed in May in connection with the Junior High Orchestra. The group provided musical numbeis for the Parent-Teachers Association; Woman ' s Club, and the Eastern Star. The chorus consisted of: Jean Ande:son, Marcia Arlett, Phyllis Burbank, Natalie Burdick, Max- ine Casner, Constance Cheney, Lois Cooper, Ailene Farley, Ro- liyn Fry. Grace Ann Goldbaum. Georgia Haslehurst. Dorothy Hensley, Marie Hunt. Nor m a Hoag, Rita Johnson. M e r i 1 y n Johnston. Phyllis Kelly, Juanita Lay, Anastasia May, Jennie Mai- The Junior High Orchestra, under the direction of Donald Rea. has furnished musical ac- companiment for the junior high school student body meetings throughout the year. December 9th, the Junior High Orches ra drove the true Yule- tide spirit forcefully into the hearts of its student body with a selection of Christmas carols called Beneath the Holly. Si- lent N ' ght, Come All Ye Faith- ful. and Jcy to The World im- pressed upon the minds of the students the true meaning of the Hol ' days. A performance, given by the Department of Music, was furn- ished to the junior high student body in May. The orchestra furn- ished the instrumental music, while Miss Hanst ' s chorusss were responsible for the vocal music. Members of the orchestra were: June Gustavson, Jessie Jue. Gale Lee, Helen McLendon, Nor m a Phillips, Josephine Reynolds, Mary Roberson. Jacqueline Stew- art, Doris Tune, Margaret Sharp, Bruce Anderson. Irving Baldwin, Wallace Green. Dale Heryford, Walter Killion, Bill Lee, Raymond Rhoads, Dean Tyler. Beverly Crawford, Audrey Davis, Parita Pilgrim, Bea Patton, Ann Lou Roberts, Roberta Dunsmuir, War- ren Baker, Bill Dodd, Jimmie Mc- Kinney, Lavon Smith, Frank Spear, Thatcher West. Lynette Bunton, Meriam Good, Nelson Garner, Bill Roberts. E 1 n o r a Smith. Laurence Childers, and Gwen Young. tia. Helen McKinney, Louise Pil- grim, Betty Rae, Betty Smith, El- nora Smith, Evelyn Smithson, Be- atrice Trisdale, Betty Van Atta. Evelyn Ward, Dorothy West. Mu- riel Young, Mary Zabeldia.