Cody High School - Comet Yearbook (Detroit, MI)

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'Y ME . 11 s HX The final act of Bandarama was a hilarious faculty skit which satirized adult westerns. At Kitty's Kozy Komet Saloon rough and tough characters were mellowed at the dairy bar. Bandarama talent delivers sprightly musical performances Cody's Combo presented the humorous side of Bandarama as they donned charac- ter masks while fashioning their musical entertainment in bubbling style. Featuring the versatility of the reed section of Cody's concert band, The Five Mellow Winds harmonized their instruments to produce ear- pleasing music of various old-time favorites. Twenty-three

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Twenty-two . I Cody's band demonstrated its superb musical quali- ties to a pleased audience by presenting an arrange- ment of Gigi in a Parisian setting. A surprised audience gazed in amazement as the movie screen actors became ahve to feature Bandarama's drum major and majorettes. With a Latin-American background, modern dancers expressively set the imaginative mood for. the per- formance of the Peanut Vendor , a rhythmlcal dance interpretating a day at a festive Mexican carnival. A diversified program augmented by a panorama of melody delighted the audience as Cody Music Men presented Bandarama for 1960 La Fiesta Mexicana presented by the seventy piece band painted a colorful musical portrayal of a Mass and carnival. The Peanut Vendor was the lively musical background for a dance routine performed by the modern dancers. The first portion of the concert was concluded with the Allsports March. A commentary with a film of the marching band set the stage for a rousing beginning of the second portion of Bandarama. Selections from the French musical Gigi followed. And then, according to tradition, the Cody faculty presented Showdown at Codytown a satirical saga of the Old West which climaxed another magnificent production of Bandarama.

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Fred Rizner's French horn ech- oed Saint-Saen's Opus 94 through Cody's vast auditorium to a moved audience during a somber interlude between choral num- bers in the Christmas Concert. School musical groups blend tones at semiannual concerts Cody singing and instrumental groups presented entertainment during the year in a variety of musical moods. Capturing the spirit ofa song, they blended three part harmony with festive background music for entertaining Spring and Winter Concert performances. The spirit of spring last year was set to music by the Cody all-string orchestra as Skyline Overture introduced the audience to the sixth annual Spring Festival. Selections from outstanding musicals with Oklahoma as a finale thrilled the audience with the spirit and warmth of a May day. Peaceful and joyous tones added to the holiday moods of the Winter Festival. O Holy Night placed the concert in a calm, serene mood as it set the stage for other spiritual and sacred numbers. Following the intermission, the dignified mood of the Christmas holiday was left behind while the carefree moods of Winter and Christmas were ushered in. With purity of tones the Boys' Choir rendered their interpretation of the Shepherds Storyn filling the auditorium with a joyous holiday spirit. Other modern and popular Christmas renditions climaxed Cody's seventh annual Winter Festival. Twenty-four