Crooksville High School - Crux Hi Skan Yearbook (Crooksville, OH)

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REELS OF REAL Featuring The All-Girl Glee Club The Girls’ Glee Club, under the direction of Miss Mary Watkins, has completed a very successful year in entertaining the people of this city with many outstanding performances. These include the following: Three band concerts. Baccalaureate service. Commence- ment, assembly services, churches, and one of the most outstanding was the exchange assembly with New Lexington. This club consists of twenty-eight talented singers of the school who were not drawn from any musical group but were chosen by Competitive tryouts from the entire feminine student body. The Girls' Glee Club regular meeting was held on Tuesday afternoon and the third period of Wednesday morning. These meetings were devoted to learning new songs for the coming attractions, listening to musical records, and singing part songs. Mixed Chorus Something New A new type of musical organization is the mixed chorus. This was organized for those boys and girls who wanted to sing, but who were unable to be in glee club. This chorus consisted of twenty-five boys and girls with promising voices. The mixed chorus met every Wednesday morning, the first period. They devoted their time to singing and listening to musical records. One-fourth credit is given to anyone who participates in this chorus. C. H. S. Music Students Receive Honors At District Contest Four C. H. S. students and the Band participated in the South Eastern Ohio District Solo and Ensemble Contest at Logan April 5 and 6, 1940. Albert Weese received a “superior” rating for his BBb bass horn solo. Janet Bonifant received an “excellent plus rating in the soprano solo division. Both of these students were eligible for the State Contest held at Oberlin April 27. Betty Hoover and Rosalie McMillan received a “very good rating for their clarinet and cornet solos, respectively. The Band received a second rating.

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. . . MUSIC AND SONG Crooksville has long had a hand of some description, but never in its history has it had an active band such as the High School now has under the direction of Miss Mary Watkins, music instructor for the Crooksville schools. Cooperation seems to have been the key word through the four long years of diligent toil on the part of both the Band and Miss Watkins. Beginning in 1936 with a small group of perennial music students, she acquired horns, built spirit into, and generally revised the Band. A few months showed results that not even the most optimistic had hoped for. The Band was beginning to be something more than a figment of Miss Watkins' imagination; it was a workable combination that saw service on several fronts, such as play, parties and special functions that required its services. Not content to relax at this point they proceeded even farther by stimulating interest where ever possible in the school and in the students with potential abilities as musicians. Private lessons on new horns soon sent many replacements into the ranks to fill those vacancies left there by graduation. This year the band has made a great showing at both of the band concerts that it has put on. This spring the Band will again enter the annual music contest at Logan, Ohio—to play as a group and tc feature members as solo: Betty Hoover, clarinet; Rosalie McMillan, cornet; Albert Weese, bass horn. As before, the number of instruments has increased this year by the purchase of a sousaphone by the Band Mothers Fund and the donation of a mellophone by the Student Council. Each year following will probably see these same exceptional increases in both personnel and equipment, building our band into an organization that will always be the pride of community and school alike. Crux-Hi Boasts Best Band In History What's new?” Why, the new swing band of the Crooksville High Music Department. No, it’s not Kay Kyser, but the new “Swing-sters certainly sound like it as they swing out on the latest popular hits. No one can resist swaying to the lilting melodies at the various school dances as Miss Watkins and her ten swingsters put forth what you would really interpret as “rhythm.” This new organization has been recently established by the band instructor, Miss Mary Watkins, in order to provide popular music for the assemblies and school dances. The Swing Band consists of the ten most outstanding students in the Music Department. This type of band is new among the schools, and is one of the very few that have been organized. And now for those of you who prefer classic—the Crooksville High Orchestra specializes in famous compositions. Recently the Student Council purchased a new horn to be added to the Orchestra and presented it as a surprise to Miss Watkins in assembly. This reorganized orchestra presented an excellent performance at the East School Operetta and will again show their musical talent at the Commencement Exercises. Crux-Hi Enjoys Good Music

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. . . MUSIC AND SONG 1ST ROW—Tharp, H. Hull, Jane Peart, Bonifant, C. Hull, Joan Peart, Brannon, Holcomb, Skinnin, Chaffin. 2ND ROW—Watkins, Ater, Dunn, Swingle, McMillan, Bennett, Horne, Lceth, Hayman, L. Hull. 3RD ROW—Dalrymple, Allen, Bowers, Hoover, Trout, Green, Wilson, Cope. 4TH ROW—Coaklcy, Mills. Girls' Glee Club Mixed Chorus 1ST ROW—Ross, Locke, Love, Poling, Stine, De Garmo, Mickey, Hughes, Roush, Cope. 2ND ROW—Watkins, Swingle, Cannon, Bailey, Bennett. Mills, Allton, K. Ross, We esc. 3RD ROW—M. J. Bailey, Bauman, Locke, Dunn, Crooks, Denny, Stephenson. 4TH ROW Gossman, Smith, Maxwell.