Dakota State University - Trojan Yearbook (Madison, SD)

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I-lome Concerts, Tour Spark Busy Choir Year The General Beadle State College Choir, under the direction of Mr. SK. Lotspeich, had another very active school year. ln December, the choir combined with the Madison Community Chorus to present l-landel's Messiah, They then appeared for the fourth consecutive year on KSOO TV's Christmas In Song. RIGHT: Handel's Messiah was presented th 0l-'Sh the combined efforts of the Madison Community Choir and the G-BSC Choir. BOTTOM LEFT AND RIGHT: KSOO TV's Christmas In Song featured the General Beadle State Col- lege Choir with Ray Peterson narrating the pro- gram. The next two months were spent preparing a repertoire for the annual spring choir tour. A musical whirl began April 28 with a home concert, followed by a two-day tour of east- ern South Dakota and western Min- nesota, and an Inauguration con- cert. The choir made its final ap- pearance at the 1968 graduation exercises. .S A 5 'O 'B X, My fm' 'Q ,5 X x A Egg 3 , K Q AV 64:97 A 41'-

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.5 f ,, , ,av t , 'Z gl !f 5 YK, of 5535- i , ' I J 2 f 17 3, f ff. g, Z f 11 Z V e Seven Music Majors Give Student Recitals ABOVE: Ronald Beckman tunes his clarinet in Preparation for his summer recital. LEFT: Myrna Norton, Theola Ekle, and Georganne Blase relax backstage prior to their combined musical pres- entation. BELOW: Baritone Roger Pamperin re- views one of his vocal selections with accompa- nist Barbara Hyink. Recitals play an important role in the life of the music student at Gen- eral Beadle. During the year, all stu- dents taking applied music are re- quired to participate in a recital or face the jury , composed of the music faculty. These recitals are held at the end of each semester. Recitals are also a requirement for graduation for music majors. Fulfill- ing the senior recital requirement this past year were Roger Pamper- in, baritoneg Orrin Tovvnsvvick, pian- istg l.ois Carlson, soprano, Myrna Norton, pianist, Georganne Blase, mezzo-soprano, and Theola Ekle, soprano and pianist. Ronald Beck- man, a junior ciarinetist, also pre- sented a public recital.

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W Choir Personnel WOMEN Bonnie Albertson Elaine Anderson Georganne Blase Susan Bulfer Kathleen Casey Sandra Christianson Carol Delay Irene Dugdale Theola Ekle Donna Prick Patricia Getz Marlene Groeneveld l.inda l-lanneman Jolene l-leadrick Jannette Irwin Mary Knutson Kathy l.unt Sandra Merkle Karen Neville Myrna Norton Shalley O'Brien Mary I-ou Olson Gloria Owen l-lelen Peterson Crystal Pooley Sharon Reurink Janis Rikansrud, Renee Schneider Deda Rae Schultz Linda Skoglund Connie Stoneloack Lois Sundermann Victoria Trautman Theola Vetter Vicki Woodard Myra Zeitner Mary Zorr MEN Roger Abrahamson Pat Bohl Richard Buck Thomas Cole Steven Cyriacks Nordell Ekle Terrill Polsland Jon Gill Floyd Groce Eugene Hamilton Ray Hammer Dale l-logie Jerold Johnson Joel Jorgensen Jerry Klug Jerry Molstad Jay Nielson Raymond Peterson Wayne Peterson Steve Rekstad Neil Roskeland James Rourk Wallace Shea Steve Silva Denis Zieloarth