Deer Isle High School - Gatherer Yearbook (Deer Isle, ME)

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Chorus The Deer Isle High School chorus was re-organized this year under the direction of Miss Joyce Webster, our music director. The classes were divided into two sections, junior high and senior high. Classes are held for two periods on Tuesday and Wednes- day. There are twenty-two students in the senior chorus of whom nine are sopranos, eight altos, and five tenors. There are twenty-eight in the junior chorus. Choral singing and square dancing are being carried on in hopes of presenting a musical show this spring. ' The first public appearance of the senior chorus was at the senior play on November 10. The girls wore white blouses and black skirts, which were chosen as the costumes to be worn at public performances. We sang Goin' Home by Dvorak and The Thanksgiving Hymn , a Dutch folk tune. The second performance of the chorus was a Christmas pageant on December 15th at the Church-on-the- Hill. Mrs. Maynard Scott was organ- ist and Mr. Elkhorn served as nar- rator. The chorus marched into the candle-lighted church singing Oh Come All Ye Faithful . The first tableau was presented be- fore a pine covered background as While Joseph Went A-walking was sung. This was the familiar manger scene with Mary, Joseph, and the Baby Jesus. The next tableau was the shepherds on the hillsid-e during jwfllfynuf which the chorus sang While Shep- herds Watched Their Flocks . The Shepherd's Carol, The First Noel, We Three Kings, and Silent Night were also among the carols that were sung as the pageant progressed. Community carol singing concluded the program. The excellent handling of the spe- cial lighting effects by Robert Snell- ing added much to the pageant's suc- cess. Although the junior chorus did not participate in this activity, many of them took part in the tableaus as angels, shepherds, and kings. The angels were Joan Haskell, Sylvia Howard, Rosalyn Haskell, Patty Spofford, Inez Billings, and Pauline Knight. The shepherds were Edwin Eaton, Philip Hall, and Raymond Gross. Kings were Harry Davis, Norman Haskell, and Chandler Bar- bour. Betty Powers was Mary and Murray Barbour, Joseph. Our third activity was at the Order of the Eastern Star Installation on January 28th. We performed the beautiful My Taskf', a Star favorite, and Bendemeer's Stream , an Irish folk tune, which was sung accapella. We are now working on several pieces including Sylvia , Passing By , by Edward Purcell, and the pop- ular Way Back Home . We are in hopes to perform at graduation and other public gatherings before the school year closes.

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SENIOR HIGH CHORUS First row, left to right: W. Haskell, B. Joyce, L. Poitras, B. Powers, Miss Webster, R. Conary, B. Perez, V. Billings. Sfronrl frenz' R. Knowlton, B. Haskell, G. Barbour, B. Eaton, M. liavis, R. Billings, L. Small, N. Greenlaw, J. Hutchinson, E. Eaton. Tliirrr' 7'lPIl'.' N. Greenlaw, F. Haskell, J. Howard, ll. Snowman, K. Reach, J. Eaton, IT. Poitras, R. Snelling. JUNIOR HIGH CHORUS I lrsf raw, left to fright: L. Haskell, R. Haskell, C. Woodman, Miss Webster, P. Knight, M. Eaton, P. Haskell. Sammi roiv: F. Davis, R. Haskell, P. Eaton, B. Weed, L. Knowlton, A. Weed, M. Eaton, V. Joyce, G. Shepard. T11fl'!lfl'0Ill.' R. Poitras, R. Haskell, A. Weed, V. Weed, J. Haskell, S. Howard, P. Spof- ford, I. Billings, C. Eaton, B. Damon. jllfll-ly'AlV0