Deering High School - Amethyst Yearbook (Portland, ME)

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7 ff' Elini'-v Vrfy yuh!! 2, X, f I X, If DEERING HIGH SCHOOL BAND Despite wartime conditions, the Deering High School Band, which has been acclaimed one of the best in New England, has kept up to its usual superior standards. This band, composed of nearly a hundred members, has full symphonic arrangement-something not usually found in a school organization. A special Father's Day Concert was presented on January 30, under the direction of Mr. joseph L. Gaudreau. One of the highlights on the program was the overture 4'The Beautiful Galateaf' Also on the program were the soloists Robert Cummings, Evan Johnson and Nor- man Cummings. Harold Burnham and Eileen Feeney were student conductors. The annual Band Concert was presented on Nlarch 31, in the City Hall Auditorium. This concert was one of the highlights of the school year.

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Jeanne Braclcett Ann Burgi Jean Campbell Virginia Cole Josephine Cony Betty Curtis Beverly Cushing Carolyn Cushman Doris Everett Hope Fenderson Eileen Feeney Nancy Fitzgerald Alice Fonseca Audrey Freeman Holly Frost Muriel Gee Jane Hunter Phyllis Keating Katrina Kern Sara Kniclcrehm Audrey Leavitt Circulation Staff Mary Jane Littlefield Marilyn Marshall Alice McGowan Ruth Misenor Enicl Oliver Janice Scales Shirley Ross Shirley Russell Alice Smith Millicent Thorne Barbara Whitney Charlotte Whittemore Elaine Whitten Barbara Varney Nancy Vaughan Constance Barker Janice Hopkins Jucly Sturtevant Mary Lou Rice Jeannette Andrew Shirley Corthell STAFF X u 9' XX . ,-A 'X .--'-p: N, ',QQ,gf,3j

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DEERING HIGH SCHOOL ORCHESTRA Under the able direction of Mr. Joseph L. Gaudreau, conductor, and Mr. Clinton Graffam, assistant, the orchestra has completed a very successful year. The first public appearance was the annual formal concert and dance on December 16. On the program were these soloists: Elizabeth Bryant, soprano, Beverly Barnett, cellistg and Alice McGowan, pianist. The orchestra played at the annual Christmas assembly and Pathhnders' meeting as well as at the annual Winter Garden Party. On February 18, another formal concert and dance was presented. The orchestra also played at graduation and at various school assemblies. Student officers for the year have been Janet Chase, manager, Alice McGowan, assistant manager, Virginia White, attendance ofiicerg press representative, Robert Nisbetg librarians, Virginia White, Rosemary White, and Kingsley Ball.