Dixon High School - Chanticleer Yearbook (Dixon, CA)

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T c s uli.LfWW' i A C3hc1nlicleer QLEE The Treble Clef Club was made up mostly of girls who had had previous glee experience, either in church choral work or in preceding glee courses of the high school. Such an experienced group was able to appear almost immediately after its organization. Numbers by noted composers were used extensively, and most of them were advanced pieces. The' group held practice three times a week, alternating with the orchestra during first period classes. Extra rehearsals were held occas- ionally before school in preparing for programs. Most of the appearances were made before the student body, but public appearances constituted the larger number. It sang four numbers at the band concert April 50th, and helped considerably in making the concert the success it was. At a music festival in Fairfield, May Sth, it sangtwo numbers and added to the name of the school. The Treble Clef Club ended up as a double threat group. Not content with just singing, nine of the members who belonged to the violin section of the orchestra, introduced their stringed instruments into the organ- ization and met with genuine success. It was something new in the way of entertainment and it was given in conjunction with the band twice, at the first annual band concert and at a music festival in Fairfield. The personnel of the Treble Clef Club is as follows: Sopranos: Florence Andersen Second Sopranos: Marian Avila Lorrell Anderson Marjorie Hooper Betty Rae Felton 'Reggy Marvir. Ruth Lawrence Barbara McIntyre Eileen Leathers Lois Schroeder Marian Madden Pearl Stahl Accompanist: Marjorie Behrman Altos: hhry Lou Hughes Marjorie Madden Naida Ritchey Dorothy Smith

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C.. y t , ortcH.as'fsox n . . The orchestra made the same start as the band, practically everyone being a beginner. And like the band this organization ended up as a first class unit. It might have looked like a hopeless task to Director Good when he first faced the orchestra, and he probably was sure it was hopeless when he first heard them play. However, a start was made with simple music, and by degrees all students graduated into harder pieces. Several musician friends of Mr. Good happened to hear the orchestra on several occasions and paid the students a compliment when all of them said it sounded like a second or third year aggregation. b Mbst of the appearances of the orchestra were for student body programs. The band made the first public appearance, and went over in such a big way and became so popular that people forgot about the high school orchestra, so the latter organization gave few public recitals. It does not belittle the orchestra's prowess one bit, and as a matter of fact, it is just as good as the band, which is saying a mouthfull. Mem- bers can well be proud of their playing ability especially as there were only two rehearsals a week. - The personnel of the orchestra is as follows: Naida Ritchey ' Dorothy Smith Pearl Stahl Lois Schroeder Frahk Williams Violins: Lorrell Anderson - Mary Lou Hughes Ruth Lawrence Marian Madden Grace Morgan ' Marjorie Madden ' Trumpets: Jack Bloom Dezfn Dunnicliff Trombones: Tony Dircito Elwood Thompson Clarinets: , James Parsons Gordon Watson Tenor saxophone: Tommy Kunze Baritone: ' Otto Bruhn ' V Flute: ' Janet Potter ' Piano: , Marjorie Eehrman 'L- Contra Bass: Gordon Marvin ' Percussion: Peggy Marvin I 9 3 7 1 li ii' -x 'Ghcmticleer Ad rl

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'Ta' - ra - ra Boomi- de - ay - Oh how our band can play! V Actors and actresses, too, The seniors have quite a few I Ghcmffcfeer