Dunkerton High School - Raider Yearbook (Dunkerton, IA)

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We Love Music This year’s swing show had a taste of everything from Mother Goose to modern dance. On March 28 and 29 the Music Department presented “We Love Music.” The long, hard hours of practice paid off when the auditorium was filled to near capacity each night. a. Michelle and David give a top-rate performance of K.C. and Teri DeSario's “Yes I’m Ready. b. After transcribing the music by ear from John Denver's recording, senior Maggie Staebell performs To Be Free. c. Miss Herrick finds that being a band director sometimes calls for a time consuming joke. d. Shari Prmty and Kent Salisbury do their parts in the swing choir's performance of a Buddy Holly medley, e. These men’s glee members sing their parts in Going out of my Head. f. Dan Stickfort has a solo in the jazz band’s performance of I Will Survive. g. Cheryl Grady and David Shimp dance to “That Will be the Day, from the Buddy Holly medley, h. The swing choir sings their first song to welcome in spring, Here Comes that Rainy Day Feeling Again. i. Laura and Jim sing an arrangement of Mac Davis’ Stop and Smell the Roses. j. Rainbow Connection, taken from Kermit the frog in the Muppet Movie, is sung by junior Deanne Aver-hoff. k. Michelle and David add some extra pizazz to It’s so Easy to Fall in Love with a little dance.

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a. Back again this year is senior soloist Michelle Sommerlot, singing Barbara Streisand's theme from the Main Event.” b. Every child grows up learning Mother Goose nursery rhymes. Sharon and Nancy portray Little Miss Muffet along with her « ‘ 7 spider, c. The Farm Song makes ev . yore want to jump into their overalls and stomp a hoe-down. d. Children sometimes don’t know what or who to believe when told how to behave as portrayed in Deenie’s They’re Telling Me. e. The swing choir performs a 4-part mixed voice arrangement of the theme from Ice Castles, Through the Eyes of Love.” f. Jazz Band performs as its first number the song recorded by Donna Summer and the Brooklyn Dreams, Heaven Knows. g. Senior jazz band members, Tom Pfiffner and Donna Steffen, concentrate on one of the last songs of their high school careers, Honesty. h. Sophomore Jim Stewart gives a dynamite performance of one of the Commodores’ top 40 tunes, Still.” i. Usherette Tina Nicks helps accompanist Rhonda Nesbit with her page turns during a dress rehearsal, j. To add some variety to the show, Kim and Angie perform a modern dance depicting the life of a flower, k. The song Don’t Cry Out Loud lends itself beautifully for a girls’ glee sound. 15 k