East High School - Quill Yearbook (Des Moines, IA)

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Three different teachers create year of interest in Music Dept. Many changes occurred in the Vocal Music Department in the first few months of school. Mr. Carnes, the vocal music teacher for IOV2 years, resigned in November. Temporarily taking Mr. Carnes ' s place was Mrs. Drucker, previously a Special Ed Teacher. On January 3, vocal music classes were given to Miss Chamberlin, previously vocal music teacher at Goodrell Junior High, and Mrs. Drucker returned to the Special Education Depart- ment. Concert Choir ' s main objective was to make beautiful music together ' and they succeeded. Concert Choir included 39 stu- dents, all with one common inter- est, the love of music. They performed at various junior high schools, including Goodrell, Hiatt, Hoyt, and Wilson. The group sang a variety of music, but their greatest undertak- ing was Trial By Jury, an oper- etta by Gilbert and Sullivan. The operetta, which was performed at the Spring Concert held in May, was one of comical satire, complete with costumes, props, and make- up. Choir members display a look of satisfac- tion during a performance. CONCERT CHOIR. ROW 1: Sue Grandia, Julie Walters, Laurie Aalbers, Walter Brown, Terry Dodd, Ed Barker, Lisa Baie, Cindy Col- burn, Lisa Crowell. ROW 2: Donna Alvarez, Lisa Pulley, Melissa Clark, Bernie Woods, Phil Swim, Tom Hoffman, Tony Maldonado, Laura State, Debbie Jackson. ROW 3: Luann Naber, Karen Coe, Mike Coon, Kris Calhoun, Tim Kalvig, Terry Halverson, David Nelson, Chris Leto, Pat Turpin. ROW 4: Traci Squires, Cindy Walker, Kevin Maughan, Mike Jensen, Scott Kurschinski, Kirk Christiansen, Anthony Turner, Randy Plummer, Kim Scharf, Lisa Starbuck. NOT PICTURED: Larry Brown, Jeff Cooper. Concert Choir prepares for the Spring into a musical performance of this kind. Concert. Hours of time and effort are put 18 STUDENT LIFE

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ROW 1: Cindy Colburn, Laurie Aalbers, Lisa Crowell, Greg Baker, Tony Maldonado, Tom Hoffman, Edward Barker, Bob Rote. ROW 2: DeEtta Harris, Lisa Starbuck, Karen Coe, Laura State, Phil Swim, Tim Kalvig, Terry Halverson, Mike Coon, Anthony Turner, Kirk Christiansen, Mike Jensen. Show Choir now ' Scarlet Company ' By now, some people might be confused. At the first of the year the Choir was called Show Choir. Then it was changed to Scarlet Company . The cause of the change was that Ms. Chamber- lin and Show Choir decided that not too many people really knew what ' Show Choir ' meant. So that ' s when they changed the name of the choir to Scarlet Company. When Scarlet Company per- formed or gave a concert, they had a certain dress code. Each of the girls wore a black skirt with a blouse and vest, and each of the boys wore black pants with a red shirt. Scarlet Company included 28 members. The Scarlet Company gave a variety of performances. They per- formed at retirement homes and also went to other schools and sang. One of their biggest perfor- mances was given in May. They sang songs that were taken prim- arily from several musical plays, such as Fiddler on the Roof and The Wiz. The performance also included costumes and props. SCARLET COMPANY. Tony Maldonado, Cindy Colburn, Laurie Aalbers, Greg Baker, Laura State, Phil Swim, Cindy Walker, Tom Hoffman, Traci Squires, Edward Barker, DeEtta Harris, and Mike Coon work on a performance for their upcoming show. STUDENT LIFE 17

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Scarlet Choir members begin fifth hour with vocal exercises to loosen up tight vocal chords, just as an athlete warms up before he performs. Choir gives song variety pop to classic Scarlet Choir, their name in keeping with the East High spirit, was kept busy working on a variety of music, ranging from such numbers as Godspell, ,, by Schwartz, to Rio, by the Doobie Brothers. Scarlet Choir, including 62 stu- dents, were taught vocal tech- nique, including breathing, pro- jection, etc. They were also involved in a number of performances and activ- ities, at various schools. SCARLET CHOIR. ROW 1: Kris Corwin, Diane Jones, Laura Villi- rillo, Denise Bliss, Melissa Freeman, Lisa Stamper, Jim Glover, Kevin Pulley, Doug Hollen, Marsha Lizotte, Laurie Jordan, Challee Larpenter, Jackie Colburn. ROW 2: Patty Craven, Carol Kalvig, Linda Brumbaugh, Glynnis Wolver, Sue Turner, Pat Silliman, Johnny Blythe, Eric Shafer, Dave Hull, Mary Greenwood, Cindy Hopper, Debbie Johnson, Debbie Jack ' son. ROW 3: Allison Gourd, Brenda Piper, Jeanette Johnson, Coral Schnackel, JoAnn Frogge, Brenda Kurschinski, J.R. Hunsberger, Dennis Thomasson, Gary Keeling, Kelly Walker, Kristi Skidmore, Lisa Woodring, Kris Wili- ams, Dena Grove. ROW 4: DeEtta Harris, Diane Crawford, Coreen Long, Tammy Kyle, Laura Wagner, John Connett, Bob Reynolds, Brad Huffman, Paul Boyum, Colleen Jones, Kim Raedeke, Kathy Hedberg, Pam Weinheimer, Cindy Brady. NOT PICTURED: Leslie Detrick, Karen Farrell, Alan Major, Larry Brown, Dan Nichols, Mon- ica Williams, Lynn Israel, Cindy Darge. Scarlet Choir performs at the Winter Concert, held December 18 in the audito rium. Attendance was quite good at this performance. STUDENT LIFE 19