Edina High School - Whigrean Yearbook (Edina, MN)

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Senior Band game. They were also guests at a New Year's Eve party which broke up early because of the five mile march which lay ahead of everyone the next morning. In February, the band presented its annual Pops Concert. It included special numbers which told a story of their trip. Following the Pops Concert , the individual band members began practicing for the instrumental contest, in which many were successful. The annual Spring Concert was presented in March, making a total of twenty concerts throughout the year, with sixty-four appearances. At a special program in May, Mr. Ogden Biggar, Jr., president of the Pasadena Tournament of Roses Association, presented to the band a trophy of recognition for their participation in the Rose Bowl Parade. Following this, a thirty minute colored movie of the parade, including shots of the high-stepping Edina musicians was shown to the student body. Finally, at the end of May, a very eventful and memorable year was brought to a close at the Awards Banquet. Flutes P. Swanson D. Bomsta C. Millor K. Hildyord C. Anderson J. Windhorst I. Stonslie M. Fronzen B. Hallborg C. Sandors R. Scholefield P. Jackson Clarinets G. Hafner B. Siebert R. Lofelmakor K. Erickson C. Haenny D. McVeety N. Nordoll J. Stukel C. Bomsta A.Fengor N. Sollen C. Anderson L. King M. Jacobson P. Sparrow J. Harkins Bass Clarinets M. Kensell D. Kinney Oboes G. Nordby I. Holtz A. Ostondorf Bassoons J. McDonald M. Hildyard S. Hamilton Alto Sax K. Johnson R. Andrusko C. Donatolle C. Bemis Tenor Sax R. Grams P. Rolain J. Nylund Baritone Sax R. Paulson French Horns S. Wright J. Nichols M. Alderson M. Addicks L Kimball D. Pearson Cornets S. Lofgren J. Rossiter J. Bolduc P. Bachman R. Peterson B. Hamilton Trombones J. Gilbert C. Carlson B. Benjamin S. Nelson Baritones B. Hanson R. Seaman H. Martin Bass Horns J. Williams $. Froese B. Moo J. Wells Percussion W. O'Connor M. Harris T. Hanson M. Hawkins K. Bridgman G. Jorgenson -25-

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Excited Hornets at Rose Bowl Game. California, Here We Come! was the cry heard at Edina-Morningside preceding the band's trip to the Rose Bowl last New Year's. Throughout the weeks following the arrival of the invitation, the band was busy raising money through a Band Booster campaign and Christmas card sales, while also perfecting their marching routine. Throughout the fall, the marching band played at all home football games and presented an original half time show at each one. At homecoming, a special salute was made to Queen Jane. After the football season, the group began their concert band work. Their first performance was made at the dedication of the new junior high. Practice for the Pops Concert began when word of the Rose Bowl trip arrived. From then on all work was put aside except that of dance routines and lively marching numbers. Finally, December twenty-eighth arrived and the entire band left for the long awaited Rose Bowl Parade. However, not all of the trip was spent marching, as the entire band was the guest of the Rose Bowl Committee for dinner and the Rose Bowl 24- BAND OFFICERS: J. Windhorit, treasurer; S. Hamilton, jccretary; P. Swaiuon, pretident; J. Ro niter, vice-pre»idont.

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Sen or Choir ROW J; M. Carlson S. Stevens E. Bezner E. Bohlander J. Vail E. Koussoula J. Troutman R. Sims D. DeMars M. Kimball B. Stolte L. Pawluk D. Hansen J. Burke R. Cummiskoy B. Stover J. McCormick J. Thielvoldt L. Lundgren J. Wyatt G. Pennington K. Nelson G. Carlson S. Chaney ROW A: P. Phillips P. Faville 0. Holland P. Rockstad P. Clausen 0. Allivato G. Morfort M. Word D. Wigen M. Wood J. Thiss T. Wilson M. Pearson T. Douglas S. Ostendorf ROW 3: K. Day J. Klarquist T. Nein I. Martin J. Luce J. Nelson T. Hale ROW 2: H. Knearl K. Johnson P. Chamberlain M. Connolly P. Packord K. Forrest G. Smith D. Katter J. Coursolle J. Holt B. Bowers Under the leadership of their new director, Dolph Bezoier, members of the senior choir opened a very exciting year with their debut at the Junior High Dedication program. This year the Christmas program was an all vocal concert. The approval of the student and adult audiences insured the choir of a successful season. Special staging and elaborate lighting added greatly to the over-all effect. A banner event for any year was the choir's production of The Mikado early in March. This was a fully staged, uncut version, complete with orchestra. Though it entailed a tremendous amount of work, the enthusiastic reception accorded by the audiences made it certain that operettas would be an annual event. Immediately after this production, the choir worked up all the major chorus parts from the Elijah and together with the other Lake Conference schools, presented it at the Spring Music Festival. Finishing off the year on the same high level of entertainment, the choir gave its annual Spring Concert, Around the World in Eighty Days. The songs were representative of the various countries which J. Worthington Witherspoon visited on his trip. -26