Edina High School - Whigrean Yearbook (Edina, MN)

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December sparkles WiTh fesrive winter Tunes. T he winTer holidays are always asso- ciaTed wiTh snow, shopping, col- ored lighTs, and music. The choirs and bands Took advanTage of The season as They performed Their annual holiday concerTs. In The vocal music concerT, The sophomore girls made Their debuT in new whiTe robes. Their angelic sounds maTohed perfechy wiTh Their angellio appearance. NexT To appear was VarsiTy Choir. They capTivaTed The audience wiTh We Are The Chorus and added Their own movemenTs for a few laughs. ConcerT Choir finished off The concerT wiTh an ouTsTanding pro- gram. SoloisTs included Peter Nelson T12, in ChrisTmas wiTh The King Sing- ers, Kari Krank HZ, in TTYom Sehole lsreal, and Debbie Haas U 1, in TTSancTus. The Chamber Singers, six- Teen selecT singers from The ConcerT Choir, also made an appearance. The The Treble Choir paid close affenfion To Their direcTor, Mr. Robert Peterson Goa, as They de- bufeo' in Their new robes During The Varsity Band ConcerT, Andy Roy U n concenfrafes on playing, showing Thaf percus- sionfsfs don'f jusf bang on drums all day. 2O HOLIDAY CONCERTS music in The air maTched The mood of The holidays. This year The VarsiTy Band performed an exTra special concerT for Their di- recTor, Mr. Robert Elledge God. For his lasT year as Their direcTor, exTra Time and efforT was puT in and a lengTh- ened concerT of eighT selecTions, in- sTead Of The usual six, was puT TogeTh- er. In facT, jusT a week and a half be- fore The concerT, The band was given a new selecTion, one of The ToughesT in The program, Sleigh Ride. WiTh spiriT and energy They opened The concerT wiTh The NaTional Emblem March. OTher selecTions included TTThis Feeling in My HearT by Chuck Elledge, Fes- Tive ProclamaTion by Claude T. SmiTh, and Kelor Bela's LusTspiel. The STage Band also appeared in boTh ConcerT and VarsiTy Band Con- cerTs under The direoTion of Phil Holm. They performed a playful romp b pianichomposer Thelonoius Marl Well You Needn'T. The ConcerT Band had a visiT fror SanTa in Their ooncerT. Mr. Edwin Mel char aacJ puT on his red SanTa cal and presenTed The band wiTh The gifTs, envelopes of music for Them Tc sighT read during The performance. Th year's music dealT wiTh ohromaTi scales. The, band also performed 36 leoTions such as La FiesTa Mexicana, Nobels of The MysTic Shrine, and TR fle RegimenT. BoTh bands gave fre concerTs This year To aTTraCT a large crowd, and iT worked. WiTh music in The air, many Edina sTL denTs broughT The holiday season T life. The concerTs were a success c well as a celebraTion.

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Jenny Weber U1, 0 show Girl, and Cindy Dan- ielson U1, 0 Hollywood Blond, quiefly discuss the fabulous looking guy in fhe fronf row of fo- nighf's performance. Careful not To smudge, Scott Northrup U 1,! You look smashing, and fofally psyched for a greaf show! FALL MUSICAL 49

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Suzanne Manfhe U1; accompanied fhe Con- cerf Choir as fhey performed For You Shall Go Ouf Wifh Joy in fheir hdiday concerf Mr. Edwin Melichar aacJ addresses fhe audi- ence during fhel'r performance as fhe bond pre- pares for fhe nexf song on their program. Corey Scott U n jazzes up fhe music by keeping fhe beat in fhe Varsify Band Concerf. The clon'nef section of Concerf Band played rheir besf for an oufsfonding holiday concerf. HOLIDAY CONCERTS 2'1