Edison High School - Reflections Yearbook (Milan, OH)

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1 Q 2. l 1 Y Q -2 ,D te Ear, Linda Burke views her ensemble dress. New Group Developed As Edison's Glee Club caroled at the Ohio Soldiers and Sailors Home December 19, the residents of the home showed their appre- ciation with their tears and smiles. Other performances during the school year were for the local Kiwanis Club, the Milan Eastern Stars, and the Mother-Daughter Banquet at the Milan Presbyterian Church. They also sang at each of the Varsity Choir concerts. The Glee Club was a new organ- ization at Edison and consisted of twenty three girls with Mr. Nick Georgiafandis as director. The group selected blue floor length dresses for their appearances. Under the direction of Dale Shane, senior, the Octet organized in January performed with the Glee Club for school concerts and organizations in the community. Some of the most popular re- quested songs were Proud Mary , Something , and Happy To- gether . Membership was by audition and the final decision was made by Mr. Georgiafandis, director of music. 40lGlee Club Glee Club singing for residents of the Soldiers and Sailors Home. Q, ' Men listen to the girls during lunch. Glee Club - Row one: Nanette Bateson, Linda Sprau, Linda Dann, Debbie Hohman, Alice Young, Melinda Booth, Linda Burke. Row two: Director Nick Georgiafandis, Teresa Flipse, Micheyle Mclntyre, Queta Lang, Sheree Stiles, Rachel Shelly, Tina Flipse, Carmen Likes, Bev Weilnau. Row three: Laura Swartz, Debbie Dickman, Ann Frankboner, Chris Meyer, Barb Hillis, Pat Hall, Kyle Hennings, Guitarist, Mr. Steve Schauer. Pianist, Arthur Martz.

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Choir Receives Rating Of ll Senior Dale Shane receives the National Choir Award from Mr. Georgiafandis, director - MLS it Ifz- MR. NICK GEORGIAFANDIS - B.S. in Music Kent State University: Junior Class Adviser. Providing both 'the school and commu nity with music, Edison High School Vasity Choir under the direc- tion of lVlr. Nick Georgiafandis, sche- duled a year of numerous concerts. The Choir and Band Christmas Concert December 19 started the contest and festival season. Seven members of the choir were represent- ed in the Ohio Wesleyan Choir held January 26 in Delaware, Ohio. They practiced throughout the day for the evening performance which included a thousand voices. About one hundred Ohio schools participated. February 2, twenty-eight Edison students were in the choir at the Dis- trict 11 Musical Festival at Bellevue, Ohio. Mr. George Vance, professor of Choral Music at Kent State, was the director. Edison High School had twenty- one entries in the Ohio Music Asso- ciation Solo and Ensemble Contest Saturday March 9 at Port Clinton High School. The contest judging was based on a scale one to five with one being the highest. Fifteen entries had a one or two rating. The mid-winter concert was held March 10. Among the numbers in- cluded were Sing a Song of Sea- sons , the required contest piece, and Randall Thompson's Alleluia . At the district choir contest March 30 in Upper Sandusky the Varsity Choir received a rating of two. A light spring pop theme was fea- tured for the annual spring concert Sunday, May 19. Dale Shane, senior, was tenor soloist for the pop rock selection Spirit and Celebration . A sextet of sopranos, Carmen Likes, and Debbie Hohmanp tenors, Dale Shane and Kim Ground, and basses, Edwin Martz and Brad Phillips high- lighted the climatic number The Heavens are Telling , from the The Creation by Haydn. The recepient for the 1973-74 Choir Award was presented to Dale Shane, senior. Choir!39

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,M l Stage Band - Row one: Kim Ground and Jeff Chauvin. Row two: Carl Burris, Brian Boos, Nancy Hart, Karla Kamens, Mary Booker, Dave Chauvin, Joyce Kamens, Wayne lVlcCoy, Kathy Murray, Brad Phillips, Vicki Lehmann, Duane Shafer, Jim Ortman, Judy Spoerr, Kerry Westcott, Kurt Hansen, Susie Latham, Trish Delamater, Bonnie Garwood, Judy Einerson, Kathy Malone, Dave Gillard. Stage Band Has Busy Year Having their own Fine Arts Festival and inviting bands from Mapleton, and Bedford proved to be the Edison High School's Stage Band's most im- portant activity. The Stage Band played a collection of Jazz-Rock tunes throughout the year and at the Fine Arts Festival May 3 and 4 in the high school auditorium. On April 27 the band also entered Jazz Band competition at Belle- fontaine, Ohio. They also played in the Berlin Heights auditorium for a mother- daughter banquet and for the Berlin Heights Harvest Festival Oueen's con- IGSI. Some members of the Stage Band, under the name of Steve and the Stu- dents performed at the sock hop and played various slections from the late forties, fifties, and early sixties. The Stage Band was featured for a school assembly early in the year. For the annual awards day ceremony, May 30, the Edison Stage Band gave their final performance for the school year. Stage Band plays at the Fine Arts Festival. Stage Band!41